Hi 3DFlyer,
I had great fun in doing that and the older profile for F4 SP4.2
I agree with you regarding Shift_E's V.A.C program, its outstanding and very responsive. I am only sorry to have caused you all that inconvenience with such a silly mistake on my part. Sorry for that, and I am glad we were able to track it down. It gives me pleaseure to know that I have created something useful
With regard to the F13 key, my keyboard doesn't have one either
You can still use them though. I use the TM Cougar, but CH kit must also be able to do this as it is just as programable as the cougar. I am not at all familiar with the CH kit or how to program it though, so I can not be specific about how to enter the necessary keys.
The extended keys F13 through to F24 do not appear on the keyborad but your HOTAS can be programmed to use them and the computer will recognise them.
I did this by using the USB code for key F13 which is 68. I programmed one of my throttle buttons to apply Key Down 68 when the button was pressed and Key Up 68 when it was released. With the Cougar, we use two files, one called a Joystick File, the other a Macro File.
In my Joystick File I put:
BTN T3 /P Transmit-V-A-C /R Rrelease-V-A-C
this breaks down to while Button T3 (a cougar throttle button) is pressed (/P), the Macro "Transmit-V-A-C" is run and when it is released (/R) the macro "Rrelease-V-A-C" is activated.
In my Macro file I have two commands:
Transmit-V-A-C = USB (D68)
which is saying when the "Transmit-V-A-C macro is run the USB code (D68) is sent to the computer, this relates to (D) Key down (68) F13
and
Release-V-A-C = DLY (500) USB (U68)
which means Delay for 1/2 second after the button is released (DLY (500) ) then (U) Key Up (or release) (68) F13.
It is useful to use F13 in this way as some people have experienced trouble trying to use the mouse buttons and some of the other buttons have caused conflicts when used as the "PTA" key. F13 has never (to my knowledge) been used as a sim or game key, so it does not interfere with any of your games/sims.
Anyway, so long as you get the results you want, it doesn't really matter how you go about it
I just thought this might be useful to you.
I am also just leraning F4-AF so who knows, maybe we'll meet on line one day
All the Best
Bob "Sky Dancer" Skidmore