VAICOM PRO plugin for VoiceAttack

[dburne]

Well for some reason Vaicom and VA seem to be working fine today - go figure.

[dburne]

Still working a champ for me today. I guess all I needed to do to get it working properly was to complain about it LOL. No idea why it suddenly started working again. I did mess around with it trying to change the press and release to two button presses but did not have a lot of luck so reverted back to a press and release. Really not sure how that would have changed anything. But it is working now.

Still though not fully fleshed out for the Apache it seems.

Edited June 14, 2022 by dburne

[DmanGIV]

Does VA work with the new DCS VOIP? I changed my PTT per the DCS VOIP set up, but that was my VA set up. So how do I change to the Tanker freq in DCS and transmit so VA can be utulized?

[dburne]

I sure hope @Hollywood_315 is ok. Still last visit on forum April 15th, last post on forum back in Jan. Anyone know what part of the world he is in?

[Sr.]

Is it possible to disable or uninstall the Vcom kneeboard? It seems to be bugged.

By bugged I mean, it randomly flips pages and still displays bogus ATC info. Today I was sitting on the tarmac at Nellis, pulled up the ATC page and it shows I'm at Vaziani 

[Slice313]

Is this software still in development?

[sthompson]

7 hours ago, Slice313 said:

Is this software still in development?

I hope so, although the developer has not made an appearance in some time on the forums. The most recent release was in March 2022, so just a few months ago.

[dburne]

7 hours ago, Slice313 said:

Is this software still in development?

Short answer - we don't really know at this time.

[MAXsenna]

I sure hope @Hollywood_315 is ok. Still last visit on forum April 15th, last post on forum back in Jan. Anyone know what part of the world he is in?

He's Dutch.

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[Wonder]

Vaicom is not recognizing initial calls to airborne tankers- or rather, it recognizes the commands but doesn't find the tanker.

I've tried the suggestions of resetting the database and so forth, upgrading to the latest versions, making sure I don't have audio processing services interfering etc. but nothing has helped.  It's not a recognition issue- the logs show it's using the correct radio, frequency is correct, it's understanding both "Texaco" and "request refuel", but apparently it looks for Texaco in the "crew" category- and that fails of course.

If I make the initial call to the tanker using the keyboard comm menus, it correctly processes subsequent calls (pre-contact, etc.)

There were posts earlier about this, but I never saw any resolution.  Any ideas?

Some log snippets showing correct recognition, but faulty processing:

11:43:21.919 Listening suspended
11:43:21.734 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 release'
11:43:20.897 Recipient Texaco is currently not available.
11:43:20.897 Searching called unit texaco in category Crew
11:43:20.896 Have result, identified as command: Request Refuel
11:43:20.895 Captured sentence: request refuel
11:43:20.890 Recognized : 'request refuel'
11:43:19.656 (awaiting additional input)
11:43:19.655 Have result, identified as recipient: Texaco
11:43:19.654 Captured sentence: texaco 11
11:43:19.639 Recognized : 'Texaco 11' (contains 'texaco') 
11:43:17.009 Listening resumed
11:43:16.836 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI]
11:43:16.836 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI]
11:43:16.653 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 press'

11:43:05.704 Ground crew is currently not available.
11:43:05.704 Have result, identified as command: Request Refuel
11:43:05.703 Captured sentence: request refuel
11:43:05.692 Recognized : 'request refuel'
11:43:05.544 Listening suspended
11:43:05.363 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 release'
11:43:03.329 (awaiting additional input)
11:43:03.328 Have result, identified as recipient: Texaco
11:43:03.327 Captured sentence: texaco 11
11:43:03.317 Recognized : 'Texaco 11' (contains 'texaco') 
11:43:00.627 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI]
11:43:00.627 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI]
11:43:00.606 Listening resumed

[MAXsenna]

Try "Texaco select" first

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[Wonder]

Thanks for the idea, but I already tried that, and no joy.

Is there a way to use a different phrase when requesting refuel form a tanker vs. ground crew?  And then specifically having the tanker version search in "tanker" rather than "crew"?

 

First, saying "select texaco", waiting for unit selection, then "request refuel".  Finds texaco in tanker, but still requests fuel from crew.

10:00:40.629 Listening suspended
10:00:40.511 Ground crew is currently not available.
10:00:40.511 Have result, identified as command: Request Refuel
10:00:40.510 Captured sentence: request refuel
10:00:40.502 Recognized : 'request refuel'
10:00:40.500 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 release'
10:00:37.719 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI]
10:00:37.718 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI]
10:00:37.660 Listening resumed
10:00:37.532 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 press'
10:00:32.829 Listening suspended
10:00:32.694 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 release'
10:00:32.120 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI]
10:00:32.120 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI]
10:00:31.859 Done. 
10:00:31.854 Constructing message... 
10:00:31.844 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210: [ Texaco ] ,  [ Select Recipient ]   
10:00:31.839 Selecting unit 
10:00:31.839 Called unit found.
10:00:31.837 Searching called unit texaco in category Tanker
10:00:31.829 Have result, identified as recipient: Texaco
10:00:31.829 Captured sentence: texaco
10:00:31.808 Recognized : 'texaco'
10:00:30.828 (awaiting additional input)
10:00:30.827 Have result, identified as command: Select
10:00:30.826 Captured sentence: select
10:00:30.806 Recognized : 'select'
10:00:29.012 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI]
10:00:29.011 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI]
10:00:28.887 Listening resumed

 

This time, selected texaco, then reiterated the call to texaco with the refuel request:

10:01:58.240 Listening suspended
10:01:58.094 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 release'
10:01:57.751 Recipient Texaco is currently not available.
10:01:57.750 Searching called unit texaco in category Crew
10:01:57.750 Have result, identified as command: Request Refuel
10:01:57.749 Captured sentence: request refuel
10:01:57.745 Recognized : 'request refuel'
10:01:56.260 (awaiting additional input)
10:01:56.259 Have result, identified as recipient: Texaco
10:01:56.259 Captured sentence: texaco
10:01:56.246 Recognized : 'texaco'
10:01:54.394 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI]
10:01:54.393 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI]
10:01:54.325 Listening resumed
10:01:54.215 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 press'
10:01:51.785 Done. 
10:01:51.785 Constructing message... 
10:01:51.785 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210: [ Texaco ] ,  [ Select Recipient ]   
10:01:51.784 Selecting unit 
10:01:51.784 Called unit found.
10:01:51.784 Searching called unit texaco in category Tanker
10:01:51.783 Have result, identified as command: Select
10:01:51.783 Have result, identified as recipient: Texaco
10:01:51.782 Captured sentence: select texaco
10:01:51.777 Recognized : 'select Texaco' (contains 'texaco') 
10:01:51.771 Recognized : 'select Texaco' (contains 'select') 
10:01:51.637 Listening suspended
10:01:51.544 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 release'
10:01:49.135 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI]
10:01:49.135 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI]
10:01:49.044 Listening resumed
10:01:48.969 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 press'
 

[RedeyeStorm]

I believe ‘request refuel’ is not a command that works for Tankers. First command should be ‘aproaching for refuel’ and when you have flown in range and proper position behind the tanker ‘ready precontact’. Al assuming you use the proper frequency for the tanker in question. 
 

(After each command the tanker should talk to you confirming you request)

[Wonder]

RedeyeStorm- you, my friend, are a stone-cold genius.  Or maybe I'm just a dumbass with target fixation. That was it.

Sad thing is, I did read the manual, I exported the command list, but was so fixated on the phrase "request refuel" that I didn't notice the tanker group command was "approach".  It's in the manual (pg. 22), it's in the csv export (cmd 171)- my mind just didn't perceive it, even if my eyes saw it.

Maybe that's why I suck at dogfights!

Many thanks for your help- this should go in the FAQ.

[ricktoberfest]

36 minutes ago, Wonder said:

RedeyeStorm- you, my friend, are a stone-cold genius.  Or maybe I'm just a dumbass with target fixation. That was it.

Sad thing is, I did read the manual, I exported the command list, but was so fixated on the phrase "request refuel" that I didn't notice the tanker group command was "approach".  It's in the manual (pg. 22), it's in the csv export (cmd 171)- my mind just didn't perceive it, even if my eyes saw it.

Maybe that's why I suck at dogfights!

Many thanks for your help- this should go in the FAQ.

I myself added the command “inbound for fuel” as I was always getting confused about which command to say. It’s actually a pretty simple process. 

Since Hollywood hasn’t been back in awhile, anyone know a way to disable VAICOM for a specific module (Apache)?  It’s really unusable for me but I have voice attack commands programmed so I don’t want to just shut it down each time. 

[dburne]

17 minutes ago, ricktoberfest said:

I myself added the command “inbound for fuel” as I was always getting confused about which command to say. It’s actually a pretty simple process. 

Since Hollywood hasn’t been back in awhile, anyone know a way to disable VAICOM for a specific module (Apache)?  It’s really unusable for me but I have voice attack commands programmed so I don’t want to just shut it down each time. 

Why not just create a whole new separate Voice Attack profile just for the Apache? Then simple matter of switching from Vaicom Profile to Apache Profile in VA when flying the Apache.

[ricktoberfest]

2 hours ago, dburne said:

Why not just create a whole new separate Voice Attack profile just for the Apache? Then simple matter of switching from Vaicom Profile to Apache Profile in VA when flying the Apache.

I never thought of that!  I don’t use profiles for voice attack and so forgot it could do that. Thanks. 

[dburne]

43 minutes ago, ricktoberfest said:

I never thought of that!  I don’t use profiles for voice attack and so forgot it could do that. Thanks. 

[_Hoss]

LOL, I think I have about six profiles in VA, most for DCS, only one for IL2.

[MAXsenna]

I myself added the command “inbound for fuel” as I was always getting confused about which command to say. It’s actually a pretty simple process. 
Since Hollywood hasn’t been back in awhile, anyone know a way to disable VAICOM for a specific module (Apache)?  It’s really unusable for me but I have voice attack commands programmed so I don’t want to just shut it down each time. 

As @dburne said, just move the commands to another profile.
But why not add/piggyback that profile into the VAICOM profile, and you don't have to switch at all, or are there specific problems that make you want to disable VAICOM?
Cheers!

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[ricktoberfest]

2 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

As @dburne said, just move the commands to another profile.
But why not add/piggyback that profile into the VAICOM profile, and you don't have to switch at all, or are there specific problems that make you want to disable VAICOM?
Cheers!

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Turns out it doesn't quite work like that.  My main problem is that the radio commands for the apache don't execute when they're recognized.  Sometimes I can force it by repeatedly pressing the radio button but thats not really a solution.  I've alread got other commands on voice attack in that profile, but radio commands won't work while VAICOM is running as it takes over the radio.  Alas, having a different profile doesn't seem to work either as the plugin isn't connected to a profile so its still running in the background even when I've deleted all the commands.  Looks like my only solution is to disable the plugin and restart voice attack each time I switch to the Apache.  Even creating a new profile still loads up VAICOM in the background preventing my own radio commands from running.

[dburne]

11 hours ago, ricktoberfest said:

Turns out it doesn't quite work like that.  My main problem is that the radio commands for the apache don't execute when they're recognized.  Sometimes I can force it by repeatedly pressing the radio button but thats not really a solution.  I've alread got other commands on voice attack in that profile, but radio commands won't work while VAICOM is running as it takes over the radio.  Alas, having a different profile doesn't seem to work either as the plugin isn't connected to a profile so its still running in the background even when I've deleted all the commands.  Looks like my only solution is to disable the plugin and restart voice attack each time I switch to the Apache.  Even creating a new profile still loads up VAICOM in the background preventing my own radio commands from running.

 

That is odd , I used to switch to another profile other than Vaicom for another flight sim with no problems but that was some time ago.

[Sr.]

Is it possible to increase the darkness of the fonts used for the commands listed under the different tabs?

Lately I find them impossible to read. Seem to have changed along with the use of OpenXR contrast and/or brightness.(which I would like to retain)

[Sr.]

Voice Attack update released.

Change log

https://voiceattack.com/changes.aspx

[dburne]

3 hours ago, Sr. said:

Voice Attack update released.

Change log

https://voiceattack.com/changes.aspx

Let's hope it does not break Vaicom...