FSUIPC offsets in RC4

[drayton_k]

Peter,

I wonder if you can help please and hope I can make myself clear.

I am using Radar Contact V4 across WIDEFS for both FS9 and FSX and both work flawlessly. Now, I have just purchased the Opencockpits MCP, EFIS and Radio units, and have a script supplied by someone so I can use the PMDG 737 in FS9. This also works perfectly as it should. But, whenever I connect RC4 to FS my MCP heading dial does not allow me to increase the heading display.

The person who supplied the script has said this "But eveything that is related with HDG in my files is actually using FSUIPC offsets as there is no key press required for that. I am also thinking whether RC is somehow trying to read these offsets or somehow blocking it. Maybe you might wanna take this into consideration too."

Can you please tell me more about these "offsets" and whether you know if RC4 actually uses these offsets. If so is it possible to change them. I can send you the script if so required as you may be able to make sense of it. I for one cannot.

Many thanks

Regards

Keith

[Pete Dowson]

I am using Radar Contact V4 across WIDEFS for both FS9 and FSX and both work flawlessly.

Okay. i too use RC4 on FSX, and previously on FS9.

Now, I have just purchased the Opencockpits MCP, EFIS and Radio units, and have a script supplied by someone so I can use the PMDG 737 in FS9. This also works perfectly as it should. But, whenever I connect RC4 to FS my MCP heading dial does not allow me to increase the heading display.

Strange. That could only be because there's a clash of keypress assignments. RC doesn't exert any control over FS whatsoever, it merely uses the FSUIPC "hot key" facility to drive its selections/responses.

I can't imagine that something like a hardware MCP would have driving software which relies on keypresses. I use a PFC MCP wth Project Magenta's MCP software. But I know RC works with others, like the Aerosoft, CPflight and GoFlight MCPs for instance.

The person who supplied the script has said this "But eveything that is related with HDG in my files is actually using FSUIPC offsets as there is no key press required for that.

No, but something is obviously conflicting.

I am also thinking whether RC is somehow trying to read these offsets or somehow blocking it.

No, RC doesn't touch anything like that. it doesn't actually write much at all in FSUIPC, only menus and the hotkey stuff, and certainly cannot block anything.

Can you please tell me more about these "offsets" and whether you know if RC4 actually uses these offsets. If so is it possible to change them. I can send you the script if so required as you may be able to make sense of it. I for one cannot.

No, nor probably will I if it is a "script" for some proprietary driver.

First, lets get some clarification. Is this occurring ONLY with the PMDG 737? Can you test with the default aircraft please? Let me know. Depending on that we can enable some logging which should help tell us what is happening.

Regards

Pete

[kgmann]

Hi Peter

Strange. That could only be because there's a clash of keypress assignments. RC doesn't exert any control over FS whatsoever, it merely uses the FSUIPC "hot key" facility to drive its selections/responses.

I have checked all FS keys and none are conflicting.

First, lets get some clarification. Is this occurring ONLY with the PMDG 737? Can you test with the default aircraft please? Let me know. Depending on that we can enable some logging which should help tell us what is happening.

Yes this only occurs with the PMDG 737 in fs9.

Regards

Keith

[Pete Dowson]

Yes this only occurs with the PMDG 737 in fs9.

So the MCP must be using keystrokes for that, surely? Or it is some problem related to a proprietary software interface PMDG license to some hardware developers, which seems unlikely. I know some of the hardware developers around have paid PMDG for this, but have OpenCockpits? Or is it all in the "script supplied by someone"?

I've no idea what sort of "script" can do such things, so please tell me more about that. Yhe statement its author made "I am also thinking whether RC is somehow trying to read these offsets" shows he may not know so much about what he is doing, as reading offsets cannot change them or block them, even if it was occurring. Reading is non-destructive.

Do you know what offsets he is using? If so we could log those. Maybe I need to see this "script"?

In FSUIPC's logging tab enable logging on Keys and also on Buttons. Do a short test just to illustrate the point -- reduce the heading and increase the heading, or rather, try. Tell me what you see happen. Keep it short please. Close FS, show me the log. Also tell me what RC keys are assigned.

Regards

Pete