New Person - Trying out Next, Transmitter dongle issues, 2min ?

Hi Klaus, team and community.
Firstly, thanks for accepting me to the Forums - I noticed reddit wasnt very active, so I decided to try here.

Demo mode questions
I have possibly a very poor quality 'generic' PPM dongle and trying to get it working in the DEMO mode, back and forth assigning switches, calibration etc- I finally got it to look good in input monitor mode and other setups.. but have missing switch configurations etc

My goal in demo mode is to ascertain the following to make an educated purchase
1) Validate my dongle doesneverything I need in Next vs Reality - eg correct switches work
2) Quickly check VR quality in Next vs Reality \ standing on flight line looking at model etc.
3) How does Next handle physical switches input, eg Thold, flighht mode etc

I have wierd issues in other SIMs with the Dongle and 'seeing' all my switches, I use a very original Spectrum DX7 and JR XG8 and with same dongle, same other sim - as expected i get some different axis\buttons detected, but still not correct Thold or Fmode etc pysical switches - which is what I want to "train" on - the correct switches.

I have attached picture of input mode (*6 channels\axis\buttons only shown) - and their corrosponding physical switches.
- Separate Throttle and Collective Pitch ARE NOT visible in SIM, Windows etc - suspect this is big issue!!
- other important switches arent detected like Flight mode, Throttle hold.
- JR XG8 - picks up wider slider on far left of TX (mode 2) - and Aux 2 swithes only.
- Spektrum DX7 - picks up Aux 2 switch only (Original DX7 has no slider like XG8)



Thanks again,
DruiD

Thanks . Yes .. it is saving settings, just needed to properly close and re-open.

I have changed to a fixed wing model, I can set the Flight mode under functions, but it still cannot sense my proper "Throttle Hold" switch as an actual switch, for example i can set it to GEAR or AUX2 and using the Functions auto-detect switch picks that up.

With fixed wing mode, the programming in the TX doesnt have a specfic setting for Throttle hold anymore - so trying to work out what the switch would be, as mode 2 - fixed wing. Top right back switch - and potentially reassign thaat to Gear or something that can be picked up via the dongle\sim.

I do think the dongle is pretty bad.

Zitat von Klaus-Eiperle im Beitrag #2

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Since we don't need a helicopter mixer, it's best to use a fixed-wing preset in your transmitter. The switches should not affect any of the four control functions. They should only affect an unused channel that is shown in the simulator (esc, tab: settings > input device: input monitor).

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Thanks Klaus, I tried multiple different ways and I think I am limited to a few things here after about 3 hours of solid testing\troubleshooting
a) Generic USB dongle just doesnt do enough channels\buttons and pitch\throttle not separate
b) My older Transmitters only have limited axis\switch reassignment to different channel abiltiies - I can activate and swap things around a little bit, eg change Gyro to GEAR or AUX2\AUX3 - that sort of thing ,but cannot assign ALL functions - so in this I am stuck a bit.

I cannot make changes to my Transmitter(s) in the different model modes (Heli\Aircraft\Glider) to match what I am expecting in the Sim for my Helicopter swtiches to work accurately and act as they do in real life eg correct physical switches.

Example - Heli model type - Thold\Flight mode switches do not send through dongle - and cannot be reassigned to spare channels that the dongle sends\ is visible in Input Monitor slider. Other buttons\switches\sldiers DO send through such as AUX2 and AUX3 - but I cannot make (in the TX) my Flight mode ot Throttle hold 'switch' put out those channels. It just doesnt seem possible on my really old DX7 or even my newer, but still not latest JR XG8.

Example - Fixed Wing type - Throttle hold switch is not even an typical option in fixed wing. eg. Thold physical switch, in aircraft\fixed wing mode - is known as the MIXER switch. In setting up Fixed wing mode, those switches still doesnt send out via dongle for some reason \ show anything input mode - nor can I map it in the TX to another channel that shows in input monitor - same as in heli mode.

Conclusion :- neXt is great, but can only do what my dongle and TX are 'sending' so I cannot make the SIM work same as real life with my current TX and dongle. If I get a full channel dongle, hopefully that sends through ALL channels\switches - and I can then just figure out whatever channel is correct for those swtiches, assign those, deactivate the rest etc.

Therefore, I went ahead and ordered an RX2SIM dongle, hopefully that gives me maximium flexibility and options across different TX and ALL possible channels. I also got the RX2SIM WIRED cable coming aswell so I can try wireless with an RX and direct wired.

Thanks for all the Help!!