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Ah, my error, sorry. For true FSX events I use SimConnect to action it. I forgot that SimConnect only accepts events it recognises (or user ones pre-registered), so this strange "unknown" one never gets through. I have modified FSUIPC4 to send events not registered with SimConnect directly to FS, bypassing that filter. Try this version: http://fsuipc.simflight.com/beta/FSUIPC4556.zip Regards Pete Pete, That did the trick. Thanks for the quick fix. Curt Rowe

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 It may be a PMDG problem. It has a feature to assign functions to keyboard keys. I can't get that to work either.

"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 Thanks, I was just going to post about something I found in the manual that may be the same thing. I tried programming a differt function that I would be sure to see the effect. Here are the log entries: 1664672 *** EVENT: Cntrl= 72025 (0x00011959), Param= 0 (0x00000000) 1667265 Button changed: bRef=0, Joy=0, Btn=2, Pressed 1667265 [buttons.PMDG747-400 UNITED AIRLINES] 6=P0,2,Cx03003110,x00011959 1667265 IPC Offsets Control: Ctrl=x0300, Length=4, Offset=3110, Param=x11959 1667406 Button changed: bRef=0, Joy=0, Btn=2, Released The first line is me clicking a control on the screen. The rest is the programmed joystick button. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. Curt

Thanks Pete for the suggestion. You lost me with "Offset dword set". I can't find a mention of it. You can just refer me to the appropriate user guide page. Curt

Update: I tried replacing the first command. The log then looked like this: 35406 Aircraft="PMDG747-400 UNITED AIRLINES" 35421 [buttons] now aircraft-specific: 35421 1=P0,8,C66587,72119 35421 2=P0,13,C66587,72111 35421 3=P0,11,C66587,72112 35421 4=P0,10,C66587,72105 35421 5=P0,12,C66587,72104 35421 [buttons] now aircraft-specific: 35421 0=P0,6,C72123,0 35421 1=P0,8,C66587,72119 35421 2=P0,13,C66587,72111 35421 3=P0,11,C66587,72112 35421 4=P0,10,C66587,72105 35421 5=P0,12,C66587,72104 So it processed it, but it still didn't work.

Thanks for the good link. Interesting information, but I don't thinks that's my problem. I did a little digging and found the advanced manual and the ini file. So I think I had it. Not quite When I press the left auto pilot button using the mouse, I get this entry in the log: 811844 *** EVENT: Cntrl= 72123 (0x000119bb), Param= 0 (0x00000000) The file contained a section for my 747. I added the last line. The complete section is this: [buttons.PMDG747-400 UNITED AIRLINES] 0=P0,6,C66587,72120 1=P0,8,C66587,72119 2=P0,13,C66587,72111 3=P0,11,C66587,72112 4=P0,10,C66587,72105 5=P0,12,C66587,72104 6=P0,2,C72123,0 I saved and closed the ini file, restarted FSX, and got this in the log. The log showed: 32313 Aircraft="PMDG747-400 UNITED AIRLINES" 32313 [buttons] now aircraft-specific: 32313 1=P0,8,C66587,72119 32313 2=P0,13,C66587,72111 32313 3=P0,11,C66587,72112 32313 4=P0,10,C66587,72105 32313 5=P0,12,C66587,72104 32313 [buttons] now aircraft-specific: 32313 0=P0,6,C66587,72120 32313 1=P0,8,C66587,72119 32313 2=P0,13,C66587,72111 32313 3=P0,11,C66587,72112 32313 4=P0,10,C66587,72105 32313 5=P0,12,C66587,72104 It's not reading my entry or doesn't like it. Is there a parameter that I have to increase to say there are seven entries? I've also turned off the programming of the button by FSX itself. A unrelated bug I got while trying to figure this out was that if I left the 'Send to console window' option checked when I exited FSX, the main window wouldn't display when I selected the saved flight and clicked 'Fly Now'. If I clicked alt-enter to go to full-screen, it would appear on the second monitor. I could then move the display back to the primary monitor, but the window for the CDU no longer functioned. Turning off the 'Send to console window' option, exiting, and reentering FSX fixes the problem. I suspect this is a PMDG problem, but I wanted to ask here as I figured fellow PMDG uses may have come across it. I'm running Windows 7 64 bit with FSX Deluxe, SP1, and SP2 installed.

The link didn't work for me.

I have the PMDG 747-400X and the full version of FSUIPC4 (4.53). I found the events are mostly different for this plane. Most of them are ROTOR_BRAKE with different parameters, which I can program. Some of them are listed as in the log. The have varying Cntrl numbers, for example 72123 for the left auto-pilot. How would I program it to a button? Thanks for any help, Curt