Assigning two functions to one axis?

[belevezero]

My goal is to assign a button, like SHIFT for example, to swap my throttle lever from controlling manifold pressure over to controlling propeller RPMs on the fly.

I only have one throttle lever on my aging Logitech Extreme Pro, and I’m in love with the DC-6 — this is a problem. 

Is this something that I could accomplish with FSUIPC?

[John Dowson]

8 hours ago, belevezero said:

Is this something that I could accomplish with FSUIPC?

You could do this but you would have to write a lua script and control your axis assignments in lua, monitor for the button press and switch the control used when you receive the button press event. You would need to assign your axis to write its value to an FSUIPC offset, monitor that offset in lua (using event.offset) and then either send the appropriate control (for either manifold pressure or propeller RPM) depending upon whether the shift key has been pressed or not.

John

[belevezero]

4 hours ago, John Dowson said:

You could do this but you would have to write a lua script and control your axis assignments in lua, monitor for the button press and switch the control used when you receive the button press event. You would need to assign your axis to write its value to an FSUIPC offset, monitor that offset in lua (using event.offset) and then either send the appropriate control (for either manifold pressure or propeller RPM) depending upon whether the shift key has been pressed or not.

John

Thank you for replying. It's not that I know how to do any of that, but if I find the time and patience at least I know it's possible!