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 Posted: September-21-2020 at 12:21pm |
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Excellent. Thanks for the feedback.
Regards Stephen
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Posted: September-22-2020 at 12:48pm |
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Hi there. After using the buttkicker in P3D and loving it im not loving it in MSFS. Are the taxi, landing and turbulence working. They work when testing but not in the plane. Is this something you are working on since this is a beta or something wrong on my end. I only get engine, flaps and gear to work properly. I use 3 buttkickers on 3 audio cards. I really love this software and hope it gets further developed. Josh
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Posted: September-22-2020 at 1:33pm |
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Engine, flaps and gear are complete. Taxiing and Landing is work in progress. There’s no possibility of turbulence at present as there’s no SimConnect data or events to base it on. Unless ... If they allow the METAR SimConnect functions (they are marked as depreciated at the moment and most don’t work) then I may be able to add some form of turbulence based on local METAR data.
It’s very early days as far as both the sim and its SDK are concerned at the moment. But Turbulence (and turbulent bumps) is about the only unknown at the moment. Stephen N.B. Taxiing and landing will depend on the accuracy and scale of certain data, data that I haven’t had time to figure out yet.
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Posted: September-22-2020 at 1:40pm |
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Thank you for the explanation. I look forward to your progress
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Posted: September-22-2020 at 3:00pm |
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Great to see you working on it and giving us feedback so fast
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Posted: September-23-2020 at 5:01am |
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I have posted OpusMSFS Beta 1.00.04 which includes ButtKicker Taxiing audio effects. If you could try out the taxiing effects with all default levels set before making any adjustments. The ButtKicker landing control is still very much work in progress along with turbulence vibrations and bumps. I have a few ideas that I'm currently working on to implement both effects using the current MSFS SDK. Stephen
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Posted: September-23-2020 at 5:50am |
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Landing Rate Evaluation
If required a can provide an option in the FSISERVER Config to display the landing rate evaluation on the sims screen including data such as number of bounces, vertical speed FPM on landing, side velocity, and grading (Butter, Very Good, Good, Firm, Hard, Bone Shaker, etc.). Stephen
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Posted: September-23-2020 at 6:02am |
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Wow...that would be perfect. Looking forward to that
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Posted: September-23-2020 at 6:16am |
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OK, I’ll start working on it.
Stephen
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Posted: September-23-2020 at 6:35am |
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I will prepare a beta and show the landing data quite simply at first in a small window in the centre of the screen (or the last user reposition). Then it can be an open discussion. For instance the data box could be colour coded (gold,silver,bronze) with star rating in half star increments (0 to 5 star), perhaps with a percentage score as well. Software could factor in vertical speed, side speed, bounces, cross wind component, etc.
A Butter could be <=80 fpm, poor landing >240 fpm etc. With other data factored in. I’ll work on a simple first beta with all landing data displayed and go from there. Stephen
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Posted: September-23-2020 at 6:47am |
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Thats sounds very good. Cant wait to test it!
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Posted: October-02-2020 at 2:50pm |
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Hey Stephen, how are things progressing? Did you already find the time to do some work on this project? Thanks!
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Posted: October-02-2020 at 2:53pm |
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Yes, very busy, still work in progress.
Stephen
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Posted: October-03-2020 at 7:08am |
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OpusMSFS Update
ButtKicker Landing Bumps / Vibrations I aim to post a new beta (Beta Version 1.00.05) this next week and definitely before the 21st October. This beta will at the very least include ButtKicker landing bumps and vibrations. Landing Data I will also display the most recently captured landing data (touchdown speed in knots, vertical and lateral motion in FPM) in the OpusMSFS Spy window each time you open the Spy window. Stephen
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Posted: October-03-2020 at 7:34am |
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Great thanks! Do you think it is possible to get the VS number and "Butter" announcement directly in the sim window instead of the Spy Window?
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Posted: October-03-2020 at 7:41am |
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Yes. Eventually I will provide an option to automatically display the landing valuation and accompanying data on the screen a few seconds after touchdown. It will always be displayed in the Spy window as well, each time Spy is opened. E.g.
Previous Landing : BUTTER <captured landing data>
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Posted: October-04-2020 at 6:11am |
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OpusMSFS Beta Version 1.00.05 has been posted. Added a basic touchdown and landing evaluation. The evaluation data is displayed in the main Spy window which will also display the previously captured landing data. For testing, the current evaluation is graded purely on the touchdown vertical speed in feet per minute (FPM, including any bounces). The evaluation is graded as follows, BUTTER LANDING 0 < FPM < 80 EXCELLENT LANDING 80 < FPM < 100 VERY GOOD LANDING 100 < FPM < 120 GOOD LANDING 120 < FPM < 160 MODERATE LANDING 160 < FPM < 200 POOR LANDING 200 < FPM < 240 HEAVY LANDING 240 < FPM < 300 VERY HEAVY LANDING >= 300 An example Spy landing report is shown below. The evaluation is also given as a percentage value (0% for perfect landings, 100% for very heavy landings). The touchdown airspeed, ground speed, vertical speed and lateral speed are shown. The lateral speed is always displayed in feet per second (FPS) for greater relevance. LND Previous Touchdown at 09:49:20 Hrs LND BUTTER LANDING, Evaluation 74 percent LND Airspeed 52 knots, Ground Speed 46 knots LND Vertical Speed 79 FPM, Lateral Speed 1.2 FPS All landings are also logged in a User Landings Log file (LANDINGS.log) within the OpusMSFS install folder. ButtKicker landing effects to be added soon. I've also prepared some data for the ButtKicker turbulence effects and tied that directly into the MSFS sim. Stephen
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Posted: October-04-2020 at 12:20pm |
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Everything working fine
Keep up the good work!
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Posted: October-04-2020 at 12:23pm |
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Glad to hear.
Thanks Stephen
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Posted: October-09-2020 at 12:36pm |
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Hi Stephen,
i have installed the new opus software for msfs.
Fsuips 7 too, everything is koneckte.
unfortunately I can't control the flaps just like the speedbrakes.
the CP flight cannot be set.
can you tell me where the mistake is
greeting
brisi
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Posted: October-09-2020 at 1:05pm |
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Hi,
The FSC TQ Motorised Throttle Quadrant is not fully developed as there’s no PMDG 737 aircraft and no associated SDK to support some of the specific 737 data and controls. That said, I will be implementing what I can using the new MSFS SimConnect to make the TQ as functional as possible with all MSFS aircraft. I will get round to doing this as soon as I can.
CPFlight drivers have not been developed yet. Hence the CPFlight options are greyed out. There are many limitations to the new SimConnect so not all MCP/EFIS functions are possible. I’m mostly awaiting the release of the PMDG 737NG3 and its associated PMDG SDK, however, I will again implement all that is possible using the new MSFS SimConnect. FSUIPC7 has none of the data access features it had in FSX and P3D. MSFS is not an FSX type of sim. For MSFS, FSUIPC7 is an external program just the same as OpusFSI. In other words both packages can only rely on the new SimConnect to read/write the variables and use the events supported by the current MSFS SimConnect. I will double check to make sure the latest SimConnect release is used in the current FSC TQ Driver but you will have to wait for the development to progress more before I am able to implement some of the controls. Stephen |
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Posted: October-09-2020 at 1:20pm |
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Best follow the Announcements, Coming Soon, and this topic for news of progress during this initial beta development phase.
I’m currently working on completing the Landing Analysis and ButtKicker Landing/Turbulence effects. After that I will be able to look at the FSC TQ Driver for MSFS. Especially as the MSFS SimConnect is slowly improving. Stephen
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Posted: October-09-2020 at 1:32pm |
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I did have the throttle, reversers, speed brake, and flaps working at one stage with the MSFS A320. I will check it.
Stephen
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Posted: October-09-2020 at 1:45pm |
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FSC TQ (Motorised) Throttle Quadrant Driver
I've just tested with the MSFS A320 and the throttle, reversers, speed brake, and flaps all seem to be functioning correctly. On this aircraft at least and relaying the TQ control to the sim. What aircraft did you have selected and have you calibrated the analogue I/O ? Stephen
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 9:07am |
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Hi Stephen,
first of all thanks for your quick answer. With the new update I have tested all aircraft. Speedbrakes work. Reservers flicker a little. The flaps do not work at all. Even in the calibration they are always on 5. no matter how they are moved. In the Prosim 737 the flaps work without errors. Greetings Ralf |
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 9:11am |
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What opus version are you referring to. OpusMSFS is for the new MS FS2020 only and hence can also only interface via the new MSFS SDK SimConnect.
I test with the MSFS A320 and all works fine with 1.00.6 and now 1.00.7. I also have and test with the current FSC Motorised 737 TQ. Stephen
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 9:15am |
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Is your FSC TQ protocol the same as mine ?
You can use the Opus FSCTQ Spy window. I’m not seeing any problems so need more info. Stephen
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 9:28am |
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You first need to test your Dig and Analog I/O via our dialogs and set all Min and Max calibration values. Open the Spy window to monitor the operation.
My FSCTQ driver uses SimConnect and PMDG 737 SDK to interface to the sim. The PMDG 737 SDK is not available on MSFS yet so TQ control is limited to what can be achieved via SimConnect. Of course not all aircraft have matching flap positions but, like on the A320, the first few flap handle positions relate to the first movements of the aircraft flaps. You MUST test first of course and ensure ALL is working as it should using the Test I/O dialogs. Only when all is calibrated and working correctly from Opus FSCTQ driver to TQ device can you expect the sim to be controlled correctly. It won’t work unless it works ok in the test IO dialogs and that depends on the COM port settings and FSCTQ protocol. Stephen
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 9:30am |
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Sounds like you have problems with either the COM port or actual TQ protocol. So get the Test IO working correctly before expecting the sim to be controlled correctly.
Stephen
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 9:34am |
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Not sure if the FSC TQ has a firmware version, perhaps indicated in their driver.
Have you tested with the FSC TQ driver ? What version FSC TQ driver and TQ protocol ? Stephen
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 9:56am |
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OpusMSFS FSCTQ Driver
With both Opus Test TQ Digital and Analogue I/O dialogs opened. Opus MSFS FSC TQ Spy window opened. Spy messages, Moving flaps lever … SIM Event: Sim Running DEV RX : 91 6C 95 7E DEV RX : Flaps 1 DEV RX : 91 6E 95 7D DEV RX : Flaps 2 DEV RX : 91 6F 95 7B DEV RX : Flaps 5 DEV RX : 91 67 95 77 DEV RX : Flaps 10 DEV RX : 91 63 95 6F DEV RX : Flaps 15 DEV RX : 91 61 95 5F DEV RX : Flaps 25 DEV RX : 91 69 95 3F DEV RX : Flaps 30 DEV RX : 91 6D 94 7F DEV RX : Flaps 40 Throttles moving fully forward … DEV RX : A4 31 DEV RX : TQ 1 Pos 49 (1 %) , Min = 47 , Max = 217 DEV RX : A4 43 A6 43 DEV RX : TQ 1 Pos 67 (12 %) , Min = 47 , Max = 217 DEV RX : TQ 2 Pos 67 (11 %) , Min = 48 , Max = 219 DEV RX : A4 5D A6 5E DEV RX : TQ 1 Pos 93 (27 %) , Min = 47 , Max = 217 DEV RX : TQ 2 Pos 94 (27 %) , Min = 48 , Max = 219 DEV RX : A5 00 A7 00 DEV RX : TQ 1 Pos 128 (48 %) , Min = 47 , Max = 217 DEV RX : TQ 2 Pos 128 (47 %) , Min = 48 , Max = 219 DEV RX : A5 26 A7 27 DEV RX : TQ 1 Pos 166 (70 %) , Min = 47 , Max = 217 DEV RX : TQ 2 Pos 167 (70 %) , Min = 48 , Max = 219 DEV RX : A5 45 A7 46 DEV RX : TQ 1 Pos 197 (88 %) , Min = 47 , Max = 217 DEV RX : TQ 2 Pos 198 (88 %) , Min = 48 , Max = 219 DEV RX : A5 59 A7 5B DEV RX : TQ 1 Pos 217 (100 %) , Min = 47 , Max = 217 DEV RX : TQ 2 Pos 219 (100 %) , Min = 48 , Max = 219 Moving Reverser levers fully aft then forward … DEV RX : A0 27 A2 32 DEV RX : REV 1 Pos 39 (36 %) , Min = 0 , Max = 108 DEV RX : REV 2 Pos 50 (43 %) , Min = 0 , Max = 114 DEV RX : A0 6B A2 71 DEV RX : REV 1 Pos 107 (99 %) , Min = 0 , Max = 108 DEV RX : REV 2 Pos 113 (99 %) , Min = 0 , Max = 114 DEV RX : A0 21 A2 24 DEV RX : REV 1 Pos 33 (30 %) , Min = 0 , Max = 108 DEV RX : REV 2 Pos 36 (31 %) , Min = 0 , Max = 114 DEV RX : A0 00 A2 00 DEV RX : REV 1 Pos 0 (0 %) , Min = 0 , Max = 108 DEV RX : REV 2 Pos 0 (0 %) , Min = 0 , Max = 114 My throttles sweep from Min 47,48 to Max 217,219 My reversers sweep from Min 0,0 to Max 108,114 You should see something similar when monitoring with the Spy window. Stephen
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 10:09am |
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Hello Sephen,
yes i used MSFS. the spy window shows every change, all switch speed brakes and flap positions. only in the calibration window are the flaps not changed. Also, all calibration settings are not saved with each new start these are changed again. I also checked everything against. My Complet 737 Homecockpit works with Prosim 737 in the P3Dv4.5 |
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 10:11am |
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Where have you installed OpusMSFS ?
The data is saved in the file FSCTQ.DAT in your x:\OpusMSFS install folder. You're not running any of the FSC software are you ? Stephen
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 10:12am |
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What version of OpusMSFS are you running ?
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 10:20am |
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Forget the sim. Just concentrate on the OpusMSFS Test TQ Digital and Analogue dialogs.
You should see the flap position recording in the Digital I/O dialog with similar/identical Spy messages to mine above. Stephen
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 10:26am |
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I'll investigate the saving of the calibration data but need to know what's happening with the above.
Stephen
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 10:33am |
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I checked the spy playback.
spy writes about the flaps: DEV RX: AA4B DEV RX: AA 49 AA 47 and so on ... but the calibration: DEV RX: Flaps 1 is missing. |
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 10:35am |
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Thanks. That explains a lot as the messages are different. You have a non motorised TQ is that right ? I have been testing with a motorised TQ so I may need to check for protocol message differences.
Stephen
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 10:36am |
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Can you clear Spy, then move the flaps one notch at a time and then copy and paste what Spy reports here.
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Posted: October-10-2020 at 10:39am |
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i use this morning's update.
is stored under C :. the FSC control is 102 version. |
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