Using SimHub Buttons when no gamepad support is enabled

When no gamepad support is enabled for your ESP firmware you can still use buttons to trigger certain actions through SimHub.

• Control SimHub features, such as:
  • Change dashboard layouts
  • Increment/decrement values such as redline
  • Control volume
  • Change arduino screen layouts or brightness
  • Switch LED layouts
  • Increase/decrease motion/vibration gains
• Emulate keyboard presses.

SimHub Button to control SimHub features

• On the sidebar select “Controls and Events”
• Select the “Controls” tab
• Click the “New Mapping” button
• On the new screen, click on the left column text field that says “Type to filter”
• Press the button you want to use on your ESP SimHub device
• A button should appear with a name similar to “AdditionalButtons_2_2”
• On the right column (Target), select the SimHub feature you want to control
• Click “Ok”

SimHub Button to emulate keyboard presses

ESP-SimHub firmware devices can emulate keyboard presses through SimHub.

• On the sidebar select “Controls and Events”
• Select the “Keyboard Emulation” tab
• Click “Add Mapping”
• Under “Input”, click “Click to Configure”
• Press the button you want to use on your ESP SimHub device
• A button should appear with a name similar to “AdditionalButtons_2_2”
• On the right column either press the keys you want to send, or select the keys manually.

Configuring Buttons in the firmware

See the following documentation to configure your firmware to use buttons:

• Buttons for more information on how to configure simple buttons
• Button Matrix for a button matrix setup