Hello,

 

Thanks for reading this - first off, and to make a VERY long story short, my Condition Levers don't work on the Q400 and the PMDG J4100.  They work properly on all three of the payware King Airs.

 

Secondly, Majestic Software did a great job trying to support me even after we determined this wasn't their problem.  So, my hats off to them for that effort.

 

All of the common causes of this type problem - running Control Panel without FSX on or running it without the Q400 selected, etc., etc. are not the cause.  In fact, this issue is so odd that a complete reinstall of FSX didn't correct the problem...  Before you think I'm completely nuts, I was reinstalling FSX to reconfigure it - not because of the Condition Levers.

 

The levers work correctly in the Saitek Properties window via Device Manager.  They also calibrate properly in FSUIPC.  They move whenever I use the Ctrl+F3 or 4 FSX controls (don't remember which is the mixture assignment).  The only time they don't work is when I try to move them with the Saitek throttle quads.   The input numbers for those levers do not change in the Q400 Control Panel when I move the Saitek levers.  They do change when I use the FSX Ctrl commands.

 

It began when I was trying different numerical settings in the Q400 Control Panel for the  throttle and condition levers.  Without any obvious cause, the Condition Levers stopped reacting to my inputs from the Saitek Throttle Quads.

 

I just thought before I resign myself to controlling the Condition Levers with the mouse (very clumsy) that I would see if there is a Windows genius (or a 12-year old that always makes old men like me look stupid )  with an answer.  This is an odd one - I was convinced the FSX reinstall would fix it, but no luck.  I've had help from some very experienced simmers - both in and outside of the Majestic company.

 

I have swapped the throttle quads physically via connections and assignments, so I'm convinced the problem is in the OS.

 

Thanks!

 

Mark

I also have this issue.

 

I'm about to assign the rocker switches to the Ctrl+F3 equivalents, and see if I can assign the Saitek Throttle Quadrant's "Third" lever to the Steering Tiller... Only for the Q400 though (ie as a profile specific FSUICP profile). Havn't done this yet, but hopefully this can be done.

Pretty neat idea. I've been living with it using the mouse, but that's clumsy - especially reducing the levers in flight. Over-shooting to the Start/Feather position when dropping to 850 can make things pretty sporty...

 

Thanks - please let me know how that works out for you.

 

Mark