Saitek Cyborg Command Unit
When you connect the unit to your computer it will detect and install the command unit as a gaming controller. You can use the Cyborg Command Unit right off the bat without installing drivers and use the three modes but the first green mode is kind of useless for any games. The other two modes work well and can be easily programmed if there are any keys you want to change by installing the Command Unit drivers. This will install a program that allows you to change any of the keys or the analog stick individually for all three modes as well as another three modes available using the shift key and hitting keys on the unit.
You have two in play key commands in each mode for the unit by just holding the shift down for an added keyset. This would be useful for games where you have command of units like Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and have a few seconds to hold the shift while giving orders. Other times this would be useful is working with command in an RTS game for building defenses or working at building or ordering units.
The Cyborg Command Unit is easy to change key assignments in the Saitek Smart Technology or SST program that opens up with three columns of key assignments and the set of analog assignments. Each column represents the mode or back lighted color of the unit and the three modes while holding the shift key. To change a key you simply click on the key you want to change and then press the key from the regular keyboard you want to assign to that button of the Command Unit.
The analog stick is also easily changed but I have not found much use for it in my FPS or RTS gaming but it does work well for Microsoft Flight Simulator and using it for your joystick. You can program the analog stick as either directional axis or as mouse X and Y so you have an additional joystick type device as well as the other keys.
At default the joystick worked exactly like a regular joystick using the green mode and I simply programmed the other keys for things like throttle and gear for a nice simple flight simulator controller. Of course the smaller joystick would not be great for fighting simulators but for a leisurely flight it works very well. Having the programmed keys for all the things you need in your flight sim was great and this is the kind of quick and easy programming that makes the Cyborg Command Unit great for just about any gaming.
The Cyborg Command Unit worked especially well as a second controller with a joystick that is a lot less constricted than your keyboard. Setting up keys is very easy and having the additional keys and assignments without using a whole keyboard makes for a more enriching flight simulation. The Cyborg Command Unit makes a great additional controller for flight sim games with its very simple programming.
The Cyborg Command Unit makes for a fun gaming experience and you can get quite used to it quickly for an added controller in gaming. I highly recommend the Saitek Cyborg Command Unit for a nice simple and easily programmed small gaming controller.