X56 types; wanna compare notes on your profile?

[crab]

I would like to compare ideas on our HOTAS programming: What works well, what doesn't work, where we are locating commands, dead zones, etc. Those not interested in the minutia of setting up profiles for the X56 (and X55?) should probably move along.

 

On my stick I have...

 

 

The castle is set up as a 4 way/buttons with SOI. This one was an advanced command with only the press/release and time set to 0.00, works fine.

 

The China is set up as a 4 way/buttons with the trim commands. In this case I used a press/repeat/release command with time set to 0.00, works fine.

 

The thumbstick is set for weapon select; AMRAAM forward, Gun aft, Sidewinder on press. I set it up banded for the AMRAAM and GUN with a large no command area in the center to prevent accidental commands when trying to press for the sidewinder. Works well.

 

Button A seemed like a logical choice for weapon release and the trigger, pinky, paddle are all set up with their associated HOTAS command and work fine. Not much to say about these.

 

On the throttle...

 

I've got the designator set up on the thumbstick. I did this using bands on both the X and Y set up with the usual press/repeat/release advanced command. Very smooth. The button directly above (E) is set up as the designator select. This is all good and I'm happy with it.

 

I've got the lower 4 way hat (H4) set up as the POV hat using 8 way with buttons. I did this with the usual press/repeat/release command and 0.00 time. I find this one a little abrupt, it is smooth but a little to quick. I'm thinking about adding a delay starting with .1 to get it a little less speedy and jerky.

 

The hat above (H3) is set as a 4 way/buttons to zoom in, zoom out, and view center. I don't like this one. It's too close to H4 and hitting the zooom correctly when moving around on the ground with the throttle at idle is dicey because the angle changes compared to how it is in the air. I've decide to move those commands to the lower rotary. Not sure what I'll put on here I've moved those.

 

I've got the radar elevation on the rocker with the usual press/repeat/release command, works great.

 

So thats about as far as I've got with my setup. Going to try out the zoom on the rotary tonight probably add some housekeeping commands on the toggles such as the gear, flaps, and so on.

 

Suggestions? Ideas? Where are you gents/Gals locating your commands?

 

 

Edit... I've tried the zoom on the rotary and it works well but I really like having both the panning and zooming close together so I've gone back to hats 3 and 4. I did switch to a .4 delay on the repeat and this smoothed out both the zoom and the panning nicely and I'm now happy with the speed.

 

 

 

I've gone ahead and put the chaff/flare on the lower rotary and this seems to be a good placement as it falls to hand well and is somewhat inline with the real HOTAS placement at least in terms of concept. Right now I don't really understand how the counter-measures programs and dispensing works so I suspect it's just a place holder and the command itself will have to be modified. I did find out that my rotary doesn't quite have the center of movement in the virtual world lined up with the detent for center. As I made this a banded command I was able to give it some Kentucky windage to get the physical center lined up with the virtual.

 

 

 

Still trying to decide what to put on the throttle scroller and stick POV hat...

I'm going to try and upload my initial profile; the internet is very slow here so it may or may not make it.

Edited June 9, 2018 by crab

[soberdude05]

Logitech X56

 

I am trying to setup my X56 for the new FA-18C. I have been a devout TM Warthog user, and I am having trouble wrapping my head around this X56. Plus the learning curve of any new plane.I used to fly the tacpac superbug along time ago, but don't remember much.(I am old) So any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for starting this thread.

[Coops 5947]

Crab can you send me this profile please

[crab]

I've added some housekeeping stuff on switch 1 through 6: Landing gear, flaps, arresting hook. Toggle 3 and 4 get throttle off/idle. Wheel brakes are on the large rotary.

 

You will have to adjust the rotaries for your own hardware. They're set as banded with a narrow center so they start ticking as soon as you go off center. The problem you'll run into is that your center isn't exactly the same as mine so you may need to move that around a little so that you get a clean command immedeatly off center detent but you don't lose the no command when going back to center. You can actually see this while simply looking at it in the programming while moving the rotary. As I said before the counter-measures command will almost certainly change, I don't yet understand how it operates in order to set up an appropriate command.

 

 

With that preface I'll try and upload again: the internet is 4k here (no, that isn't a typo) so it may or may not work. If not we can try email, I can usually eventually get that to work.

 

 

Edit... Nope, not going to work. If you want you can PM over your email and I'll try that. If you decide you want to go that way please post it up here after and let me know what you think.

Edited June 9, 2018 by crab