Today i added the Landing Gear Status in the SIOC Code and i finished my Cockpit Enhancement.
Pictures are in the Homecockpit Gallery.
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Today i added the Landing Gear Status in the SIOC Code and i finished my Cockpit Enhancement.
Pictures are in the Homecockpit Gallery.
I have now the full test setup working. Programmed all in SIOC and using FSUIPC macros.
The following is missing:
But hopefully this isn’t a big issue. (<– it wasn’t 😉 )
The next steps i will continue when the delivery from Opencockpits was made. The are waiting for some engraved LED caps. If they are here i will start to manage the FUEL section.
Now the Code is working. With help from people from FlightXpress Forum and mycockpit.org i finally got it.
Click more to view the code.
Yesterday i spent 4 hours (including 1,5 with my wife, thanks alot:-) )to get the following running:
If Aircraft on ground and Engine is running, than one LED should go on.
If the Engines are off the LED should be off.If the Aircraft is in the Air, the LED should be off, except if the Flapstatus is >0 than the led should be again on.
But we were not able to get this working. Hopfully someone in the OC Forum can help us… I will post the results here.
Yesterday the Testboard was powered up with an ATX Computer Powersupply.
The first test went fine, so the GND PWR Avail light, Antiice, Generators, low Eng Pressure and the RAM Doors working very well.
Yesterday i built a test setup with some LEDs (see picture) to start the logic programming of the PMDG Overhead.
The following FSUIPC offsets will be used to control the status:
Next step:
I decided to use an overhead panel from Opencockpits and FSUIPC macros to manage the clicks on the overhead from the PMDG. I was inspired to go to this direction from the fascinating website from Ian, he described all the functions and the use of the FSUIPC macros on his website.
To turn LEDs on and off i will user the Output card from Opencockpits. The card is programmed using the software SIOC. I tested the last weeks some scripts to manage the status of the FSUIPC offsets. When i got this working i knew, there must be an overhead in my room 😉
The final decision was made by a posting of Pete Dowson, programmer of FSUIPC.
You can edit the FSUIPC INI file and put almost any number of actions on the same button. It can’t be done only from the options tab, so what you do is:
1. program the first function (your mouse macro)
2. ok out of the FSUIPC options
3. find the button entry in the INI file (e.g. some line number=P joystick number, button number, …), and put a “;” in front of the line to keep it but temporarily make it non-effective,
4. back in the options, program the second action, the one to set a bit in an offset
5. ok out of the options again
6. find the new line for that button, and renumber the line so it doesn’t clash with the other (or any others),
7. remove the ; from the front of the previous line, so making both active together
8. back in the options, press the “reload all buttons” button .. and you are done!
So i started the Overhead project.