In Falcon setup/ controllers/key file, I can assign a MFD button to 'q' for Awacs. Testing in the jet, that will open up the first Awacs page and allow me to choose a keyboard number option, but if I want the second
Awacs page , and press the MFD button again the Awacs page will close. Using 'q' on the keyboard works fine like it should, allowing me to press a second time (without closing) for the next Awacs page.
Been working on this for a few days, even hosed the stick (temporarily)
in my efforts.
I tried Foxy, with a slash modifier for 'hold'. But understandably the cougar doesn't like my attempt to use 'BTN 155'. (and that's not even what crashed it)
The trick seems to be, how can you assign a button (for me 155) (which is seen as a key in Falcon/setup/key files) to another key, in this case the key is keyboard 'q'.
Or how do you insert a 'hold' modifier into my falcon key file itself, to keep Awacs window open. I don't think that's going to happen anyhow.
I am not aware of any text file to edit, other than opening up the key file itself. Here is the relevant addition to the key file after assigning a MFD button to falcon's keyfile 'q', which is mapped as 'Radio-Awacs' :
RadioAWACSCommand 154 8 -2 0 0x0 -1
For some strange reason, Falcon labels my 155 button 154 in the .key text, but in Facon/controllers it shows as 155, and is 155 per the Cougar MFD arrangement. I don't see this as an issue because the button works other than not staying open to access
subsequent command windows. Please feel free to disagree. I only mention it because you may wonder why the discrepancy.
Subsequently, I will need to also be able to assign MFD buttons to the keyboard numbers to enable not only bringing up Awacs via the Cougar MFD, but also utilize a Cougar MFD button for the specific Awacs command keyboard number.
I would think that solving the awacs window closing issue may solve assigning keyboard numbers to the Cougar MFD buttons as well.
Has anybody figured this out? By the way, I do use an old...old ...old falcon keyfile. I don't think that should stop me though?