Saitek X55 Slider - You're Welcome Guys

[Laobi]

Hello All,

 

Many of you have probably, like me seen the SLD slider button on the Saitek X55 throttle as being rather like tits on a bull. It only seems to work for every 2 press rather than each movement, so this makes it useless for the obvious control such as speedbrakes, well, no more, after much research and tinkering I have solved the issue (hopefully no one has beaten me to it!).

 

1: Open your Saitek profiler software and click on the little arrow beside the SLD control, then make sure you untick "Latched"

 

2: Click on the little arrow thingy again and select "New Advanced Command"

 

3: Set the in the window as follows, for example; for Shift B press and hold Shift, keep holding Shift while you press B, then release Shift first followed by B and the result will look like as follows:

 

4: Right click on the command window and select Quantize Time, leave the time at zero and press OK as shown below:

 

5: Do the same in the release command using the "Close Airbrake" command in this case it is Control and B, but just follow step 3 exactly and step 4 as shown below:

 

6 Check your commands with the "Test Profile" button. Switch it back and forth as shown below a few times just to make sure:

 

 

Now your SLD button is fully functional.

 

No thanks necessary. If you feel obliged you can thank me in the usual ways, cash, cocaine and felatio!

 

Have fun:joystick:

[the_soupdragon]

Nice find. Thanks mate.

I can send you cash or cocaine but I think I'll pass on the fellatio though :D

 

SD

[DarkCrow]

Nice, never was able to use that for speed brakes but wanted to. Ty!

 

 

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[Laobi]

Thank you for the feedback. I've got around to re-testing this and on the Mig 15, 21 and a couple of others it works great, but there was still a slight issue on the F86 where it moves a little and stops on the brakes, I've come up with a solution for that too which is as follows:

 

When you look at the top line in the command box it will look like this:

SHIFT B SHIFT B (the press part) to fix this highlight the 2nd shift, right click and select Set Delay - Then set the delay to 2.000. It will automatically apply to the latter 2 on that line.

 

Then for the retract part.

CTRL B CTRL B to fix this highlight the 2nd Ctrl, right click and select Set Delay - Then set the delay to 5.600. It will automatically apply to the latter 2 on that line.

 

Don't forget to apply the settings to your profile and save. I have not tested the A10C yet, but if it's not an Open/Closed system, you'll probably need to apply this fix also. When applying the fix just test the aircraft and count how long it takes in seconds using the 1 1thousand method (the correct way), that'll tell you how long you need to add the delay for.

 

 

Have fun

[the_soupdragon]

Nice. Cheers Fella

 

SD

[spaceraver]

It works on all planes bar the A-10C. They are analogue in nature, which really can be a problem. I expected it to do full or no speedbrake depending on which way the lever is going, but I just get a short blip on the brakes either way. Might have to fiddle with timing to do full brake deployment, but all other crafts work perfectly.

 

By the way, I have made multiple advanced commands for the A-10C, like shift states and so forth.

I even added 2 buttons by using the Twist axis and a switch. It will void warranty, but it's oh so satisfying to have Cannon in Ka-50 by the flick of a switch. Keep in mind you'll have to make some double inputs too.

[Laobi]

It works on all planes bar the A-10C. They are analogue in nature, which really can be a problem. I expected it to do full or no speedbrake depending on which way the lever is going, but I just get a short blip on the brakes either way. Might have to fiddle with timing to do full brake deployment, but all other crafts work perfectly.

 

By the way, I have made multiple advanced commands for the A-10C, like shift states and so forth.

I even added 2 buttons by using the Twist axis and a switch. It will void warranty, but it's oh so satisfying to have Cannon in Ka-50 by the flick of a switch. Keep in mind you'll have to make some double inputs too.

 

 

Thanks for the feedback, Space. I'll test it now with a hot A10C in 2.0, try an idea for a solution and get back to you.

[Laobi]

It works on all planes bar the A-10C. They are analogue in nature, which really can be a problem. I expected it to do full or no speedbrake depending on which way the lever is going, but I just get a short blip on the brakes either way. Might have to fiddle with timing to do full brake deployment, but all other crafts work perfectly.

 

By the way, I have made multiple advanced commands for the A-10C, like shift states and so forth.

I even added 2 buttons by using the Twist axis and a switch. It will void warranty, but it's oh so satisfying to have Cannon in Ka-50 by the flick of a switch. Keep in mind you'll have to make some double inputs too.

 

 

OK my friend, some good news. It's exactly as you said. The Russian aircraft seem to operate on a 2 state switch whereas the American ones seem to require a switch to be held, it's the same issue I encountered in the F86. So the solution is as follows:

 

1: Program as above, making sure the switch is unlatched, New Advanced Command, set the press and release and quantize time.

2: Right click on the second (release part of the command) ie. second Shift/Second Ctrl on the lower part. Then select Set Delay. Set the delay to 2.800 on both the open commands and close.

3: Just to be sure we're all sacrificing the same virgin, the commands you're looking for in the DCS command menu on the A10C Sim are the Speed Brake Forward and Speed Brake Aft switch commands.

 

I've had a look at your modding link and am very interested. Thank you for bringing it up, I'm sure I'll have questions, probably lots of them.

 

Cheers,

 

Me

[Laobi]

Hello again guys,

 

For any of you having trouble with the A10C please make sure you quantize to zero first and then highlight the second shift/ctrl on each active command line. Then right click and select Set Delay rather than Quantize. When finished the command should look like this:

 

 

Hope this works for everyone.

 

Cheers,

 

Me

[Laobi]

Just an update on this, a fellow forum user PM'ed me a question about this and in my answer I promised to make a video on the subject. Well many weeks later here it is:

 

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I hope this is of help to those who prefer a video example.

 

Cheers