CH Control Mgr

[guncrasher]

I totally believe you.  but I have never been able to do it.


semp

[McShark]

I used CH gear on Win7 without CM.

As I switched to another comp with XP on it I had to download CM.

After all I believe adjusting the stick to your needs works better in CM than in AH. I spent days and weeks getting AH scale to do what I wanted but never got it right.

3 hours in CM and my input is just the way I wanted it to have.

Just my 2 cents....

[Bino]

Question:
 
I'm running a Fighterstick, peds and throttle thru a powered USB hub on Win7. Is there a need or benefit to running Control Mgr software vs standard Windoze calibration?

Thanks

I think it's simply personal preference.  I have the same all-CH USB rig as you.  I happened to get familiar with the CH Manager long before I flew AH, so that's what I've continued to use.  I pretty much leave the AH key assignments at their defaults.  I do use the AH analog controller assignments to put pitch, roll, yaw, and wheel brake functions on the stick and rudder pedals.  I also use the AH analog assignment to put the AH engine RPM function on the "throttle wheel" of my Fighterstick, because it gives me finer control than a "+" or "-" keypress.  I use the CH Manager to assign keystrokes to the various buttons.

And of course, YMMV.   

[Blagard]

I'm running a Fighterstick, peds and throttle thru a powered USB hub on Win7. Is there a need or benefit to running Control Mgr software vs standard Windoze calibration?

I used to use the Control Manager in Aces High and had occasional issues of sticking views. - Because Aces High can map everything so well I stopped using the Control Manager and the sticky view issue went too! - So my advice is don't bother with it in AH.

So long as your stick is calibrated before you go into AH I don't think it matters. When setting up I always calibrate again in AH and take advantage of the damping, dead area and scaling facilities AH offers to tweak the stick to how I like it.

[bmwgs]

I totally believe you.  but I have never been able to do it.


semp

Same here, Windows 7-64 and I can not calibrate in Windows without the CM.  That is the only thing I use it for, I don't have anything else mapped to it.

Fred

[kano]

When i got my new pc a few weeks back my CH throttle kept tripping out and de calibrating it self mid sortie. Calibrating it in Windows 7(64) or AH didnt help installed CH manager and calibrated and had no issues with it since.

EatG