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Ok thanks. Nice looking pit!

Did you have to cut the board to size or were you able to find one about the same size as the CDU panel? Yes, I'm planning on adding a display. Thanks for the heads up about the viewing angle.

Hey Guys, I'm going to purchase an A10C CDU panel from PC Flights and I was wondering what people use for the circuit board that goes underneath and has all of tactile switches attached? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks again LeCuvier!! I figured you might have included the 3 position/function switch .lua but I guess I just didn't know exactly what I was looking for. Got it now. Thank you!!

Two more questions: 1) How do we get the ALT SCE switch on the Armament HUD control panel of the A10-C to work using a maintained toggle switch? What kind of switch do we use and or what kind of command lines do we use in the .lua? The switch in the game has 3 separate function selections. BARO-DELTA-RADAR. I looked in your default.lua that you posted LeCuvier, but I didn't see anything for this switch, so I'm guessing we keep the .lua the same and use some sort of maintained switch that allows us to select each function? 2) How do we get the HUD MODE DAY/NIGHT switch to work as well? Right now I have an ON-ON switch to choose between the functions, and just wired the DAY "ON" function to one GP-WIZ40 card and assigned it a button, and then wired the NIGHT "ON" function to a different GP-WIZ40 card and assigned it a button. This works, as you can assign a function in the game to two different controller buttons, but you can't assign a function to two different buttons on the same controller if I'm not mistaken? Or can you? Is there an easier way than how I am using this set up with the ON-ON switch and two different cards or is this the only way for this type of switch where there are two different functions for a switch but only one assignment? Thanks!!

I think the problem with the ON-ON-ON switches that I have, aren't exactly true ON-ON-ON switches that is needed for this game. I think the middle ON position actually combines both the top and bottom ON positions. These switches are most commonly used for guitar pickup selector switches where it "blends" or "mixes" both neck and bridge pickup, so they're both technically ON at the same time. That doesn't work in this game cause then it's trying to tell the game to activate two different functions at the same time. I could be wrong, but from what I've read, researched and checked with an ohm meter, the middle ON position is not a totally separate ON function so to speak. The ON-OFF-ON switch along with LeCuvier's .lua command line works perfectly. Thanks for helping though chickenbone72!

I tried this and initially my settings/controls page was doing some weird things and then I figured out why... there are two = signs in the command lines and for some reason it was creating havoc in the setting pages. lol But I took one of them out in each line and it works perfectly with the ON/OFF/ON switch!! Thanks again LeCuvier! You're a life saver!!

Thanks so much LeCuvier!!! That helps a lot!

On to my next dilemma. I'm trying to wire a SP3T ON-ON-ON switch (6Poles) for the switches in the A10-C that actually have 3 separate control assignments, one for each position, such as the Lighting Panel switch for Position Lights that have the functions : FLASH-OFF-STEADY. I have been able to wire the switch to get the Top and Bottom ON positions to work, but I can't get the middle OFF position wire correctly. I have tried just about every wire combination that I have found online and nothing works for the game to recognize that middle position being ON. I'm attaching a copy of the data sheet. I have tried to wire it as it's shown, but the game still doesn't recognize the middle ON position when it's selected. I'm using a Groovy Game Gear GP-WIZ40 card. If I can't get this to work, I have seen people use an ON-OFF-ON switch and just edit the .lua files. Anybody have a copy of their default.lua file they can send me or post on here so I can see the correct way to write it for it to work with an ON-OFF-ON switch? Thanks!

I got it to work!!!! I thought the new .lua command line only had to go in to the keyboard default.lua. When I did that, it greyed out the control assignment box in the game settings for the APU GEN PWR assignment, and when I hovered over the box, it said "No command available for this device" I then re-read your response over and over again and I noticed you said something about the joystick .lua, which I never looked at or even thought it had anything to do with what I was trying to do because I wasn't trying to re-write anything for the Warthog Throttle or HOTAS joystick. I went in to the joystick file and found the "other" default.lua and entered the new command line in that defualt.lua file as well and that's what did it!! Not only did your command line work that you suggested, but I also tried the : {down = iCommandAPUGeneratorPower, up = iCommandAPUGeneratorPower, name = _('APU generator power'), category = _('Electrical power control panel')}, and it worked as well! Thanks again for your help LeCuvier!!!! Days of frustration finally figured out!!

Hi LeCuvier, thanks for the response. 1. A10C 2. Groovy Game Gear GP-WIZ40 3. Yes, it does work on the game controller for the ON position only if I leave the .lua files default. I only fly the A10C for right now and I'm not wanting to change anything with the Warthog HOTAS joystick nor the Throttle. I'm creating my own cockpit panels. I'm using maintained ON-OFF or ON-ON toggle switches, whichever will be easier to use for these controls for the A10-C. The controls that only have one button assignment for both ON and OFF functions, such as the Battery Power or APU GEN PWR Switches. I hope this helps. If you need any other information, please let me know. I will try your suggestion here in a little bit when I can get to my simpit. Thank you very much for helping!!

I tried messing around with the default.lua again and still no luck when using an ON-OFF toggle switch. When I keep the original .lua, it will recognize the ON position of the switch and it works in the sim, except for when I select OFF, obviously nothing happens, so I know the wiring and the switch and the board are fine and communicating, it has to be the coding of the .lua. I have tried what many others have supposedly used and worked, this line: {down = iCommandAPUGeneratorPower, up = iCommandAPUGeneratorPower, name = _('KEN APU generator power'), category = _('Electrical power control panel')}, But when I go to assign the control in the game, the box to assign the control in the control settings is grayed out and it says "No Command available for this device". Any idea why it does that and says that? Guessing again it has something to do with the wording of the wording in the .lua line, but yet, putting in the up = iCommandAPUGeneratorPower, has worked for others. ????

Yes, DCS recognizes the Groovy Game Gear Card. My ON-ON switch has 3 terminals. I have a wire connected to the top (#1) termina of the switch and that wire goes to a block connector screw terminal, I then have a wire connected to the middle terminal (#2) of the switch that I connect to the GND terminal of the Groovy Game GP-WIZ40 card. Then I have a wire connected to the bottom terminal (#3) of the switch that is then connected to the same block connector, but under a different screw terminal. I have a jumper that connects all of the screw terminals on the block connector. I then have a wire that is connected under another screw terminal on the block connector that is then connected to the A input of the Groovy Game GP-WIZ40 card. Does that make sense? If not, I'll go take a picture.

Okay guys, I'm beyond frustrated at this point, hopefully someone can help me out. I have read through this thread and I have tried several different things that are mentioned on here and none of them work so far. I am trying to get a simple ON-OFF Toggle Switch, or even an ON-ON toggle switch, to work for the A10-C for functions that only have one selection, like the Battery PWR or the APU GEN PWR. I have tried the different .lua command lines suggested on here, none of them have worked. I tried using an ON-ON switch like someone used, by wiring a separate wire from each ON side of the switch to block a connecter and then connecting a wire from the block connecter to an input on the Groovy Game Gear GP-WIZ40 card and then the ground terminal on the switch to the ground input on the GP-WIZ40, and it doesn't work. I figure that doesn't work because since both ON terminals are connected thru the block connector, it's continually sending a signal that it's ON, so it's confused and or just doesn't work. Apparently it worked for someone else, not sure how though, and they didn't do anything with the .lua file. Can someone PLEASE help me figure this out. I have ON-OFF switches and I have ON-ON switches that I can use. I'm familiar on how to edit the default.lua file, but any of the lines suggested for ON-OFF toggle switches for single function assignments has not worked for me. Thanks!!

Hey guys, I've searched around a bit and haven't really seen much on this topic, and I'm not sure it's even possible but I'm sure someone has tried it or figured it out by now. I have 2 computers and was wondering if there's a way to use both of them to run DCS, and everything that goes along with it, to share the workload so to speak for better performance, faster gameplay and better frame rates. I've found a bunch of info about using 2 computers and a capture card for those who like to stream their game play but that's not what I'm after. I just figure one pc can be used to maybe run Helios and the other to run DCS or one of the computers dedicated to displaying the game on mulitple projectors and a helios display while the other runs DCS? Any help or pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for all the responses guys, I appreciate it. I'm looking in to how to change the LUA files to see if I can figure that out. Otherwise, I may have to look in to getting ON-ON-ON switches.

I'm not sure what you mean by that?

Ok I figured out how to wire the ON positions, but how do I wire the OFF position so that when I select the toggle switch to OFF, the switch in the sim/cockpit goes to off as well?

Hey guys, starting to wire up switches for my A10 sim pit. The ON-OFF switches are simple but how do I wire ON-OFF-ON switches? I'm using a groovy game gear card. I know the (+) of the top ON position goes to one of the inputs on the card, and the (-) goes to ground, same with the bottom ON position, but how do I wire the middle OFF position? The DPDT switch I have is labeled 1-2-3 down the left side and 4-5-6 down the right side. I couldn't find a schematic of the switch so I have no idea which side is + and which is negative either. Picture attached. Thanks for any help!

I messaged him, thanks JCook.

Anyone know where i can find a top for the Fuel Receiver Lever? I see a lot of people's fuel panels with them and I can't find anyone selling them. I'm guessing most people have a 3D printer and make their own? If that's the case, anyone willing to make me one and I'll pay for the shipping and whatever it costs to make? Thanks!

Thanks for the response Han but I'm not using DcsBios just yet. Is this the only way to activate the gear handle light and gear indicator lights?

In the middle of building my A-10 Sim pit and working on the Gear and Flap Panel. How do you "program" the light in the gear handle to illuminate when raising and lowering the gear as well as the gear indication lights? I tried searching but couldn't find anything. Thanks!

Screen shot Avantar

Here ya go Avantar