Hello,

I'm trying to set up some cockpit actions using a macro pad that has 12 keys and two knobs on it. The knobs actually send button presses, one press for each "click" in a given direction. My intention is to combine button presses on my flight stick with knob turns (and in some cases presses), to manipulate different cockpit dials. For example, Knob2 by itself to select an altitude, with Stick1+Knob2 to select Nav2 frequency. The problem I'm having is that when I set up buttons for these actions (4 total: alt+, alt-, nav2+, nav2-) the button combos for nav2 also activate the solo presses for alt+/1. Is this the intended operation of this feature?

Thanks,

Derek

5 hours ago, RPGamerous said:

Is this the intended operation of this feature?

Yes and no.

If you want both actions to be exclusive, you have to assign the Combo button to all 4 of them (alt and nav), and activate "Suppress Key Down Event" for both the alt actions. Then the alt set will only work when the Combo is not pressed, while the nav will only work when it is pressed.

Edited June 3, 20242 yr by Lorby_SI

I am using AAO 4.40 b22 (paid version) with PMDG 737 in MSFS. I am facing two problems.

1. Assigned buttons with a combo stop responding after some time in flight. They only start to work again if I edit any assigned button, restart or reconnect.

2. Sometimes the buttons I have assigned appear to be missing from the list of Assigned Buttons and function no more. For this I have to restart AAO. These buttons may or may not have a combo key assigned.

Besides the problems I have a question as well. What are the limitations of AAO? Meaning, how many assignments can the list contain? Presently, I have around 130 to 150 assignments, besides the axes. I normally use everything in aircraft via AAO, without relying on MSFS. That way I don't have any control profiles in MSFS except for Esc and views.

I am able to do almost everything with the help of AAO that I desire to be done in MSF and that too without scripting myself. Can you please recommend a book to learn AAO scripting for beginners. Honestly, the instructions in the manual are too advanced for me.

Thanks

Mabika

1: what kind of buttons and combos are these? Joystick, Keyboard, MIDI, something else?

2: 150 buttons in a single aircraft?? I'm curious, what do you need so many button assignments for? How do you remember what they are all doing? There is no limit programmed in AAO, but I imagine at some point it will just be "too much" and the reaction time of AAO will slow down. 

5 hours ago, mabika said:

Can you please recommend a book to learn AAO scripting for beginners. Honestly, the instructions in the manual are too advanced for me.

RPN scripting is not an AAO asset, it comes directly from the simulator itself. It is very old tech that has been present in the MS simulators for 25 years now. But it is still used in MSFS, that is why it was chosen as the scripting engine in AAO. In the app it has a lot more functionality, but the basic principles are the same as in the sim:

Reverse Polish Notation (flightsimulator.com)

If you don't like RPN, you can use JScript or VBScript instead, AAO also supports those. In version 4.5 there will be support for "real" Javascript too.

Edited October 18, 20241 yr by Lorby_SI