Disable the Thrustmaster Hotas Lights?

Once you have set the LEDs to off in Target, you can close the program. Unless you disconnect the throttle unit by unplugging the USB connection, the lights will remain off permanently.

 

No need for scripts etc, just run Target once, turn them off, and leave the throttle plugged in.

Yes, but not everyone leaves their PC plugged into mains power all the time. I don't. And that is the problem.

Yes, but not everyone leaves their PC plugged into mains power all the time. I don't. And that is the problem.

I have exactly the same problem since some time. Now it's clear for me why - I've bought a power cord extension with a switch to completely turn off the power for the computer as otherwise the TrackIR pro clip LED's were staying on even if the computer was shut down.

Would be great to find a way to turn off the warthog LED's. Maybe a short command line that could be added at the windows startup.

You can execute Target at startup with a script.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=144584

throttle lights

Here you go, thought I'd try my hand at a little utility to disable the lights without using TARGET:

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38908412/WarthogLightsOff.zip

 

I cant thank You enough for sharing this ! Best dcs mod so far, for me......

 

Normandy has crashed, every single time I have tried to use it.

I sort of wished that they had waited to release it until White Cliffs

of Dover and some other improvements had been updated.

 

 

Thanks Again for the turn off the lights script !!!:pilotfly:

Normandy has crashed, every single time I have tried to use it.

I sort of wished that they had waited to release it until White Cliffs

of Dover and some other improvements had been updated.

Nobody is making you fly it.

Download link doesnt work anymore..anbody has other link?

You can grab mine:

https://zabuza.pitaya.duckdns.org/dcs/WarthogLightsOff.zip

You can grab mine:

https://zabuza.pitaya.duckdns.org/dcs/WarthogLightsOff.zip

Thanks..how does it work? How can i enable lights back on?

Just execute the .exe. You can add it to your systems auto-start if you want it to be always disabled.

The .exe does not have a way to enable it again. Either unplug and plugin again, or restart. You may also try to start the T.A.R.G.E.T. software, maybe that resets the lights as well.

Yes absolutely! My apologies for not including the link above:

 

Here: https://bitbucket.org/Tenebrous/warthogthrottlelights/src

Hello. The above link is not working anymore. Thanks to @Zabuza we do have the binary, but, did anyone save the source code? It would be great to modify the light intensity without installing Target.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I can't have the leds turn off permanently. I simply unselect the enable led backlight option in the target gui app and it works as long as I have the pc turned on but when I reboot the leds light back up. Any idea?

Paste this into a new .tmc and save as whatever.tmc, and compile and run it. That will kill the lights.

include "target.tmh"

//program startup
int main()
{
   if(Init(&EventHandle)) return 1; // declare the event handler, return on error
   
   //add initialization code here
   // Init Lights
   ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+LED(&Throttle, LED_INTENSITY,0)); //set Throttle backlight power to middle // set Throttle backlight power to low
   //ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+LED(&Throttle, LED_ONOFF, LED_CURRENT+LED1)); //set LED 1 OFF
   //ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+LED(&Throttle, LED_ONOFF, LED_CURRENT-LED2)); //set LED 2 OFF
   //ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+LED(&Throttle, LED_ONOFF, LED_CURRENT+LED3)); //set LED 3 OFF
   //ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+LED(&Throttle, LED_ONOFF, LED_CURRENT-LED4)); //set LED 4 OFF
   //ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+LED(&Throttle, LED_ONOFF, LED_CURRENT+LED5)); //set LED 5 OFF    
   
}

//event handler
int EventHandle(int type, alias o, int x)
{
   DefaultMapping(&o, x);
   
   //add event handling code here
}

I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I can't have the leds turn off permanently. I simply unselect the enable led backlight option in the target gui app and it works as long as I have the pc turned on but when I reboot the leds light back up. Any idea?

Yeah, it's finicky. My WH lights stay off until I have a power outage, and then I have to re-run the GUI. There's no setting saved to the throttle and apparently no setting file that persists after a hard re-boot. On the plus side, I always know if the power has gone out :P

Paste this into a new .tmc and save as whatever.tmc, and compile and run it. That will kill the lights.

 

 

 

include "target.tmh"

//program startup
int main()
{
   if(Init(&EventHandle)) return 1; // declare the event handler, return on error
   
   //add initialization code here
   // Init Lights
   ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+LED(&Throttle, LED_INTENSITY,0)); //set Throttle backlight power to middle // set Throttle backlight power to low
   //ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+LED(&Throttle, LED_ONOFF, LED_CURRENT+LED1)); //set LED 1 OFF
   //ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+LED(&Throttle, LED_ONOFF, LED_CURRENT-LED2)); //set LED 2 OFF
   //ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+LED(&Throttle, LED_ONOFF, LED_CURRENT+LED3)); //set LED 3 OFF
   //ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+LED(&Throttle, LED_ONOFF, LED_CURRENT-LED4)); //set LED 4 OFF
   //ActKey(PULSE+KEYON+LED(&Throttle, LED_ONOFF, LED_CURRENT+LED5)); //set LED 5 OFF    
   
}

//event handler
int EventHandle(int type, alias o, int x)
{
   DefaultMapping(&o, x);
   
   //add event handling code here
}

Do you mean .fcf file? I haven't heard of .tmc, not sure how you would create that type of file.

.tmc files are made in TARGET Script Editor, not the GUI.

Ok, I compiled and ran the code and it works... until I shut down my pc. The lights do not remain off after I boot back up.

Hi,

You can grab mine:

https://zabuza.pitaya.duckdns.org/dcs/WarthogLightsOff.zip

Anyone have the source code of the non-TARGET dependant application?

Thanks!

And I'm unable to turn on mine no matter what I do.

Anyone have the source code of the non-TARGET dependant application?

That's not possible:

Without TARGET the throttle is just a dumb DX-device.

Only solution that came into my mind:

Open it, look for the correct wires an put a switch between them.

Ok, I compiled and ran the code and it works... until I shut down my pc. The lights do not remain off after I boot back up.

you must have an issue with your USB. My lights stay off after reboot, but come back on after I unplug/plug the throttle in. So look at your USB in Device Manager. There must be some power setting that allows for voltage to remain after shutdown. Could also be a BIOS setting.

That's not possible:

Without TARGET the throttle is just a dumb DX-device.

It is possible, all TARGET does is send a USB HID report to the throttle to tell it to turn off the lights. Just as TARGET is an app, you can also write an app that sends the same command to turn off the lights.

The source code has been moved here:

https://gitlab.com/Tenebrous/warthogthrottlelights

VAWarthogThrottleLights is a plugin for VoiceAttack, Warthog is the console app that turns off the lights, and WarthogLightControl is the library.

Hi.

EDIT: NVM: I found it.

Any chance for link update to zip file? Looks like links expired and Zabuza's link is inaccessible for me.

Eh. Do the LEDs have common Vcc? Then I'd just solder in a poti. When doing Case III they are not exactly annoying, but I wouldn't mind dimming them a bit.

On 2/2/2019 at 11:06 AM, Zabuza said:

You can grab mine:

https://zabuza.pitaya.duckdns.org/dcs/WarthogLightsOff.zip

Thank you for this.  So handy.  Saves me using the other one, where I'd have to hold the R eng opr switch and use the china hat.