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Got my stick build with a warthog handle. Took a bit of doing but it just about fits under my chair. Now I'm tempted to build a collective and then some rudder pedals that can be trimmed.

Instead for re-soldering the board to use stronger motors, you could plug the motor leads from the one of the controller boards, into an Arduino board and use a motor shield to control all the motors. The Arduino would read the value for the motors and then pass them through to the motor shield which would be able to drive the motors with enough power to keep them at the same strength as if using two controllers. I don't know enough about electronics or Arduinos to know if it would work but may be worth checking into.

You can just type in the resolution you want to use. For example if your main monitor is 1920x1080 and the fake monitor you create is 800x600 change the res to 2720x1080. You also need to set up a lua file in your \Eagle Dynamics\DCS A-10C\Config\MonitorSetup folder to get the windows to draw in the correct places. Here is my monitor file. I use eyefinity over 3 monitors at a res of 5760x1200. I added a fake monitor that I set in portrait mode at 600x800 to the right of my main display. So my screen res for dcs a-10c is set to 6360x1200. --***DO NOT MODIFY THESE COMMENT LINES*** --ICONTROLDCS v0.0.0.0 --LOCATION Config\MonitorSetup --Monitor lua _ = function(p) return p; end; name = _('iControl DCS'); Description = 'Setup for iControl DCS MFCD and CDU Exports.' Viewports = { Center = { x = 0; y = 0; width = 5760; height = 1200; viewDx = 0; viewDy = 0; aspect = 4.8; } } LEFT_MFCD = { x = 5760; y = 0; width = 300; height = 300; } RIGHT_MFCD = { x = 5760; y = 300; width = 300; height = 300; } CDU_EXPORT = { x = 5760; y = 600; width = 280; height = 180; } UIMainView = Viewports.CenterThe iControl server, Display configuration tool makes this far easier, although as you can't see the fake monitor you have to use the set positions manually option.

With a bit of playing around I found that I could create a fake display to place the mfcds and cdu on. I got the info from this forum post http://superuser.com/questions/62051/is-there-a-way-to-fake-a-dual-second-monitor first download install tightVNC http://www.tightvnc.com/download.php Then download install this demoForge driver http://www.demoforge.com/dfmirage.htm Right click on desktop and go to Screen resolution then press detect. Hopefully it should detect another monitor that you can force on using vga. You can then extend your desktop onto the new monitor. I haven't fully tested this method but I got it working on both my main desktop computer and laptop (both using an AMD graphics card). I was then able to set a-10c and iControl to use the extra space with a bit of trial and error.

I take it you mean the touch ir server and not the track ir server. Could be a number of things but normally means it can't find the txt file created but the lua export script. First make sure that the txt file is being created. You can check by running a mission and pausing the game and alt-tab out and look \Eagle Dynamics\DCS A-10C\Temp\ElectricalPowerPanel.txt The next thing to check is that the touchir activity imported correctly. There was a bug in the older server version where the feedback scripts didn't import correctly. Under Location: DSC A-10C Activity : Comms Devices in this Activity : test vhf and look for feedback scripts for buttons labeled init, run1 through to run8. If there are no feedback scripts use this download instead http://www.multiupload.com/5QJ8P6AQTF If the txt file is NOT created in C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS A-10C\Temp\ElectricalPowerPanel.txt you will have to change the scripts for the run1,run2,run3,run4,run5,run6,run7 and run8 to where it is. FileRead, String, C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS A-10C\Temp\ElectricalPowerPanel.txt return %String% Change the bit in italics to your path for the txt file.

I had been working on some code for the radios to get the correct frequencies to appear. I had been stuck with getting the UHF radio to work correctly. However I hadn't seen that you can export the freq the same way as the mfcd panels. That is a lot easier than trying to figure it out from getfrequency() in the export lua. In the mean time I've uploaded a quick activity with working frequencies for the vhf radios. http://www.multiupload.com/K4M1R98RNQ This is very quick and some of the buttons may not work or change a different frequency. Also the touchir may time out waiting (I need to add escape codes) and there is also a delay of about 1.5-2 seconds before button shows changes. export.lua and config.lua go to your \DCS A-10C\Config\Export folder. Make a backup of the files there already. You will need to change two lines in the export lua file from ./Temp/ElectricalPowerPanel.txt to C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS A-10C\Temp\ElectricalPowerPanel.txt In touchir use Tools, import configuration and load the activity. It should go over the ipadpit v2 and ask to copy over the comms activity already there.

Hi, A quick few things first. Use notepad++ to edit lua files, make a backup of your export lua file and set your config.lua in .\Eagle Dynamics\DCS A-10C\Config\Export to true. First export file will return a list of switch values to a txt file (set to save in ./Temp/ElectricalPowerPanel.txt) http://www.multiupload.com/BA9MRH53MB Copy this to your .\Config\Export folder. Run an instant mission or training. Once you're ingame, pause and alt_tab to open the txt file. You shold have a long list looking like 0,0,0,1,0,0.10000000, etc. In the export.lua file you should see a list of lines like this local batteryPowerswitch = MainPanel:get_argument_value(246) The number on the line is the arg value for a switch. These can be found in a few different files, mostly clickabledata.lua and mainpanel_init.lua The line with the filename:write(string.format(value),(",")) is where the lua file writes the values to the txt file. Second export file is a useful version of the export lua that doesn't wipe the txt file after each new screen. It writes the state of the switches constantly which makes it good for seeing what values switches return and how the switches change values. http://www.multiupload.com/BA9MRH53MB This is a spreadsheet that lists which switches are placed on the line saved. I use it for working out array positions for touch ir. http://www.multiupload.com/BA9MRH53MB Sorry if I haven't explained this too well, but it's easier to see in action than type up.

Hello I'm the guy from over in the simhq forums helping ghost with the lua scripting. This sounds great! having a dedicated app will be fantastic. Touch ir is excellent for creating a series of buttons for pretty much everything but it's very hard to get the buttons to show the correct feedback and there are a lot of limits as to what it can do. I'll show you what I've done with the lua scripting. My programming is very basic so I'm sure that other forum users and yourself can make the lua script work far better than I can. I'll post you my latest export.lua which creates a txt file with a long list of what different switch values are set to.