Create an FSUIPC Profile to exclude PDMG 737NGX?

[dsillers]

Dear Mr. Dowson, 

 

Having paid for my copy of FSUIPC and spent some time following the instructions in Peter Hayes' "axis assignment" appendix in the User Guide, I was really pleased by the improved performance of my CH Flight Sim Yoke in controlling my planes in FSX -- thus far, I've got one general profile to cover all planes, though of course I will customize further.  

 

The one exception to this happy outcome is with the PMDG 737NGX, where the settings that work well elsewhere don't seem to carry over.  

 

Rather than put in a lot of time and effort trying to make FSUIPC and the 737NGX work together, is it possible to simply exclude that one plane from the general application of my profile?  That would seem to be the best of both worlds.

 

BTW Having followed Peter Hayes' instructions, I started by unticking "Enable Controllers" on the FSX Controls page.  But I'm wondering whether that was the right path to follow -- his appendix starts by saying that one can use "any mix" of using the control/configuration software supplied by [CH Products] and FSUIPC4.  Can you point me to advice on how to/whether to implement such a mixture?

 

Many thanks,

dsillers  

[Pete Dowson]

Rather than put in a lot of time and effort trying to make FSUIPC and the 737NGX work together, is it possible to simply exclude that one plane from the general application of my profile?  That would seem to be the best of both worlds.

 

You should be using Profiles, so you can have different assignments and/or calibrations for different aircraft types. You can, even now, create one Profile specifically for the NGX and change all your settings there.

 

The user guide tells you about Profiles.

 

BTW Having followed Peter Hayes' instructions, I started by unticking "Enable Controllers" on the FSX Controls page.  But I'm wondering whether that was the right path to follow -- his appendix starts by saying that one can use "any mix" of using the control/configuration software supplied by [CH Products] and FSUIPC4.  Can you point me to advice on how to/whether to implement such a mixture?

 

The reason for disabling controllers in FS is simply that if you assign axes in FSUIPC and any are still assigned in FS, they will conflict. It is possible to unassign them in FS, but it has the habit of occasionally re-assigning them automatically on a re-boot, or especially if the device becomes disconnected.

 

You don't have to assign axes in FSUIPC to allow them to be calibrated in FSUIPC -- the calibration works for FS assigned axes as well. But you don't get all of the assignment options in FS.

 

there are lots of threads and recommendations all over the place about how to do things properly in PMDG aircraft. It certainly is possible with all assignments in FSUIPC -- some will have to be to "FS controls" not "direct to FSUIPC calibration". But I'm afraid I'm not the person to advise on this as I don't have the NGX installed.

 

Regards

Pete

[dsillers]

Great -- thanks a million for your quick response! I'll chase down those "threads and recommendations."