TGC/Protee - GSX Settings and Bluetooth adapter

[Bubba22]

Settings for GSX when used with TGC:

Set all carry, back spin, and side spin settings to default of zero.
Putting speed = (set to what feels right for your turf).
Putting forgiveness set to 2.
All penalty settings must be at default of zero


Bluetooth adapters working:
Asus USB-BT400 Bluetooth 4.0
4Cirago Bluetooth 4.0 BTA8000 with Extended Range(EDR)

If you're having Bluetooth connection issues, definitely try a different brand Bluetooth adapter. If you're using the metal protective cage, try connecting without the GC2 being in the cage. Also, don't just plug the adapter in the back of the computer. Use a 6-15 foot USB extension cable to attach the Bluetooth adapter. This will put it out in the open an allow for a better signal.

GC2 Bluetooth Adapter Code: 0000

[SFR]

Just a reminder for the GC2 users that if they have never updated their GSX to make sure it is. There were two updates since the original. One to fix the bunker setting for distance with a new slider in the GSX and the other to fix when in practice, the GSX not being used after the first hit off a tee.

Just noticing one small glitch now. When I boot up the Protee and start a match or practice, the very first hit seems not to use the GSX. Take a mulligan and then from then on the GSX works fine. Only the first hit. I found if I practiced a few shots first then go start a match, then it's fine as I had already hit at least one shot. Not sure if it is worth an update as it only happens once.

[4 Degrees Flat]

Slight change of topic to this thread. Keep in mind... I am pretty much clueless when it comes to the GC2 and how it works with the Protee software. Utterly clueless. But, I will be purchasing either a GC2 or similar in the next 6 weeks or so as I am building a golf simulator room at my house.

Having said that, I was reading thru this thread and I am a tad confused about something. When using the Protee software with the GC2, do you have to select the club you are using before each shot? If so, that's almost a deal breaker for me. Please advise, thanks.

[SFR]

There is an interface called GSX that lets you send info from the GC2 to the protee interface and simulate your shots. In this GSX interface, if you leave all settings at default the shot carry does not come out right. However once you set the sliders, as we GC2 users have found them to be the best, it seems like most of us find them to feel right but we can all tweak them to our likings. Now in those sliders you can adjust some of the club groups separately to fine tune. The groups are the Driver,fairway woods,irons,wedges and putter. I have found that I can have my Driver and fairway woods all set the same, all irons down to 9 iron, and then wedges are all the same.

So there are a few times you need to make sure you select a club depending on what you are hitting. An example may be if you are on a tee and the auto select is picking a Driver, but you want to use an iron, you will need to select any iron and then tee off. The other time you tend to need to select a club is to

[Maverick]

GC2 owners. Please download the latest GSX by running gswebupdate.exe. Putting forgiveness improved. Let me know.

[Maverick]

GC2 guys. Please download the latest GSX by running gswebsetup.exe.

And please set putting forgiveness to 2.

[SFR]

This last update made a world of difference on the short 5 to 10 foot putts. You still need to read the break (if there is one) and have your weight figured out,but if you happen to have a straight in, 10 footer, it is a lot easier when you do hit a straight putt. This alone will drop the HC a couple strokes.

[Maverick]

Yes, the GC2 ball path readings on slow putts have been smoothed out. Just let me know if its too forgiving.

[HWoods]

Ya the update is great and now works as expected. I watched many rounds now and I noticed that short straight putts should go in if you have a straight path and are aimed correctly. It's that simple. This allows us to do so. Nice round SFR.

[SFR]

Others will have to try it out first. But if this setting is set so that any GC2 read that is 1.5 deg or less left or right, it will make the putt go straight. The GC2 can read within 1 deg of accurate. Today my putts were for the most part .5 or so off on the GC2 screen so they were reading not bad, but in the past that .5 or .9 off read was enough to miss where from the sounds of it, a straight 10 foot putt 1 deg off line would still go in.

Possibly that rounding down could be tweaked to just minus 1 deg from the readout and if negative go straight as if a zero. So then if you hit a 1.5 deg pull the end result would be a .5 deg pull and not dead straight. Some of my golf friends like to leave the aim stick on the hole and then aim their actual putt left or right. I will see if this new setup makes it harder for him to do that seeing that if you wanted the putt 1.5 right you would not get that. This would also open up that number value 2 to be tweaked as that number is a % t

[SFR]

Looks like there is another GC2 firmware update. 3.5.1.1

The last one I tried was 3.5.1.0 and all worked but could not seem to see any change. One report I read on this very last update (3.5.1.1) is that some triggered miss reads with putting?

Just wondering if this last one is safe?

[Maverick]

It's safe.

[SFR]

Sounds like there is a bit of a bug in the last 3.5.1.1 and some guys are being told to revert back to 3.5.1.0

Might have noticed an issue last night where a putt was triggered without hitting a ball.
I might just go back to the last one for now. Sounds like Foresight is aware of this and is going to fix it.

Just noticed that the 3.5.1.0 is the one now showing for latest. The other has been removed.

[4 Degrees Flat]

Hey guys - so I just got my system up and running in the last few days. Been incredibly busy so I haven't had much time to use it but in the brief times I have... it's just awesome. But I do have one question on the settings. I notice on the GSX Settings, under the Penalty Stystem part, a slider for greenside bunker (which I have set to 30), but what is GSB Distance?? I thought it may stand for green side bunker distance but isn't that kind of repetitive? Or am I confusing the two? Any help? Thanks.

[Maverick]

Green side bunker distance is the GSB penalty will take effect. Beyond that distance, they will act like fairway bunkers.

Let us know your ready to test online play.

[4 Degrees Flat]

Hey guys... I've had my system (GC2) up and running for a little while now. I've been playing around with the GSX settings as you guys recommend. I started off with the recommended settings found in this thread. A couple of things I'd like to discuss. First, when playing on the course, I noticed that my iron and wedge shots did not "release" or run out as much as I would normally get outdoors. So I started to think a little (hard for me to do :P ) and couldn't grasp why the GSX settings for carry and spin needed to be adjusted at all. I mean, the GC2 is supposed to be super accurate, right? I know the Protee software takes the GC2 numbers and translates them into ball flight. So... I'd hit an iron and the backspin on the GC2, for example, would say 5789 while the Protee would read out 6500 or so due to the backspin adjustment. Then the carry slider would have to be adjusted to make up for the difference in backspin. So... I said, let's try no adjustment since the GC2 is su