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Question about interfacing aircraft functions

Yoshi

Yoshi

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Hi,

I'm planning a Citation X cockpit - yes, I'm crazy. But the Citation X is just too sexy, and the AddOn by Feelthere/Wilco is phantastic.
Now here's my problem/question:
After researching and testing the last weeks I discovered there are no variables which I could use to interface the battery switches for example (with FSUIPC). Some other switches are configurable as keyboard shortcuts, but nothing more. I already emailed Wilco support, but I didn't recieve helpful answers yet.
Now, before starting something absolutely impossible I'd like to know if there is any possibility to get a grip on those weird switches and buttons...

I'm using FSX and the Citation X by Wilco/Feelthere.

Thanks in advance, cheers

Yoshi
 
Hi Alex,

thanks for that fast reply!

Yes, I tried everything I could find in the FSUIPC list which sounded like "battery". Unfortunately it didn't work at all and the Citation X comes with two battery switches as shown on this picture:



So I really need two seperated variables...

It's not listed in the SimConnect documentation, too. Are there any other possibilities to interface these switches? Or how can such variables be "reverse engineered"?

Thanks in advance, cheers

Yoshi
 
Hi Yoshi,

If you give me a bit of time I'll have a play in C# and see what I can come up with, I'm a big fan of the feelthere/Wilco Citation X also.

I know its a very detailed model but I wouldn't have thought they'd have totally isolated the battery system from the default one, I'll let you know!

Alex
 
Yoshi said:
the Citation X is just too sexy, and the AddOn by Feelthere/Wilco is phantastic.
...
there are no variables which I could use to interface the battery switches for example (with FSUIPC). Some other switches are configurable as keyboard shortcuts, but nothing more. I already emailed Wilco support, but I didn't recieve helpful answers yet.
Click to expand...

FS itself only implements a single battery electrical system. There's just a Master Battery switch.

A lot of Add-On aircraft, especially the more sophisticated ones, implement additional subsystems, or elaborate on those which exist. Sometimes, because the simplified generic systems implemented in FS are just not suitable at all, the do their own thing completely.

It sounds like FeelThere have done exactly that for their two-battery electrical subsystem. You are therefore completely dependent upon the provisions they may or may not have made to allow folks to operate this via switches or buttons of their own.

If they have a keyboard shortcut assigned, you can use that. If they use FSUIPC offsets you can drive those via the FSUIPC Offset controls. If they have re-used otherwise unused FS controls, you can assign those.

Failing all that, if they've only made provision for operating the switches by Mouse, then the only solution I am aware of is Luciano Napolitano's "Key2Mouse" program.

Regards

Pete
 
Hi,

I've got some news:
Wilco Support answered my email and told me it is not possible to interface the needed functions via FSUIPC or SimConnect.

So I'll check key2mouse and some OpenSource projects - perhaps it's possible to code something like PMRJ for the Citation X. I've found following projects yet:
OpenRJ
Nothing released yet, will have a look at the code next weeks.

OpenGC
Seems to be dead - but perhaps it's a starting point.

I know it's incredible effort - but at least it's worth a try.

If anybody has informations about coding aircraft systems please post some links, I'll email Honeywell as well to get some info about the Primus 2000 system used on the Citation 750. Viva megalomania :D


Thanks in advance, cheers

Yoshi
 
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