X55 worth getting?
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I assume you have tried to calibrate the controllers before launching BMS.
Either via Windows or the saitek software?And yes in advanced screen throttle should be chosen…not keyboard.
As you set it an indicator should appear next to it which you can check to make sure it works.
Also…important i think???
Resave the profile.key after every change!!
It’s important to know which are axis and which are notaries too…I wrote mine down at first so when choosing from a drop down menu you know which is which.
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Sorted thanks man. I’ll have a go at mapping things next and have a go with these training missions
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What should i bind my 4 rotaries to? i’ve noticed G and F rotaries also have buttons…would be good to see someones’ X55 setup.
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What should i bind my 4 rotaries to? i’ve noticed G and F rotaries also have buttons…would be good to see someones’ X55 setup.
I have mine as follows:
G = Radar Ant Elev
F = Tgt Pod Zoom
RTY 3 & 4 = Trim -
I’m having a nightmare. I had my throttle/stick axis sorted yeterday as i mentioned i just and went to start mapping buttons, i was actually copying someones’ profile. Then i noticed on the main setup page when i was messing with the throttle lever, that the throttle gauge to the right wasnt moving up and down, so im now back to the problem i had yesterday. The problem is that in advanced settings for the throttle, the pitch and roll axis has been assigned to it, which explains why my plane goes round in circles and out of my control. In advanced throttle settings i wanted to change pitch/roll axis to keyboard but it wont, and stays with the throttle. I was able to sort it out yesterday and now i cant, no idea why…HELP
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@cns - Isn’t Gary in the same timezone as you? I would recommend that the two of you get on TS3 and go through the setup. I am located on the east coast (U.S.) myself…would love to help but the time difference may be a problem.
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Ok seems i have it sorted again, and think i’ve recognised the problem. The problem is when i change controller to throttle on the main setup page, when i do that, it overrides what i had previously set as throttle. I had set the throttle as X axis in advanced settings when i had stick selected as controller. Problem now is i previously had my rotaries setup. F being TGP range, G being antenna elevation, RTY 3 as HUD brightness and RTY 4 as HMCS brightness. But whenever i select a different controller on main setup page these seem to get wiped. So i have to somehow set all these up through having just the stick selected as controller, but now for some reason it seems only the 3 rotaries are detected.
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Do not change the controller on the setup page…leave it as joystick…repeat…do not change ever. :rolleyes:
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haha, yep i’ve learned that lesson and hopefully now can set it up right!
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Great! Now make your changes to your HOTAS and it should remain if you save it.
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Ok so now as i said only 3 rotaries seem to be detected with having stick as controller on the setup page, and it is the top rotary (F) which isnt detected, which is more useful than where RTY 3 and 4 are positioned. Drac…i take it your top rotary is detected?
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Let me turn on my computer and I will advise.
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Ah no its ok, 3 of my rotaries show up as X,Y and Z rotation, and the top rotary shows up as Z axis, which had me confused but figured it out now, so i have those set back up again
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I have SW3 set to cycle AA hardpoints, with SW4 set to cycle AG hardpoints. So if i’m in nav mode and i press SW3 will that put me into AA mode? with SW3 being pressed again to cycle my next AA weapon? when i tried these cycle modes in the basic handling TE my MFDs came up blank, im guessing thats coz theres no weapons in that TE?
The thing is once in AA or AG mode you hve to press them again on the ICP to go back to nav, seems by pressing SW3 and 4 doesnt get me back to nav.
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Ok so now as i said only 3 rotaries seem to be detected with having stick as controller on the setup page, and it is the top rotary (F) which isnt detected, which is more useful than where RTY 3 and 4 are positioned. Drac…i take it your top rotary is detected?
Go to:
Setup
Advanced
Avionics Control
Range Knob (change setting to Z Axis)Let me know if this works.
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Yea managed to sort that cheers Drac. I’m looking at setting my trim controls, think i should use the bowl on the stick. Up for manual trim nose down, down for nose up…but should i have left and right for manual yaw trim or roll?
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Yea managed to sort that cheers Drac. I’m looking at setting my trim controls, think i should use the bowl on the stick. Up for manual trim nose down, down for nose up…but should i have left and right for manual yaw trim or roll?
Just “roll and pitch” trim…would not worry about “yaw”.
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Trim “pitch and roll”…do not worry about yaw.
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Ok but the problem i have now is, with the bowl the sim recognises those buttons at POV 1: Up and the rest left,right and down. I just assigned manual trim to that bowl and what it says is when i press for example the up button on the bowl, it has INPUT POV 1: Up and below it, it has Manual trim nose down. What i had in the basic handling TE was when pressing the bowl up it does manual trim nose down but also my view goes down to my seat. How can i unbind those POV controls from those bowl buttons?
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Ok but the problem i have now is, with the bowl the sim recognises those buttons at POV 1: Up and the rest left,right and down. I just assigned manual trim to that bowl and what it says is when i press for example the up button on the bowl, it has INPUT POV 1: Up and below it, it has Manual trim nose down. What i had in the basic handling TE was when pressing the bowl up it does manual trim nose down but also my view goes down to my seat. How can i unbind those POV controls from those bowl buttons?
Not sure about that one. I use TrackIR.