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Hello Pete, I am back with this after some time. I have now a joystick card connected to button presses as follows: button 1 = last number of decimal is 5 (fsuipc 0) button 2 = last number of decimal is 0 (fsuipc 1) button 9 = pre-last number of decimal is 3 button 10 = pre-last number of decimal is 2 button 11 = pre-last number of decimal is 5 button 12 = pre-last number of decimal is 4 button 13 = pre-last number of decimal is 1 button 14 = pre-last number of decimal is 0 button 17 = pre-last number of decimal is 6 button 18 = pre-last number of decimal is 7 button 19 = pre-last number of decimal is 8 button 20 = pre-last number of decimal is 9 button 25 = whole is 108 (fsuipc 24) button 26 = whole is 109 (fsuipc 25) button 41 = whole is 110 button 42 = whole is 111 button 43 = whole is 112 button 44 = whole is 113 button 45 = whole is 114 button 46 = whole is 115 button 47 = whole is 116 button 48 = whole is 117 button 35 = DME test button 36 = DME ON/OFF So for example frequency 113.45 is coded with button press: 44 + 12 + 1 Now I am trying to make LUA script to determine the frequency which is currently set and send it to FS. while 1 do joy = 1 wholeeight = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,24) wholenine = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,25) wholeten = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,40) wholeeleven = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,41) wholetwelve = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,42) wholethirteen = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,43) wholefourteen = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,44) wholefifteen = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,45) wholesixteen = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,46) wholeseventeen = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,47) decimalzero = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,13) decimalone = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,12) decimaltwo = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,9) decimalthree = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,8) decimalfour = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,11) decimalfive = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,10) decimalsix = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,16) decimalseven = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,17) decimaleight = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,18) decimalnine = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,19) lastzero = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,1) lastfive = ipc.testbuttonflag(joy,0) frequencywhole = (wholeeight * 800) + (wholenine * 900) + (wholeten * 1000) + (wholeeleven * 1100) + (wholetwelve * 1200) + (wholethirteen * 1300) + (wholefourteen * 1400) + (wholefifteen * 1500) + (wholesixteen * 1600)+ (wholeseventeen * 1700) frequencydecimal = (decimalzero * 0) + (decimalone * 10) + (decimaltwo * 20) + (decimalthree * 30) + (decimalfour * 40) + (decimalfive * 50) + (decimalsix * 60) + (decimalseven * 70) + (decimaleight * 80) + (decimalnine * 90) + (lastzero * 0) + (lastzero * 5) frequency = frequencywhole + frequencydecimal ipc.writeDD(0350,frequency) ipc.sleep(500) end Questions to the code: I know that LUA can handle button numbers 0 - 31. Any ideas what can I do with numbers greater > 31? It would be very useful to handle them as some external applications in windows can without problems... I am not sure if I have chosen correctly the ipc.writeDD to do the task - right? The frequency is in the format suitable for offset 0350, I hope I did at least this correctly :razz: Sorry it the code is unnecessarily complicated, still newbie with LUA. Thank you again for your time! Pavel

Hello, I have one _maybe_ similar problem which I am trying to solve using the LUA script. I have joystick with one axis and I have L:var which I am trying to write. My L:var describes a knob position which has 13 positions. My joystick is sensing real hardware knob. The task is to move the L:var knob between its 13 positions according to real knob movement (which is linear). I was thinking about such code: while 1 do ipc.sleep(100) KnobPosition=ipc.axis(1,X) if math.abs(255 - KnobPosition) > 235 ipc.writeLvar(dc9_ap_turn_knob, 1) end if math.abs(255 - KnobPosition) > 216 logic.and math.abs(255 - KnobPosition) < 235 ipc.writeLvar(dc9_ap_turn_knob, 2) end if math.abs(255 - KnobPosition) > 196 logic.and math.abs(255 - KnobPosition) < 216 ipc.writeLvar(dc9_ap_turn_knob, 3) end --and so far up to 13 I think end Is my approach even possible? I think the axis has positions 1 - 255 which divided to 13 parts gives about 19,6 for each part. So I am trying to make 13 if conditions where all the time just one would be true and the LUA would set the L:var to my desired position. I am pretty sure I am wrong handling the logic.and operator - how can I combine two conditions like I am trying to? Sorry for lame questions, just first attempt ever to use LUA script... Pavel www.dc-9.eu

Great, I will try LUA, thank you Pete! Pavel

Hello Pete, I am working on interfacing old real Gabels radio head to FSX (both COM and NAV radios) and I have following idea. The radio can do a closed loops for each digit of frequency -> when connected to joystick card every single digit can be recognised as a button press. For example when I tune 1 on the third place in my frequency (111,60) I have press of some key. When I tune 2 on the second place of my freq (112,60) I have a different key press. Can I interface it to FSX via FSUIPC somehow? I was thinking about assigning control to each of the "buttons" with Nav 1 Radio Set and parameter like **1,** or **2,** - which would just set the third number of frequency and the rest would be left unmodified. Is something like that possible with FSUIPC? I hope you know what I mean, it is quite hard to explain... Thank you for your help, Pavel Brodsky DC-9 project (www.dc-9.eu)

Hello, I would like to ask how a question. On how many computers can I use your software? If I have purchased licence for FSUIPC and WideFS, is it allowed to use it also on my second PC? Thank you for your reply. Pavel Brodsky Czech Republic