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USB Cable Management
Nearly every flight simulator control is powered by a Universal Serial Bus, the
USB ports. You might have 4 or 5 or 10 different things plugged into the
computer's USB ports and USB hubs. Why would it matter if they're
organized or not?
If you unplug all your USB devices, let's say you are moving your computer
for example, later when you plug them all back in, you should plug each one
into the same USB port it was in earlier. Why? Well depending on which
flight simulator program you use, if you plug in your controls into different
USB ports, the program may forget all your button assignments and
sensitivity settings.
That means you have to go back, and re-assign the buttons and re-set
everything. And maybe you forget a couple, and have to go back again, and
it's just a big time-waster.
You can label your USB plugs in just a few minutes, and you only need
some tape and a couple of markers.
Make sure your computer is turned off. Make a note that shows which USB
port is used by which device.
Write the name of each USB device on a piece of tape. Like this.
Tear off the piece of tape and carefully apply the middle of the tape right on
the USB cable.....and fold the two halves together. Repeat for the other
cables.
That solves one problem, but we can do better. You know how a USB plug
only works one way, and you never know which way until you try and plug it
in?
Notice that each USB plug is labeled on one side with the USB symbol.
The reverse side is plain.
Get your silver marker and let's make a mark on the side that has the USB
symbol.
Repeat with the rest of the plugs.
If you don't have a silver marker, a piece of tape will work fine also. I only
mentioned the marker because I think it's really cool.
Now let's plug in the USB cables. You see the mark is facing to the right for
this first cable...the remaining three will be the same.
Nearly every flight simulator control is powered by a Universal Serial Bus, the
USB ports. You might have 4 or 5 or 10 different things plugged into the
computer's USB ports and USB hubs. Why would it matter if they're
organized or not?
If you unplug all your USB devices, let's say you are moving your computer
for example, later when you plug them all back in, you should plug each one
into the same USB port it was in earlier. Why? Well depending on which
flight simulator program you use, if you plug in your controls into different
USB ports, the program may forget all your button assignments and
sensitivity settings.
That means you have to go back, and re-assign the buttons and re-set
everything. And maybe you forget a couple, and have to go back again, and
it's just a big time-waster.
You can label your USB plugs in just a few minutes, and you only need
some tape and a couple of markers.
Make sure your computer is turned off. Make a note that shows which USB
port is used by which device.
Write the name of each USB device on a piece of tape. Like this.
Tear off the piece of tape and carefully apply the middle of the tape right on
the USB cable.....and fold the two halves together. Repeat for the other
cables.
That solves one problem, but we can do better. You know how a USB plug
only works one way, and you never know which way until you try and plug it
in?
Notice that each USB plug is labeled on one side with the USB symbol.
The reverse side is plain.
Get your silver marker and let's make a mark on the side that has the USB
symbol.
Repeat with the rest of the plugs.
If you don't have a silver marker, a piece of tape will work fine also. I only
mentioned the marker because I think it's really cool.
Now let's plug in the USB cables. You see the mark is facing to the right for
this first cable...the remaining three will be the same.