VAICOM recognizes command but does not send it to DCS-unless I do a really weird thing.

[skypickle]

Voice Attack and VAICOM pro purchased and properly installed. I use easy communications since I am a noob.

Voice Attack is hearing and recognizing me as seen in this screen capture of the voice attack console: (voiceattack.png image below)

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The voice attack profile shows I have bound button 3 of joystick1 as theTX4(VAPTT.png image below)

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You can see that I disabled the other nodes by unchecking the tickbox in the options page of the specific buttons(VAoptions.png image below)

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VAICOM (or VA) stops sending the command through to DCS. I have the beeps, command is perfect, just nothing happens. I have already tried the 'push PTT a little bit longer' but this does not help. Then I realized that my DCSopenbeta is not on the C drive. So I went into VAICOM->config and set the path D:\DCS World OpenBeta. (see VAICOMconfig.png image below) 

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 I set the sliders correctly, quit Vaicom and VA and restarted them. Then I started DCS and went to a cold start scenario.

 

Without doing anything, the comm menu appears and disappears after a few seconds. ( see DCSnotouch.png image below)

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When I press button 3 nothing is audible. I went back into DCS and ticked easy comm to off. Then went back into settings and ticked easy comm to on.

VAICOM->PTT screen did not change (see vaicomPTT.png image below)

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I went back into a cold start and Now it works.

 

This reminds me of another bug when I start a mission, the TGP switch on the A-10C}{ panel will be switched on but the actual TGP will be off. I have to toggle it to make it work. There are several other bugs like that where you have to 'stimulate' DCS to get it to recognize input settings.

 

 

 

Edited December 24, 2020 by skypickle

[LiamK8]

Hello,

I believe the radios need to be on before you can send instructions through Vaicom. Try starting up and turning radios on.

Which aircraft are you trying it in?

Many Thanks

Liam