Simviation Forum - X52 Pro Owners I Need Your Help

Nov 5^th, 2009 at 5:52am

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I don't think the mouse cursor movement on the throttle is correct on my unit. I sent it in for repair but they said it was correct. I think should move like I list below and I got this from a guy who said this was how his X52 worked.
Can some of you compare your's to what I list below and post a reply. I would really appreciate it.

mouse cursor movement on the X52 Pro

Throttle is dead center - 1/2 throttle.

Toward celing = left
Away from you = up
Toward the floor = right
Toward you = down

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Reply #1 - Nov 10^th, 2009 at 3:49am

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Ahh I see what you mean... when I first got my X52Pro I also found the mini mouse controls a little funky...

They're not oriented in relation to your thumb, as would be a thumbstick from a console controller... it's oriented in relation to the unit itself, so "up" (towards the ceiling) really is, in fact, up Wink

Now, there is a way around that... you could make yourself a profile with th SST software and simply switch out the command mapping for the thumbstick, which is really 2 axes, one for mouse X, and one for mouse Y... switch them out and it should be thumb-oriented

hmm, now that I think of it... I should have done the same thing long ago!! I really had a time trying to adjust myself to the thumbstick orientation Shocked

Hope this helps!! I'm going to try it myself too Wink

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Reply #2 - Nov 10^th, 2009 at 3:59am

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I just tried my idea... it doesn't really work I'm afraid...

Switching X and Y is possible in the SST, and it does work to some extent... the X axis switched out fine, but the Y axis became reversed, which made things even more funky Roll Eyes

The bad part is that, as of now, there is currently no way to reverse (or un-reverse, in this case) an axis in the SST, so it's quite impossible to get it right... however, Saitek support tells me that they are planning to release an advanced axis features pack along with some new update due out next year... (should have been release about now, but they got delayed)... this feature pack should, among other neat things, add the ability to profile an axis so it reports backwards (simply awesome for heli collectives... and for this very application too Cheesy

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So now we wait I guess... Wink

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Reply #3 - Nov 10^th, 2009 at 11:25am

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Good info HarvesteR, Thank's and I keep checking for that update!

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Reply #4 - Nov 11^th, 2009 at 1:10am

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HarvesteR wrote on Nov 10^th, 2009 at 3:49am:

when I first got my X52Pro I also found the mini mouse controls a little funky

Though my stick is the X52 (no pro), it also has the little X/Y axis mini thingy. Only when I calibrate, is it ever tried - what exactly is its purpose?

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Reply #5 - Nov 14^th, 2009 at 8:30am

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olderndirt wrote on Nov 11^th, 2009 at 1:10am:

HarvesteR wrote on Nov 10^th, 2009 at 3:49am:

when I first got my X52Pro I also found the mini mouse controls a little funky

Though my stick is the X52 (no pro), it also has the little X/Y axis mini thingy. Only when I calibrate, is it ever tried - what exactly is its purpose?

It's primary purpose is to emulate the mouse... you push on it and it moves the cursor. Much like one of those nub thingies on some laptops... the little button next to it is by default mapped to be your left click, and clicking the mouse wheel is your right click.

Note that this will only work if you have a profile running. The mouse emulation is the default mode for any profile, but if you don't have a profile up it will report like a joy axis and won't control the mouse.

So using profiles you can change the functionality of the minimouse thing to whatever you want... you can have it work as axes, mouse emulation, or bands, which give out keypresses whenever the axis is pushed into a user-defined range. It all depends on how you set it in your profile.

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