LCD & FS2Phidgets

[Rob's 747-400]

Alan,

Just tested the new .msi in the 'pit' and that's a 100% fix... THANKS very much!!!

Regards,

Rob

[smithrb23]

Alan: (Help)

Just purchased a new Phidgets LCD/Interface card and I am attempting to set it up to display my radio frequencys. COM1/Standby on line 1 and COM2/ Standby on Line 2.

I have tested this out with the LCDemulation version so I know my setup does work, however with the LCD card installed, instead of getting the radio frequencies displayed I get only a 2 digit number at the start. (either 10, 11, or a 12).

Some strange behavour with the configuation (which may hopefully explain some of the problem)

1) Not able to enter an offset value for the second or three item to display on either line. I want to have the active COM first and then Standby offset by about 10 spaces. (mask set to ###.##) It seems the value is locked at a 2. If I enter a value it always changes to a 2. When the card is first initalized there is a greyed out 7 and 14 set as the defaults. Once I set the display item for the radio the value changes to 2.

2) Also noted that if I attempt to display ADFREQUENCY I get a Divide zero error message and the program exits. Once that happens I have to delete the configuation file to get the FS2Phidget program to run again.

I have the latest version of FS2Phidgets and Phidgets library loaded. I am running FSX on a VISTA 64 machine and the Phidgets on XP machine networked with Fswide.

I also purchased a new Servo card installed have another 8/8/8 interface card installed on which my throttles/mixure and flaps are operating (just fine).


Rick

[CocnutAir]

Rick,

I will check it out this weekend.
Zip up the configuration (ini) files and email to alan@coconutair
That is the phidget.ini file and the PhidgetTextLCD9999.ini file

Regards,
Alan

[smithrb23]

Alan:

I have included the zip file with te ini files here as I do not seem to be able to email them to you directly


Rick

[CocnutAir]

Thanks. Will help me analyze problem.
What aircraft are you using?

[smithrb23]

I usually use the glass cockpit Cessna 172 in FSX for testing the controls although I am building a C172M which is what I am learning to fly in for real.

Rick

[CocnutAir]

Rick,
The Skyhawk is nice plane.
What I learnt to fly in.

Regards,
Alan.

[CocnutAir]

Rick,

Tried out TextLCD to display COM1 on row 1.
Displaying Active at position 1 and Standby at position 15

Downloaded and installed F2Phidget 4.3.8
You're using 4.3.8, right?
Plugged in TextLCD.
- On LCD Row 1, I selected FSVariable437.ini as the FS Variable file.
- Select COM1_ACTIVE as the FS Variable.
- COM1 active displayed frequency at position 1 on row 1 on the TextLCD.
- Pressed the Configure button.
- The Additional Assignments were grayed out with the first Additional defaulted to column 7, and the second Additional defaulted to column 14.
- When I select COM1-STANDBY for the first Additional, the column (offset) is no longer greyed out.
- Changed column (offset) from 14 to 17 (to give 10 spaces).
- Press Finish button, to close up Configuration.
- Toggle Enable button.
- Standby fequency is now displayed.

There is a problem with the ADF. Only displays zero for now, and gives an error message. Will fix that.

Did notice that in your ini file, the columns for Row 1 are offset 1 and offset 2 respectively for the LCD offset. i.e. the two values are displaying on top of each other.

Could not replicate the "2" scenario you described.
Unless the system does not think you are pressing a numeric value.
When I tried that the offset reverted to "1", not "2".

Regards,
Alan

[smithrb23]

Alan:

I am not sure what to say at this point as I am definitely experiencing problems. Yes, I am using version 4.3.8

The one odd thing is the program will not let me input a number for the offset for the second or third additional display, so maybe my install is corrupted.

I have decided to un-install everything, downloading the program again and do a clean install. Will tell you how it goes.


Rick

[smithrb23]

Andy :
Still same issue here, I have tried everything I can think of.

Basically I cannot input a number character into the offset value location. If I do it inputs a space and the offset value changes to a 2 (with a space in front). If I hit backspace the offset reverts back to a 1 without the space.

Another strange thing is I can type letters into the offset box after the 2??

I can also input leading 0 (zeros) as well, but if I try and type in a digit from 1-9 it changes to the 2 with space in front

If the offset value is set to 1, I get 2 digits displayed on the LCD. If the offset is set to 2, I get only 1 digit displayed.

Another strange thing is if the offset is set to 1, the displayed in the Phi Value dialog box displays at the far left. If the offset is 2, the Phi Value is display at the right in the dialog box.

I deleted everything and reloaded, but no change. I even tried reloading version 4.3.7 to see if there was a behavour difference. With version 4.3.7 the LCD Device will not load, the devise status stays red.

I have tried running FS2Phidgets on both machines (one is Vista and the other an XP) with same results using either FSX or FS9 networked from the Vista machine.

Could my TextLCD version be a problem? Serial number is 67490 Version 123
Could the Phidgets21 Library (using version 2.1.5) be an issue?

Rick