>Hi,>Yes it's great! I have had a first look at the basic SDK today>and it's promising indeed. All the states of the switches and>annunciators in the Overhead are there. >>I will extend my FSCONV program (in C) with some code that>regularly reads the state variables from the LVLD 767 sim and>translates them into FSUIPC variables (in the Project Magenta>range since I'm not using PM). And then the IOCards program>from Opencockpits I'm using, will be able to control my leds>in my Overhead switches.!!!!>>Regards> >Nico>www.nicokaan.nl>>Nico,Please, can you help me to config my MCP via Fsbus?This sdk cam make everything work in mcp even leds?I hoppe you can helpRegards,

Hey Ian,>Also wondering how we can access the dedicated ILS radio for>rotary input and display output...have you considered this at>all yet?The original NAV1 and OBS from PICv1 (via FSUIPC variables) are now the ILS in LDS767. So you only have to physically move the displays to the Pedestal!And it looks like the "new" NAV1/OBS and NAV2/OBS can be controlled via the basic SDK, including the MAN/AUTO switches (so your led in the man/auto switch will light someday...). (and maybe NAV2 is still mapped onto FSUIPC NAV2, I don't know yet)I'm currently trying to get the SDK to work, I'm having a linking error, so I have to investigate it a litle bit further...Nicowww.nicokaan.nl

I wish that was true too. You know my panels are made for 737NG...But now I will have to build new brownish 757/767 ones!Some just don't want to listen... (Nail hit on the wall)...George DorkofikisAthens, Greecehttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/betaimg.jpg

>I'm currently trying to get the SDK to work, I'm having a>linking error, so I have to investigate it a litle bit>further...Hi,I have solved that issue and managed to read the 'fuel_config' state and the 'battery_switch' state the from the LEVEL D 767 sim!I mapped them onto FSUIPC variables and had IOCards light the corresponding leds on my Overhead. WOW!Now the rest of the approx 45 leds of my Overhead...RegardsNicowww.nicokaan.nl

>I wish that was true too. You know my panels are made for>737NG...>But now I will have to build new brownish 757/767 ones!>Some just don't want to listen... (Nail hit on the wall)...Well i could surely do a 67, but what for?I don't like 8hrs flights :(I prefer medium/short range...So i am stuck with the not-sdkappable NG :(

Take Fuel off the 767 and you have a medium to short range plane and enjoy LEVEL D !Roberto

Reduce your fuel loading and you have a short range rocket!! They have been talking about the the take off performance over at the LDS forum, questioning it authenticity. It's been accepted that with minimal fuel you've got fighter like take off performance. In some cases up to 6000 fpm. Also, I'm hoping they do a 757 like PMDG did the 800 and 900 series.ChuckCYXU

Hi NicoThis is all really great news. Thanks for the info re the ILS radio.I know you are busy for now but is there any chance further down the track of a quick tutorial on using the offsets with relation to interface hardware. I'm currently using FSbus and I know you are using IO cards......is there anything special about the latter that makes this process easier?Thanks again for your usual pioneering work,Best RegardsIan

>Please, can you help me to config my MCP via Fsbus?>This sdk cam make everything work in mcp even leds?Sandro,I'm afriad I lnow nothing of FSBUS..In the SDK you will indeed find all the info and commands to support your MCP.Regards,Nicowww.nicokaan.nl

>I know you are using IO cards......is there anything special>about the latter that makes this process easier?>Thanks again for your usual pioneering work,>Best RegardsHi Ian,As soon as I have some spare time I will post a tutorial on my web site. Indeed, i'm currently too busy adapting my home cockpit to the Level-D767. This evening for instance I have put the duct pressure (PSI) readings (left, right and apu) on three two digit digital displays.It's great too see the value change when you switch a pack on/off.Nicowww.nicokaan.nl

As of now, the only way of benefiting of the LDS from FSBUS, as long as i know, is to use a registered version of FSUIPC, and write your own program that periodically reads and writes to and from the 767 and to and from the FSUIPC memory.IF you don't use any PM or whatever, 70% of the FSUIPC mapped memory is free for your own use: just make your own table of variables, and configure FSBUS to go read them.Don't know if Dirk is planning an integration or not.

>As of now, the only way of benefiting of the LDS from FSBUS,>as long as i know, is to use a registered version of FSUIPC,>and write your own program that periodically reads and writes>to and from the 767 and to and from the FSUIPC memory.>IF you don't use any PM or whatever, 70% of the FSUIPC mapped>memory is free for your own use: just make your own table of>variables, and configure FSBUS to go read them.>Don't know if Dirk is planning an integration or not.Well, writing a "lds2pm" proxy software doesnt sound like too bad of an idea - map all variables that have a matching Project Magenta offset to the magenta offsets in FSUIPC memory, and add the rest to some other free area. The program should not do anything else. Talk to Pete Dowson for allocating the rest of the memory offsets (potentionally things that could be shared between PM and LDS in the future when PMSystems gets expanded)This way it would be easier for builders since the offsets would be as similar as possible, no matter what software you use.//Tuomas

My father was a BA rep on the Boeing design team for the 757/767 many moons back. He got to fly on some of the early 767 test flights, and tells me that with minimum fuel, no baggage and just a handfull of techs aboard, the thing did indeed climb like a fighter.Richard

>Well, writing a "lds2pm" proxy software doesnt sound like too>bad of an idea - map all variables that have a matching>Project Magenta offset to the magenta offsets in FSUIPC>memory, and add the rest to some other free area. The program>should not do anything else. Talk to Pete Dowson for>allocating the rest of the memory offsets (potentionally>things that could be shared between PM and LDS in the future>when PMSystems gets expanded)>>This way it would be easier for builders since the offsets>would be as similar as possible, no matter what software you>use.Indeed, I have my program ready! It mappes 58 variables in the FSUIPC PM range starting at 0x0550. It does so two times a second, so the impact on fps can be neglected.These variables are still a subset of the basic LDS SDK, but at the moment more then sufficient to support my Overhead panel.RegardsNicowww.nicokaan.nl

I'd LOVE to test it with FSBUS...Can you send it to me or point me where I can download it from ?my email oal132 AT otenet DOT grThanks!George DorkofikisAthens, Greecehttp://www.ldsflyingclub.com/lsd1.jpghttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/betaimg.jpg