throttle control

[Guest steels214]

HelloI have most of the examples in the sdk working. But there are a few that I can't get to work. One of them being the throttle control. It says you're supposed to hit "A" and "Z" to move the throttle. These two buttons actually control the view and ap in fsx. The real problem is that the example program doesn't see these events happening, so it just loops. Is there something missing from the code???By the way, I have the same problem wit the setdata program too. ctrl+shift+a is supposed to move my aircraft to a different lat/lon. But again, the example program never sees this event happening.Thanks

[DadJokeCinema 145]

First things first, are you getting any information from the SimConnect console?

[siggy 154]

Did you give that 'example program' input focus or is this intercepting FS key strokes ? (Sorry, I'm asking w/o ever having seen the SDK).Cheers,Siggy

[Guest qurious]

The code has a small bug - once it gets the simstart event it asks for object data for the throttle but it listens for object data by type. This means it never hears the answer and just hangs.The fix is simple, on line 54 remove the _BYTYPE so that the line reads: case SIMCONNECT_RECV_ID_SIMOBJECT_DATA:After that it works just fine (to test it you need to press the A and Z in the simulator window and you will find that it changes both the view and increases the throttle when you press the A key).

[Guest steels214]

Sorry it took so long for me to respond. Been Kind of busy lately.Anyway, I changed that line of code but it still doesn't work. An event is never received so it never goes into the callback function.Here's the output from SimDiagnostic:1. Open: Version=0x000000001 Name="Throttle Control"2. AddtoDataDef: DefineID=0, DatumName="GENERAL ENG THROTTLE LEVER POSITION:1", UnitsName="percent",DatumType=4,fEpsion = 0.0,DatumID=-13. SubscribetoSystemEvent:EvetnID=0,SystemEventName="SimStart"4. MapClientEventtoSimEvent:EventID=1, EventName=""5. MapClientEventtoSimEvent:EventID=2, EventName=""6. MapInputEventtoClientEvent:groupID=0,dzInputDefinition="A",DownEventID=1,DownValue=0,UpEvent=-1,UpValue=0,bMaskable=07. MapInputEventtoClientEvent:groupID=0,dzInputDefinition="Z",DownEventID=2,DownValue=0,UpEvent=-1,UpValue=0,bMaskable=08. SetInputGroupStat:GroupID=0,dwState=09. AddclientEvetnNotificationGroup:groupID=0,EventID=1,bMaskable=010. AddclientEvetnNotificationGroup:groupID=0,EventID=2,bMaskable=0On the client side, it just waits for an event but none ever come.Any ideas?Thanks

[Guest qurious]

It looks like there is no "SimStart" event in the output. Until that SimStart happens the program just loops.To get the SimStart event either start the SimConnect program before you start a flight or change airports during a flight (changing the aircraft probably triggers a SimStart too, I just haven't tried that yet).Hope that works for you ...