FSUIPC and pay aircraft

[TWCOMANCHE]

I own a registered copy of FSUIPC (vs. 3.90).

I own a very old SAFELINE consolle programmed with FSUIPC; such rig runs very well (under FS9) with default aircrafts and Maddog 2008 PRO; on the contrary does not work entirely with PMDG and 767 Level-D; the switches work but rotary knobs do not: therefore I can handle the gear, flaps and others "on-off", but I cannot select Heading values or Altitude or Speed or V/S on the MCP. Which is the difference between Maddog and PMDG and Level-D product? How can I solve my problem?

Mauro

[Pete Dowson]

I own a registered copy of FSUIPC (vs. 3.90).

I own a very old SAFELINE consolle programmed with FSUIPC; such rig runs very well (under FS9) with default aircrafts and Maddog 2008 PRO; on the contrary does not work entirely with PMDG and 767 Level-D; the switches work but rotary knobs do not: therefore I can handle the gear, flaps and others "on-off", but I cannot select Heading values or Altitude or Speed or V/S on the MCP. Which is the difference between Maddog and PMDG and Level-D product? How can I solve my problem?

I don't know which values you are wanting to change, but those two aircraft have their own autopilot -- they do not use the FS autopilot -- so you have to program controls to operate them specifically, differently. I cannot instruct you on this -- there will be plenty of help in their respective support forums. At the lowest level you should be able to program your controls to send the assigned keystrokes, according to the aircraft's documentation. There is also the possibility of using FSUIPC's "mouse macro" facilities, to allow buttons, knobs and so on to directly influence the cockpit just like the mouse. This technique is known to work particularly well with the PMDG series of aircraft. I don't know much about the LEvel D.

Regards

Pete

[TWCOMANCHE]

Thank you Pete for your prompt response. I would only command the variation of heading, altitude,V/S and Speed in the corrispondent windows of PMDG and 767 Autopilots. The Safeline consolle has a list of command for each rotary knob i.e. HEADING_BUG_DEC/INC or AP_ALT_VAR_DEC/INC. The Maddog panel is perfectly commanded by consolle as other default aircraft, while PMDG and Lvl-D does not. In FSUIPC there is some correspondence between Commands (i.e. HEADING_BUG_DEC/INC and Keyboard stroke combinations like "ctrl+à" and "à"?)

Many thanks in advance

Mauro

[Pete Dowson]

Thank you Pete for your prompt response. I would only command the variation of heading, altitude,V/S and Speed in the corrispondent windows of PMDG and 767 Autopilots. The Safeline consolle has a list of command for each rotary knob i.e. HEADING_BUG_DEC/INC or AP_ALT_VAR_DEC/INC.

Yes, those are the FS controls for the values. But as I said, neither PMDG nor Level D use those -- they programmed their own autopilot.

In FSUIPC there is some correspondence between Commands (i.e. HEADING_BUG_DEC/INC and Keyboard stroke combinations like "ctrl+à" and "à"?)

No. In FS itself there are assignments for keyboard. FSUIPC contains no default assignments, you can assign whatever you like. But that isn't your problem. You need to assign the keystrokes which PMDG and LevelD need to see. I can't tell you what they are, or even if they exist -- you should be able to find out from their documentation. They won't both be the same.

Regards

Pete

[TWCOMANCHE]

Many thanks

Mauro