What Are The Steps To Get TrackIR 4 Working In FSX

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Outership
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What Are The Steps To Get TrackIR 4 Working In FSX

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I have never used a TrackIR product before. I just bought FSX and TrackIR 4. I installed the software and plugged in the device. If I launch the software and go to View > Heads, the device seems to work correctly when moving the heads around. When I start up FSX though, the device doesn't work at all.

Would somebody post the steps I need to take to get the device to work with FSX? Do I need to install a profile? If so, where is this profile? Do I need to modify a configuration file? If so, which file, what is the configuration change, and how do I make it? Do I need to remap hot keys that TrackIR uses so that it doesn't conflict with FSX? If so, which keys and how do I do it?

In other words, would somebody post the steps required to make TrackIR 4 work with FSX? Thank you very much in advance for anybody that does this.
VincentG
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Re: What Are The Steps To Get TrackIR 4 Working In FSX

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We have currently released a newer alpha version of our software to support the final version of FSX. You will need to download the latest version of the software.

http://media.naturalpoint.com/software/ ... pha.03.exe

1 - Run the downloaded installer file. If you haven�t uninstalled the previous version, it will run through an uninstall application first.

2 - If you had to run the uninstaller, rerun the downloaded file to install the latest version.

3 - Start the TrackIR software. You can run the software minimized by adjusting the TrackIR settings under the Options menu.

4 - Start FSX.

5 - Enjoy the new features of FSX, with TrackIR support.
Outership
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Re: What Are The Steps To Get TrackIR 4 Working In FSX

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Thank you very much. TrackIR is now working in FSX for me. I am having trouble calibrating it though.

No matter where I put the receiver and where I sit, I cannot seem to stop the view from looking straight up through the top of the cockpit and into the sky. I first had the receiver set up as is stated in the User Guide, and then I started moving the monitor and my chair to try to find the correct placement, but I cannot get the view right. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
VincentG
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Re: What Are The Steps To Get TrackIR 4 Working In FSX

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Could you send me an image of your tracking screen within the TrackIR software?

To make Print Screen work, you must save an image of what's displayed on-screen to the clipboard and then paste it into a document where it can be printed.

Windows Help: Print Screen

To do this, follow this procedure:

1. Maximize the window you'd like to capture.
2. To copy/capture the current window, hold down ALT + Print Scrn at the same time. To capture the entire screen, just press Print Scrn alone.
3. Open a new document in MS Paint, MS Word, MS Photo Editor, or Adobe PhotoShop.
4. Paste the screen shot by holding down CTRL and V at the same time.
5. Save the document as a .JPG or .JPEG file and send it in.
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