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Message #3394

SeanG

Posts: 10

I have a simple panel setup, with a 7 Seg display showing Autopilot Heading, and encoders for Heading and Course.

They all work perfectly, except... if you rotate the course (same issue with both course and heading) more than 3 complete revolutions, it stops and wont move any further in that direction, but will move back in the opposite direction fine. It is almost as if you can only turn 1000 or so degrees in one direction.
I have monitored what mobiflight is sending to FSUIPC and it stops sending heading/course offset updates once it gets to this point.

Any ideas?

SeanG

2017-01-10 01:03

Message #3422

DocMoebiuz

Moderator

From: EDSH, Germany

Posts: 1516

Hi Sean

I have solved it using EventIDs instead:
HEADING_BUG_INC (65879) and HEADING_BUG_DEC (65880)

Works very good!

Have a great day!
Sebastian

MobiFlight - Simply build your own home cockpit for your favorite flight sim - MSFS2020, FSX, Prepar3D (FSUIPC), X-Plane (XPUIPC)

2017-01-11 04:36

Message #3531

SeanG

Posts: 10

DocMoebiuz:
Hi Sean

I have solved it using EventIDs instead:
HEADING_BUG_INC (65879) and HEADING_BUG_DEC (65880)

Works very good!

Just tried it and I still see the same fault, do enough 360's and it stops working. If I turn to the right till it stops, I can still turn back to the left, but when turning right it goes to around the same point and stops again. Tried now by both course and heading, using eventID's and FSUIPC offsets, with the same result.

SeanG

2017-01-16 23:48

Message #3581

DocMoebiuz

Moderator

From: EDSH, Germany

Posts: 1516

Hey! You actually pointed me into the correct direction! I have fixed it for the next release.

Have a great day!
Sebastian

MobiFlight - Simply build your own home cockpit for your favorite flight sim - MSFS2020, FSX, Prepar3D (FSUIPC), X-Plane (XPUIPC)

2017-01-20 07:06

Message #3770

SeanG

Posts: 10

DocMoebiuz:
Hey! You actually pointed me into the correct direction! I have fixed it for the next release.

Fantastic! Thanks

SeanG

2017-01-29 23:34

Message #3771

SeanG

Posts: 10

Just been testing, and it appears to work! But it also looks like stepping 2 degrees at a time with the new version? This is both on Heading and course.

SeanG

2017-01-30 00:07

Message #3772

pizman82

From: ETSI, Germany

Posts: 6010

Supporter

Hi.
Maby you got same issue like me and a other user.....

If you update mobiflight to current version and update firmware on Board, our Buttons and encoders do "double" Commands.

Close Mobiflight, and put youre Board out of USB Port and set it again after some seconds. This will reset the Arduino. After restarting Mobiflight the problem was solved.

Hope this helps!

Pls report if problem is solved or if double sending of encoder still exist.

Thank You !

Good Luck !

2017-01-30 01:03

Message #3773

SeanG

Posts: 10

Yessir! That solved it

I now have perfect HDG and CRS encoders \o/

SeanG

2017-01-30 02:35