Thank you so much! That means a lot Welcome to the AHN community 🙌🏻 can’t wait to see you next video

Thank you so much!!! I’m glad you got something out of the video! Have a wonderful Christmas and happy new year 😃😃

Thank you!!!! Have a great rest of 2023 🎉

Thank you very much!!

Thank you so much!!! ☺️ see you next episode

Thank you 🙌🏻🙌🏻 welcome to the channel! I hope you had a good Christmas and new year celebration 😃

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it 😀

Thank you!!!! And you too 😀 have a wonderful rest of the year and I hope 2024 has something exciting waiting for you 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Awesome great to hear!!! Thank you! Have a great 2024

That would be a great tutorial!!! Definitely will make one of those - the Hornet has some gauges that definitely have X27s included And we can definitely make a Servo motor tutorial as well! Thanks for the great idea 🙌🏻🙌🏻

That’s so exciting! Nice work 🫡😃

Thank you!!! Have a great Christmas and I’ll see you soon 🙌🏻🙌🏻 thank you for being a part of A Hornet’s Nest

Thank you!!!

Awesome!! Great to hear 😃

Thanks mate :) I think the PcB vid will show how simple it is - and not have to work through pages of forums learning how to do it 100% that one is still in the queue ready to go

Thanks mate!! 😊😊

Thank you so much! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I loved your last video with the plasma cutting!

Thanks so much mate!! It’s comments like these that remind me it is worth the effort 🫡🫡 all the best with your sim building 😊 keep me up to date on its progress

🙌🏻🙌🏻 see you next episode 😃

Hey mate :) thank you so much for the kind words!! It’s comments like these that keep me inspired to create tutorials 🙌🏻🙌🏻 Yeah, I saw that note that mentioned the mega328 MCU compatibility - but I have had no issue with the Arduino Megas 😃 I find they process a lot faster… and it may be a placebo effect, but it feels like they reduce the input lag (but that could just be in my imagination 😅) That’s correct :) any Atmega32u4 has the capability to be a HID device, where as we can now use most of the other Arduino boards as we are sending “messages” straight to the game to change switch state in the backend game code Thanks again for being part of AHN! If you got any questions always feel free to ask through the comments or shoot me a message on Instagram or Facebook 🙌🏻

Thank you! I can definitely add them to the list 😊

@@aHornetsNest Thanks very much

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Hey mate! Depending if your game is in full screen mode … generally I’ll open up the Serial Connect before dcs Then I use ALT + TAB to switch between my programs :) hope this helps

Hey there! Welcome to AHN 😃 it’s awesome to have you here 🙌🏻 you definitely can do that … the mega accommodates 15 Analog pins And using Bios as well will make easy work of it :) Next Tuesday which is in a couple days is a lesson just on potentiometers and understanding how and why they work And then the next episode is using analog inputs for DCS Bios

Hey thanks for the comment! 100% keeping wiring clean and simple is the aim on the game For this episode the panel was directly wired to Arduino purely for simplicity and choosing 5 and 7 spaced out the pins so it was easier to see on camera - episode 8 goes into designing PCBs and how I tidy up the wiring I use PCBs to allow each of my panels to be modular - and they then connect to a Central Data Unit which will process all the avionics and will have multiple arduinos shielded onto it. You can definitely go the pull up pull down method like you said :) I find connecting every switch to a common ground reduces the amount of coding needed, and allows the pins that connect to Arduino to be only input and output The Hornet has around 230ish inputs/outputs and space on arduinos are at a premium - so connecting them to a common ground allows me to to use methods like multiplex to reduce the amount of pins used etc I hope that helps ☺️ any other questions just let me know 🙌🏻

@@aHornetsNest That makes sense. Keep the videos coming. They're helpful.

@@Nick-xe2hu thanks mate!!

Hey mate! Yeah that’s the way to do it Yeah it’s coming up as a tutorial very soon 😃

@@aHornetsNest Great videos. I have updated my "old" DCS BIOS installation. As ask by baronvon..., how to connect multiple arduino cards will be great (not in my case for the moment...but could be usefull). I just regret that the "old" DCS BIOS was very user friendly to connect multiple arduino cards (just via a web interface). I have tested on (recent) multiple module and it works perfectly. Thanks 🤙

@@ChristopheDeZanet thanks mate!!!! I’m super pleased to tell you both @baronvonrichthofen2021 that Tuesday’s episode is about that! 😃😃 how to connect multiple arduinos 🫡

@@aHornetsNest, just watched it this afternoon, great going there mate! I do think I need to reinstall my dcs bios as I saw the multiple port file didn’t have a line to insert the ports. I watched this one again as I was not getting lights to light up, but now I noticed dcs needs to be running. Good tip! What I also like about your programming style, is that it’s very organised. I actually work in the aviation industry and interfaces are so important and complex, it’s good to see someone using good programming practices (though I’m not a software guy, so I could be completely wrong haha)

Thanks mate!!! 😃😃 what part of aviation are you in? See you next episode!

Hey mate!! You will need to always open it as an app - but I have a much easier way to do it especially with multiple arduinos - stay tuned for episode 12 😃

Hey there!! 100% we can definitely look at that My full cockpit is being cut as we speak! So I will be hooking up displays very soon 😃😃

Thanks Scott@@aHornetsNest

@@martinforber4702 😃😃

Oh nice! Will need to check it out

Thank you! I appreciate it 🫡🫡 I hope you enjoy the rest of the series 😃😃 the next couple of episodes are real exciting

@aHornetsNest I am from aus too.. I looked at this stuff once and freaked out... but watching your video I now have confidence!! Only watched a little cant wait to watch the rest!! Hopefully I can build a simpit!!!

Awesome work mate!! Take it one step at a time and at the end you’ll have a sim… I find the same thing … if I look at it as a big picture it’s overwhelmingly large of a task - so I just focus on it in “episode sized” chunks

Haha! 😂 enjoy the rabbit hole

Hey I haven’t looked at working with voice attack yet I’ll keep an eye out for a solution 🙂

Hey! Go check out Episode 12 😃😃

Hey mate! Thank you very much I use the 12mm small backed red switches from AliExpress

@@aHornetsNest okay, Thanks

@fire.fighter.6428 😃😃

Nice one! Let me know how you go 😊

Hey somebody had this same issue! They’re solution was to double check the saved games folder, because when the update happened where Stable / Open Beta merged - their saved games folder now has a different name

Thanks for the comment! I get home in a couple days - let me jump on the computer then and see what I can find out of you 🫡

Send me a message on Instagram or Facebook if you can :)

I fixed it, it was my Fault, as you said you have to know youre doing and my 7 years Arduino experience helped me@@aHornetsNest

Awesome great to hear!!!

Hey there, mmmm that’s annoying that it won’t communicate If you can send me a picture of your export file and arduino sketch through Instagram and messenger and I’ll have a look :)

@@aHornetsNest just sent it. thanks

@@greglopez7025 😃

Hey mate, go check out Episode 12: How to connect multiple arduinos to DCS Bios when I get home I’ll have a look into your landing gear issue 👍🏼👍🏼

So having a bit of a look at the referencing issue You may need to send me a screen shot of the error, or go into your aircraft library to see what the new syntax is - these changes will inherently happen regardless of it being BIOS or a WinWing system - only difference is we do the debugging I know the F-16 has had some syntax issues - but I can say the F-18 works exactly the same as the old BIOS It’ll just take some time to correct it and you’ll be back on your way

@@aHornetsNest so the old bios code snippet would have the point id in parenthesis , such as (0x4441, 0x8000, pin) . The new code reference has (f16c_50_gearhandle_led, pin), That’s not it exactly but you get my point, so when I go to compile arduino with that new code snippet it tells me that f16c_50_gearhandle wasn’t defined, I noticed all the new code snippets have words in the parenthesis instead of the point id like old dcs bios.

Mmmm this is definitely odd that such a big change was made - especially for people who had fully set up pits When I return I’ll look more into it :)

Hey mate! Thank you very much 🙌🏻 when it comes to multiple arduino panels - there is a connect serial (multiple) command application (in the programs folder) where you can enter multiple COM numbers in separated by commas, and I believe (but don’t quote me, I’ll test it out and message you) it saves your comport numbers 😃 but if not I’ll find us a way to make it automatic ✌🏻

@@aHornetsNestyou're a legend. thank you!

@@Snugggg 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Great video, I also have a system with several arduinos panels that I would like to have operating. So I'm also very interested in your finding on this question.

@@larrywilliams8153 thanks mate!! I’ve got it on the list to do a tutorial on this 😃

Very nice! That’s such a pity 😢😢 you can’t download the code as such, but there have been ways to just transfer the “compiled code” from one board to another - but it’s a bit of a mission

Thank you!

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Got my arduino working again, thank you. In the connect-serial-port program, how do you add more aruino devices if you have more then one. @@aHornetsNest

figured it out, open the multiple-com-ports file with notepad++ and add the comports. Then use the multiple-com-ports instead of the serial port :)

Thanks for the comment! I get home in a couple days - let me jump on the computer then and see what I can find out of you 🫡 maybe it could be due to the update or BIOS, or BORT I’ll double check

Had the same issue, but reinstalled DCS BIOS from Skunkworks using the DCS Unified 2.9.3. Tested with both BORT 0.2.4 and 0.3.0, both worked OK after reinstall. No idea what caused the issue, however.

So I am running Bort 0.2.4, as I haven’t had time to update yet - and that path you’re using … \ doc \ json is the same as mine and it works and removes the red box

Hey mate! It could be possible, I’ve never tried Bios with a HID capable device (any board with a Atmega32u4 chip) - there is a way to code the same Arduino to be compatible with multiple aircraft - in theory, it would register the new aircraft type and run that set of code Maybe I can look into and make a tutorial on that :)

@@aHornetsNest you sir deserve the best Christmas possible! cheers!

@@Snugggg thank you!!!! 🙏

@@aHornetsNest That is a tutorial I need as well. I have researched but haven't seen a clearly worded tutorial. I have mine all set for F-16, but would like to make it work for others as well

@@davidmalmstrom6003 I’ve added it to the list :D I think a lot of people will get something out of it! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Hey I haven’t personally worked with matrices in BIOS yet. But I’ll look at making a video for it :)

@@aHornetsNest that'd be brilliant! I've designed and a whole AH-64D left console, and thought I'd print out the the KU first but just couldn't get the commands going. Been away for a few days but will give it another go this week and can update if I figure it out :D

Awesome! Let me know how you go!

@@aHornetsNest Figured it out finally using case statements and send message instead of the Matrix2Pos command from DCSBIos tool: case 'A': sendDcsBiosMessage("PLT_KU_A", "1"); break; instead of DcsBios::Matrix2Pos pltKuA("PLT_KU_A", ROW, COL); with the main issue being that it only recognised the last letter in matrix: Case 'ENT' spat out 'T' command. Ended up using special characters for these but hey, it works :) Currently building out an Apache sim and plan to post the CAD/code once I'm finished and happy with it. KU done and dusted now

Nice one!

Hey this tutorial won’t work with MSFS2020, this program is only compatible with DCS

Hey I definitely can!! ✌🏻

@@aHornetsNest thx 👌

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Hey I definitely can! Let me go find it 😃

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@@aHornetsNest Perfect! thanks

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Hey you might want to check out the PCB design episode - this may be a case where you might need a PCB which will keep it keep and organised instead of wires 😃

​@@aHornetsNestyeah I already watched the pcb video, the only problem is that I don't have a 3D printer (the panel I have was printed by a friend that just sold his 3d printer) and for now I don't have the switches (I'm looking forward to buying them in the future, for now I only have the 5 buttons that were included in the elegoo starter kit and they have to be attached to the breadboard to work, so when I try to fit the only panel I have to the buttons the wires are getting in the way🥲

@@Aviation_Maverick ahhhh following

​@@aHornetsNestalso, I see that the switches you have are similar to some switches I found on Amazon, are they the same? Like, have you bought them from Amazon? And if so did you have to hardwire the 3 pins of the switches to the cable? Because I don't have that machine that releases that liquid that puts the metal thing together 🥲

Hey I got the switches from AliExpress Yeah I solder the wires to the switches to make a nice connection 😊

Mmm I’m not too sure… I haven’t tried, but I think the team on the DCS BIOS discord would definitely be able to answer that :)

When you select the board in the Arduino IDE, it should have a COM in brackets with a number Or you can press Win+x // device manager and then find the device with its com number on device properties

@@aHornetsNest thanks

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Hey there, DCS Tool reference has been changed to BoRT Sorry as in you can’t find it on the GitHub?

I don't know, I opened the app bort-0.2.4.Setup, as explained by you, but it gives me the following error message. Unable to locate modules. Please set the path of the DCS-BIOS .json files from Menu > Select dcs-bios location. @@aHornetsNest

your videos are truly exceptional

@@francescoditrapani6409 thank you!! 🙌🏻

just enough bort-0.2.4.Setup gives me the following error message, Unable to locate modules. Please set the path of the DCS-BIOS .json files from Menu > Select dcs-bios location. I can't find the folder. I followed everything step by step.@@aHornetsNest

I’ll load up the PC and have a look :) how cool would that be if you could

Hey I just had a look to see if you could use Bios with FC3 … You can only pull data from the plane, not send it So you could have your gauges and instruments in your cockpit work, you just wouldn’t be able to send commands

@@aHornetsNest thx for checking out. It might still be possible to bypass that by making the Arduino input keybinds directly to the computer, there's probably a library to do that and it would act the same 🤔

@@coucoul38 yeah there definitely is… I touch on it in Ep.2 Use either a arduino that is AtMega32u4 based And then use the joystick 2.0 library

@@aHornetsNest oh ok, that's the one tutorial of yours that I skipped 😂

Hey mate! Yeah I definitely will expand into MSFS … because there are some great modules to be flown in there In the ‘Program’ folder, you will see a serial connect multi shortcut - use that :) and it will ask you to enter all the com numbers you use - bios works great with multiple boards For now most of the tutorials will be based off DCS as it follows along with the cockpit building starting soon And then when the cockpit is up and running - I’ll move into different style “button box” modules for each era and industry 😃

Hey that’s an interesting one Is the Arduino showing in your devices when you press Win+X , device manager

Yes​@@aHornetsNest

@@aHornetsNest yes is show me the device

Mmm that’s a weird one then, you may need to pop over to the Bios discord server and check in with them It may be something as simple as re selecting a different bootloader in Arduino, to needing a new board all up

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