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That's okay. No worries. No pressure. Do it at your convenience and pace, and I will add it in when it's good and ready.

Nah, not going that path. It will lead to a myriad of other issues that I had wanted to avoid right from the start. If they do create a discord channel for DCS-COINS, perhaps you can moderate and answer any questions there... yes? BTW, how's your progress with the enumeration of the A-10C PP (push parameters)? DCS-COINS version 2 is almost done. Planning to release it either this weekend or early next week. I would like to include your A-10C PP/enums if it's ready.

Alas..., TP ver 3.0.5 did not fix the issue. It no longer displays DCS-COINS category (DCS aircraft module) in segments as in ver 3.0.4 (a feature I really like) but lumps all in one list. The more aircraft modules you setup, the longer the list. And the longer you will need to scroll to get to the aircraft parameters located at the bottom. Will go crazy doing that for the Apache... And worst of all, once you include F/A-18C in the list, the list will not show at all for any aircraft. So, the latest version is worse than the previous one. I will reach out to the TP support team later - after I am done with DCS-COINS ver 2. So for the time being, stay with TP ver 2.3.01.

Kyle, you were using the wrong parameter. Instead of "Frequency Selector 1 Rotation", it should be "Frequency Selector 1". You can get the following from DCSFlightpanel DCS-BIOS. Unzip and the info is in <download>/DCS-BIOS_0.7.44/DCS-BIOS/doc/control-reference.html. Yeah, possible. Will try it later.

The "NOT AVAILABLE" is shown when the Enum name lookup fails. There are two possibilities. One is that there the Enum name specified in the 2 PP files are not matching (due to existence of control character which are not displayable, and/space). The other is that your TP is still using the old cache info from the previous entry.tp file - which is the more likely case. 1. Uninstall the plugin from TP and quit TP. Re-run the DCS-COINS_Setup.exe to generate the new Munt.G_DCS-COINS.tpp. 2. Open up the DCS-COINS\Munt.G_DCS-COINS\entry.tp file with a text editor and search for "vhfam_freq1_rot" and it should show the following at few lines below: "valueChoices": ["3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15"] 3. If step# 2 is in order, run TP and install the plugin - making sure to load the correct/latest Munt.G_DCS-COINS.tpp (refer to the file creation date). 4. After successful installation of the plugin in TP, exit TP again. 5. Load TP again and you should get the values concerned. Okie dokie. Err.. What's the limitation of 10 issue? It is something on DCS-COINS? If so, can you please elaborate more?

Dear DCS-COINS users, Here's a teaser on what to expect from DCS-COINS version 2. Yes, an end to those tiring key bindings work! The above is POC (Proof-of-Concept) result where DCS-COINS is able to issue a command to DCS-BIOS to work an aircraft control. When will it be ready? 2 weeks... Will target it to be released in time for the Apache. Not keen of keying binding hundreds of Apache parameters (expect at least 500-800). Stay tuned here.

Kyle, Reporting a DCS-BIOS parameter/value as 2 parameters with different formats is doable - but it requires a major review of the design. Let's park this for now until DCS-COINS version 2.0 is released. As for making the parameter values more human-friendly? Yes, you can help. Here's how - using the F/A-18C "DISPENSER Switch, BYPASS/ON/OFF" parameter (that you have highlighted earlier) as an example. 1. Open up the aircraft pp file (FA-18C_hornet.pp) in the installation folder ...\DCS-COINS\acdb - using a text editor such as Notepad++. 2. Search for the string name of the parameter ("DISPENSER Switch, BYPASS/ON/OFF"). And it should give you a match. Take note of the values highlighted in red outline. null 3. The aircraft pp record structure is as follows. The fields are delimited with the pipe '|' character. DCS-BIOS Param Name TP Param Name DCS-BIOS Param Description Value Type Default Value 4. Open up the aircraftEnums.pp file in same acdb folder as the aircraft pp file using a text editor. 5. The aircraftEnums.pp file record structure is as below using the same '|' field delimiter. Enum Name Make sure it is unique within the file. Naming convention is either 1) good self-explanatory name (eg. ADFBand, ModeDial), or 2) combination of the Enum values without spaces with the first character of the word capitalized such as BypassOnOff (which I am using here). Enum Value Set (Each value is delimited by the tilde ('~') character. The sequence of values is important as the first is equated to 0, the second to 1, the third to 2, and so on.) Aircraft Module: DCS-BIOS Name 6. Add the following to the end of aircraftEnums.pp and save the file. null 7. Next, is to map the new Enum name to the aircraft parameter. Go back to FA-18C_hornet.pp file and replace "UpTo2" with "BypassOnOff", and "0" with "BYPASS" for the record concerned and save the file. null 8. Run the DCS-COINS_Setup.exe to regenerate the Munt.G_DCS-COINS.tpp. 9. Uninstall DCS-COINS plugin from TP. 10. Exit TP. 11. Load TP and then install the DCS-COINS using the newly-generated Munt.G_DCS-COINS.tpp. 12. You may need to exit TP and reload TP again to get the plugin working properly - to see the new human-friendly values listed for the parameter concerned. Will be banking on you to make the A-10C parameter values more human-friendly. Please send me your aircraftEnums.pp and A-10C.pp file when it's done - so that I can include it in the next DCS-COINS update. Others are also welcomed to contribute in the same manner for other aircraft. Cheers!

TBH, I am a noob myself. I have not worked with most of the Hornet's parameters at this point in time. There are others here who are more familiar with it than I am. Anyway for my 2-cents, I just had a quick look - I can't find anything resembling fuel flow. If DCS-BIOS does not have it, DCS-COINS will not have it. From what I understand, DCS-BIOS scope of parameters is limited to only what you get from the DCS aircraft cockpit. If not accessible with the DCS module itself, it won't be available in DCS-BIOS/DCS-COINS. Yes, what you got is the work of Marcos Paes, who had posted his page on the previous page of this thread. Check out the attachment in his post - it may be an updated version of what you got. it appears to have fuel indicators on the top right on the page - above the Bingo fuel. Perhaps that's what you are looking for?

Dear DCS-COINS users, I have just released the following update: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3319022/ 2022-01-15: Support for A-10C II, FC3 aircraft, FC3-compatible mods, Hornet variants, CW Spitfire and others sharing DCS-BIOS lua/json files. Repacked with DCS-BIOS 0.7.44. Reverted to original DCS-BIOS file naming scheme (Mosquito-related files). User-friendly values for UH-1H for switches and knobs. Regarding TP v3.x, I have no success figuring out why only certain F/A-18C text parameters are incompatible with it (for the drop-down editing option). Hoping that the next TP release will fix the issue. Until then, advisable to stay with TP v2.x for those building pages for the F/A-18C. No idea whether other aircraft modules are similarly impacted. Cheers!

Hi PHMAC, thanks for the kind words. I am glad to know that there are happy and satisfied DCS-COINS user. Touch Portal's strategy from the start is to have independent developers to build plugins and assets to complement and value-add its product. Don't think they will change that anytime soon. Sierr4, I have replied you in the download site. Am curious. Why do you need a complete list of the display values? After all, they are just returning values for text display.

Admittingly, not all the F/A-18C or F-16C values were translated to user-friendly forms. I have the Mosquito done more comprehensively, and just finished the UH-1H. Will rework the first two aircraft after all the current dust has settled.

Kyle, the result is expected. Current DCS-COINS does not recognize "A-10C_2" as a valid aircraft. This is not a TP issue. So downgrading to TP v2.x will not get you a different result.

An important note for those using DCS-COINS to build their custom pages using TP v2.x. PLEASE DO NOT UPGRADE TO TP v3.x for the time being until the next DCS-COINS release. There appear to be a change to TP's handling of certain object or attributes which are causing issues with the plugin. Kyle_Katarn has discovered the issue with the F/A-18C. I have narrowed it down to parameters with text displays - when you try to assign a F/A-18C parameter value to a TP value, the drop-down list of the F/A-18C parameters will not show. I am still working on a solution.... Ah, yes. That will help. Thank you.

Yes, the current package is DCS-BIOS_0.7.43a, which should be the same as the one that you have. Did you get any other updates from DCS-COINS on your A-10C II? It shouldn't have work for any parameters at all. Just found out the latest version 0.7.44 had just been release about a week ago. Will have to incorporate the additions/updates in the next DCS-COINS release.

Here's a heads-up for those intending to use DCS-COINS with A-10C. Someone has reported a DCS-COINS issue with the A-10C II Tank Killer module - where events are not triggered to TP. However, it works fine with A-10C Warthog. I just had a quick look and realized that both the Warthog and Tank Killer are supported in DCS-BIOS via the same A10C lua file. They are identified as "A-10C" and "A-10C_2" respectively. As DCS-COINS was designed to map the aircraft ID to a file bearing its ID value, "A-10C_2" was not recognized as there's no matching lua, json or pp files found. I will be working on a patch to fix this - after I am done with the UH-1H mapping (currently in progress) during my free time. Kindly bear with the situation.

Cool! Yes, please share them out here. What do the map icons here do? What do you mean by "can't update the controls when I jump in to the aircraft..."? Are you trying to do that by sending key presses via TP to DCS?

Ah, the A10... me.. having to choose between it and the Apache for ground attack specialty, I have gone with EA for the latter. I don't simply have enough time to spend learning both... high tendency to get distracted with other things along the way.. Yes, will appreciate your help for the A10 and/or Apache. Note that the aircraft-specific enums for certain parameters are not hard-coded but are instead maintained in a text file aircraftEnums.pp in the acdb folder. So no code changes or recompilation are needed. I can elaborate more if needed sometime after this week after you installed it. I don't have a GitHub account yet but will share it with you once I get it setup. I will need it to report issues for the Flightpanel DCS-BIOS Mosquito. Cheers!

Hi Kyle, Yes, I am in the TP Discord channel. Will pm you. And yes, the plugin will pick up signals from DCS (or rather DCS-BIOS) after the simulation has started. So far, only the translation libraries for F/A-18C, F-16C and Mosquito have been used/tested. The rest of the aircraft have some generically-translated values with the balance being raw DCS-BIOS values as-is. Will be looking into the UH-1H, Spitfire and AV-8N in the near future - the other aircraft modules that I have. Cheers!

Great! Thanks for feedback, Marcos! Yeah, need to explore the slider for DCS. Please share if you found a use for it.

Touch Portal version 3.0 is now freshly out of the oven. Check out its blog below: New In Release Version 3.0. - Sliders - Folders - @StreamElements OBS.Live Integration - @Adobe Photoshop Integration - New Updater - Re-Design - Reworked Page Management - EXPORT / IMPORT Values/Flows/Images/Audio/Text - New Icon Packs - Notification Center - Improved auto navigation options And More.... I have yet to upgrade and test DCS-COINS with it... But will do so within the next few days. For those existing TP users, you will need to uninstall the previous version first in order to install the latest version. Please share your experience here if you decide to do the upgrade before I do.

Yup, NIS works for me too. But I use it to spice up my other graphic settings with the same FPS.

Keeping fingers crossed that TP Android app will be able to run on secondary PC displays soon. https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/9/22827037/google-android-games-windows-pc-google-play-games

How do you setup the action for the key press in Touch Portal? Are you using "virtual key press" or "low level key press"? Advisable to use the latter. Cheers!

If anyone is interested, I have just uploaded a dashboard for the Mosquito. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3319710/ Note that it will require the latest DCS-COINS version (released today) in order for it work properly with analog gauges and a DCS-BIOS definition fix for its Gun Master switch. Cheers!

Marcos, thanks for sharing your UFC here. I see you found the fuel parameters - which I did not.