Antenna panel DCS Bios call outs

[lesthegrngo]

Hi all, I've been working my way around the A10 panels and have reached the antenna panels 

The EGI HQ Enable toggle switch works fine, but the UHF and VFH antenna upper / lower / both switches are giving me an issue. I am trying to use an on-off-on three position toggle switch for the both, using the callouts below

DcsBios::Switch3Pos antIff("ANT_IFF", 18, 19);

DcsBios::Switch3Pos antUhf("ANT_UHF", 16, 17);

However they appear to not be recognised in game. I checked them against the old reference and they are the same

However if I use these

const byte antIffPins[2] = {18, 19};
DcsBios::SwitchMultiPos antIff("ANT_IFF", antIffPins, 2);

const byte antUhfPins[2] = {16, 17};
DcsBios::SwitchMultiPos antUhf("ANT_UHF", antUhfPins, 2);

They will go to the lower two positions - please note that the two SwitchMultiPos callouts immediately above have been modified from 3 position to 2 just for testing purposes. This works for both the A10C and A10CII, and I have tested with different hardware and pin numbers to rule out those 

So something about the Switch3Pos is incorrect. I am pretty certain I am looking at the latest version of the reference documentation but would like to know if it is just my use that is non-functioning

Cheers

Les

 

[No1sonuk]

Can you try these with appropriate switch-reading code:

SendDcsBiosMessage ("ANT_IFF, "0");

SendDcsBiosMessage ("ANT_IFF, "1");  // Middle position

SendDcsBiosMessage ("ANT_IFF, "2");

DON'T put them in the code just like that - add something to choose which to send.

They should be what the 3-position switch code sends depending on switch position.

[lesthegrngo]

I used the sketch below to test them both, all working fine (actually rather cool watching the switches cycle though!)

#define DCSBIOS_IRQ_SERIAL
#include <DcsBios.h>

void onAcftNameChange(char* newValue) {
  // Change of Aircraft
  DcsBios::resetAllStates();
}
DcsBios::StringBuffer<24> AcftNameBuffer(0x0000, onAcftNameChange);


void setup() {
  DcsBios::setup();
}

void loop() {
sendDcsBiosMessage("ANT_IFF", "0");
delay(500);
sendDcsBiosMessage("ANT_IFF", "1");  // Middle position
delay(500);
sendDcsBiosMessage("ANT_IFF", "2");
delay(500);
sendDcsBiosMessage("ANT_UHF","0");
delay(500);
sendDcsBiosMessage("ANT_UHF","1");
delay(500);
sendDcsBiosMessage("ANT_UHF","2");
delay(500);
}

I then tried this without success

DcsBios::Switch3Pos antUhf("ANT_UHF", 4, 5);

However this worked, bearing in mind the pin 28 doesn't exist on a nano, but switching to pins 4 and 5 moved the switch in game to the correct positions using a two position toggle switch. 

const byte antUhfPins[3] = {4, 28, 5};
DcsBios::SwitchMultiPos antUhf("ANT_UHF", antUhfPins, 3);

 Changing the hardware to an on-on-on switch and the code below it works perfectly

const byte antUhfPins[3] = {4, 5, 6};
DcsBios::SwitchMultiPos antUhf("ANT_UHF", antUhfPins, 3);

Then using the exact same hardware with this code doesn't work

DcsBios::Switch3Pos antUhf("ANT_UHF", 4, 5);

So, for some reason the game or DCS Bios is not accepting the  DcsBios::Switch3Pos code for these.

Can someone lash up a switch and test it in their game with my code above? If it is working for someone else's installation I am going to have to do the nuclear option and do a complete clean install

Les

Edited July 16, 2023 by lesthegrngo

[No1sonuk]

3 hours ago, lesthegrngo said:

DcsBios::Switch3Pos antUhf("ANT_UHF", 4, 5);

This line works perfectly for me.
Tested with Uno and on-off-on switch on pins 4 and 5.

[lesthegrngo]

Thanks for checking

I'm going to do a clean install, so the DCS World folder complete, the saved games DCS subfolder, anything else I should erase? Maybe DCS BIOS too?

Cheers

 

Les

[Vinc_Vega]

Yes, there are some temp data:

C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\DCS-BIOS

C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\DCS.openbeta

C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\DCSFlightpanels_(DCSFP)

 

Regards, Vinc

[lesthegrngo]

Thanks!