User Guide

How to import old profiles for the X55 Rhino

You can use profiles that were made on a previous version of Saitek software. Here’s how:

1. Download or locate the old profile. You do not need to move it anywhere.

2. Open the old profile directly in the HUD Software. All your old key command strings

and macros will be there, but they will not necessarily be assigned to any

button/axis/HAT.

3. Assign them to your X55 Rhino controls. We recommend that you then save it as a new

profile as this will then save the profile in the correct location to be able to use the quick

profile selection from the taskbar icon.

Rhino Mounting Dimensions

Please check the X-55 Mounting Holes attachment for the exact dimensions of the holes and the

distances between them when you mount your X-55 / X-56 Rhino.

Use the X55 Rhino / X56 H.O.T.A.S. stick and throttle separately

The stick and throttle units can be used individually and programmed through the HUD software.

They are on different USB cables and are recognized by your PC as separate devices. This opens

up loads of customization options for simmers.

Deadzone and erratic controls in Elite: Dangerous with the X55 Rhino / X56 H.O.T.A.S.

Make sure that that you’ve assigned your control axes to an actual axis range and not a singular

event.

For example, for the Pitch (up and down) function of the game, you will find three options in

Elite’s settings screen to assign:

 Pitch Axis

 Pitch Up

 Pitch Down

Do not use the Pitch Up or Down assignment functions. These are digital in nature and will not

give you the correct progressive response that you would expect. Instead, make sure that you

assign to the Pitch Axis.

The same is true of any axis on the device, the main stick, twist, throttles, rotaries and the mini

analog sticks: all of these should ideally be assigned to axis functions in the settings of Elite.

X55 Rhino / X56 H.O.T.A.S. drifts slightly during flight simulation

We deliberately omitted hardware deadbands on the X55 RHINO / X56 H.O.T.A.S. so users can

set the response curve themselves and apply deadbands to the raw data via the HUD software.