Hello to you. I'm very inexperienced with AAO and I'm having difficulty importing a template file. I get 'error at 1,1' when attempted. I've used notepad ++ in windows 11 to save the file, and confirm it's encoded and saved as uft8, not uft 8 BOM. Here is the code, as I can't as yet upload the file. I've imported the script file without complaint (but have no confirmation of this). The AAO manual cover page suggests I'm using Version 4.51 - 01.12.2024, which I downloaded in February 2025.

{
  "Version": "4.51",
  "Devices": [
    {
      "Name": "X-Touch Mini",
      "Layer": "A",
      "Assignments": [
        { "Control": "Knob1", "Type": "Script", "Target": "ExtCamLeftRight" },
        { "Control": "Knob2", "Type": "Script", "Target": "ExtCamUpDown" },
        { "Control": "Knob3", "Type": "Script", "Target": "CockpitZoom" },
        { "Control": "Knob4", "Type": "Script", "Target": "ExtCamZoom" },
        { "Control": "Knob5", "Type": "Script", "Target": "CockpitNextView" },
        { "Control": "Knob6", "Type": "Script", "Target": "CockpitPrevView" },
        { "Control": "Button1", "Type": "Event", "Target": "CAMERA COCKPIT" },
        { "Control": "Button2", "Type": "Event", "Target": "CAMERA EXTERNAL" },
        { "Control": "Button3", "Type": "Event", "Target": "VIEW_RESET" }
      ]
    },
    {
      "Name": "X-Touch Mini",
      "Layer": "B",
      "Assignments": [
        { "Control": "Knob1", "Type": "Script", "Target": "DroneYaw" },
        { "Control": "Knob2", "Type": "Script", "Target": "DronePitch" },
        { "Control": "Knob3", "Type": "Script", "Target": "DroneRoll" },
        { "Control": "Knob4", "Type": "Script", "Target": "DroneForwardBack" },
        { "Control": "Knob5", "Type": "Script", "Target": "DroneLeftRight" },
        { "Control": "Knob6", "Type": "Script", "Target": "DroneUpDown" },
        { "Control": "Knob7", "Type": "Script", "Target": "DroneSpeed" },
        { "Control": "Knob8", "Type": "Script", "Target": "DroneZoom" },
        { "Control": "Button1", "Type": "Event", "Target": "TOGGLE DRONE CAMERA" },
        { "Control": "Button2", "Type": "Event", "Target": "DRONE RESET" }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
 

This is not a AAO template file. AAO templates are XML, this is JSON - must be for another app? I've never seen a file like this before.

Edited August 18, 2025Aug 18 by Lorby_SI

Thank you. An excellent answer! 

3 minutes ago, Arctan said:

Thank you. An excellent answer! 

AAO template files are called *.tmpl and would look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<TemplateExport xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <midiVersion>1</midiVersion>
  <template>
    <aircraftId>Tester</aircraftId>
    <airFileId>Tester</airFileId>
    <loadFromMaster>false</loadFromMaster>
    <buttons>
      <GlobalHotkey>
        <downEvent>
          <SimulatorEventName>H145TEST</SimulatorEventName>
          <MinValue>0</MinValue>
          
          (...)

 

How about this? Error at 2,2. I appreciate your valuable time, so if there are errors beyond this I'll return to manually assigning.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<AAOProfile version="1.0">
  <Device name="X-Touch Mini" id="1">
    <!-- Layer A: Cockpit/External Cameras -->
    <Layer id="A">
      <Assignment type="Button" id="1" action="SCRIPT:Camera_CockpitForward"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="2" action="SCRIPT:Camera_CockpitLeft"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="3" action="SCRIPT:Camera_CockpitRight"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="4" action="SCRIPT:Camera_CockpitOverhead"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="5" action="SCRIPT:Camera_ExternalChase"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="6" action="SCRIPT:Camera_ExternalFlyby"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="7" action="SCRIPT:Camera_ExternalTopDown"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="8" action="SCRIPT:Camera_Reset"/>
      <Assignment type="Encoder" id="1" action="SCRIPT:Camera_PanLeftRight"/>
      <Assignment type="Encoder" id="2" action="SCRIPT:Camera_PanUpDown"/>
      <Assignment type="Encoder" id="3" action="SCRIPT:Camera_Zoom"/>
      <Assignment type="Encoder" id="4" action="SCRIPT:Camera_Tilt"/>
    </Layer>

    <!-- Layer B: Drone Cameras -->
    <Layer id="B">
      <Assignment type="Button" id="1" action="SCRIPT:Drone_Toggle"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="2" action="SCRIPT:Drone_Forward"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="3" action="SCRIPT:Drone_Backward"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="4" action="SCRIPT:Drone_Left"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="5" action="SCRIPT:Drone_Right"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="6" action="SCRIPT:Drone_Up"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="7" action="SCRIPT:Drone_Down"/>
      <Assignment type="Button" id="8" action="SCRIPT:Drone_Reset"/>
      <Assignment type="Encoder" id="1" action="SCRIPT:Drone_Yaw"/>
      <Assignment type="Encoder" id="2" action="SCRIPT:Drone_Pitch"/>
      <Assignment type="Encoder" id="3" action="SCRIPT:Drone_Roll"/>
      <Assignment type="Encoder" id="4" action="SCRIPT:Drone_Zoom"/>
    </Layer>
  </Device>
</AAOProfile>
 

Sorry, just seen your second reply...