StreamDeck XL - Export Light Information for F/A-18C

[Toni Carrera]

I am trying to find out how to get additional information that I have yet to find the information for. I would like to export things like all of the items I have highlighted with yellow boxes in the image attached/below

 

I have a significant amount of information based on using Charles Tytler's great DCS Interface, and already have almost every single function mapped on my screens, I just want to create a lights summary screen, but I am looking for a little more info to create it

 

 

Thank you anticipation of the usual great responses on all posts that go on throughout this forum

 

Edited October 12, 2021 by Toni Carrera

[Bailey]

I'll reference the F-18C lua located here so that we are on the same page: https://github.com/asherao/DCS-ExportScripts/tree/master/Scripts/DCS-ExportScript/ExportsModules

Go to line 72 and you will see that the status of many of the cockpit lights are exported. Typically they are from 0 to 1. If you dont find a light, you will have to use Model Viewer and use the argument animator and random guessing to find the correct argument. You'll then add it to the lua file itself. 

 

When you want to use it in the DCS Interface app create a Momentary Button. Image 1 will be the "Light is off", and image 2 will be "light is on". For the image change a crossover of 0.50 is usually fine.

[Thermal]

What Bailey said.

There are three configuration knobs you can set in the StreamDeck - the button action and the image state and the text change.
You want a "Momentary Button with Lamp" on your Stream Deck to configure , go to ID lookup, search for "Master Caution", select it and then hit "Image state change".  That populates the values for you, in this case the Image State Change fields with be updated with the DCS ID.

As Bailey said, you can see those in the github repo above. 

 

 

 

 

[Toni Carrera]

Hi Thanks,

I already have the Master Caution, A/A and A/G. It is just trying to understand how to get the other ones, even with Bailey's fantastic post, I am still sitting here like a DumbA$$ staring blankly. I have a good understanding of the DCS Interface on StreamDeck, and have created a hugely detailed Profile for my F/A-18C, all of which is based on Device ID, DCS ID & Button ID, and not Keyboard Commands / Keyboard Strokes

Please see the following link for that post re my Profile - 

 

I know it is just going to take one click in my brain and I will have it, it is just getting that click to occur. I struggle with some mental issues, and this is one of the side-effects 

Thanks for your ongoing support to a Dummy like me

 

[Bailey]

Let's say you wanted to use the Sam Light. Copy your working master caution light button on the stream deck to a different location. Go to the Lua, line 104. You see that the argument is [38]. Put "38" in for the Image State Change for the master caution light button you copied. Niw when you do a lights test you should see your button light up. Change the button images to what you want. Also Clear the "Press" event if it's a non-button light. 

[Toni Carrera]

Thanks Bailey, fairly sure I understand now

I do have one additional question, do you know how to get the brightness of fluorescing element of a colour. I have put the values for the green, 

FLUORESCENT GREEN
PMS:
HEX COLOR: #08FF08;
RGB: (8,255,8)
CMYK: (97,0,97,0)

but the colour I get is a really flat looking green

 

Anyone know how?

[Toni Carrera]

Never mind, I think I have found out how to

[Bailey]

how?

[Toni Carrera]

I am going to try and use this technique

Apply an effect to a single stroke or fill

You can apply effects to the text object as a whole, or you can apply effects to an individual appearance property like one of the strokes.

• Click the appearance row (the stroke) to select it. This selection targets the appearance so that the effect will only be applied to it.
• Click the Add New Effect button at the bottom of the Appearance panel or choose the effect from the Effect menu.
• Choose Blur > Gaussian Blur.
• Change the radius in the Gaussian Blur dialog box and click OK.

Tip: Add more strokes to the artwork, change the color, reorder the strokes and fills, and apply the glow effect to give the artwork more depth.

From this thread - https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/illustrator/how-to/create-neon-text.html#:~:text=By layering more than one,top of the previous fill.

I will let you know how it goes when I test it after work