Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro vs CFS3

[Orions_Ax]

My Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro stick woeks normally until I fire the guns.  After I fire the stick starts shaking in the fore-aft axis very hard.  the only way to reinitialize it is to reboot.  But after I fire the guns again the shake returns.  

Has anyone else experienced this problem with the Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro stick and if so - what's the fix?

[Orions_Ax]

  I found a fix.

       The fix is to change the null settings on the joystick to zero.  Once the null settings were reset the stick works fine.

[DannyF]

Orions_Ax:

I have exactly the same problem!!

Where did you go to change the Null setting?? How did you do it??

Did you change this in the game software, or in the controller software??

I would really appreciate your help. My MS Sidewinder stick works great in CFS2 .

Can't figure why it "bucks" only in CFS3.

[Orions_Ax]

I did two things:

   1.  Calibrated the stick
   2.  Set the nulls to zero
           
To do both select "Options" Tab at upper right of screen.  Click on "Control Options" on the pull-down menu.  The "Control Options" page has two pages, "Assignments" and "Sensitivities".  To bring the "Sensitivities" page up, click on its tab on the right side of your screen.   From the "Sensitivities" page you can calibrate your stick and adjust the nulls.  

To calibrate the stick, select "Calibrate" then select "Properties" on the Sidewinder Screen.   Set "Force Feedback" slider to "Low" and the "Return to Center" slider to "Rigid".  Click on "Apply" then "OK"

On the "Sensitivities" screen you will see the "Null" sliders on the lower right.  Set the nulls to zero (extreme left) on all four axes.

Other settings may work but the settings above worked for me.