Are there any of you guys out there are using an OpenCockpits USBkeys encoder board which works with the number pad definitions ? i.e using the '/'

If so, could you possibly extract the hex code from the PIC chip and send me a copy please ?

Alternatively, if anyone has a copy of the PIC code I'd very much appreciate a copy.

The first line of the older code I have already is:

:020000040000FA

email address is andyb(AT)uk8.net replace the (AT) with the @ sign.

I'm tearing my hair out here (and there's not a lot left .....).

Many thanks in advance,

Andy

Hi Guys,

An update to my problem.

Got an email back from Opencockpits. They say the code in the PIC is low level code and doesn't have anything to do with the key generation, that is done by the associated program (encoder_keys.exe or IOCKeys.exe).

They suggest installing SIOC on my main PC and using it to generate the keys from the switch inputs on the USBkeys board. It seems that the update to SIOC does include the new numpad designations but no update to encoder_keys program.

I'll report back when tested in case anybody else has a similar problem in the future.

Cheers,

Andy

Hi Guys,

I finally got all my switches working.

After contacting Opencockpits, their solution was to run SIOC on the Game PC as well and use the keyboard emulator built in to it. That didn't work either.

After scanning manu forums I found a script for AutoHotKey called AHKHID. This registered HID devices and displayed the data coming from them. Modified it severly and all the switches in the pit do what they're supposed to do - except the fire button (Hmmmmm). Think I may have had two problems.

Finally realised that when I'd been testing previously I'd had the controls in EECH set to keyboard. Since then I'd hooked up the BU8036 and and changed the controls option to that. I connected my trigger switch to the first button input on the BU8036 and can now blast away to my heart's content !!!!!!

Next stop - windscreen and projection.

Cheers,

Andy

PS if anybody want's a copy of the scripts for AutoHot Key, let me know.