POV hat as button

[steelrfan85]

I have my POV set as 4W buttonwhen I test it it acts like it’s a 8 way. I move it up it lights up but when I let go it changes to a different bottom.

[fallout9]

First of all, that POV has to be calibrated - when calibrating it make sure it's in axes mode and not POV. Then, program it as LoRes 4w and press the Set button to save it.

[steelrfan85]

I’m not understanding. I’m in profile tab and axes2buttom. I see a get and set but nothing happens when I move the POV in that. When I go to test it again bottoms light up everywhere when I move the POV hat

[fallout9]

Do this:
1. open VKBDevCfg and click on the Test tab, then on Axes1 tab;
2. click on the Tools tab, then on the big square Start Calibr tab;
3. move your joystick along pitch and roll, twist it (if you have it), move the mini-throttle up and down (if you have it), click on the center button of the POV hat (if you have a Kosmosima grip a red small LED will turn on the head) and move the ministick up/down and left/right; you should see the sliders moving on the screen while doing this - if you move some axes and there's no slider moving then there's something wrong;
4. when done click on the End Calibr button;
5. after the joystick restarts click on the Profile tab, then on the POVs tab and set your ministick as LoRes 4w;
6. click on the Action tab and then press on the Set button.
If you follow this exactly you'll get where you wanted.

[steelrfan85]

This worked for a while and then all of a sudden I went to set controls in DCS and it stopped responding.

[fallout9]

Must be because you're trying to bind in game axes to digital or buttons (POV) to analog.

[steelrfan85]

It’s not an axes in the game. It’s a button. I push it forward and is a button command etc

[fallout9]

It's a ministick and has 2 modes: axes and buttons. You have to press the center button to swap between these 2 modes. If you try to bind axes to digital controls it won't work. Make sure you're in buttons mode when binding digital.

[steelrfan85]

When I press the center button it’s not recognized when I press it in the test

[steelrfan85]

I started another calibration and then I got the 4 buttons when I moved the stick but nothing when I press it in.

[fallout9]

Restart your joystick, open VKBDevCfg and go to Test/Axes1. Move the ministick around - are the axes moving? If yes, then you're in axes mode. Click mouse on the Buttons/POV tab, then press the center button of the ministick. Move the ministick around - is the red POV hat moving too? If yes, then you're in buttons mode.
Buttons = digital, axes = analog: take this into account when binding in game.

[steelrfan85]

I did a restart. Also did a re calibration and it’s responding when I move the stick around but still nothing when I push it in. Now the circular mini stick down lower responds when I push it in and the axes move with it but I could never get to use that as a button like the other one at top of stick

[fallout9]

Sorry man, I can't read your mind. Please state clearly: what joystick you have and what exactly are you trying to obtain from that ministick. For example: "I have a Gladiator NXT and want to program the A1 ministick so it would start in axes mode, would get a 4w POV instead of 8w with a button on center push". This will save a lot of time to both of us.

[steelrfan85]

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I have the MCG Pro. I currently have Ministick 1 as a 4w but the center button isn’t recognized in the configuration program. That is the one that works sometimes and then will stop working. I will recalibrate it then it works. I can’t get ministick 2 to do the same as a 4 way with center push. The center push is recognized in the configuration program. Trying to get stick 1 center push to work and stick 2 to use the axes to creat another 4w to use buttons. Is that making any sense?

[Ron61]

Show tabs Global, Profile-Buttons, POVs.