SpaceNavigator crashes?
SpaceNavigator crashes?
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I finally caved and purchased one of these 3D space widgets. Nice. Except for the two system crashes in as many hours of use (total crash with no warning, Windows restarted). Not cool, and not worth using at all if this continues without a fix. I'm quite quick and competent with keyboard navigation, so this won't work at all--besides, it cannot possibly pay for lost time at this rate.
So--after doing a quick search, I've not seen anyone else post about this specifically. So I'm wondering if I found something unusual. The Windows error page relates to a device driver:
http://urltea.com/hrw
Go figure--I think that would be the only new device driver on the system--which was the downloaded update version for the SpaceNavigator.
Although tech support at 3DConnexion is supposedly open until "8:00 PM", that doesn't appear to be AZ time.
Any ideas, or is it time to chuck this thing in the pool? (Or back to Amazon?)
So--after doing a quick search, I've not seen anyone else post about this specifically. So I'm wondering if I found something unusual. The Windows error page relates to a device driver:
http://urltea.com/hrw
Go figure--I think that would be the only new device driver on the system--which was the downloaded update version for the SpaceNavigator.
Although tech support at 3DConnexion is supposedly open until "8:00 PM", that doesn't appear to be AZ time.
Any ideas, or is it time to chuck this thing in the pool? (Or back to Amazon?)
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.






RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
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RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
I've got so much USB crap now, that I'm using the cool USB ports on my monitor to run this thing. I have no idea whether that's a bad idea, but maybe so. Seems to function great with the exception of the crashing trash.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
I've run quite a few peripherals thru the monitor ports (albeit temporarily) with no problems. Hope u have the same luck...
Regards,
H. Kurt Betton
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
So did you try using a "real" USB port?
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RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
Windows XP / Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000
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RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
Today's test will be to test from a different USB port--but all the ones in the back are plugged with other stuff. So I will need to experiment with this (Windows will actually lose some devices if you switch their ports--I LOVE Windows--it's so smart).
I downloaded the driver again Friday afternoon and tinkered with the 3D space widget for a while with no crashes--so maybe it will work fine today.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
Make good use of the SETS CENTER POINT function... should be button one of the 3D CONTROL toolbar... unless the NAVIGATOR interface is different than my obsolete SpaceBall. Without that feature... you will hate your new 3d widget. Map that feature to your widget... even if it only has one programmable button... use it for the center point feature. Yes... it's that important.
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SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 / SpaceBall 5000
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"Right-click... It's friggin' magic!" ... Jack L. Tate
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RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
Also may get a powered USB hub. I bought one once, but it would intermittently shut off everything plugged into the port--so maybe I should purchase a functioning one this time.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
It's on the 3DCONEXION CONTROL PANEL ...then... Try it both ways... just until you figure out which you prefer. The default "out of the box" setting just didn't "feel" right to me. It really shortened my acclimation curve after switching that one.
Windows XP / Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000
SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
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"Right-click... It's friggin' magic!" ... Jack L. Tate
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RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
Thanks!
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
I've been using my SpacePilot for well over a year and get lost when I don't have it. Your problem has got to be with your machine. I tested both the SpaceNavigator and SpaceExplorer a few months ago with no problem. Which version navigator (SE vs. PE...i think) did you get?
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
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RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
So I re-downloaded the SE stuff, performed a "repair", and haven't had any trouble since then. But I've not yet used the Navigator much since then either (a little Google Earth over the weekend, a little in eDrawings, and a little today in SolidWorks--no crashes).
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
Don't look for it as a SolidWorks command.
Windows XP / Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000
SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
www.Tate3d.com
"Right-click... It's friggin' magic!" ... Jack L. Tate
FAQ376
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
I tried dragging options to set my right button, but that didn't work. It turns out the options need to be double-clicked to expose the real options below (should display a plus sign or something next to the listed items so the users can see some form of feedback--like "this is only a header item, not a drag-able item"). Anyway, after doing this, it works fine.
Are you guys seeing the same thing, or is this part of the new driver? How did you figure out the double-click thing? Not intuitive?
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
I must be some sort of "rainman"...
Windows XP / Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 5000
SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 / SpaceBall 5000
Lava Lamp
www.Tate3d.com
"Right-click... It's friggin' magic!" ... Jack L. Tate
FAQ376
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
RE: SpaceNavigator crashes?
By the way, I used the beast all day yesterday with no crashes? Perhaps the reinstall Friday did the trick?
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.