Resolved Throttle fade

[J G 927]

I have just finished installing a Saitek HOTAS stick and throttle.  I have also just installed EZDOK and made the required changes to my key and joystick assignments. I also have FSUIPC but don't use it for my throttle.

 

I now have an issue with my throttle that is driving me nuts.  When I increase the throttle the rpm spools up as usual.  However when I stop moving the throttle leaver the throttle fades back to Idle.

 

I clearly have done something wrong with the set up in the Saitek control panel, FSUIPC and/or EZDOK but I cant see what it is!

 

Can anyone help?

[needles 1,013]

Hey JG, has got some sort of self centering config. It sounds like it's returning to neutral when you ease of any forward force.

Is there a setting to stop this from occurring?

I know you will have already looked into this but that's all I can think off.

Good luck sorting it mate.

[J G 927]

Thanks Brian but I have looked at things like that.  I think it has something to do with a second throttle quadrant I am using for spoilers, prop/Harrier nozzle pitch and mixture thinking its still a throttle.  not sure why it is behaving the way iy is though.

[Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142]

Hi John!

To me it sounds as though Something Else is (also) controlling your throttle. This can happen if (for example) FSX in its infinite wisdom decides to re-map your USB hardware, so that all of a sudden you have something else demanding a throttle cut when you had thought you were moving a different axis altogether, or even using a keystroke.

Watch out for the EZCA default mappings, too.

Just a thought, but it might be worth checking all your control mappings, including EZCA's and the FSX ones that you *thought* you had disabled long ago.... ;-)

Cheers,

Bruce

a.k.a. t'other Brian

[Quickmarch 488]

Brian solved (or at least, sent me in the right direction) with a similar comment on a previous post. Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near any reference materials, so take this advice with some caution.

The file FSX.CFG (I think) has a whole section in it listing various joysticks you've hooked up in the past. In my case, I had a HOTAS, a Logitech, and an X-Box style pad hooked up at one time or another. The file that I'm remembering, had settings for each stick (and, it appears, a default mouse stick). All this as well as an FSUIPC set-up from another experiment.

My problem was exactly as described, above: leftover conflicts.

The solution was to rename (don't just delete it) the .CFG file and start from scratch with a new set-up. FSX re-writes the file the first time you do this, so no need to do any "programming" at all.

As I said at the beginning of this post, I cannot verify anything said here for a month or so. Hopefully, someone else will ring in with the correct paths to the necessary files - there are several, scattered all over that maintain info on your stick (depending on what you have previously used) and all of them must be neutralised before starting a fresh set-up.

[J G 927]

I found the problem, it was a conflicting control setup, removed the conflict and all is peaches and cream! 

[needles 1,013]

Hurrah!, well done John, glad you got it sorted out.

Happy flying.

[Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142]

Well done, John: those control conflicts are a real pest when they arise.

 

I'm glad all is well,  

 

Cheers,

 

Brian