Logitech Heavy Equipment Side Panel

Some brief info on how to use the Logitech Heavy Equipment Side Panel.

How to Setup

The Logitech (previously Saitek) Heavy Equipment Side Paenl does not require any special drivers or button mapping; the game will recognize the panel and the buttons are already mapped. The panel outputs controller data, and is seen by the game as a controller.

In order for the panel to function correctly you must disable steam controller input so it does not override the built-in game controller input:
Right Click FS22 in Steam Library > settings > controller > disable

Also, disable Eye Tracking so that turning the view inside a vehicle works correctly
In-game menu > General Settings > Head/Eye Tracking: Off

This links to a PDF file from Saitek (the previous maker of the side panel) with the default button layout and a blank layout sheet for you to print and label yourself:
https://www.saitek.com/manuals/Farm-Sim-SetUp-Sheets.pdf

How to setup custom button mapping

Once you have the panel working correctly you may want to remap the buttons.

While you can remap most buttons using the in-game keybind settings menu, a few of them will not obey the remap, like the #1 button which always opens the menu.

In order to remap any button on the side panel here's a youtube tutorial explaining how to remap any controller by:
1) Block the game from seeing the side panel using 'Hidhide'
2) Create a virtual controller with 'Vjoy'
3) Map the side panel to the virtual controller with 'Joystick Gremlin'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6CFPW4go0M

[Johnny Nu]

@james.earl I hope you found my guide helpful :)

This guide deals with the Logitech Heavy Equipment Side Panel, not gaming wheels, so you will find better help in the discussion forum.
Regards.

[james.earl]

so my wheel is drifting and im not sure how to fix it

[Johnny Nu]

@tohgod92 bandit.camp CS.PRO, Windows and Steam see the Side Panel as a joystick so maybe it would work. Let us know!

[Mango ♥♥♥♥♥♥]

does this work for the crew 2?

[Johnny Nu]

@Mikkel, Windows and Steam see the Side Panel as a joystick so maybe it would work. Let us know!

[Mikkel]

does it work for beamng since i think it would be cool to have something to use for trucks and stuff like that

[Johnny Nu]

Thanks for the info, Timicro.

[Timicro]

if you have one of the early models of the panel it doesnt work right with fs22 out of the box. you have to manually set it up. the newer models should work

[Johnny Nu]

Hi Glue!
1) Try connecting the panel to a different USB port on your PC
2) Did you "Right Click FS22 in Steam Library > settings > controller > disable"?
3) Setup your buttons manually in the game options according to the linked PDF doc
4) Setup your buttons manually by following the section "How to setup custom button mapping"

[Gilnk, The Man]

mine isnt auto mapping :(