10. Transmitter Selection

By default in SeligSIM, the transmitter will be automatically selected when you make an aircraft selection. Use this Transmitter Selection window mainly for calibrating and for any controller setup that you do per the Getting Started: Part I page. You can also use this window to make a copy and edit the transmitter to make customizations, e.g., expos and rates.

10.1. Calibrating

The primary reason to use the Transmitter Selection window is to calibrate your interface. That step is described in a section on the Getting Started: Part II page.

If you click to calibrate and receive the popup “Cannot Calibrate”, see the related note in the troubleshooting section for the solution.

10.2. Transmitter Selection Windows

When you click on the Transmitter left menu button (or the transmitter icon) from one of the Fly Screens, you will see one of two different Transmitter Selection windows. It depends on your USB interface selection. Both types of windows are shown below. The first instance corresponds to using a vJoy interface, a V1 interface, or some other (non-V2) interface. The second corresponds to using an FS One V2 interface.

Now here is the interesting thing: If you do not own a V2 interface (or have one, but not plugged in), you will never see the second case (“Universal Tx”) below. However, if you are using any type of V2 interface, then you will notice this ‘context sensitive’ nature of the two types of Transmitter Selection windows, depending on what interface you have selected from the previous Fly Screen.

Transmitter Selection Window for a vJoy Device interface with the prefix “SeligSIM” Tx name. The same Tx icon style is used for a vJoy interface, a V1 interface, or some other (non-V2) interface.

Transmitter Selection Window for an FS One V2 interface selection with the “Universal Tx” name.

Users with the V2 Interface

If you are using a V2 interface and the proper main icon (“Universal Tx”) is not shown, see the note from Getting Started: Part II.

Transmitter Is Automatically Selected

The proper transmitter for that aircraft will then be automatically selected when you select the aircraft. After that automatic selection, the transmitter will then have the proper controls described in the Flight Manual.

Technical Background - How it works under the hood.

When you select an aircraft, the simulator reads those files and finds out what transmitter to use. In that step, the transmitter is automatically selected for you.

Optional Methods (not recommended)

If you want to save your specific aircraft selection and custom transmitter selection and later reload that, see the note at the bottom of the page: Save/Load Flight.

Alternatively, if you really want to change this automatic behavior for all airplane selections, see Options | Auto-Load Radio/Controller.

10.3. Copy, Edit, and Delete

On the main Transmitter Selection window, the left side buttons let you make a copy of a transmitter. Then you can edit that transmitter. You can also delete transmitters that you create. Details of how to edit a transmitter are in another section, which is still undergoing revision, i.e., edits.

Transmitter Auto-Selection Is Persistent

Suppose you do copy/edit a transmitter and use that for a certain airplane, say, the Extra 260. You may have even made a copy of the airplane and made edits to customize it. From the Fly Screen it shows your airplane and your transmitter with your custom name, e.g., “My Extra 260 Tx.” Suppose you flew that setup, then flew a different airplane, and then returned back to fly your custom Extra 260. When you pick that airplane, what transmitter is selected? It will be the default transmitter for that airplane (consistent with the technical background info given above). To fly with your custom transmitter, click on the transmitter icon and select your transmitter. The Fly Screen should then show your custom selections.