Hardware database · 045E:001B

Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2

045E:001B · 1 approved report · first 2026-05-09, last 2026-05-09 · probe 0.8.2-beta.1+20d4bc4d046c5d52834d04a667b2792706af9647

Capability snapshot · most-recent submission

What this device reports to DirectInput

Axes4

Buttons8

POVs1

FF sample period1000000 µs

Min time resolution1000000 µs

Firmware rev0x0000

Hardware rev0x001B

FF driver ver0x0001

Capability flags: DIDC_ATTACHED | DIDC_EMULATED | DIDC_FORCEFEEDBACK | DIDC_FFATTACK | DIDC_FFFADE | DIDC_SATURATION | DIDC_DEADBAND

Supported effects

What the device claims it can play (12)

Constant Force

DIEFT_CONSTANTFORCE | FFATTACK | FFFADE | STARTDELAY

Ramp Force

DIEFT_RAMPFORCE | FFATTACK | FFFADE | STARTDELAY

Square

DIEFT_PERIODIC | FFATTACK | FFFADE | STARTDELAY

Sine

DIEFT_PERIODIC | FFATTACK | FFFADE | STARTDELAY

Triangle

DIEFT_PERIODIC | FFATTACK | FFFADE | STARTDELAY

Sawtooth Up

DIEFT_PERIODIC | FFATTACK | FFFADE | STARTDELAY

Sawtooth Down

DIEFT_PERIODIC | FFATTACK | FFFADE | STARTDELAY

Spring

DIEFT_CONDITION | SATURATION | DEADBAND | STARTDELAY

Damper

DIEFT_CONDITION | SATURATION | DEADBAND | STARTDELAY

Inertia

DIEFT_CONDITION | SATURATION | DEADBAND | STARTDELAY

Friction

DIEFT_CONDITION | SATURATION | DEADBAND | STARTDELAY

Custom Force

DIEFT_CUSTOMFORCE | SATURATION | DEADBAND | STARTDELAY

Reported by OS

Submission count by OS family

Windows 1 report

What testers felt · most-recent submission

Chip selections per effect

Polarity sweep — DI east (0°)

Pulled back

Polarity sweep — DI south (90°)

Pulled left

Polarity sweep — DI west (180°)

Pulled forward

Polarity sweep — DI north (270°)

Pulled right

Two-axis diagonal — diagonal (X=75%, Y=75%)

Pulled diagonally

Square

Sharp pulses

Sine

Smooth oscillation

Triangle

Rocking back and forth

Sawtooth Up

Asymmetric ramp pulses

Sawtooth Down

Asymmetric ramp pulses

Spring

Centered Returns to center

Damper

Damped

Inertia

Heavy

Friction

Sticky

Saturation — 1 co-directional constants

Pulled back

Saturation — 2 co-directional constants

Pulled back

Saturation — 3 co-directional constants

Pulled back Strong pull

Technical results · most-recent submission

Create / Play / Stop HRESULTs by effect

Effect	Create	Play	Stop
Square	OK	OK	OK
Sine	OK	OK	OK
Triangle	OK	OK	OK
Sawtooth Up	OK	OK	OK
Sawtooth Down	OK	OK	OK
Spring	OK	OK	OK
Damper	OK	OK	OK
Inertia	OK	OK	OK
Friction	OK	OK	OK

Probe note · most-recent submission

These fields are kept for FFB-Bridge internal triage and are NOT displayed on the public hardware page. None of the values are PII.

What's NOT on this page

The one private field

The only thing kept off this page is the per-effect free-text notes (responses[].notes) — what the tester typed in the answer text box. Everything else — capability flags, supported effects, OS breakdown, chip labels, HRESULT codes, failed effects, run errors — is published exactly as the device reported it. Read the full privacy contract →

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