DCS Flight Panels (DCSFP) formula generator

Thanks to the brillant work of ArturDCS we can use the Saitek/logitek flightPanels in DCSWorld

DCSFlight Panels

Trying to setup the different values to show in the PZ70 panel , like the variometer, IAS, etc,

i found dificulty when those values are scaled values in DCS.

To solve the problem i created this formula calculator so the task is now very easy to do.

How to use it:

- First of all you need to know the name of the DCS-BIOS variable you want to show. You can use the DCSFP software to get it.

- Insert the DCS-BIOS variable name and the max value on the form.

- Now you need to know the values of the scales inside DCS. To get those values usually you need to look at mainpanel_init.lua and search for the variable.

- Copy the input values between the {} and paste into the form

- Do the same with the output values. Remember do not copy the {} only the values inside

- Only numeric values are allowed for the input and output

- Click on create formula and if everything is ok, you get your formula ready to paste in DCSflightpanels

Example for the MI8 variometer:

DCS-BIOS value Name: VARIOMETER_L

DCS-BIOS Max value: 65535

DCS Input values: -30, -20, -10, -5, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30

DCS Output values: -1.0, -0.71, -0.43, -0.23, -0.09, -0.05, 0, 0.05, 0.09, 0.23, 0.43, 0.71, 1.0

Formula generated for this example:

Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 56032 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 46858 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 40304 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 35717 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 34406 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 32768 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 31129 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 29818 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 25231 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 18677 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 9503 ( (VARIOMETER_L*0,00105)+-30) ((0,00109*(VARIOMETER_L-9503))+-20))) ((0,00076*(VARIOMETER_L-18677))+-10))) ((0,00065*(VARIOMETER_L-25231))+-5))) ((0,00076*(VARIOMETER_L-29818))+-2))) ((0,00061*(VARIOMETER_L-31129))+-1))) ((0,00061*(VARIOMETER_L-32768))+0))) ((0,00076*(VARIOMETER_L-34406))+1))) ((0,00065*(VARIOMETER_L-35717))+2))) ((0,00076*(VARIOMETER_L-40304))+5))) ((0,00109*(VARIOMETER_L-46858))+10))) ((0,00105*(VARIOMETER_L-56032))+20))

NOTE: This is the first version so some isues can happen if you dont fill the form correctly.

Let me know how it goes!.

DCSFP formula generator

hope you like it!

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Holy s.t captain. This is awesome. Would love to see people sharing their formulas though instead of having to go through each gauge. As usual man, awesome work.

Formulas ready to use:

Mi-8

Barometric Altitud:

truncate((VD_10K_L_100/65536)*10000)

QFE:

truncate ((VD_10K_L_PRESS/508)+661)

IAS:

Ifless( IAS_L 63634 ( Ifless( IAS_L 56557 ( Ifless( IAS_L 49282 ( Ifless( IAS_L 41942 ( Ifless( IAS_L 34734 ( Ifless( IAS_L 27394 ( Ifless( IAS_L 20054 ( Ifless( IAS_L 13041 ( Ifless( IAS_L 4587 ( Ifless( IAS_L 2228 ( IAS_L*0,00449 ) ((0,0212*(IAS_L-2228))+0))) ((0,00591*(IAS_L-4587))+50))) ((0,00713*(IAS_L-13041))+100))) ((0,00681*(IAS_L-20054))+150))) ((0,00681*(IAS_L-27394))+200))) ((0,00694*(IAS_L-34734))+250))) ((0,00681*(IAS_L-41942))+300))) ((0,00687*(IAS_L-49282))+350))) ((0,00707*(IAS_L-56557))+400))) ((0,00789*(IAS_L-63634))+450))

Variometer:

Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 56032 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 46858 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 40304 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 35717 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 34406 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 32768 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 31129 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 29818 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 25231 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 18677 ( Ifless( VARIOMETER_L 9503 ( (VARIOMETER_L*0,00105)+-30) ((0,00109*(VARIOMETER_L-9503))+-20))) ((0,00076*(VARIOMETER_L-18677))+-10))) ((0,00065*(VARIOMETER_L-25231))+-5))) ((0,00076*(VARIOMETER_L-29818))+-2))) ((0,00061*(VARIOMETER_L-31129))+-1))) ((0,00061*(VARIOMETER_L-32768))+0))) ((0,00076*(VARIOMETER_L-34406))+1))) ((0,00065*(VARIOMETER_L-35717))+2))) ((0,00076*(VARIOMETER_L-40304))+5))) ((0,00109*(VARIOMETER_L-46858))+10))) ((0,00105*(VARIOMETER_L-56032))+20))

Radar Altimeter:

Ifless ( A_036_RALT 40960 (Ifless ( A_036_RALT 29950  (A_036_RALT/299,5)  ((0,0181*(A_036_RALT-29950))+100)) )    ((0,02034*(A_036_RALT-40960))+300))

Heading:

((UGR_4K_HEADING_L*0,00009587)+0) * 57,282

Course:

ifmore (  (((UGR_4K_COMMANDED_COURSE_L/65536)*360)  +  ((UGR_4K_HEADING_L/65536)*360))  359 (((UGR_4K_COMMANDED_COURSE_L/65536)*360)  +  ((UGR_4K_HEADING_L/65536)*360)-360)  (((UGR_4K_COMMANDED_COURSE_L/65536)*360)  +  ((UGR_4K_HEADING_L/65536)*360))  )

KA50

Variometer:

((VARIO_SPEED/65536)*60)-30

Radar altimeter:

Ifless ( RALT_ALT 61138 (Ifless ( RALT_ALT 54591 ( Ifless ( RALT_ALT 49420 ( Ifless ( RALT_ALT 30350 ( Ifless ( RALT_ALT 12045 (RALT_ALT/602,25)  ((0,00163*(RALT_ALT-12045))+20)) )  ((0,00524*(RALT_ALT-30350))+50)) )  ((0,00967*(RALT_ALT-49420))+150)) ) ((0,01527*(RALT_ALT-54591))+200)) )  300 )

IAS:

truncate((AIRSPEED*350)/65536)

Heading:

(HSI_HDG/65536)*360

Barimetric Altitude:

truncate((ALT_1000M/65536)*10000)

QFE press:

truncate(((ALT_QFE_PRESS/65536)*200)+600)

Course:

(HSI_DES_COURSE/65536)*360

UH-1H

Barometric Altitude

(PALT_10000/65535)*100000

QFE (last digit is decimal)

((PALT_PRESS*0,00004425)+28,1)*10

Radar Altimeter

Ifless( RALT_NEEDLE 48916 ( Ifless( RALT_NEEDLE 42533 ( Ifless( RALT_NEEDLE 35822 ( Ifless( RALT_NEEDLE 31848 ( Ifless( RALT_NEEDLE 16118 ( (RALT_NEEDLE*0,006204)+0) ((0,006279*(RALT_NEEDLE-16118))+100))) ((0,07549*(RALT_NEEDLE-31848))+200))) ((0,07554*(RALT_NEEDLE-35822))+500))) ((0,07722*(RALT_NEEDLE-42441))+1000))) ((0*(RALT_NEEDLE-48916))+1500))

Vertical Velocity

Ifless( VVI_P 59309 ( Ifless( VVI_P 50462 ( Ifless( VVI_P 44564 ( Ifless( VVI_P 20971 ( Ifless( VVI_P 15073 ( Ifless( VVI_P 6226 ( (VVI_P*0,16062)+-4000) ((0,16955*(VVI_P-6226))+-3000))) ((0,08477*(VVI_P-15073))+-1500))) ((0,08477*(VVI_P-20971))+-1000))) ((0,08477*(VVI_P-44564))+1000))) ((0,16955*(VVI_P-50462))+1500))) ((0,16062*(VVI_P-59309))+3000))

IAS

Ifless( IAS_NOSE 54066 ( Ifless( IAS_NOSE 36044 ( Ifless( IAS_NOSE 28835 ( Ifless( IAS_NOSE 25886 ( Ifless( IAS_NOSE 20971 ( Ifless( IAS_NOSE 12452 ( Ifless( IAS_NOSE 4915 ( (IAS_NOSE*0,00407)+0) ((0,00133*(IAS_NOSE-4915))+20))) ((0,00117*(IAS_NOSE-12452))+30))) ((0,00203*(IAS_NOSE-20971))+40))) ((0,00339*(IAS_NOSE-25886))+50))) ((0,00277*(IAS_NOSE-28835))+60))) ((0,00222*(IAS_NOSE-36044))+80))) ((0,00262*(IAS_NOSE-54066))+120))

Heading

(GMC_HDG/65535)*360

Course Mark

ifmore (   ((360-((GMC_HDG_MARKER/65535)*360))+((GMC_HDG/65535)*360)) 359  (((360-((GMC_HDG_MARKER/65535)*360))+((GMC_HDG/65535)*360))-360)    ((360-((GMC_HDG_MARKER/65535)*360))+((GMC_HDG/65535)*360))   )

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Outstanding work!

This keeps getting better and better!

(Is it ok to giggle?):D

Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would be at this point with Flight Panels.

And I've been a fan for ages...........

Thank you Capt!

Well done!

May need to drop something in your donation bucket.......

Do you take pay pal?

I'll copy paste these formulas into the formulas.txt with creds of course. I bet it will help a lot of other pilots.

Updated post#3 with UH1H formulas ready to use !

hi,

thanks for your work. But i have a problem

I follow the instruction and i am trying to insert the values for the f18 IAS and VVI but when i input the formula in dcs flight panels only a FIXED 99 is displayed.

I get the values from the hornet lua. And for example this is the formula for vertical velocity

Ifless( VSI 59965 ( Ifless( VSI 56688 ( Ifless( VSI 52592 ( Ifless( VSI 45874 ( Ifless( VSI 39976 ( Ifless( VSI 32768 ( Ifless( VSI 25559 ( Ifless( VSI 19660 ( Ifless( VSI 12943 ( Ifless( VSI 8847 ( Ifless( VSI 5570 ( (VSI*0,35907)+-6000) ((0,30516*(VSI-5570))+-4000))) ((0,24414*(VSI-8847))+-3000))) ((0,14888*(VSI-12943))+-2000))) ((0,08476*(VSI-19660))+-1000))) ((0,06936*(VSI-25559))+-500))) ((0,06937*(VSI-32768))+0))) ((0,08477*(VSI-39976))+500))) ((0,14885*(VSI-45874))+1000))) ((0,24414*(VSI-52592))+2000))) ((0,30516*(VSI-56688))+3000))) ((0,35907*(VSI-59965))+4000))

News?

News?

Hello VirusAM

Right now, i am on the mainland in holidays, and don't have here the saitek panels, so i can't test it. I come back home the next week.

As soon i arrive i can check it.

Hello VirusAM

 

Right now, i am on the mainland in holidays, and don't have here the saitek panels, so i can't test it. I come back home the next week.

 

As soon i arrive i can check it.

ok thank you.

Good Holidays anyway

Posting this here as none of those formulas worked for me and I couldn't find any help.

F14 VSI Formula for DCS Flightpanels

(PLT_VSI_NEEDLE-32767.5) * ifless (PLT_VSI_NEEDLE 32767.5 (ifmore(PLT_VSI_NEEDLE 16000((log10 1.1)*log10 55)(ifmore(PLT_VSI_NEEDLE 7500((log10 1.125)*log10 80)(ifmore(PLT_VSI_NEEDLE 2500(log10 1.4)(.185))))))) (ifless(PLT_VSI_NEEDLE 46800((log10 1.1)*log10 50)(ifless(PLT_VSI_NEEDLE 56000((log10 1.125)*log10 80)(ifless(PLT_VSI_NEEDLE 62000(log10 1.4)(.185))))))))