Problem setting letter ID's to control devices in FSUIPC

[Smarvy]

I'm trying to help my father set up FSUIPC to assign alphanumeric key codes to his three CH Prodcuts control devices, FIghterstick, ProPedals, and Throttle Quad, becuase he unplugs his deivces after flying and they keep being assigned new numbers, thus negating all the buttopn and axcis assignments we applied. We followed the instructions in the User Guide for FSUIPC and edited the .ini file to change the Joystick ID's to the letters J, P and T, to look like this:

[JoyNames]

AutoAssignLetters=No

J=CH FIGHTERSTICK USB

T=CH THROTTLE QUADRANT

P=CH PRO PEDALS USB

The problem is it doesnt work. THe next time we start FSX, the .ini file changes to look like this:

[JoyNames]

AutoAssignLetters=No

J=CH FIGHTERSTICK USB

T=CH THROTTLE QUADRANT

P=CH PRO PEDALS USB

0=CH FIGHTERSTICK USB

1=CH THROTTLE QUADRANT

2=CH PRO PEDALS USB

Any ideas or help would be appreciated. We are both getting pretty frustrated.

THanks

[Andydigital]

Here are the relevant sections from my FSUIPC.ini along with a sample profile for GA aircraft, hopefully it will help you understand what is going on.

[JoyNames]
AutoAssignLetters=No
I=InterLink
R=Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals
X=Saitek X52 Pro Flight Control System
2=Saitek X52 Pro Flight Control System
3=Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals
1=InterLink


[Profile.GA] //Numbers in this section are only a list of aircraft that use this profile, they have no relevance to joystick ident numbers in the previous section
1=C Skylane 182Q6
2=C Skylane II RG R182 1
3=American Champion Scout FSX Red with Black
4=American Champion Citabria FSX Red and White
5=Beech Baron 58 Paint2
6=RealAir Beech Duke N4029S


[Buttons.GA] 
0=PX,25,CM2:2,0 // P means press, X=Saitek X52 Pro Flight Control System
1=PX,23,CM2:1,0
2=PX,26,C66172,0
3=PX,24,C66173,0
4=PI,3,C66240,0 // P press, I=interlink
6=UI,3,C66240,0 // U is up or release, I=interlink
8=PI,4,C66059,0
9=UI,4,C66060,0
10=PX,7,C66174,0
11=PX,6,C66175,0

[Axes.GA]
0=IZ,256,D,5,0,0,0 // I = Interlink Z=Z Axis
1=IU,256,D,6,0,0,0
2=RX,256,D,7,0,0,0 // R=Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals, X=X Axis
3=RY,256,D,8,0,0,0

[Pete Dowson]

I'm trying to help my father set up FSUIPC to assign alphanumeric key codes to his three CH Prodcuts control devices, FIghterstick, ProPedals, and Throttle Quad, becuase he unplugs his deivces after flying and they keep being assigned new numbers, thus negating all the buttopn and axcis assignments we applied. We followed the instructions in the User Guide for FSUIPC and edited the .ini file to change the Joystick ID's to the letters J, P and T, to look like this:

[JoyNames]

AutoAssignLetters=No

J=CH FIGHTERSTICK USB

T=CH THROTTLE QUADRANT

P=CH PRO PEDALS USB

The problem is it doesnt work.

Of course not, because you've deleted the lines which tell FSUIPC which joystick names equate to which Windows ID number. You are supposed to ADD those letter-defining names, not replace the originals!! Doing that destroys any chance FSUIPC has of tying them up again for you. If the numbers change the names will still tie up, but FSUIPC has to have both number and letter references in that section, as the example in the documentation clearly shows. It remakes the numeric lines when it loads so it can tie them up.

Regards

PEte