by Bingo041 » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:49 pm
Here is my work around to get individual HOTAS key press assignments working in FI……………..there may be a better way to do this, but this is what I found that worked for my ThrustMaster Cougar HOTAS.
To Simplify, I used these keys dedicated to the following FI functions:
I was able to successfully put these key presses into the FI Bindings of these two functions using either the joystick plugged in, or without the joystick plugged in:
FlyInside Interact - K
FIyInside Center - J
My Cougar HOTAS is very capable of loading customized profiles for individual aircraft. I can compile and download profiles directly to the HOTAS memory and the onboard microprocessor executes the profile.
However, I have to deviate from the normal FI startup process because of the way it starts up. The first task experienced occurs at FI Welcome Screen. Using any Joystick button, you are asked to press any joystick button to center. However, when the HOTAS is in "Program Mode," FI will not accept the centering character “J” assigned to the HOTAS button. What I have to do, is set the HOTAS back to the un-programmed mode so acts like a $20 "Dumb" joystick. The following steps describe the actions I took to get everything working
1) Set the HOTAS to “Dumb” mode.
2) At FI Startup, click on any HOTAS button. This gets me past the “Startup” screen and puts me into the FI VR “room” where the “Waiting for Simulator” Window is on the left side, and the “Menu, SIM, Bindings and Setting” Window is located on the right side. So far so good.
3) Next I start the aircraft to load into the P3D simulator using the mouse, either by clicking on the P3D “Ok” button when looking in my Headset, or going to the monitor and clicking “Ok.”
4) Once the sim is fully running, and I am in the sim with the Headset, I delete the annoying window that always shows up in the headset using the mouse button.
5) Removing my Headset and going to the monitor, I click on my HOTAS icon in the Windows Tray below and open it. I set the HOTAS to “Programmed Mode.”
6) Once step 4) is complete, the two joystick buttons assigned “J” and “K” now work with FI.
My next step is to program other functions in the FI bindings and assign new keypress combinations to these joystick buttons. I will let you know how this progresses.
Cheers,
Bill Clark