The Cross Hair adapter allows you to use keyboard and mouse inputs on an Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 console. In the Cross Hair Manager
software you are able to remap these inputs to change which functions they perform on the console. Here we will look
at how to remap these and save them to the CrossHair device as well as export them to share.
Step 1: Download the CrossHair Manager.
We will search for the crosshair website, go tothe support and download section then, once we’ve extracted it, we can open the file and then you open up the CrossHair manager icon.
Step 2: Creating a crosshair profile.
In this instance we’ll make a profile tomatch those we can find on a Don Johnston switch interface which we use at SpecialEffect to add accessibility switches to some controller setups this will allow us to use accessibility switches to emulate buttons on the Xbox one
console. We’ll be using them on an Xbox One console for the following controls:
‘Right Stick’ up will be the ‘Up’ key, the ‘A’ button will be the ‘Enter’ key and the ‘Right Trigger’ will be the down key. Here it just
shows which sockets we’re going to use the right stick upwards right trigger and ‘A’ button it’s making you profile.
Choose a game to base the profile on. for what we’re doing it doesn’t really matter, so we’re just using a random game.
First thing we’re going to do is going to select the ‘Up’ function on the right analog stick and we’re going to make this ‘Up’ on the keyboard. We can then plug
our accessibility switch into the Don Johnson socket with the ‘Up’ arrow key and this will need the right analog stick up. Here we’re just
getting rid of the ‘Up’ arrow which is controlling the d-pad because it conflicts with the control we just made.
Here we’re making the ‘A’ button the ‘Enter’ key. Again so we can plug our switch into the Don Johnston ‘Enter’ input. And then finally we’re going to make the right
trigger the down key on the keyboard. As this is also on the Don Johnson switch interface. Again there is already a button assigned to the ‘Down’ arrow key so we’re just going to get rid of that and
then. And then we can save the profile. I’m just going to make it start as well to make sure that it runs when we plug in the
CrossHair.
Step 3: Export the profile to share it.
If you want to share the profile with someone to put on their crosshair you can just go to export it and save it somewhere and you can send them the file for them and they can import it.
The ReaSnow Cross Hair adapter allows you to use keyboard and mouse inputs on an Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 console (Update: since this video was made, the Cross Hair is now also compatible with the Nintendo Switch). It also allows you to use some alternative gamepad controllers on different consoles
In the Cross Hair Manager software you are able to remap these inputs to change which functions they perform on the console. In this video we look at how to remap these and save them to the CrossHair device as well as export them to share.
Update: Since this video was made the Don johnston Switch Interface has been discontinued. Alternativly, we have found that the X-Keys Switch Interface can be used in the same way i.e. more than one key can be used at a time and held for different lengths of required, inputs such as holds.
Step 1: Download the Cross Hair Manager.
Search for the ReaSnow Cross Hair website and go to the support and download section and download (http://www.reasnow.com/home/cross-hair.html). Then, once you have extracted it, open the file and then you can open up the CrossHair manager icon.
Step 2: Creating a CrossHair profile.
In the video we make a profile to match those we can find on a Don Johnston switch interface which we use at SpecialEffect to add accessibility switches to some controller setups. This device is recognised by the Cross Hair as a keyboard as it emulates key presses. This will allow us to use accessibility switches to emulate buttons on the Xbox One console. We set them up to use on an Xbox One console for the following controls:
Right Stick Up will be the Up key
A button will be the Enter key
Right Trigger will be the Down key.
When prompted, choose a game to base the profile on. As we don’t use a mouse input in our setup in the video, it is doesn’t really matter which game profile we use, so we just choose a random game.
First thing we then do is to select the Up direction on the right analog stick and we’re going to make this Up on the keyboard. We could then plug an accessibility switch into the Don Johnson socket with the Up arrow key and this will become the right analog stick Up on the console. We then look to see whether the Up arrow has been used already in the profile and remove it if so, so that it doesn’t confilct with another action.
Next we make the A button the Enter key. We can then plug our switch into the Don Johnston Enter input.
Finally we make the Right Trigger the Down key on the keyboard. As this is also on the Don Johnson switch interface. Again we check if the Down key has already been used in the profile and remove it if so.
You then need to save the profile. You will need to make it run at start as well to make sure that it runs when we plug in the Cross Hair.
Step 3: Export the profile to share it.
If you want to share the profile with someone to put on their Cross Hair, you can go to Export and save it somewhere. Then you can send them the file and they can import it.
Links:
Check the ReaSnow Cross Hair website for up to date compatibility information: http://www.reasnow.com/home/cross-hair.html
Post on importing a Cross Hair profile: https://gameaccess.info/how-to-import-a-cross-hair-profile/(opens in a new tab)
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Video by Bill Donegan
