donbinator

Yeah I saw the thread but I don't understand how a viewport can be turned into a stream of characters for the I2C controller. The only thing I can think of is that he's actually analyzing the video output from the viewport (like character recognition), which would be a pretty hard-core effort on his part.

CMSP So are people using an actual display for that part then?? I thought I saw someone useing some I2C device to render it onto a character display (like me 2x20)? How are people doing this panel?

Has anyone figured out how to get the contents of the CMSP screen? I was going to use a 2x20LCD and the pokeys56U which supports 2X20 LCD's but I can't figure out how to get the text from the sim....

I think I figured it out. The pokeys implementation is sending the key, with the modifiers. That is "A, with the ctl and shift modifiers set" vs. sending a ctl, then a shift, then an A, then a shift up, ctl up. The game is probabaly expecting the actual modifier keys by themselves as teh user presses them. I'm reverted to writing a C# application which talks directly to the pokeys via the provided .dll....a better implementation anyways, but it would be nice if macro's worked on every transition instead of only with digital inputs. Then you could write the macro to do it the way DCS expects...

Hey guys, just read through all the info in this particular thread. Please send me to another if it's been explained elsewhere. I'm using a pokeys to capture key presses, switches etc. I've got that figured out and running in a C# program. My question is this: I don't understand how I can use a UDP socket to get info back to the export.lua script. I understand that i create a listener socket on whatever port I choose and have my export.lua send stuff to it, but I don't get how my C# program can send stuff back? Forgive me if my socket-fu is not so strong, but I'm pretty sure that UDP is connectionless, and that I can't have a listener for the same socket in two different places on my PC. The example script I have (I think it might have been y2kiah?) has both incoming data (switches from my C# program) and outgoing data (updates from DCS) going on the same UDP socket. How does that work? Thanks for any wisdom! :)

Thanks for the rundown y2kiah! I have given up trying to use the pokeys to actually emulate keyboard keys as I think it's sending a single key event with modifiers for ctrl, shift, etc. states, and I'm also guessing the programmers of the game are catching their own modifiers by looking for the ctrl, shift, alt etc. keys seperately. So I spend the last two days trying to use luacom.dll in the export.lua to talk to the pokeys dll, but that apparently doesn't work either (luacom.dll is not a valid win32 application ?). I can write a lua script and require luacom and that works fine when I run it using my installed 5.1.4 lua, but it doesn't work from within DCS. So NOW I'm perusing through seeing a lot of yours and others posts about basically writing a socket server for the socket comms which aparently DO work form export.lua :). That should be fun regardless. Perhaps it's time for me to learn C# for real :).

This is a very old thread but I'm having the same problem with my pokeys55t. Also, when I try to createa keyboard macro such as {Ctrl}{Shift}b{/Shift}{Ctrl} the release of the shift and ctl keys dissappears when I hit the Write button. Pretty lame. This would be such a useful tool if it worked and I can't find any info on this problem.

I would *love* to own my own CNC. I'm pretty handly with AutoCAD and have done some 3d drawing professionally (although mostly I'm just a firmware engineer) so having a CNC would be awesome for the various project. The problem is the space. I have three kids so the garage is already full of not only half a dozen of my own project areas but also all the stuff that comes with having kids :) (not complaining, just sayin'). I put another quote request out to someone who did some CNC work for someone I know. They haven't replied yet. I'm ok with a little rework on the inside corners. Much like y2kiah 75% of the fun for me is the journey and I'm pretty handy with wood. y2kiah, I don't recall seeing what you used for switches etc.? I'm having some problems with my pokeys55t handling modifyer keys such as "ctl-shift-a" very well. It only works every 15 times or so I flip the switch, vs. if it's a straight key it works every time. Also, how do you synchronize the switches to the game when you start?

CNC rates I was quoted $550 for cutting the four 4' x 8' panels (left, right, front, and bottom). Does that sound reasonable? Sounds little high to me...

OK! That's it!! I've been lurking here for a month or so and have been amazed and inspired. I've decided to *not* make wine this year in order to build an A-10C cockpit. I recently purchased DCS A-10C and have been amazed at the realism of the systems within the cockpit, and enjoy the gameplay as well (although I'm still trying to get a hang of it). I've wanted to build a cockpit sim for years. Now is the time. Got the OK from the Mrs., rearranged the study, and am packing up my wine making stuff in the garage for the build. I am planning to use the .dxf's posted here by the mighty y2kiah :). I've got a request for quote out to a local CNC service, but I seem to recall someone in this or another forum saying that if you lived in the Northwest to give him a call. Was that here? Is there someone who lives in the greater Seattle area who has a CNC that can cut 4' X 8' and is willing to do so? I just bought 2 28" monitors from someone in Seattle (one needs repair, but I'm good at that sort of thing). One of them I plan to use behind an aluminum cutout for my front panel (using Front Panel Express, unless someone can recommend a better/cheaper method). I have the TM MFD's and have played around with the display .lua files to arrange them on my new screen, and will continue with that once I have my front panel. Will I be able to arrange the rest of the instruments using LUA or will I need Helios? Today my PoKeys55T arrives. :D