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Many may see this as a gimmick, and we were – and probably still are – in that camp, but it’s a nice gimmick to have, allowing the Afterglow Wave to standout from the crowd. It’s also how the Afterglow Wave gets its name, as this is a controller which has been infused by light, complete with glowing rings around both thumbsticks and sleek lines running the length of the grips it’s enough to keep the excitement real. This is PDP’s controller hub and allows you to update the firmware of your controller, to check on diagnostics, to set dead zones on the thumbsticks and triggers and more. Mapping of such buttons can be done in the free PDP Control Hub App from the Xbox Store. And that’s even with a bit of texturing on the back of the hand grips. Don’t get us wrong, you’re not going to be seeing the Afterglow Wave flying through the air with the greatest of ease, but it’s certainly not as tactile a controller as an official pad is. That lack of grip transcends down onto the pad itself too, and we’ve not found this to be the best pad to keep hold of. A lack of texture or grip means that neither the bumpers or triggers ever feel great in use. There’s plenty of movement in the latter and the former are easy enough to hit, but we couldn’t particularly say we’ve been taken with how PDP have set these up. There are also slightly elongated bumpers on the top face, whilst triggers sit below those. Aside from the black-on-white of the Nexus as opposed to the official white-on-black cues, and the fact that the Share button is round instead of pill-shaped, you’d be hard pushed to spot too much difference between this PDP pad and a more expensive official drop. Hopefully, it will help future readers too.The usual ABXY facebuttons (fine, but a tad spongy) come in standard size over on the right side of things, whilst the usual Nexus, Menu, View and Share buttons adorn the middle of the controller. I don't think my exact process is a proper solution, however, this is how I fixed my problem. I think the key was getting the device installed under the name Xbox Gaming Device.
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It brought back to the first screen (controller connection) and I freaked out a bit because it was showing no controllers recognised again but I clicked the box (saying connect a recognised device ) and it went ahead to the next screen with my controller now connected. The PDP Hub software then recognised the controller (I pressed "A") and it demanded the drivers be updated (atuo-update through the Hub). Windows did find the drivers and It was now listed in Device Manager under "Xbox Peripherals" as "Xbox Gaming Device" (and still is). I uninstalled the device (right clicking on it in Device Manager) and physically disconnected/reconnected the controller - hoping windows would find the drivers for me. I downloaded the proper drivers from the PDP site and it showed up in my Device Manager as "PDP " After restarting, my connected controller vibrated and lit up on power.Īfter installing the PDP Hub, my controller was not recognised. My controller was not recognised by Windows at all. (Win 10, PDP controller, Wired, Stealth Series, PDP Hub, does not recognise)