Ch products Flightstick pro User manual

User

Manual

Version

1.0

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PRODUCTS

Joystick

Technologies

Inc

Company

F~IGHTSTICH

PRO™

FOR

MACINTOSH

JETSTICH™

FOR

MACINTOSH

User

Manual

Version

1.0

TRB~E

CONTENTS

Introduction

..............................

Package

Contents

..........................

Connecting the Joystick

....................

Installing the software

......................

The

Control Panel

.........................

Modes

...................................

The

Relative Mouse Mode

.............

The

Absolute Mouse

Mode

.............

The

Keyboard Mode

...................

Fire Buttons

.............................

Stick

Trim

...............................

Throttle

.................................

System Settings

..........................

Importing and Exporting Settings

...........

Miscellaneous Notes

......................

Troubleshooting

..........................

Specifications

............................

Warranty

................................

Trademarks

..............................

FCC

Notice

.............................

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INTRODUCTION

The

FLIGHTSTICK

PRO

for Macintosh

(Figure

and

the

JETSTICK

for Macintosh

(Figure

are joysticks for the Apple Macintosh

(Mac) family.

They

connect to the Apple Desktop

Bus (ADB)

the

Mac. Each can control

the

mouse cursor or emulate keypresses.

The

FLIGHTSTICK

PRO

offers four programmable

buttons, which include a trigger and three fire

buttons. In addition it offers a throttle control and

an eight way switch which are also programmable.

The

JETSTICK

offers a trigger and one fire but-

ton which are programmable.

the

basic mode each joystick emulates a

3fire buttons

give

you

the

full

range

combatfeatures and a

profess1onalfeeL

Responsive

throttle control

lets

you

command

your

speed.

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designed trigger

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aileron

and

elevator

positions.

Figure

The

FLIGHTSTICK

PRO

mouse. Each

either

moves the mouse cursor in

relative mode (i.e., the cursor starts to move in the

direction the stick

pointed) or they can control

the cursor in absolute mode (i.e., releasing the

stick

the

center

position will

center

the

mouse

cursor on the screen, likewise pulling it to

upper

left corner will place the cursor in

the

upper

left

corner

the screen). Additionally, each offers

emulation

the

keyboard by translating stick

movement

into keypresses.

The

joysticks can be used simultaneously

with a keyboard, mouse, and

other

ADB devices.

The

joysticks come with a Control Panel file

that allows the setting

various parameters such

speed and key codes. Settings can be saved

for

several

hundred

different programs.

When

a pro-

X-Alls

Trim

Alljuatment

Figure

The

JETSTICK

gram

started for which settings exist,

the

set-

tings will

automatically activated.

e. System requirements: Any Macintosh with

ADB

except

Mac 128, 512, 512e and MacPlus;

System 6.0.7 or later (also 7.x). Also compatible

with

the

Apple PowerMacintosh.

Minimum

memory for System 7.x should

4MB.

The

joystick package contains:

FLIGHTSTICK

PRO

or 1

JETSTICK

Diskette

containing

the

Control Panel

software

1 User Manual

CONNECTING

THE

JOYSTICH

Switch offyour computer.

Note:

ADB

devices shouldonlv

connected

the

Mac when

is switchedoff, otherwise

your

Mac

thejoystick might

damaged!

Insert

the

joystick ADB plug into a free ADB

socket on your Mac or keyboard.

Note:

The

joystick has

ADB

cable with a feed

through

plug

that

allows

for

the insertion

the connector

another

ADB

device.

there

no free socket on your Mac or key-

board you may insert

the

joystick connector any-

where

between

two ADB devices (e.g.,

between

the

keyboard and

the

mouse).

d. Switch on your Mac.

the

connection has

been

done

successfully, you will

able to control

the

cursor with

the

joystick.

INSTALLING

THE

SOFTWARE

The

supplied

diskette

contains

the

files:

-Flightstick Pro Control Panel or Jetstick

Control Panel

-Flightstick

Pro Prefs or Jetstick Prefs

For System 7.x

(

Select all

the

above files and drag

them

onto

the

System Folder icon on your hard disk.

(2)

The

system will ask you if some

the

files should

copied

specific locations in

the

System Folder. Click on "OK"

that

the

system

will place

the

files in

the

correct places.

The

Control Panel files will be copied to

the

"Control

Panels" folder. For convenience you may move

the

Prefs file into

the

"Preferences" folder

but

works also

the

System Folder.

For System 6

(1) Select

the

Control Panel and Prefs files

and drag

them

into your System Folder. •

•

d. Restart your computer.

During

start-up

one

the

symbols in Figure 3 should

appear

the

screen

indicate

that

you have correctly installed

the

software.

FLIGHTSTICK

PRO

JETSTICK

Figure

Symbols

denoting

correct

joystick

installation

Troubleshooting

(1)

Should

the

software

not

able

detect

the joystick,

the

same symbol will

crossed

out

the

screen.

this

the

case,

check

all cable-

connections.

(2)

no symbols

appear

the

screen,

the

software has not

been

correctly installed. It may

either

the

incorrect folder (e.g.,

the

Control

Panels folder in

the

System

Folder

under

System

7 and in the System

Folder

under

System

6) or the

System

Folder

you installed it in

not

used for

starting

the

machine.

you now move

the

joystick in any direction,

the

cursor will move in

the

same direction.

Forward/backward

movements

the

joystick cor-

respond

upward/downward

movements

the

mouse, and left or right

movements

correspond

the

equivalent

mouse movements.

Now

open

the

Control Panel

under

the

Apple

menu.

You will find a new device

named

Flightstick Pro or

Jetstick

there.

THE

CONTROL

PANEL

avoid setting

the

joystick parameters for

each individual program, you can associate and

save settings for a specific program via

the

Control

Panel.

( Relative... )

( Keys... )

(Absolute...

)

( Options... )

(

New

applie. )

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When

you

open

the

Control Panel, you will

see

the

dialog box found in

Figure

you have a

color or gray scale monitor with 256 or more colors

or shades, you will

get

a slightly different dialog

box with a

design.

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Figure

The

Control

Panel

(with

System

7.x)

•

Dialog box description for

the

Control Panel

(1) List Box -contains all programs for which

settings exist. When you select an item on the list

by clicking on it

the

joystick settings saved for this

item are activated except for screen resolution

and loudness. Changes made to

the

selected set-

ting are stored automatically.

The

first three items

the

list have special meanings.

They

are always

present and cannot be deleted.

(a)O

0 0 0 0 0 - a scratch setting not assigned

to any program.

You

can try out new settings here

without changing existing settings.

When

the

Control Panel

opened,

the

settings for this item

are always identical to those

the

second

item-

Unknown.

(b)

<<Unknown>>

- a setting loaded for any

program that has no specific setting assigned.

(c)

<<Finder>>

-contains settings for

the

Finder.

(2)

Relative

... button -works in conjunction

with whichever setting

selected in

the

List

Box.

The

check

(-.J)

in the button indicates that

the

joy-

stick

the

Relative Mouse Mode.

When

this

button

clicked,

the

Relative Mouse Mode dia-

log box appears (Figure 5). See "Modes" for fur-

ther information.

(3)

Keys

... button -works in conjunction with

whichever setting

selected in

the

List Box.

The

check

(-.J)

the

button

indicates

that

the

joystick

the

Keyboard Mode. When this button

clicked,

the

Keyboard Mode dialog box appears

(Figure

7).

See "Modes"

for

further information.

(4)

Absolute

...

button

-works in conjunction

with whichever setting

selected in

the

List Box.

The

check

(-.J)

the

button indicates that the joy-

stick

the

Absolute Mouse Mode.

When

this

button

clicked, the Absolute Mouse Mode dia-

log box appears (Figure

6).

See "Modes" for fur-

ther information.

(5)

Options

... button -works in conjunction

with whichever setting

selected in

the

List Box.

Allows you to change

the

settings for screen reso-

lution and speaker volume.

When

this button

clicked,

the

Systems Settings dialog box appears

(Figure 12). See "System Settings" for further

information. ·

(6)

New

applic. button -allows you to connect

current active settings with any application. When

you click this button, an open dialog box appears

from which you can select a program for which

these settings are to be saved.

The

new settings

are always a clone

the

ones activated

when

you

click on this button. Settings for

to 200 differ-

ent

programs can

stored.

(7)

Delete

button -used to delete an item from

a list.

(8)

Im-/Export

button

-used to import and

export

settings (see paragraph

(9)

On/off

switch

-used to switch

the

joystick

off

completely for a setting.

(10)

Sound

popup

-allows a sound to

chosen which will be played

when

its settings are

loaded at

the

start

a program.

(11)

Graphic

image

-clicking this will provide

more detailed information on

Products

and

product

development.

(12)

Automatic

Load

option -

when

this box

checked

(default), settings are loaded automatical-

when

a program

started.

MODES

The

Relative Mouse

Mode

(1)

the

Relative

Mouse

Mode

movements

the

joystick result in

movements

the

cursor.

Steering

the

joystick slightly up results in a slow

cursor

movement

upwards, while a greater deflec-

tion results in faster cursor movement.

(2)

When

you click on the Relative...

button

the

Control Panel

the

dialog box

Figure 5

appears and allows you to

set

various parameters

for

the

joystick.

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The

Relative

Mouse

Mode

dialog

box

(3) Dialog box description for

the

Relative

Mouse

Mode

(a)

Flip

X-Axis

box -allows you to

invert

the

orientation

the

X-axis (left/right)

the

joystick.

(b)

Flip

Y-Axis

box -allows you to

invert

the

orientation

the

Y-axis (up/down)

the

joystick.

(c)

Exchange

Axes

box -allows you to

exchange

the

X-axis

movement

for

the

Y-axis

movement

and vice versa.

(d)

Fire

Buttons

button

-allows you to

modify

the

settings

the

fire

buttons

for

the

set-

ting

you

selected

the

Control Panel

and

noted

the

top

the

dialog box after

"Relative

Mouse

Mode

for." See

"Fire

Buttons"

for more informa-

tion. •

•

(e)

Stick

Trim

button

-allows you to

check

and/or

center

the

trim

the

stick. See

"Stick

Trim"

for more information.

(f)

Throttle

button

-allows you to

change throttle settings. See

"Throttle"

for more

information.

Nore: Mode Dialog boxes

for

the

Jetstick

will

not

contain a "Throttle" button.

(g)

Horizontal

Default/Linear

graph/Curve graph buttons -allows you to define

the

speed

the

cursor

movement

the

X-axis in

relation to

the

deflection

the

joystick.

This

done by clicking on a column and dragging it

the

desired value.

Higher

numbers

equate

higher speeds.

The

buttons manipulate these val-

ues.

read

the

scale,

the

column on

the

left

relates to full deflection

the

joystick

either

left

or right, while

the

columns

you move to

the

right relate

lesser amounts

deflection

the

joystick. (h)

Vertical

Default/Linear

graph/Curve graph buttons -allows you to define

the

speed

the

cursor

movement

the

Y-axis in

relation to

the

deflection

the

joystick.

This

done by clicking on a column and dragging it

the

desired value. Higher

numbers

equate

higher speeds.

The

buttons manipulate

these

val-

ues.

read

the

scale,

the

column on

the

left

relates to full deflection

either

up or down

the

joystick, while

the

columns

you move to

the

right relate to lesser amounts

deflection

the

joystick.

(i)

Cancel

button

-allows you to cancel

all changes and leave

the

dialog box. (Can also

done by using

the

command

key in combination

with

the

period). Performs

the

same function for

all

dialog boxes.

(j)

button

-allows you to accept and

store all changes

then

leave

the

dialog box. (Can

also

done

by pressing

the

return key). Performs

the

same function for all dialog boxes.

The

Absolute Mouse

Mode

(

the

Absolute Mouse

Mode

every posi-

tion

the

stick has a corresponding screen posi-

tion. For example, steering and

then

stopping

the

joystick slightly up and right results in a cursor

movement

up and right.

When

you stop moving

the

joystick,

the

cursor will freeze in that position.

you allow

the

stick to return to center,

the

cur-

sor will return to

the

center

position.

(2)

When

you click on

the

Absolute

...

button

the

Control Panel

the

dialog box in Figure 6

appears which allows you to

set

various parame-

ters for

the

joystick.

(3) Dialog box description for

the

Absolute

Mouse

Mode

(a)

Flip

X-Axis

button

-same as in

Relative Mouse

Mode

(b)

Flip

Y-Axis

button

-same

Relative Mouse

Mode

(c)

Exchange

Axes

button

-same

Relative Mouse

Mode

(d)

Fire

Buttons

button

-same

Relative Mouse

Mode

(e)

Stick

Trim

-same

in Relative

Mouse

Mode

(f)

Throttle

-same

Relative Mouse

Mode

(g)

Acee!.

Curve

popup

-allows

you

specify

whether

use a linear or parabolic

relation

between

deflection

the joystick

and

the

cursor position.

The

parabolic settings give a high-

resolution

the

joystick positions closer

the

center

and

thus

allows a more delicate control

the

joystick.

(h)

Hurricane

Eye

popup

-com-

pensates for

the

cursor

tremble

(which would

make

the

mouse unusable) which

associated

with

the

analog joystick inaccuracy

due

analog

digital conversion.

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-The

Absolute

Mouse

Mode

dialog

box

allows you to define a

"don't

move range" speci-

fied in pixels

out

from

the

screen center. Within

this area

the

cursor does not move.

you

steer

out

this hurricane eye,

the

cursor moves normally.

A value

recommended.

(i)

Cursor

Area

popup

-defines

the

pixel area in which

the

cursor will work. Some

older games are only able to

smaller areas

such

512 pixels horizontally and 384 vertically.

Specifically for Falcon

MC,

set

the

numbers

Other

Size... to 320 horizontal

and

200 vertical.

(j)

Area

Position

popup

-available

only

when

the

Cursor

Area

popup

other

than

Full Screen. Provides reference positions for

the

cursor area if less

than

the

full screen.

For

example,

Top

Left

Edge

means

that

the

cursor

area

moved to

the

upper

left portion

your

screen.

The

Keyboard

Mode

(1) In

the

Keyboard

Mode

the

stick move-

ment

translated into key presses.

for instance

you move

the

stick

the

left

and

hold it, the key-

code for left will be

generated

and

the

Mac will

see

a key pressed for

the

time

you hold

the

stick in

that

position.

(2)

When

you click on

the

Keys

...

button

the

Control Panel,

the

dialog box in Figure 7

appears which allows you to change key settings.

(3) You can assign keys to

every

direction.

do so, simply click

the

key

that

you

want

change. It will

then

surrounded

by a

dotted

frame and awaits your input. You can now press a •

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