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X45 problem (Read 237 times)

Dec 5^th, 2004 at 5:29pm

dodger Offline
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??? Well, I'm really baffled by this recent development. My Saitek X45 will not give me full deflection of control surfaces, only around 75% or so compared to keyboard actuation. All control surfaces in all a/c in FS2002 are equally affected. Here's the weird part - it works fine in fs9. I have re-installed and re-calibrated to no avail. This is a recent development, noticed it after doing a BIOS update. I have FSUIPC for 2K2 but I haven't used it for any controller calibration yet, (mainly 'cause I haven't figured it out) Could there be a connection here? Any other ideas?? Thanks, folks

AMD 64 X2-5200, NVidia 9600GT 512, 2048 DDR, 2x250 GB SATA, Saitek X45, Win XP SP3 (Win7-64bitRC1 and FSX on 2nd HD)

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Reply #1 - Dec 6^th, 2004 at 11:54am

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Obvious question, but it needs to be asked. Did you check the sensitivities?

You shouldn't need to calibrate your controller using FSUIPC, but if you read through the docs once or twice, you can figure it out. It took me a few trials and errors but it's simple.

I'm at work now and heading out to sea so I can't give you a quick tutorial right now. I'll be back on the 17th if no one else does.

Joe

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They both will work perfectly, until you open windows.

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Reply #2 - Dec 6^th, 2004 at 9:20pm

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Skittles, Thanks for the offer. I am gonna take a whack at calibrating in FSUIPC tomorrow. As you said, it starts to make sense after a bit so I'll try it. I'll post results when I have them.

AMD 64 X2-5200, NVidia 9600GT 512, 2048 DDR, 2x250 GB SATA, Saitek X45, Win XP SP3 (Win7-64bitRC1 and FSX on 2nd HD)

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Reply #3 - Dec 8^th, 2004 at 1:57pm

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What is FSUIPC??

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Reply #4 - Dec 8^th, 2004 at 7:06pm

dodger Offline
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Ben, Not sure I should even attempt to explain since I'm still learning about what it does and how, but I'd describe it as a utility for fine-tuning FS. Go to www.schiratti.com/dowson and check it out or do a search here for it. there's gotta be lots of info around. Cheers

AMD 64 X2-5200, NVidia 9600GT 512, 2048 DDR, 2x250 GB SATA, Saitek X45, Win XP SP3 (Win7-64bitRC1 and FSX on 2nd HD)

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Reply #5 - Dec 16^th, 2004 at 2:09pm

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Got it sorted out. Figured out how to calibrate the X, Y and rudder axes using FSUIPC and the controller now gives me full travel. Thanks for the offer, Skittles.

AMD 64 X2-5200, NVidia 9600GT 512, 2048 DDR, 2x250 GB SATA, Saitek X45, Win XP SP3 (Win7-64bitRC1 and FSX on 2nd HD)

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Reply #6 - Dec 17^th, 2004 at 12:31am

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Glad to be of help. Do you use other controllers? Yoke or Throttle quadrant? If so, or if you plan to, I created a config swapper to help.

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=COF;action=display;num=109...

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