Viper TQS: Button 18 actually in the wrong place
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Gentlemen,
yesterday I started a call for help in this topic:
Viper TQS Calibration procedure
… but I feel uncomfortable in hijacking a thread.
Besides, it looks like it’s a new Viper TQS issue I have not seen before on the forum, so yes, I would like to open yet another thread.The topic itself is well-known… it’s the idle detent… BUT:
I understand and appreciate the PRESS and RELEASE logic.
I understand the cutoff is not a part of the axis, but a seperate button (DX 18).
But I also assume that the very “trigger position” of DX 18 should be right on the CUTOFF position.In my case, DX 18 is triggered on the IDLE position, of which I think is wrong.
Every time I pull the throttle back to idle, I can see
(in the launcher as well as in the device properties)
that DX 18 is fired… although I would it expect to be triggered inside the “off” zone.My inquiry to the TM support is on its way.
For now, I would like to know- if my understanding is correct at all
- if the position of DX 18 can be calibrated
- if this is a hardware issue
- if this is a firmware issue (I have 1.26)
- if this is a driver issue (I have 1.2.3.0)
… anyway, if the nice looking device is going to be returned to sender or to be replaced.
Please let me know if somebody else has a familiar issue or a piece of advice what I could do to get the DX behind the detent.
Cheers everyone! -
@Amadeus75 So way not just switch BMS to use analog axis and set the Idle Cutoff to the correct Position and just don’t use the DX18
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@oakdesign Thanks for the hint.
But the zone on the rail between “off” and “idle” is physically not part of the axis
If it’s not for button 18, then the idle detent bump is of no use at all. -
@Amadeus75 I just checked mine and the DX18 is activated just below idle, as it should be. There is no way I can activate it without pressing the detent, lifting the throttle and pulling it aft. As you describe it, it looks like a hardware issue with your TQS.
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@skippermike Thanks for checking, and appreciate your input. Apparently this is nothing I can fix for myself.
Looks like I will have the set replaced. -
Solved the problem!
Thanks to @benco in his post Viper TQS Calibration procedure
I was able to fix the DX 18 spot with the calibration after a couple of tries.
The magic trick to get the calibration to work is -- either to keep button 5 pressed WHILE pluggin in
- or simply press button 5 longer than 3 seconds.
Either way, you get no visible feedback that the calibration is in process, so you always have to guess and try.
See you in the sky, folks