lesthegrngo Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Guys, I think that all I need is confirmation of what I believe, the A10c airspeed indicator cannot be exported onto a separate monitor using MonitorSetup. Lua, correct? I am stuck with trying to get the Helios version to work if I am to get a virtual instrument Cheers Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG14_Smil Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Ikarus also has an A-10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG14_Smil Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Here is an old picture of my Ikarus gauges. They are on a 27" monitor under the cockpit facia. Once you learn the quirk's, I like Ikarus much more than Helios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesthegrngo Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 Thanks, does Ikarus play nicely with Helios? Cheers Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG14_Smil Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 No two different programs that do the same thing. You would use one or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesthegrngo Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 Ok, thanks. I worked Helios out after a few false starts, hopefully Ikarus is self-explanatory Cheers Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG14_Smil Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Hi Les, Feel free to PM me if you run into any oddities. Ikarus is worth taking a look at. I love Helios too, but I am glad I found this. Cary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG14_Smil Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) Ikarus is a pretty easy install. When you open the A-10 profile, it will cover your main screen; Alt F4 will turn that off, then enter your desktop coordinates and display monitor resolution, you will see it on the Configuration screen. Save the A-10 profile, exit and restart Ikarus Click "Editor Mode" and you can then drag and drop gauges into position you want. Save profile again when done. You can hide and "show cockpit" to see the edit's you make. You have to enter size in pixel's. That should get you started, note any gauges not working and it is usually fixable by editing "Instrumentations" for that gauge. When you finally complete your profile, make a copy and give it a unique name to save as a backup. You will always use the default name for A-10C to match the included xml file. Edited February 13, 2020 by JG14_Smil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesthegrngo Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 Thanks! I look forward to giving it a go. The instruments I intend to show are:- the two MFCD's, which I assume I can leave up to MonitorSetup.lua, currently working well Attitude indicator and HSI - currently on Helios, I assume I just recreate these in Ikarus, I will have to see how to assign the attributes and so forth as I did for Helios. I have to confess that I guessed as it as I couldn't find any list or tutorial showing how each gauge is set up. (Mostly ) seems to work though. RWR - after a bit of messing around the RWR is a combo of the Helios bezel and MonitorSetup.Lua for the moving bits, again I will have to see how to do that. Airspeed indicator - this is currently supposed to be on the same 7" LCD monitor as the RWR but I've singularly failed to do so, so as per the point of this thread this is hopefully the panacea. The only other outstanding item will be the standby attitude indicator, which I was hoping to use a 3.5" TFT screen for but suspect is incompatible with Ikarus due to it being an Arduino version. I may have to source a separate little LCD screen for that but presume ikarus can deal with that. Everything else is a physical gauge or instrument so I hope that I have everything covered! Thanks again for your help, you'll probably get a load of questions! Cheers Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG14_Smil Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Ikarus should have every gauge you need, as long as you show them on an extra monitor. Your exported MFD's from DCS won't change at all. You can't use Helios and Ikarus at the same time. Just give it a try, you'll see the gauges work as soon as you install Ikarus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekkx Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 This is made with monitorsetup.lua and Helios. RWR and MFCDs are exported bei monitorsetup.lua. I don't know Ikarus. But I remember it was a "little bit" tricky to get Helios working. Also the downside of Helios: The instruments become some blurry if zoom factor is less than 100%. Good to be seen at the engine's section. Manual for my version of RS485-Hardware, contact: tekkx@dresi.de Please do not PM me with DCS-BIOS-related questions. If the answer might also be useful to someone else, it belongs in a public thread where it can be discovered by everyone using the search function. Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesthegrngo Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 Thanks. I actually got all those working, but the ASI is not one that Helios apparently can deal with Next week I'll have a bash with Ikarus, hopefully I can get that set up like I have Helios currently, but with the ASI Cheers Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekkx Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 ASI? (Air Speed Indicator) Do you mean IAS? (Indicated Air Speed) - What a mess with words... A-10C has no ASI inside the code. I think (I am not an Aviator) ASI is just the device while IAS denotes the value. And IAS works fine with Helios (so I think it does with Ikarus too). But this is far away from your initial question. The answer here is: No. It can't be exported by MonitorSetup.lua. Manual for my version of RS485-Hardware, contact: tekkx@dresi.de Please do not PM me with DCS-BIOS-related questions. If the answer might also be useful to someone else, it belongs in a public thread where it can be discovered by everyone using the search function. Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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