Logitech G HUB Gaming Software Instructions Manual

Logitech G HUB Gaming Software

Windows Installation

1. Download the G HUB Early Access executable and double-click the file to start the installation. You may be prompted to install .NET 3.5 first, if not previously enabled through Windows Features. You will need this Windows feature to install G HUB.
   • Note: If User Account Control asks you ‘Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?’ click Yes
2. When the Logitech G HUB window appears click INSTALL to continue.
3. You will see a progress bar, once the download is complete click INSTALL AND LAUNCH
4. Whilst G HUB is being set up, you may see the logo animation for a short time. Once setup is complete you will see the patch notes. Click the X at the top to take you to the home screen
5. Congratulations on installing G HUB!
   • To uninstall G HUB: For Windows 10, go to Windows Settings > Apps > Apps and Features > highlight G HUB and Uninstall. For Windows 7/8/8.1 go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features > highlight G HUB and Uninstall

Mac Installation

1. Download the G HUB Early Access executable and run the application from your downloads
2. When the Logitech G HUB window appears click INSTALL to continue.
3. You will see a progress bar, once the download is complete click INSTALL AND LAUNCH
   • To uninstall G HUB: Go to Application and run the Logitech G HUB Uninstaller. Or drag the Logitech G HUB application onto the Trash

Getting Started

Homepage explained

1. Current active profile . Clicking on the profile name will take you to the Profile Manager
   • Note: The lock symbol indicates if the profile is set as persistent. Meaning it will be active for all applications. An unlocked  symbol means the profile will only work for the application its assigned to. More on this later
2. G HUB settings . The Settings page allows you control APP Settings , where you check for updates and My Gear view.
3. Your Gear . All your gear will be shown here. The left and right arrows ( 3a ) allow you to scroll through your gear. Clicking on the gear will take you to its Gear page.
4. Lighting Effects profile page . Click here to take you to the Lighting Effect Download page. Here you can download new lighting profiles for your devices. Click the G logo in the top right hand corner to get back to the homepage.
5. Profile Page. Click here to take you to the Profile Download page. Search profiles for new assignments and more! Click the G logo in the top right hand corner to get back to the homepage.
6. LOGITECHG.COM . This link opens a browser within G HUB to the Logitech Gaming site.
7. User Account page . Click the Account icon to take you to your Account page, where you can sign in/out, edit your account profile and add Gear .
8. SEND FEEDBACK. Click this button to send feedback to the Logitech Team. We welcome new ideas, your thoughts and any bugs you find

Setting Up A Game Profile

Profile page explained:

1. Desktop Profile . There will always be a default called DESKTOP which can be configured. You can add different user profiles to by clicking the + icon (11)
2. Game profiles . G HUB will automatically detects games and setup profiles for you to configure. These will automatically activate when that game is running. You can add different user profiles to by clicking the + icon (11)
3. Create New Game Profile . Click the + icon in the profile bar to add a new Game/Application Profile . You will then see a navigation window to direct the profile to which game/application to associate with. That new profile will appear to the left of the DESKTOP profile.
4. Profile Scrolling . Use the left and right arrows to scroll through your Profiles .
5. Click the tab name to switch between PROFILES , MACROS and SETTINGS . PROFILES is the the default view. Click MACROS to add a macro for use in your Gear Assignments . Click SETTINGS to view the name and link location for the Profile.
   • Note: To delete a user made APP, click SETTINGS and click FORGET APP . All profiles and macros assigned to that APP will also be removed.
6. The highlighted User Profile is selected to be used with the main Game/Application Profile . You can have more than one User Profiler for each Game/Application Profile , but only one can be active at a time. If you have more than one, select which one you want to be active by clicking that User Profile ; doing so will then take you back to the Homepage and you can see that Game/Application Profile and User Profile displayed at the top.
7. Details . Click Details to bring up the information about that User Profile . This shows what Gear has been setup along with a simple view of their Settings. At the bottom you can click DELETE to remove that User Profile
   • Note: You cannot delete the Default User Profile for a Profile
8. Share . Click this button to share and publish your User Profile . Here you can ADD TAG , and decide if you want to include all the Macros for the Game/Application. If you check this – this adds all the macros from other User Profiles assigned to the main Game/Application Profile . Once you are ready, click PUBLISH . The Logitech Team will then post the profile subject to review
9. Duplicate User Profile . Click this to create a copy of the User Profile , which you can then configure for another user or possibly for a different class of character for example.
10. Create a new User Profile . This creates a blank User Profile for you to configure for the Game/Application Profile . The User Profile will automatically populate with the Gear plugged in at that time, but you can add Gear to the User Profile at any time.
11. Click the X to go back to the Homepage

Your Gear

Clicking on the picture of your device will take you to its Gear page. Depending on what device it is, you will see slightly different options on the left hand side.

MICE

• LIGHTSYNC
  • PRIMARY | LOGO
• Assignments
  ○ AUDIO | MACROS | SYSTEM
• Sensitivity (DPI)

KEYBOARDS

• LIGHTSYNC
  • PRESETS | FREESTYLE | ANIMATIONS
• Assignments
  • AUDIO | MACROS | SYSTEM
• Game Mode

AUDIO (Headsets and Speakers)

• LIGHTSYNC
  • PRIMARY | LOGO
• Assignments
  • AUDIO | MACROS | SYSTEM
• Acoustics
• Equalizer

WEBCAMS

• Webcam
  • CAMERA | VIDEO

LIGHTSYNC

This tab controls the lighting settings for your device.

1. PRIMARY | LOGO . Select the LIGHTSYNC zone to configure. Your zones can have different effects. Click SYNC LIGHTING ZONES ( 4 ) to sync the other zone with the current configuration.
2. EFFECT . Select from the drop down list your desired effect.
   • a. OFF . This will turn that zone lighting off
   • b. FIXED . This will set a fixed color to the zone, select the color from the color wheel and brightness slider ( 3 )
   • c. CYCLE . Select this to cycle through the color wheel. The RATE is the time taken to cycle once through the full color range. The shorter the time, the quicker the changes. Select the BRIGHTNESS between 0-100%.
   • d. BREATHING . This is a single color fading in and out. Select the color, brightness and time taken to do once cycle.
   • e. SCREEN SAMPLER . Select the sampling zone, which picks the average color in that zone, and maps it to the device. Available only for RGB. More on this in the advanced section .
   • f. AUDIO VISUALIZER . This setting will react to the audio of the application. An additional option for the color mode will allow you to choose from FIXED or REACTIVE. Expand the ADVANCED SETTINGS to configure them. More on this in the advanced Section .
3. COLOR . Color wheel with brightness slider. Click on the wheel to select a color or if you know the RGB value, type this into the R, G & B text fields.
4. RGB Value. Here you can manually input the R G B values.
5. Color Swatches . Drag the centre spot of the color wheel on to an existing swatch to change the color or click on the to add your favourite color.
6. SYNC LIGHTING ZONES . Press this to sync the PRIMARY and LOGO LIGHTSYNC zones.
7. SYNC LIGHTING OPTIONS. Click this button to show your other gear. Click their + signs too sync them with the current LIGHTSYNC configuration. This will sync the color scheme along with the timing for effects such as cycles and breathing for example. Hover over the gear icon and click UNSYNC to remove the device from the LIGHTSYNC configuration. Click the X to return.
8. GEAR SETTINGS . Click this to take you to the Gear Settings page
9. PROFILE SELECTOR. Click here to change the User Profile you want to configure.
10. BACK ARROW . Click the arrow to take you back to the Homepage.

Assignments

This tab configures all your shortcuts and macros.

1. Select between 3 types of assignments. Drag a command onto a target to assign it to the device
   • a. COMMANDS . Simple Mouse clicks or Keyboard keys.
   • b. MACROS . Select a macro to drag onto your device. Click the CREATE NEW MACRO to create your own. More on MACROS in the advanced settings .
   • c. SYSTEM . System commands; Mouse, Media, Editing and Audio hotkeys.
2. Search for a command . User the search box to look for a specific command
3. Command list . Use the scroll bar on the right to scroll through the list of commands
4. VIEW ALL COMMANDS . Check this to see the current commands assigned in a simple list view
5. DEFAULT | G-SHIFT . Switch between the 2 modes to double up your command assignments.
6. Per-profile Assignments lock . Click to make Assignments persistent across all profiles. This locks/unlocks this set of assignments to be there for all profiles.
7. GEAR SETTINGS . Click this to take you to the Gear Settings page
8. PROFILE SELECTOR . Click here to change the User Profile you want to configure for.
9. BACK ARROW . Click the arrow to take you back to the Homepage.

How to assign a G SHIFT command

You can assign a G SHIFT key to a device and that G SHIFT key will synchronise on all devices. For example, you can have a G SHIFT key on your keyboard. When pressed your mouse will also enter the G SHIFT mode and vice versa.

• To assign a G SHIFT key, navigate to the SYSTEM tab in Assignments and drag the command to a programmable key/button. This will identified by a on the key/button.

Sensitivity (DPI)

DPI is the speed of your mouse on the screen. Use DPI buttons on your mouse to quickly change the DPI speed

1. DPI SPEEDS . The underlined value is the current DPI speed. Click on the other values to change the DPI SPEED or press the DPI buttons (up | down | cycle) on your mouse.
2. ASSIGN DPI CONTROLS . Clicking this will take you to the Assignments page. There is an automatic search in the SYSTEM tab with DPI performed to show you just the DPI commands. Not all mice have a DPI SHIFT command assigned to a button by default so check if you have this command assigned before using it.
   • Note: You might have to click the Left/Right arrows either side of the device to see the other button/key view
3. REPORT RATE . This is the speed at which the mouse reports to the computer. By default this should be 1000 and you shouldn’t need to change it. If you see skipping with the mouse pointer, reducing this might help.
4. RESTORE DEFAULT SETTINGS . Click this to reset the mouse DPI settings back to factory settings.
5. DPI SHIFt SPEED. One of the DPI modes will be selected as the DPI SHIFT SPEED, this is indicated by being yellow
6. SPI SLIDERS
   • a. Drag the sliders to the desired DPI values.
   • b. The DPI SHIFT speed in yellow is the assigned DPI value for your DPI SHIFT button
   • c. Click on the slider bar to create a new DPI speed
   • d. Drag a DPI Speed off by dragging the slider downwards; off the the slider bar.
   • e. All changes are saved automatically
   • Note: There are a maximum set of DPI speeds a mouse can have. For example the G502 can support up to 5 individual DPI values.
7. Change to be DPI SHIFT Speed. Click the yellow diamond to Select the DPI mode you want to be the new DPI SHIFT speed
8. PER-PROFILE DPI LOCK . Lock this to set the DPI configuration for all your profiles.
9. GEAR SETTINGS . Click this to take you to the Gear Settings page
10. PROFILE SELECTOR . Click here to change the User Profile you want to configure for.
11. BACK ARROW . Click the arrow to take you back to the Homepage

Game Mode

Game Mode controls which keys you want to disable during gaming to avoid accidental key presses

1. Keys Disabled by default . These are the keys that are always disabled in Game Mode and cannot be changed. Typically these are the Window and Right Mouse Button keys.
2. Keys disabled by you . Additional keys preset by you to also be disabled in Game Mode. Click each key to add them to the group. Keys that are added are colored white, as shown in the example above with the CAPS LOCK.
   • Note: The Game Mode button is sometimes a physical button with a Joystick Icon or a G key. Look for the G symbol, if its on the underside of a key use the FN button to activate.
3. PER-PROFILE GAME MODE LOCK . Lock this to set the Game Mode configuration for all your profiles
4. GEAR SETTINGS . Click this to take you to the Gear Settings page
5. PROFILE SELECTOR . Click here to change the User Profile you want to configure for.
6. BACK ARROW . Click the arrow to take you back to the Homepage

Acoustics

The acoustics tab controls all the audio effects for you gear.

1. VOLUME . This sets the volume of the audio device which syncs up with the system volume for that device.
2. MIC . This controls the volume output of your mic. Also synced to the system device mic level.
3. SIDETONE . This is the output of your mic played back into the headset. This allows you to hear yourself.
4. Enable Surround Sound . Checking this box will then enable the extra features from Dolby and DTS. Disable this to keep the headset in stereo mode.
5. DOLBY MODE | ROOM NAME . This selects the type of mode you wish to have your surround sound in. If in Dolby, you will see DOLBY MODE . If you are in DTS then you will see ROOM NAME
   • a. DOLBY MODE . You will see MOVIE & MUSIC as options. These are preset surround sound profiles
   • b. ROOM NAME . Choose between DTS STANDARD , FPS and SIGNATURE STUDIO . These are preset surround sound profiles
6. DTS SUPER STEREO MODE . This is only available in DTS mode. Select between FRONT (Default) and WIDE . Again these are preset values.
   • Note: You can still adjust volume levels for each surround sound channel ( 7 ) independently from the surround sound profile selected.
7. Surround Sound Volume Mixer . You can adjust the individual volumes for each surround channel here. Only present if you have enabled surround sound.
8. DOLBY | DTS Switch . Click to switch between the two modes. This is only available if you have enabled surround sound.
9. PER-PROFILE ACOUSTICS LOCK . Lock this to set the Acoustics configuration for all your profiles.
10. TEST SURROUND SOUND . Click this button to play the surround sound test audio. This will go through each channel and includes samples of film and gaming audio. This is available if you have surround sound enabled.
11. GEAR SETTINGS . Click this to take you to the Gear Settings page
12. PROFILE SELECTOR . Click here to change the User Profile you want to configure for.
13. BACK ARROW . Click the arrow to take you back to the Homepage

Webcam

• The Webcam tab controls your Camera and Video settings. Configuring features such as zoom, brightness and HDR.

Camera

1. CAMERA| VIDEO . Switch between the CAMERA and VIDEO configuration
2. CAMERA MODE . Select between the 3 modes.
   • a. DEFAULT. Uses factory settings
   • b. STREAMING . Preset set to give the best streaming results, set at a 78 degree Field of View.
   • c. VIDEO . Preset configured for group calls. Zoomed out further than streaming at a 90 degree Field of View.
   • d. + ADD NEW CAMERA . Allows you to configure the individual elements of your CAMERA experience as a profile.
   • Note: STREAMING and VIDEO modes are preset and do not have any customisable features.
   • + ADD NEW CAMERA
3. ZOOM . Default is 100% for CUSTOM . Zoom up to 500%
4. FOCUS . Use the slider to focus manually or click auto to allow the camera to control the focus automatically
5. EXPOSURE . Use the slider to increase/decrease or click auto to allow the camera to control the exposure automatically.
6. FIELD OF VIEW . Switch between 65, 78 and 90 degrees field of view.
7. PRIORITY . Select between EXPOSURE and FRAMERATE . EXPOSURE will not limit the quality whilst FRAMERATE will balance the output to work better with streaming.
8. HDR . This allows the camera to capture in High Dynamic Range mode (for compatible webcams) if ticked. Untick to disable this feature.
9. RESTORE CAMERA DEFAULTS . Click this box to reset to factory defaults for your CAMERA settings.
10. Picture Adjust . This will show the image being recorded. By default the zoom is at 100%, but if you zoom in further, you will be able to adjust the position of the image with the four arrows
11. PER-PROFILE WEBCAM SETTINGS LOCK . Lock this to set the Webcam configuration for all your profiles.
12. Profile Name. Click the text box to rename your Webcam Profile.
13. GEAR SETTINGS . Click this to take you to the Gear Settings page
    • a. In the Gear Page for Webcam you might see an Configuration option to enable other software control. Enable this to disable control over settings like FOV, AWB etc by G HUB and allow other applications to fully control all the features. This is disabled by default.
14. PROFILE SELECTOR . Click here to change the User Profile you want to configure for.
15. BACK ARROW . Click the arrow to take you back to the Homepage .

Assignments: Profile Cycle and Onboard Profile Cycle Commands

• Profile Cycling allows you to cycle through profiles of the current active application Onboard profile Cycling function will cycle through onboard memory profiles when G HUB is not running.
• Note: Onboard memory profiles are profiles loaded directly on to the memory of the device. This allows you to take that device to a Lan Party for example, and still have a profile to use even if the PC you are using does not have G HUB installed.
• In the example above, we selected a G305 mouse, gone to Assignments and selected the SYSTEM tab. We then dragged Profile Cycle from the G HUB group to the G305’s Back button. Note that Profile Cycle will change from to a to signify that this button will now perform this action.
• To assign the Onboard Profile Cycle command, look in the Mouse group in the SYSTEM tab. Note that this Command currently has no special symbol.

LIGHTSYNC: Animations

An animation is a sequence of freestyle frames. This section will show you how to create your own spectacular lighting

1. In the LIGHTSYNC tab click the ANIMATIONS tab
2. Click on the drop down arrow under EFFECT and select + ADD NEW ANIMATION from the list.
   • Note: You can duplicate any lighting effect by clicking the icon. Delete any lighting effect by clicking the X. You can’t delete the preset lighting animations, only ones imported or created by yourself.

LIGHTSYNC: Audio Visualizer

The Audio Visualizer allows LIGHTSYNC to react to audio

1. EFFECT: Select AUDIO VISUALIZER
2. COLOR MODE . You have 2 options to choose, Expand the ADVANCED SETTINGS ( 5 ) to configure them
   • a. FIXED . Gives you a ( 4 ) BACKGROUND COLOR (no audio) and the COLOR audio will give
   • b. REACTIVE . Gives you a ( 4 ) BACKGROUND COLOR (no audio), LOW COLOR and HIGH COLOR
   • c. GRADIENT. This plays the audio visualized on keyboard using a gradient of colors to indicate the different frequencies.
3. COLOR WHEEL . Use the color wheel and R G B values to configure your colors.
4. COLOR | BACKGROUND COLOR | LOW COLOR | HIGH COLOR . Select a color from the wheel and click the swatch to update to the new color.
5. ADVANCED SETTINGS . Click ADVANCED SETTINGS to expand and configure them
6. PULSE ON BASS ONLY . Click to enable this feature.
7. AUDIO BOOST . AUDIO BOOST will enhance the reaction to low sounds. So if a track or game is naturally quiet, try boosting the audio. 0% is OFF and at 100% any sound will maximise the visualizer. For quiet audio, 30% is a good value to try first.
8. USE ADAPTIVE MAX AMPLITUDE . When ticked, each frequency bar will dynamically raise the max sound limit based on a curve and loudness of the frequency.
9. CUSTOM MAX AMPLITUDE . This option is available if ADAPTIVE MAX AMPLITUDE is set to off.
10. BASS NOISE THRESHOLD . The lower limit for each bass frequency that will be deemed as silence. For example, if the value is set at 10 and incoming bass frequency signal is 9, it will be perceived as 0.
11. MID-HIGH NOISE THRESHOLD . The lower limit for each mid-high frequency that will be deemed as silence. For example, if the value is set to 10 and incoming frequency signal is 9, it will be perceived as 0.
12. GEAR SETTINGS . Click this to take you to the Gear Settings page
13. PROFILE SELECTOR . Click here to change the User Profile you want to configure for.
14. BACK ARROW . Click the arrow to take you back to the Homepage.

Audio Visualizer features for Keyboards

Keyboards have three different features; gradient, smooth animation and clipping zone:

1. COLOR MODE: GRADIENT . This plays the audio visualized on keyboard using a gradient of colors to indicate the different frequencies
2. SMOOTH ANIMATION . When this option is enabled the color will transition gradually between screen samples
3. CLIPPING ZONE . Click the ON button to enable the CLIP ZONE THRESHOLD Slider ( 4 ). Drag a colour from the color wheel on to the CLIPPING ZONE swatch if you want to change from red (default).
4. CLIP ZONE THRESHOLD . Drag the slider to the required value. The lower the value, the lower the volume needs to be to activate clipping. Clipped audio will be the color indicated by the CLIPPING ZONE swatch.

LIGHTSYNC: Screen Sampler Edit

Click Edit ( 2 ) to take you to the Screen Sampler edit window

1. Edit Sampler Window . Click the Pencil icon to edit the name of the sampler window. Press enter when you are done or click off the window.
2. Move/resize. Move or resize the sampler window to focus on certain events or indicators (for example health bars!).
3. ADD NEW SAMPLE . Click this to add a new sampler window. This adds the option to then link the the samplers.
   • Note: If you have added a new sample, you can now select this and then drag/selects keys on the keyboard which this will affect. Similar to the FREESTYLE lighting. Those keys assigned to the new sampler will then be unassigned from the previous sampler. You can’t have one key assigned to more than 1 sampler
4. REFRESH SCREEN . If the screen you are sampling against has changed, click this to refresh.
5. SELECT REFERENCE IMAGE . This is useful, where you have a screenshot of the ingame, and want to set your samplers to match a known setup. You can setup the sampler windows to the reference picture which will then match ingame when playing.
6. Click the X to take you back to the LIGHTSYNC tab.

Screen Sampler for light and sound devices

There are 4 sampling windows by default for other devices. Though mice will only have 2 active samplers at any time.

• The features are the same as before. For example here we have the Logitech G560 LIGHTSYNC PC GAMING SPEAKER. The Top Right sampler is highlighted blue and the associated LED section is also highlighted. You can add more sampler windows but only 4 can be assigned at one time to each of the 4 lighting zones ( a b c d ).

Screen Sampler for Mice

• For mice, the Top left and Bottom left are assigned to the PRIMARY and LOGO lighting zones by default. Select the sampling zone and then click either lighting zone on the mouse to reassign. All other features and settings are the same

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