To calibrate the Alpha internally please do the following:
The following steps show how to manually re-calibrate your unit. You may follow the steps below if you are experiencing:
- Major or minor dead zones.
- Axis jumps or hiccups.
- The need for a more fine-tuned flying experience.
Entering Calibration Mode
NOTE | Make sure your unit is disconnected from power or off.
Step 1 | Switches
Set the rocker switch as:
MASTER ALT: ON
MASTER BAT: OFF
AVIONICS BUS1: OFF
AVIONICS BUS2: ON
Step 2 | Buttons
Hold Button 1 and Button 2 at the same time.
NOTE | Make sure your ethernet cord is connected from the yoke to the switch panel.
Step 3 | Power
Connect the unit to power with the USB cable. Release buttons 1 and 2 when the LED starts to flash. The LEDs should now stay on at its highest setting to indicate calibration mode.
Calibration Operation
The steps below will show how the operations for manual calibration. Please read each step carefully before attempting as each step will now be rewriting the calibration settings within the unit.
- Rotate the yoke all the way to the right, press the LED button located at the back of the yoke, next to the USB port. The LED lights should flash, indicating the data was saved successfully.
- Slowly release the yoke, letting it rest at the centre. Press the LED button again, which should flash again.
- Rotate the yoke all the way to the left. Press the LED button.
- Slowly release the yoke, letting it rest at the centre. Press the LED button.
- Push the yoke all the way forward. Press the LED button.
- Slowly release the yoke, letting it rest at the centre. Press the LED button.
- Pull the yoke all the way out. Press the LED button.
- Slowly release the yoke, letting it rest at the centre. Press the LED button.
- Disconnect the USB cable and plugin again.
Access the windows controller properties and re-calibrate the unit once again. No external software is required to do this.
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Just purchased and Alpha Flight controls from Microcenter in the past week. None of the buttons on the Yoke (steering wheel) don't work; none of them. Switch panel all work in MSFS and X-Flight. I took it back to Microcenter and got a new one. I now have the exact same problem; none of the Yoke buttons don't work. Did a Google search and saw this is a common problem. Today I called your phone number in San Diego and get nothing but "leave a message". Not giving me a good felling about my purchase. Please reach out to me to resolve. I will leave a message at ext 113
Just found a link on Google that told me about the pigtail cable that needs to be connected. Now the switches work. 1st system I received from Microcenter was mission this cable.
2nd system had it
I have the ‘hub’ and a XPC and Bravo quadrant and the Quadrent isn’t seen by the xbox for control options. I can not find a guide to program the buttons for flight do what I want with the camera, trim, mixture and so on. Only basic flight control, the MSFS is current with updates and I have a honeycomb HUB and the XPC is in Xbox mode.
Any help….
This procedure does not work for me with the XPC Alpha. The LED does not stay on to indicate calibration mode. How do I calibrate the XPC Alpha?
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