Trying to reset brake failure with keypress in FSUIPC

[draci]

Hi Pete and John,

I noticed that one of my add-ons triggers random brake failures on my PMDG 747 in P3Dv5 (Unfortunately, I don't know yet which). It's not the PMDG failure from the FMC being triggered but rather the P3D failure from the Vehicle->Failures Menu. So I tried to use the Offset Byte ClrBits Command on the 063B offset with parameter 2 (to reset all brakes at once) but so far without success. If the offset is not working (?-SimE), is there another method to achieve this or am I simply applying the wrong command? Any help appreciated.

Regards draci

[John Dowson]

14 hours ago, draci said:

So I tried to use the Offset Byte ClrBits Command on the 063B offset with parameter 2 (to reset all brakes at once)

The offset is 0B63, not 063B, and a parameter of 2 will only clear bit 1 (2 = 2^1). To clear all three bits (0, 1 and 2), you need a parameter of 2^0+2^1+2^2 which is 7.

Any issues, try logging the contents of that offset to see the value before and after you send the command.

John

[draci]

Dear John, thanks for your reply.

The 0B63 was just a typo, unfortunately also the parameter 7 has no effect. If I let the brakes fail in the P3D menu, the FSUIPC assigned key does not remove the failure.

[draci]

Ok, the problem is resolved, using "toggle brakes failure left" and "toggle brakes failure right" WITHOUT the "toggle all brakes failure" does the trick: it resets the failure on both brakes. However, pressing the key a second time does NOT reactivate the failure, so it's not really toggling, but I don't mind, since for my purposes resetting the failure is all I need. Thanks anyway.

[John Dowson]

11 hours ago, draci said:

The 0B63 was just a typo, unfortunately also the parameter 7 has no effect. If I let the brakes fail in the P3D menu, the FSUIPC assigned key does not remove the failure.

As I said, for any issues you need to use logging to determine what is happening. Log the offset as U8, and also activate logging for Events and Buttons & Keys, and show me/attach your FSUIPC .log and .ini files.

9 hours ago, draci said:

Ok, the problem is resolved, using "toggle brakes failure left" and "toggle brakes failure right" WITHOUT the "toggle all brakes failure" does the trick: it resets the failure on both brakes. However, pressing the key a second time does NOT reactivate the failure, so it's not really toggling

Again, I would need to see your files with appropriate logging activated to see what is happening.