Keyboard mapping for MFCD buttons

[falcon00]

I'm having a suspiciously hard time finding keyboard mappings for the MFCD buttons so I can use my Cougar MFDs. Can someone point me in the right direction?

[rss0900]

Not sure what you mean but in the controls section look at all command and find leftmfdosbxx and rightmfdosbxx. each MFD has it's own section.

[cichlidfan]

For the Warthog, they are Plug & Play...no keyboard mapping needed.

[falcon00]

The controls screen has them but they aren't mapped to the keyboard just to the joystick. It looks like I have to do that by myself which means it's going to be a pain in the butt two step process.

 

If you're using the Cougar HOTAS then the TARGET software will override whatever plug and play settings there are and the MFDs won't work at all. That aside they only kind of work anyway. All the inner buttons work ok but the rocker buttons at the four corners are reversed.

[cichlidfan]

If you're using the Cougar HOTAS then the TARGET software will override whatever plug and play settings there are and the MFDs won't work at all.

 

I really don't use the rockers in the corners but the rest of the buttons work exactly right. Regarding Target, which I use for my Warthog, you just need to exclude them from the Target profile and the Plug & play works just fine.

[falcon00]

That's what I did and it didn't work. I don't know what the problem is.

[cichlidfan]

That's what I did and it didn't work. I don't know what the problem is.

 

Are you sure the exclude statement worked? The log at the bottom of the screen will tell you what it did or did not include in the Thrustmaster_Combined controller. Also, if the rockers are reversed you can always change that in the control options and save the profile for each MFD.

 

This is what the exclude lines should look like in the profile.

 

int main()
{

Configure(&LMFD, MODE_EXCLUDED);
Configure(&RMFD, MODE_EXCLUDED);

if(Init(&EventHandle)) return 1;  //declare event handler - return on error

[falcon00]

I know they don't show up in the controls section for the MFCDs. When they are enabled there will be a column with their mappings. When i exclude and go back in those columns are gone.

[cichlidfan]

I know they don't show up in the controls section for the MFCDs. When they are enabled there will be a column with their mappings. When i exclude and go back in those columns are gone.

 

If you have them excluded (or think you do) and the columns no longer appear then the exclude line probably did not function and they are still included in the profile.

 

If memory serves, the exclude statements must be placed at the top of your main() if they are located below the EventHandler line they will not function but they also will not return an error.

 

Are you doing this in the Target GUI or the Script Editor (or any text editor instead of the Target GUI)?

Edited February 19, 2013 by cichlidfan

[falcon00]

Target GUI

[falcon00]

I checked. Those lines of script code are included in the file I'm looking at.

[cichlidfan]

EDIT: nevermind

 

It should work. Hmmm.

 

EDIT2: But they work when Target is not running?

Edited February 19, 2013 by cichlidfan

[Habu_69]

Rocker switches can actually be programmed to any function desired by editing the MFD joystick .lua script. Provides 16 useful buttons.