[FSUIPC and Arduino]

Hi, sorry for my delay.

I will try it.

[FSUIPC and Arduino]

Of course, no problem sir. Yeah, I tried use fixed length, but it will be better for me, if I could use different length blocks :)  Thank you.

[FSUIPC and Arduino]

Hello sir, is possible to check problem which I mentioned? Thank you in advance :)

[NGX MCP altitude - correct values]

Thank you very much :)

[NGX MCP altitude - correct values]

Hi folks, I am trying change altitude on MCP by rotary encoder, unfortunately I am not sure if I send to ipc.control correct data

ipc.control(70032, altitude)

value in altitude is correct, I have there (100,200....1000,1100.......12000....) It works only for first three hundred, and then even though I change altitude value by rotary, the value on MCP will not change. Could someone help me? Thank you.

 

EDIT:

I tried to send it real altitude /100. This works fine, but only for increasing altitude. If I turn with rotary to anti-clockwise position, the value is decreasing, but altitude on MCP in FSX is still increasing.

 

EDIT2: Solved, I don't know why, but if I send there 

ipc.control(70032, 536870912)

it is decreasing.

 

EDIT3:

Sorry, I have one more problem. When I send there real altitude, it is increasing till 35700. Why? I also noticed when I quick turning with rotary the value which I send to ipc.control is e.g. 2100 but it sets only 2000.

[Parameter (If...)]

If you set it by LUA script, use this.

ipc.control(69749, 536870912)

Always when you call this function it will be turning off/on/off/on...

[FSUIPC and Arduino]

No problem, I will remind it to you. thank you once more :)

[FSUIPC and Arduino]

This is my LUA and arduino code:

serial_wait = 100
dev = com.open("COM3", 921600, 0) --com, speed, handshake

if dev == 0 then
    ipc.display("Could not open device port")
    ipc.exit()
end

function readSerial(handle, string)
ipc.log("com: " .. string)
end

event.com(dev, 16, 1, '\n', "readSerial")	

void writeOffset(const char* controlName, int value){
  char sendData[16];
  sprintf(sendData, "%s:%d\n", controlName, value);
  Serial.write(sendData);
  Serial.flush(); 
}

This is what I get when I quick turning rotar

 

..
  6516162 LUA.0: com: alt:5400
alt:550
  6516178 LUA.0: com: 0
alt:5600
alt:5
  6516193 LUA.0: com: 700
alt:5800
alt
  6516224 LUA.0: com: :5900
alt:6000
a
  6516240 LUA.0: com: lt:6100
..

I don't know if it was only luck that it works at morning, or I didn't turn it so quick. I didn't change source code. I don't understand, what do you mean by this

Quote

Why are you reading the strings when they are supplied for you?

Thank you so much for you advices.

 

EDIT:

 

I made simple arduino sketch with only one rotar.

#include "rotary.h"

Rotary r = Rotary(6, 7);
int encoderPosCount = 0;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.flush();
  //Serial.println("Rotary Encoder Debounce");
}

void loop() {
  char result = r.process();
  if (result) {
    if (result == DIR_CCW) encoderPosCount--;
    if (result == DIR_CW) encoderPosCount++;
   
    Serial.println(encoderPosCount*100);
   Serial.flush();
  }
}

 

as well as LUA

dev = com.open("COM3", 115200, 0)

function readSerial(handle, string)
	ipc.log("com: " .. string)
end	

event.com(dev, 16, 1, '\n', "readSerial")	

I get same incorrect data. I will get sometimes more than one block.

 

  7848083 LUA.0: com: 19500

  7848130 LUA.0: com: 19600

  7848192 LUA.0: com: 19700
19800
19
  7848223 LUA.0: com: 900
20000

  7848255 LUA.0: com: 20100

There is some problem with maintaining block, even though I use '\n' in event.com. I really dont know... :(

[FSUIPC and Arduino]

Thank you very much. I think my previous problem is solved, but there is one more. When I quickly turning rotary encoder, I get something like this

 

  1266526 LUA.0: com: alt:6300

  1266931 LUA.0: com: alt:6400
alt:6500

  1266994 LUA.0: com: alt:6600
alt:6700

  1267025 LUA.0: com: alt:6800

I still only read the strings. It seems like I get two string at once. Is this normal or not? At morning it works great, but now it is again bad :/

[FSUIPC and Arduino]

I use Arduino UNO. There is possibly use only one serial. However I use software serial ( https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/SoftwareSerialExample ) , so I connected second arduino, and send string at the same time to serial link(FSUIPC) and to other Arduino. Data from second arduino I read by putty terminal. I agree 10 000 is very much, I have only tried it if it will change something in my problem. I will try use terminator in event.com. I would like to have one more question. Which baudrate do you recommend? In documentation is mentioned 115200 for VRInsight, also 4800 or 9600. I use own pushbuttons, rotary encoders and I want to use SPI segment displays. Thank you very much :)

 

[FSUIPC and Arduino]

Thank you, I noticed one strange thing and maybe where is problem. Now I tried in FSUIPC only read the strings without any reaction. When I send some string to serial link from arduino, sometimes I get only "alti" or something similar as I said. Problem is that next part of string "meter:1000" I get when I turn with rotar again, and usually i get rest of string with new one - "meter:1000\naltimeter:1100". The problem is in LUA script, because I tried to send strings also to other COM port at the same time, and strings are correct, only in LUA are incorrect. This is my code in LUA.

 

serial_wait = 100
dev = com.open("COM3", 9600, 0) --com, speed, handshake

if dev == 0 then
    ipc.display("Could not open device port")
    ipc.exit()
end

serial_string = ""

function readSerial(handle, string)
	serial_string = serial_string .. string
	ipc.log("com: " .. serial_string)

	n = com.test(dev)
	ipc.log("DATA AVAIL: " .. n)
	while(com.test(dev)>0) do
		ipc.log("READ NEXT DATA...")
		news, num = com.read(dev, 10000, 10)
		ipc.log("NEXT DATA " .. news)
		serial_string = serial_string .. news
	end

	ipc.log("SerialString: " .. serial_string)

end

event.com(dev, 10000, 1, "readSerial")	

also com.test is always 0, why?

Is any chance how to solve it? :/ Thank you very much.

[FSUIPC and Arduino]

Thank you for you replies. :)  I tried to connect rotary encoder, and I have a same problem, so it will be problem somwhere in serial communication. I will try to detect some special char, unfortunately I am not sure if I know how to read by char for serial link in LUA script.

[FSUIPC and Arduino]

Sorry for my late reply. Of course it does not matter how the log looks. This part of code which I posted here, should be push button for parking brake. Unfortunately, when I get by serial link to FSUIPC something like this "br" or "ake:1"  LUA script does not know, what is it and what to do. Thank you in advance :) 

[FSUIPC and Arduino]

Hi folks, I work on MCP based on Arduino. I read/write offsets through FSUIPC by LUA script. Unfortunately I have one problem. I tried to explain it with parking brake. I have on push button. The code in arduino:

 

...
void pushButton(){
  button = digitalRead(prkgbrake);
   if (button == HIGH && exbutton == LOW && millis() - last > ddelay){
      Serial.write("brake:1\n")
      while( digitalRead(prkgbrake) == HIGH){
    }
  }
}
...

and this is LUA script
 

....
x = com.open("COM3", 115200, 0)

function offset(handle, str)
  ipc.log(str)
end

event.com(dev, 20, 1, 0, "readSerial")    

The problem is that if I push several times push button I get at first correct messages

brake:1
brake:1
brake:1
brake:1

but then I get something like that
 

brake:1
br
ake:1
brake:1brake:1
brak
e:1

Could someone help me where is the problem, and how to solve it? Thank you in advance