![]() ![]() Since the acquisition of Saitek in September 2016, Logitech has been providing both Driver and ST programming software support for the X52 and X52 Pro HOTAS devices. ![]() The use of multiple game Profiles prepared for each game raises the amount of programmable functions per game to a virtually unlimited amount. The software allows gamers to configure their controls to suit their preferred gaming style and to save the configurations as personal game Profiles, which can be selected and applied on-the-fly at any time through the HOTAS itself (the MFD will list the available Profile names). The Smart Technology (ST) programming software is used to program all kinds of behaviors for each command of the HOTAS, even custom ones such as setting not only the Pinkie switch, but just about any button to act as a shift, making it possible, then, to have multiple shift buttons configured per game Profile, which raise the total number of programmable commands far above the canon limit of 282. But when you include the programming options provided by powerful Saitek Smart Technology programming software, which allows you to make use of the 3 position mode switch and Pinkie shift switch, the total number of programmable commands is 282. The X52 also features an integrated mouse on the throttle, however it is difficult to use for making quick selections and only functions when drivers and the SST software are installed.įeaturing 23 buttons, three 8-way hat switches and 7 control axes, the X52 gives you 47 basic commands plus the control axes. This enables quick direction changes on the stick without "clicking" through the axes - a problem common to other sticks which normally feature two springs mounted horizontally. The X52 uses only a single spring mounted vertically to keep it centered, while the X52 Pro uses dual springs for stronger centering. ![]() This means that games can be played without the player ever taking their hands off the controls to use a keyboard or mouse. The stick/throttle combination are designed to function as a HOTAS system. The stick includes built in yaw/rudder control, which can be disabled in the case that the user has an alternate rudder control. The joystick/throttle combination includes a number of controls, including trim wheels, a thumb operated slider, a mouse control and three eight-way hat switches, and a button under a flip-guard labeled "Safe". The Multi-Function Display (MFD) screen can be used to check programmed command names and use the clock and stopwatch function for timing the legs of your flight plan. The distinguishing feature of the X52 is the large backlit blue (or green, on an X52 Pro) LCD display on the throttle, which displays the mode it is configured, the name of the button being depressed and a chronograph function. The X52 was one of Saitek's flagship products and features both a Joystick and a Throttle. If Microsoft wants to sell Flight Simulator software then their OS department needs to ensure that the hardware/controllers can function within the software environment.The Saitek X52 is an advanced HOTAS Joystick/Throttle combination from Saitek released in 2004. There are two parts that trouble me: a) Windows disengaged my third-party firewall and enabled its own firewall, and b) the X52 has been working on Windows for months on the same USB port (then it started needing restarts and driver re-installs, no nothing). Thankfully that card works fine in my new 10700k build running Win10 Pro, using the latest logitech supplied X52 Pro drivers. I ended up buying a pci-e adapter card which sports a USB EHCI chipset years ago, which solved that incompatibility problem. BUT.years ago I found that its USB chipset, at least in the one I own, is incompatible with USB XHCI.period! Even though XHCI "supports" USB 2.0, plugging my X52 into such a XHCI port always hung my computer. Just finished a MSFS flight around Kenai Fjords in Alaska and everything about my 'stick worked perfectly. No problems here with my 2006 vintage Saitek X52 Pro in Windows 10. ![]()
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