G940 rookie

[Wolfhound]

Hello guys,

 

I am playing a few simulators (LOMAC, FC1, FC2, BlackShark and FSX) for a while now with a relative simple setup of controls (keybord and simple joystick). I wanted a bit more and I ordered the G940 of Logitech. After some tuning (ffb, sens, dead zone) the controls are feeling quite good. But I have big time problems with getting some things working. I have a few questions:

 

- are there any G940 profiles available on this forum? (I tried to search for them)

- how can I turn the red/green LED lights ON on the throttle lever program buttons (they are fixed at green)?

- are there alternatives to make all trim wheels working? (this sometimes limited, in FSX for e.g.)

- I read several forum threads that the sensor at the stick should be taped off. What is the function of this sensor?

- Yesterday I setup some keys for DCS BlackShark in game. It works quite ok. But when do you choose to use the profiler or the in game settings?

 

I hope you can help this rookie G940 user :joystick:

Thx a lot guys.

[Crash_Fistfight]

Hi there i'm also a G940 owner its not a bad stick for FC2 and DCS:BS.

 

1 Take a long read of this thread http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=45695 It has lots of useful info for adjusting the force curves to get the best feel from stick.

I don't know if there are any G940 profiles around I just built mine from scratch but there is a thread with layouts for other sticks I looked at to get the inspiration for the layout http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=42060

 

2 The throttle LEDS http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=45895 works great but you will have to da alot of research before trying to change the lua scripts to show other functions than the author morg has by default I'm still in the early stages of trying to figure it out.

 

3 The trim wheels might not be assignable as none of the aircraft modelled in FC2 have trim wheels, the pilot applies trim using the HAT on the stick.

 

4 The sensor is the "Dead mans switch" when you take your hand off the stick it returns to centre and will not shake or rumble while your hand is off. In FC2 and especially BS you need the stick to stay in the trimmed position when you take your hand off the stick so taping up the stick is like always having your hand on the stick.

 

5 Personal preference really I'd actually like to know what the advantages of using in game are (i'm gonna try researching it sometime). I used the profiler because I wanted to assign axis commands for the ministick on the joystick as the ministick doesn't work right for aiming the Shkval by assigning it in game.

[Wolfhound]

Hi Crash FistFight. Thanks a lot for your useful reply!

[Zerotown]

Hi Wolfhound. Some months ago I developed a DCS-BS profile for my G940. You can find it using the link in my signature.