Installing in Windows 98
Installation of the Control Manager is straightforward and consists
of three basic phases:
1. Unplug all your CH USB Devices.
2. Run the Setup.exe program from the distribution disk. This will copy
the files and set up the folders and registry entries that the Control
Manager requires and install the base drivers for the Control Manager.
3. Plug in the various CH USB devices you want to use.
4. Run the ChCtlMgr.exe file that was installed in the Control Manager
program group to calibrate and configure your CH USB devices.
Installation Options
There are several options offered during the installation process. These
can be selected during the initial install or can be added after the
installation is complete. See the section on
Installation Options for more information.
Notes on Installing the USB Devices
Once the Control Manager has been activated, installing the USB devices
is pretty much just a matter of plugging them in. The PnP system will
recognize them and they'll install in pretty much the same manner as any
other USB device. You will probably be prompted for your Windows disk, and
you may receive dialogs telling you that you have later versions of certain
files already on your system and asking if you want to keep those. Always
say "Yes" to these, that you do want to keep the older files. This usually
results due to an upgrade to DirectX putting later versions of the joystick
system files, etc. on your system than those that were originally shipped
with Windows and you do want to keep them.
Plug in all the CH devices that you wish to keep connected. If you have
multiple devices that you want to connect at one time, it's a good idea
to pick a port for each device and always use that port with that device.
Windows creates devices based on device type and port combination, switching
ports forces Windows to run the "New Hardware Found" dialog and create a
new device, so keeping the number of port-device combinations that you
use to a minimum reduces the number of times this will occur.
If you're using pedals and/or throttle along with more than one primary
controller, perhaps you've a FlightSim Yoke for civilian sims and a
FighterStick for combat sims, pick ports for the pedals/throttle and plug
those in first. Then use another port as your primary controller port
where you plug in the yoke or stick as necessary. This will, again,
minimize the number of New Hardware dialogs you'll need to deal with.
