X9D+ 2019 SE with Realflight Evolution - Bluetooth?

[turfdoggie]

Hello,
I'm wondering if anyone has had any success (or whether it's even possible) to connect an X9D+ 2019 SE radio to a RealFlight Evolution session via the radio's built-in Bluetooth connection. I'm running Windows 10 on my PC, and I've added the X9D+ as a Bluetooth device. It shows up fine in the device manager. However, when I launch RealFlight Evolution, it does not appear to recognize the transmitter as a valid controller.

If anyone has gotten this working, I'd be interested in learning about what steps were required to enable the transmitter as a controller.

Thanks in advance!

 

[HENNY]

As far as I'm aware the Bluetooth function only allows wireless trainer and in some cases connection to ear buds for audio announcements and as a wireless source for some flight controllers on a PC by selecting the appropriate mode in the radio setup.

 

[Hawaii Sloper]

You can plug that in with a USB cable and it will work or you can try the USB dongle (you can get one from Aloft) I wrote some instructions here for use with ethos but the steps should be similar. Hope this helps…

Thread 'Ethos with Real flight'
https://forum.alofthobbies.com/index.php?threads/ethos-with-real-flight.3282/

 

[sande005]

Does it show up as a "Joystick Device"?
Press Windows Key + R, type joy.cpl and press enter
If listed, it may work.
Configuring a model in the radio can be "interesting" For RF, channels 1-4 are the primary flight controls. Channels 5 and 6 must have a center position ( 3 pos switch, or any variable control) With USB cord, I've gotten 22 channels to be useable. Wireless dongles are limited to 8. If Bluetooth allows at least 6, you are good.
Test in Windows, to see if you get responses from your controls. Make sure to Calibrate in Windows.
If it works in Windows, then it will work in RF, but you will also have to setup the Controller Configuration there, to map what comes from Windows to the correct flight control in Windows.
Bluetooth is a terrrible solution for control, why Frsky did that is a mystery. Cheap enough for them to embed a receiver in the radio, and make it true wireless - like used to be done with the Linker, before they killed it by redoing the module bay connections.

 

[Hawaii Sloper]

I think that's correct