POV 1 - Turn this into an 8-way switch by click the little arrow facing right on the box and select Buttons and 8-way Toggle 4 - F (no I didn't leave out the number, this is the letter F) Toggle 1 - F9 (Not a combination, the actual function key) (As a note, you need to click the little mouse image under the X to the far right to record mouse commands, after clicking it simple right click in the open box.) Mode 1 (this is an easy set up and we will only be working with mode 1 and without the pinky shift command, if you do not know what I'm talking about then you don't have to worry about what I just said) I know, it sounds like the opposite of what it's doing, welcome to the X52 Pro. There are a lot of neat things there like light controls but ignore all that and click on the MFD tab and uncheck the box labled 'Enable Clutch Mode'. To enable that you must left click on the saitek x52 app image where you would load the profile and go into it's control panel. IMPORTANT: This configuration uses the 'clutch' button.

(simply click the up facing arrow in the bottom right of the windows 8 screen, left click on the saitek x52 pro image and select the profile you have made to load it) After it is finished make sure to save the profile and load it into the x52's program. This should take around ten to twenty minutes to input. Ok, now I'm going to list what I have keyed every single button to on my profile. If you need more help you can find tutorials on youtube pretty easily for the program or feel free to send me a message.

You need to click the little box with the check mark on it to save it. Simply left click on any button box and it will begin recording what the input for the button will be designated as, remember, hitting 'enter' or 'backspace' will record those inputs. This is nice when you are still getting familiar with the controls. Now you see a list of all the controls with an image of the X52 pro to the left.Īt any point you may click any button, twist any axis, or move any slider/dial and the program will immediatly highlight which one you are touching. You'll see a nice image of your HOTAS with three choices at the top. Open that guy up and select X52 Pro flight control system. You need to open the software, in windows 8.1 it's under Smart Technology on the app page listed as 'Profile Editor'. If you have not, do not be intimidated by it! It'll be a little frustrating for a minute but you'll get the hang of it.įirst lets assume you do not have the rudder set up. If you set up a profile before you can ignore this paragraph.

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