The Logitech website offers pretty pictures and brief product details.  For a meatier rundown on WingMan controllers I suggest visiting the web site of the WingMan Team.  At their site you will find the latest drivers, many useful utilities, profiles for download, a discussion board and more.

Setup  -
Setup of the Rumble Pad is described in the quick start guide.  The process is begun with software installation.  If you already own a Logitech controller you will still want to initiate this process since the specific driver for the Rumble Pad was probably not installed with the previous setup.

Software installation is initiated by inserting the WingMan 3.60B software CD into your CD drive.  If auto start is enabled the process will begin and walk you through all of the necessary steps.  If disabled, the Quick Start Guide describes the method to begin the process.  Have your Windows CD handy and be sure no other programs are running in the background as a restart is initiated to load the Profiler into the system tray.

After installation is complete and you have restarted if necessary you will be asked to connect the Rumble Pad to a free USB port.  Click the "detect" button and the newly loaded drivers should detect the device through plug-and-play and begin the calibration sequence if needed.  Unlike the typical game controller calibration individual windows are shown for each axis and dialogue boxes describe the process to you.  Once complete you will be prompted with a message either telling you the calibration was successful or needs to be repeated.

Once the calibration is finalized you can check the calibration through the game controller's properties tab.  The window below will be displayed and you can test the axis movements and press the buttons on the stick to test the force effects.  The "settings" tab allows you to apply global tweaks to the force effects and switch the control of the left and right joystick the stick if necessary.

The WingMan software provided with the Rumble Pad stick is version 3.60B.  You can check the WingMan Team website for any updates prior to installation to assure you have the latest version on your system.  Your current version can be found in the Profiler software help- about- menu.  The software provided includes both device drivers and the Profiler utility.  The Profiler can conveniently be used for any of the current WingMan devices.

The Profiler will take up residence in your system tray on the Windows taskbar.  To access it you can either right click the icon or double click it.  The Profiler main window will be brought up (see below) and display the active controller.  Each of the axis, buttons and point of view (POV) hat will be listed with drop down menus.  Options are also listed for selecting a device (if different WingMan controllers are connected and active) and selecting a game.

In order to activate a game select the "select a game" dropdown.  Active profiles will be displayed along with a "create a new game" option.  By selecting the "new" option a new window will be activated.  This brings up a window with options to import a game from a file or the web, create a totally new, empty file or activate one loaded with the WingMan software.  To use an existing profile (or modify an existing, non-active profile) select the game manufacture from the extensive list on the left.  This brings up a list of supported games in the right column.  Choose the game if listed and browse to show the Profiler the location of the executable.  Once these steps are complete the profile can be modified as needed and will appear in the "select a game" listing from then on.

The "create from scratch" option is similar in setup.  However, it allows you to choose the game icon and the options in the axis, buttons and POV are not set and will need to be assigned.  The assignment of them is like with any other profile setup.  Once the game is specified the drop down will allow display "select assignment" and "axis or button properties".  With the axis or button properties you can select a button as a shift to double other buttons functionality or adjust the axis sensitivity, dead zone or axis assignment.  The "select assignment" brings up a list of game functions that can be assigned to the axis movement or button press.  These relate to the default settings of the game- you must assure the game assignments are set to the default settings or you may not get the desired effect.

Another option from the "create new profile" option off the "select a game" button is downloading from a file or the internet.  This allows you to share profiles with others and easily acquire profiles for new games.  The internet option also has the added benefit to upgrading the Profiler/driver software to the latest version.  This allowed me to upgrade the software to version 3.62.

Using the profiler to create complex profiles is one thing- remembering the setup you created is another.  The Profiler allows you to printout each setup for reference until you have it committed to memory.  This is a nice feature of the utility often left out of this type of program.  Logitech gets a great big gold star for adding this simple but useful feature to the profiler utility.

Below is an image of the main profiler screen with the WingMan Rumble Pad as the selected device.