Ruben._. Posted October 9, 2023 Posted October 9, 2023 I'm busy working on a making a control panel type thing for the su-25t using an Arduino (panel includes things such as: a gears switch, left and right engine switches, etc.), and I was wondering whether or not it's possible to get data such as remaining fuel, gear position, engine rpm, etc. and use it with an Arduino Leonardo for indicator lights and such. I know its possible with planes such as the a-10c, but I have found little to no information on whether or not its possible with the su-25t (I would buy the a-10c but I'm broke so... yea). Any assistance would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
MAXsenna Posted October 9, 2023 Posted October 9, 2023 Have you looked into DCS-BIOS? Also, you can checkout Helios, which fits the same thing just to another screen. I believe the procedure is about the same. Cheers!
Ruben._. Posted October 9, 2023 Author Posted October 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, MAXsenna said: Have you looked into DCS-BIOS? Also, you can checkout Helios, which fits the same thing just to another screen. I believe the procedure is about the same. Cheers! Thanks for the reply, I have looked into DCS-BIOS but it unfortunately doesn't support the su-25t(or so I'm aware). I've also looked into Helios and believe it might be possible to use it with the su-25t, however I haven't been able to figure out how to use it with the su-25t. I also looked into profiles for Helios but the only su-25t profile I was able to find was for an outdated version of Helios and didn't have an available update (the profile I was looking at was capt zeem's su-25t profile). I'm not sure whether or not it's possible to update it myself. If possible do you maybe know where I could find more information on how to use Helios? Or if DCS-BIOS does in fact have a way to get the info I want. Thanks in advance
MAXsenna Posted October 9, 2023 Posted October 9, 2023 Haven't had the chance to get into DCS-BIOS yet. While I am using Zeen's Su-25T profile with free latest version of Helios. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
Ruben._. Posted October 10, 2023 Author Posted October 10, 2023 11 hours ago, MAXsenna said: Haven't had the chance to get into DCS-BIOS yet. While I am using Zeen's Su-25T profile with free latest version of Helios. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk I managed to get the engine rpm, air speed, and such working, but still no luck with the switches. Did you manage to get yours working with all of the switch positions? If so how? I also get the error shown in the screen shot when I put the script file into DCS, the recommendation breaks the script file. I managed to get past this by unchecking pre flight checkup in the Helios control center but this seems to break most of the panel. Please let me know if there's a way to fix this, thanks in advance.
MAXsenna Posted October 10, 2023 Posted October 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Ruben._. said: I managed to get the engine rpm, air speed, and such working, but still no luck with the switches. Did you manage to get yours working with all of the switch positions? If so how? I also get the error shown in the screen shot when I put the script file into DCS, the recommendation breaks the script file. I managed to get past this by unchecking pre flight checkup in the Helios control center but this seems to break most of the panel. Please let me know if there's a way to fix this, thanks in advance. Hi! I'll have a look into what settings I have for Helios, but to be honest I just followed the instructions, and all is setup as default. I do think I got that error with an older version of a Helios last time I tried it a couple off years back. Was a mess in my export.lua IIRC.
Ruben._. Posted October 10, 2023 Author Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, MAXsenna said: Hi! I'll have a look into what settings I have for Helios, but to be honest I just followed the instructions, and all is setup as default. I do think I got that error with an older version of a Helios last time I tried it a couple off years back. Was a mess in my export.lua IIRC. After some more fiddling I still haven't been able to get things like the fuel gauge working, I tried reinstalling the profile, editing the monitor script and still nothing. I did manage to get rid of the error by adding "dofile(lfs.writedir().."Scripts\\Helios\\HeliosExport16.lua")" to the very end of the export.lua script, this does remove the error but still does not fix things such as the fuel gauge. if you could show your export.lua file that might help me understand if i'm doing something wrong. Thanks!
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