Resolved CH Pro Pedal Owners

[Sabre 28]

I'm still having some slight difficuklties with these pedals in terms of getting a good balance set-up. If I turn the sensitivity down to get smooth action for the brakes and rudder I get the brakes actually activating when they shouldn't particularly with A2A aircraft. If I turn the sensitivity to max the slightest touches can engage the brakes severly with dire consequences in some cases.

This picture shows my current set-up ans I wondered how other users had there pedals set?

If anyone has time to explain null zones it would be greatly appreciated - after discovering the problem with my throttle was that I needed to increase the deadzone I'm confused but at least with that settting I could see in the control panel where the controller was and adhyst it precisely. Is there such a thing with CH Pro pedals?

[ddavid 149]

Your deadzone settings look O.K. for what you've just told us. I'm not sure about the throttle deadzone, though...

Cheers - Dai.

[mutley 4,495]

Hi Graham,

I have never had to adjust any setting for my pedals they were just plug and play.

One thing I use to calibrate my CH Throttle Quadrant is FSUIPC (Registered version) it can be far more precise in its calibration than the FSX default. It will calibrate any input device, joystick, yoke, pedals etc.

Cheers

[allardjd 1,853]

Dead Zone (sometimes called null zone) refers to an area or a range of physical control movement, usually at a detent or against a stop, where there is no electrical output from the controller, or where the output is null or neutral or at a desired "at rest" value.

If the deadzone is too small or absent, in some situations, the smallest physical input, even vibration, can cause an unwanted control input. Generally speaking, dead zones should be just wide enough to prevent unwanted control deflection when released and no more, since the span of control for that axis is whatever remains of the physical range of movement that the controller provides.

A "centered" controller (i.e. a yoke or joystick or rudder pedals) at rest, where physical movement in at least two directions is possible, usually requires some appreciable dead zone because when released, they typically don't center up with perfect precision and repeatability. Having the released controller in the dead zone assures that the electrical output from it when you're hands-off will always be the same.

Controllers that have a spring holding them against a stop, i.e. brakes, usually are a little more precise and repeatable and may require a little less or no dead zone at all.

As for seeing the output from the pedals you can use a spot plane view of the rudder as a visual indication and in the cockpit view the red "Brakes" and "Differential Braking" flags at the lower left. The latter is binary - just on or off, but at least will show you if the brakes are off when the pedals are released.

Options -> Controls -> Calibrate Joystick -> Properties will give you a visual display of control output as you move them.

My Settings in FS9:

Note that these are the simple settings, where all the axes of that controller get the same treatment.

John

[Sabre 28]

Thanks again gents - as always I appreciate your help. I have to do some more testing but with various bits of trial and error I seem to have to set correctly.

Special thanks to John for the detailed explanation - helped a lot in getting to grips with it

[PanzerFodder 0]

Hey Buddy.

post a screen shot of your new settings please as I'm off to get some CH-pedals later and it would be handy to see what your running yours at now! because our systems are so similar, it should save me a bit of time setting them up

Cheer's...Graham...

EDIT: don't bother with the screen shot m8y, mine are working nicely straight out of the box