Horizons how to open Elite .binds file in X55 Editor software

[Nodeity]

I'm probably making a rookie mistake here, but I need to know how to open the Elite Dangerous .binds file in the Saitek X55 Programing Editor, it appears to only be able to open .pr0 files.
I've got the X55 setup how I want it in Elite, but I want to change an 8-way hat, to a 4-way hat, so I can manoeuvre without constantly going off in the wrong direction.
I'm using the latest X55 Software on Windows 10, anyone know what I'm doing wrong? TA

 

[metatheurgist]

I've got a X52 in Win7. Assuming it works the same way, you want to open your profile editor, load the profile. Find your Hat button and right click. There should be a option for 4 or 8 way function selection.

 

[Paul Bambury]

Short answer; you can't. The .binds file is xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Root>
<KeyboardLayout>en-GB</KeyboardLayout>
<MouseXMode Value="" />
<MouseXDecay Value="0" />
<MouseYMode Value="" />
<MouseYDecay Value="0" />
<MouseSensitivity Value="1.00000000" />
<MouseDecayRate Value="4.00000000" />
<MouseDeadzone Value="0.05000000" />

while the .pr0 used by the Saitek profile is a proprietary format

[profile='Elite Dangerous v1' version=0x00000005
[controllers
[controller=e81d998b-c604-4d71-be97-35ca01439c7e group='Pro Flight'
[member=c7719f41-f667-4514-bbb4-3f38c9e4d05a name=X52 shortname=X52]
[controls
[button=0x00090001 name=Trigger]
[button=0x0009000F name='Second Trigger']
[button=0x00090002 name=Fire]
[button=0x00090003 name='Fire A']
[button=0x00090004 name='Fire B']
[button=0x00090005 name='Fire C']
[button=0x00090007 name='Fire D']

Both are directly editable in notepad, but other than that they're completely different beasts.

If you want to 'downgrade' an 8-way hat you'll need to use the elite binds and the saitek profiler in tandem

Supposing you want to your hat to control a UI panel in game. You want four actions: up, down, left and right. In Elite Dangerous edit a custom binding to map your keyboard (not the hat) to the action (eg: numpad up, numpad down etc). Then use the Saitek profiler to create a profile mapping those keystrokes to the hat (make sure to set the hat as a four-way). Save, enable the profile and run elite dangerous

 

[Nodeity]

Short answer; you can't. The .binds file is xml while the .pr0 used by the Saitek profile is a proprietary format

Both are directly editable in notepad, but other than that they're completely different beasts.

If you want to 'downgrade' an 8-way hat you'll need to use the elite binds and the saitek profiler in tandem

Supposing you want to your hat to control a UI panel in game. You want four actions: up, down, left and right. In Elite Dangerous edit a custom binding to map your keyboard (not the hat) to the action (eg: numpad up, numpad down etc). Then use the Saitek profiler to create a profile mapping those keystrokes to the hat (make sure to set the hat as a four-way). Save, enable the profile and run elite dangerous

Thanks for that, I'll give it a go. Seems pretty silly though that you have to go to this amount of trouble to get the profile to work how you want it to. Appreciate the help