What means this button on Saitek X52 HOTAS?

[InDigital]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=802527604

[Spireguy]

So I use that as my main method of selecting what menu I want to see.

For the menus (chat, navigation, ship helm/srv/crew, ect) you can set it so that you have a different button for each menu or (like I do) use one button and scroll through them all, one at a time.

edit: oh, you mean the symbol that you have sellected. It's what I always called the pinkie finger button that is at the bottom of where you grip the stick.

[Laurreth]

It's the little finger (pinkie) trigger on the stick. You may need to disable "shift mode" in stick programming to make it work if you have the software installed.

[Turd Ferguson]

pinkie trigger.

I use mine as a "shift" key instead of the clutch button on the throttle so ED doesn't see it.

(I use the clutch button for boost and with pinkie button for silent running)

[InDigital]

Well Elite does not see this button and when i push it it just displays + pinkie in left thurst pad. Hmm.. Have to see options how to disable shift mode.

[InDigital]

Ok i got it. Enabled it as Latched Clutch Button and now it works. Thanks about explaining it means pinkie :)

[Tone™]

I use it for shield Cell banks :)

[Turd Ferguson]

i use shift-hardpoint (the one with the cover) for shield cell and shift-trigger for heat sink.

[InDigital]

Ok how to do FA OFF/ON with default elite X52 settings?

[jasonbarron]

Yeah, gotta love the pinkie trigger--it opens up a lot of new button combos.

[Turd Ferguson]

Originally posted by InDigital:

Ok how to do FA OFF/ON with default elite X52 settings?

im not using the default mapping for for me its the top button on the throttle.

[InDigital]

Originally posted by jasonbarron:

Yeah, gotta love the pinkie trigger--it opens up a lot of new button combos.

I dont get how to make it happen. Need to learn manual lol.
But actually i like default Elite saitek configuration. It suits me best.
Except as i understand button "A" is not used and i set use it for frame shift drive.
Also i disabled hardpoint retracting on fire.

[jasonbarron]

You'll get to the point where you want more options once your become used to the stick.

Think of the pinkie trigger like the shift key on your keyboard. Hold shift+f and you get a different function than just hitting f by itself. You can map it so that you pull and hold the trigger while pressing any other button on the stick or throttle to do handy things like switch weapon groups, fire chaff or heat sinks, etc. mostly, I use the pinkie trigger commands for battle related purposes

I'll open up the game in a few minutes and edit this post with instructions on what to do the simplest way

Edit: just open up "controls" in your options menu, scroll down to whatever command you're wanting to modify, highlight the command and you'll see a direction to "Press Key For" Go ahead and press the pinkie trigger, followed by another button and you'll see that show up on the screen. Scroll down after confirming and press "Apply" Exit out to the game and check to make sure it works as intended.

[InDigital]

Originally posted by jasonbarron:

You'll get to the point where you want more options once your become used to the stick.

Think of the pinkie trigger like the shift key on your keyboard. Hold shift+f and you get a different function than just hitting f by itself. You can map it so that you pull and hold the trigger while pressing any other button on the stick or throttle to do handy things like switch weapon groups, fire chaff or heat sinks, etc. mostly, I use the pinkie trigger commands for battle related purposes

I'll open up the game in a few minutes and edit this post with instructions on what to do the simplest way

Edit: just open up "controls" in your options menu, scroll down to whatever command you're wanting to modify, highlight the command and you'll see a direction to "Press Key For" Go ahead and press the pinkie trigger, followed by another button and you'll see that show up on the screen. Scroll down after confirming and press "Apply" Exit out to the game and check to make sure it works as intended.

Yes the problem for me was i pressed pinkie and elite recognised my combination as a solo button. For example pressing A and Pinkie + A were same for elite.

But anyway. Default settings/functions looks like i like them. :)