lwalter

@AlexAzul the current beta of version 1.1 has the new config for communication ports. Please send me a private message with your email address to get an invite to participate to this beta.

Unfortunately, you can't just change the ports in the lua script. You would have to do the same on the iPad side and as of now, there's no config user interface to do that on the iPad. However, I can add this option for you to try out in the next release (in about 2 weeks).

Hi AlexAzul, II don't know why the application is not getting the displays information in your case. Note that if it doesn't work with your iPad IP, it will not work with the same IP ending with 255. I'm not sure for now what's wrong. Could it be your firewall blocking outbound UDP 7676?

Thanks for trying and glad it works now for you! Could you try another IP address for me? Keep the first 3 numbers in your IP address and replace the last one by 255. If it works it's great, because then you could connect several iPads to your DCS.

Hi Bailey. Thank you for your feedback! and also thank you for posting your first bug reports on GitHub! It's difficult to know exactly why your displays don't get updated on the iPad, because configurations, firewalls, routers can be so different from one local network to another one. As a first try, I'd suggest you the following. If it works, I'll update the documentation for the DCS script setup. In your iUFCExport.lua script, could you please replace the IP address (224.0.0.1) in the following line "iUFCExport.HOST = "224.0.0.1"" by your specific iPad IP address? You can get you iPad IP address by going to Settings > Wi-Fi > "select your wifi network". The address you're looking for is in the line "IP address". Regarding your GitHub issues, I'll answer them right away in GitHub. They're not big issues, but since they're easy to fix, I'll do that for the next version.

iUFCExport was released on the Apple AppStore today (see original post for more info)

+1 what SGT Coyle said.

Thanks, but how long will it take for this fix to reach my PC? I have the latest beta version of DCS installed yesterday (Feb 6) and these key bindings are still not there.

added an update to the 1st post about the start of the beta phase

Update: showing a proof of concept I worked on yesterday in the video below. I added the possibility to add multiple panels per plane, each selectable through the bottom tab bar and if you have multiple iPad, you can even choose which panel you display on each iPad... As it takes some time to create panels, even if not a lot, the second panel in my demo contains only the F16 emergency jettison button for now.

and here's a sneak peak on the work-in-progress Gazelle NADIR Now that I have the 5 panels I wanted for version 1 (F16 ICP, F/A18 UFC, AV8 UFC, JF17 UFCP and SA342 NADIR), I'm going to fix a few bugs and formatting issues and then get the application ready for testing. I have only one volunteer for beta testing so far. Feel free to send me a message. There's no condition or constraint. I'm just eager to know if everything works fine on diverse iPad, PC and local network configurations, and if not that you tell me the problems you encounter or ideas of improvements.

found it: it's list_indication(3)

I'm looking for something equivalent to the list_indication function I can use on F/A 18 or AV 8 to extract the OSB/ODU lines. => found help on how to find the answer in the DCS manual itself. The answer is: list_indication(3)

Is there no other way than using a viewport??? I'd rather have an export of the actual values to be displayed, rather than the graphical content.

I'm trying to find something equivalent to a "list_indication" call to extract the NADIR lines as you can easily do it with F/A 18 or AV 8. I don't seem to find the right indicator for that. Is it even possible?

thanks ! I will try what you suggest I have also found this post about installing a "unified driver package" here. I'll try that if renaming the MFDs is not sufficient.

I have now 4 Thrustmaster MFDs plugged to my computer through a USB hub. When I launch DCS and open the control settings, all 4 MFDs are visible and I can bind them to plane switches. In the DCS control settings, each MFD is displayed with an associated GUID (globally unique identifier). I thought these identifiers were the actual MFD hardware identifier, but I'm wrong, because the next time I started DCS, the same identifiers were used, but assigned to different MFDs, meaning I had to redo all my bindings. Is there way to keep these identifiers and binding stable?

thanks! Yes, it will adapt to the size of your iPad screen. However, I'm still hesitating between: 1) keeping the "UFC" size at 100% max (could be smaller on smaller iPad, typically for the A10C long UFC), but it will be centered on your large screen. 2) grow the size of the "UFC" proportionally to the size of your Pad size. Some UFCs will look huge on large iPad Pros 3) keeping the "UFC" at 100% max and allowing for extra panels/buttons for the larger screens (very unlikely to be done for the 1st version, but who knows, maybe someday)

Update for January 16, 2021 Support for AV8 and JF17 (screenshots to follow) Next to be added is SA342... I'm still looking for beta testers... If you're interested, please drop me a line in this thread.

I prepared a tentative roadmap for the next planes / panels. I do this first for my own pleasure and usage, but since I intend to share this application and source code to all in about 2 months, your comments are welcome. I will also look for a limited number, 3 or 4, beta testers around mid to end February. If you're interested and have an iPad with iOS 12+, please drop me a message. 1st release: - AV8 UFC + ODU - F16 ICP - FA18 UFC - JF17 UFC - SA342 NADIR 2nd release: - A10C CDU, maybe UFC (but doesn't fit well the format of the iPad) - AJS37 Navigation system - KA50 PVI - M2000 PCN later, to be defined, could be armament panels, other... As a teaser, I attached the next UFC I'll work on this weekend. (*) the time to test it thoroughly and publish the iPad app on the Apple App Store

Update 2021-01-10 - UFC with displays now get their content filled from DCS. Example video with F/A18 published and added to the original post. Moving on to more planes next weekend...

just added a short video link at the end of the original post planned next steps: - F/A 18 UFC, with displays (COMs, OSB lines) - add the other planes with UFCs or like - automatic switch to the right UFC depending on plane controlled in DCS - if I have time and people ask for, add feature to switch between several control panels of the same plane on one iPad or use several iPads for each plane panel (caveat: I have no intention to reproduce full cockpits. iPad are too small anyways and Helios is better suited for that).

- Updated on September 30, 2023: Version 1.8 (both iPad application and Lua script have changed) Added support for F-15E UFC and AH-64D Keyboard Unit - Updated on July 1st, 2023: Version 1.7.1 (only the iPad application has changed) This patch should fix an issue where DCS wouldn't register button pushes or where switches would get stuck in DCS - Updated on March 6, 2022: version 1.7 (make sure you update both the iPad and the Lua script) Added countermeasure panels for A10, AJS37, F16, F/A18, Ka50 and M2000 If you have 2 iPads, you can run the UFC panel on one iPad and the CMS panel on the other one. - Updated on February 17, 2022: version 1.6.1 (only update of LuaScript is needed) Fix for JF17 UFCP MRK light. Thanks to "numa3333" who provided this fix! - Updated on October 3, 2021: version 1.6 Added M2000C PCN - Updated on May 30, 2021: version 1.5 Added Ka 50 PVI 800 - Updated on May 2, 2021: version 1.4 Added AJS37 Navigation panels (CK37 and waypoints) - Updated on April 7, 2021: version 1.3 Added A-10C UFC - Updated on March 14, 2021: version 1.2 Check list of changes in my latest post. You can download it for free from the Apple AppStore: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=1551491580 . It requires an iPad with at least iOS 12. Instructions on how to setup this application are here: https://wluc9875.github.io/iUFCExport/ F16 ICP, FA18 UFC, AV8 UFC and JF17 UFCP are supported for now. Note that I had to postpone SA342 NADIR for now, due to the poor quality of the data I could extract from the SA342 module. Feedback welcome! and I'm open to suggestion for new planes, new panels, new features.... - Older posts Last year, I created a "universal UFC button box"... ... but it was bulky, and although it could accommodate all the buttons of all the UFCs in DCS, I wanted something that looked more like each existing UFC and that could also display some info, like in these small displays next to each OSB of the F/A 18 I looked if it was possible to display and interact with an UFC from an iPad. I found some existing paid iPad applications, but with all the great free and open-source work of Helios and DCS-BIOS teams, providing excellent starting bricks, I decided to create my own iPad application and it will be free and open-source too. It will also support most of the existing iPads, including the older ones that only support up to iOS 12 version. The F16 ICP, F/A18 UFC, AV8BNA UFC&ODU, JF-17 UFCP are now completed. I'm still struggling with the SA342 Gazelle NADIR, because of the poor usability of the data exposed by Polychop. Now, I understand better why other projects relied on a viewport export (external screen) for this NADIR. As I implemented multi-panels / multi-iPads support, and since I do this first for my own pleasure flying in DCS, I'm already thinking of creating more panels than just "UFCs" (see early video further down in this thread) and of course, support for more planes. -- NEW UPDATE Feb 1, 2021: beta test phase started Apple reviewed the iPad application and gave it a green light for beta testing. So far, I have 3 persons who volunteered for the beta test. I'll contact them this weekend with explanations on how to install this beta (iPad + Lua script for DCS) Others, feel free to join! It will allow you to try this app before it's available to anyone else and it will allow you to influence what gets into this app. Video preview:

thanks @SGT Coyle ! Indeed, I found this sentence regarding the laser modes: > [*]The Laser modes have been increased to 5: TRNL (training), MRKR (Marker), LASER (Laser designator), D+M (Designator and Marker) and EYES (A low power Laser designator used to prevent damage to the eyes of the troops on the ground).

Not finding any binding in the control settings for decoy and jammer switchers (upper right front panel, NOT HOTAS).