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Title: calabrating
Post by: hyster on December 19, 2007, 11:53:58 AM

i have a saitek x-52 and saitek peddals.

i have to calabrate every time i play and some times sevaral times during a game other wise the controls become very twitchy. as soon as i calabrate again its fine.

XP pro
intel q6600
4gig ram
nvidia 8800gts (163.75 whql)
gigabyte p35c-ds3r

Title: calabrating
Post by: Lusche on December 19, 2007, 12:34:48 PM

Do you have them hooked onto a powered USB hub? If not, that could be your problem.

Title: calabrating
Post by: hyster on December 19, 2007, 01:55:46 PM

yes there in2 a powered usb. i remembered i post id read about using one.

i forgot to add that i use the ah2 keymapping and not saiteks manager.ive tryed with and without the profiling software installed.

Title: calabrating
Post by: Krusty on December 19, 2007, 02:23:57 PM

Try calibrating in windows instead of AH, THEN in AH, then quit and go back in and see if that keeps it.

If it's off-kilter in Windows, AH may revert to that every time, thus requiring a recalibrate every time

Title: calabrating
Post by: hyster on December 19, 2007, 03:12:07 PM

thers no option to calibrate under windows only test.

Title: calabrating
Post by: Krusty on December 19, 2007, 03:15:32 PM

There should be an option. Don't use the mapping software, go into Control Panel, Game Controllers, and choose the X52 in the list that comes up. Go to properties, and in one of the 2 tabs there's a "Calibrate" option.

There should be, at any rate. I don't know what it looks like, as I don't have one. It may be hidden somewhere, but there is always a calibration function.

Just out of curiousity, when you move it around in the "test" does it move like it should, or is it kinda whacky like in AH?

Title: calabrating
Post by: hyster on December 19, 2007, 04:21:04 PM

seems fine in the windows test, didnt jump or jerk about.
ive installed the beta drivers and i added a little deadband to each axis. ill give it a try tomorow and c what happens. if that dosent work i think ill re-install the game. mybe i got a dodgy file somewhere.

quote from the saitek forum.i have followed the instuctions but didnt do anything for me.

Quote

Hi,

You don't need a calibration tab - the stick is self-calibrating. If it is looking off-centre then try the following:

Unplug the controller, click Start>Run, type regedit and click OK. In the Registry Editor browse to the following folders in order:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Control
MediaProperties
PrivateProperties
DirectInput

And delete the VID_06A3&PID_053C (or VID_06A3&PID_2541) folder. Plug the controller back in, rotate the stick and move the throttle and rudder fully a couple of times and see if that has fixed it.
 

Title: calabrating
Post by: REP0MAN on December 20, 2007, 10:31:23 PM

Yes, deleting the old calibration (as in the directions posted in your last post) should allow for the new calibration to be stored in the registry. I've had to do this before and I recall it working well.

Good Luck!

:aok

Title: calabrating
Post by: Getback on December 22, 2007, 01:24:45 AM

Also set Deadzones in the control panel for all of your axis and your dials too. Then move the stick through its full range at least 4 times at desktop and repeat in AH.

Saitek has a download that helps calibration as well for the x52. Those 2 things really helped me. Mine was unflyable.

Title: calabrating
Post by: OOZ662 on December 22, 2007, 01:41:44 AM

For future reference, under their own drivers, both the X-45 and X-52 have no Window calibration function.

Title: calabrating
Post by: Trog on December 22, 2007, 09:19:53 PM

Here ya go hyster, solved my recalibrating X52 problems. Hope it works for you too.

http://www.saitek.com/uk/supp/recalibration.htm

Title: calabrating
Post by: hyster on December 23, 2007, 05:04:39 AM

thanks trog. ive done that and ill see how it gows over the next few days.

Title: calabrating
Post by: bmwgs on December 24, 2007, 12:34:16 AM

This may be a stupid question, but i'm going to ask it anyway.  

When you say move through the full range of motion, for the X axis does that mean just side to side, or the complete circle?   Same question for the Y axis, just front and back, or do the full circle?

Thanks

Title: calabrating
Post by: OOZ662 on December 24, 2007, 12:39:38 AM

Usually the software detects the highest and lowest voltages put out through the potentiometer (the numbers in the AH screen) and sets those as the min/max. You ought to be able to do them all at the same time, since they're all separate hardware.

Title: calabrating
Post by: NHawk on December 24, 2007, 06:59:01 AM

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Originally posted by bmwgs
This may be a stupid question, but i'm going to ask it anyway.  

When you say move through the full range of motion, for the X axis does that mean just side to side, or the complete circle?   Same question for the Y axis, just front and back, or do the full circle?

Thanks

Side to side and front to back does the exact same thing as full circle. The are only 2 pots on the x and y axis. You just want to move them through their full range of input.

Title: calabrating
Post by: hyster on December 24, 2007, 07:07:09 AM

so far so good. i played yesterday without havingto calabrate once.

cheers guys:D