ESound.dll - a little help please from anyone

[jerel2k6]

I read and re-read the manual over and over. I edited the esound.cfg file per the manual. Basically, I am not getting any of the sounds to play back after several attempts at adjusting the cfg file. I am also using a REGISTERED version of FSUIPC. The only sounds I want to hear are the ones without the ";". I have pasted my cfg file below:

[Devices]

1=Primary Sound Driver

2=SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [DF00]

[Polling]

Epic=10

Var=5

;[Triggers.ERJPANEL1]

;[switchedTriggers]

;1=OnGround

;2=InAir

[sounds]

Path=ESounds

; Sounds for altitude calls on descent:

;1=ESounds\n500

2=ESounds\nappminimums

;3=ESounds\

4=ESounds\nminimums

;5=ESounds\

;6=ESounds\n50

;7=ESounds\n40

;8=ESounds\n30

;9=ESounds\n20

;10=ESounds\n10

; Sounds for speed calls on take-off

;11=

12=ESounds\nv1

13=ESounds\nrotate

;14=110knots

;15=120knots

;16=130knots

;17=140knots

;18=150knots

;19=160knots

;20=ESounds\n10000

[Triggers]

; Altitude calls on descent

; NOTE that calls are triggered 10 feet early, to allow for delay is getting the sound

; out. This is much like the co-pilot anticipating the needle

;1=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=510, 10,1

2=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=410, 9,1

;3=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=310, 8,1

4=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=210, 7,1

;5=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=110, 6,1

;6=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=60, 5,1

;7=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=50, 4,1

;8=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=40, 3,1

;9=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=30, 2,1

;10=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=20, 1,1

;11=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND=10000, 13,1

; Speed calls on take-off

; NOTE that calls are triggered 2 knots early to allow for delay in getting the sound

; out. This is much like the co-pilot anticipating the needle

12=AIRSPEED>= 138, 11,1

13=AIRSPEED>= 148, 12,1

;14=AIRSPEED>= 78, 13,1

;15=AIRSPEED>= 108, 14,1

;16=AIRSPEED>= 118, 15,1

;17= AIRSPEED>= 128, 16,1

;18= AIRSPEED>= 138, 17,1

;19= AIRSPEED>= 148, 18,1

;20= AIRSPEED>= 158, 19,1

I know this is not SUPPORTED but I am attempting to use this with a panel as a supplement to the PMSound package by project magneta. Thanks for any help in advance.

Regards,

Jerel

[jerel2k6]

I made changes and did some renumbering thinking that may have been the cause of why I am not hearing any sounds. New cfg below:

[Devices]

1=Primary Sound Driver

2=SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [DF00]

[Polling]

Epic=10

Var=5

[Triggers.ERJPANEL1]

[switchedTriggers]

1=OnGround

2=InAir

[sounds]

Path=ESounds

; Sounds for altitude calls on descent:

;1=ESounds\n500

2=ESounds\nappminimums

;3=ESounds\

4=ESounds\nminimums

;5=ESounds\

;6=ESounds\n50

;7=ESounds\n40

;8=ESounds\n30

;9=ESounds\n20

;10=ESounds\n10

; Sounds for speed calls on take-off

;11=

12=ESounds\nv1

13=ESounds\nrotate

;14=110knots

;15=120knots

;16=130knots

;17=140knots

;18=150knots

;19=160knots

;20=ESounds\n10000

[Triggers.InAir]

; Altitude calls on descent

; NOTE that calls are triggered 10 feet early, to allow for delay is getting the sound

; out. This is much like the co-pilot anticipating the needle

;1=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=510, 10,1

2=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=410, 2,1

;3=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=310, 8,1

4=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=210, 4,1

;5=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=110, 6,1

;6=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=60, 5,1

;7=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=50, 4,1

;8=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=40, 3,1

;9=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=30, 2,1

;10=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=20, 1,1

;11=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND=10000, 13,1

[Triggers.OnGround]

; Speed calls on take-off

; NOTE that calls are triggered 2 knots early to allow for delay in getting the sound

; out. This is much like the co-pilot anticipating the needle

12=AIRSPEED>= 138, 12,1

13=AIRSPEED>= 148, 13,1

;14=AIRSPEED>= 78, 13,1

;15=AIRSPEED>= 108, 14,1

;16=AIRSPEED>= 118, 15,1

;17= AIRSPEED>= 128, 16,1

;18= AIRSPEED>= 138, 17,1

;19= AIRSPEED>= 148, 18,1

;20= AIRSPEED>= 158, 19,1

[Pete Dowson]

I read and re-read the manual over and over. I edited the esound.cfg file per the manual.

I'll look, but I haven't used Esound for many many years and probably will struggle to help.

The only sounds I want to hear are the ones without the ";". I have pasted my cfg file below:

There's so much commented out there that I've edited it to read it:

[Devices]
1=Primary Sound Driver
2=SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [DF00]

[Polling]
Epic=10
Var=5

[Sounds]
Path=ESounds
2=ESounds\nappminimums
4=ESounds\nminimums
12=ESounds\nv1
13=ESounds\nrotate

[Triggers]
2=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=410, 9,1
4=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=210, 7,1
12=AIRSPEED>= 138, 11,1
13=AIRSPEED>= 148, 12,1

Now there are several things I think need checking:

1. Where is the Esounds path? If the path is set to Esounds, why is the "Esounds/" part also in most of the pathnames?

2. There's also only one sound actually referred to -- 12. Sound numbers 7, 9 and 11 were commented out, so those trigger lines are no use. You must relate triggers to the sounds else how does it know?

3. Where is the [settings] section and line defining the device, sound position and volume level for setting 1 which is all you are using? If you want to omit [settings] and just default it you need to either leave off the ",1" or use ",0". [Now I know this is explained in the doc].

Regards,

Pete

[jerel2k6]

Pete,

Thanks for your help. I attached a new esound.cfg. I've been working on it.

[Devices]

1=Primary Sound Driver

2=SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [DF00]

[Polling]

Epic=10

Var=5

[sounds]

Path=ESounds

; Sounds for altitude calls on descent:

;1=ESounds\n500

2=nappminimums

;3=ESounds\

4=nminimums

;5=ESounds\

;6=ESounds\n50

;7=ESounds\n40

;8=ESounds\n30

;9=ESounds\n20

;10=ESounds\n10

; Sounds for speed calls on take-off

;11=

12=nv1

13=nrotate

;14=110knots

;15=120knots

;16=130knots

;17=140knots

;18=150knots

;19=160knots

;20=ESounds\n10000

[Triggers.ERJPANEL1]

; Altitude calls on descent

; NOTE that calls are triggered 10 feet early, to allow for delay is getting the sound

; out. This is much like the co-pilot anticipating the needle

;1=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=510, 10,0

2=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=410, 2,0

;3=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=310, 8,0

4=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=210, 4,0

;5=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=110, 6,0

;6=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=60, 5,0

;7=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=50, 4,0

;8=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=40, 3,0

;9=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=30, 2,0

;10=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=20, 1,0

;11=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND=10000, 13,0

; Speed calls on take-off

; NOTE that calls are triggered 2 knots early to allow for delay in getting the sound

; out. This is much like the co-pilot anticipating the needle

12=AIRSPEED>= 138, 12,0

13=AIRSPEED>= 148, 13,0

;14=AIRSPEED>= 78, 13,0

;15=AIRSPEED>= 108, 14,0

;16=AIRSPEED>= 118, 15,0

;17= AIRSPEED>= 128, 16,0

;18= AIRSPEED>= 138, 17,0

;19= AIRSPEED>= 148, 18,0

;20= AIRSPEED>= 158, 19,0

[switchedTriggers]

1=OnGround

2=InAir

[Triggers.InAir]

; Altitude calls on descent

; NOTE that calls are triggered 10 feet early, to allow for delay is getting the sound

; out. This is much like the co-pilot anticipating the needle

;1=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=510, 10,0

2=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=410, 2,0

;3=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=310, 8,0

4=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=210, 4,0

;5=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=110, 6,0

;6=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=60, 5,0

;7=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=50, 4,0

;8=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=40, 3,0

;9=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=30, 2,0

;10=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=20, 1,0

;11=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND=10000, 13,0

[Triggers.OnGround]

; Speed calls on take-off

; NOTE that calls are triggered 2 knots early to allow for delay in getting the sound

; out. This is much like the co-pilot anticipating the needle

12=AIRSPEED>= 138, 12,0

13=AIRSPEED>= 148, 13,0

;14=AIRSPEED>= 78, 13,0

;15=AIRSPEED>= 108, 14,0

;16=AIRSPEED>= 118, 15,0

;17= AIRSPEED>= 128, 16,0

;18= AIRSPEED>= 138, 17,0

;19= AIRSPEED>= 148, 18,0

;20= AIRSPEED>= 158, 19,0

1. I made a sub-folder in my FS sounds directory. Per manual it says to specify 1 = Esound\specialclick1 where specialclick1 is a wav file.

Is this correct?

2. made changes to sound association (above)

3. I have a devices line but no settings line as I want to use the default. I changed the ,1 to ,0 as I want to use the primary sound driver in the devices section. Is this correct because their are two entries and I did nto know which one to use.

4. My current cfg is using token and multiple triggers (conditional) as I couldn't determine which method I needed. I am going to test with your suggestions to see if that eliminates my problem.

Thank you.

[Pete Dowson]

Pete,

Thanks for your help. I attached a new esound.cfg. I've been working on it.

I still need to edit it to read it. Why keep all those lines you don't use?

[Devices]
1=Primary Sound Driver
2=SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [DF00]

[Polling]
Epic=10
Var=5

[Sounds]
Path=ESounds
2=nappminimums
4=nminimums
12=nv1
13=nrotate

[Triggers.ERJPANEL1]
2=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=410, 2,0
4=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=210, 4,0
12=AIRSPEED>= 138, 12,0
13=AIRSPEED>= 148, 13,0

[SwitchedTriggers]
1=OnGround
2=InAir

[Triggers.InAir]
2=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=410, 2,0
4=ALTITUDE_ABOVE_GROUND<=210, 4,0

[Triggers.OnGround]
12=AIRSPEED>= 138, 12,0
13=AIRSPEED>= 148, 13,0

Not sure why you have the line numbers matching the waves in each section. the Trigger line numbers are irrelevant apart from controlling order of execution.

Is the [Triggers.ERJPANEL1] section correctly named for your aircraft? It seems an unlikely aircraft name -- you can see the aircraft title in FSUIPC's Flaps calibration section.

I don't remember too much, but I don't think the switched sections will actually do anything unless you have some triggers which operate the switches.

I made a sub-folder in my FS sounds directory. Per manual it says to specify 1 = Esound\specialclick1 where specialclick1 is a wav file.

Is this correct?

Well there's no point in using the Path= statement to give the path, then adding the same path to all the entries. The whole point of specifying a path for all the Wave files is to save you entering it in each line. I suppose it should work, it just seems very strange. You'd normally only specifiy an individual path when the WAVE file is elsewhere.

I suppose the wave files ARE there?

I changed the ,1 to ,0 as I want to use the primary sound driver in the devices section. Is this correct because their are two entries and I did nto know which one to use.

If you don't specify one it uses the default one in Windows. That's all I know. Sorry.

Regards

Pete

[jerel2k6]

Pete,

Thank you for your help. I got it working. It works great!

Jerel