Any tips for setting a working 'fast swing' mode when using the Honeycomb Bravo trim wheel?

[pbrand]

I am using p3d V5.1 with the trim wheel of the Honeycomb Bravo. The trim wheel is nothing more than two buttons which fire when moving the wheel. I have programmed the wheel to use an offset for trimming up/down:

[Buttons]
PollInterval=25
ButtonRepeat=20,10
3=R0,22,Cx32000BC0,x3FFF0040 	-{offset sword increment, offset 0BC0 (Incr=64, Limit=16383)}-
4=R0,21,Cx42000BC0,xC0010040 	-{offset sword decrement, offset 0BC0 (Decr=64, Limit=-16383)}-

This works just fine when moving the wheel slow. But when moving the wheel fast(er) the trim rate doesn't get much faster than moving it slow. I tried to enable the repeat option on the button but that has little to no effect. Perhaps because it isn't a fast repeat like when you have a button pressed but instead a slower repeat due to the rotation of the wheel?

I would be grateful if someone knows how to increase the trim speed when moving the trim wheel faster.

Regards,
Peter

 

[Pete Dowson]

14 minutes ago, pbrand said:

The trim wheel is nothing more than two buttons which fire when moving the wheel. I have programmed the wheel to use an offset for trimming up/down:

Why not use the actual controls for Trim Up and Trim Down? You make it more complicated than it need be.

Pete

 

[pbrand]

Just now, Pete Dowson said:

Why not use the actual controls for Trip Up and Trim Down? You make it more complicated than it need be.

Pete

 

Hi Pete,

I started to use this because the actual controls for Trim up/down are extremely slow when I move the wheel. At least they are for the aircraft I'm using (A2A C172).

Peter

[Pete Dowson]

45 minutes ago, pbrand said:

I started to use this because the actual controls for Trim up/down are extremely slow when I move the wheel.

With encoders like your trim wheel you need to assign to both press and release -- each click is only a press or a release, alternately. That alone doubles the speed.

You could also always alter the amount of trim from each press. There's a section on how to do that in the User Guide -- search for Offset Increment/Decrement Controls (it's on page 27 in my copy).

If you want two different speeds of increase you'd need to use a Lua plug-in.  There's an example in your Example Lua Plugins document. It's called 'rotaries.lua'. It would need adapting for your device and needs.

Pete

 

[pbrand]

5 minutes ago, Pete Dowson said:

With encoders like your trim wheel you need to assign to both press and release -- each click is only a press or a release, alternately. That alone doubles the speed.

You could also always alter the amount of trim from each press. There's a section on how to do that in the User Guide -- search for Offset Increment/Decrement Controls (it's on page 27 in my copy).

If you want two different speeds of increase you'd need to use a Lua plug-in.  There's an example in your Example Lua Plugins document. It's called 'rotaries.lua'. It would need adapting for your device and needs.

Pete

 

Pete, I believe Offset Increment/Decrement Controls is just what I did in my example in the starting post?

Your tip on press ánd release is great! That already helps a lot.

I will also look into the rotaries.lua to see what I can do with that.

Thanks for the help 🙂

 

[Pete Dowson]

11 minutes ago, pbrand said:

I believe Offset Increment/Decrement Controls is just what I did in my example in the starting post?

Ah yes, sorry.  I understand now.

Pete