DME 1 or 2

[jean-louis]

Hi Peter

I have succesfully downloaded and installed FSUIPC 4.7, and it's working perfectly!

I don't know if it's a FSX or FSUIPC issue, but I cannot assign DME 1 OR 2 function to any button available using either buttons from CH products yoke or throttle quadrant or a home made panel with switches.

I never see the toggle switch DME 1 or 2 flipping when moving a button assigneed with this function.

Should I use program magenta settings? If so what offset and parameter should I use?

Thank you for your time.

[Pete Dowson]

I don't know if it's a FSX or FSUIPC issue, but I cannot assign DME 1 OR 2 function to any button available using either buttons from CH products yoke or throttle quadrant or a home made panel with switches.

I never see the toggle switch DME 1 or 2 flipping when moving a button assigneed with this function.

Sorry, this is ambiguous. You say you cannot assign some functions, but when you do assign they don't work?

Please clarify: which is it -- cannot assign, or can assign?

If you can assign, what is the precise name of the control you are assigning, please?

Also, what aircraft are you assigning for, and which switch or function, specifically, are you wanting to control?

If you mean the FS controls called "DME1 Toggle" and "DME2 Toggle" they work on the default FS radio stack, but not on the little DME display built into the main panels. I don't think many of the main panel switches have FS controls which work, other than the autopilot and bug setting ones.

Should I use program magenta settings? If so what offset and parameter should I use?

Are you using Project Magenta? Which part of PM displays selectable DME values?

Regards

Pete

[jean-louis]

Thank you for your prompt reply.

I will try to be as clear as possible.

I am using the cessna 208 caravan airplane in FSX.

On the instrument panel of the caravan airplane, you have a small selector called DME NAV 1/2 SELECTOR.

I am trying to operate this selector using a toggle switch from my hardware instead of the mouse.

When I assign "DME toggle1" or "DME toggle 2" to a toggle switch of my hardware, I don't see the little DME selector moving from DME1 to DME 2 position.

To answer to last question, The assignment process is working perfectly using either FSUIPC or the FSX assignment feature.

So far all the assignment I made using FSUIPC are successful, but I don't see the selector moving!

Also,

Reagarding the caravan instrument panel, there is a selector Called "Voltmeter/Ammeter" on the left side of the panel.

You have four positions available, GEN, ALT, BATTERY and BUS.

This selector is not listed in FSX assignment page, and I have not seen it in the FSUIPC list neither.

The selector can be operated using the mouse though.

How I can create an assignment to a hardware that will operate the selector without using the mouse?

Thank again for your time.

[Pete Dowson]

I am using the cessna 208 caravan airplane in FSX.

On the instrument panel of the caravan airplane, you have a small selector called DME NAV 1/2 SELECTOR.

I am trying to operate this selector using a toggle switch from my hardware instead of the mouse.

When I assign "DME toggle1" or "DME toggle 2" to a toggle switch of my hardware, I don't see the little DME selector moving from DME1 to DME 2 position.

As I said, i tried those controls and they DO operate the selector for exactly the same function on the radio stack. I don't think there are any FS controls for the one you want to operate, but by all means try the other DME controls.

Bring up the radio stack (probably shift+2) and see what I mean.

FSUIPC doesn't invent the FS controls, it only presents them to you for your use.

Reagarding the caravan instrument panel, there is a selector Called "Voltmeter/Ammeter" on the left side of the panel.

You have four positions available, GEN, ALT, BATTERY and BUS.

This selector is not listed in FSX assignment page, and I have not seen it in the FSUIPC list neither.

The selector can be operated using the mouse though.

How I can create an assignment to a hardware that will operate the selector without using the mouse?

If it is possible at all it might be by using the FSUIPC mouse macro facility. Otherwise it probably is not possible.

[LATER]

Okay, I loaded up the default FSX Caravan, and tried the DME 1 toggle and DME 2 toggle controls. DME 1 toggle selects "1" on the DME display on the main panel, and DME 2 toffle selects "2". so i do believe they work okay on that aircraft.. They don't on the panel known as "cockpit", nor "virtual cockpit", but they certainly do on "right seat" and "radios" views.

I checked and the "mouse macro" facility won't work on that selector switch you mention. All of the code for that is routed through "panels.dll" and is dependent very much on the mouse position relative to the drawings. However, using the FSUIPC assignable facility to Log L:vars, and the Lua "Log LVars" example (provided in the Lua plugins ZIP), I can see that the switch is controllable by the Local Variable "L:Volts Gauge Selector", so all you need is a Macro to SET that, and call it with parameters 1,2,3,4 for each position. Or use INC, DEC or CYCLIC for a pair of buttons or a single one.

L:Vars are described in the Advanced User's manual, in the macros section.

Regards

Pete

[jean-louis]

Thank you pete,

DME 1/2 works on the radio panel, it does not on the instrument panel with the small selector.

Too bad, I was looking forward to using the "instrument panel" instead of the radio panel since I already have a radio panel hardware!

In order to have a chance to operate the volmeter selector on the cessna caravan 208 instrument panel using a rotary switch from a home made hardware, do I need to downlaod a specific software or is FSUIPC capable to program my hardware to operate this selector?

Thank you , keeping you busy.