Button box

[BlacleyCole]

Weather my VoiceAttack project works or Not I’m thinking of building a button box with puSH buttons, toggle switches and several rotary encoders. I dot expect a problem in. The construction of the box. But interfacing and configuring it in dcs my be different. If it show up as an controller I don’t expect trouble configuring was since it should be the same as any other controller. I’m going to use the bodnar board for interfacing do these boards play well. Will I need dcs bios?

 

Years ago before becoming fed up with Fox I ordereded enough stuff to several panels. Then recently I ordered a box and a few things to build a button box. So I’m going to do one done the line once other things are working and I fly enough to see. What actually Ned’s assigning to a button. I started off trying to follow the original huey cyclic’s b4 Brie except the hat button but already I notice I need ways to direct the ai aircrew in flight , troops while under the hmd plus other things that I’m not having a button for currently, some seem logical to use VoiceAttack for since they would be normally voice command anyway.

 

Should I expect any problems workarounds etc with a simple bodnar board button box? If so what? Tia

[cichlidfan]

DCS Bios is not needed if you use a Bodnar board. It will look like a generic USB device to the sim and can be programmed just like any other joystick type device from within DCS.

[BlacleyCole]

Thanks what is dcs-bios used for

[Warhog]

Here is the layman's guide to DCS-BIOS. http://dcs-bios.a10c.de/docs/v0.7.0/userguide.html

 

A quick read through this document should answer most of you questions about DCS-BIOS. DCS-BIOS makes cockpit building soooooo! much easier.

[Sokol1_br]

Basic difference:

 

An USB controller - e.g. BU0836, DSD12, Arduino+MMJoy2, Arduino+sketch code... - create a generic Game Controller compatible with any flight game.

 

Arduino+DCS BIOS - create a I/O controller compatible with DCS.

Edited April 29, 2018 by Sokol1_br