There are problems setting the aileron position (Managed Code C#)

[TOTON]

Greetings! First, I'm a totally newbie developing for FSX, and I'm glad to join to a serious forum like this, I tried looking for the solution by myself in every thread I could in order of not generating a unnecesary Thread, but I did not have an answer .

So there is the issue, Setting the aileron position must include a value from 0 to -16000 according to the SimConnect Documentation, so im leaving the code with detailed info in the comments.

private void testinputValues()
{
if (simconnect != null && Simactivo == true)
{
while (true)
{
//!!! Positive Number equals right? negative number equals left? zero equals center !!!
//The Documentation manage a range from -16000 to 0 ( how is it posible :'( ? )
//DATADEFINITION : simconnect.AddToDataDefinition(DATA_DEFINE_ID.AILERON, "AILERON POSITION", null, SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE.FLOAT64, 0.0f, SimConnect.SIMCONNECT_UNUSED);
//ac.aileronpos is a double variable

//Fully Right
ac.aileronpos = 160.00;
simconnect.SetDataOnSimObject(DATA_DEFINE_ID.AILERON, (uint)SIMCONNECT_SIMOBJECT_TYPE.USER, 0, ac.aileronpos);
Thread.Sleep(3000);
//Center
ac.aileronpos = 0.00;
simconnect.SetDataOnSimObject(DATA_DEFINE_ID.AILERON, (uint)SIMCONNECT_SIMOBJECT_TYPE.USER, 0, ac.aileronpos);
Thread.Sleep(3000);
//FullyLeft
ac.aileronpos = -160.00;
simconnect.SetDataOnSimObject(DATA_DEFINE_ID.AILERON, (uint)SIMCONNECT_SIMOBJECT_TYPE.USER, 0, ac.aileronpos);
Thread.Sleep(3000);
}
}


}
So I just have 3 possible states of the yoke (must be 16001), I dont have access to the intermediate values and it is going fully to the right and fully to the left, and the center (so bad for a plane),
so please if you can help me it will be pretty apreciated.

Please feel free to ask for extra info if is it needed.

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[ronh]

You almost have it.

First the values are not SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE.FLOAT64. Change them to SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE.FLOAT32

simconnect.AddToDataDefinition(DEFINITIONS.AILERON, "AILERON POSITION", null, SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE.FLOAT32, 0.0f, SimConnect.SIMCONNECT_UNUSED);

Now make your ac.aileronpos = -16000 to 0

As an edit - I find that setting ac.aileron to -0.8 or +0.8 rather than 16000 will fine tune the aileron position.

So once again the SDK is misleading. (Copy paste errors)

I added three buttons to the form.

        private void buttonMoveAileron_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Center
            ac.AileronControl = 0;
            simconnect.SetDataOnSimObject(DEFINITIONS.AILERON, (uint)SIMCONNECT_SIMOBJECT_TYPE.USER, 0, ac);
        }

        private void buttonAileronLeft_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Left
            ac.AileronControl = -0.08f;
            simconnect.SetDataOnSimObject(DEFINITIONS.AILERON, (uint)SIMCONNECT_SIMOBJECT_TYPE.USER, 0, ac);

        }

        private void buttonAileronRight_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Right
            ac.AileronControl = 0.08f;
            simconnect.SetDataOnSimObject(DEFINITIONS.AILERON, (uint)SIMCONNECT_SIMOBJECT_TYPE.USER, 0, ac);

        }

It's a quick and dirty example.

 

[TOTON]

First of all thanks for your quick response!

This is the list of changes that you suggested me and the results:

• I modified the value type of the struct field to int32.
• I modified the SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE.FLOAT64 to
  SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE.INT32.
• Removed the decimals.

The following code had been tested:

           //Fully Right
                    ac.aileronpos = 0;
                    simconnect.SetDataOnSimObject(DATA_DEFINE_ID.AILERON, (uint)SIMCONNECT_SIMOBJECT_TYPE.USER, 0, ac.aileronpos);
                    Thread.Sleep(3000);
                    //Center
                    ac.aileronpos = -8000;
                    simconnect.SetDataOnSimObject(DATA_DEFINE_ID.AILERON, (uint)SIMCONNECT_SIMOBJECT_TYPE.USER, 0, ac.aileronpos);
                    Thread.Sleep(3000);
                    //Fully Left
                    ac.aileronpos = -16000;
                    simconnect.SetDataOnSimObject(DATA_DEFINE_ID.AILERON, (uint)SIMCONNECT_SIMOBJECT_TYPE.USER, 0, ac.aileronpos);
                    Thread.Sleep(3000);

With this it must work without problems but when I tested it, it only keeps the yoke centered 3 seconds, then it turns to right all the way and keeps the position until the 6 seconds ends...

Am I missing something?

 

[ronh]

I changed my post from INT32 to FLOAT32 and use numbers +1.0 to -1.0 the SDK looks wrong. Reread my post.

 

[TOTON]

I changed my post from INT32 to FLOAT32 and use numbers +1.0 to -1.0 the SDK looks wrong. Reread my post.

Oh I'm sorry I just came from the university without refreshing the page, but when I posted the reply why your edit did not appear ? So Weird, I'll try your solution instead of the Int32 one. Thanks !

 

[TOTON]

Omg!, you're right! without that info probably I'll spend a lot of hours looking for the solution. I just had to return to define the data as FLOAT64 to function, this will be presented on a exposition of the university relative to the Mechatronic engineering and the use of sensors to control (Kinect, for example) anything we want, there are not too many chances of getting your both passions together , sure your name will be on the credits, thank you so much! (probably i will publish a video on YT about the reactions i think in october)