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BrianG
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simicon for pedestal ?
Oct 25th, 2011 at 4:36pm
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Hi everyone,
I want to have an simicon that will open the pedestal rather than having to right click and choose. There must be an easy way to create one but I just don't know how. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Better yet, how you would go about creating a  radio stack to pop up much like the 727 has. The only way I know how to change radio frequencies is to right click and choose "pedestal". If I move my hat down to the center console I can't read all the numbers based on the angle I have. I fly VATSIM often. It's very difficult to fly the plane on approach or take off while having to switch frequencies in this manner. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated
  
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Re: simicon for pedestal ?
Reply #1 - Oct 26th, 2011 at 12:48am
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Hi Brian.

In the aircraft.cfg, scroll down through it until you find [CameraDefinition.002]. Add HotkeySelect=2 to the bottom of it. Like his:

[CameraDefinition.002]
Title = "Pedestal"
Guid = {AF7B06BC-6A5C-4098-B6E9-E4A0932D9F11}
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = YES
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.5
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=20
HeadingPanRate=60
InitialXyz=0.45, 0.50, -0.10
InitialPbh=62.0, 0, 0
HotkeySelect=2

HotkeySelect=2 means that when you press F10, which is normally reserved for the 2D Cockpit and the CS 707 doesn't have one, you will move to the Pedestal view.

A run down on the Hotkey Select numbers:
HotkeySelect=1 is F9
HotkeySelect=3 is F11
HotkeySelect=4 is F12

Hope this helps
  

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Re: simicon for pedestal ?
Reply #2 - Oct 26th, 2011 at 6:56am
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Thanks Mark. It works great. This will certainly make my life easier when having to switching radio frequencies on the fly. If you ever get the inclination to build a radio stack for the 707, much like the 727 (shift+3), be sure and let me know. Hope all is well with you.

Cheers,
Brian
  
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