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Thank you Pete, Started using those offsets and everything works for now! Best, Val

Thank you, Pete! You are right, Mindstar has a good guide explaining how to use FSUIPC to trigger G1000 events (http://www.mindstaraviation.com/g1000_ini.html - I pasted the important part below). Here is what they say: So I decided to try moving the Head Bug with one of my yoke switches, by assigning to that switch a simple Lua code: x=ipc.readSW(0x07CC) ipc.writeSW(0x07CC,x+1) I chose offset 07CC because I knew from your documentation that it is indeed responsible for the heading bug: Then, I assigned this offset to the Mindstar's trigger HDG_INCR in their G1000.ini as "HDG_INCR=FSUIPC:0x07CC" The good news is that the switch has indeed started triggering the motion of the heading bug. However, that motion is rather erratic. I think I understand why: I change the FSUIPC offset 07CC, which tells Mindstar to move the bug, but then FSUIPC recalculates that value, which triggers further motion of the bug. So basically, my question is: What offsets can I use to program these Mindstar triggers? All I need is to increase their value by 1 for triggering, but I don't want FSUIPC to react to this change in the background. Are there auxiliary offsets that I can use for this? I hope my understanding is in the right direction here, and I am close to making it work. Thanks for your help! Val

Hello, I started using FSUIPC 4.974 (Feb.2018) with Mindstar G1000 on FSX-SE and noticed that the assignments of buttons and switches on the yoke, which worked well with the default Microsoft G1000, do not work anymore. For instance, I had two switches assigned with "Heading Bug Inc" and "Heading Bug Dec" from the FSUIPC menu for rotating the heading bug, or another button for starting and stopping the timer by assigning "G1000 Pfd Enter Button". They don't work with the Mindstar product. A couple of lua scripts which use offsets stopped working too. I wonder if there is a solution? Any advice will be much appreciated! Val

Hi Pete and Roman, Thank you both for posting all this info, and sorry for not replying right away. I actually went with Pete's advice and learned how to program in lua with offsets. Found it not too hard and super useful. Here is my two-liner for setting the Obs: ----- obs2=ipc.readSW(0x0C60) * 360 / (65536) +180 ipc.writeSW(0x0C5E,obs2) ---- And here is how I set the heading bug: ---- lat, lon, alt, pitch, bank, hdgT = ipc.readStruct(0x0560,"3DD", "2SD", "1UD") hdgM = hdgT - (ipc.readSW(0x02A0) * 65536) hdgM = hdgM * 360 / (65536 * 65536) ipc.writeSW(0x07CC,hdgM*65536/360) ------ Programmed a few other things too, like displaying current Dme distance in the Lua window. Thanks Pete for such a useful tool!! I wouldn't be able to do my IFR training at home without it. Val

Thank you again Pete. I am going to investigate the plug-ins and offsets later today. As to a third party aircraft, I am a beginner pilot starting my instrument rating training. For me, setting up a flight simulator had a sole purpose of practicing various IFR procedures (holds, SIDs etc.). So my thinking was to be as minimalistic as possible (i.e. scenery or realistic looks are not very important). However, if having a better a/c will help me practice IFR, I certainly agree that it's worth looking into. Val

Ok, I am going to check the Advanced User manual for how to do that (I assume it's there), but if it doesn't take too long to explain, any guidance would be appreciated. I am decently good with computer programming, but a real first-timer with flight sim software. E.g. I have no idea what a Lua plug-in is and how to install it/use it. Thanks! Val

Thank you Pete! Using logging per your suggestion shows that controls 'HEADING_BUG_SET' and 'VOR1_SET' are called for those mouse clicks. However, instead of a default parameter value of 0, they are called with the current aircraft heading and current heading to VOR1 values, respectively. I suspect that there is no way to extract those values from FSX? Looking at the list of local panel variables, not a single one of them corresponds to those two parameters. Unfortunately, Mouse Macros do not work for a built-in Cessna172 (I do not get any green screens after turning the macro creator On). Any other suggestions? Val

Hello, I have just purchased FSUIPC 4 and am trying to assign buttons on a CH Yoke to fly Cessna G1000 on a FSX-Steam. There are two knobs on a G1000 panel which are called "Course adjust" and "Heading bug adjust". I see how to assign their rotation (via Increase and Decrease FSUIPC controls), but I cannot figure out how to emulate the "set" functionality, when the heading bug is set to the current heading and/or the CDI is set towards the current VOR. On the FSX panel, those actions are achieved by pressing the mouse exactly underneath the corresponding knob. Any advice will be much appreciated!