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Yes, I can see it's a bit of a mess if you want to do anything sophisticated. I will get to it, I just cannot promise when, nor even what I can do. The idea that each unit needs special handling puts me off a bit. If it looks like I can unify things, then maybe.
Well if you're looking into it, there's hope :D
Actually, when I read back VRInsight's 'volunteer'(!) webmasters posts, a wild guess concerning the bussiness model of the VRInsight is; a couple of south korean hardware technicians that thought they could drill a market, when 1 of them was flying FS in the basement, and the other one's neighbour found a like new ASML chip bake machine in the junk yard and could have use of an abandoned forge of his uncle, and after some sleepless nights, voila, the MCP Combo was born, running on Korean assembly code only (it's a Steve Jobs parable).
Their - native english - webmaster is English, the software programmer supposedly Dutch, as if found by VRInsight on their very first exhibition of the prototype.
I bet they will bent over backwards to cooperate with anything you'll ask them :idea: , Korean style, and politely so, because you're the iconic expert (perhaps they will send you women also :D, like the Emeror send to the Mongols across the Wall).
I hope you'll do, because the thought alone of assigning again for the new LOMAC (I use an excel spreadsheet to document), gives me a headage allready :twisted:
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read quite a while ago on VRInsight that they had send you a MCP Combo to review
any progress on that?
the new LOMAC update is coming out soon and a HID interface for the MCP Combo would be just swell :D :D :D
(the key commands, at the moment, are a pain in the n** :evil: )
thx, mt
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Found it in the "PANELS.DLL" of FSX. It's 20000, the same as the number assigned to "AIRCRAFT_HUD_3D_PANEL"
and 20000 it is
great job Mr Holmes, mt
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well got my answer from FSDeveloper site:
FS is "hard-wired" to invoke the MINIPANEL only with the "W" key.ok
well, another reason why FSX must be sold to the lowest bidder :cool:
thx, mt
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I asked about this a very long time ago, but never got it resolved
in the FSX list of PANEL_ID's, there is a
MINI_CONTROLS_PANEL with id value: 100
But, this seems to be for a nondefined 'default' minipanel (old round clocks) perhaps? (or it does nothing?)
f.i. Beech King Air has a
Ident=MINIPANEL
defined in its panel.cfg, and now, this one, I cannot call with parameter '100' (i.e. C66506, 100)
entering the asci "MINIPANEL' in the parameter field resets itself back to '0'
changing the Ident= to f.i. Ident=9999, and calling parameter 9999 rather disables the minipanel
can't find anything anywhere, have now posted on fsdeveloper.com also
because it's really bugging me :evil: , well sort of :D thx , mt
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1664672 *** EVENT: Cntrl= 72025 (0x00011959), Param= 0 (0x00000000)
thats the POS button of the EFIS-ND I'd say
perhaps like the CDU-buttons of the MD11, they just cannot be triggered - bad PMDG
mt
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"Offset dword set". I can't find a mention of it.
"Offset dword set" is in the fsuipc Dropdown menu in Buttons: 'Select for FX control', or in Key presses the 'Control sent ..' beneath the button 'Set'
the command menu's are alphabetical, so just hit 'o'(ffset) and that'll get you there
mt
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in the log:
811844 *** EVENT: Cntrl= 72123 (0x000119bb), Param= 0 (0x00000000)
perhaps when it's it wont work ('unknown' isnt in the commands drop-down, is it, so it isnt a command)
for a L CMD of the PMDG747, you can use a MouseMacro, though, thats what I do
all 747 2Dpanel buttons work with mouse macro's (not the FMC unfortunately)
mt
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not valid for the 747
well, the example is MD11
but Ive the 747 here and the debug console give the same kind of stream for the pmdg 747
and either Events or Button logging givs Lvars or Offsets¶meter when pressing something in VC
mt
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search poster guenseli examples:
Lvars LUA:
ipc.writeLvar("L:pmdg_hide_yoke", 0)
ipc.writeLvar("L:pmdg_hide_yoke", 1)
ipc.writeLvar("L:HIDE_OVERHEAD_SWITCHES_var", 1)
or
button example '66587' = ROTORBRAKE , PMDG ND Map Mode selector for dial button:
110=117,26,x510066C0,x00040001 ;ND Mode increase start 117,26 Ctrl+Tab+F6
111=B66C0=0 117,26,66587,71132
112=B66C0=1 117,26,66587,71133
113=B66C0=2 117,26,66587,71134
114=B66C0=3 117,26,66587,71135
115=B66C0=4 117,26,66587,71136 ;ND Mode increase end
116=115,26,x610066C0,x00040001 ;ND Mode decrease start 115,26 Ctrl+Tab+F4
117=B66C0=0 115,26,66587,71132
118=B66C0=1 115,26,66587,71133
119=B66C0=2 115,26,66587,71134
120=B66C0=3 115,26,66587,71135
121=B66C0=4 115,26,66587,71136 ;ND Mode decrease end
for a regular button this would be:
110=117,26,66587,71132 (button,button,rotorbrake,one-of-the-parameters)
mt
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I miss the CDU(FMS) buttons
NAVRAD MENU PROG TO/APPR L1 L1 .. R5 R6 etc
I tried myself, but no variables or macro's seem to work
is this correct - CDU cannot be accessed? (but by VRInsight Mouse Screen macro's - I have the VRInsight Combo)
thx mt
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Okay -- I must have been thinking of the GoFlight throttles then. Sorry.
You're sort of correct, the 'reverse button - axis' is on the quad that comes with Saitek Yoke (and seperately sold with USB)
mt
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hi
testing
[Auto.PMDG747-400]
1=Lua pmdg747setview
in my ini
It's not working
Lua does a reset_view for my pmdg 747, that is pointing to low in panel view, and issues a 66147 VIEW_RESET or/and ctrl-space
filename is pmdg747setview.LUA containing:
-- reset view 66147 VIEW_RESET
ipc.control(66147)
ipc.keypress(90,13)
when I (re)load the pmdg747, no View_reset is done
tried
1=Lua pmdg747setview.lua
and - of course - the seperate lines
ipc.control(66147)
or
ipc.keypress(90,13)
so what am I missing? thx mt
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hi
when I edit/change the ini (not when I cancel) and reload, after I exit fsuipc, - sometimes? some planes? PMDG 747 - my flaps or throttle gets moved
I tried the DontResetAxes=Yes
but, cannot really see if this helps becouse Fsuipc changes DontResetAxes=Yes back to No as soon as it does a write
?
or am i missing something
thx, mt
FSX
FSUIPC4549
Win7
[later]
dont think this is a proper use (test?) of DontResetAxes, but anyways, it will change, which probably it is not meant to do?
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hi
found with logger:
66587,74070 ; PMDG747 Autobrake Dial Left
66587,74071 ; PMDG747 Autobrake Dial Right
so Shft-Tab-L:
210=76,25,x510066C1,x00040001
211=B66C0=0 76,25,66587,74071
212=B66C0=1 76,25,66587,74071
213=B66C0=2 76,25,66587,74070
214=B66C0=3 76,25,66587,74070
twice to the right, then twice to the left? Not, does 4x to the right
tried this with Mouse Macro's values
RXf330*X56cc Left
RXf330*X56cc,31 Right
but the syntax of this isnt right:
210=76,25,x510066C1,x00040001
211=B66C0=0 76,25,RXf330*X56cc,31
212=B66C0=1 76,25,RXf330*X56cc,31
213=B66C0=2 76,25,RXf330*X56cc
214=B66C0=3 76,25,RXf330*X56cc
(can this be done with mouse macro's values?)
any help? thx, mt
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it is only working in the VC....
thankx "guenseli", that was it, mt
and just found the control for Autobrake PMDG 747, great!
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I would really like to make use of this but
1. my FSUIPC window has an Extras (Miscellary) checkbox under Lua program logging (I'm using version 4.549) / shouldnt matter, should it?
I have Lua's installed in the \modules, load my MD-11, check the boxes, have the console screen
see the typical PMDG
454852 *** EVENT: Cntrl= 65709 (0x000100ad), Param= 67648 (0x00010840) NAV2_RADIO_SET
457910 *** EVENT: Cntrl= 65709 (0x000100ad), Param= 67648 (0x00010840) NAV2_RADIO_SET
460968 *** EVENT: Cntrl= 65709 (0x000100ad), Param= 67648 (0x00010840) NAV2_RADIO_SET
etc
push the WPT button on the MD-11 panel, and then: Nothing
no 66587 no 71128 no ROTOR_BRAKE
?
what went wrong?, mt
P.S.
my
DontResetAxes=Yes
keeps be rewritten at every (auto) save of fsuipc to
DontResetAxes=No
I just noticed
??
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me very embarrassed :oops: :oops: :oops:
good news, good news & embarrassing news
Shift-Tab needs to be 25 in fsuipc.ini, checked and correct
Shift-Tab needs to be 13 in LUA, checked and correct
first time I ever started a Button Log and said: "675172 LUA: "pmdg747cargodoor.lua": not found"
that was a surprise because my LUA was named "pmdg747cargodoors.lua"
then I put my glasses on and saw it was 1 character too long for fsuipc (same in the dropdown, 'door'),
changed it to "pmdg747cargodoor.lua", et voila, 3 cargo doors open
much obliged, mt
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emulate mouse interactions .. not like your mouse macros at all .. the panel has to be in view
- unfortunately - lots of times, this defeats the purpose
Some of the functions on the panels can send two different commands on the one button .. some of the dials can have two different commands assigned to them, but they will always cycle .. they appear as push 1 and push 2 in the assigning software.'they appear as push 1 and push 2 in the assigning software' is for ALT SPD and HDG and a Hardware 'state 2' of the dial (shows an *-asterix on the LED in this state - and this seems not documented), and is not what is meant in 'FSUIPC-speak' with 'can the button send multiple commands'. They can Not (in the present interface, called 'serialFP2').
pleasantly surprised, Pete, you can have a look at the SDK
present SDK seems to invite manufacturers to assign specific commands to Buttons and Dials.
That's not good.
We (tout le monde, of course ;) ) want Any command (and fsuipc mouse macros) be asignable to Any dial or button (and more! Pigs Can Fly)
cheerio
mt
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It would be far easier to do with a button. .. Do you really want to control this aircraft with keyboard? .. you'll need to have some way of being sure not to press real keys whilst the Lua program is doing its stuff.
it's my VRInsight MCP Combo, all its buttons can only be programmed by keystrokes, so that makes it 'a keyboard'
there's no HID interface for the VRInsight MCP Combo, with its 50+ buttons and some dials,
the manufacturer says with so many buttons and dials, it ran off the specs of windows Joysticks definition
then on top, the PMDG Doors etc. also can only be interacted with by keystrokes, hence the issue
didnt know there's a whole electonic pulses issue behind this, figures after you hear of this
perhaps I'm overlooking something or else
I guess I am sort of stuck, and use 1 door > 1 button
when you can think of some way to try, of course I like to hear
thx, mt
[later]
hum, found key 'V' isnt used for anything in FSX, I'll try with shorter keystrokes
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[LuaFiles]
2=pmdg747cargodoor
pmdg747cargodoors.LUA :
ipc.keypress(52,25)
sorry about the "KeyPressPlus", now changed to "KeyPress"
[Keys.PMDG747-400]
18=90,25,L2:R,0
PMDG_747-400_Kbd.ini :
Cargo Fwd SHIFT+TAB+4
thus
SHIFT+TAB+Z should run pmdg747cargodoors.LUA
pmdg747cargodoors.LUA presses SHIFT+TAB+4
SHIFT+TAB+4 opens the CargoFwdDoor (that is does on its own)
doesnt
?
the purpose of this exercise is to fill the Lua with
ipc.keypress(52,25)
ipc.keypress(xx,25)
ipc.keypress(xx,25)
that opens 3 or any amount of doors (the pmdg has a lot of them)
mt
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hi
i'm stuck here
in my FSX
[Keys.PMDG747-400]
16=72,25,M9:8,0
17=221,25,L2:R,0
'25' is registered for Shift+Tab (221 = ']')
in pmdg Keyboard my - test - cargo door is
Cargo Fwd SHIFT+TAB+4
and works
I want more doors to open with 1 button, so I put this in a Lua, and test a Lua with 1 door first
starts the problem
how comes that Shift+Tab = '25'?
Advanced FSUIPC doc:
'1 Shift
4 Tab
8 Normal (add this in anyway)'
Shift+Tab adds up to '13' ?
[LuaFiles]
1=log lvars
2=pmdg747cargodoor
my lua (L2) file pmdg747cargodoor.lua contains 1line:
ipc.keypressplus(52,25) -- Cargo Fwd SHIFT+TAB (25/13?) +4 (52)
neither value 25 or 13 does anything
is assigned to Key 17=90,25,L2:R,0
90 = shft+tab+Z, and 'lua pmdg747cargodoor' selected from the dropdown
what am I missing?
thx mt
FSUIPC 4549
FSX
pmdg747x
windows 7 x64
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the indent 'below' the 'bottom' of a Saitek is a SwitchSaitek TQ's must be calibrated the way I did it the second time. They can not be calibrated like CH TQ's because of the built in detente at the bottom. In FSUIPC, you can't set the bottom value at that detente, you have to set it just above the detente./quote]you can (should?) calibrate at top and 'bottom'
I use this to define Reverse ('hold F2', cut 'F1 when released')
so there's no gradual reverse, unlike CH
mt
VRInsight MCP Combo HID?
in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
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Great News! :D (I'm running MCP combo (FSX/DBS BS/Lomac) with a windows7 64 box, which is about (not quite, I wish) your setup, as Ive read somewhere, so not much use here)
to add to my first post: another problem you might come accross is a - unresolved - Windows Regional Settings bug
the 'modifiers' that DBSBS/Lomac use - a button/key that adds a pre-keycode to buttons (like FSUIPC 'conditional' button), so they'll double up - has a bug - in such a way that in my 'standard' Windows7x64_US, no Modifiers can be used for the MCP via SerialFP2, i.c.
the KeyCommand will NOT transmit (or Receive/Decode?) SHIFT or CTRL (or ALT?)
f.i. in DCS Black Shark, instead of Altitude hold [LSHIFT + A]
it will only transmit [A] (Weapon system control switch Manual/Auto)(Module = SFP2_MCP_KeyCmd.dll)
at tech@VRInsight they said they'd 'fixed' this by writing a .dll that Will accept RightModifiers (not) like Rshift, Rctrl and 'just change your assignments'
problem is, - in my case - DCS' SerialFP2's DLL will not accept any modifiers, so I'm stuck with freeing all single Key commands, and reassign them to my MCP commands
I'd like to mention this, because I saw comfirmation on the www, that appearantly another flight game (forgot which) had the same 'Regional Settings' issue (seems to stem from a mix of Russian region and Korean region from the developers, and the Type of keyboard chip is used) and they had 'solved' this because they had identified the bug and by rewriting their driver, this was solved. Well, with DBS Black Shark/Lomac vs. MCP Combo, it appears, this is not the case that I know of, and I'm stuck with non-modifier keystrokes.
So, please, if you can, have a lookout for this disturbing bug (I just realized, you find your code by sort of 'Reverse Engeneering' the actual dataflow, so you might alltogether avert this whole issue) , so that it will not pop up in your work, thx, mt