On 6/12/2022 at 10:25 PM, Bobsk8 said:

I'm old school. I bind very few things/ I usually just look around with my Track IR and toggle whatever function I want with the mouse. Makes it feel like flying a real aircraft to me. 

This !

It's my way of "mapping" stuff too... And I do no longer have a TIR, and while I could use the EdTracker Pro I decided to use only mouse & click to operate the various buttons, switches, wheels, ....

So since FSUIPC can't map LVARS, its out of the question for me. Which would be the next better alternative? SPAD or Axis and Ohs?

So since FSUIPC can't map LVARS, its out of the question for me. Which would be the next better alternative? SPAD or Axis and Ohs?

It can control LVARs via presets. It comes with many presets preconfigured which you can directly map to keys and buttons. The interface was improved recently to select presets. You can write your own presets if needed or even Lua scripts. There is a learning curve for the latter, but the possibilities are nearly endless.

On 7/25/2024 at 7:51 PM, captain420 said:

So since FSUIPC can't map LVARS, its out of the question for me. Which would be the next better alternative? SPAD or Axis and Ohs?

I haven't ever used Axis and Ohs so I can't offer an opinion on that but I've been using SPAD.next for quite a while now and have been very happy with it. I absolutely love the fact that I can create profiles (across all of my peripherals) for each aircraft I have and don't have to remember to switch to a different profile in MSFS when I switch aircraft. 

SPAD.next was well worth the money I spent on it to buy the perpetual license.

It it possible to write a LUA to carry out a flow? For example turn off the runway lights, strobes, start the APU etc? This is one thing I’d love to have attached to a single button/keypress so I can concentrate on taxying. 

17 minutes ago, bennyboy75 said:

It it possible to write a LUA to carry out a flow? For example turn off the runway lights, strobes, start the APU etc? This is one thing I’d love to have attached to a single button/keypress so I can concentrate on taxying. 

Would also love to know this. However I am using Axis and Oh's to control the fenix with my keyboard and so far loving it. The ability to be in external cam and control the lights, flaps, doors, etc is awesome!

2 hours ago, bennyboy75 said:

It it possible to write a LUA to carry out a flow? For example turn off the runway lights, strobes, start the APU etc? This is one thing I’d love to have attached to a single button/keypress so I can concentrate on taxying. 

Yes, you can do this with lua (and much more). It's a programming language compatible with Python or C. It's a mighty tool. I programmed PMCO for Fenix with it.

56 minutes ago, NovemberUniform said:

Yes, you can do this with lua (and much more). It's a programming language compatible with Python or C. It's a mighty tool. I programmed PMCO for Fenix with it.

Any chance you could point us to a walk through of how you’d go about doing this? It’s definitely something I’d like to learn. Why developers don’t innovate for single pilot ops is beyond me. I remember the Level D 767 back in the day had a virtual copilot that would extend the gear at slightly inopportune moments but the innovation was definitely there. 

15 hours ago, bennyboy75 said:

Any chance you could point us to a walk through of how you’d go about doing this? It’s definitely something I’d like to learn.

It depends a little on what add-ons you want to work with. What do you have in mind? If you tell me a specific sequence of a specific aircraft, I can try to give you an example.

What you also need to be aware of is, that FSUIPC is not free software (if you want to use advanced features like assigning buttons or switches or running Lua scripts). It costs 30 EUR, just so you know.

 

 

2 hours ago, NovemberUniform said:

It depends a little on what add-ons you want to work with. What do you have in mind? If you tell me a specific sequence of a specific aircraft, I can try to give you an example.

What you also need to be aware of is, that FSUIPC is not free software (if you want to use advanced features like assigning buttons or switches or running Lua scripts). It costs 30 EUR, just so you know.

 

 

Yep I already have FSUIPC but uninstalled it a long time ago as I found it easier to calibrate the Airbus and Boeing thrustmaster hardware directly inside the sim. The ability to set profiles that load per aircraft would be good though, I definitely miss that. 
 

So let’s say the Fenix - the after landing flow is landing and strobe lights off, spoiler retract, weather radar off, anti ice off (if it was on), APU start. Could this all be assigned to a button press? 

 

Yes, it's possible. I will prepare this example for you. Give me a little time.

7 hours ago, bennyboy75 said:

So let’s say the Fenix - the after landing flow is landing and strobe lights off, spoiler retract, weather radar off, anti ice off (if it was on), APU start. Could this all be assigned to a button press? 

I don't have Fenix or PMDG aircraft, but I do have FSUIPC7 and out of curiosity I looked to see what is available with FSUIPC7 to support these aircraft. I was surprised to find there are literally many hundreds and hundreds of aircraft specific Presets available for assignment to a key or button, or to be used in a Lua script.  Seems like there is an aircraft specific preset for every switch, knob, circuit breaker, lever, etc in these planes. What it comes down to is FSUIPC7 can make use of any aircraft specific control preset that you can find on sites like MobiFlight, etc, or you can write your own preset as well.  So if the needed controls are available, it should then not be difficult to write a Lua script which in response to a button or key will execute a timed sequence of control events in a specific order, e.g., a flow. You could also simply assign a number of control events to the same button or key, but I would expect they would all be executed 'essentially' at the same time and not in a specified order.

Although I prefer to use FSUIPC7, I would expect other similar applications like Spad.Next could also implement a "flow".

Al

Edited July 28, 20241 yr by ark

9 minutes ago, ark said:

I don't have Fenix or PMDG aircraft, but I do have FSUIPC7 and out of curiosity I looked to see what is available with FSUIPC7 to support these aircraft. I was surprised to find there are literally many hundreds and hundreds of Presets available for assignment. Seems like there is an aircraft specific preset for every switch, knob, circuit breaker, lever, etc in these planes. What it comes down to is FSUIPC7 can make use of any aircraft specific control preset that you can find on sites like MobiFlight, etc.

Al

That's absolutely true. MobiFlight is THE source for presets. FSUIPC gets the presets supplied (and constantly updated) by MobiFlight. This is a huge help.

To perform multiple tasks in a row, involving maybe even timers, I would work with Lua scripts.

Would love to see a tutorial of how to assign LVAR functions to keys using FSUIPC. I am currently using Axis and Ohs for that.