So, been reading a bunch this weekend and watching some videos on it. Still confused by one aspect of @Lorby_SI AAO program. So, I have a StreamDeck XL and will be getting @guenseli profiles for it as I also have a VRinsight MCP2 and will use the AAO Bridge for that. What I am confused on (and I'm new at these programs so forgive me if this is dumb question), when I set up my Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog joystick/throttle and my MFG rudders / toe brakes through AAO, I know I have to do it for each aircraft if I want to customize the buttons and axis for the throttles and joystick of that particular aircraft. Are these controller profiles that I would set up be independent of the StreamDeck profiles I would also load into AAO? Does AAO allow for one to select their controller profile and independently, a separate StreamDeck profile, specifically say, Guenseli's StreamDeck + MCP Bridge profiles? Been searching for an answer for the last couple hours and can't find it. Thank you all

I have the warthog and rudders set up in msfs … it works on all planes. I use AAO profiles just for xl..

3 hours ago, reecemj said:

I have the warthog and rudders set up in msfs … it works on all planes. I use AAO profiles just for xl..

Thanks. I want to use AAO for the controls and StreamDeck at the same time though, hence my question noted above.

Hello Eric,

 

You have everything independently, AAO assignings to joysticks and what happens your StreamDeck.

Best advice would be from my side to work with templates: you make a kind of standard template for e.g. 1 Mot aircraft, 2 Mot aircraft, with throttles, prop, mixture, elevator, aileron, rudder, brakes etc.

And a standard template for standard Autopilot functions for the MCP Combo

 

I have further standard templates for avionics which are most likely shared by more then one addon, e.g. the G1000 suite.

So, if you have a new aircraft, you simply load the needed template(s) and modify it then further for that aircraft.

But this is just my habit. Same coud be achieved on different ways.

 

For the MCP Combo, you need (beside the assigningsin AAO) also profiles for the Bridge. Unfortunately, the MCP Combo display is not as easy accessable for us as formerly with LINDA.
But I have made some profiles you will find also on flightsim.to included in my StreamDeck profiles for Fenix, PMDG 737, Maddog, G1000 etc.
These profiles are just to show values on the MCP Combo display! Button assignment happens in AAO.

 

The StreamDeck is independent from all this. You just have to run AAO and have to import needed scripts (which should be delivered as XML with a StreamDeck profile if needed).

I organized my SD in that way, that I have a "main page" which has buttons "change profile" which then directs to the certain addons. Inside these addon profiles I have always a button, which directs me back to that main page.

 

hope this helps as start,

please ask if you need further help

7 hours ago, B777ER said:

Are these controller profiles that I would set up be independent of the StreamDeck profiles I would also load into AAO?

StreamDeck profiles are loaded into the StreamDeck, not AAO. But they may come with a collection of scripts that you have to import into AAO for the profile to work.

So yes, SD profiles are (usually, see below) independent from the aircraft configuration. Where AAO is concerned, the StreamDeck is actually not a "device" - it is just a client sending messages to the AAO WebAPI. 

Now, you can create StreamDeck Actions that act like a joystick button for AAO, but to my best knowledge nobody does that. All SD profiles that I've seen come with their own independent logic.

The VRI Bridge on the other hand acts like a joystick, that is why you need a Template in AAO to go with it. 

With the current version 2.60 it is possible to "link" a Template to more than one aircraft. While that sounds convenient, it probably isn't in this case - in MSFS the assets controlling things (like the AP functions etc) are different for almost every aircraft...

Edited October 17, 20223 yr by Lorby_SI

5 hours ago, Lorby_SI said:

StreamDeck profiles are loaded into the StreamDeck, not AAO. But they may come with a collection of scripts that you have to import into AAO for the profile to work.

So yes, SD profiles are (usually, see below) independent from the aircraft configuration. Where AAO is concerned, the StreamDeck is actually not a "device" - it is just a client sending messages to the AAO WebAPI. 

Now, you can create StreamDeck Actions that act like a joystick button for AAO, but to my best knowledge nobody does that. All SD profiles that I've seen come with their own independent logic.

The VRI Bridge on the other hand acts like a joystick, that is why you need a Template in AAO to go with it. 

With the current version 2.60 it is possible to "link" a Template to more than one aircraft. While that sounds convenient, it probably isn't in this case - in MSFS the assets controlling things (like the AP functions etc) are different for almost every aircraft...

Thanks, that answers my question. I think the only two aircraft that I set up and would use the same actions for with the Bridge would be FBW and Fenix as they have similar controls, buttons, etc… 

Edited October 17, 20223 yr by B777ER

6 hours ago, guenseli said:

Hello Eric,

 

You have everything independently, AAO assignings to joysticks and what happens your StreamDeck.

Best advice would be from my side to work with templates: you make a kind of standard template for e.g. 1 Mot aircraft, 2 Mot aircraft, with throttles, prop, mixture, elevator, aileron, rudder, brakes etc.

And a standard template for standard Autopilot functions for the MCP Combo

 

I have further standard templates for avionics which are most likely shared by more then one addon, e.g. the G1000 suite.

So, if you have a new aircraft, you simply load the needed template(s) and modify it then further for that aircraft.

But this is just my habit. Same coud be achieved on different ways.

 

For the MCP Combo, you need (beside the assigningsin AAO) also profiles for the Bridge. Unfortunately, the MCP Combo display is not as easy accessable for us as formerly with LINDA.
But I have made some profiles you will find also on flightsim.to included in my StreamDeck profiles for Fenix, PMDG 737, Maddog, G1000 etc.
These profiles are just to show values on the MCP Combo display! Button assignment happens in AAO.

 

The StreamDeck is independent from all this. You just have to run AAO and have to import needed scripts (which should be delivered as XML with a StreamDeck profile if needed).

I organized my SD in that way, that I have a "main page" which has buttons "change profile" which then directs to the certain addons. Inside these addon profiles I have always a button, which directs me back to that main page.

 

hope this helps as start,

please ask if you need further help

Thank you! I plan on matching your profiles to what I fly so I see how it all works. For sure your G1000 will come in handy. This way I can get myself familiar with how it all runs before going any further. I like your idea of doing 1 Mot, 2 Mot standard templates, think I will follow suit.