docfu Posted September 22, 2013 Posted September 22, 2013 Hello, I recently got an ipad mini and I'm looking to maybe add it into my rig. While I've seen iControl DCS and Touch IR, I was wondering if there anyone simply uses the iPad as a second display? What I would like to do is have the ipad mirror the middle most section of the screen on zoom, so that way, no matter where I look with my trackIR, the Ipad is looking there, too. Then I could simply touch the iPad to flip switches. The main reason I am posting a new thread is because the main craft I fly is the Su-25T, not the Warthog, so it would seem that iControl and Touch IR would be mostly worthless from what I've seen. Appreciate any comments. Thanks. Jonathan
boarder2 Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 That wouldn't be possible since the TrackIR changes the viewport and you can't export a static section of the 3D view anywhere. iControl DCS/DCS Virtual Cockpit - Full featured iPad Cockpit - Now with Android support! A10 Virtual Cockpit Free - Free limited functionality version of iControl DCS! DCS Virtual Cockpit - Android version! Follow on Twitter for all the latest news
docfu Posted October 2, 2013 Author Posted October 2, 2013 Aren't there Helios set ups with TrackIR tied to a touchscreen?
boarder2 Posted October 2, 2013 Posted October 2, 2013 Helios and iControl DCS both use their own graphics to represent the controls and gauges other than exports of things like the CDU and MFCDs which are 2D surfaces that can be exported. You'd have to set up something like that afaik. iControl DCS/DCS Virtual Cockpit - Full featured iPad Cockpit - Now with Android support! A10 Virtual Cockpit Free - Free limited functionality version of iControl DCS! DCS Virtual Cockpit - Android version! Follow on Twitter for all the latest news
docfu Posted October 2, 2013 Author Posted October 2, 2013 Ahh, so using an app to remote view the main display wouldn't work... I guess that's the approach I was going for. Thanks.
derammo Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 I think you are describing something that would scrape a portion of your main display and send it to the iPad. Additionally, it would translate iPad touch input into mouse clicks on that main display, translating coordinates appropriately. This sounds like a general accessibility tool that could be created, and I have not searched to see if it exists. It has nothing to do with DCS or multi-monitor modes of course, but I don't see any reason why it could not be created. I suspect any naive implementation of something like that wouldn't work for DCS unless it was specifically targeting 3D graphics, like FRAPS does. In other words, if someone created something for handicapped use of an iPad as a screen+remote, then it may or may not support 3D applications, so you would have to look out for that.
docfu Posted October 11, 2013 Author Posted October 11, 2013 Yeah. That's actually what I'm looking for. I have an ipad mini and I don't want to buy touchscreens. Of course, the SU-25 doesn't have a clickable cockpit, but eventually when I switch to the A-10 I thought it would be a good way to go instead of third party soft. Look+Zoom.
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