jclay13 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 The GoFlight MESM 3-position toggle switch in the center of the board reports the following in FSUIPC: IGN L = button 3 released BOTH = button 3 pressed IGN R = button 4 pressed I want to use the 3-position switch to engage the starters and hold them in for a 2 engine jet (not auto start) like this: Flip switch to IGN L - "Starter 1 Set" and hold it in Flip switch to IGN R - "Starter 2 Set" and hold it in BOTH - Do Nothing It works good for IGN R where I configure the press as "Starter 1 Set" and "control to repeat while held". The starter stays engaged until I flip the switch back to BOTH. The challenge is IGN L. I configure the release as "Starter 2 Set" and it engages if I flip from BOTH to IGN L. But if I flip from BOTH to IGN R the button 3 release is triggered along with the button 4 press and both starters engage at the same time which is not what I want. Plus I can't do a "control to repeat while held" on a release so it only engages it for a second. I've also tried some creative things with key presses in FSUIPC in conjunction with GF Config key mappings and I can get IGN L to engage starter 1 and IGN R to engage starter 2 but the issue I run into there is it only engages the starter for a second and the key presses need to be held in until the engine starts. It obviously works fine using a keyboard because I can hold in the mapped key. Any ideas on this? Thanks! Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 The GoFlight MESM 3-position toggle switch in the center of the board reports the following in FSUIPC: IGN L = button 3 released BOTH = button 3 pressed IGN R = button 4 pressed Yes, that is how they look to FSUIPC. Of course BOTH is also "button 4 released" and IGN R is also "button 3 released". I want to use the 3-position switch to engage the starters and hold them in for a 2 engine jet (not auto start) like this: Flip switch to IGN L - "Starter 1 Set" and hold it in Flip switch to IGN R - "Starter 2 Set" and hold it in BOTH - Do Nothing It would of course be far easier to do that if BOTH was buttons 3 and 4 released and the others both press actions instead. Any ideas on this? Thanks! One way I can think of, which should work in both left and right cases, is this: Program Button 3 release to set offset x0892 to 1. That's the 'ground' (start) position on the jet left engine starter. It's an unsigned word so use "Offset Word Set". Program Button 3 press to set that offset back to 0 (the starter 'Off' position). Similarly, for equal effect Program Button 4 release to set offset x092A to 0. That's the 'off' position on the jet right engine starter. Also an unsigned word so use "Offset Word Set". Program Button 4 press to set that offset to 1 (the starter 'Ground' position). I think that should work okay, but I've not tried it here. Let me know. Regards Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jclay13 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Thanks, I'll try that and let you know. Can you help me understand the logic around IGN L not being a separate button? I'm sure there is a logical reason and was wanting to know how it works. I also see that GRD and OFF are the same button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Can you help me understand the logic around IGN L not being a separate button? If there are less bits used to encode the state of something you can fit more states in. This is 2 bits instead of 3. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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