CH CTLMGR Radio Config?

[aSTAR]

D/L ver 3.0, cleaned everything first, CH delete etc., have ALL
buttons programmed but the radio portion for messeges I cannot
get it to work.
In control manager, record key press I enter for country shft /
but it does'nt work:confused:  Also the other areas like squad,
private, country, could someone please help me set this staight:)

I did all the save etc. procedures which works for all the other
commands on my HOTAS, again except for the radio buffer.

Thanks.

s-eagle

[LoneStarBuckeye]

S-Eagle:

Here is the command (not including the quotation marks) I use to open the radio buffer and tune the vox channel to myself (JNOV) for testing my mic:

"/ . r a d i o SPC 5 SPC J N O V ENT"

You should be able to use this as a template for whatever radio commands you want to use.  The thing that is a bit tricky is that you need to put spaces between each character to be sent and use "SPC" when you want a space on the radio buffer text line.  

When I use "record keystrokes" to enter the same thing, I get this (minus the quotation marks):

KEYS +/ -/ +. -. +r -r +a -a +d -d +i -i +o -o +SPC -SPC +5 -5 +SPC -SPC +LSHF +j -j +n -n +o -o +v -v -LSHF +ENT -ENT

I haven't tried sending this command to the game, but if it doesn't work, I suspect it's because of the way that Control Manger processes the "KEYS" directive.  I think that it tries to fit as many key presses into a single USB frame as it can.  So, for example, Aces High might see the "/", ".", and "r" key presses at the same time.  If you want to use the "KEYS" directive, try inserting "CHARDLY" between successive keypresses.  This will force CM to send them in separate frames.  

There is one other thing that may be causing your problem:  if you use record keystrokes, type slowly, with a definite separation between key presses.  I've found that if I just type at my normal pace, the "KEYS" sequence ends up with "interleaved" keypresses (e.g., it may include the seuqence "+a +d -a -d"), so that it looks like I've got two keys depressed simultaneously.  That sort of thing would probably foul up AH.

I hope this helps.

- JNOV

[aSTAR]

Thanks, I had called CH Tech and the solution was to type their
keycodes instead of the record keypress, also there must be a space between characters, like you mentioned, now ALL my two
characters are working with the exception of the view forward &
up (KP8 & KP8), I use the throttle POV HAT for this.
Can you help me on solving this delema:confused:
I entered  by typing KP8 KP5 but it nada:(
I understand that KP8 is another function for select viewing, but if I press the keyboard KP8 & KP5 it shows correctly, but cannot program that into my Hat:o
I will keep trying, but would sure appreciate your help.
s-eagle

[aSTAR]

that view keypress should be KP5 & KP8.
s-eagle

[aSTAR]

Figured it out:aok

when you are at the record keypress panel you need to press the 2 characters at the same time:D

It now works fine,what happens each character is displayed
++ then --

Learn something every day, and you have a GOOD one.

Thanks again for responding, BTW I am from Dallas, been in NJ for 2 years now:(

Miss my GOLF.

s-eagle

[LoneStarBuckeye]

S-Eagle:

I'm glad you figured it out!  

As to your second issue, if you don't want to use record keystrokes, you can type:

"HOLD KP5 KP8"

into the GUI command line.  That's how I did it.  If you just type in one key (e.g., KP5), it is held down by default.  But, if you type in multiple keys like "KP5 KP8," only one of them is held.  Using the "HOLD" directive causes all of the following keys to be held down while the button is pressed.

Have fun!

- JNOV