Simple Button Box Triggers Other Controller Inputs in DCS

[healerf18]

Hi Everyone. I made a very simple button/switch box with an Arduino Pro Micro with just two toggle switches for DCS. One switch for the primer in the P-51 Mustang and one switch for the starter. Works great (kinda proud of myself!) But when I toggle either switch for the first time in DCS, the airplane's joy stick moves full left (ailerons left) and the throttle moves full forward. These are controlled by two separate controllers (Virpil for stick and Warthog for throttle). Moving the stick and throttle brings them back to the normal position in DCS and everything works normally. It only happens first time in the DCS cockpit. If I crash and die and jump into a new airplane, no problems at all. I've done a bunch of searching but can't find anything that addresses this problem.

I'm not at all sure how the switches on the Arduino controller are creating an input to the stick and throttle.

Thoughts? Thanks!

[No1sonuk]

Did you set it up as a HID ("joystick" buttons)?

If you did, did you blank the whole column in the button AND axis controls pages in DCS before setting up the controls you want?  When you add an new HID, DCS "guesses" what you want to use it for.

[Nightdare]

56 minutes ago, No1sonuk said:

did you blank the whole column in the button AND axis controls pages in DCS before setting up the controls you want?

 

Most probably this, DCS tends to assign existing key binds to new peripherals

[jackd]

1 hour ago, No1sonuk said:

Did you set it up as a HID ("joystick" buttons)?

If you did, did you blank the whole column in the button AND axis controls pages in DCS before setting up the controls you want?  When you add an new HID, DCS "guesses" what you want to use it for.

I found this with a Razer Tartarus v2, inserts a column in my cotroller page, even with axis stuff. You cannot remove it, and i had to clear all automatic inserted stuff manually.

[healerf18]

10 hours ago, No1sonuk said:

Did you set it up as a HID ("joystick" buttons)?

If you did, did you blank the whole column in the button AND axis controls pages in DCS before setting up the controls you want?  When you add an new HID, DCS "guesses" what you want to use it for.

Ah, nope! That makes sense. I'll go back, blank the columns and try again. Thank you!!

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

On 3/2/2025 at 6:08 AM, healerf18 said:

Ah, nope! That makes sense. I'll go back, blank the columns and try again. Thank you!!

you could also check the upper part of the device wihin DCS settings controls, and select "disabled", so that device will be invisible for DCS.