christianholmes Posted August 16, 2021 Posted August 16, 2021 So I have hardware that works with DCS-BIOS v0.7.1. It seems to just output the new position of the hardware anytime something changes. The serial monitor, and SOCAT window would just show "GEAR_LEVER 0" or "GEAR_LEVER 1" for example, but it doesn't work with v0.10.0 It's very laggy, and has a tendency to stop working in the middle of a mission, which might be because of the older version. I'd like to update it to work with v0.10.0, and have the source code. I'm not exactly sure what I should be looking for. There doesn't seem to be a DCS-BIOS generic "Set" function, but maybe I'm missing it- that would just take the switch/dial & position and set it: that would probably be the easiest fix. I can't use the built in functions that map inputs to pins as they aren't connected to the Arduino that is connected to DCS-BIOS It's just a receiver, and the actual Arduino's are connected all wirelessly to the receiver. BTW, I can connect another Arduino, load up a basic sketch and it works just fine- I hooked up a switch to pin 11 and drove my wife crazy with the signal test on the A-10C, so I know v0.10.0 is working
Rump0l3 Posted August 16, 2021 Posted August 16, 2021 If I've understood your question correctly, I think the tryToSendDcsBiosMessage function is what you're looking for, e.g. to depress the UHF radio test button: DcsBios::tryToSendDcsBiosMessage("UHF_TEST", "1");
No1sonuk Posted August 16, 2021 Posted August 16, 2021 Something to consider here is Version v0.10.0 is the "HUB" version, which, IIRC, is no longer supported AND has some bugs. I think the v0.7.1 you refer to may be the "Flightpanels fork" which IS actively supported, and theoretically is NEWER than the V0.10.0 HUB version.
christianholmes Posted August 16, 2021 Author Posted August 16, 2021 5 hours ago, No1sonuk said: Something to consider here is Version v0.10.0 is the "HUB" version, which, IIRC, is no longer supported AND has some bugs. I think the v0.7.1 you refer to may be the "Flightpanels fork" which IS actively supported, and theoretically is NEWER than the V0.10.0 HUB version. I am very confused by this. On Github shows that yes v0.10.0 is the newest version, released in Nov 2019, and v0.71 was released in Nov 2017. Should I be looking somewhere other than Github? 9 hours ago, Rump0l3 said: If I've understood your question correctly, I think the tryToSendDcsBiosMessage function is what you're looking for, e.g. to depress the UHF radio test button: DcsBios::tryToSendDcsBiosMessage("UHF_TEST", "1"); Yes, that is what I was looking for. Thanks!
No1sonuk Posted August 17, 2021 Posted August 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, christianholmes said: I am very confused by this. On Github shows that yes v0.10.0 is the newest version, released in Nov 2019, and v0.71 was released in Nov 2017. Should I be looking somewhere other than Github? Here: https://github.com/DCSFlightpanels/dcs-bios It's confusing as hell. They forked off an older version of DCS-BIOS, and it would have been easier if they'd called it something else.
christianholmes Posted August 17, 2021 Author Posted August 17, 2021 15 minutes ago, No1sonuk said: Here: https://github.com/DCSFlightpanels/dcs-bios It's confusing as hell. They forked off an older version of DCS-BIOS, and it would have been easier if they'd called it something else. Haha, weird. But thank you!
christianholmes Posted September 2, 2021 Author Posted September 2, 2021 BTW, after spending the last week or so buried in code I can definitely say this works: DcsBios::tryToSendDcsBiosMessage("UHF_TEST", "1"); And if you just want to open a UDP port directly to DCS BIOS, you just send "UHF_TEST 1" and a line feed character- no carriage return line feed.
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