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Space Mouse Driver for SW2008

Question asked by Andrew Grove on Jan 31, 2008
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My old serial port Space Mouse Plus will no longer work with SW2008 using the latest drivers. I have been informed that the Driver Version 3.3.2 will fix this.
3Dconnexion does not offer this driver version for download from their site. Can anyone out there send me a copy of the Space Mouse Plus driver version 3.3.2 for windows xp?

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Andrew Grove

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Steve Rauenbuehler Jan 31, 2008 2:54 PM
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Andrew -

Are you sure you need 3. 3.2? I've got 3.2.2 if you want to try that....
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- Andrew Grove @ Steve Rauenbuehler on Jan 31, 2008 3:27 PM
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  Steve,
  
  Yes, I would like to try that driver.
  
  Thank you,
  
  Andrew Grove
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  - Steve Rauenbuehler @ Andrew Grove on Jan 31, 2008 3:59 PM
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    Andrew -
    
    Well, there must be a problem uploading a 57Mb file (go figure).
    
    I noticed you can download 3DxSoftware version 2.8.2 from 3DConnexion. Is that too old to work?
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    - Andrew Grove @ Steve Rauenbuehler on Jan 31, 2008 4:21 PM
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      Steve,
      
      My VAR instructed me to find V3.3.2. driver and and only install the SolidWorks plug in via. WinZIP. I found this kind of strange because the latest version available for download is V2.8.2. There must be someone out there in the SW community that still has a Space Mouse Plus (best one they have come out with) in use with SW2008.
      
      If you can extract the SW pulg-in from the driver software you have maybe that is small enough to send.
      
      Thanks for your help.
      
      Andrew Grove
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John Lhuillier Jan 31, 2008 8:40 PM
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3DConnexion is blaming the change on SW. 3DConnexion no longer supports the serial devices since they are "old" technology and computers no longer have these. So you have to "hack" the drivers to get 2008 to recognize the serial devices. Download the latest "SERIAL" driver for your device, then download the latest "USB" driver. Then install the serial driver complete. Then run the USB driver install and ONLY SELECT the Solidworks ADDIN and nothing else. This method is not supported by 3DConnexion as they consider this a "hacked" install but it does work for the serial spaceballs.
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- Andrew Grove @ John Lhuillier on Feb 1, 2008 12:41 PM
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  John,
  
  Thank you very much for the assistance. Worked perfectly.
  
  Andrew Grove
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