CRJ/Bravo Encoder Dial Support Faster Option? | MobiFlight | Page 1

lost echo Apr 13, 2023, 1:59 PM

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I've got the full AP working along with the Bravo's mode selector dial and it's related encoder dial, however, with my Lorby setup it allowed for me to hold the Shift key and it would essentially (if memory serves) kick the dial up to x10. As is now I have to turn the encoder for a LONG time to get to many of the settings I need. Is there a way to pull that off here so that in one state it's fast and in another it's normal?

opal lichen Apr 13, 2023, 2:10 PM

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You can do the same thing with the bravo. The way I did it was to use one of the rocker switches as a "fast mode" toggle. Have the rocker switch set a MobiFlight variable (e.g. fastmode to 1 for on, 0 for off).

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Then use that as a second precondition for the lines you want fast mode on. you duplicate those lines, one of them active when fast mode is 1, the other active when fast mode is 0

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and on the one when fast mode is active you adjust the event code to do a faster event. how exactly depends on the event.

lost echo Apr 13, 2023, 2:14 PM

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Given the .... high value of the rocker switches, given just the 7, can that be set to something outside the Bravo if so desired? I sense my first device coming as I keep thinking, "Wouldn't it be great to have like 30 more rocker switches?"

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Oh... Hmm. I do have the Bravo's FLAP switch that I don't use as I use an Axis for that. I wonder if I can get it to set a one on a push say, down, and then back to a zero when I push it up.... As you know it always springs back to center after pushing it.

opal lichen Apr 13, 2023, 2:24 PM

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Sure, the flap lever is just a button

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On press for the down button could set fast mode. On press for the up button could clear it

lost echo Apr 13, 2023, 2:28 PM

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Exactly. That should work. Nice. Thanks!

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Will try it out. See my post on a new issue, Stutter. Uh oh.

opal lichen Apr 13, 2023, 2:36 PM

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If you look in hop hop there should be fast events for either the CJ4 or the TBM. Can't remember which one I did it for. If this CRJ uses the standard autopilot events then the fast events from those planes should work for you

lost echo Apr 13, 2023, 4:59 PM

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@Neil, for the CJ4 I see 6 presets called WT_CJ4_AP_HDG_FAST_INC, etc. Sound like yours?

opal lichen Apr 13, 2023, 4:59 PM

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yeah

lost echo Apr 13, 2023, 5:00 PM

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Okay, I should be able to decipher this. Thanks.

celest wave Apr 13, 2023, 5:07 PM

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lost echo Okay, I should be able to decipher this. Thanks.

maybe a stupid question, did you try fast turning your Bravo knob and the sim doesn't go into fast mode by itself? Many airplanes have that function built into the control event.

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I tested on the CRJ and it does have it when I turn the virtual knob, as well as turning my encoder in my panel.

lost echo Apr 13, 2023, 5:08 PM

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Yeah, this doesn't. It was somehow able to do it by using SHIFT, which sounds like it should be Plane-based, right?

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Well then I undid something as I'm spinning that encoder forever to get to say SPEED 250.

celest wave Apr 13, 2023, 5:08 PM

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in the CRJ it is fairly easy to do the fast events, because everything is controlled by Lvars

lost echo Apr 13, 2023, 5:09 PM

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Well, obviously if it's there somehow I'd prefer to use that. I don't get how yours works and mine doesn't.

celest wave Apr 13, 2023, 5:09 PM

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so like for speed, you just need to change the ++ in the code to say 10 +

lost echo Apr 13, 2023, 5:09 PM

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Yep. I recall that's what I did way back.

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How do you think it got tied to SHIFT? I just tested with Lorby and that's what it's doing.

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Rather convenient if unrealistic.

celest wave Apr 13, 2023, 5:12 PM

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I am not very clear why would the fast turn function work from an encoder (without fast left and fast right configured) but not work if you send fast events from a button.... I don't think the sim knows what is sending the commands

lost echo Apr 13, 2023, 5:13 PM

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Maybe this isn't clear. I don't have FAST configured yet in MF.

celest wave Apr 13, 2023, 5:13 PM

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neither did I

lost echo Apr 13, 2023, 5:13 PM

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OH.

celest wave Apr 13, 2023, 5:13 PM

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but it works because the sim knows when you turn fast and activates the built in acceleration

lost echo Apr 13, 2023, 5:14 PM

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I'd ask Aerosoft about what might be in the plane, but they don't like questions.

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Yeah, somehow I've killed that.

celest wave Apr 13, 2023, 5:16 PM

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So, it is not clear to me why the sim would work from an arduino connected encoder turning fast, but not from a HID joystick sending the same fast stream of commands.

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the fact that it is configured in MF as a button, not an encoder, seems irrelevant.

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The sim doesn't know AFAIK which device sent the command.

#CRJ/Bravo Encoder Dial Support Faster Option?