Real Switches

[Guest klarson8]

I want to use real switches for the fuel pumps, but all i find is a toggle fuel pump. I want more than a toggle, i want a definite on and off. Thanks in advance

[tigert]

>I want to use real switches for the fuel pumps, but all i>find is a toggle fuel pump. I want more than a toggle, i want>a definite on and off. Thanks in advanceUh, what? How?It's impossible to give any answer when you don't explain any background of your setup - what hardware etc..?//T

[fvapres]

If you mean that you want a position for "Fuel Pump L On" and "Fuel Pump R Off" assignable positions, you could use either a on-off switch or an on-on switch, you would just have to program them a bit differently.The on-off would be assigned as when toggle on, fire only once the command for "fuel pump l on". When the button off event occurs, it sends the "fuel pump l off" command.The on-on would be assigned as when toggled to this position, fire command for "fuel pump l on" and when toggled to this other position, fire command for "fuel pump l off".The difference between the two is you would have to wire up 3 wires to the on-on switch where the on-off switch would only require 2. With 100 switches in your cockpit for various things, the on-off style, where it is needed to be on-off type (flight director on/off, fuel pump on/off, GPWS on/off, carburator heat on/off) would save you one wire each and possibly some programming or assigning in your hardware-to-computer system.Usually when wiring up a on-on switch, each on position requires separate programming. There is nearly always a way to program a position for the ON event of a switch and when it is switched off. In a on-on switch, there is a slight gap between the on stage at one end and the on stage of the other. That gap is the OFF event. Some switches actually have a stop there (called on-off-on swtiches) and this can be used for stuff like VOR/ADF/Neither style toggles. One side sends the VOR command to your display software, the other sides makes the ADF the nav device and the off position in the middle makes neither the display nav device. With a on-on switch, if you held the switch in that sweet spot off position, you could program it exactly the same way (On 1 = VOR, Off 1 Event = Neither, On 2 Event = ADF, Off 2 = Neither).In every programming software for hardware interfacing I have seen yet, for every on event there is an off too. This is when the switched input is no longer on. They do this to save you wiring that off position to treat one switch as being able to turn something on when it is on and to turn that item back off when the switch is no longer on.Let me know if you need anything more.

[Guest klarson8]

Hi Guys,Thanks for the help. I was vague in my initial question. I did find the answer from another site (from Pete Dawson FSUIPC). I was looking for the offsets in fs9 for how to use a switch that is a definite on and off (not toggle as most of the commands built into fs9) and i found an input board from Hagstrom that will allow a toggle (not momentary) that won't continue to send a closed circuit. It sends just a keystroke no matter how long the toggle is closed (unless you want repeats)Hope this made sense. Thanks again!

[kiek]

>I was looking for the offsets in fs9 for how to use>a switch that is a definite on and off (not toggle as most of>the commands built into fs9)That depends on the aircraft you are building for..For the Level-D 767 there are on/off commands for the Fuel Pumps as FSUIPC offsets. They are provided by the Level-D SDK and my FSCONV program (free).Rgrds,Nicohttp://www.nicokaan.nl

[Guest klarson8]

Nico,All I am needing now is the offset for the tailwheel lock. There is a "toggle tailwheel lock", but fsuipc doesn't have the offsets for it. Pete just added it to the fsuipc4 as he had it for fsx, but I probably won't be upgrading for a while.Thanks for the info tho. I will check out fsconv.