thomas747400
04-08-2012, 02:36 AM
Hi guys
I am currently researching interface solutions to build my own none type specific flight sim panels. I intend to use the panel for the PMDG series aircraft as well as a number of other airliners and some GA planes. I intend to mainly use FSUIPC mouse macros and a number of FSX native flight sim commands for interaction purposes. I built a prototype panel using a Leo Bodnar controller which works just beautifully. Even though the panel switches are a based very loosely on the B747-400, they are easily reconfigured using the FSUIPC aircraft specific functions so they can be used with a MD11. I would like to bring a bit more functionality to the panel that should eventually incorporate approximately 160 switches, buttons, rotaries etc.
As an example, as I start the APU, I would like that the APU generator switch starts to blink as the APU starts and becomes a solid light as soon as APU power is available. Since I believe I cannot take the APU status information out of the PMDG 747/MD11 software, I would like to program that function using an external controller. I intend to install an aircraft selector (6 positions rotary) and depending on the aircraft selected, the blinking time of the APU generator switch blinking time will vary depending on the aircraft selected in it actual APU ramp up time.
Oral Barkay wrote an article in the Tutorial section about the SIOC software by Open Cockpit. I have already installed two Open cockpit panels (Comm and transponder). But I still have very little experience with the SIOC software since those two panels are almost plug and play.
I have therefore the following questions in regards to the SOIC software (using Open Cockpit IO boards)
Is the SIOC software capable of retrieving FSX native aircraft status items such as parking brake on/off etc.
Can the SIOC software interact with FSUIPC in a way that I can assign mouse macros when for example SIOC registers that a button was pressed (similar to the joystick emulators by Leo Bodnar)
Kind regards
Thomas
I am currently researching interface solutions to build my own none type specific flight sim panels. I intend to use the panel for the PMDG series aircraft as well as a number of other airliners and some GA planes. I intend to mainly use FSUIPC mouse macros and a number of FSX native flight sim commands for interaction purposes. I built a prototype panel using a Leo Bodnar controller which works just beautifully. Even though the panel switches are a based very loosely on the B747-400, they are easily reconfigured using the FSUIPC aircraft specific functions so they can be used with a MD11. I would like to bring a bit more functionality to the panel that should eventually incorporate approximately 160 switches, buttons, rotaries etc.
As an example, as I start the APU, I would like that the APU generator switch starts to blink as the APU starts and becomes a solid light as soon as APU power is available. Since I believe I cannot take the APU status information out of the PMDG 747/MD11 software, I would like to program that function using an external controller. I intend to install an aircraft selector (6 positions rotary) and depending on the aircraft selected, the blinking time of the APU generator switch blinking time will vary depending on the aircraft selected in it actual APU ramp up time.
Oral Barkay wrote an article in the Tutorial section about the SIOC software by Open Cockpit. I have already installed two Open cockpit panels (Comm and transponder). But I still have very little experience with the SIOC software since those two panels are almost plug and play.
I have therefore the following questions in regards to the SOIC software (using Open Cockpit IO boards)
Is the SIOC software capable of retrieving FSX native aircraft status items such as parking brake on/off etc.
Can the SIOC software interact with FSUIPC in a way that I can assign mouse macros when for example SIOC registers that a button was pressed (similar to the joystick emulators by Leo Bodnar)
Kind regards
Thomas