Has anyone thought of this idea ?How about having the same program but only this option in it:you get 1 key that you can assign and whenever you press it (or a combo) the LCD will show other data ..this way you could use a 2x20 LCD to show all kinds of data and have 1 button in your cockpit for toggeling between the pages ..If I'd know how to "talk" to such an LCD, I'd make such a program (i know how to do all other things like get data from fsuipc and send data to lpt ..)U think the author of this program would want to make an update ? Or should it be faster to make it myself ?

I don't know if it would be faster to make it yourself but I like the idea! In fact, it would be good to allow the user to select any number of different "screens" for the display and assign them to (1) separate keys, (2) just a single one for cycling, or (3) two keys to cycle forward and back.Note: In your quote, "fallyng" should be "falling".Peter http://bfu.avsim.net/sigpics/PeterR.gifBFU Forums ModeratorRenegade/Seawolf Design Group (RSDG)[table border=2 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=1][tr][td][table border=0 cellpadding=8 cellspacing=0][tr][td bgcolor=#6f0000]http://bfu.avsim.net/sigpics/logo75t.gif[/td][td align="center" bgcolor=#FFFFF6]Bush Flying Unlimited"At home in the wild"Looking for adventure? Come join us! * [link:bfu.avsim.net|Web Site] * [link:www.cafepress.com/bfu,bfu2,bfu3,bfu4|BFU Store] * [link:bfu.avsim.net/join.htm]Join!][/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table

Stumbled on this link. Those of you looking for an LCD solution might find this interesting.http://www.digital-flight.com/lcd_project.htm-Leo

lol ..obviously "falling" yeah .. will change it whenever i feel like .. only a typo ;o)if i would make the program i'd add all options in it in different modes.then it's up to the end-user to chose how much keys or key-combo's he's got left for this thing.

Good idea.Or you could have something like I did for my display. It's a Matrix Orbital 20x2 display with red LED backlight (so it looks like real avionics). Has a USB interface, but looks like a serial port to the PC so it's very easy to program.Anyway, I wrote a FS2K2 gauge that talks to it, which makes the display changes instantaneous. (I was previously using Javascript and a DLL I wrote that lets web page scripts access FS data via FSUIPC, but that was too slow with updates.) Anyway...The COMM1/2 and NAV1/2 active and standby frequencies are normally displayed. But if you change the ADF or XPNDR freqs, the COMM2 display (the least used) temporarily flips to showing the one you're changing with a label, then goes back after a few seconds.I'd also planned to have the IDENT buttons and/or the comm panel select buttons do the temporary change just so you could check what they were set to.Kevin

I have made several versions of a 4X20 LCD NAVCOM. The latest is USB with no external power supply. This project requires a bit of electronic knowledge and the ability to program PIC micros.I have built two indential displays one is NavCom info and the other a GPS unit. There are two different software programs that drive the two dispays. Both displays have several pages of info. I use two encoders with switches and 5 small switdhes with leds. In NavCom mode one of the encoder switches change the pages and in GPS mode one of the small switches changes the pges.I have attached a (poor) picture of my setup. The NAVCOM is to the right of the panel and the GPS is on the center conso;e (nor in picture).I have also built two 320X200 graphic displays driven from the LPT port. The display to the left has three functions. The default display is a moving map. The aircraft is always in the middle of the screen and you can select Airports, Vor, ILS or NDBs these objects are displayed as small circles as the aircraft moves so do the objects in relation to your position. The second function is a information screen. You can select airports via their respective IDs via the switch matrix and get runway and ILS info. The third mode is a PFD.

Kevin,I like that automatic switching idea.Dave,Nice panel work. How much were those 320x200 displays?Peter http://bfu.avsim.net/sigpics/PeterR.gifBFU Forums ModeratorRenegade/Seawolf Design Group (RSDG)

Peter They were $50.00 each at http://www.eio.com/g321dbap.htm.Dave

Thanks.Peter http://bfu.avsim.net/sigpics/PeterR.gifBFU Forums ModeratorRenegade/Seawolf Design Group (RSDG)