DCS-BIOS - Speed on an LCD question

[ECV56_Polten]

Hi guys, I want to do something simple. The goal here is to show the speed on a LCD 16x2; for that, I have this code:

 

#define DCSBIOS_DEFAULT_SERIAL
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
#include "DcsBios.h"

LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27, 16, 2);

void setup() {
 // put your setup code here, to run once:
 lcd.init();
 lcd.backlight();
 lcd.clear();
 lcd.setCursor(0,0);
 lcd.print("kmh");
 DcsBios::setup();
}

void loop() {
 DcsBios::loop();
}

void onIasEuIntChange(unsigned int newValue) {
 /* your code here */
 lcd.setCursor(0,1);
 lcd.print(newValue);
}
DcsBios::IntegerBuffer iasEuIntBuffer(0x042a, 0xffff, 0, onIasEuIntChange);

The LCD only shows the "kmh" legend on the first row, but nothing is shown on the second row as intended. I checked the connection on DCS-BIOS web console and all is working fine, so I am guessing it has to be something in the code, probably a misplaced line of code.

I am using an Arduino Uno board and a LCD 1602 I2C (PCF8574) :helpsmilie:

[No1sonuk]

Double-check this address:

DcsBios::IntegerBuffer iasEuIntBuffer([u]0x042a[/u], 0xffff, 0, onIasEuIntChange);

My control reference says this should be 0x0424.

[ECV56_Polten]

I changed the address to 0x0424, and now it shows values on the LCD, but the incorrect ones, unless an F-14B can fly at speeds exceding Mach 10 :unsure:

It shows values in the range of 12000 to 14000+

[dracosb]

Display Problem

 

Hi ECV56_Polten

 

 

I currently have 11 Oled screens displaying things for the F18. I found I always had problems trying to directly print the newValue out so after several trys I found a solution that works for me. I'm reasonably new to this as well so there may be better ways to do it. I modified your code .. so give it a try. It might work.

 

 

#include "DcsBios.h"

 

LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27, 16, 2);

 

unsigned int Speed; // create global variable visible in all the program

 

void setup() {

// put your setup code here, to run once:

ScreenSetup();

DcsBios::setup();

}

 

 

void loop() {

DisplayScreen();

DcsBios::loop();

}

 

void onIasEuIntChange(unsigned int newValue) {

/* your code here */

Speed = newValue; // copy to the global variable

}

DcsBios::IntegerBuffer iasEuIntBuffer(0x042a, 0xffff, 0, onIasEuIntChange);

 

 

void DisplayScreen(void) {

lcd.setCursor(0,1);

lcd.print(Speed); // print to screen

}

 

 

void ScreenSetup(void){

lcd.init();

lcd.backlight();

lcd.clear();

lcd.setCursor(0,0);

lcd.print("kmh");

}

[ECV56_Polten]

I tried your code dracosb but it keeps showing odd values

[dracosb]

Hi ECV56_Polten...

 

 

I just tried the Speed displayed to a little 2 inch SPI TFT I have. The code is below.

 

 

 

#define DCSBIOS_IRQ_SERIAL

 

#include "SPI.h"

#include "Adafruit_GFX.h"

#include "Adafruit_ST7789.h"

#include "DcsBios.h"

 

#define TFT_DC 9

#define TFT_CS 10

#define TFT_RST 8

#define TFT_MOSI 11

#define TFT_SCLK 13

#define TFT_MISO 12

 

Adafruit_ST7789 tft = Adafruit_ST7789(TFT_CS, TFT_DC, TFT_MOSI, TFT_SCLK, TFT_RST);

 

 

 

 

 

#define WHITE 0xFFFF // colors for Adafruit_GFX

#define BLACK 0x0000 // colors for Adafruit_GFX

 

 

unsigned int KMH;

unsigned int KNOTS;

 

 

/* paste code snippets from the reference documentation here */

 

void onIasEuIntChange(unsigned int newValue) {

/* your code here */

KMH = newValue;

}

DcsBios::IntegerBuffer iasEuIntBuffer(0x042a, 0xffff, 0, onIasEuIntChange);

 

 

void onIasUsIntChange(unsigned int newValue) {

/* your code here */

KNOTS = newValue;

}

DcsBios::IntegerBuffer iasUsIntBuffer(0x042c, 0xffff, 0, onIasUsIntChange);

 

 

void setup() {

ScreenSetup();

DcsBios::setup();

}

 

void loop() {

DisplayScreen();

DcsBios::loop();

}

 

 

void ScreenSetup(void) {

tft.init(240, 320); // Init ST7789 320x240

tft.setRotation(3);

tft.fillScreen(BLACK);

tft.setTextColor( WHITE, BLACK);

}

 

 

void DisplayScreen(void) {

tft.setCursor(15, 30);

tft.setTextSize(3);

tft.println(" Speed Test");

tft.setCursor(15, 60);

tft.print(" KMH : ");

tft.print(KMH);

tft.setCursor(15, 90);

tft.print(" Knots : ");

tft.print(KNOTS);

}

 

 

Although the update was a little slow and slighlty different from the HUD speed (in Knots, F18C). I was getting about 6 Knots fast on the knots reading, and as I said a slow update speed of once every few seconds. not sure about the actual KMH as the F18 doesn't show it on the HUD. I tried the above DCS BIOS commands and the variants that use a char* instead of the unsigned int. All worked.

 

 

Hope this helps you out.

[ECV56_Polten]

There seems to be a problem on the onIasEuIntChange and onIasUsIntChange, or maybe a bug in DCS (never happened before, right?)

I changed the code to use onIasEuChange and onIasUsChange, and a char array to int conversion, and it works; here's the code I used:

 

#define DCSBIOS_DEFAULT_SERIAL
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
#include "DcsBios.h"

LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27, 16, 2);

unsigned int SpeedEu;
unsigned int SpeedUs;

void setup() {
 // put your setup code here, to run once:
 ScreenSetup();
 DcsBios::setup();
}

void loop() {
 DisplayScreen();
 DcsBios::loop();
}

void ScreenSetup() {
 lcd.init();
 lcd.backlight();
 lcd.clear();
 lcd.setCursor(0,0);
 lcd.print("kmh");
 lcd.setCursor(8, 0);
 lcd.print("Knots");
}

void DisplayScreen() {
 lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
 lcd.print(SpeedEu);
 lcd.setCursor(8, 1);
 lcd.print(SpeedUs);
}

void onIasUsChange(char* newValue) {
   SpeedUs = atoi(newValue);
}
DcsBios::StringBuffer<4> iasUsBuffer(0x0426, onIasUsChange);

void onIasEuChange(char* newValue) {
   SpeedEu = atoi(newValue);
}
DcsBios::StringBuffer<4> iasEuBuffer(0x0422, onIasEuChange);

 

Image shown below displaying an F-14 speed in Km/h and Knots. I also tried the same on Ka-50, no issues so far.

[dracosb]

Glad you solved it ECV56_Polten. Don't know why I didn't think of that because I used the atoi function when I was doing my RPM code for the F18C IFEI display.