Solved Programing CH HOTAS with a shift button.
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I am trying to program my CH HOTAS and have different functions for the sane button
So for example
On my throttle, one of the 4 way hat buttons, pushing the button to the left I want to have the View Zoom In - It is assigned as DX 3The DX shift button on the throttle is assigned as DX 15
I also want that Left 4 way button to toggle to next waypoint. If I press DX15 then DX 3 it gets assigned. However the original command of the View Zoom in (button DX 3 becomes blank.
How can I program a multi function button without the control manager (as the control manager does not seem to work with WIN 10 as I am told).
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I noticed that I cannot use the DX 15 button on the throttle as a shift button to pair with a button on my Fighter Stick. I need to have a separate Shift button assigned on the Fighter stick as the shift button…
Is there a way around that too. -
- A shift button should pass through all DX devices so one single shift button should be enough.
- You can’t assign shifted layers through the BMS setup UI itself.
- your shift button has to be assigned twice on the “normal” layer so in your cas DX15 and on the shifted layer which would be DX15 + 256 (default shift Magnitude of BMS 8x32 for 8 Devices)
- your options are
a) setup the shift layer by manual editing your key file
b) using the Excel Key file Editor that comes with your BMS installation in Folder Falcon BMS 4.35\Docs\01 Input Devices\02 Key File Editor
c) Using Alternative Launcher Tool which is the most user friendly and works on WIN10
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I am programing it through the Alternative Launcher.
I am not sure I really understand 4a and 4b.I looked at the Excel Key File Editor, but it seems like Greek to me…Not really that technical.
Can you give a step by step instruction? The button I would like to program as a shift key is the middle button on the front of the Throttle Hotas. -
- Assign your button you want to use as shift. Using Pinky DX shift the shift button works as multifunction button. If short pressed it provides pinky switch ie changing Zoom on FCR/TGP/WPN and if pressed and hold acts as shift button
- If you want to assing a function to the shifted layer double click on the function
- on the pop up window press and hold the shift button you assinged in step 1 the DX Shift should go from grey to white. While still pressing the Shift button press the button you want to use, Release the button you want to use, Release the shift button hit save
You should now have 2 functions on one button on normal and one shifted. So in the Example if I press button DX2 it would send TMS up if I press DX3 and DX 2 toghether it send DMS up
- Assign your button you want to use as shift. Using Pinky DX shift the shift button works as multifunction button. If short pressed it provides pinky switch ie changing Zoom on FCR/TGP/WPN and if pressed and hold acts as shift button
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@oakdesign hit it perfectly and brought my memory back… I used the DXShift in AL to assign DMS and TMS to the same hat way back when.
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yes…I am doing that…However…
I have he Pinky switch (DX Shift) button assigned as DX 15 on my throttle.But when I assign TMS UP button DX5 on my joystick, DX 5 appears in CH Fightertick column.
I then want to assign CMS up as a second function to that same DX5 button.
Going to the CMS UP mapping, I first press the shift button DX 15, then press DX5.After saving, what appears in the Alternative Launcher is DX 15 in the throttle column and DX 5 in the joystick column…TMS UP joystick column is now blank.
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@jack72 Hm can’t repro that as shown in screen DX shift set on one device works here to be used to set shift layer on second device
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Ok…it works now…don’t know why it wasn’t before…but it works for both throttle and fighterstick…
One last question,what does the SIM DX Shift do, Do you know?
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@jack72 the same as SIM Pinky Shift just without the Pinky feature.
So only shift without the already explained above Pinky Shift pressed < 0.5 seconds changes FOV on most SOI.
Most use the Pinky switch on the HOTAS Stick as with the combined function. In terms of ergonomic it’s the button that leaves you the most freedom for all your other fingers. -