Not getting AXIS_THROTTLEn_SET events in SimConnect?

[MELKOR]

Hi Pete,

I can't seem to capture AXIS_THROTTLEn_SET events in my SimConnect client. I can capture every other axis, like AXIS_RUDDER_SET, AXIS_ELEVATOR_SET, etc.

This only seems to occur when I run my throttle axes through FSUIPC...

Any idea?

Thanks,

- Bill

[Pete Dowson]

I can't seem to capture AXIS_THROTTLEn_SET events in my SimConnect client. I can capture every other axis, like AXIS_RUDDER_SET, AXIS_ELEVATOR_SET, etc.

This only seems to occur when I run my throttle axes through FSUIPC...

If you calibrate multiple throttles through FSUIPC they get translated into the older THROTTLEn_SET events, which provide the reverse zone too (0 = idle). The newer AXIS_ ones don't. If you must have the AXIS_ events instead you have to set the NRZ (no reverse zone) checkboxes and also set an option in the INI file, as described in the documentation. See this item in the FSUIPC History document for versions released in January last year:

· Added an extra facility for joystick calibration, in order to try to cope with some different add-on practices (notably, in this case, the Wilco A320). Normally, the 4-Throttles, 4-mixtures and 4-Prop pitch calibrations result in an output with either a range which includes the reverse zone, or, if the "no reverse zone" option is checked, a range from 0 (idle) to 16383 (max). These are sent to FS using the older "????n_SET" controls (THROTTLE1_SET, etc), since these are the ones providing the reverse zone below zero.

If you set the [JoystickCalibration] INI file parameter UseAxisControlsForNRZ to "Yes", then the NRZ (no reverse zone) option for all three axis types will use the AXIS_????n_SET controls (e.g. AXIS_THROTTLE1_SET) instead, with a range of -16363 (idle) to +16383 (Max). This, of course, can be Aircraft or Profile-specific by editing it in the appropriate calibration section of the INI file.

Regards

Pete

[MELKOR]

Thanks Pete!