CDU keyboard

[WarbossPetross]

I'm using the term "CDU" from the A-10 because I don't know the first thing about the Apache, so feel free to correct me. The ABCD keyboard with a screen that functions loosely similar to the Tomcat CAP panel. What I'm asking for is the ability to temporarily OVERRIDE the hot key input when using that in-game keyboard so we can press A on our hardware keyboard to enter A, press B to enter B etc. We have this binding override implemented to an extent with the Petrovich menu in Mi-24, but here we have a whole keyboard to work with. I would also like for this solution to be extended to the A-10 seeing how the two systems appear to be quite similar. I don't know much about the A-10 either, so if it's already implemented in some way feel free to educate me some more.

[Raptor9]

1 hour ago, WarbossPetross said:

I'm using the term "CDU" from the A-10 because I don't know the first thing about the Apache, so feel free to correct me. The ABCD keyboard with a screen that functions loosely similar to the Tomcat CAP panel. 

 

It's called the KU, or Keyboard Unit.  It's used for data input for certain MPD displayed options; and the number & arithmetic buttons can be used as an in-cockpit calculator as well.

[Home Fries]

What you can do is assign a modifier or switch, then apply each key on the CDU as the same key + the modifier/switch on the CDU key in the control setup.  So for example if you use the APU switch on the Warthog throttle, you could assign Joy_BTN_20 as a modifier.  Then you assign the CDU "A" key as Joy_BTN_20 and "A".  Then as long as you have the APU switch in the up position, you can use the keyboard for your CDU.

 

If you don't have a Warthog throttle or a controller that keeps a button pressed for as long as a switch is on, you can choose a "switch" instead of "modifier" in DCS.  The difference is that a modifier holds down the button in DCS for as long as the button is held, whereas a switch function in DCS works as a toggle (e.g. pressing Hat2 Up holds Joy_BTN_7 and pressing Hat2 Up again releases Joy_BTN_7).  But if you have a switch on a throttle that can act as a modifier, this is the best way to do it.

 

Note: I give an example of this in my F-14 LANTIRN guide which can be found in my signature.

Edited October 2, 2021 by Home Fries

[FalcoGer]

I don't see a huge problem here. In the A10C I just use the default keybindings of left ctrl + windows and I get all the letters. Since I use head tracking I typically put the numbers on the numpad for easy access.