Parking Brake Engages When Rudder Pedals Are Moved

[spirittoo]

I have the CH USB Pedals and when ever I use them for the rudder the parking brake engages. I have the steam edition of FSX. Any idea why this is happening?

 

Thanks for reading my post.

[thefrog]

I suggest you check your control assignments

[mallcott]

https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?303470-Brakes-on-rudder-pedals-and-parking-brake

[spirittoo]

I did check the control assignments and saw no conflict at all.

[spirittoo]

Could it be some kind of glitch in the config?

[mallcott]

No. It will be an error in YOUR configuration of the controls.

Check the parking brake is set to reverse in the Assignments menu, for example.

[spirittoo]

Nope ... I said it once I will say it again. I checked the control config several times and there are no conflict between each of the controls. The reverse is checked it the brake assignments.

[OleGreyGhost]

If it is as you say, no conflicts, then all that is left is misalignment of equipment &/or pilot distraction.

 

The pedals are sensitive. If you do not have the proper angles set up, you can be inadvertently applying pressure slightly higher forward which will engage the brakes.

 

Use heel pressure only....

[spirittoo]

You know it's crazy ... some times when I release the parking brake the brakes will not come back on when I move the pedals. While other times it will and keep braking when I touch the pedals even after releasing the parking brake ... really weird

[mallcott]

You know it's crazy ... some times when I release the parking brake the brakes will not come back on when I move the pedals. While other times it will and keep braking when I touch the pedals even after releasing the parking brake ... really weird

 

Then please listen when we tell you you have duplicate assignments.

 

Reversing the control assignment also means you need to reset the null zone and sensitivity

[spirittoo]

I guess the only way I can prove to you that there are no assignment conflicts is to figure out how to take a screen shot of it and put it up. I'll see what I can do.

 

I did a print screen and used paint but I have three monitors and I can't figure out how to just show the one screen with the control settings, plus I have to figure out how to reduce the size so I can post it.

Edited March 2, 2019 by spirittoo

[mallcott]

Yes do that. Don't bother with a screen shot: Take the contents of standard .xml (the one in your Controls folder) and post it here

 

AND remember to show us the box in the GUI with control sensitivity and null zone applied...

[tiger1962]

I have the CH Pro Pedals and CH Flight Sim Yoke. The parking brake is assigned to Button 2 on the yoke, not to Axis X and Y on the pedals, which should only operate the left and right differential brakes respectively.

[spirittoo]

Yes do that. Don't bother with a screen shot: Take the contents of standard .xml (the one in your Controls folder) and post it here

 

AND remember to show us the box in the GUI with control sensitivity and null zone applied...

 

You are going to have to tell me how to do that, because I don't see a control folder in fsx

[mrzippy]

You are going to have to tell me how to do that, because I don't see a control folder in fsx

 

That folder should be in the same location as your FSX.cfg

[mallcott]

You are going to have to tell me how to do that, because I don't see a control folder in fsx

 

You will only have one folder called `Controls` (note: `S`on the end) in your computer. Just search for that...

[spirittoo]

I when to the fsx folder through stream ... steamapps ... common ... FSX there is a FSXSEConfig in that folder and control.dll but that is it. I did a search for "controls" and got nothing related to FSX. No "controls" folder that I can find.

[mrzippy]

I when to the fsx folder through stream ... steamapps ... common ... FSX there is a FSXSEConfig in that folder and control.dll but that is it. I did a search for "controls" and got nothing related to FSX. No "controls" folder that I can find.

 

This is mine:

 

 

and when opened:

 

[spirittoo]

The folder was not where FSXSE is install. It's on the C drive in my user appdata roaming under microsoft.

 

I tried to put that standard.xml in the attachments but I get an error that it is an invalid file.

[mrzippy]

The folder was not where FSXSE is install. It's on the C drive in my user appdata roaming under microsoft.

 

I tried to put that standard.xml in the attachments but I get an error that it is an invalid file.

 

Open it with notepad like a .cfg file

[OleGreyGhost]

When you open it, enter the search for "CH Pro Pedals USB".

[spirittoo]

 

 

-

 

CH Pro Throttle USB SLEW {2BFF48C0-293B-11E8-8009-444553540000}

 

 

-

 

XAxis

 

0

 

AXIS_SLEW_SIDEWAYS_SET

 

127

 

 

 

-

 

YAxis

 

1

 

AXIS_SLEW_AHEAD_SET

 

127

 

 

 

-

 

RxAxis

 

3

 

AXIS_SLEW_HEADING_SET

 

127

 

 

 

-

 

0

 

SLEW_RESET

 

 

 

-

 

1

 

VIEW_MODE

 

 

 

-

 

2

 

SLEW_ALTIT_PLUS

 

 

 

-

 

3

 

SLEW_ALTIT_MINUS

 

 

 

-

 

4

 

SLEW_PITCH_PLUS

 

 

 

-

 

5

 

SLEW_PITCH_MINUS

 

 

 

-

 

6

 

SLEW_BANK_MINUS

 

 

 

-

 

7

 

SLEW_BANK_PLUS

 

 

 

-

 

8

 

SLEW_FREEZE

 

 

 

-

 

9

 

SLEW_RESET

 

 

 

-

 

0

 

PAN_VIEW

 

1

 

 

 

 

-

 

CH Pro Pedals USB{2BFF48C0-293B-11E8-800A-444553540000}

 

 

-

 

XAxis

 

0

 

AXIS_LEFT_BRAKE_SET

 

-1

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

YAxis

 

1

 

AXIS_RIGHT_BRAKE_SET

 

-1

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

ZAxis

 

2

 

AXIS_RUDDER_SET

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

-

 

CH Pro Pedals USB SLEW {2BFF48C0-293B-11E8-800A-444553540000}

 

 

-

 

ZAxis

 

2

 

AXIS_SLEW_HEADING_SET

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

-

 

CH Combatstick USB{2C01B9C0-293B-11E8-800B-444553540000}

 

 

-

 

XAxis

 

0

 

AXIS_AILERONS_SET

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

YAxis

 

1

 

AXIS_ELEVATOR_SET

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

ZAxis

 

2

 

AXIS_THROTTLE_SET

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

0

 

PAN_RESET

 

 

 

-

 

1

 

VIEW_MODE

 

 

 

-

 

2

 

ELEV_TRIM_DN

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

3

 

PAUSE_TOGGLE

 

 

 

-

 

4

 

PAN_RIGHT

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

5

 

VIEW_LEFT

 

 

 

-

 

6

 

RELEASE_DROPPABLE_OBJECTS

 

 

 

-

 

7

 

GEAR_TOGGLE

 

 

 

-

 

8

 

VIEW_MODE

 

 

 

-

 

9

 

GEAR_TOGGLE

 

 

 

-

 

0

 

1

 

PAN_RESET_COCKPIT

 

 

 

 

-

 

CH Combatstick USB SLEW {2C01B9C0-293B-11E8-800B-444553540000}

 

 

-

 

XAxis

 

0

 

AXIS_SLEW_SIDEWAYS_SET

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

YAxis

 

1

 

AXIS_SLEW_AHEAD_SET

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

RxAxis

 

3

 

AXIS_SLEW_HEADING_SET

 

127

 

 

 

-

 

0

 

SLEW_RESET

 

 

 

-

 

1

 

VIEW_MODE

 

 

 

-

 

2

 

SLEW_ALTIT_PLUS

 

 

 

-

 

3

 

SLEW_ALTIT_MINUS

 

 

 

-

 

4

 

SLEW_PITCH_PLUS

 

 

 

-

 

5

 

SLEW_PITCH_MINUS

 

 

 

-

 

6

 

SLEW_BANK_MINUS

 

 

 

-

 

7

 

SLEW_BANK_PLUS

 

 

 

-

 

8

 

SLEW_FREEZE

 

 

 

-

 

9

 

SLEW_RESET

 

 

 

-

 

0

 

PAN_VIEW

 

1

 

 

 

[tiger1962]

You haven't assigned a CH Combatstick button to Parking Brake. Try assigning one and see if the CH Pro Pedals toe brakes stop activating it.

[spirittoo]

You haven't assigned a CH Combatstick button to Parking Brake. Try assigning one and see if the CH Pro Pedals toe brakes stop activating it.

 

That didn't work ... and as you can see there are no conflicts in the assignments.

[tiger1962]

That didn't work ... and as you can see there are no conflicts in the assignments.

 

There are no conflicts, but commands such Parking Brake which should be there by default are missing.

This problem is a lot simpler to fix than meets the eye - you've set your own control assignments and lost some basic functions. Join the club, we've all done it too! Try resetting the control assignments back to default and start again, but next time leave the brakes assignments as they are.

In the FSX Settings page, click on Controls and then click on the Reset Defaults button on the Calibration, Buttons/Keys and Control Axes tabs. Easy.

Edited March 5, 2019 by tiger1962