Hardware support
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For anyone interested, I created a profile for the new WinCtrl TCAS in Spad Next (as of right now, you'll need to enter the Beta channel in Spad Next to use it) Snippet 17363.
The display was quite a challenge to get right.
https://youtu.be/eonsUzKxeZk?si=ErZZtOhq7z1gy3Aq
@storemaster said in Hardware support:
is there already existing or planned hardware support (i.e. winctrl) for FCU
I also created a WinCtrl FCU profile. Snippet for that one is: 17282
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We don't natively support any external FMS hardware at this time; however, software such as SPAD.neXt can be used to control buttons via Lvars.
We do recognise that FMS hardware has become more accessible to larger parts of the community in recent years, and supporting that hardware in our products is something that we have logged on our internal feature request trackers for evaluation.
Mark - Just Flight
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Second this! Would love the MCDU to work.
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I just wanted to add my vote for this feature. I currently don't own any Just Flight airliners, but I would like to buy both the RJ bundle and the F70/100 bundle. The problem is, once you've tried something like the Fenix A320 with the full suite of WinCTRL units, you really don't want to go back to the old way of doing everything with a mouse and keyboard. It is so immersion killing. I think I might hold off purchasing these products until support is added, because I can see myself just not flying them without it. As for Mobiflight/Spad.next, that's all great, but it is a pain to set up, and I would rather it just work out of the box. It's enough work learning how to fly the plane without having to figure out all that extra setup too.
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I just wanted to add my vote for this feature. I currently don't own any Just Flight airliners, but I would like to buy both the RJ bundle and the F70/100 bundle. The problem is, once you've tried something like the Fenix A320 with the full suite of WinCTRL units, you really don't want to go back to the old way of doing everything with a mouse and keyboard. It is so immersion killing. I think I might hold off purchasing these products until support is added, because I can see myself just not flying them without it. As for Mobiflight/Spad.next, that's all great, but it is a pain to set up, and I would rather it just work out of the box. It's enough work learning how to fly the plane without having to figure out all that extra setup too.
@Mark_Hazeldine said in Hardware support:
As for Mobiflight/Spad.next, that's all great, but it is a pain to set up, and I would rather it just work out of the box. It's enough work learning how to fly the plane without having to figure out all that extra setup too.
Unless WinCtrl creates a profile in SimApp Pro for this plane, which is very unlikely, you'll have to use programs like Spad Next, Mobiflight, etc.
I think the only thing that Just Flight would need to open up is access to the MCDU. You can control the plane's autopilot and everything else using WinCtrl hardware now. I already have two snippets for this plane in Spad Next. One for the FCU+Left EFIS (snippet 17282) and the other for the TCAS (snippet 17363)
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@Mark_Hazeldine said in Hardware support:
As for Mobiflight/Spad.next, that's all great, but it is a pain to set up, and I would rather it just work out of the box. It's enough work learning how to fly the plane without having to figure out all that extra setup too.
Unless WinCtrl creates a profile in SimApp Pro for this plane, which is very unlikely, you'll have to use programs like Spad Next, Mobiflight, etc.
I think the only thing that Just Flight would need to open up is access to the MCDU. You can control the plane's autopilot and everything else using WinCtrl hardware now. I already have two snippets for this plane in Spad Next. One for the FCU+Left EFIS (snippet 17282) and the other for the TCAS (snippet 17363)
@neinnunb said in Hardware support:
I think the only thing that Just Flight would need to open up is access to the MCDU
exactly. We just need just flight to expose it like basically every other developer has been doing for some time. That's really the only thing holding me up from purchasing.
