IL2 1946 and second monitor?

[OverDhill]

It looks like UDP Speed will display gauges and other items. It doesn't seem to accept presses to change things. I also looked at Touchbuddy and it seems to let you press buttons to make changes but doesn't show gauges. Has anyone used these together?

[MaxGunz]

Originally Posted by OverDhill

It looks like UDP Speed will display gauges and other items. It doesn't seem to accept presses to change things. I also looked at Touchbuddy and it seems to let you press buttons to make changes but doesn't show gauges. Has anyone used these together?

You didn't read up on devicelink then. It does take inputs. UDPSpeed is just one program that uses devicelink but hey, you can hook up home made sticks and pedals, sliders, knobs, buttons, etc with devicelink.

Last I recall (years ago) there were sites with major devicelink sections.

Salute Daedalus! What news for me! I hope the mod doesn't allow the cheats that got it turned off for online.

[OverDhill]

I didn't say Devicelink didn't take input but rather UPDSpeed didn't. I am still reseaching what else it out there. Just gathering information.

Thanks

[MaxGunz]

Devicelink has also been used to pilot IL-2 planes by AI.

[FS~Daedalus]

Originally Posted by MaxGunz

What news for me! I hope the mod doesn't allow the cheats that got it turned off for online.

No, I do not fear cheating because of that mod. There are much more effective ways to cheat. The DeviceLink online mod only allows to read information (speed, altitude, heading, engine temperature...) while playing online.

I made some programs for IL2 1946 that use DeviceLink myself, maybe you find them useful.

AIRSTRIKEpro (for Saitek X52pro users)
C-1 autopilot


OverDhill,
what exactly are you looking for? UDPspeed lets you display the gauges on a second monitor, but what do you mean with button input? DeviceLink also allows for input, but that is more of interest for people building home-cockpits using controllers (leo bodnars controller for example) and DeviceLink to operate the switches, knobs or whatever they use in the cockpit.

[Lookaloft]

Addtional Question,

Is it possible to have the inside map in second monitor?

Lookaloft

[OverDhill]

Recently I was retired so having more time I decided to get back into flying some. I also like to keep myself busy with projects so I decided to build a dedicated flight cockpit that can be used for a couple sims.

Daedalus are you familar with Helios? It is an app that is used with Falcon, DCS: A-10C Warthog and others that let you create a touchscreen interface of a virtual cockpit. You get gauges, toggle switches, buttons and switches that are updated by the sim as well as send the control commands to the sim all in one GUI skin you create. Really nice application.

Here is my Falcon BMS skin I made

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8338/8...51c9cae3_b.jpg

This is displayed on an ELO 24" touchscreen monitor.

I would like to do something like it for IL2 1946 and have gauges and control buttons on the touchscreen.

[FS~Daedalus]

Cool, I didn't know about the Helios software!
But it looks like until now IL2 1946 is not supported. If I got it right the developer of the software made the code available to write plugins, for example an interface for a new flightsim like IL2.
Maybe you have some knowledge on programming and can write your own plugin for IL2, or maybe someone else already did that?

[OverDhill]

Well I guess I will try and play with UDPSpeed and see how that works first

[bolox]

Originally Posted by OverDhill

It looks like UDP Speed will display gauges and other items. It doesn't seem to accept presses to change things. I also looked at Touchbuddy and it seems to let you press buttons to make changes but doesn't show gauges. Has anyone used these together?

yes I have used them together- tho not used touch buddy for it's input functions


Here im running UDPSpeed with touchbuddy running a semi transparent map over the top- also running a stopwatch touchbuddy pluggin,
No the map is not dynamically linked to the game- it is purely a static picture displayed in a HTML page.

I did this quite a while ago as a test , not having a touch screen was a bit of a limitation with touchbuddy and I prefer physical switches.
IIRC my conclusions were it was possible to combine the 2 programs but there would be some work rewuired to make a touchbuddy profile that would work well with udpspeed. and would probably need to use 'clear' buttons for any controls operated by touchbuddy