How to read the Preset Base display of the FR.22 Radio?

[Rudel_chw]

Hello all,

 

I'm editing a Viggen mission where I would like to be able to detect if the FR.22 radio is tuned to a specific preset:

 

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On the clickabledata.lua the following lines refer to this cockpit element:

 

 

I have tried to use the trigger condition X:COCKPIT ARGUMENT IN RANGE, using argument 361 and 3230, and neither seem to work   Does anyone know how to properly read this preset number?

Does anyone know what means the -666 argument?

 

Thanks a lot for any help with this, and best regards.

 

Eduardo

[TOViper]

The thumb is a control (clickable device), the indication is an indication.
I think you should not focus on the thumb, but on the indication by using trigger condition X: COCKPIT INDICATION TEXT IS EQUAL TO.

See DCS Manual page 156.
I think the FR22 "indicator ID" might be 30, but I don't know the name for the indication (e.g. "data" or something else).

Edited December 13, 2023 by TOViper

[Rudel_chw]

52 minutes ago, TOViper said:

The thumb is a control (clickable device), the indication is an indication.
I think you should not focus on the thumb, but on the indication by using trigger condition X: COCKPIT INDICATION TEXT IS EQUAL TO.

See DCS Manual page 156.
I think the FR22 "indicator ID" might be 30, but I don't know the name for the indication (e.g. "data" or something else).

 

 

Hi,

Thanks for the input, unfortunately the device 30 has no indications that I could find (using the Lua Console of DCS-BIOS). 

With other knobs, like Master Mode, or the Computer Data Selector, I have no problem reading their position, but this radio knob seems to work differently, pity, seems I will have to trust the student pilot to dial the correct preset  

Best regards,

 

Eduardo

[razo+r]

42 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

Hi,

Thanks for the input, unfortunately the device 30 has no indications that I could find (using the Lua Console of DCS-BIOS). 

With other knobs, like Master Mode, or the Computer Data Selector, I have no problem reading their position, but this radio knob seems to work differently, pity, seems I will have to trust the student pilot to dial the correct preset  

Best regards,

 

Eduardo

What about using Argument 491 to detect the channel it is in? Every 0.01 is a Channel, starting from 0 with Channel "-".

Argument 490 is for the left channel selector number and 491 for the right one.

[Rudel_chw]

40 minutes ago, razo+r said:

What about using Argument 491 to detect the channel it is in? Every 0.01 is a Channel, starting from 0 with Channel "-".

Argument 490 is for the left channel selector number and 491 for the right one.

 

works perfect  just tried it, a value of 0.20 corresponds to Preset 17 of the radio, thank you so much 

May I ask how did you knew which arguments corresponds to that visor?  

[razo+r]

2 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

works perfect  just tried it, a value of 0.20 corresponds to Preset 17 of the radio, thank you so much 

May I ask how did you knew which arguments corresponds to that visor?  

I checked it in the model viewer which argument moves what and after finding the correct one I checked how far it moves with which value of the argument.

It can be tedious sometimes but it works.

[Rudel_chw]

3 minutes ago, razo+r said:

I checked it in the model viewer which argument moves what and after finding the correct one I checked how far it moves with which value of the argument.

It can be tedious sometimes but it works.

 

Thanks a lot for sharing this tip