Quick way to set acquisition source to PHS as CPG?

[FalcoGer]

I like to fly around with TADS as sight and GHS as acquisition source, so when I see something I can quickly slew the tads over and identify and potentially engage. But sometimes the pilot sees stuff before I do. Then I need to look down, press R6 and R1 on the MFD to get my acquisition source to PHS, which takes like 2-5 seconds, in which the pilot can't take his eyes off the target.

Is there a quicker way to do that?

[Raptor9]

No.

[FalcoGer]

Ok then.

Also is the Acquisition source supposed to return to FXD when swapping from TADS to HMD as sight? Would be convenient if it returned to the last acquisition source used for that sight instead of going FXD, which is almost never helpful, at least to me.

[Raptor9]

The ACQ source will always default to FXD if the current ACQ source is no longer available for selection. For example, if you have the TADS slaved to your helmet (GHS) in the CPG station, and then select HMD as your sight, the ACQ should revert to FXD since you can't have your helmet as your sight and ACQ at the same time.

[Rosly]

Please ... If this is actually how it work's in reality, than it already should be a meme.

Are you telling me the TEDAC - which has bazillion of buttons does not have a switch for the most used and probably the first function which cames to mind in terms how efficiently pass target information between pilot and CPG? Whaaat?

 

[Floyd1212]

I think if we were all designing the Apache again today, we would make this function easier to achieve, but alas, this is how it is. 

[Dangerzone]

On 3/25/2022 at 5:00 AM, FalcoGer said:

Is there a quicker way to do that?

Yes - but not native to DCS.

If you use Voice Attack you could issue a command such as "Pilot Source" or similar, which could do the keypresses for you. 

It's not realistic - so if you want full authenticity - it's going to be the manual presses - but if you're after something to assist you in-game for quicker acquisition - this might be suitable for your needs.

I know when I'm in flight and I have my hands busy voice attack can be a real help - especially since it's not just reaching forward and pushing a button - but having to go to mouse, try and find where in the space time continuum the mouse really is (in VR - which is probably the longest step), then doing the button clicks. 

[NeedzWD40]

The voice attack example makes me think you could do an external macro with the WPN action button on either MPD, followed by R6 and then R1.

[Hobel]

Am 24.3.2022 um 19:00 schrieb FalcoGer:

I like to fly around with TADS as sight and GHS as acquisition source, so when I see something I can quickly slew the tads over and identify and potentially engage. But sometimes the pilot sees stuff before I do. Then I need to look down, press R6 and R1 on the MFD to get my acquisition source to PHS, which takes like 2-5 seconds, in which the pilot can't take his eyes off the target.

Is there a quicker way to do that?

I use Macros for this