Galinette

Has the new throttle engine stop detents as well? @imacken : that's interesting, my mouse cursor always moves with the head movement... could we discuss this in the VR channel?

That's personnal preference I guess. I have played several many-player events where communications were very important, and we had to switch channels and set volumes a lot in a busy environment. Changing channels fast is very important, and it was really painful with the clickable cockpit. Now with dedicated encoders, this is super easy. I find the DCS clickable cockpit UI really painful for high workloads, since you have to keep your eyes pointed at the control the whole time. It's nearly impossible to turn a knob while looking at something else, there should be a "mouse lock" mechanism. For instance, in the Mirage 2000-C, the UHF channel knob is has a channel indicator just besides it, but the frequency is at a totally different place close to the hud. Turning the knob with the mouse in VR, while looking head up to the frequency, is nearly impossible. So if you know the freq you are looking for, but not the channel number, you're really inefficient.

I fly the Mirage 2000 mostly, and the panel is very handy in VR, where you need clear and simple command placement. I use the pots for radio volumes, encoders for channels, guarded switches for master arm and jettison, buttons for PCA and external views, etc... There could be some way to do this on the HOTAS only but it would certainly be less intuitive, especially when you need to reach everything blindly in VR with muscle memory and touch only.

Yes, this is the VIRPIL approach. I'm not a fan of this one, the switch spring fights the cover spring, and it feels wobbly and unrobust.

Most guitar pots are logarithmic, not a good idea for us.

Same case here... Unfortunately they had to increase slightly the shaft length to accomodate the detents. Changing the shafts with all the cables passing through is beyond a retrofit kit I guess.

Hi, Just for the record, after having printed the Bourns dual concentric pot knobs, I also found some here: https://www.ebay.com/c/18025109092 The pots : https://www.mouser.fr/Search/Refine?Keyword=dual+concentric&No=50&FS=True

By the way, how do you detect cover opening? I have seen the Virpil Approach, it's a good idea for a cheap&quick implementation, but it's not fully convincing as you replace a permanent switch by a temporary switch, and the two springs fighting together seem a not so robust option. I have thought adding a small push button on the rear, but maybe you have some recommendations? Thanks again!

Hi, Thanks for replies! @molevitch Do you have an example of ebay stuff? I tried looking for "guarded switch" but couldn't find anything interesting besides usual cheap plastic stuff. @PickleMonster Thanks, I'll definitely have a look! (Edit : ah yes, mouser have them, 51€...) (Re-edit : thanks for the microhelis tip, I didn't know that website! They seem to have a lot of interesting stuff!)

Hi, I looked in DCS yesterday... Where do you import/export device profiles? I could not find the feature. Thanks!

Damit, mine is ordered for 6 weeks but no news of stocks. I might have one without controllers quicker. Are the controllers usable in DCS? I'm quite happy with the Oculus Touch controllers but if the G2 ones are not so usable, I'd could switch to the mouse.

Another advantage of using it as a slave, is you can have a mode selector working as a shift for both devices (and without using DCS modifiers)

The panel can be connected: 1) To the throttle 2) To the Mongoost base (Not the WarBRD which has no input port) 3) Directly to the computer. In the last case, it is seen as an independent device. In the two first cases, it is seen as an extension of the "master" device, adding buttons and axis. I just received my panel and hesitate between using it independently or as the throttle, before doing all my binds... As an independent device you have one extra profile to manage, while attached you don't need to, but is probably more prone to be a big mess sometimes in the VPC configurator, during firmware upgrades and due to the big number of buttons

Ah thanks, I did not know you could import/export from the game, instead of managing files by hand.

Hi, Is it worthwhile to try staying undetected by ennemy AI, by turning the radar off, staying low in the mountains, and getting close only from behind? Or will they detect you magically only by some basic range trigger?

Hi, I have looked for nice guarded switches for a while, all the models I find are huge, bulky and ugly... (example) Do you know where I could find some nice ones such as on the Mirage 2000 ? They are super sleek! More specifically, where do you find high quality, metal switches? Thanks!

Hi, Few questions about the software 1) Is there a way to avoid HID GUID change when upgrading the firmware? This breaks all the binds as DCS sees the control as different hardware. I can rename the input diff files to the new names with the new GUIDs, but this is quite cumbersome with 3 controls and many modules... 2) What is the difference between Encoder Dial and Encoder Scroll button modes? 3) Is there a way to change a LED color depending on an axis position, without defining axis-to-button and setting that button as a shift button? I want to set my LEDS to show when my throttle axis are at MIL power and/or afterburner, to compensate lack of detent. The last method works but eats precious axis to button slots and shift button slots. Thanks!

Ah thanks, I had found a totally obsolete page about which had a much shorter list of supported aircraft.

Hi, In the Mirage 2000, there are no built-in binds for most dials such as tacan digits. It's possible to add manually an analog axis for the digits in default.lua, but it's not convenient. It's also possible to add discrete buttons for each digit value such as : TACAN 0, TACAN 1 ... TACAN 9, etc... and TACAN 00, TACAN 10, .... TACAN 90 But then, since I don't want to have physical buttons for each digit, I would like to have an encoder HID input activate 10 virtual buttons sequentially in a loop. Is there a remapper software able to do that? Thanks!

Hi, Is it possible to mix hid devices with classical dcs-bios arduino panels in DCS-BIOS, I mean without relying on DCS binds, but setting up everything in DCS BIOS? That's because I have a HID throttle, and I would like to control stuff which isn't controllable by binds in DCS, but can be in DCS BIOS. (For instance, the M-2000 UHF PRESET knob has no bind, you can add them in defaults.lua, but it then requires 20 different binds, one for every channel, and 20 HID buttons, which is impratical, you can't have CH+/CH- binds for use with an encoder) Having a single DCS BIOS config for all controls would be much more practical for a mixed arduino+hid setup. Thanks!

Hi! I'm interested by the ideas for converting singles>dual! I have thought of some 3d printed gears, but it will take lots of time & money for something not very reliable... Changing the tracks is also something super time consuming I guess... if you want to do a full cockpit. I have ordered a Bourns dual channel. They have a long shaft but lowering the pot should be the easiest solution.

But, how does it know the way I wired it? Can you configure it somewhere?

Hi, In the documentation for this board (BU0836A), it is said it can be used as a 6x6 matrix or 12 direct buttons wiring. But how is that seen from the game controller in Windows? Does the board dematrix the inputs and expose the 32 buttons + hat? > In that case how can you use it as 12 direct button wiring?? Or does it show only the 12 inputs as buttons? > In that case how do you dematrix via software? I suppose DCS is not able to dematrix, using modifiers as rows could maybe work? Thanks!

Hi, Do you have a good reference for dual concentric pots? They seem to be somewhat rare, I've found some from Bourns but they are very high. You also find them for guitars, with perfect form factor, but they are logarithmic. The Mirage has some of them, for instance in the lighting panel. They unclutter quite well. Thanks!

Thanks... That's unfortunate. Does update just overwrite the module default.lua files? Or are there more issues?