ACE YOKE BUTTON PROBLEM

[Banananav]

I have a Jetmax 737 cockpit with a Jetmax Throttle Quadrant (TQ) and Tiller, and an ACE Yoke.

I am using a licensed version of FSUIPC 4.995c and Wide FS, and Sim-Avionics 1.58.

With no buttons or axes programmed in FSX I have programmed the TQ, tiller and Yoke ( a total of 7 axes and 10 buttons) in FSUIPC.

All axes work correctly and the 7 buttons on the TQ work correctly.

However, the two trim buttons and the A/P Disconnect switch on the Yoke do not have any effect.

I am using the following (Jetmax provided) Offsets:

A/P Disconnect = Offset Word Set, Offset x53DB, values 551 and 0 (nb values 567=TOGA and 563=A/T disconnect and 0=button release work correctly)

Elevator trims = Offset Byte Set, Offset x53F4, values 1=up 2=down 3=off, repeat set to ON.

The three buttons do show correctly in W7 and work correctly using FSX allocations.  I did delete the FSUIPC.ini file after doing this check and then re-programmed using FSUIPC from scratch.

I assume I am missing something blindingly obvious. Can anyone help with this problem ?

Thanks

Chris

[Pete Dowson]

26 minutes ago, Banananav said:

All axes work correctly and the 7 buttons on the TQ work correctly.

However, the two trim buttons and the A/P Disconnect switch on the Yoke do not have any effect.

You mean they aren't seen as any of the button numbers 0-31? So you can't assign them? So are those 3 buttons not part of the 10 you mentioned here:

" I have programmed the TQ, tiller and Yoke ( a total of 7 axes and 10 buttons)"?

29 minutes ago, Banananav said:

I am using the following (Jetmax provided) Offsets:

Ah, I know nothing about those.  They are in the range assigned to Mark Hastings, originally for the 777 package. Is that Sim-Avionics?

But you've not managed to assign to them? What button numbers show up in FSX for these buttons? Does FSUIPC show any response at all when pressed, or a different already-programmed button number?

Pete

 

[Banananav]

Hi Pete

Yes, it is Sim-Avionics

I have been able to programme all the buttons in FSUIPC as the following extract from the FSUIPC4.ini shows:

[Buttons]
PollInterval=25
ButtonRepeat=20,10
7=P2,5,Cx020053DB,x0233  -{offset word set, offset 53DB}-
8=U2,5,Cx020053DB,x0000  -{offset word set, offset 53DB}-
9=R2,1,Cx0200088C,xE958  -{offset word set, offset 088C}-
10=U2,1,Cx0200088C,x0000  -{offset word set, offset 088C}-
11=R2,4,Cx02000924,xE958  -{offset word set, offset 0924}-
12=U2,4,Cx02000924,x0000  -{offset word set, offset 0924}-
13=P2,8,Cx01005452,x01  -{offset byte set, offset 5452}-
14=U2,8,Cx01005452,x00  -{offset byte set, offset 5452}-
15=P2,7,Cx01005453,x01  -{offset byte set, offset 5453}-
16=U2,7,Cx01005453,x00  -{offset byte set, offset 5453}-
17=P2,6,Cx020053DB,x0237  -{offset word set, offset 53DB}-
18=U2,6,Cx020053DB,x0000  -{offset word set, offset 53DB}-
19=P2,0,Cx01005418,x01  -{offset byte set, offset 5418}-
20=U2,0,Cx01005418,x00  -{offset byte set, offset 5418}-
23=R1,1,Cx010053F4,x01  -{offset byte set, offset 53F4}-
24=U1,1,Cx010053F4,x00  -{offset byte set, offset 53F4}-
25=R1,0,Cx010053F4,x02  -{offset byte set, offset 53F4}-
26=U1,0,Cx010053F4,x00  -{offset byte set, offset 53F4}-
29=P1,4,Cx020053DB,x0227  -{offset word set, offset 53DB}-
30=U1,4,Cx020053DB,x0000  -{offset word set, offset 53DB}-

As a test, I have just programmed the Yoke A/P disconnect switch with A/T Disconnect (563) and it works fine.  Conversely A/P Disconnect (551) does not work on a Throttle Quadrant button that works with A/T Disconnect allocated to it.

So, all the buttons appear to be functioning correctly - so not a hardware issue.

But Elevator trim up and down (53F4) and A/P Disconnect (551 which shows as hex x0227) functions do not work - although they appear to have been programmed correctly in FSUIPC.

Chris

 

[Pete Dowson]

31 minutes ago, Banananav said:

So, all the buttons appear to be functioning correctly - so not a hardware issue.

But Elevator trim up and down (53F4) and A/P Disconnect (551 which shows as hex x0227) functions do not work - although they appear to have been programmed correctly in FSUIPC.

Okay. In that case you need Sim-Avionics support. I can't really help. If the offsets are being set correctly, as they will be if programmed correctly as you say, then the rest is up to Sim-Avionics. I'm afraid I can't support other folks' programs, and most especially ones I don't use myself.

Pete

 

[Banananav]

Thanks Pete

In that case I presume I can eliminate hardware, FSUIPC and "finger trouble" as causes ?

I'll get back to Mark Hastings.

Chris