[LUA COM library]

Hello, Pavel Sir,

I am trying to figure out how to work with lua Lvars for past few weeks. I have build few PMDG 737 panels with Mobiflight though, as it already has list of publish offsets. But I am total newbie as far as Lua programming is concerned. I am not a programmer but trying to learn.

I am trying to build caution light panel for Metal2Mesh Mirage 2000C (M2M M2KC). I have somehow managed to control switches by using fsuipc macros. But dont know what to do for outputs.  I tried your code for parking brakes and it worked like a charm for parking brakes  in M2M Mirage 2000C. Now, I have all the list of Lvars for inputs (Obtained using FSUIPC), But I don`t know how to get output from M2M M2000C for lightning LEDs.

I got a LUA file for Mirage 2000 for DCS World. But I dont know how to use it in FSX-SE.

Link to DCS BIOS https://github.com/Exo7/DCS_BIOS-M2000C_Library/releases/tag/v1.20  (Mirage 2000 Lua is in ....\DCS_BIOS-M2000C_Library-1.20\DCS-BIOS\lib\M2000C.lua)

Is there any way to use above with FSX??

Also If I could get any help regarding your code (quoted) that how to use it with some other custom Lvars or/and offsets other than parking brakes?

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thank You So Much.

 

On 2/8/2015 at 2:03 AM, Paja said:

Ok, got it working... Attached I am sending the easiest ever example of serial communication with arduino. Just paste the INO into your arduino and the LUA into your FSX/Modules and you will get parking brake LED working on the Arduino's onboard LED.

dev = com.open("COM3", 9600, 0)

function pkgbrake(offset, value)
    if value == 0 then
        com.write(dev, "g")
    else
        com.write(dev, "a")
    end
end

event.offset(0x0BC8, "UB", "pkgbrake")

int strValue = 0;
int light1 = 0;
const int out1 = 13; 

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(out1, OUTPUT);
}

void loop()
{ 
  if(Serial.available() > 0) {
      strValue = Serial.read();
  }
  

  if (strValue == 'a')
  {
      digitalWrite(out1,HIGH);
      strValue = 'z';
  }

  if (strValue == 'g')
  {
      digitalWrite(out1,LOW);
      strValue = 'z';
  }
}

Hope that helps.

 

Pavel