Yet another Goflight question wth PMDG and PSS

[requin]

Hello everyone,

This is yet another Goflight question regarding Goflight compatibility with FS/FSUIPC.

I have been reading through various forums for this information and as I am not a "savvy" computer user I cannot get a clear view of what I need to do. I will try to be as clear as I can with my questions.

First of all, thank you Pete for FSUIPC, our FS experience wouldnt be the same without it and you seem to answer posts quickly and efficiently.

I am a registered user of FSUIPC and I have the latest version that I downloaded 2 weeks ago.

For Goflight I want to use the GF-P8 module (pushbuttons) and the GF-45 (dual rotary buttons to set ALT, VS, CRS, HDG and SPD).

What I am able to do:

For the PSS A330/40 I am able to:

-Select CRS and HDG without any special tweak, it seems to work fine as it is. I cannot however change ALT or VS or switch the different AP functions on/off (ALT HOLD, VS HOLD...)

For the PMDG 737:

-At the begining I wasn't able to switch any MCP functions, but after reading through some posts I found that FSUIPC recognized entries/push made on the Goflight module (P8) and assign the specific PMDG keystroke (found in menu/pmdg/something) to the tab in FSUIPC that recognizes the keypress.

I explain: In FSUIPC there is a tab (I dont remember the name) that recognizes entries/push made on the GFP8 module. Its says something like this: button 101-1 or 101-2...

Then I select the aircraft specific option and assign keystroke and type in the keystroke specific to PMDG (for example SHIFT-A) for MCP autopilot altitude hold.

Now when inflight I can then press the programmed GF button and it will turn on/off the specific assigned functions>so this works fine. I repeat the process for all the buttons and hop I can control the on/off functions of my MCP>very cool.

Now I cannot do that for the PSS because I don't know the keypress they use for their specific MCP on/off functions. So if anyone knows it would be helpfull (and thanks to the aircraft specific function!)

What I would like:

For the PMDG:

Using the rotary buttons of GF modules is anyone able to set ALT, HDG, CRS or any other "number" value? if so how?

If it has been adressed in another post please point me to it.

If it isn't possible well thats a shame....

For the PSS:

I can set HDG and CRS but I would like to be able to:

-Switch Airbus MCP autopilot functions ON/OFF (ALT HOLD, VS hold, HDG hold ect..) using the pushbuttons of the GF module

-Set ALT and VS using the rotary buttons of the GF-45 module.

In advance, thank you for any help provided. If someone needs clarifications I will happily oblige.

Best to all,

requin

[Pete Dowson]

I am a registered user of FSUIPC and I have the latest version that I downloaded 2 weeks ago.

Version 3.21 will be released this weekend, I hope.

For the PSS A330/40 I am able to:

-Select CRS and HDG without any special tweak, it seems to work fine as it is. I cannot however change ALT or VS or switch the different AP functions on/off (ALT HOLD, VS HOLD...)

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... I don't know the keypress they use for their specific MCP on/off functions.

Maybe the PSS panels don't support keyboard shortcuts for everything. If they did it should be documented somewhere, but there are a lot of panels which require you to use the Mouse a lot.

If you are stuck using the mouse you may want to invest in a module called KeyToMouse, by Luciano Napolitano (http://www.wideview.it/key2mouse.htm). It can convert keypresses into mouse movements and clicks.

For the PMDG:

Using the rotary buttons of GF modules is anyone able to set ALT, HDG, CRS or any other "number" value? if so how?

I think there are keyboard shortcuts to increment and decrement these values. Don't you get a list somewhere in the package? I don't know which of the PMDG A/P values are handled by FS and which by the PMDG code, but try the standard FS controls first. The CRS one is most likely to be FS's -- even Project Magenta leaves that to FS as it is so uncomplicated in any case.

Regards,

Pete

[requin]

Dear Pete,

Thank you very much for answering so quickly.

I will investing the incremental keypresses of the PMDG and see if I can make it work.

And I will try the key2mouse module as it has a 10min trial period which should be enough to see if it works properly.

Thank you,

requin