[[SOLVED] AXIS_CONDITION_LEVER_1_SET not working]

1 hour ago, John Dowson said:

By the way. '//' are NOT the characters that you use to define a comment. Use a semicolon ;. To keep comments in their place, if they are not the first comments in a section, you need to put the semicolon after the index number.

Good to know, I'm used to use these // from the FSX.cfg times so I thought what the heck 😉
I started without Specific Profiles in FSUIPC but once I got the FBW a32nx I decided to switch to Specific profiles but I wanted to keep certain things just as "reference"
I already decided once I'm finished with the C208 I'm going to clear all of this out, it's getting way to messy.
Cheers,

Luc

[[SOLVED] AXIS_CONDITION_LEVER_1_SET not working]

57 minutes ago, John Dowson said:

That preset doesn't work - not sure why. I took a look at this and you should assign to the Input Event FUEL_1_Condition_Lever on your axis ranges using a parameter of 2 for cut-off, 1 low idle and 2 for High Idle. I have done this for you in the attached ini file if you would like to try it.

John

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That works perfect, thanks John!
Up to the next hurdle 😃

[[SOLVED] AXIS_CONDITION_LEVER_1_SET not working]

Attached the requested files
Cheers,
Luc

FSUIPC7.ini FSUIPC7.log

[[SOLVED] AXIS_CONDITION_LEVER_1_SET not working]

I just can't figure out why this is not working with FSUIPC7.
Attached is a screenshot of the FSUIPC console output.
I programmed one axis in MSFS as Condition lever and another axis with the same function but in FSUIPC.
The MSFS axis is working properly but the FSUIPC is not.
The top half of the console screen is what I get when I move the MSFS axis
the bottom half is the console output when I move the FSUIPC axis.
The controls look the same to me assuming that the lines starting with *** is the feedback from MSFS.
Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Luc

condition_lever.pdf

[VRInsight MCP combo v1 button press only detected by FSUIPC after 2 presses]

It look's John that your search capabilities are better than Google as I used Google to see if I can find anything about this issue but it didn't 🙂
I've been using FSUIPC4 with FSX for years and I never experienced this problem, so I thought. And just to be sure (not that I didn't believe you 😉 )
I started up my FSX and yes, same thing happens with my MCP. And then it came to me, I always used LINDA for my MCP because they had a module for
my PMDG 737 so I only used FSUIPC for my joysticks and axes. So I'm guessing that in the Lua script (or whatever) that LINDA is using they do exactly
like you proposed as solution, putting the same command in the Press and Release so it's working as expected.

If my understanding is correct, the push buttons on the MCP trigger a bi-stable flip-flop so to speak and FSUIPC see's either 1 be set or in the next press 0 been set.
This has kind of an interesting side effect. When some functions only have either an ON of OFF but no  TOGGLE you could create a toggle yourself by just putting
the ON in the PRESS and the OFF in the release so it would just toggle every press cycle. That of course only in the VRI MCP as for joystick buttons that
would not make sense at all 😀

As always John, thanks for your insight (and good memory)
Cheers,
Luc

[VRInsight MCP combo v1 button press only detected by FSUIPC after 2 presses]

I'm using the A32nx-DEV but I have the exact same problem with the default C208. Actually when I started this thread it was about the C208, I even didn't have the FBW installed yet.
I was thinking that maybe it had to do with LINDA so I took everything from LINDA out and the buttons I used for testing were actually setup in FSUIPC.

Please see the attached ini and log without LINDA
Cheers,

Luc

PS Also, when I go into FSUIPC7 assignments/Buttons&keys to program a MCP button also there I have to press the button twice before it will show up
in the "PRESS" and "Button" input

FSUIPC7-2.zip

[VRInsight MCP combo v1 button press only detected by FSUIPC after 2 presses]

Sorry about the late reply, have been trying to figure out so many other things ....

So attached is the log file. I noticed that there's a lot of "jitter?" with Throttle_1_set so it's kind of annoying in the log, I've to see how to get rid of that.
It look like the problem only occurs with the VRInsight MCP v1. First I manipulated switches on my Saitek Flight Yoke with first entry beginning at
396515 Button changed: bRef=0, Joy=1 (E), Btn=15, Pressed
   396515 [Buttons.Airbus A320neo FlyByWire] 6=PE,15,CPA32NX_OVHD_FUELSYSTEM_LTKPUMP1_TOGGLE,0
An every push will change the state so that's ok.
When you jump to this line;
422187 Button changed: bRef=0, Joy=258, Btn=16, Pressed
   422187 [Buttons.Airbus A320neo FlyByWire] 19=P258,16,CPBEACON_LIGHT_SWITCH_TOGGLE,0
there the problem manifests itself both with the Beacon light and NAV light toggle.
Every time I have to press the button twice for it to be "executed". (this is on the MCP v1)
Any idea what the cause might be ?

Cheers,
Luc

FSUIPC7.zip

[FSUIPC7 Trial license - available here]

Sorry, I feel stupid, but I can't find how to register my key 😞

I checked the user guide and googled the only thing I found was that I should uninstall/reinstall?
But I don't want to loose the work I did so far.

Your advice would be welcome,
Cheers,
Luc

 

[FSUIPC7 Trial license - available here]

I've been playing around with FSUIPC for a while and got great support so I will now get my own license key.
But in future, after I finish all the programming with FSUIPC7 (which is still a lot) I would like to do some testing
of the WideFS. If I have my own key, can I still revert back to a trial key just to test out the WideFS client?

Cheers,

Luc

[Installed latest version of FSUIPC and only 2 key press functions I use won't work]

@John Dowson@bobsk8

Success!
So, PF3 automatically registers the Hotkeys when connecting to FS and with version 7.3.20a everything is working fine now.

Thanks so much for the support
Cheers,
Luc

[Installed latest version of FSUIPC and only 2 key press functions I use won't work]

Thanks John for the info, I thought that it would work with the latest official version 7.3.19 but I read over your comment to then install the .exe from 7.3.20a 😞
I will do that. How to get these hotkeys registered also puzzled me as I saw that in @bobsk8 log file that those hotkeys where registered/declared.
Reason why addressed my question to him, but good thing you answered too because I would not have used the 7.3.20a 😉

Cheers,
Luc

[Installed latest version of FSUIPC and only 2 key press functions I use won't work]

@bobsk8 I'm struggling with the same issue. I want to send hotkey "0" and hotkey "ctrl+shft+T" to PF3 but it doesn't work at all.

Could you please give me your insight on how to get this working?
Thanks,

Luc

[VRInsight MCP combo v1 button press only detected by FSUIPC after 2 presses]

I have this strange behavior on my MCP. The first time after starting FSUIPC7 the button press is directly detected with the first press.
But once I used a button, next time I have to press twice for the button to be detected. This for all buttons.
Even the rotary encoders will only be detected after the second "click".
Also when I pressed a button and then go on pressing other buttons, when going back to this first button pressed it will "remember" that I pressed it before so
only one press is needed then.

Any idea what creates this behavior?

Cheers,
Luc

[Multiple Rotary encoder funtions by using Flag with timer]

These are recognized by FSUIPC7 as buttons, P256,21 slow clockwise, P256,20 fast clockwise and than P256, 23 or P256,22 counter clockwise.
I could use the push button of the encoder to set a flag to change the function of the encoder, but I would like to find a way so that it will automatically revert back to
the initial function, basically automatically resetting the flag, hence the timer condition.

I looked into the Lua programming and examples but I fear that will be way over my pay grade 😉
On top of it, the function I need is a "Preset Control" which I'm not very clear if that would even be possible with Lua.

Anyhow, I will try to figure something out
Cheers
Luc

[Multiple Rotary encoder funtions by using Flag with timer]

I'm trying to program my VRInsight MCP v1 buttons and rotary encoders without the use of LINDA.
What I want to achieve is that I can use one rotary encoder for different function by setting a timed flag.
In LINDA they use a button on the MCP to switch to different modes (1,2,3) by pressing repeatedly one button.
The MCP will stay in the selected mode as long as you're operating a button or rotary encoder and will reverse to mode 1 after a preset delay if nothing is happening on the MCP.
I found in Advanced User Guide that it is possible to set a flag by pressing a button and make this a condition for another button's function, but it's not clear how to do that for rotary encoders
and how to have a timer as condition.
Does anyone know/can help me to achieve what I described above?

Cheers,
Luc

[FSUIPC7 Trial license - available here]

6 hours ago, John Dowson said:

The license has been updated, valid until 1st March 2023.

John

Thanks John. I used the weekend to go through the User guide and it slowly comes all back to me. I used it to set up FSX with FSUIPC4 but of course once everything is set you don't really go in this anymore 🙂 I'm sure I will be able to manage without LINDA.

Cheers,
Luc

[FSUIPC7 Trial license - available here]

1 hour ago, John Dowson said:

I'm away in 10 mins for the weekend - I will update the license on Monday morning...

Also see the section on handling VRInsight devices in FSUIPC in the Advanced User guide, and also the separate document on lua plug-ins for such devices. You may not need LINDA, but maybe easier if it has an existing profile you can use.

John

 

Yes I already start reading-up on that. I'm a registered user of FSUIPC4 but still than I feel it's all "above my pay grade"
And it doesn't look like MSFS (Steam) will make things any easier (compared to FSX)
Reason why I want to use LINDA 😉
Cheers,

Luc

[FSUIPC7 Trial license - available here]

On 1/6/2023 at 6:52 PM, his512 said:

Hi, can i get one free trial to try to conect a MCP combo from vrinssight. thanks

Same here, just started with MSFS and MCP v1. Want to try with LINDA to see if any improvement using the VRInsight MCP.
I still have a lot to figure out so whenever the new license shows up ...

Cheers!

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LOL, I just assumed that I had to replace "Substring" with an actually name 😃
Sorry for my misunderstanding and thanks so much all for your swift reply.

Cheers,
Luc

[Multiple ShortAircraftNameOk=substring]

Hi,

I'm trying to find a solution for my different axes and buttons setup for multiple airplanes with multiple liveries (titles)
I started with my PMDG 737ngx with "profile specific" checked and then used ShortAircraftNameOk=B737-800ngx and that's working great for all liveries (different titles)

So now I want to do the same thing for my LevelD B767 who also has multiple liveries (different titles) so using ShortAircraftNameOk=B767.
But it looks like I can't use that parameter twice in the fsuipc.ini file.(at least it doesn't give the desired result)

In an old thread of 2008(!) I read Mr Pete's answer that he might consider implementing multiple instances for this parameter.

Was this ever done, if so, how? (maybe comma seperated?) If not, how could I go about avoiding to either change all my livery titles of the LevelD or making multiple entries in
the fsuipc.ini for each livery (title)

Cheers,

Luc

[Voice checklist]

I just stumbled on this wonderful program and I was wondering if it would be possible to let it use a voice response like check, set, ... instead of a keystroke to continue the checklist?

Unfortunately, I do not have any programming skills.

Cheers,

Luc