This only happens when having girder start with windows .
The HID plugin list is blank (presumably because windows XP hasn't had time to enumerate all the HID devices before Girder launches). I have unloaded the HID plugin and re-loaded it, -- but no effect. I've turned on the "Delay plugin Loading on Startup", but it has had no effect.
For time time being, I simply restart Girder and the HID plugin list is repopulated and all my HID controllers start working again.
I've noticed this behavior only with Girder4-B11.