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The description of those panels on saitek website says: FSX - Flight Simulator X (PC only) X-Plane 10(PC and Mac) Prepar3D® 2.2(PC only) Most Other Flight Simulation Software So I thought maybe DCS was in the "most other..." ;) As I saw people doing real cockpits for DCS, I even saw someone making a KA50 cockpit, so I thought maybe DCS allows for external instrument panels...

Hi, Do those panels work in DCS? And do you recommand them? http://saitek.com/uk/prod/fip.html Would make the process of landing easier if I can easily see my speed / vertical speed / altitude for instance... How do you configure them? Or do you think this is a better investment to buy another screen I'll put below the view screens to display the instruments? (Maybe even a touchscreen to be able to USE the instruments?) Thanks

Hi, Would like to know if you have good aviation movies you can recommend, that we can find in bluray format, so in HD. Thanks

But the way I programmed it works. When I put my switch down it lowers the flaps, when I put the switch up it raises the flaps. I don't understand your modification. Edit: Oh and btw I have noticed something about switches... when we start the sim, the switch position has no importance, meaning the sim does not update in game controls according to those switches... BUT... if you move just ONE switch, the game then updates ALL switch position... this happened to me in a "takeoff" mission, I was on the runway, and I just checked my flap lever. I moved it, and suddenly the engine shut down, and I had to do the whole cold start operation, because I have switches for some critical cold start systems, and those systems, when off, cannot allow the plane to start ^^ So better check the switch position before the start of the mission ^^ Now, I have to figure out what I'll put as commands behind my switches... I have a square 3x3 switches, on left column I have put gear/flaps/flight control (I try to mimic the real plane switch position with my switches), on right column I have put engine master switch/battery starter switch only, so I don't know yet what to put on middle column, and for the missing switch on right column, if anybody has a suggestion for the sabre...

So, on my computer, the file to edit for the F86-F Sabre is this one: C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Mods\aircraft\F-86\Input\F-86F\joystick\default.lua And here is an example of what I did, if this can help some... -- Commands for switches {pressed = iCommandPlaneFlapsOn, up = iCommandPlaneFlapsOff, value_pressed = 1, value_up = 1, name = _('Flaps Up/Down Switch TPM'), category = _('Systems')}, {down = iCommandPlaneGearDown, up = iCommandPlaneGearUp, name = _('Landing Gear Up/Down Switch TPM'), category = _('Systems')}, {down = hydro_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_FlightControl, up = hydro_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_FlightControl, cockpit_device_id = devices.HYDRO_INTERFACE, value_down = 0, value_up = 1, name = _('Flight Control Switch - ALTERNATE/NORMAL TPM'), category = _('Left Side Panel')}, {down = electric_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_EngineMasterSw, up = electric_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_EngineMasterSw, cockpit_device_id = devices.ELEC_INTERFACE, value_down = -1, value_up = 1, name = _('Engine Master Switch - ON/OFF TPM'), category = _('Right Forward Console')}, {down = electric_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_BatteryStarterSw_EXT, up = electric_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_BatteryStarterSw_ITER, cockpit_device_id = devices.ELEC_INTERFACE, value_down = -1, value_up = 1, name = _('Battery-Starter Switch - UP/STARTER TPM'), category = _('Right Forward Console')}, Dunno why the flaps is "pressed" and others are "down".

I have a spdif splitter before the base, and it works fine. The output of the headset is a line out, jack, not optical. And I don't switch to USB on the base, this is in windows control panel that I switch between USB sound and spdif sound, it takes one second to do this and I have nothing to do on the headset or the base.

But I wonder, with my install, I mean, spdif to rca, both rca connected to a single male rca, that connects to the buttkicker, will I have the issue you talk about? Also, the Siberia 800 has two audio sources, one is the USB, other is the spdif. So the buttkicker is connected to the spdif, as is of course the simshaker, and I use the USB one to listen to game sound. So in DCS I use the USB sound with my headset, and the spdif for simshaker, and with games that do not support simshaker, I switch to spdif as sound source for my headset, so the buttkicker works natively.

I wonder, how works the warthog exactly? I mean, the switches of my TPM works like that: when the switch is down, it is as if a joystick button is pressed. If the switch is up, it is as if the joystick button is released. Do the warthog works like that? Thanks

Target is that hard to use? The Saitek one is quite easy, to tell that a switch in down state (button on) makes that and the switch in up state (button released) makes that. And to have the same profile in all games and planes you just have to setup software so that switches do generic keystrokes, and program those keystrokes in the plane config or other game config... Just another solution to not have to handle lua files and to avoid updates that will mess up files...

By browsing the web I also found this thread: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=80106&page=5 Unsure it still works or not... Maybe another solution would be to use the included software manager (TARGET or saitek TPM one), assign all switches to keyboard shortcuts (like for instance ctrl-shift-1 for switch 1 down, ctrl-alt-1 for switch 1 up, and so on, then assign those new shortcuts to the things we want in game, this way we can have a single target/tpm profile to work with all planes in DCS, just by selecting the shortcuts we want from inside DCS in each plane configuration...

I don't understand. I mean, ok a new command, but the goal is to assign the "release button" to the gear up command, and the "press button" state to the gear down, for instance. So, to assign those things to existing commands...

But if when we enter the config then click ok, all those release button disappear, this is an issue, as it requires to do all this again if we have to change a setup, or to change setup only in the lua file, right?

For the sabre you also have a gear down and gear up functions you can assign buttons too. So I do not use the gear on/off toggle. This is not that for all planes?

Yup I bought it today, and indeed, it is great ;) Note that you need a dedicated sound output to have it work, but most computer has something like that. I use the spdif output for buttkicker, and my headphone USB output for the game sounds...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but so this module is supposed to send information to a dedicated game card, right? So, if I want to use this module to the best of its possibilities, I have to use for instance my onboard card for buttkicker, and my spdif for game sound, this way the module is going to send sound to the dedicated buttkicker sound card, even if I use the spdif for game sound? And so, this modules allows for better vibration in DCS than if I use the buttkicker connected directly to the sound card? As I'll have only intended vibration, and not parasite ones I should get if I have the buttkicker reacting to all game sounds? Thanks

Sorry, I have not real the full 51 pages, but... I have read we need to downloads gametrix jetseat control panel for this software to work. So, does it mean that it works only for this kind of vibrating seat? I have a buttkicker. Will it work with? And do I still need to download this control panel? Also, if it is supposed to work with a buttkicker, my buttkicker is connected to my computer through spdif. Will it work? Thanks

I have not well understood what the simshaker is. It is a software based solution to enhance buttkicker experience? Damned I forgot that my base had a spdif output, I'm stupid ;) DAC is what? The digital to RCA converter? I don't understand what you did with this stereo mono converter.

Everything I doubt it, except if your buttkicker is deffective, there is no reason you cannot have it to work. You just have to connect the sound output of your computer to the input of the buttkicker through RCA wires. You may need adapters depending of your installation though, like I did because I use the spdif output for both the buttkicker and my headphones. So I had to take a spdif splitter and a spdif to rca converter, then a male male rca cable. Have you tried contacting the support? They are very helpful. They helped me choosing the good stuff as adapters for my installation. You just have to remember you need the sound going from your computer to the buttkicker amplifier.

Thanks. And it works fine with DCS? I can't imagine how it is possible with a single audio source (spdif) to isolate bass and send only bass to the buttkicker, without dedicated hardware ^^

I bought mine in a belgium simulation website ;) Less expensive than buying from the french reseller :) (I'm french)

Yes but what I mean is the way saitek TPM works, each switch only has two states, up and down. There is no idle position, like there is on the X55, so the switch is either up or down. Therefore if I setup the flaps on one of those switches, I have no way to stop them, the lever will always be up or down, never in the middle...

Can you do something like that for the Sabre? Here is what my lua file looks like: ["keyDiffs"] = { ["d431pnilunilcdnilvdnilvpnilvunil"] = { ["added"] = { [1] = { ["key"] = "JOY_BTN1", }, }, ["name"] = "Landing Gear Down", }, ["d84pnilu85cdnilvdnilvpnilvunil"] = { ["name"] = "Gun Fire", ["removed"] = { [1] = { ["key"] = "JOY_BTN1", }, }, }, }, Also, this is still true that when we enter then apply changes to the key config inside DCS all our "button released" info disappears? This is an issue ;) Thanks

You say made for headphones except when you use a wireless headphone like me. Though as my Siberia 800 has a jack line out guess I can connect it that way, though this requires a wire then. What I like with my buttkicker, it makes my sticks vibrating too, as they are tied to the seat :) This subpac is more expensive than a buttkicker as well...

So thanks for the info :)

Is it here just so you can stop the flaps in middle to not have them full up or down, but anything in between? And are there situations where you really need this? I have a TPM from saitek with switches, but I have up, down, but no middle for the switches, so can I just forget about this neutral position, and always use full up, full down, and if I need something in between I just setup a keyboard key so I can stop the flaps before the full position? Thanks