VAICOM PRO plugin for VoiceAttack

[redtail]

071.00 will not work in the F-18 because the radios do not support that frequency band (same will be true in some other planes as well). For each airframe you fly check the manual / Chuck's guide to confirm which will work.

 

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Ahh, ok thanks.

 

One other issue I have and can't seem to figure out (did the whole delete export.lua, repair routine several times), is... Once I load a mission, the last screen that normally appears before launching into the game, no longer shows up. So there is nothing to click on to start.

 

I have to hit the escape key, then hit 'resume' in order to proceed into the active game.

 

This only happens when using VA/Vaicom pro. If I do the delete, repair routine and start DCS without Vaicom, it works normally.

 

Any ideas?

Thanks

[redtail]

I can't get AOCS to work at all, lately. Auto Briefing works, but "Crystal Palace, status/briefing" doesn't. I tired to tune to both 142.00 AM and 284.000 AM.

 

Any ideas?

 

I was having that issue also. If I recall correctly, somehow my audio output selections changed. Some audio was being redirected and couldn't be heard through my speakers.

 

I believe I had to set everything to 'default' in the audio tab in DCS settings.

 

I'm not at the PC, so I'm unable to confirm this. I'm going off of memory, which could be off.

 

At one point, I was hearing the briefing through the speakers and the rest of AOCS through my Rift S headphones. Now I have everything coming through the speakers.

Edited May 24, 2020 by redtail

[Al-Azraq]

How does it work the Hornet Ball command? I've tried using it and it gets recognised, but Voice Attacke shows "awaiting additional input".

[speed-of-heat]

i just call "Ball" ...

[Al-Azraq]

i just call "Ball" ...

 

Hmmm it is not working for me I’m afraid. I will test again later, neither “See you at 10”. VA detects the command but it waits for an additional one. The rest of the calls work great. Maybe it is due my broken English.

[TAW_Impalor]

Try switching the recognition engine from Windows to internal one (see manual). It fixed for me similar issue with wingman (awaiting further info loop).

[hornblower793]

Hmmm it is not working for me I’m afraid. I will test again later, neither “See you at 10”. VA detects the command but it waits for an additional one. The rest of the calls work great. Maybe it is due my broken English.

 

 

Could you post a screenshot of the VA log window (turn on VAICOM debug) so we can see exactly what you are seeing

[Al-Azraq]

First of all, thank you both for helping me! Now, let's try to solve this.

 

EDIT: I'm blind, the solution was in front of my nose all the time. I've just had to enable the option "Extended command set" in VAICOM Preferences tab... THANKS BOTH!

 

Try switching the recognition engine from Windows to internal one (see manual). It fixed for me similar issue with wingman (awaiting further info loop).

 

You mean, this option?

 

 

I've tried both with the same result.

 

Could you post a screenshot of the VA log window (turn on VAICOM debug) so we can see exactly what you are seeing

 

Sure, here you can see an example with the simple "Inbound" command. DCS wasn't running but you can see that the command is detected and sends the input without any issue:

 

 

Then with the command "Hornet Ball":

 

 

The ATC option is enabled:

 

Edited May 24, 2020 by Al-Azraq

[hornblower793]

Great stuff - enjoy:thumbup:

[Jedra]

I was adding some words/phrases to the speech recognition dictionary earlier today and then testing them out in Notepad. For some reason, whenever I said "Stennis", it recognised it as "Stenness", which would presumably not work with Vaicom. As i couldn't think of a time when i would use "stenness", whatever that is, I just blocked it from being recognised, but i suppose i could have alternatively added it as an alias to "Stennis".

 

Could this be why your RIO isn't selecting the correct channel?

 

Hi. No, it is correctly identifying Stennis and says it is tuning to Stennis, but it actually tunes to Rooosevelt. It is not a big issue as I generally tune the specific TACAN.

[Harker]

First of all, thank you both for helping me! Now, let's try to solve this.

 

 

 

EDIT: I'm blind, the solution was in front of my nose all the time. I've just had to enable the option "Extended command set" in VAICOM Preferences tab... THANKS BOTH!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You mean, this option?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've tried both with the same result.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sure, here you can see an example with the simple "Inbound" command. DCS wasn't running but you can see that the command is detected and sends the input without any issue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then with the command "Hornet Ball":

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ATC option is enabled:

 

 

 

What if you enable the extended command set? I have it enabled by default, it's useful.

[dburne]

Don, I went back to Windows Speech and retrained it specifically for "Salute" and it works every time now. I was also seeing it come up as "select."

 

:thumbup:

 

I did keyword training from with Vaicom Pro for both select and salute, worked a champ. Each recognized appropriately now.

 

Thanks,

[Razor18]

Hi There,

 

on VAICOM control screen "EX" Tab, I can not check "Aircraft Carrier Comms" and "Suppress Auto" checkbox neighter, as both are grayed out for me. Pro licence activated, etc., so Anyone knows maybe why?

 

Thanks

 

EDIT: Disregard, extra licence bought... :doh:

Edited May 24, 2020 by Razor18

[DD_Crash]

Hello, I cant get VA to listen to me. I have used VA for several years so it must be a setting on Viacom. I have the Pro version everything imported and all the "when I say" words are there. I have a Warthog set up as shown on the PDF. I get Chrystal Palace reading the brief and when I push TX1 button the menu appears. The VA log doesnt show any words heard :( Any ideas as I think it will be great when I can get it working.

[TAW_Impalor]

I meant VSPX Processing = ON in Vaicom preferences + Unrecognized Speech Delay = 700 in Voice Attack - Options -Recognition tab. This helps me say things in one go.

[Razor18]

Hello, I cant get VA to listen to me. I have used VA for several years so it must be a setting on Viacom. I have the Pro version everything imported and all the "when I say" words are there. I have a Warthog set up as shown on the PDF. I get Chrystal Palace reading the brief and when I push TX1 button the menu appears. The VA log doesnt show any words heard :( Any ideas as I think it will be great when I can get it working.

 

Do you hold the PTT pressed while saying the words? VAICOM only listens with PTT held pressed (unless you delete the press/release functions from the profile). Check on the recognition page of Voice Attack, red microphone sign top right. Someone corrects me please if I'm mistaken...

[DD_Crash]

YesI held it. Will the mike muted show when DCS is not running?

[Razor18]

I'm not sure, but I advise you always have VoiceAttack recognition window open, (at least in the background, if you play on monitor, not VR). There you can always check (afterwards) whether VA understood your words.

[DD_Crash]

Just checked and the muted mike is showing when DCS isnt running. That makes sense because the speech is telling Viacom to run something in DCS. The mike is set up as I have used it in "another combat flight sim" and it worked fine.

[hornblower793]

Even when DCS is not running, the microphone should show as active when a PTT button is held down and you should get Transmit TX1 press and release messages in the log when you push the button (the TX number may be different).

 

Do you get these?

 

 

You can also use the VA window to check whether words and phrases are recognised without DCS running

[DD_Crash]

No, I have just changed the profile to HSFX and using the ptt for that profile the mike showed as active, back to Viacom no joy.

[redtail]

Ahh, ok thanks.

 

One other issue I have and can't seem to figure out (did the whole delete export.lua, repair routine several times), is... Once I load a mission, the last screen that normally appears before launching into the game, no longer shows up. So there is nothing to click on to start.

 

I have to hit the escape key, then hit 'resume' in order to proceed into the active game.

 

This only happens when using VA/Vaicom pro. If I do the delete, repair routine and start DCS without Vaicom, it works normally.

 

Any ideas?

Thanks

This is the screen that I no longer see when Vaicom is running. It's just blank (or transparent). The only way to get in game is to tap the Esc key twice in order to proceed.

 

 

 

Anyone have an idea of what's wrong?

Thanks

 

 

Edit: 5/25/20. I installed a second copy of everything on my laptop and it's working great. So this lets me know that there's something screwy on my Desktop PC installation. I'll do some more troubleshooting and repair. At least I know that this isn't a bug in VA/Vaicom, so disregard this post.

Edited May 25, 2020 by redtail

[Greyman]

@DD_Crash, when you open the Vaicom Pro profile for editing in VoiceAttack, does your screen look something like this. Paying particular attention to the rows that begin with "Transmit TX....".?

[DD_Crash]

Mine looks like thisVA.JPG

Edited May 24, 2020 by DD_Crash

[Greyman]

I was just checking that you had mapped all of the PTT buttons (press and release) and as I have a Warthog also, the two sets of mappings appear to be identical. It isn't that then.

 

When DCS is loaded and you have a mission in progress, does the PTT screen correctly show the module/aircraft you are using?