rafalbrz71

Pete, Thanks again for all your help. I had some issues with Win XP, but decided to use Windows 7, and everything works great. :razz: Now I've been trying to initiate a failure of the main rotor transmission to test the main rotor chip active offset ( 0820 ). FSX doesn't provide a transmission failure, so I thought reducing the transmission oil pressure, offset 0900, would simulate the grinding of gears and activate the main rotor transmission chip on the warning panel. However, the oil pressure offset is read only. Do you have any ideas how to initiate the loss of transmission oil? Thanks, Rafal

Pete, Thanks. I have MS Visual Studio 2008, but it's a complex program and I'll have to devote some time to understanding it's use. MGH, Thanks for the reply. I don't have a .dll, only the files included in the FSUIPC SDK. Rafal

OK Which compiler do you recommend for C++?

Hello Pete, A new issue has developed. I use two computers for FSX. One has windows XP 64-bit, the other windows 7, also 64-bit. Programming is a new concept to me, so I started with something simple like Visual Basic 6, which works great on older operating systems ( like win XP ). However, on windows 7 it will not work at all. Therefore, I began learning C++ with the Code::Blocks 12.11 compiler, and here's the issue. When using the library finder plugin to ad the FSUIPC_User.lib to my project, the program pulls a Homer Simpson ( DOUGH! ). Is there a way to add and reference the library manually? Sorry to bother you with such a trivial issue, but I've been trying to do this for two days now with no luck. Thanks for any help you can provide. Rafal

Thank you very much. You have been great help :razz:

Wow! You're the greatest! I should have become a member here long ago. It would help out immensely if you could help with the ones below. Thank you so much! ROTOR CLUTCH ACTIVE Active Bool ROTOR CHIP DETECTED Chip detection Bool

Thank you for the quick response. I'm using FS-X. The warning lights indicator panel program I designed uses the various values of of the different components like main rotor RPM percentage, alternator amperage, and engine oil pressure to indicate the cautions and warnings to be displayed. Figuring that part was fairly easy. The "m.r. chip" and "t.r. chip" caution lights indicate a possible gearbox failure. The main rotor, and tail rotor transmissions have a magnetic switch built into their oil pans. Upon the possible grinding of gears, the magnetic switch collects metal shavings, and shorts two contact points that turn on the warning lights. Other than the main rotor transmission oil temperature offset, which would provide similar but incorrect indication, I've been unable to find anything else that is a usable value for this purpose. As far as I know, Robinson is the only helicopter company that implements such system of warning on the main panel, and no other flight simulator information is available online. Hope this help to narrow it down. Thank you, Rafal

I used the offset 0892 ( engine 1, starter switch position ), and a value of 4 to show the stater on warning light on the R22 panel. Hope this helps.

Hello everyone, First I'd like to thank you for all the wonderful, and helpful information this forum provides. It has been an enormous help in developing my project. I'm currently building a real cockpit based on the Robinson R22 helicopter, which brings me to the problem at hand. FSUIPC doesn't seem to contain offsets for some of the warning light on the main panel. Precisely the ones for main, and tail rotor gearbox chip. I've done searches (in FSUIPC offset list) for transmission, gearbox, rotor, chip and warnings to no avail. It must be possible to access those points, because SimKits.com were able to make a warning panel that contains the mentioned warning lights. However, spending $600 for just eight warning light seems ridiculous to me. I've been searching for the answer for a long time. Can anyone please help? Any information on the subject will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance, Rafal