FBWA32NX Questions

[hadi 30]

Hello

After a very long break, I'm back in action again, mainly hoping that FBW is not changing their sim vars daily. I've got some questions, I'd appreciate if anyone here could answer them.

1. Which folder is the right folder for scripts and flows, is it the one in my documents, or the one inside the support folder in the main MCE directory?

2. How's the state of FBW with mCE now? Do all the important switches work, such as pulling and pushing the hdg/spd/alt/vs buttons, the approach buttons, MCDU and etc?

3. I've lost all the scripts that i made for myself, Will the default ones be good for completing a flight with the fbw a320? If not, can anyone share their scripts or interactive checklists that they made?

 

Thanks guys for any help and glad to know MCE is still around, without it there's no hope for BVI pilots IMO.

[FS++ 715]

1 hour ago, hadi said:

Hello

After a very long break, I'm back in action again, mainly hoping that FBW is not changing their sim vars daily. I've got some questions, I'd appreciate if anyone here could answer them.

1. Which folder is the right folder for scripts and flows, is it the one in my documents, or the one inside the support folder in the main MCE directory?

2. How's the state of FBW with mCE now? Do all the important switches work, such as pulling and pushing the hdg/spd/alt/vs buttons, the approach buttons, MCDU and etc?

3. I've lost all the scripts that i made for myself, Will the default ones be good for completing a flight with the fbw a320? If not, can anyone share their scripts or interactive checklists that they made?

 

Thanks guys for any help and glad to know MCE is still around, without it there's no hope for BVI pilots IMO.

Yes, total voice control with FlyBywire A320.

The active flows are the ones in \My Documents\ folder. Those in Support folder are there as backup.

Default flows always have everything handled by FO (obviously not realistic). Then the user decides which actions he/she wants to handle him/herself, giving everyone the ideal flow for ANY airline SOPs, and to cover cases where the user is training as FO.

In your case default flows are ideal as you can't visually click things yourself. If one thing, you may want to add more actions to the flows. Scripting CDU input is possible.

Unlike before, you no longer need to type speech commands into a flow.

Go to <Script Commands> panel, and click <Command> button.

You'll find a list box (which is BVI friendly) showing many commands that apply for the loaded plane.

Just a matter of selecting one and adding it to the flow, even if you were to build one from scratch.

No need to read documentation.

Edited August 8, 2023 by FS++

[hadi 30]

Thank you Gerald

Some more questions if you don't mind!

1. I can't find the script commands menu, exactly where can i find this, is it in the MCE window?

2. What folder is the fbw scripts in, is it the asobo a320 one? Because i can see all the aircraft names except FBW

3. I noticed that when i click the flow button in MCE's status bar, co pilot begins to quietly execute the flows, what file is he using? Because when i say, cockpit preparation, He does tell me what he's doing, Is it different to call out the flows from that button in the window?

 

 

[FS++ 715]

3 hours ago, hadi said:

Thank you Gerald

Some more questions if you don't mind!

1. I can't find the script commands menu, exactly where can i find this, is it in the MCE window?

2. What folder is the fbw scripts in, is it the asobo a320 one? Because i can see all the aircraft names except FBW

3. I noticed that when i click the flow button in MCE's status bar, co pilot begins to quietly execute the flows, what file is he using? Because when i say, cockpit preparation, He does tell me what he's doing, Is it different to call out the flows from that button in the window?

 

 

1 - In MCE UI go to "Command" tab and click <Voxscript> button.

Select one of the flows and click <Edit>

In "Script properties" panel, click <Edit script commands>

In "Script commands" panel, click <Command> button and you will find a list box containing hundreds of speech commands related to the aircraft you are currently running.

2 - From now on, all A319-1320-a321 flows will be in that <Asobo_A320_Neo> folder, even those for Fenix A320 which is fully supported (including dialling FCU and radios)

3 - The new "F" (for flows), "C" (for checklist) and "R" (for requests) buttons are there for "button control", mostly for people who are too afraid to speak a word of English and just want a passive crew ambience. The flows are in <BTN> folder (inside the main script folder for the plane). They are rigid and the only customization allowed is "removal of actions the user wants to perform himself". You can't alter the checklist headers, as you can in voice control.

Since you are well versed into MCE voice control, that feature (button control) brings nothing to you as voice control allows you to  teach your co-pilot to understand any speech you can come up with, even in non-English languages (something no other voice based product can do)..

[hadi 30]

Thank you Gerald

DO you know that after a script is edited with notepad, MCE requires a restart for the co pilot to identify and execute that script?

If yes, Is it possible to make it so that it scans for them in live time?

I just realized that I could try flying other aircraft, if I had a few commands that I could edit on fly so that my co pilot could press the MCDU buttons as I need.

I could have a command called "perform MCDU procedure" which would let me  enter values into the MCDU on the fly,  without restarting MCE.

 

[FS++ 715]

3 hours ago, hadi said:

Thank you Gerald

DO you know that after a script is edited with notepad, MCE requires a restart for the co pilot to identify and execute that script?

If yes, Is it possible to make it so that it scans for them in live time?

I just realized that I could try flying other aircraft, if I had a few commands that I could edit on fly so that my co pilot could press the MCDU buttons as I need.

I could have a command called "perform MCDU procedure" which would let me  enter values into the MCDU on the fly,  without restarting MCE.

 

When a flow is created via the Voxscript interface, it becomes available for speech reco straight away.

It wouldn't be sensible to keep scanning \My Documents\Multi Crew Experience\ folder to see if a new flow has been created outside MCE. A performance killer, not to mention, nobody would even guess it would be doing that.

Therefore, if you go the Notepad route, ensure the following..

All text is typed in lower case. No punctuation allowed.

No line should exceed 127 characters

Never type numbers. Write "two " instead of "2". Stick to alphabet only.

These rules are automatically enforced when making custom flows in the UI.

[hadi 30]

22 minutes ago, FS++ said:

When a flow is created via the Voxscript interface, it becomes available for speech reco straight away.

It wouldn't be sensible to keep scanning \My Documents\Multi Crew Experience\ folder to see if a new flow has been created outside MCE. A performance killer, not to mention, nobody would even guess it would be doing that.

Therefore, if you go the Notepad route, ensure the following..

All text is typed in lower case. No punctuation allowed.

No line should exceed 127 characters

Never type numbers. Write "two " instead of "2". Stick to alphabet only.

These rules are automatically enforced when making custom flows in the UI.

Thank you!

I have found the file Available_Commands.dat in the asobo a320  neo folder, It says that it was last modified on 6/5/2021, is this file updated? can i use this as the referense?

[FS++ 715]

18 minutes ago, hadi said:

Thank you!

I have found the file Available_Commands.dat in the asobo a320  neo folder, It says that it was last modified on 6/5/2021, is this file updated? can i use this as the referense?

You're welcome.

Yes, you can just copy lines and paste them to your custom tasks.

Normally, those lines would appear in a list box which lists them when you click <Command> button so you can just grab them without needing to type any command.

Only commands specific to Airbus types are listed, not commands that apply to all planes like "reset picth trim", "reset rudder trim", etc

Some may have been overlooked. If the command isn't listed it doesn't always mean it's not available. You can always speak one intuitively and if there is no reaction from the crew, just notify us.

By design, the MCE installer never overwrites files in script folders, therefore you may have a very old file.

If you delete "Available_Commands.dat", then re-install MCE, you'll get the more up to date file.

Latest is V3.0.5.4: http://www.multicrewxp.com/Downloads.html

 

[hadi 30]

Thank you! I've done this and my file is now quite recent

 

I can't seem to find the commands for scrolling up and down and right/left on the MCDU are those possible right now?

I mainly would use it to use the dir screen, to ask my co pilot to scroll the screen so i can see the next waypoints to direct to. and to choose sid and stars.

I believe i used to have mouse coordinates for those buttons, but would be nice  if co pilot was able to do that.

Thanks for all the help!

[hadi 30]

please disregard the previous post, figured a way to scroll