Using a cheap bluetooth keyboard as the cockpit Keyboard Unit

[S. Low]

In case anyone else was curious, it's working so far. There's only a few regular A-Z keys that are bound by default, and really only a couple that are useful like "I (india)" for "Show IHADSS" and "M" for "Mirrors" and "K" for "Show Kneeboard."  Mirrors can be easily rebound to Rshift-M, Kneeboard has the on/off bind already set to Rshift-K, and I personally put show ihadss on my HOTAS because I use it a lot as CPG. 

Now that I was confident we can clear the A-Z keys and assign them to the Keyboard Unit, there was one other question - I went into a server and verified that I can bring up multiplayer chat and type into chat without entering info into the Keyboard Unit. I assumed it would work but wanted to be sure, and there's no conflict. Keyboard binds get disabled in favor of chat when the chat box is open. ED is smart. 

So if you want to nerd out like me it can be done with a $15 bluetooth keyboard, whatever mounting system you want to add it to your chair, and about 15 minutes of key binding. Don't forget to back up your Input folder. 
 

Edit for notes: 1) need to keybind for both pilot and CPG. It’s tedious but should only have to do it once. 2) highlight keyboard column and click save profile. Save one for pilot and one for CPG. If a patch deletes your keybinds this method works well at restoring them.

Edited June 3, 2022 by S. Low

[Magic Man]

So there are keybinds for each key of the keyboard?

[98abaile]

Yes.

[S. Low]

Be sure to bind the numbers and the decimal point “.”

I suggest rebinding the pilot / cpg seats from 1 and 2 to Lshift 1 and 2.

[cgjimeneza]

now I wonder....

Edit: the big PC did not detect it...  

 

Edited March 24, 2022 by cgjimeneza

[S. Low]

Bump cause I see people asking about it