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Another progress update. Finally been able to directly integrate with the lua scripting. Causing a pretty large rewrite of how I was doing a lot of things in the server, but this will make everything much "tighter" with the simulator. Instead of simulating key presses, we'll be switching to sending direct commands to the simulator for button/lever/etc values. This will allow for knobs and multi-value switches in the future. This may push the release toward the end of May because it's going to require a fair amount of testing, but I think the delay will be well worth the wait. Think - Helios on iPad levels of integration eventually! (Without the ability to move gauges/views around.) And just to string you Android boys along even more - the mother in law has provided me with a quite generous sum of disposable income for my 30th birthday and the ASUS Transformer is looking mighty tempting!!

Progress update - looking pretty good so far. If all goes well, we'll be submitting to Apple before the end of the month, which would hopefully mean public availability early-mid May!

Getting into the final stages of testing - Looking to submit to Apple before the end of the month most likely!

Ok, I see now that it is included. However it doesn't appear to work in either x64 or x86. I get the following error: 00029.277 ALERT EDCORE: Can't execute Lua file ./Config/Export/Export.lua - error loading module 'socket' from file 'C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS A-10C\bin\lua-socket.dll': The specified procedure could not be found. :doh:

Has anyone gotten LuaSocket to work in A-10? I'm not very familiar with lua scripting unfortunately and searching google doesn't turn up very many useful links on how to set up an environment that uses lua without the whole environment installed on the machine.

Yes. If you haven't yet, please apply via the website by following the instructions outlined here http://www.bit-shift.com/home/icontrol-dcs/testersneeded We're currently not expanding the beta test yet. Patience! :)

Here are some new screenshots showing the configuration utility to help everyone set up their monitor luas easily :) http://www.bit-shift.com/home/icontrol-dcs/monitorconfigurationprototype

Have a look here for new screenshots of the configuration utility: http://www.bit-shift.com/home/icontrol-dcs/monitorconfigurationprototype

Based on the number of requests for it, and the fact that I want an excuse to get an android tablet... I won't commit to saying yes, but it's definitely toward the top of the list of things I'd like to do! :)

There's a thread about this already in the input/output forum, but I'd like feedback from a larger audience. iControl DCS is ground up iPad cockpit solution deeply integrated into A-10s scripting and export capabilities. Key features so far: Live MFCDs with fully functional buttons. Live CDU with fully functional buttons. Live caution and warning panel. UFC with all buttons functioning. Comprehensive configuration interface for setting up all the scripting and configuration to work with the simulator so the end user doesn't have to hand edit lua files :thumbup: Here's the first demonstration video released Video showing MFCD TGP video Video showing live CDU and Caution and Warning panel Video showing two iPads with MFCDs, one viewing TGP video, the other Mav. Currently we're in a small closed beta test, but may expand that to include new testers in the future. If you are interested in testing, please visit the site and apply! http://www.bit-shift.com/home/icontrol-dcs Keep an eye out for a release on the US App Store this summer!

Here's a new video demonstrating two iPads connected at once, showing TGP and Maverick video at the same time!

After a marathon 9 hour coding session today in order to come up with a (hopefully) simple to use configuration/installation interface for MFCD/CDU export and associated lua scripting... We're in beta testing! :shocking: Here's hoping everything goes smoothly. I'll probably be looking to add a few more testers as we get closer to release, so if you're interested, please apply! http://www.bit-shift.com/home/icontrol-dcs

Yeah, due to limitations in the export API the only way to capture the MFDs is to export it to a screen. It's unfortunate, but at least we have something.

Ran some benchmarks tonight and unthrottled, I'm getting 30fps or better to the live MFCDs. I've been tweaking things here and there, getting the networking code more solid and making sure if something happens and the connection is lost to the server, it will be automatically picked back up as soon as it's available, etc. If you're interested in beta testing, probably pretty soon, please visit the web site in my signature and follow the instructions in the post about applying to be a beta tester!

Working on publishing it, no jailbreak needed. UFC + 2xMFD might be do-able. I'll have to give it some thought. Originally I hadn't planned on having multiple layout choices, but it seems like that'd be a pretty useful view.

Todays update (and video!) includes live CDU on the CDU key screen instead of just the MFCD repeater. As well as live view caution panel. In the beginning of the video you see me reaching for the keyboard to hit LShift + L which is the hotkey to test all the lights. This turns on all the caution panel lights. They all obviously work individually as well. At this point, I'm open for suggestions on what else needs to be implemented before I start cleaning up code, graphic resources, and begin beta testing. As I've not spent a lot of time actually flying the simulator yet (!) I need input from the community. Do you want a radio stack? Master arm/gun switches, etc?

Got the caution and warning panel working this weekend, then started rewriting my networking protocol from the ground up since it was done poorly to start with. Once I get all the kinks worked out of that, it should be pretty quick and easy to start adding more systems and statuses!

No, they will be able to be placed anywhere you want them!

Here's an updated video showing the live TGP. It is artificially limited to a lower frame rate than is actually possible. Worked with the lua stuff a bit more today. Hopefully this weekend I'll be able to get the caution panel implemented. Thanks for all the positive comments so far, helps keep me motivated! :D

That would be great, thanks!

It works great with the video. I'll take another video in a day or two which shows the significant improvement in update speed. Yeah I will be able to use lua exports. I need suggestions on what people would like to see on the iPad. The warning panel is the first thing that I'll be looking into integrating. I need to go find the thread ghost mentioned to figure out exactly what I need to do in the lua to grab all the warning values. Once that's done it should be pretty easy to push to the iPad.

Even better today - the displays update virtually real-time. In fact, I'm artificially limiting how quickly it updates in order to keep the network traffic a little lighter and take a little stress off the iPad. It's still updating many times a second with no performance hit on the PC.

Do you have examples of what constants you're using to get the warning lights in the lua? Most of the stuff that's in there as examples look like left overs from LOMAC or something and not very applicable to A-10.

See this thread for information about iControl DCS

From what I can tell, the MFCD export to mapped memory is hosed in A-10 and it doesn't seem like anyone's interested in fixing or including it. It does seem as though it's possible to export the MFCDs to additional displays attached to your computer, if you've got a setup that supports such a configuration.