MichaelDay

Greetings, We’re try’n to configure a MIP rotary switch (via InterfaceIT and WideFS) – so turning it will chose between different window displays of programs ( Squawkbox, FSC, ServInfo, ) that are running on a extra computer with wideclient. Our idea to get the switch to selectively reopen different program windows ….. is to make appropriate InterfaceIT actions for the switch, to generate different FSUIPC KeySends, that WideClient would then use to send keypresses to the apt program to reopen its display window. Crystal clear eh? We made code to do this, but it isn’t work’n yet for reasons unknown. Here’s what we did: Our thought is to use WideClient to send the Alt + spacebar + Enter keystrokes to a corresponding program, which should trigger restoring the display of that program. In the WideClient ini, we added code to start the different programs, plus some different KeySends code WideClient will use to generate the Alt + spacebar + Enter keystrokes to the corresponding programs. i.e. : Run(#)=D:\Program Files\SquawkBox3\squawkbox.exe KeySend1= 32,12,Run# ; to send alt+spacebar keypress to SB KeySend2=13,8,Run# ; to send Enter-key keypress to SB In InterfaceIT we added 2 input actions to generate 2 FSUIPC KeySends, when the rotary is moved into that switch position. Action 1 - Down / On – FSUIPC, byte offset=330F, data=1 Action 2 - Down / On – FSUIPC, byte offset=330F, data=2 In our testing we couldn’t seem to be getting any keypresses being done at all to the programs Please give any ideas you might have to help, or tell us where you think we’re go’n wrong. Thanks Mike Day

Peter Thankyou, thankyou, THANKYOU !!!! I feel like such a fool! You're right!! again! The Com radio (Whole Dec + Inc ~ Fract Dec + Inc) controls will change the frequency value on PMDG com radio, that is on the opposite side of whatever the current Com "in use" frequency is, as set by the swap button and as indicated by which of the little diod lights is on above each frequency display. < I obivously didn't experiment enough to see the behaviour of the FSUIPC keyboard controls on the PMDG radios, and stupidly thought that these controls would ONLY change the frequency on the right side of the PMDG com radio > Dooh!!! Thus, FSUIPC gives me full keyboard control over these PMDG Com radios, and make it soooo easy to use!! Once again, FSUIPC to the rescue!! Mooooocho Grats Peter!! Cheers!! Mike Day

Yes I did, but unfortunately the Com radio frequency control knobs are not included in PMDG's keyboard assignments It's a little frustrating because the PMDG radio stacks don't behave like you describe above - where you can dial the next frequency on standby whilst still talking to the current controller. Without seeing the PMDG radios, it might be a little hard to understand. There are tuning knobs on BOTH the left and right sides of the PMDG Com radios, and the swap button simply assigns the radio to use the OTHER side as the active frequency. The radios you describe above only have the frequency tuning knob on the stby (right) side, and the swap button will move this tuned frequency over to the active (left) side, by flip-flopping the stby and active frequencies. SoooI'm looking for a keyboard method to tune the active frequency knob of the PMDG radio so that I could do the tuning of the next frequency while still talking to the current controller. That is, the ability to dial in the next frequency on the COM left side, whilst still talking to the current controller on the right side frequency. I can obviously use the mouse to tune the right side frequency knobs, but that detracts from the realism. I'd like to be able to manually tune the frequency of the PMDG Com radios without using the mouse, to try to make things a little more realistic in all the frequency switching between different controllers in VATSIM flights. Regards, Mike Day

Peter and Claudio I really appreciate both of your time and reasearch into this subject. I'm having trouble following all that you've both said above, and will need to do some extra reading to understand this stuff!! From this, I'm still unclear if there's any potential way to get FSUIPC key programming to help make a keyboard method of tunning the PMDG Com radio active frequency knobs. Is there? Mooooocho Thanks! and Cheers!! Mike Day

Hi Peter Yes, what you described works good for the radios that are in planes like the standard MS 737-400 etc. But I really enjoy flying the PMDG 737-NG payware planes, and unfortunately the radio control you described doesn't quite work that way for its radios. The radio panel in the PMDG 737s are a little fancier. The PMDG COM radios have working tuning knobs on both the active and stby sides for each of the COM1 and COM2 radios. The swap button in these PMDG radion behaves differently to how it works in the standard MS 737-4 radios, and will swap between the radio's use of the active and stby sides as indicated by little diod light going on either above the active or stby frequencies. The Com Radio (Whole Dec + Inc ~ Fract Dec + Inc) controls allows you to make keyboard changes to the standby frequency side of the PMDG COM1 radio. The Com2 Radio (Whole Dec + Inc ~ Fract Dec + Inc) controls allows you to make kayboard changes the standby frequency of the PMDG COM2 radio. But there doesn't seem to be any keyboard programming controls available in FSUIPC that can be used to change these active frequency sides of these COM1 and COM2 radios in the PMDG 737 radio panel. So without having these controls available for the PMDG radio active frequency knobs, it seems that my one option for FSUIPC keyboard control of the PMDG com radios is to ALWAYS the radio's standby frequency side for communication with controllers, and use the swap button control to toggle the radio temporarily to the active frequency side, while I make my next controller com frequency change on to the standby frequency, and then use the swap button control to make the radio go back to using standby frequency side for communication. This is a little frustrating. I'll now ask PMDG if they have, or know of, any alternative way of getting some keybord control of these COM radio active frequency knobs, so I can work these radios properly without using a mouse. Wish me luck! Regards, Mike Day

Thanks Peter I guess I'll need to experiment some more to try to see if I can figure a work-around to this, and determine what radio controls I can get working with the keyboard and what I can't. Wish me luck! Thanks again Mike Day

Hello Peter I'm trying to use FSUIPC key programing to get keyboard control for tuning the com radio. I've run into some trouble with setting up the controls for the com standby frequencies. For instance, when I use FSUIPC to assign a key to COM_STBY_RADIO_WHOLE_INCREASE, and then imediately after use FSUIPC to review this setting, FSUIPC will show the key is assigned to COM2_RADIO_WHOLE_INC. I've checked your FS2004controls file, and these 2 controls (COM_STBY_RADIO_WHOLE_INCREASE and COM2_RADIO_WHOLE_INC) are asigned the exact same FS control number (66437)! Hmmmmm? Whats the trick for me to make FSUIPC do the key program setting that correctly destinguishes the control of the com radio standy frequency? Is there a parameter I should include in this keyboard programming?, or do I need to somehow trigger the COM_STBY_RADIO_SET control? Help!! Cheers!! Mike Day

Hi Peter This FSUIPC utility is great, but some strange reason it isn't properly maintaining my Key press programming assignments between simulation sessions. I can go in and make some key press programming assignments, and it will work OK during that session, but when I use it again after I've exited FS9, the key press programming doesn't work. Going into FSUIPC the 2nd time you can review all the key press selections that are missing the control + parameter assignments. To debug this problem I looked at the fsuipc.ini file and noticed that after I assign some key press programming it would have entries like: [Keys] 0=40,8,,65913,0 then after exiting the FS9 session and looking at the fsuipc.ini file it would now have juggled the order of the key press program values like: [Keys] 0=40,8,,0,65913 Why would it be doing this? Help !! Please Cheers! Mike Day