Interfacing to Orbiter

Ways to get information in and out of Orbiter

• Programming game controllers - using multiple joysticks and joystick buttons
  • Should mention joyride and joyToKey.
• Generating key presses through switches
  • Hagstrom Electronics keyboard encoders
  • The 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).
• Communicating directly through an Orbiter Add-on
  • OUIPC
• Using AutoHotKey to automatically configure Orbiter and ExtMFD placement(get example from forum - other possibilities?
• I/O interface solutions - here there be software. Needed.
  • Phidgets
  • EPIC
  • Flight Deck Solutions InterfaceIT
  • Additional resource for interfaces.