
The default mapping of the transmitter to "joystick" controls was awful and unusable as is, so I definitely had to map the controls somewhere, which ended up being in the simulator. There I found a wizard to calibrate the "joystick." What I learned here is that the calibration is only for defining the +/- limits of the stick controls, you don't have any options for mapping or assigning control channels here.

I clicked on it and then clicked on "Properties". I then went into Windows settings and searched "joystick" and came across the menu to setup "USB game controllers". I plugged the other end of the cable into the transmitter's trainer port (the transmitter was off, per manual instructions) and it then powered on by itself. Didn't need to install any drivers or anything like that. Windows didn't recognize it on the first usb port that I plugged it into, so I tried another port and it then recognized it and gave a small popup notification. I then plugged the GoolRC adapter into the computer. Transmitter: I created a very basic model with default settings and no mixing or special rates. Here's what I had to do to get it working with a DX6i and PicaSim on Windows 10: Now that I know what to do, it'd only take about 5 minutes if starting from scratch.

It took me about 30 mins to sort it out so I'll share what I learned. This is a basic signal converter, so you'll likely need to do some configuring on either/both your transmitter and your computer.
