I recently purchased one of the re-conditioned X45's to have as a back-up. However, when I plugged it into the machine, the profile editor, etc. would not work saying that I needed to "plug in a Saitek Game Controller."
I then installed the drivers and SST software that came on the CD with the ReCon. X45, and everything appeared ok. Next I selected my "AHII.dat" file that I use for flying in Aces High - nothing would work. Puzzled, I plugged in my old one and tried the same thing - it wouldn't work either. I've tried the .dat files with both of the X45's, and it appears that the profile editopr or something is not reading them correctly, because none of them will work at all.
For now, I've resorted to manually setting all the buttons in the AH joystick mapping area, but I miss being able to use the 3 different modes in the SST software.
Any ideas why you can't switch two of the same joysticks and have them both use the same .dat files and other settings?
BTW, I also downloaded the newest drivers and SST software from the Saitek website. I've posted basically the same question on their BBS, but no responses yet. (Seems weird, but when I do a search for "Aces High" on the Saitek BBS, it comes up with nothing. Seems like as many people here that use the X45 and X52, there would be some mention of AH on it...).
Thanks for any help!