ive been pondering for atleast 3 months over this - and i might just drop down dead

i have an art-tech cessna 182 from rcheavan and an art-tech transmitter...
i downloaded fms alpha 8.5 and ive had it for about 2 months... im rlly desperate


oh - and ive also downloaded smartproplus 3.3.0 - atleast i think its 3.3.0... and that hasnt rlly helped me atall
when i plugg my transmitter in and go to fms \ controls \ joystick \ calibrate - all the channel bars jump up everywhere - whereas, before i downloaded spp they stayed stationary, but either way, the models still dont respond to the transmitter AND the keyboard still works when in joystick interface...

you rlly dont know how much i would apreciate this if anyone out there could help me[/i]