Potentiometer not working

[amyandpeteb]

I use the potentiometer in DCS BIOS but after adjusting it a few times, it crashes DCS BIOS. Any suggestions?

[jboecker]

Looks like some device IDs for the Huey have changed. That probably means a lot of other controls have stopped working as well.

[amyandpeteb]

Thanks. I just posted some info in another thread. Here is my sketch (below). The issue is with the ILS volume (it is the only potentiometer that I am using).

define DCSBIOS_DEFAULT_SERIAL

include "DcsBios.h"

/* Set Master Arm switch to Pin 0 and 1 */ DcsBios::Switch3Pos ahcpMasterArm("AHCP_MASTER_ARM", 0, 1);

/* Set GunPac Arm switch to Pin 2 and 3 */ DcsBios::Switch3Pos ahcpGunpac("AHCP_GUNPAC", 2, 3);

/* Set Laser Arm switch to Pin 4 and 5 */ DcsBios::Switch3Pos ahcpLaserArm("AHCP_LASER_ARM", 4, 5);

/* Set TGP switch to Pin 6 */ DcsBios::Switch2Pos ahcpTgp("AHCP_TGP", 6);

/* Set CICU switch to Pin 7 */ DcsBios::Switch2Pos ahcpCicu("AHCP_CICU", 7);

/* Set CICU switch to Pin 8 */ DcsBios::Switch2Pos ahcpJtrs("AHCP_JTRS", 8);

/* Set IFFCC switch to Pin 9 and 10 */ DcsBios::Switch3Pos ahcpIffcc("AHCP_IFFCC", 9, 10);

/* Set Autopilot mode switch to Pin 11 and 12 */ DcsBios::Switch3Pos lasteApMode("LASTE_AP_MODE", 11, 12);

/* Set Autopilot engage / disengage switch to Pin 13 */ DcsBios::Switch2Pos lasteApToggle("LASTE_AP_TOGGLE", 13);

//this is a test...I'm having problems with the potentiometer and I want to check it out with the ILS volume A0 DcsBios::Potentiometer ilsVol("ILS_VOL", A0);

void setup() { DcsBios::setup();

}

void loop() { DcsBios::loop();

}

[jboecker]

Any particular reason for using DCSBIOS_DEFAULT_SERIAL instead of DCSBIOS_IRQ_SERIAL?

The underlying issue here is that I still haven't found the time to write a proper Potentiometer class that does some averaging, threshold, and rate-limiting of updates, but at least with DCSBIOS_IRQ_SERIAL it has no chance of causing things to lock up completely.

The issue with DEFAULT_SERIAL is that while a message is being sent to DCS-BIOS, incoming data is not being processed, so the receive buffer will overflow if messages are being sent all the time because the pot is a bit noisy.

[amyandpeteb]

Now I understand. I'm using the Leonardo board, which requires me to use the IRQ_SERIAL otherwise it will not compile. So I guess my option is to wait for a fix or go with the UNO board? I used the LEONARDO as i had thought I would use some additional features on it, like tying buttons to keyboard commands.