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5.0 out of 5 starsPerfect little USB Joystick Encoder
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2020
This little USB Joystick encoder was a great find. I use it with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 to create a custom switch box for the planes that I fly. My switch box has buttons that allow me to do things such as lower the landing gear or set the flaps. I'm sure it can be used with many other simulation games.
The setup for this board is a breeze when just using "momentary" button switches (a switch that is similar to a keyboard button, where it just goes down and immediately returns up). Here you can have up to 12 momentary buttons plugged in. Plug the board's USB cable into the PC and the game immediately recognizes the board as a "Generic Joystick Control". Using the game, I was quickly able to map certain game keyboard commands to each of the 12 buttons on the board. It works great! Takes just a few minutes to get it running.
However, If you plan to use other types of buttons or switches, such as two or three way toggle switches, then you'll need to use a third party utility called "RSMapper". This software is fairly easy to use. I watched a YouTube video and was able to understand it quickly. The software allows you define how toggle buttons should function in their different states. You use this software to assign your game's keyboard events to the toggles (don't use the game to map them). It also has some cool features, like when you click a button it performs some keyboard event, and if you hold that same button down for more than a second it performs a different keyboard event.
I'm very happy with this purchase. I know I've just scratched the surface on what this little board can do. I have not tried setting up a joystick. POV or dial switches. I'll try and edit this review down the road and share my results.