October 5, 20223 yr Hardware/O.S: P.C. running Windows 7- 64 bit, FSX-SE. My proposed project is like many others I have reviewed on the 'net. I wish to free myself of the mouse when using the various GPS panels in FSX. Many projects I have seen both D.I.Y and commercially available claim to do the job (most using USB button/switch circuit boards.) I find info. on the 'net that seems to be contradictory. As recently as 2020 dated posts elsewhere people have said this is not possible. I have read that the GPS panel buttons are only clickable regions on the panel that do not have (for lack of a better term) command codes. I have been searching endlessly on the 'net for the programmable numeric codes or "handles" that I can use within my licensed FSUIPC4 to which I can specify a joystick and button. So far the only choices I can see are the FSUIPC "Buttons" tab drop-down list box which offers up some 20 or so GPS related commands. This list doesn't appear to represent all the possibilities on the 2 GPS variety's of panels offered in the stock aircraft in FSX. I have observed that the "Button Board" products for D.I.Y. sim builders have software associated with them that allows them to function in the sim. but as of yet I do not understand how those physical devices (buttons, encoders, etc.) get mapped over to all the button functions of the GPS panel since a mouse click on a panel image is not detected by FSUIPC like a Keyboard and Joystick buttons are. Would someone confirm if there is a solution to this problem and what the key concepts are here. Lacking that, could you direct me to an explanation?
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