I would firstly like to thank Peter for all the hard work he carries out in updating FSUIPC for all the new versions of Prepar3d that materialise. What we would do without all his support and efforts I do not know.
I am a registered user of FSUIPC version 5.15 and using it in conjunction with P3Dv4.4 to calibrate controls for the Qualitywings 146 aircraft.
I am experiencing some problems with Macros, which I thought might be of interest.
I have assigned Macros for various controls to buttons on Logitech throttle units and keyboard keys.
I firstly created a profile for the AVRO and then created an AVRO series of Macros and assigned these for the Avro 85 aircraft, of which I have several liveries installed. No problems they all work as advertised.
I then assigned the same profile to the AVRO 70 and AVRO 100 aircraft. All the AVRO aircraft use the same AVRO_HD panel which is contained in a common AVRO folder. All the AVRO aircraft CFG files link through to the same panel.
The strange thing is that around 60% of the assignments change when I select an AVRO 70 or an AVRO 100, despite using the identical panel.
So I am getting around this by creating a different profile for the AVRO 70, AVRO85 and AVRO 100 aircraft, and separate Macros for each aircraft type. As an example these are the different Macro's I have had to create so far in order to get the AVRO 70 to work. The other Macros from the AVRO 85 list work in the AVRO70. I haven't yet started on the AVRO100 Macros, but initially it seems that it is the same Macros which did not work correctly in the AVRO70 which will need correcting for the AVRO100.
New AVRO70 Macros
1=ENG1ICE=RX40000096,3
2=70ENG1ICE=RX40000096,3
3=70ENG2ICE=RX40000095,3
4=70ENG3ICE=RX40000094,3
5=70ENG4ICE=RX40000097,3
6=70OUTWINGICE=RX4000009a,3
7=70INNWINGICE=RX40000099,3
8=70TAILICE=RX4000009b,3
9=70SEATBELT=RX400000c7,3
10=70LNAV=RX20411800,3
11=70VNAV=RX20412000,3
12=70VORLOC=RX20414800,3
13=70APP=RX20409800,3
14=70ANTICEALL
14.1=RX4000009a,3
14.2=RX40000099,3
14.3=RX4000009b,3
15=70ENG1FUEL=RX40000086,1
16=70ENG2FUEL=RX4000008a,1
17=70ENG3FUEL=RX40000088,1
18=70ENG4FUEL=RX40000084,1
19=70APUSTART=RX400000b4,3
20=70APUSTOP=RX400000b4,3
21=70PARKBRAKE=RX4000008e,3
Original AVRO85 Macros, with the different Macros highlighted.
1=GLARE=RX40000036,3
2=OVERHEAD=RX40000014,3
3=PANELBACKLIGHT=RX40000025,3
4=ENTRY=RX40000079,3
5=NAV=RX4000007d,3
6=LOGO=RX4000007c,3
7=CABIN=RX40000078,3
8=BEACON=RX40000076,3
9=TAXI/LAND=RX4000000c,3
10=STROBE=RX4000007e,3 11=SEATBELT=RX400000c6,3
12=LNAV=RX20411800,3
13=VNAV=RX20412000,3 14=VORLOC=RX20414800,3
15=TOGA=RX20417800,3 16=ENG1ICE=RX40000095,3
17=ENG3ICE=RX40000093,3
18=ENG4ICE=RX40000096,3
19=A/PENGAGE=RX2040b000,3
20=A/PDISENGAGE=RX4000006d,3 21=ENG1FUEL=RX40000085,1
22=ENG2FUEL=RX40000089,1
23=ENG3FUEL=RX40000087,1
24=ENG4FUEL=RX40000083,1 25=APUSTART=RX400000b3,3
26=APUSTOP=RX400000b3,3
27=ENG2ICE=RX40000094,3 28=OUTERWINGICE=RX40000099,3
29=INNERWINGICE=RX40000098,3
30=TAILDEICE=RX4000009a,3
31=AUTOTHROTTLE=RX4000006e,3
32=APP=RX20409800,3 33=PARKINGBR=RX4000008d,3 34=ANTICEALL
34.1=RX40000099,3
34.2=RX40000098,3
34.3=RX4000009a,3
What I can't get my head around is why some of the Macro's are different and some the same, when its an identical cockpit panel which is being loaded. If there is any way I can use a standard set of Macros for all three models of the AVRO, when they use the identical panels, then that would greatly simplify matters. I attache a JOYSCAN file if it helps.
Many thanks
FSUIPC5.JoyScan.csv