Weepops Helios profile
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OK as stated in post 135 I have made some significant additions to my profile which I am now releasing.
These include, with help from Rogue`s profile :-
Corrected implementation of TWP (threat warning prime)
New implementation of TWA (threat warning aux) plus repeating it from left to front console
after relocating arrester hook from front to left console.New implementation of bit test and run/fail indicator lights on FCP (fault control panel).
New implementation of indicator lights on electric panel.
New implementation of FLCS test and indicator lights on test panel.
New useable guarded toggle switch on EPU panel.
Last but not least, rearranging left console, to be made up from separate panels.
It was becoming too complicated to edit.Also renamed my profile, image folder and keystroke files as follows:-
Profile…… WeepopFull.hpf
Image folder…WeepopFull ( download WeepopFull.7Z )
Keystroke…WeepopBMS-Full.keyUploaded above to mediafire , and added new thumbnails to first post with explanatory notes.
This is hopefully my final improvement so no more changes , unless someone finds an error.
My thanks to -Ice for his original profile and to Rogue for his profile from which I learnt a lot.
weepop out
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Nice to see you keeping on improving the profile, Weepop! Can you elaborate more on your “new implementation”? What was wrong with the old implementation of those switches?
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Nice to see you keeping on improving the profile, Weepop! Can you elaborate more on your “new implementation”? What was wrong with the old implementation of those switches?
Hi Ice
They were “not implemented” ie they did nothing , so as I said a significant improvement!!!
weepop
edit. I will rephrase that. Some of the switches did send callbacks to falcon but the indicator lights did not follow what was happening in the pit.
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Thanks for that weepop. Yeah, they were low on my “to-do” list when I was making the profile as they are not accessed all that much.
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OK I said no more changes but that was before I remembered how poor the lighting knobs were.
That is the console flood, instrument and DED brightness knobs. They were rotary encoders with erratic stepping so I have changed them to three position rotary switches and made them mimic the in pit control movements. Thanks again to Rogue for some very neat lua scripting.Also added leading zeros to the channel display 1 to 9 to again mimic in pit digits.
I have uploaded new WeepopFull.hpf and new WeepopFull.7Z to mediafire.
Because the image folder is so large and some people may not like to download it I have also uploaded just the necessary folder that as changed along with a read me. See Warning Lights and Indicators.7Z
weepop
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And yet another change. one that I am sure nobody wants but I could not resist the challenge and would not let helios beat me.
I was not happy that the UHF channel could only be stepped in one direction ie up, when in pit you can go up or down.
It took a lot to figure out how to do it and it is still not perfect because you can only change direction when default channel 06 is showing in helios.
If you change at any other point the helios indicator will lose sync with the in pit display, so I have made this impossible by hiding either the inc or dec buttons once you start until you come back to 06.
I have added an image of the new UHF panel to post 1, and uploaded a new profile called WeepopFull +.hpf
If you agree we should not let helios beat us then download and try it just for fun.
weepop
EDIT did some tidying up removing duplicated lines and blank lines from both WeepopFull and WeepopFull + profiles and uploaded new versions to mediafire 21/08/16
EDIT 2 did lots more tidying up to rotary stepping switches uploaded new WeepopFull.hpf with the + features included and removed the WeepopFull +.hpf 24/08/16
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How do I assign left and right tqs comms as unable to edit fields!?
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TJ1
are you referring to lines 4 and 5 in the TQS section (2.19) of the keyfile?
If so why can you not edit the fields? Just overwrite the 0XFFFFFFFF 0 with the key that you want to assign…
See attached TQS section.
weepop
#=================================================================================
SimDoNothing -1 0 0XFFFFFFFF 0 0 0 -1 “=== 2.19 THROTTLE QUADRANT SYSTEM =====”
SimTransmitCom1 -1 0 0XC7 0 0 0 1 “TQS: COMMS Switch Up - UHF”
SimTransmitCom2 -1 0 0XCF 0 0 0 1 “TQS: COMMS Switch Down - VHF”
SimCommsSwitchLeft -1 0 0XFFFFFFFF 0 0 0 -1 “TQS: COMMS Switch Left - IFF OUT”
SimCommsSwitchRight -1 0 0XFFFFFFFF 0 0 0 -1 “TQS: COMMS Switch Right - IFF IN”
SimRangeKnobUp -1 0 0X3C 1 0 0 1 “TQS: MAN RANGE Knob - Up”
SimRangeKnobDown -1 0 0X3B 1 0 0 1 “TQS: MAN RANGE Knob - Down”
SimToggleMissileCage -1 0 0X16 0 0 0 1 “TQS: MAN RANGE Knob - UNCAGE”
SimSelectSRMOverride -1 0 0X20 0 0 0 1 “TQS: DOGFIGHT Switch - DF Override”
SimSelectMRMOverride -1 0 0X32 0 0 0 1 “TQS: DOGFIGHT Switch - MRM Override”
SimDeselectOverride -1 0 0X2E 0 0 0 1 “TQS: DOGFIGHT Switch - MRM/DF Cancel”
AFBrakesToggle 320 0 0X30 0 0 0 1 “TQS: SPD BREAK Switch - Toggle”
AFBrakesOut -1 0 0X30 1 0 0 1 “TQS: SPD BREAK Switch - Open”
AFBrakesIn -1 0 0X30 2 0 0 1 “TQS: SPD BREAK Switch - Close”
SimCursorUp -1 0 0XC8 4 0 0 1 “TQS: RDR CURSOR - Up”
SimCursorDown -1 0 0XD0 4 0 0 1 “TQS: RDR CURSOR - Down”
SimCursorLeft -1 0 0XCB 4 0 0 1 “TQS: RDR CURSOR - Left”
SimCursorRight -1 0 0XCD 4 0 0 1 “TQS: RDR CURSOR - Right”
SimCursorEnable -1 0 0X31 1 0 0 1 “TQS: RDR CURSOR - Cursor Enable”
SimRadarCursorZero -1 0 0XE 1 0 0 1 “TQS: RDR CURSOR - Cursor Zero”
SimThrottleIdleDetent 314 0 0X17 3 0 0 1 “TQS: CUTOFF RELEASE - Idle Detent”
SimRadarElevationUp -1 0 0X3F 1 0 0 1 “TQS: ANT ELEV Knob - Tilt Up”
SimRadarElevationCenter -1 0 0X3E 1 0 0 1 “TQS: ANT ELEV Knob - Center”
SimRadarElevationDown -1 0 0X3D 1 0 0 1 “TQS: ANT ELEV Knob - Tilt Down”
#===================================================================================EDIT Why do you want to make these work? , IFF is not implemented in BMS.
EDIT 2 TJ1 I get the impression you are trying to edit the keyfile in the UI. because I just noticed these two lines are locked to prevent editing. This is done by the second -1 in each line.DO NOT DO THIS read the BMS keyfile manual in the docs folder , section 6.1.8 explains what I just wrote.
Edit your keyfiles using notepad++ or the BMS keyfile editor, also found in docs.
I prefer notepad++
If you have used the user interface to make any changes then you will have lost the layout and headings so start again from my keyfile as downloaded. -
Ok thanks, the right/left comms are for data link.
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Weepop, thanks for your profile and all your work.
I have just come back to Falcon after some time so am a bit rusty on Helios.
I have got the profile working but cannot work out how to get the missing instruments (HSI, ADI, AOA, Caution light panel etc) to show and operate.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi tailfin
Use Lightnings MFDE to extract these instruments
See https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?23359-Lightning-s-MFDE-and-4-33
weepop
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Thanks Weepop.
Tried to download Lightnings MFDE but it is blocked by my system as a virus.
Is there another source or way to get it or a similar programme that I can Access? Or do you have a copy?
Tailfin
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Hi tailfin
the virus warning is a false positive, see post https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?26491-lightnings-MFDE-Extractor-version-0-6-1-1
Turn off your antivirus temp while you download.weepop
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Thanks again.
Tailfin
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Hey there weepop!
After a very long time, I’m finally back…. sim pit’s set up and I’m slowly building back up so that I can fly properly again. I wonder if you can help me by pointing me to the most up-to-date version of your work? I’d like to see what you’ve done and bring my own profile up to date. Thanks!
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Hi Ice
Really COOL to have you back.
I have just refreshed my mediafire files .key .hpf and . 7z with my latest so download what you need.
weepop
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Thanks!
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Anyone here using Helios with Windows 10?
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yep
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Everything working fine? I’ve got an issue with Win10 and Helios such that Helios detects one touch as a double click…