A10 Intercom Panel Arduino Sketch

[Kenpilot]

Hey guys, at the suggestion of @sharkfin61 to possibly help others, and its about time I pay it back for all the help I've gotten on here, I'm posting my Arduino Sketch for the A10 Intercom Panel. I can't take full ownership of this concept and idea though, that would have to go to The Warthog Project, as it is his. Unfortunately he didn't post his sketch anywhere that I could find, so I had to ask around for some help and created this one for the concept. A special thanks and shout outs to @Vinc_Vega and @No1sonuk for all of their time and help with creating this sketch. 

In the actual A10 aircraft, and thus in DCS, you unmute the individual channels by using push pull volume selector knobs. Those aren't exactly easily found for the common consumer and sim builder. The Warthog Project came up with the brilliant idea of using Rotary Encoders with switches, and LEDs for the Channel Back Lighting, so that when you push the encoder switch to unmute the channel, the LED illuminates, indicating the channel is "active" or unmuted. Push it again and the channel is muted and the LED light extinguishes. Brilliant. This way its easy to see which channels are unmuted and or muted.

Here is the Arduino sketch to make all of that happen. This is also meant to be used in conjunction with DCS-BIOS:

/*

  Tell DCS-BIOS to use a serial connection and use interrupt-driven

  communication. The main program will be interrupted to prioritize

  processing incoming data.

 

  This should work on any Arduino that has an ATMega328 controller

  (Uno, Pro Mini, many others).

 */

#define DCSBIOS_IRQ_SERIAL

 

#include "DcsBios.h"

 

DcsBios::Switch2Pos intCall("INT_CALL", PIN);

 

const byte intModePins[4] = {PIN_1, PIN_2, PIN_3, PIN_4};

DcsBios::SwitchMultiPos intMode("INT_MODE", intModePins, 4);

 

DcsBios::Potentiometer intVol("INT_VOL", PIN);

 

// ----- INT Un-Mute input and output, INT volume adjustment -----

DcsBios::ActionButton intIntUnmuteToggle("INT_INT_UNMUTE", "TOGGLE", PIN); // INT switch on pin 10 for the INT Un-Mute switch

typedef DcsBios::RotaryEncoderT<POLL_EVERY_TIME, DcsBios::FOUR_STEPS_PER_DETENT> FourStepRotaryEncoder;

FourStepRotaryEncoder intIntVol ("INT_INT_VOL", "-1500", "+1500", PIN_A, PIN_B);

DcsBios::LED intIntUnmute(0x1194, 0x8000, PIN); //  a LED shows if the volume adjustment is active

 

DcsBios::ActionButton intAimUnmuteToggle("INT_AIM_UNMUTE", "TOGGLE", PIN); // INT switch on pin 10 for the INT Un-Mute switch

FourStepRotaryEncoder intAimVol ("INT_AIM_VOL", "-1500", "+1500", PIN_A, PIN_B);

DcsBios::LED intAimUnmute(0x11a6, 0x0004, PIN);

 

DcsBios::ActionButton intFmUnmuteToggle("INT_FM_UNMUTE", "TOGGLE", PIN); // INT switch on pin 10 for the INT Un-Mute switch

FourStepRotaryEncoder intFmVol ("INT_FM_VOL", "-1500", "+1500", PIN_A, PIN_B);

DcsBios::LED intFmUnmute(0x119c, 0x8000, PIN);

 

DcsBios::ActionButton intIffUnmuteToggle("INT_IFF_UNMUTE", "TOGGLE", PIN); // INT switch on pin 10 for the INT Un-Mute switch

FourStepRotaryEncoder intIffVol ("INT_IFF_VOL", "-1500", "+1500", PIN_A, PIN_B);

DcsBios::LED intIffUnmute(0x11a6, 0x0008, PIN);

 

DcsBios::ActionButton intIlsUnmuteToggle("INT_ILS_UNMUTE", "TOGGLE", PIN); // INT switch on pin 10 for the INT Un-Mute switch

FourStepRotaryEncoder intIlsVol ("INT_ILS_VOL", "-1500", "+1500", PIN_A, PIN_B);

DcsBios::LED intIlsUnmute(0x11a6, 0x0010, PIN);

 

DcsBios::ActionButton intTcnUnmuteToggle("INT_TCN_UNMUTE", "TOGGLE", PIN); // INT switch on pin 10 for the INT Un-Mute switch

FourStepRotaryEncoder intTcnVol ("INT_TCN_VOL", "-1500", "+1500", PIN_A, PIN_B );

DcsBios::LED intTcnUnmute(0x11a6, 0x0020, PIN);

 

DcsBios::ActionButton intUhfUnmuteToggle("INT_UHF_UNMUTE", "TOGGLE", PIN); // INT switch on pin 10 for the INT Un-Mute switch

FourStepRotaryEncoder intUhfVol ("INT_UHF_VOL", "-1500", "+1500", PIN_A, PIN_B);

DcsBios::LED intUhfUnmute(0x11a6, 0x0002, PIN);

 

DcsBios::ActionButton intVhfUnmuteToggle("INT_VHF_UNMUTE", "TOGGLE", PIN); // INT switch on pin 10 for the INT Un-Mute switch

FourStepRotaryEncoder intVhfVol ("INT_VHF_VOL", "-1500", "+1500", PIN_A, PIN_B);

DcsBios::LED intVhfUnmute(0x11a6, 0x0001, PIN);

 

DcsBios::ActionButton intHmToggle("INT_HM", "TOGGLE", PIN); // INT switch on pin 10 for the INT Un-Mute switch

DcsBios::LED intHmUnmute(0x11a6, 0x0040, PIN);

 

void setup() {

  DcsBios::setup();

}

 

void loop() {

  DcsBios::loop();

}

 

 

[sharkfin61]

Thank you @Kenpilot for publishing your work and also a huge "thank you" to every helping hand out there.

I hope a lot of other simmers will chime in and help the upcoming (and existing) cockpit builders in their efforts.

I know, some will see it different, and in fact it surely is important to stick your nose inside the deep hollow of programming and writing code. But on the other hand, it might help people, who are about to give up their dream to built a working cockpit or desk-pit, to find back their way into the seat, flying once again and enjoy the work they have done and therefore, keep the cockpit building community alive. (a lot of words and wishes for 04:50 a.m.).

Edited December 5, 2024 by sharkfin61