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To adjust the control sensitivity visually, click on the graph button in the lower right hand corner of the control
sensitivity instrument. The left hand side of the instrument will display a vertical bar on the left for Vertical Up and
Down gains, and a polar grid area on the right for the Surge and Yaw gains. The green shaded region in both
areas gives a visual indication of the gain settings. Left click and drag the vertical bar to set the Vertical gain
symmetrically for up and down. Right click and drag to set the up and down gain independently. The top of the
bar is for Vertical Up thrust and the bottom for Vertical Down thrust. Likewise, left click and drag in the polar
region to set the Surge gain (indicated by the top and bottom values) and Yaw gain (indicated by the left and right
values). When you left click and drag, the gains are adjusted symmetrically as indicated by the circular green
shaded area. Right click and drag in the polar region to adjust the Surge independent of the Yaw. The top and
bottom of the polar area are for Surge and the left and right are for Yaw. You can also move the slider above the
graph area to decrease or increase all of the gain settings uniformly. Moving the slider to the left decreases the
gains and moving it to the right increases the gains.
For the surge and Yaw, when clicking and dragging with the left button, the gains are set to the radius of the circle
at the point of release. When clicking and dragging with the right button, the gains are set to the major and minor
axes radii of an ellipse. The point of release defines a bounding rectangle of the ellipse.
Adjusting the Sensitivity Using the Slider
You can also move the slider at the top to decrease or increase all of the numbers uniformly. Moving the slider to
the left decreases the gains and moving it to the right increases gains.
Saving Favorite Settings for Recall
The Control Sensitivity Instrument also has three buttons for quickly setting the gains to preset or saved values.
By default, "Start-Up" is set to 90 for forward and back, 60 for left and right and 100 for up and down. "Fine" sets
the all of the gains to 50, and "Turbo" sets all of the gains to 100. Click on a button to activate the gain settings
associated with it. The border of the button will turn blue to indicate its settings are active. If you make manual
changes to the gains, the border will turn yellow to indicate the active gains no longer match its stored settings.
You can change the saved values for any of the buttons. To save new values for a button, manually adjust the
gain settings to the desired values. Click and hold on the desired button until the border around the button turns
blue. The current settings will be associated with that button and can be recalled at any time by clicking on the
button. Repeat this process to associate new gain settings with any button at any time.
Start-up Sensitivity
When VideoRay Cockpit starts, it uses the "Start-Up" settings. If you want the control sensitivity to have specific
settings on start-up, save the values to the "Start-Up" button.
Boost Mode
At the right end of the slider is a blue zone, representing boost mode. Boost mode can be used to get more
straight line power, but is not recommended where precision handling is required. Boost mode allows you to set
the gain numbers as high as 110. The boost mode was developed primarily to account for joystick calibration
issues where full displacement of the joystick does not result in full output being recognized by VideoRay
Cockpit.
The control sensitivity works in conjunction with the Engine Room thruster settings to limit the total amount
of thrust available. If the thruster settings in Engine Room are low, you may not be able to achieve full power
even if the control sensitivity is set to 100 or in boost mode. See the
Engine Room
section of this guide for
more information.
Sizing the Control Sensitivity Instrument
The size and display of the Control Sensitivity can be adjusted. See the
Instruments
section of this guide for
more information.
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