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Hi I have a weird problem. I am trying to configure a new throttle quadrants  idle and cutoff levers. The keyboard commands for this (PMDG 737) is ctrl+alt+F1, F2, F3 and F4. I bring up FSUIPC and button and switches then check for key press. I hit the set button and input the key press that should be ctrl+alt+F3 but what shows up in the box is alt+ctrl+F3 just the opposite of what I intended. I changed the command to ctrl+shft+F3 and inputted that as well. What shows up in the box is shft+ctrl+F3. No matter what I do I get the opposite. Any ideas would be greately apricated.

 

Thanks Mike Stout

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I've moved your post to the FSUIPC Support forum, as you posted to the forum for the FSUIPC client.DLL, which is a programmers tool. Pleasedo choose the correect place in future.

5 hours ago, mike stout said:

I hit the set button and input the key press that should be ctrl+alt+F3 but what shows up in the box is alt+ctrl+F3 just the opposite of what I intended.

They are the same thing!!! The order of the shift keys is irrelevant as no action is taken until the main key is pressed!

5 hours ago, mike stout said:

I changed the command to ctrl+shft+F3 and inputted that as well. What shows up in the box is shft+ctrl+F3. No matter what I do I get the opposite.

Not opposites, identical!

Why do you think they are wrong? How do you think the order of keys detected and acted upon together matters -- only the main activation key, the text or function key, does anything. The ancillary or shift keys merely set flags saying they are pressed!

Pete

 

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I have no Idea why they are wrong. Instructions that came with my new 737 throttle showed me these steps. All I know is that the idle and cutoff don't work. PMDG says this is the command, ctrl+alt+F3 for idle. So when input that into FSUIPC for some reason It inverts. I change PMDG to reflect the inverted command and it reinverts to the original command. I figured it might me my wireless keyboard. I get a wired keyboard and get same result. Its no help when I use 70321 with custom control. I not trying to say its your program and knowing just how quirky my computer is I always think it my issue.  I have only been adding hardware for the last couple of years but I have always paid for the use of FSUIPC maybe five times thinking this is for someone who cares about my hobby.

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Hi,

do you care about the order of the commands or does the command combination not work?

As Pete clearly pointed already out the order of ALT + CTRL doesn't matter at all, as long the KEY (letter / num / F1-12 / Del / Back / ...) was pressed last. The reason is that programs trigger the Key and only check if nothing or ALT or CTRL or SHIFT was pressed in addition (or multiple together + the KEY). That means the order FSUIPC sends the combination doesn't matter, as long the KEY is the last part.

Thomas

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Thanks for getting back to me. I don't care what key order they fall in. In the PMDG CDU you can find control stand commands. I have changed the commands in the CDU to just "F3" but, nothing I seem to do work. I will work with it and at some point I will find a way. Thanks for getting back to me though..

 

Mike

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