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Keyboards as Controller

Post by tennshadow » 11 Jan 2016, 18:25

I'm looking for a way to add a couple keyboards to my system but to have FSX pick them up as separate devices. The only way I know to do this is with a program called HID Marco. It will basically turn multiple keyboards into different devices allowing you to program different functions in each keyboard. Since I'm using SPAD.Next for all my devices I was wondering if this could be done? What I'm doing is creating a keyboard overhead panel for my PMDG fleet and would like to keep one keyboard for basic FSX commands and the "overhead" keyboard for overhead panel functions.

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Re: Keyboards as Controller

Post by c0nnex » 11 Jan 2016, 18:46

Generally this can be done. Every attached device is accessible for SPAD.neXt. Right now it's just implemented for Joysticks/Gamepads.
I'll add it to the todo list, and have a look when the current performance problems with joysticks are solved.

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Re: Keyboards as Controller

Post by tennshadow » 11 Jan 2016, 19:51

Awesome - thank for considering this!

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Re: Keyboards as Controller

Post by Oz Flyer » 11 Jan 2016, 22:56

I also look forward to this as the keyboard control CPU makes a very cheap USB input board.
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Re: Keyboards as Controller

Post by Altima211 » 13 Jan 2016, 19:21

Thank you for your work upon this idea. Will be very happy to have it too.

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Re: Keyboards as Controller

Post by Oz Flyer » 17 Jan 2016, 01:43

One thing to watch is some PC's still use PS2 interface for the keyboard.
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Re: Keyboards as Controller

Post by c0nnex » 17 Jan 2016, 02:17

SPAD.neXt will just support additional USB Keyboards, not the "System Default". All you want to do with the "System Default" keyboard can already be done with the keyboard macros for a long time in SPAD.neXt....

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