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Just activating the 4 throttels in a 747 with Logitech G940.


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L.S.

 

The logitech controls working just fine in most aircrafts I use, but flying  a 747 with just two trottelhandels is a frustrating job.

After all, I bought the solution with FSUIPC. The 60 pages handbook offers no simpel and easy solution. After scanning the dense text for relevant words , I copied pages 45-52 in the hope to find a three click solution. No way, everyting is properly installed, acces to FSUIPC via FSX is ok. The controle screen is simpel with just a minor amount of buttens to handle. But results are also very minor e.q. zero.

 

Ho can give me a clou.... OK my mothers language is Dutch.

 

Regards Hein Hendriks

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The logitech controls working just fine in most aircrafts I use, but flying  a 747 with just two trottelhandels is a frustrating job.

After all, I bought the solution with FSUIPC. The 60 pages handbook offers no simpel and easy solution. After scanning the dense text for relevant words , I copied pages 45-52 in the hope to find a three click solution. No way, everyting is properly installed, acces to FSUIPC via FSX is ok. The controle screen is simpel with just a minor amount of buttens to handle. But results are also very minor e.q. zero.

 

What's a "three click solution"?

 

Tell me what you actually want to do. It isn't possible to figure that out from your crazy rant!

 

Pete

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I assigned all the parameters in FSX. No problem, only the 2 trottles in the G940 can't adressed on 4 engines. Tell me please.

 

I have only 1 question, you give me 5 others on reply. 

 

The aircraft is the PMDG version of the 747.

 

Hein

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I assigned all the parameters in FSX. No problem, only the 2 trottles in the G940 can't adressed on 4 engines.

 

So you are saying the G940 throttles aren't seen by FSX? Does it see the G940 at all? Try the default FSX 747 first -- if it's okay there then your PMDG aircraft is broken.

 

However, f the G940 isn't being seen correctly in FSX, then FSUIPC won't see it either. You need to get help from Logitech -- maybe it is broken? Did you install any drivers for it at all?

 

Always try things in FSX first, and with default aircraft, because I really cannot help with hardware which does not work. Sorry.

 

Pete

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Hello Pete,

 

The G 940 works properly with FSX. In the default FSX 747 only the throttles for engine 1 and 2 are seen. All other aircrafts with two engines are o.k. even other PMDG aircrafts working fine. I did not install any driver. 

 

The support of Logitech is very basic, I asked them  earlier. 

 

I received earlier information from the dutch forum the FSUIPC program is including a option that detect the engines in the aircraft  "assign left handle for engine 1 and right handle for engine 2" 

will change each of the  handles for 2 engines at the next start. Yes I tried this with no result.

 

Regards, Hein

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The G 940 works properly with FSX. In the default FSX 747 only the throttles for engine 1 and 2 are seen. All other aircrafts with two engines are o.k. even other PMDG aircrafts working fine. I did not install any driver.

 

How many throttle levers are on the G940? If there are 4 and only 2 are seen, then the unit must be faulty, surely?

 

I received earlier information from the dutch forum the FSUIPC program is including a option that detect the engines in the aircraft  "assign left handle for engine 1 and right handle for engine 2" will change each of the  handles for 2 engines at the next start. 

 

Sorry, I don't understand that. It makes so sense to me. Maybe it's lost in translation?

 

If you only have two throttle levers then, yes, assign them to engines 1 and 2 so that they work correctly for 2 engined aircraft. for 3 and 4 engined aircraft you simply use the "Map" options shown in the Calibration tabs. You can map 1->12 and 2->3 for 3 engines and 1->12, 2->34 for 4 engines. It isn't a problem -- that facility has been included in FSUIPC for many years.

 

Alternatively, when assigning in FSUIPC, you can assign any axis to up to 4 controls, so you could assign there to multiple engines.

 

Your choice, whichever suits you or you find easier.

 

Pete

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