MoToad Posted February 8 Posted February 8 After finally getting totally fed up with the X56 I decided to move on. The jitters, the ghosting there just wasn't any permanent fix. When After Googling and finding a massive legion of complainers I started to look at alternatives. Finally settled on The VKB Hotas combo for obvious reasons. In my price range, it will do all I need and upgrades, parts, etc., are limitless. Received yesterday, plugged it in and was happy to find all the basic problems were gone. I only fly DCS and IL2 and couldn't be happier. I am, however, looking at one switch problem. On the Mini+ throttle the main hat (top one for your thumb, says OTS beside it) does not work. Under the VKB device configuration software under 'test' it only shows the push button as working. Nothing for left, right, up or down. Going into the Button Wizard it does show those positions as not assigned. I really don't know what to do from here and am hoping someone can help. I was directed to the discord site but that's a bit of a Zoo for me and am hoping to avoid it. I am REALLY hoping it is not a faulty switch or wiring!
Aapje Posted February 8 Posted February 8 (edited) It's an axis (two actually), not a button, so it wouldn't show up as a button. That's why the push button does show up, because it is actually a button. Can you map it in DCS as an axis? Edited February 8 by Aapje
MoToad Posted February 8 Author Posted February 8 Well I guess that was all for nothing. Went back into the software and hit the default reset button, recalibrated and guess what? There it is. And It is a 4 way switch with push button. Going back into DCS now and I'm sure it will be there. It did come with a proper China hat switch you can swap out. Thinkin that would turn it into an axis.
MoToad Posted March 12 Author Posted March 12 A month later and I am truly glad that my x56 nightmare is over. I mean having the STECS thumb rotary as zoom work flawlessly with no jitters is worth it alone. Combined with the Tobii Eyetracker 5 is making DCS an enjoyment all over again. But I still have the one small bug that a lot of peeps have referred to and am still in search of answers. That's the mini stick on STECS as slew. Just haven't been able to slow it down enough yet. It can be a royal pain with my old jittery hands. I have adjusted the curve in settings several times but still haven't got it right. I just need to see it basically almost stop moving and I can work from there. The three main position switches on the Glad stick are mapped for DMS, TMS and CMS and I hope to keep them that way. But if the answer is to use the slew on the stick them I'll give it a try and move things around. Hope someone has some solid answers. And I have gone thru the VKB software and the axises (axees?) are working fine in there but I couldn't find the settings to play with them. And if I did would that countermand the way they are set up in DCS?
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