After a successful but long install (12hrs) the sim is running fine but I have ground to a crawl setting up my Saitek X-55 stick and throttles. I noticed in a folder (called inputs) where only the X-56 is catered for. I plan to offer my profile to others when I finish.

I have slowly progressed  to a point now that I have the joystick controlling Ailerons and Elevators, pause, parking brakes, Auto pilot on/off.

The Throttles are now working for two engines, Flaps, Elevator trims, Landing Gear, Reverse thrust and Heading up/down switches so I don’t have to use the knob inside the flight deck to adjust heading.

There was a configuration file for my Saitek Pro Rudder pedals and they worked Straight out of the box (Rudder and toe brakes)

What I have not been able to do is map any views to the stick or throttles especially the POV hat and Quicklooks. However I have got one of the hats offering view move left-right and forward-backward.

If anyone has a clue about these issues and can help I would really be thankful and as I say, when finished I will offer the profile to anyone here that has the same gear. Which will save a lot of work. 

Cheers Anton.

 

Edited August 18, 20205 yr by antonvs

10 minutes ago, antonvs said:

I noticed in a folder (called inputs) where only the X-56 is catered for. I plan to offer my profile to others when I finish.

Please do! 👍

I also have to set up my HOTAS bindings completely from the ground up, as there's no profile for my Virpil stick.

One other obstacle i have to overcome is finding the file(s) that store these controller profiles. That is also proving to be a bit of a challenge. MS love stashing files in so many locations (seems they enjoy making it hard to find things), don’t get me started on the Windows Registry, what fiendish mind developed that nightmare. This is one aspect that is so easy in X-plane, nearly everything is in one route folder.   

Edited August 18, 20205 yr by antonvs

You sir would be a legend if you were to share the Profile,

just downloaded the whole thing do discover my x52 wasnt configured at all 🙂

Thanks for your work getting a Profile set up. I have the Saitek X-55 as well and was disappointed at the the lack of a base profile. It'd be nice to have a starting point before I dive into binding everything. I'll follow this thread for updates. Let me know if you need me to test a build or anything else.

 

That would be great. During the beta I just got the basics setup, all control surfaces + gear/flaps, so it would be nice to see how others set theirs up for inspiration.

31 minutes ago, goreckm said:

That would be great. During the beta I just got the basics setup, all control surfaces + gear/flaps, so it would be nice to see how others set theirs up for inspiration.

Wonder, as a beta tester, can you point me in the right direction of the location of the control configuration file as I want to back it up as I go.

1 minute ago, antonvs said:

Wonder, as a beta tester, can you point me in the right direction of the location of the control configuration file as I want to back it up as I go.

Never played with the config files, just configured through the UI directly.

Im Using the X52 Pro and my main problem is the throttle. Somehow there is no throttle axis available which means that my throttle lever is not really usable... It does have a throttle increase/decreae button but thats not really what i was looking for if I have a throttle lever 😕

Any Help?

@Aphec,

I have also a x52 but it is not working. Can you help me out please?

Thx!

Kind regards Bouwe

My understanding from being in the Alpha is that custom Control config files are now being saved in the cloud as opposed to locally. This maintains config settings in the event of a full uninstall / reinstall (and I suppose across hardware).

If this isn't the case I stand corrected ...

Hey Anton,

 

I might have found something,

i've changed 1 key input

ive done a check on recently changed files and for me i saw this in the following folder:

 

C:\Users\bruyn\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\000900000086B2C1_00000000000000000000000069F80140\B04F0D41FAE24D70A734D1D8211AC716

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Version Num="1238"/>
<FriendlyName>X52 H.O.T.A.S. profile</FriendlyName>
<Device DeviceName="X52 H.O.T.A.S." GUID="{0F29E4F0-6D17-11E9-8001-444553540000}" ProductID="597">
    <Axes>
        <Axis AxisName="X" AxisSensitivy="0" AxisDeadZone="0"/>
        <Axis AxisName="Y" AxisSensitivy="0" AxisDeadZone="0"/>
        <Axis AxisName="Z" AxisSensitivy="0" AxisDeadZone="0"/>
        <Axis AxisName="rX" AxisSensitivy="0" AxisDeadZone="0"/>
        <Axis AxisName="rY" AxisSensitivy="0" AxisDeadZone="0"/>
        <Axis AxisName="rZ" AxisSensitivy="0" AxisDeadZone="0"/>
        <Axis AxisName="SliderX" AxisSensitivy="0" AxisDeadZone="0"/>
    </Axes>
    <Context ContextName="PLANE">
        <Action ActionName="KEY_THROTTLE_INCR" Flag="2">
            <Primary>
                <KEY Information="Joystick Pov Up">256</KEY>
            </Primary>
        </Action>
        <Action ActionName="KEY_THROTTLE1_AXIS_SET_EX1" Flag="4">
            <Primary>
                <KEY Information="Joystick Slider X+">513</KEY>
            </Primary>
        </Action>
    </Context>
</Device>

Hello, I own a Saitek Pro Flight Cessna Yoke and it doesn't recognize it! What Can I do? https://ibb.co/wLptT5Q (screenshot) 

Thanks for your effort, I wish there was a way to duplicate the profile from the X56. I've managed so far (during my short play time) to configure the axes on the stick, and the throttle. Not sure about the camera settings though, as there are quite a lot.

Even if sharing files seems complicated right now, if you have a description or screenshots of the main functions, that would be great 🙂

Why cannot Microsoft supply us with xml files for our controllers?

I am not planning to buy a complete new controller just for MSFS....pfff