Difference between revisions of "Interfacing to Orbiter"

Revision as of 00:38, 2 December 2008

Ways to get information in and out of Orbiter

Programming game controllers - using multiple joysticks and joystick buttons
- Fly-by-Wire addon
- JoyToKey
- Joyride?
- GP-Wiz - A line of joystick and gamepad interfaces/controllers

Generating key presses through switches
The GP-Wiz line of joystick button controllers along with Joy2Key.
Using AutoHotKey to automatically configure Orbiter and ExtMFD placement
Script to display Four MFDs on a 22 inch Monitor

I/O interface solutions - These will require a software interface to Orbiter.

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 ===Keypresses===
 * [[Generating key presses]] through switches
-* [http://www.hagstromelectronics.com/products/modules.html Hagstrom Electronics] keyboard encoders
+* The [http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=76_80 GP-Wiz] line of joystick button controllers along with Joy2Key.
-* The [http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=76_80 KeyWiz] line of controllers are very simple, allowing one-to-one mapping of a '''Momentary Contact''' switch to a keypress. It is basically a replacement for your computer keyboard, although the "Max" version allows you to switch between the KeyWiz and a keyboard via an on-board toggle switch. Its strength is its low price compared to other keyboard encoders. Its downside is that to do a CTRL-<key> or ALT-<key> combination requires wiring the switch to two inputs (one for each key held down).
 * Using AutoHotKey to automatically configure Orbiter and ExtMFD placement
 *:Script to display [[Four MFDs on a 22 inch Monitor]]