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    How to control Cougar MFD Button Back Lights from BMS

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    • VoynutV
      Voynut
      last edited by

      Hi,

      you all, is there any way to control the backlighting of the MFD buttons out of BMS. I mean if I switch on the backlights in the virtual cockpit, so that the backlights of the MFD switch on.

      BR

      WR

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        Buster
        last edited by

        You mean like this? The lighting panel off your right knee; center button will activate the cockpit lights. Shift-S will activate the flood light (used when ramp starting for easier switchology) and the dial beneath the one I circled is the green flood light when in flight.

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          Buster
          last edited by

          Oh hang on you’re talking about the external MFD’s right? Can’t help you with that but I’m sure someone else can 🙂

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          • RightStuffR
            RightStuff
            last edited by

            @Voynut:

            Hi,

            you all, is there any way to control the backlighting of the MFD buttons out of BMS. I mean if I switch on the backlights in the virtual cockpit, so that the backlights of the MFD switch on.

            Not quite sure, but definitely you‘ll need to have

            • Cougar or Warthog as your HOTAS
            • Software TARGET

            Then you can use a switch or button to control the light of the Warthog Thottle: on, off, dim.
            Maybe the lights of the MFDs are accessible the same way?

            It’s nice to see the dark throttle light-up when triggering the idle detent. 🙂
            Just a neat gimmick…

            If of interest, I’ll post the TARGET-code.

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            • hooverH
              hoover @RightStuff
              last edited by

              you can turn the mfd backlighting on and off (and change the brightness) by pressing the lower left rocker switch down and the two adjacent buttons to the right of it simultaneously.

              No software required 🙂

              All the best, Uwe

              System specs: win10pro / Linux Mint 20.x, 32GB RAM, nv 1070ti, 2x1 TB SSD, 1x4TB SATA; HOTAS Warthog (DX), TM MFDs, G25Shifter, T500RS wheel / pedals; CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core; MoBo: X570-A PRO (MS-7C37); Display: 43" LG nano 779pa (2560x1440), 19" Fujitsu-Siemens (1280x1024) used for DE; StreamDeck XL (ICP)

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              • AxeA
                Axe @hoover
                last edited by

                Hey hoover, thanks, I did not know that.

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                • roccioR
                  roccio @hoover
                  last edited by

                  @hoover:

                  you can turn the mfd backlighting on and off (and change the brightness) by pressing the lower left rocker switch down and the two adjacent buttons to the right of it simultaneously.

                  No software required 🙂

                  All the best, Uwe

                  Is there a combo for the throttle too?

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                  • hooverH
                    hoover @roccio
                    last edited by

                    Sorry Roccio, no idea about the throttle, I need to check the docs on this one.

                    All the best, Uwe

                    System specs: win10pro / Linux Mint 20.x, 32GB RAM, nv 1070ti, 2x1 TB SSD, 1x4TB SATA; HOTAS Warthog (DX), TM MFDs, G25Shifter, T500RS wheel / pedals; CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core; MoBo: X570-A PRO (MS-7C37); Display: 43" LG nano 779pa (2560x1440), 19" Fujitsu-Siemens (1280x1024) used for DE; StreamDeck XL (ICP)

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                    • SemlerPDXS
                      SemlerPDX @hoover
                      last edited by

                      @hoover:

                      you can turn the mfd backlighting on and off (and change the brightness) by pressing the lower left rocker switch down and the two adjacent buttons to the right of it simultaneously.

                      No software required 🙂

                      All the best, Uwe

                      Holy crap! I’ve had these things for like 7 years and I didn’t know they could do that! Used to pull up the GUI to turn brightness off after flights every time - I guess ya learn something new everyday, even old bastards like me. Thanks!!

                      AVCS4 Voice Control Radio Menus for Falcon BMS (and other profiles for VoiceAttack): veterans-gaming.com/avcs

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                      • hooverH
                        hoover @SemlerPDX
                        last edited by

                        @SemlerPDX:

                        Holy crap! I’ve had these things for like 7 years and I didn’t know they could do that! Used to pull up the GUI to turn brightness off after flights every time - I guess ya learn something new everyday, even old bastards like me. Thanks!!

                        Glad I could help 🙂

                        When I first got the MFDs I read the manual (yes, I read the manual :)) to help me decide wether I even needed to install the “drivers” for these things because I was planning to use them under Linux too and I came across this handy button combination.

                        Naturally I never bothered to install the drivers because the MFDs worked OOTB both on win7 and Linux.

                        All the best, Uwe

                        System specs: win10pro / Linux Mint 20.x, 32GB RAM, nv 1070ti, 2x1 TB SSD, 1x4TB SATA; HOTAS Warthog (DX), TM MFDs, G25Shifter, T500RS wheel / pedals; CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core; MoBo: X570-A PRO (MS-7C37); Display: 43" LG nano 779pa (2560x1440), 19" Fujitsu-Siemens (1280x1024) used for DE; StreamDeck XL (ICP)

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                        • RightStuffR
                          RightStuff @roccio
                          last edited by

                          @roccio:

                          Is there a combo for the throttle too?

                          No.
                          As mentioned: Only possible via TARGET.

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                          • roccioR
                            roccio @RightStuff
                            last edited by

                            @RightStuff:

                            No.
                            As mentioned: Only possible via TARGET.

                            Ok, thank you. It’s just that it doesn’t remember my decision, so it’s annoying every pc start to set the leds off…

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                            • Nikolas_AN
                              Nikolas_A @roccio
                              last edited by

                              You can also control brightness through software

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