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Cube Controls CSX-3 User Manual

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  • Page 1 User guide...
  • Page 2 Before you start please read the manual carefully before you use the steering wheel. Any modifications, tampering, changes or unauthorized uses of the product will void the warranty. The steering wheel has no waterproof feature, please keep it away from water, rain, moisture and other items containing liquid such as vape, cups etc.
  • Page 4 800x480 LCD with touch screen Native Simhub support 17 RGB LEDs All buttons, dials and LED bars compatible with Simhub via a dedicated plugin Optional set of extra CORE paddles...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. INTRODUCING THE HARDWARE 3. CONNECTING SIMHUB 1.1 Interface 4. USEFUL TIPS 1.2 Steering Wheel Installation 1.3 Shifter Paddles Adjustment 1.4 Clutch Paddles Adjustment 1.5 Mounting the Additional Paddles 1.6 Connecting the CSX3 2. NAVIGATING THE SOFTWARE 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Inputs 2.3 RGB 2.4 Paddles...
  • Page 7 What you will find in the box CSX-3 Steering Wheel Q-CONN USB Cable 1x Stickers 3.0 Sheet Declaration of Conformity Booklet Tool Bag containing: Torx Screwdriver (red) Philips Screwdriver (black) TX10 Allen key TX25 Allen key Nylon Tweezers 3x M5x10 hex bolts...

  • Page 8: Introducing The Hardware

    1. INTRODUCING THE HARDWARE...

  • Page 9: Interface

    1.1 Interface 3 - 4 35 - 36 5 - 6 37 - 38 Push: 13 Push: 45 15 - 14 encoder 46-47 encoder 19 - 20 28 - 27 9 up 41 up 10 left 42 left 11 down 43 down 12 right 44 right...
  • Page 10 The POV switches/funky switches/joysticks directions (up, down, left, right) are meant to work only if a “clicky” sound feedback occurs. Therefore there’s no risk to press the direction and accidentally enable the centre click button. Toggles 24 and 32 work this way: once the toggle has been activated the respective led will turn on, when the toggle has been flipped off it turns the led off.

  • Page 11: Steering Wheel Installation

    1.2 Steering wheel installation Our universal hub on the back of the wheel body allows the user to install various adapter, or even connect it directly to your FFB base. Highlighted in blue are the M5x0.8 metric holes. In grey, 5,5mm through holes. Both of them are available in 70mm or 50.8mm bolt patterns.

  • Page 12: Shifter Paddles Adjustment

    1.3 Shifter Paddles Adjustment Shifter paddles can be easily adjusted to better suit your hand size and driving preferences. NOTE: TX10 drive needed. All steering wheel screws are tightened with a tightening torque of 3.5 Nm, except for the two screws indicated in red, tightened with a tightening torque of 4 Nm.

  • Page 13: Clutch Paddles Adjustment

    1.4 Clutch Paddles Adjustment The travel of the clutch paddles can be adjusted in the same way as the shifters. Spring resistance can be adjusted by turning the screw by using the provided TX10 Allen Key (smallest L-shaped silver key) as indicated in the picture below:...

  • Page 14: Mounting The Additional Paddles

    1.5 Mounting the Additional Paddles The CSX3 has the possibility to connect two extra paddles, which can be purchased with the steering wheel or separately. If you have purchased them separately, do not worry, as you can easily mount them yourself! To do so, you will simply need to use an M4 key to free the covers that you will find on the backplate.

  • Page 15: Connecting The Csx3

    1.6 Connecting the CSX3 Our CSX3 has the most reliable connection we designed yet! Thanks to the Q-CONN, connecting your steering wheel have never been this easy: Just plug the Q-CONN connector on the back of the device. Having done that, remember to press the On/Off button on the back of the wheel and the operative system should immediately recognize the device.

  • Page 16: Navigating The Software

    2. NAVIGATING THE SOFTWARE...

  • Page 17: Introduction

    2.1 Introduction The CubeSet app is here! Now, thanks to our proprietary software you can configure your Steering Wheel in every little detail: shifters, clutches, RGB LEDs and most of all you can update your wheel firmware with new content that we release continuously. As of today, the CubeSet App is compatible with the F-PRO and the CSX3 only.
  • Page 18 STARTING THE CUBESET APP Once the steering wheel is connected and recognized by the PC (see the Connecting the CSX3 section of this guide), you can then start the CUBESET APP. If the wheel is successfully recognized by the CUBESET APP, this is what you will see at the top of the window: If the wheel is not connected to the PC or not successfully recognized, this is what you will see at the top of the window:...

  • Page 19: Inputs

    2.2 Inputs On the INPUTS page, you can check the correct functionality of every button and encoder present in your wheel, modify the Encoder Pulse Width and calibrate the Clutches.
  • Page 20 CHECKING THE BUTTONS Nothing is easier than that: every button press or encoder rotation on the Steering Wheel will consequently light up the corresponding button/encoder direction on the App page. ENCODER PULSE WIDTH With this slider, you will be able to set a value between 40ms and 240ms for your Encoder Pulse Width! The higher the value, the longer the pulse, ensuring the inputs are recognized by every system/simulator.
  • Page 21 The process is simple: when connecting the CSX-3 for the first time the clutches could be not correctly recognized in their full course when pressed. In this case, clicking on “CALIBRATE” will make the RAW values of the clutch appear. Pressing now the clutch full-course will make the system set the correct minimum and maximum values.

  • Page 22: Rgb

    2.3 RGB On the RGB page, you can customize every RGB LED present on the wheel in colour and brightness.
  • Page 23 RGB CUSTOMIZATION...
  • Page 24 The system here is quite straightforward: you can select your colour from the classic ones, or pick your favourite, and then add it to Custom Colours. Oh, and remember to select the Brightness level! For those of you who have their image reference on the PC, you can also use the screen colour picker to reproduce whatever colour you see on your screen.

  • Page 25: Paddles

    2.4 Paddles On the PADDLES page, you have the CLUTCHES section and the SHIFTERS section. In the CLUTCHES section, you can enable/disable the clutches and the Bite Point. For the Bite Point, you will also be able to select the Slave Clutch to be the Left or the Right one and then limit the percentage for it.
  • Page 26 CLUTCHES SECTION Once you calibrate the Clutches on the Inputs page, it is time to set the Bite Point! By default, the maximum value of the Slave Clutch can be adjusted with the respective slider. Therefore, if the clutch slider is set in the middle of its travel when fully depressing the left clutch paddle, its value will go from the minimum to half of the maximum value.
  • Page 27 This way the Launch Control will be no longer available and this is a valuable feature, especially for users with leg impairments since it allows them to be set as Throttle and Brake directly on the Steering Wheel. IMPORTANT: After each value modification, remember to press the SAVE SETTINGS button.
  • Page 28 Setting the Bite Point on the fly Now it is also possible to modify the Bite Point on the fly, without going back to the CubeSet app in the middle of your driving session! To do so, you will need to set an encoder of your steering wheel for this function. Nothing easier! First of all click the button under the Bite Point slider, to start the process.
  • Page 29 Now you will see that for every rotation of the encoder you selected, the bite point percentage will change accordingly in real time! IMPORTANT: For every change always remember to SAVE with the chosen save state button!
  • Page 30 SHIFTERS SECTION After the first use, you may notice some missing or double shifts. This is caused by different systems incompatibilities that may diminish or increase the input duration, making the shifting incorrectly recognized. Because of this, you will need to directly intervene and calibrate the value for the two shifters separately to reach the perfect shifting.
  • Page 31 Following the instructions press and hold the corresponding shifter and then click the button. The shifter paddle is now perfectly functional! Repeat on the other one and you will be good to go. IMPORTANT: Remember to click SAVE SETTINGS after the calibration. Please also note that if you have purchased and correctly mounted the two additional paddles, you will be able to also calibrate them here! Same exact procedure as the two shifters.

  • Page 32: Device

    2.5 Device On the DEVICE page, you can update your steering wheel’s Firmware and Factory Reset your wheel.
  • Page 33 UPDATING THE FIRMWARE When updating the firmware you have two choices: you can check online for updates (CHECK UPDATE) or, if you already have downloaded the new firmware update on your PC, you can select it and upload it manually (MANUAL UPDATE). CLEAR FLASH DATA If you need for whatever reason to do a Factory Reset of your steering wheel, you can now use this button and clear everything in its memory with just a click!

  • Page 34: About

    2.6 About On the ABOUT page, you can find additional information like the Firmware version your steering wheel is on. NOTE: As of today, the latest Firmware Version is the 07.09.2022...

  • Page 35: Connecting Simhub

    3. CONNECTING TO SIMHUB...
  • Page 36 3. Connecting to SIMHUB Simhub compatibility is natively guaranteed on the CSX3! Thanks to Simhub the RGB LEDs can be now customized to blink/change colour/switch on and off according to your SimHub configuration, making your experience with Cube Controls even deeper. NOTE: The latest compatible version of Simhub is the 8.1.2.
  • Page 37 Select your steering wheel from the list: You can now create multiple profiles and edit them with various effects and functions: thanks to the Simhub versatility, the only limit is your own imagination! IMPORTANT: The CSX3 uses a Vocore screen, so make sure you download the correct drivers from the Simhub website to make it work properly!

  • Page 38: Useful Tips

    4. USEFUL TIPS...
  • Page 39 Make sure your rig is grounded correctly. Each wheel comes with an auxiliary USB connector that comes out from the main hub. This will be used with our Cube Controls QRX quick-release kit.
  • Page 40 www.cubecontrols.com...

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