ATC Control help needed

[richard hutchinson]

Hello Folks

I have a numeric keypad and want to use it to type in 1,2,3,4 etc in repsonse to atc. However, when I use it, it alters the view. Is there a setting assignment in FSX where I can assign these keys to atc radio response numbers as I don't want the main keyboard in the cockpit.

Any help appreciated.

Richard

[SKYWARRIOR]

Richard,
I dont know about your specific hardware setup but it sounds like you have to disable the buttons/switches to the yoke or stick and replace them with FSUIPC button/key presses.
For example I have a CH yoke and I wish as you describe to answer the ATC messages without moving my hands from the yoke.
I disable the assignments in the FSX controls panels YOKE ( not rudder pedals or Quadrant which mine first defaults to ) and once cleared I go to FSUIPC and assign the four key presses to the hat switch on the top right of my yoke one by one. Result is that the default "Change view" no longer has any effect and the key presses 1.2.3.4 can be chosen as required on given hat switch.
I think with this as a pattern you will like me gradually move many of the functions over to FSUIPC as it does some things the main program does not do at all and also it does some things better with more control. I am no expert on this but it works well for me so far.
Regards

David

[voucher76]

Hello Folks

I have a numeric keypad and want to use it to type in 1,2,3,4 etc in repsonse to atc. However, when I use it, it alters the view. Is there a setting assignment in FSX where I can assign these keys to atc radio response numbers as I don't want the main keyboard in the cockpit.

Any help appreciated.

Richard

Have you remembered to press "NUM LOCK" ???

[Westozy]

When you assign the keystrokes, use the numbers above the qwerty keyboard and not the number pad, I discovered the same issue with my PMDG set up and this fixed it!!!

Regards, Gwyn

[richard hutchinson]

Thanks for the replies folks.

I eventually sorted it by dumping all references in FSX settings, and did them in FSUPIC, and now the keypad works fine, and as a bonus, there are now no "twitches" on the screen casued by anomolies in the yoke settings in FSX as these are now all set in FSUPIC.

Forget FSX settings folks. FSUPIC works much, much better and there are many more settings to be had in it.

Best regards and a Great 2010 to all

Richard

[caKus]

Hi,

Gwin is right, the codes send by numeric pad and by QRTY key are different.
ATC answers need to be done using the alpha part of your keyboard.

Unfortunatly, I don't think it is possible to reassign the codes used by ATC answer (but perhaps somebody knows how to do this ?).

If you want to use a separate numeric pad to answer ATC, you have to transpose the code send. I suggest to use AutoHotKey (free download).
Example : transpose NumPad1 into & (=1 in alpha keyboard)
transpose NumPad5 into ( (= 5 in alpha keyboard)
and so on.

Regards.

Patrick.

[richard hutchinson]

Hi,

Gwin is right, the codes send by numeric pad and by QRTY key are different.
ATC answers need to be done using the alpha part of your keyboard.

Unfortunatly, I don't think it is possible to reassign the codes used by ATC answer (but perhaps somebody knows how to do this ?).

If you want to use a separate numeric pad to answer ATC, you have to transpose the code send. I suggest to use AutoHotKey (free download).
Example : transpose NumPad1 into & (=1 in alpha keyboard)
transpose NumPad5 into ( (= 5 in alpha keyboard)
and so on.

Regards.

Patrick.

Hi Patrick

I have now sorted it simply using FSUPIC and the numeric pad works perfectly. I removed all settings in FSX and have move dthem all to FSUPIC - Perfect. No other third party software needed.

Regards
Richard