Connecting PLC with FSUIPC

[Dan Truong]

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Hello Guys,

I want to make a home cockpit and planning to put some PLCs to control throttle quadrant, radio etc. can someone please help me as in how to send events and read data from fsx using Fsuipc. 

I have practically zero knowledge of VB or any programming language. If anyone can guide me to some previously discussed topics for the same, will be much appreciated. 

 

Thanks 

Dan Truong

[Pete Dowson]

8 hours ago, Dan Truong said:

I want to make a home cockpit and planning to put some PLCs to control throttle quadrant, radio etc. can someone please help me as in how to send events and read data from fsx using Fsuipc. 

I have practically zero knowledge of VB or any programming language. If anyone can guide me to some previously discussed topics for the same, will be much appreciated. 

I don't even know what "PLC"s are! If they can emulate a USB joystick type device then you don't need any programming. If they look like another type of HID ("Human Interface Device") then you could program their actions in FSUIPC by relatively simple plug-ins written in Lua, a simple scripting language for which you'll find details on the main Lua webste.

For any other type of device you've got to learn not only how to program the PLCs but also the interface into FSUIPC. All I can offer is examples, I cannot teach programming. This is not the place for learning languages, sorry.

If you aren't a programmer and are not already learning programming, why are you using PLCs?

Pete