CPFLIGHT MCP AUTO CONNECT

[renquetfrederic]

Good day,

is there someone who is using the CPFLIGHT MCP and is able to autoconnect it to the comm port?

Now: I need to manually "connect" the MCP, meaning: i need to remotely take over the pc connected to the MCP and press connect, and log off again. This pc has no keyboard or mouse attached anymore as I am currently in the process of automating the pc's running my flight deck. So, when the flight deck is started, the pc's automatically start all necessary programs and bring them online with PSX, so I was wondering if someone already done it? Or knows a simple way to achieve this?

Kind regards,

Frederic

[voipmeister]

Hi Frederic,

I don't have the answer for you, but I have sent you a Discord message with more information

Cheers!

[Greg Hateley]

Hi Frederic,
If you find the answer I will be very interested, this is the only addon app I have to manually start also.

Greg

[asboyd]

If you are using windows you can use Microsoft startup schedule to run a program. None of my PC's have direct connections (I do have a KVM though), but when I start my sim by powering up the PC's they automatically login to Windows and start certain tasks (task manager to stop system interrupts from taking CPU control and PSX).
One machine also starts SIOC, PSXseecon and Aerosoft interface (My main hardware PC).
You should be able to find simple instructions on the web just look for starting an app when windows logs on.

Cheers,
AlexB

[JG]

Yes,it is relatively easy to start a program or application automatically. Less easily achieved is simulating a user mouse click within those auto-started applications. I too would be delighted to find a GUI type solution to this problem and have tried batch files and the like to solve some of these types of auto-start requirements.....all to no avail? Alternatively, someone who has managed to get MSFS to start and actually run automatically without user intervention would be encouraged to start a new thread on that subject.
J.G. 

[asboyd]

Just a quick question.. What does the autorun switch in the cpflight.ini control?

Cheers,
AlexB

[renquetfrederic]

hey all,

for now, i have it up and running using a "mini mouse macro" and a batch file. the batch file starts the MCP connector first and after a second, the mini mouse macro "clicks" on connect. so far it works perfectly.

@ alex : I believe this is only to connect to PSX automatically on start up. the user interaction is to open the comm port to which the mcp is connected to the pc.

@ JG : I am looking to do the same with the msfs, still not yet there, but the idea to start a new thread when i achieved it, is added to the to do list