u/AdjacentPrepper

Need some suggestions on troubleshooting.

I built a desk-based setup for flying DCS F-14's, but I'm having trouble getting my 9th (and probably final) button box working. Whenever I plug the last button box into the computer, all of the button boxes stop working. I've tried plugging it into two different hubs and the behavior is the same.

I'm using generic "Zero Delay" encoders.

Diagram of the different USB devices I'm using is attached. The red box is the problem.

Anyone know of a windows or DCS limitation on the number of USB devices you can have connected at once?

I'm thinking next steps may be:

- Buy another "Zero Delay" encoder to see if that encoder might be bad.

- Buy another powered USB hub, daisy chain it, and see if that makes a difference.

Any other suggestions? I'm doing this all on a budget and don't want to be buying hardware that's not actually necessary.

I want to start recording multiplayer DCS, possibly to throw on Youtube eventually, but I'm having trouble with recording software.

During the games, I want to record the spoken briefing on Discord, flight comms using an app called SRS, plus the game audio. I'm using Helios with a touchscreen monitor for a "glass cockpit" and have a third monitor for the kneeboard.

Any suggestion on a tool that can record video from multiple monitors (and audio from multiple apps) at once?

Here's an old photo of what my desk looks like that I'm trying to record: https://i.postimg.cc/j2Dy6Ymf/reddit1.png

And how the monitors are setup in Windows: https://i.postimg.cc/26KZSXyp/reddit2.png

I realize a lot of y'all probably know this since Adventist Risk Management calls it out in the annual safety checks churches are supposed to do, but be careful about storing tables and chairs just leaned against a wall.

The problem is a small kid could run into it and knock it over, causing serious injury to a kid when a heavy table (or pile of folding metal chairs) falls over on them.

My local church has started storing extra unused tables in the hallway (right outside the Sabbath School classrooms). I need to follow up with the church board, but this is just a small video clip to illustrate the safety risk: https://youtube.com/shorts/RFxu8LcGG_8?feature=share

(Video was recorded mid-week when I was doing some work at church.)