Digital input for aileron controls

In trying to solve my uncontrolled roll problem, I again checked my mapping. When I pulled up the mapping for my MS Sidewinder

force Feedback 2 joystick, I noticed the following note in the "remarks" section on the right side of the Controls sreen when I clicked on the assignment for L & R ailerons (Axis X). The note says "Digital input should be mapped on a key or button." No other setting that I can find comes with that message. Never noticed that before.

 

What the heck does that mean?

It means that the L & R aileron control you're assigning to an axis should be assigned to a key or button press.

Clear that assignment and re-assign your x-axis to the aileron axis control instead.

I read in a prior post that "digital" input means the control is On or OFf, not analog. This doesn't make sense for ailerons controlled with a joystick. When I map the ailerons to the X Axis, any movement of the joystick turns the ailerons "on" or "off." That's what has been causing the uncontrolled rolls. When I map the ailerons to buttons, they work and there are no uncontrolled rolls. But this renders the joystick useless for ailerons. How do I change this? I have re-mapped the ailerons to the joystick X Axis of course, but it still is operating in an "Off/On" function. The joystick calibration shows it operating normally in the X Axis.

 

I must be doing something wrong.

Search in Controls for All, and under Primary Control Surfaces set AILERONS AXIS to your joystick.