X56 mode switch

[vanir]

Just got the X56 and first started mapping just FC3 Su33 with it as plug and play before I figured out there was a separate driver software for it with programmable features, so now I have the Logitech drivers and software installed.

 

My question is about the modes switch M1, M2 and S1 on the throttle quad.

I was hoping they'd act like a modifier for all the other switches so I could map all the toggle switches for say, avionics modes nav, BVR, etc. and then switch to M2 and remap all the toggles for aerial combat switches like flares, TWS, etc. and finally switch to S1 and remap all the toggles again for gear and flaps, etc.

 

But I noticed when I was mapping the first time that DCS seems to only recognize the modes switch as trigger buttons, button 32, 33 and 34 IIRC so it's only reading them as buttons instead of modes or modifiers.

 

Any reconciliation on that, is there some way to use them as mode switches rather than button numbers? How do I get DCS to read M1, M2 and S1 as modifiers for the other switches and buttons?

[Ant0ine]

I would use it as is. With the modes switch triggering buttons on each switch position. In DCS simply use the modifier menu.

 

[vanir]

Thanks man, exactly what I was looking for.

[fitness88]

M-1 -2 S-1

Why not use your more powerful Logitech mapping software. The M-1 -2 S-1 are setup by default to be alternative layers for your HOTAS.