Touchscreen panel kit!!

[PDT 200]

If you use a touch screen the programing is already done. Instead of using a mouse to "push" the keys, you use your finger on the screen. No need to use FSUIPC. If you can undock the FMC and move it to the touch screen monitor, you're done. You will have to run the calibration tool for the touch screen but that is seperate from Flight Simulator. Calibrate when you instal the touch screen monitor.
Regards,
Brian

[Rafael Gomes]

Hello PDT200,

Nice picture!
OK, I understand it is pretty much plug and play... Now, a few questions:

1) Can I use this solution if I am running FS on a notebook??
2) I see you put the FMC horizontaly on your screen, and something by its side. Can I "turn" the FMC and use it full screen verticaly?
3) In anotebook, is it only drag also ?

Regards,
Rafael

[Radar]

theres some nice screens and kits herehttp://www.magictouch.com/SpecialSales.html

[nax228]

Bringing up this post again since I made myself a 17" touchscreen before x-mas (TouchKit).
I have tried a coupple of flights with the FMC (LevelD & FlightDeckSoftware) undocked/positioned to the touchscreen and it works perfect to operate the FMC with fingers.
I would like to try to lay a dummy FMC on top to see if that works. Since I have never seen a dummy FMC in real life, I would like to ask you guys if there is some way to transfer buttonpresses from a dummy down on a touchscreen.
The presses can be done with i.e. a pen or any other object not beeing sharp, so please tell me if a dumme FMC has "real" buttons or if they are kinda' welded to the panel.
I will make a "Making of a touchscreen..." post soon.

[Tomlin]

nax228,

I'd like to know this as well! Let me know if you find out.

[totalflyer]

I can't remember where I saw it but if I recall I had found a MCDU that was just the frame and buttons but you had to provide the screen and the keypad for it... would that work on this setup if you replaced the keypad and lcd with the touchscreen under it. Then when you pushed down on the button it would press the screen instead...

I will try and hunt it down where I saw that but if that's the case it might be a great alternative solution...

Take Care,

Jeff

[Tomlin]

The only foreseeable issue is getting your hardware buttons lined up with the software buttons for the touch part.

[totalflyer]

But in theory if you could get everything to line up it should work I would suspect?

[nax228]

The software FMC is the right scale as far as i know, so it shoult work just great if we can get to use the keypresses from a dummy or just frame & buttons.
Im afraid the dummies has solid buttons, but would be glad if someone proved me wrong.
I've tried to look for the dummies on different sites, but can't seem to find any.

[totalflyer]

That has been the problem I have been running into as well...
I know that I have seen them somewhere in all of my research but cannot
for the life of me remember where it was that I found it...

I'll keep looking for now and if I find it I will let you guys know.

Cheers
Jeff