Just got it!

[Oldfox]

Hey guys, just got it and it’s indeed pretty hard to configure and I’m not even talking about managing to get windows going for the correct language and so on...

 

I guess there’s some learning curve here!

 

My main concern is with com menus and Jester wheel.

 

I’d like to have genuine dcs menus still useable but it’s a mess with them appearing disappearing or not.... I had them randomly disappearing at first but seems I solved it by deassigning TX joystick buttons I didn’t use. It’s still not consistent and I have to toggle multiple times the com menu key to get things working somehow.

 

Any possibility to get those com menus behave nicely? Maybe it’s jut a matter of not trying to use same ptt buttons and having them on keyboard?

 

Other question: I was really disappointed to see in the manual that Jester menu is disabled when using RIO extension. Isn’t it possible to get it back?? I mean for some commands it’s way more convinient to select it in the menu with track IR instead of trying to be understood by the recognition.

 

Thanks for your help!

[hornblower793]

For the Comms menu blinking on and off, have you tried the solutions in the FAQ (https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4311067&postcount=5)?

 

Setting the custom path (and ticking the OB box) seems to work for most people.

 

 

You can then use the Options command (see page 18 of the Vaicom manual) to view the on screen menu and Take (followed by the number of the option you want) to pick the menu item.

 

In terms of Jester's wheel, there is some technical reason why this is disabled if AIRIO is installed. While the wheel is not available, you can view the available options for a lot of the Jester commands provided you have ticked Show Messages and Hints Only on the EX tab of the VAICOM config screen. Page 45 of the manual covers this.

 

 

While it takes time, learning the phrases / adding your own aliases for commands to make them more reliable for you is really worth the effort. If you are flying the F-14 regularly, Jester's commands soon become familiar.

If you need any further help please come back and we can go further:thumbup: