Tucano_uy Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) Hi, I bought a cheapie USB numeric pad with the intention of having a poorman's UFC. The idea was simple, plug the keypad on an USB port, launch DCS, go to options and get to key assignments for the UFC and assign each number to the keypad plus some other functions to the plus sign, asterisk, etc etc. Problem is, it doesn't work. DCS or windows doesn't see the keypad as an extra device but as a duplicate for the main keyboard's numeric pad. Is there any workaround that doesn't involve extra hardware (Arduino, etc)? Many thanks Edited June 17, 2015 by Tucano_uy Yes, I used the "forum search" function. I didn't understand much. It seems the straight answer is NO, it can't be done.
cichlidfan Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 The answer is no. ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
Nirvi Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 The answer is yes. http://www.hidmacros.eu/whatisit.php Serious uglies Discord 4YA - Project Overlord WW2 Server My DCS Videos
h.kan Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 http://www.hidmacros.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=241#p794
agrasyuk Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) Except hidmacros doesn't work for DCS. Or at least it wasn't when I attempted. The issue is DCS seems to see the keyboard on a " lower hardware" way so to say. The result is that DCS will still see the original hardware level keystrokes on top of the hidmacros a signments.which as you can imagine provides for some very entertaining time troubleshooting the strange behaviour that ensues. Then there is an issue with keystroke timing, DCS does lIke to have a delay before key_down and key_up events. 10-20ms delay in my autohotkey scripts seemed to be adequate. I didn't try hidmacros since though, maybe someone more proficient then me will be able to make it work. Edited June 17, 2015 by agrasyuk Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
TomOnSteam Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 HIDmacros is a no go. BUT His new creation LuaMacros should work: http://www.hidmacros.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=241#p794 Time to pull out an old keyboard and re-label every single button :) (for my throttle hand). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cockpit Spectator Mode
Tucano_uy Posted June 28, 2015 Author Posted June 28, 2015 Thanks for the responses. Without a GUI LUAmacros is a bit cryptical for me. Let's hope somebody with more knowledge finds a way to make it work.
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