Thrustmaster Cougar Axis Names

[Alterscape]

I just purchased a used TM Cougar, and I'm trying to set it up for DCS A-10. I cannot just assign axes by moving the relevant axis, because the "ANT ELEV" and "MAN RNG" pots are currently inoperative and jumping all over the place -- I have replacement parts on order from Thrustmaster, but it'll be a week or so before they arrive and I have time to do the surgery to swap them out. I'd like to manually bind the other axes, particularly the microstick, in the mean time.

 

I have the microstick bound as follows in CCP: Microstick X: Windows Axis 7; Microstick Y: Windows Axis 8.

 

In the A-10C controls setup screen, the axis identifiers don't match up with the Windows axis names. JOY_RX is ministick X, but JOY_RZ is the ANT ELEV knob (bound to Windows axis #4 in CCP). Any idea which axis is ministick Y (Windows Axis 8)?

[airdog]

ITs been awhile since ive used my cougar but from what I remember you may havew to do this:

Open the HOTAS COugar Control panel in the axis setup tab click box box 7 in the microstick X row and click box 8 in the microstick Y row that will make the red plus sign move to those columns. Now at the bottom for the toe brakes move those red pluses over to columns 8 and 9.

That should make windows recognize those axis as windows only sees the first 8 axis's in a single controller.

Hopefully im correct on this...as I said above its been awhile since i used mine.

[Alterscape]

Thanks for the info! This is all true but as I understand it, not the fix to my problem. My complete axis assignment is as follows:

 

X axis: 1

Y axis: 2

Microstick X: 7

Microstick Y: 8

Throttle: 3

Antenna Knob: 4

Range Knob: 5

Rudder: 6.

 

The question is "Inside the sim's config applet, what is the name of axis 8?" I know that 7 is apparently JOY_RX, and 4 is JOY_RY (which is odd but hey)..

Edited November 24, 2011 by Alterscape

[KillaALF]

I did not assign the microstick in the sim, but programmed it with Foxy. When I try to assign it as an axis, the sim does not pick up on any movement of the microstick.

 

MIX /I

/O 3 HotasSlewDown ^ HotasSlewUp

MIY /I

/O 3 HotasSlewRight ^ HotasSlewLeft

[Alterscape]

After fiddling some more, I came up with the correct bindings. The trick was to assign an axis, and then open the axis in "Axis Tune" to check if it was correct. Turns out SLIDER_2 was the axis name I was looking for, after a bit of trial and error.

[Cali]

I'll try that later I'm having the same problem with my microstick. Can't get it to work in falcon either, although I have gotten it to work as a 4-way before.