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Now sorted. Thanks to Stephen from the Blender support team, it had somehow opened onto one of my other monitors. I have two touchscreens for the sim which were switched off at the time and I never thought that Blender had opened onto one of them. Something to bear in mind.

Cheers...Kenny.

Hi Folks. Does anyone know how to get Blender maximised from the taskbar in win 10? I have just installed Blender 4 and when I click on the desktop icon it minimises to the taskbar and I can't open it up.

Hi Lorby.

Thanks for the info. I've been out of the loop for a while with other things and I'm struggling a bit to get back into the way of how things work.

Regards...Kenny.

Hi Folks.

Can anyone point me to a tutorial that uses either the X-Touch, or a Stream Deck Plus Rotary knob to operate the Magneto switch and Key Start in the Asobo C172?

Thanks...Kenny.

Hi Folks. Does anyone know when the welcome screen gets updated? My local airport, EGPH, has a new GA parking area. It is a fair size and shows up in the Bing Maps Satellite image. I'm wondering when it will be updated in the sim to show the new GA apron. I make use of an addon for EGPH and the parking stands show up but they are on grass in the sim welcome screen, and not concrete as in real life and Bing Maps. Once my flight has loaded my C700 is sitting on concrete, but that is the addon I have.

It's only a minor annoyance, but it would be nice if the sim screen was updated to reflect the change.

Regards...Kenny

Hello again.

I am currently using a wireless mouse. I will go back to using my usb mouse and see if that makes a difference. My wireless mouse works fine with all of the other apps and programmes on my pc.

"Holding the right button down while dragging an Action to a new location will duplicate it." This is the instruction from the documentation, and although the action does highlight, it will not drag down to the other profile and they do not show up as per the documentation graphic.

Regards...Kenny.

Hello again.

I would really like to be able to transfer actions from a profile into my own profiles using your Stream Deck Profile Editor, but I cannot get it to do what the documentation says it should. I have version 1.08 b02 of the Profile Editor. I am opening a profile into the top right pane of the editor and then opening my own profile into the bottom right pane. I'm thinking that I should be able to click an action in the top profile and drag it down into my profile below. However, when I left click the action, it gets selected with a cyan/green coloured frame around it, as in the documentation, but when I then try to duplicate the action by holding the right mouse button nothing happens.

This is an intermittent thing with me as I have seen the little +sign with a rectangle behind it when I make use of the 'C 172 G1000' profile as the one to duplicate from. It has stopped working again for me today though.

I must be doing something wrong, although I don't know what, as it seems straightforward. I have uninstalled and re-installed it and I also run it as Administrator.

I am using Windows 10 with an AMD processor. I would appreciate your advice once more.

Regards...Kenny.

Hello again.

WOW and double WOW. With the help of a friend I now understand how the G1000 Bridge works. It is amazing!! I have eight buttons on my SD+ and I have made two pages with eight buttons in each page. Allowing for forward and back buttons on each page, I have 12 available buttons and as you say they are dynamic. I can switch between all of the functions in the G1000. Happy days. Thank you so much for this.

Regards...Kenny.

Hi Folks.

I'm following a YouTube video whereby I make use of the G1000 Bridge. I have an SD+ with eight buttons, so I'm already struggling as to fitting in 12 softkeys. The video makes use of a 32 button Stream Deck. I have the second PFD softkey working in that it opens the options to select Layout and Back. That's great. However, I then thought I would use the same G1000 Bridge scripts, with the softkey 11 inserted to take me 'Back'  to the original 12 softkeys. However, it opens up the 'Nearest' insert window. That is what button 11 does in the PFD with the use of the mouse.

Is there a way to define an SD+ button to go 'Back' to the original 12 softkeys?

Regards...Kenny.

Hi there.

Thanks for sorting that for me. Again, my lack of knowledge, but learning all the time. I'll do what you say and report back. This is my flying night with my flight buddy.

Best Regards...Ken.

Hi Folks.

In FS2020, I use a Bravo Throttle Quadrant. I am trying to assign the DA62 FUEL CONTROL levers to two levers in the Bravo. The OFF position works fine as it is a button in the Bravo, However, although I can get the Bravo lever to set the ON position, I cannot get it to return back to the CROSSFEED. I was planning to use the detent stop in the Bravo axis lever.

Is there a way to have two EVENTS on the one axis lever? One going forward to ON and one coming back to the detent for CROSSFEED.

Cheers...Kenny.

Hello again.

You were correct, I did have an older version of the plugin. I now have 30_03, complete with IE in the dropdown. When I said that there were so many options, I meant that as a beginner, looking at the Behaviours page in the sim can be quite daunting as there is so much information to look at and decide which part is correct for what I am trying to achieve. To a newbie, it can all look quite similar.

I will get to grips with scripting, it's baby steps at the moment.

Best Regards...Kenny.

Hello again Lorby.

Thanks once again for the prompt reply. I'll need to read the AAO documentation again to figure out what to do with the scripts you posted. At present, I am simply cherry picking the various Key events from the list in the Scripting section of AAO, if you know what I mean by that. My knowledge is still quite limited and there are so many different 'options' for events, at least to my inexperienced eye.

The B Var options that you posted work a treat. Thanks. It is very quick, is there a way to have a slight delay in the switch action? I'm thinking that a pilot would perhaps hold the test for aprox one or two seconds. The pc processor is way faster. If no delay option, then fine, I'm happy with it working as it is.

Cheers...Kenny.

p.s... I don't see IE in the Key Down/Up event  dropdown box. I have K: H: L: A: S: B: CMD:  I have 6.4.1.19697 of the Stream Deck software.

Hi Folks.

I am trying to assign the DA62 aircraft  ELT switch Test event to an SD+ button. I have used the AAO Watch simulator events and I get this...[SAFETY_ELT_1]: 1 (>IE:SAFETY_ELT_1)

I have also looked at Behaviours in the FS2020 and I see lots of information, including a mention of an ELT_TEST : 3. Unfortunately, I don't have the knowledge to decipher all of that information. I can see that it is in the SAFETY Root Components and there is an ASOBO_SAFETY_ELT_SubTemplate with 37 lines of information.

I don't need to activate the ELT to ON, hopefully, 🙂. I would like to see the TEST led light up though, when I press a button in my SD+ .

Any thoughts on how to set it up would be a great help.

Regards...Kenny.

p.s. I would need to be able to Toggle the switch back to the ARMED position after the TEST. Thanks.

Hi Lorby. There is no need to reply to this, but I just wanted to say thanks for the the time you have taken to assist me recently. I downloaded Chris' SD profile from Flightsim.to as you suggested and, after asking him a question about the crossfeed control in the 414, I suddenly had a lightbulb moment as to  how the different aspects all combine. I'm now on my way to getting my SD+ working to control my cockpits.

Regards...Kenny.

Whatever I was doing wrongly, seems to have sorted itself out now. I suspect that previously I had not been running it in administrator mode. I have selected that option now in the properties section and the Profile Editor is working now. I'll go for a long walk to clear my head now. You have been so patient with me. Thank you.

Regards...Kenny.

Yes, I have it installed and have tried it a few times. However, I must be doing something incorrectly, as I am unable to drag and drop from another profile into my ones. I am also puzzled as to why in the screenshots, the profiles have actual names, whereas in my editor, they are all a long series of numbers.

I'll have another read of the manual to figure out what I am doing incorrectly.

Hi there, thanks so much for taking the time to look into this for me. I'm not aware of a typo, but we never are until something doesn't work. I'll double check. There are eight scripts for the voltammeter. I just used one as an example. There are 'down, down_cyclic, up, up_cyclic, batt, left_alt, right_alt, and volt. all preceded by 'voltammeter_'

I'll double check them all again, they must work, it will be my lack of knowledge I'm sure. The script I am using is the one by APE42. I have now downloaded the one you suggested by Chris_PU_A320

Thanks again...Kenny.

Oh Gosh. It is working now, using the up_cyclic script. I used the Event tree as you suggested and it simply worked!! Happy days. You are a star. I'll do the down_cyclic one also. In fact the  up_cyclic goes back on its own after another press of the button, even simpler.

Hello again. I have confused things slightly when I used the word 'code'. I always find it diffficult to put into words what I mean. I do have a profile that I have downloaded. It is for the Cessna 414 from Flysimware, and I am trying to activate the AMPs switch which then displays a reading on a volt meter beside it. I don't want a visual feedback in the SD+, I am happy to simply press a button or use a rotary to move the switch up and down the three settings. I am using your 'Script group-scriptname' option that you told me about a few days ago.

Here is the script for the 'voltammeter_up_cyclic'   1 (L:VOLTAMMETER_KNOB, Bool) + 4 % (>L:VOLTAMMETER_KNOB, Bool)  

The Script group is C414 and the script name is voltammeter_up_cyclic

I enter that into the Key Down event using K:

I'll try again using the actions you suggest.

Regards...Kenny.

Hi Folks.

I have been doing well with directly entering the Script group and name into the K: Event section. However, this three way switch has me stumped. It is used to activate the AMPS volt meter. The code works in AAO when I use the Run Script feature. I see the switch moving as it should. The Script Group has multiple scripts to operate the switch. By that I mean there is one to move Up, one to move Down and others to move up and down cyclic. I have tried various buttons from the Lorby-SI AxisAndOhs list within the Stream Deck software, however, I cannot get the switch to activate in the 3d cockpit. I have also tried using a rotary encoder but that also did not work.

Which 'button' would I choose to activate a three way switch operating as 1,2,3,2,1,. L ALT, R ALT, BATT VOLTS and back down again? I hope this is enough information. I've read the section in the manual that references 'Calling a script with parameters' but I'm not creatiing a script as such. I wish to use a script that I have downloaded.

Regards...Kenny.

Yeah, I know, just different paths in life. I'm trying hard to make sense of it all, though. I have browsed the manual and also have scripts from Flightsim.to. It's just that my level of understanding is below my level of expectation!! Thanks again for all of your help.

Best Regards...Kenny.

Righto, I'm overthinking things right now and being overwhelmed by the amount of information that is required. I'm a older generation retired firefighter and more of a hands on person than a thinking techy type of guy like yourself. I've looked at the pdf but not really understood about the WebAPI. I'm just trying to make things work in the C700 without the mouse. I've also got two 10" touchscreens and using the POPM (Pop Out Panel Manager) to display the PFD/MFD on them. Boy, so much to learn!! I've built myself a mini cockpit incorporating all my hardware. Oh to be clever....😵

Regards...Kenny.

Ah, wow. That's a new angle to think about. From what you say, I'm assuming that I would need AAO running in the background. I've discovered that I do need it running for the SD+ to 'work' at my present level of knowledge. You said in one of your earlier replies that I could map directly into the SD+ without AAO. Perhaps though I have misunderstood what you meant.

Cheers...kenny.

edit, my apologies for asking about AAO running in the background. A simple test shows that it does. That direct entry of the script is working fine. Thanks for the info.

Hello again.

In an earlier reply to me you mentioned that an SD+ could be mapped directly by using "S" and entering the relevant information into the text box. I would like to try this with the C700 Engine fuel and start buttons. However, as a beginner, I'm struggling to know what to use in the text box. I have opened the Behaviours window in FS2020 and can see all of the info for the left side fuel button (Button 1). The fuel Run/Stop buttons have an acrylic cover that needs to be opened before and closed after the button push, so it is complicated!!

I have a script that I downloaded into AAO and I have it working fine, but I would like to learn to map directly to my SD+. However, there is a ton of information in Behaviours and I don't know what it all means yet. Are you able to take a look at the AAO script for the Citation Longitude and give me some pointers please?

I fully understand that you are busy with stuff and I don't expect you to hold my hand for every button and switch, but I would like to get a handle on how this works.

Regards...Kenny

Hi, I'm thinking that will be two usb dongles, one for each headset. is that correct? I've been told that two wired headsets with a splitter will be more reliable, but I'm trying to reduce cable clutter, so perhaps the RF route would be better. There is a fair bit of info to take in.

Cheers...Kenny.