SIOC, Opencockpits MCP/EFIS, LUA, FSUIPC and AAX

Well, I know the title has a lot in it. Forum mods, feel free to move this if I'm in the wrong place.

Anyway, I have the Opencockpits Boeing MCPv3/EFIS and would like to use it with the Aerosoft Airbus Extended X. I have downloaded the LUA script for the AAX from the LINDA forum. What I am thinking I can do is just use this existing LUA script's functions with this hardware via SIOC/FSUIPC/virtual joystick/buttons.

I can get SIOC to "press" a virtual joystick button in FSUIPC. I was using just the FD button for the AAX as a starting point. So, I copied just the functions out of the actions.lua file for the AAX and LINDA and put them in their own lua script. I then call this from FSUIPC when my virtual button is pressed. FSUIPC sees all this fine. However, the AAX FD button never changes state.

Does anyone have any clue to help out here? I think this should be possible but I'm not seeing why it's not actually doing anything to the AAX. Can I split up the LINDA/actions.lua script for the AAX like I am? Or do I have to use it with LINDA? If so, then I don't think using it via SIOC is possible.

There's gotta be a way. I just haven't quite figured it out yet.

Thanks for the help!!