Sorry, I wrote that post in haste. My version is 4.57, 10 January 2010. Downloaded yesterday from SimMarket.
I followed the instructions in the FSUIPC guide for CH found in the FAQ section. The first thing I did was to disable the joysticks. After that, I assigned each lever using the FSUIPC interface as throttle1, throttle2, prop1, prop2, mixture1, mixture2 (from left to right). Lastly, I began the calibration process as described in the pfd document.
I ticked the "assign direct" option within FSUIPC.
Thank you for that information. That makes me more confident that there is some aspect I'm overlooking between the sim and the controller. I'm optimistic that once I find what it is, I'll be very happy with FSUIPC.
Hmm, yes, I suspect that this area is the root of the problem. I am seeing the full range (16383 for in and -16384 for out), although, when I move the levers slowly, I see no change in numbers for the lower range of most of the levers. In other words, as I move the lever back from full forward, I see the numbers change until I reach about the halfway mark. At that point, the numbers remain unchanged.
I know FSUIPC is reading the levers accurately in terms of the overall range but when it gets to setting the calibration for reverse, idle, and max, there seems to be dead spots.
As I said before, my first thought was that the controller was worn out or that there was something wrong with the drivers. But when I use the CH Control manager, I can see that it is reading each lever quite accurately.