Author Topic: Cougar Programming question (Read 298 times)

Wanker · « **on:** June 03, 2002, 02:39:38 PM »

My Cougar gets delivered tomorrow, so I'm trying to plan ahead and think about how I want to program it.

I will be setting up the buttons on the joystick as Direct-X buttons, so that CM EYE will work for me when I run an event in the SEA.

The one feature I'm really curious about, though, is if there is some sort of "shift" button that you all use to shift the views on the hats from the regular views to an "up views" setting. I really like that feature in the Saitek X45, and I am hoping to be able to mimic that on the Cougar.

Any thoughts on this from those of you who already have the Cougar?

Thanks!

Pongo · « **Reply #1 on:** June 03, 2002, 03:25:18 PM »

There are 2 * 3 postition thumb switches for you thumb. I dont use them though. I just use the joystick pinky finger button as up. then in combo with my normal view hat I get the up views.

jaus · « **Reply #2 on:** June 04, 2002, 05:44:20 AM »

The S3 pinkie switch is designed for this purpose.

You can use it for /I /O programming and put 'up' views on the /I but it has the problem that the pinkie button must be engaged when the view is initiated. You can't switch back and forth between up and down without re-initiating both keypresses

You can program KP5 to the pinkie switch; this lets you use the pinkie as a up/down shift while holding down the view key. but you lose the ability to use the pinkie key for /I /O programming.

The best, but most complicated, way is to use the cougar's logical programming to program the views to logical buttons and map the views to direct X buttons. This gives you /I /O programming and up/down view shift ability. I think SOB posted a good example of this in his sample profile.

Wanker · « **Reply #3 on:** June 04, 2002, 09:55:07 AM »

Thanks for the replies, fellas. Since I have to set the joystick buttons as DX buttons, I won't be able to use it like Pongo recommended, correct? And I think I'll have to try the complicated way that Jaus recommended, because it sounds like that will retain my DX buttons, yet allow those to "map" to logical views.

Jaus, am I correct that what you mean by logical mapping is that I'll set my buttons on the Joystick to be DX buttons, and then in AH I assign the views to DX buttons? How then, do I get the shift mechanism to work so that with one held button I turn my 8 way hat into a 16 way hat (8 normal views, 8 "up" views)?

jaus · « **Reply #4 on:** June 04, 2002, 11:57:39 AM »

Yes on the assigning AH views to DX buttons , for the programming look here:

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=52874&highlight=cougar+profile

SOB attached a profile to the first post that uses this method. You will see how the S3 switch is used as a logical on the views. This leaves it free to be used as a /I /O switch on other buttons.