X55 disable mode shifting
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i need to try learning to use pinky direct x for shifting within BMS.
Hit me up on TS and I can walk you through it. I think you’ll find that you can move 95+% of your commands to DirectX and immensely simplify your Saitek Profile.
Yeah, definitely, directx and shifting within BMS seems preferrable. My problem is that the mode button (position 2+3) and the speed brake toggle/slider don’t seem to be sensed as directx buttons at all, maybe that’s a problem with using Saitek’s H.U.D. in the first place?
CheersBMS has a limit on the number of recognized buttons per controller. I think it’s 32, but don’t hold me to that. On the X52 Pro there are a handful of buttons/switches/knobs that BMS does not ‘see’.
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Hit me up on TS and I can walk you through it. I think you’ll find that you can move 95+% of your commands to DirectX and immensely simplify your Saitek Profile.
BMS has a limit on the number of recognized buttons per controller. I think it’s 32, but don’t hold me to that. On the X52 Pro there are a handful of buttons/switches/knobs that BMS does not ‘see’.
yeah ive moved as much as i can to direct x already.
the things i have left as SST-dependent are:
-radar cursor (as BMS wont see the mouse nub)
-speed brakes (i want them on the slider)
-trackir center (has to be a macro as far as i can tell)
-trim (mode 3 of the DMS hat)
-macro’d commands such as cat i /iii toggle, parking brakeif i could get as many of those from “mode + pinky” SST shift to BMS “pinky hold” shift, that would be glorious.
and yeah, i noticed the other day that for some reason it was picking up mode selector 1 position as a button (unexpectedly and undesirably) and not 2 and 3 positions. couldnt figure out how to clear/“unsee” the button, so i assigned it to ICP back so that it wouldnt interfere with anything.
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TrackIR ReCenter =
RecenterTrackIR -1 0 0X3B 1 0 0 1 “Recenter TrackIR”
DX: RecenterTrackIR [DXButton#} -1 -2 0 0x0 0, for example shifted for me: RecenterTrackIR 258 -1 -2 0 0x0 0
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i had tried assigning the button on my stick for center (assigned shift + F1 in SST) to that funtion in BMS controller screen, and it never seemed to work. I’ll have to mess with it some more
i really need to read up on the actual DX numbered commands shown here. hard to apply focus to it. brain sees numbers and code and goes “nope nope nope!”. bad compsci memories.
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Y0UNGBL00D,
How do you have the brake mapped to the slider? I went into the Saitek software, mapped the slider as a button, and assigned the “B” key to it (the key to toggle airbrakes in Kolbe’s keyboard layout). When I go to test it even in the Saitek software, though, the slider doesn’t do anything, nor does it in BMS.
My software only allows me to set up the slider as a single button, rather than two (i.e., one that’s detected when it’s slid to the left and one detected when it’s slid to the right). Is this how you have yours set up too? How did you get yours set up so that the slider actually works? Thanks!
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i downloaded (and have since heavilly modified) hard-deck’s X52 profile, and the way it is set up is timed macros set to percentage bands:
slider at 0-8% = v v v v v v v v (v held for 6 seconds, the time it takes to close breaks from full open)
slider at 9-91% = does nothing
slider at 92-100% = b b b b b b b (for however many seconds it takes to open brakes) -
i had tried assigning the button on my stick for center (assigned shift + F1 in SST) to that funtion in BMS controller screen, and it never seemed to work. I’ll have to mess with it some more
i really need to read up on the actual DX numbered commands shown here. hard to apply focus to it. brain sees numbers and code and goes “nope nope nope!”. bad compsci memories.
The tools to build a DX profile are included in to the BMS Docs. I’ll show you where and how to build the profile. Kolbe set it up so it’s mostly automated. You basically just select the functions you want.
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righteous. i knew that stuff was in there, but i couldnt make heads or tails of it last i looked. which was admittedly probably during an SST-induced rage
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How do you have the brake mapped to the slider?
While I haven’t mapped it to a slider I have mapped it to my TGL1 switch using an Advanced Command in the X-55 software. I like to be able to open and close the brake in increments. As an example for closing the air brake I have put the Ctrl B in the “Press” box for TGL 1 Up. I found it won’t work unless you highlight and delete the released keys. I’ve done the same for quite a few commands and for the most part it works. (Still having problems with assigning pitch and roll trim)
Hope that’s useful.
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@A.S:
I was using the x52pro before (+ profiler software).
With the x-55 i would recommend using direct DX assingments for BMS instead of using the HUD software.How to infos you can find in your install under: :\Falcon BMS 4.32\User\Joystick\Generic\Kolbe
Hello,
I studied the BMS keymap from the adress from my Falcon , and because I am a rookie put a question : what means OTW ?
Regards,
Vladalex