Bultar

@hrnet940 Thanks again for the help. It's all working great now! Kieron got back to me with updated directions and bin file to reflash the board, and everything is good. Happy flying to you too!

so, pretty easy to separate those two... just uninstalled the device (brain) from the port in device manager, then moved it to a new spot on the usb hub, powered up and it no longer seems tied to trackIR. But it still doesn't work. So maybe I will try to reflash the brain... Could you send me that upload software? Thanks!

well, that didn't work, but it did shed some light on the problem... everytime I turned power off and on to that USD hub port, in DCS the notification in upper right said HID unplugged, or plugged (as I would expect), but it also said TrackIR unplugged/plugged. Seems like DCS is thinking my F18 brain is my TrackIR. I don't know how to fix that yet, but at least I'm on to something. So I don't think I need to reflash my brain board, at least not yet. Thanks for your help!

hmmm, my f-18 brain is "F18 CONTROL1 V2.5" and it doesn't have an AMPCD port. The only other 5-pin options are: ECM, lightbrake, wingfold, and 3 more that are just numbered (12CXPAND1, 2, and 3). I guess I'll try all of them

thanks for getting back to me! I was reading all of the instruction links on his instructions page, and the gauge info talked about reflashing the firmware, but the link wanted a login. So, yes, I'd appreciate that info if you can share it. But the first thing I'll try right now is to plug the panel into the AMPCD spot on the brain. Thanks!

@hrnet940 @_Hoss this is a year old, but if either of you see this, could you share more detail on how you fixed this? I think I'm having the same problem... I have the TekCreations master arm panel and accompanying F-18 control board ("brain"), that I can't get to work using DCS BIOS. No response to switches in the game. I know I have bios working fine, another arduino board panel works fine. I have the switch on the "brain" set to DCS, not HID. (I've tried it both ways) I see the stream of data in socat window when I connect the port. The panel shows up in DCS controls as HID. I've deleted the bindings in controls, both axis and non-axis. Still nothing... Any ideas or help? Thanks so much!

Any updates on this? Maybe a fix? I'm pretty new to DCS, and having the same problem... I see data flowing from 2 different boards, but nothing reacts in DCS. One board is Arduino Uno for the IR-Cool/HUD/Spin panel I built (I can see it working in the Arduino serial monitor); the 2nd board is the Tek Creations "F-18 Brain" connected to their master arm panel. I've tried installing DCSBiosSkunkworks a few times, but no luck. Thanks in advance! Bultar