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Persons

DCS-BIOS and Arduino Library Started/Founded by jboecker (aka FSFIan).

DCSFlightpanels Team

DCS-BIOS FP Fork Forked/Maintained by WarLord (aka Blacklibrary)

DCS-BIOS Arduino Library Forked/Maintained by talbotmcinnis (aka Puma [476th 76th vFS])

DCSFlightpanels Started/Maintained by jdahlblom (aka ArturDCS) & Mutex666

Used for Saitek/Logitech Flightpanels

Version Overview DCS-BIOS


v0.10.0 - DCS-BIOS HUB Latest version from jboecker.

• No active development / maintainer


• Web interface
• Easy Install via exe
• No new planes can be integrated

V0.7.xx – DCS-BIOS Flightpanel Fork

• Fully support of all official DCS Planes and some Mods


• 2 branches for stable and Open Beta of DCS
• No easy install but with documentation
• Testing need a Chrome based Browser
• Active improvement and bug fixing

What is DCS-BIOS
DCS-BIOS is a helper Programm for DCS World.

It’s for Converting a Switch input via an Arduino to DCS.

This works via network protocol and “clickable Actions” from the planes.
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Were to get Info’s
Full Documentation of DCS-BIOS HUB

Full Documentation of DCS-BIOS Flightpanel Fork find it in the main install folder via Start.html

Also, the combined DCSFlightpanel/DCS-BIOS Flightpanel Fork Wiki and the

DCSFlightpanel Arduino Wiki

Troubleshooting
 Is My Aircraft Supported?

Currently, DCS-BIOS supports the following aircraft modules:

A-4E-C JF-17
A-10C / A10C-II Ka-50
A-29B (MOD) L-39ZA / C
AH-6J (MOD) M-2000C
AH-64D MB-339PAN (MOD)
AJS-37 Mi-8
Alphajet (MOD) Mi-24P
AV8BNA MiG-15bis
Bf-109-K-4 MiG-21Bis
C-101CC / EB Mosquito FB Mk.VI
Christen Eagle II NS430 (Bugged and deactivated)
Edge-540 (MOD) P-47D
Extra-330SR (MOD P-51D
F-14A/B Spitfire
F-16C SA 342
F-22A (MOD) T-45 (MOD)
F-5E-3 TF-51D
F-86F UH-1H
F/A-18C Yak-52
FW-190-A8 / D9 Superbug (MOD) (F-18 E+F+Growler)
I-16

External Readouts for all Airplanes

All Flaming Cliffs 3 Modules (Basic readouts)


Mods (FC3): VSN-Mods, PAK-FA Project, Civil Aircraft Mod, Upuaut’s Bell-47G, Mirage F.1, SU-30
FAMILY PROJECT, MIG-23UB Project, Virtual Cockpits, AC-130

 My DCS Plane is not supported, will it come?


1. Its an official Plane -> it will come
2. It’s a Mod Plane -> contact us and we can integrate it

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 First it’s important which version of BIOS is in use.

HUB v0.10.0 or the Fork 0.7.xx

HUB is outdated since not rights for uploading are given to the Maintainer.

F-18, FW-190, … not maintainable.

Rest of planes were only updated by “Game breaking” Bugs appear.

Example: F-14 all numbers in device.lua were changed by the Developer of the Plane.
That caused DCS-BIOS to stop working. -> Actions were sent to the false address

The Following Guide is written for the Fork, some of the items are working in HUB too.

 Control is nor working


1. Right version installed?
a. Release for stable DCS
b. Master branch for Open Beta of DCS

2. Is DCS BIOS Working?


a. Verify via the ControlReference Page (Chrome App) and look for moving
“numbers”.
b. Does the socat Program run and is in right Folder structure
c. Check export.lua

Guide for all in Install guide from Open Hornet Project


(doc Folder: DCS-BIOS-FLIGHTPANELS_Install Guide.pdf)

3. Arduinos
a. Connected?
b. Right library installed? -> latest
c. Program / Compile errors?

4. Hardware
a. Check hardware/wiring

 Control is nor working after Update


1. Something has changed and needs a rework of the BIOS Files
a. Update is incoming (for Fork 1-3 days)

 Downloaded the Master after an Update and control doesn’t work or does not appear
1. The change is in the lua but not in the .json file. Json is the File, BIOS work with
(Like a dll). Sometimes they were not uploaded, BUT Fork generates these files if a
flight is started. -> Jump in any Cockpit you want and the Files gets an update!

 If all this don’t work, feel free to join our Discord or open an issue on Github
1. Github Issue Tracker
2. Discord Server
©DCS-Flightpanels TEAM 05/22 WarLord

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