Mini Stick Help - Gate Cont

[AnomanderRake]

Hello everyone! I love my new stick but it's very hard to learn configuration. I have:
VKB Gunfighter MKIII with MCG Pro
Firmware Version: v2.025 mk2


I have seen this problem in other threads back to 2018. I still tried hours and cannot make this work. I want the Gate Cont stick to function exactly as the Master mode stick. A POV hat at startup, and after long depress it is axis. I tried to copy exactly the settings for the Master Mode switch but no luck.

I can make POV 2 work. I can make Axis work. But I cannot make POV 2 turn to axis with long depress.

Honest! I read the manual closely and searched other threads! Sorry sorry to bring up this topic again but I need help!

Here are my settings that I think are relevant.

Thank you VKB community!

[fallout9]

Hi there, Lord of Moon's Spawn

Is the #POV in Global/Common set to 2?

[AnomanderRake]

Yes! It is I, Son of Darkness!

Thanks @Fallout9. That was not it, I did have #POV set to 2 in global/common. But I did figure it out! For those that might ever be in my spot, this was the post that made me figure it out: https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/275481-is-it-possible-to-make-the-centre-button-of-the-master-mode-hat-a-remappable-button-while-keeping-the-switch-mode-available/

That post was answered by, let me see...@Fallout9! Helpful guy!

I did not know that you could see the button you were clicking by hitting "Post" checkbox. When I did that, I discovered I was trying to set the wrong button the whole time! It IS confusing I think. On the TEST screen, I could see the mini-stick button I was trying to program was BUTTON 8. But I only realized after checking POST checkbox that the physical layer #22 was actually button 8, and the logical layer cell in slot 8 was....not button 8. Anyway, when I figured that out I got it working right away!

THANK YOU, Fallout9. You helped me tons, on another website unbeknownst to either of us.

[AnomanderRake]

Can I ask about a different behavior? Let's say I wanted to keep the Gate Cont switch an axis, but have the long-press of the button change the axis controls.

Specifically this: I think it would be good to use Gate Cont as my TDC Slew. And with a short press, lock target. With long press, the axis would control my radar scan altitude and range. Can I do this?

[fallout9]

You could program the Gate Cont axes (RotZ and Slider1) as Relative in Profile/Axes/Logical Axes (I think Relative mode would act better for slew). If you already programmed the center push button as TempoB then you have a short press which you could assign to target lock and the long press would switch mode to POV so you could program it as radar scan.
And btw, sorry about my previous reply, seems like I've misinterpreted your initial question.