Joystick Button Assignments Specific to the 146

jmarkows

@b3lt3r Ah, thanks for finding that. I just added to an open ticket I had with Just Flight asking if the MSFS commands worked because increase/decrease AP altitude didn't seem to be working.

haskell99

@b3lt3r You are a coding beast! Not sure I can make that work with my limited skills but gives me some ideas. Also agree, the dev had to know what VARS they are using… please share so we can make the hardware work!

Thanks.

b3lt3r

@haskell99 let me know if you get stuck and I'll drop a screenshot from Spad or maybe try and upload a snippet for the panel.

I am no beast - all trial, error and profanity - I'm certain Les O'Reilly or one of the other actual beasts on the spad discord could have done it better and faster but it works for me which is good enough (tm) :-)

The Sledge

I'm looking for the TMS Sync button mapping rather than A/P Sync.

Cheers,
Sledge

jmarkows

@the-sledge it's Toggle Afterburner On/Off in MSFS. Don't hold it when you use it, tap once to enable Sync mode and then tap again to let the AP resume.

The Sledge

@jmarkows said in Joystick Button Assignments Specific to the 146:

@the-sledge it's Toggle Afterburner On/Off in MSFS. Don't hold it when you use it, tap once to enable Sync mode and then tap again to let the AP resume.

Ah, no. As I said, I want the TMS Sync button. AFAIK it's a separate function?

Sledge

jmarkows

@the-sledge You sure did and I'm not sure how I misread that.

I don't believe I've seen a standard MSFS binding for that, if anything it's probably an LVar or similar.

The Sledge

@jmarkows It's a real pain for right-handers with a joystick and trying to use the left hand on the mouse to click a button while hand-flying. IIRC from my X-Plane days I could prob find the LVAR listening with FSUIPC.

Martyn

The TMS sync button doesn't currently have an associated MSFS control assignment. The problem we have is the very limited number of suitable assignments that we can 'hijack' for these non-default systems and controls. If you can use LVars then it's "L:R_TMS_Sync, number" (1 = button pushed).

The most significant and not-obvious (e.g. afterburner) control assignments are listed in the manual but we'll try to put together a document dedicated to all the support assignments.

ShermheadRyder

@martyn said in Joystick Button Assignments Specific to the 146:

The most significant and not-obvious (e.g. afterburner) control assignments are listed in the manual but we'll try to put together a document dedicated to all the support assignments.

This would be a massive help to SPAD.next users like me if it's not too much trouble :)

SteamingSpoon

Hello!

Quick question on the yoke sync button: is there any way to make it unsticky such that it remains activated only for the time I have it pressed? This would make short corrections much easier.

smoothpp

@martyn A list of all the accessible variables and events would be fantastic to help us avoid "poke it and see" configuration of all our hardware for days before we can fly. Thanks.

Mikealpha

@martyn how are the lights defined (Beacon, Strobe, Nav, Landing and Taxilights)?
I just got a Honeycomb Alpha/Bravo and the lights came predefined with the MSFS defaults. None of them work and the Switches are blocked in the panel. Had to remove all assignments to get at least the switches working in the panel.

Mike

Martyn

@mikealpha We support all the TOGGLE, SET and ON/OFF control assignments for the lighting. I'm pretty sure they worked correctly for our testers with Honeycomb hardware but I'll confirm that now.

The Sledge

@martyn said in Joystick Button Assignments Specific to the 146:

L:R_TMS_Sync, number

Hi Martyn, thanks for the reply.

I have the latest (paid) version of FSUIPC7 with the WASM module enabled, which should expose all local variables.

I can't see any LVARs for the 146 e.g. in the 'Control sent when button pressed' dropdown of the Button & Switch Assignments dialog.

Are they prefixed in a different way than your description above?

Cheers,
Sledge

The Sledge

@the-sledge

Update: I restarted and can see it in the LVAR list via the WASM function.
Will presume that I have to use it as a custom control and see how I get on.

Sledge

b3lt3r

@the-sledge when you have it working could you please share the assignments for taxi and landing lights?

I tried for an hour today to use dev mode and spad data/even monitor to figure it out and failed.

I could see a lighting status flip between 32, 36 and 40 depending on off/taxi/land but - I could see no change when the second switch was moved. ie I suspect I could frig it to set both on as soon as one moved but it feels like I should be able to make it work as the sim does with individual control over each side.

The Sledge

@b3lt3r

Hey. Yes, I got it working fine as a custom offset via FSUIPC.
I will load up the plane and check out the LVAR list again later tonight. Hopefully it stands out as 'obvious'.

Sledge

Rampart

@b3lt3r said in Joystick Button Assignments Specific to the 146:

umbwheel configured to manage VS and that actually works in the BAE

Hi Guys I am also starting to get into the 146 and have the alpha bravo Radio and Mutli Panel Combo. I was wondering if anyone hast a more or less complete Multipanel Setup working?
I am struggling a little with getting everything mapped with SPAD. Does not help if you have a toddler that demands all your patience and time :D

cheers

Oli

davecat

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