Aries Wings Radio Quick Installation Guide
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1. e 8 Figure G Installation FO O6funra EE aai 9 PS 7 INR 10 Heure STE PO aR e ironia 11 FUNC OAT MN UO Finn n 14 Aries Radio quick installation guide Aries Wings Radio comes with a small installation program lt manages all installation steps internally It is ensured hereby that the configuration of DCS World and TeamSpeak is left untouched The only modifications are e an additional Folder in DCS world and an additional entry in EXPORT LUA e the new version adds a new node in the registry as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Wow6432Node AriesWings If Aries Radio is uninstalled any when you may delete the AriesWings node with all sub nodes To inspect the registry use regedit exe from the command line not regedit32 exe Use extreme caution when manipulating the registry It could harm your operating system e For TeamSpeak an additional folder is created and a DLL is copied to the plugins folder This installation guide is applicable for Aries Radio Version 1 976 Apr 2nd 2015 Some prerequisites have to be ensured for the installation Prerequisites To use one of the radio communication application the following prerequisites must be ensured Computer e Operating System Windows 7 or higher 64 bit Windows XP 64 bit may be sufficient but was not tested e Direct X 9 0 installed comes normally with DCS World TeamSpeak e TeamSpeak Version 3 0 14 or newer 64 bit installed on the same computer Earlier2. ARIES WINGS CONSULTING Aries Wings Radio Quick Installation Guide Table of Contents Aries Radio quick installation guide ie 4 PIECE Uber E E ria 4 COMPUTER 4 Tean AI arcades nia ri i esate osbacna A E 4 DE PC AU IOING crea 4 TOS ne IS alll GO cate sas se sere neces garnet neve cesses oy xa swerve T on 5 WISH a ri 5 Uninstalling 1168 VV Si CIO oi n 12 SVM 11011 22 2 setts ec seat ce ers pce evant cet ee ct oa ase bse et aes acetate eee ge eee sea eoce 13 WS OS DSC CS erariali 14 SEEING S126 01 EE Dame WIAdOWN ininterrotto 14 PUM EO Sine es net ogc cece EE esi eae way i 14 Boxselect PIT ee en ee ee ee ee ae 15 Lemana REN PEIE e E E rina 15 Vorresti 15 Pop ICI Ridi aaa 15 IPP IF IDENT Rn e IN 16 TGP Air Picture Shutter release ii 16 Frequency Digit Increment Decrement Radio Mode SeleCt en 16 Radio Keyboard Control for Clickable Cockpit 16 Size of the Radio Panel Window i 16 TOP DERO rea 16 Radio Ko yboard CONiTO lesenes 16 oouo y E eea E N ene ee 17 Rado MOUE SECC lai 17 Radio Keyboard Control for Clickable Cockpit sssssenseseensssresssrerssrreresrreessreresrrressrereserressrereserresseeee 17 instalation Err 018 seser aaa ER 18 Dunne ne mS a O ee E EA aascancnosuadionenacesosanuensesacncd 18 Setup was started without administration rights 18 DCS World open beta path does not exist ssssessssuseesre
3. _ e Figure 6 Installation Folder e Step 7 If the installation process is completed you will see the completion dialog Press the Close button ARIES WINGS CONSULTING AB Radio Installation Complete Lance Figure 7 Installation OK e Steps Start TeamSpeak3 and activate AriesRadio DLL in the plugins menu If other radio communication plugins are active please deactivate them ARIES WINGS CONSULTING 10 ala x Comme Siate sef Penso Roe sets Mom Mb ch D 4 9 amp ri Ctrl I LOthGF_BOSSHOG 3 0 14 Stable on Windows 1 second x n Name AriesRadio 0 Gientquery _ _ _ 212 C Lua Plugin L TeamSpeak 3 control plugin Author Copyright c 2014 Aries Wings Consulting L Test Plugin n G15 keyboard LCD display Description Aries Radio hosts radio communication between aircraft on B Aries Airborne Radio different frequencies channel 01 It even supports the use of radio ground stations via Aries e B 102 Gossip Box BB channel 03 EB channel 04 B ArmA 3 and other games i se E Aries Ground Radio z B AFK TI be right back Keyword API Version 20 Required 12 Get more plugins Close Figure 8 TeamSpeak3 e Step9 Under TeamSpeak3 menu settings options capture make sure that the Push To Talk radio button is activated e Step10 Before you start DSC World with Aries Radio installed it is i
4. not be possible to overwrite DLLs in case of an update e Step5 Start the program Setup exe with Administrator rights and follow the instructions given in the installation program It is not sufficient to login as administrator You must right click the SetUp exe icon and select Run as Administrator Since all applications DCS Gossip Box configurator programs and TeamSpeak have to be started with administrator rights you may set the rights permanently for the programs To set the administrator rights permanently do the following Right click the icon of the application In the dialog select Properties Figure 1 Properties In the opening dialog select the Advanced button Ha DCS World OpenBeta Properties Figure 2 Advanced button In the new dialog set the check mark for Run as administrator ARIES WINGS CONSULTING Advanced Properties x Choose the advanced properties you want for this shortcut Set Run as administrator This option allows you to run this shortcutasan administrator while protecting your computer from Figure 3 Advanced Properties Figure 4 Installation dialog Step6 One of the dialogs allows to select the Installation folder for DCS World DSC World Open Beta and TeamSpeak The default locations are taken from a registry search and may not reflect the real installation folders If one or more default locations do not match your real i
5. a hard PTT The transmission starts as soon as you talk and you hold the hard PTT down TeamSpeak VAD active Radio VAD active This mode does not need a hard PTT The transmission starts as soon as you start to talk Pop Hide Radio GUI If you want to let the radio panel appear and disappear you can select a button herein This is useful if you want to have an undisturbed cockpit view The button is used as toggle button 15 IFF SIF IDENT This definition is for future use in connection with an Aries Radar application It will be used as IDENT button from a device of your choice TGP Air Picture Shutter release Select a device button to trigger a screen shot from an MFD The first push of the button will do the Screen shot a second push stores the screenshot to a predefined location Frequency Digit Increment Decrement Radio Mode Select It is not mandatory to define the keys in this section for normal use You may leave the definitions undefined If you activate a Combined Arms Vehicle you will notice that DCS takes over the mouse control completely lt becomes difficult to set a frequency in the radio panel This configuration is made for such a situation in which it is not suitable or impossible to use the mouse cursor to serve the Aries Radio panel For each increment and decrement triangle You can define a button or key as mouse click replacement To use the defined keys you must first select a radio box then use the key
6. atch e As soon as you push a button on one of the listed devices or a key on the keyboard the device and the button number will be bound to the function Box select PTT preset This group configures the Box select the PTT and the preset channel configuration PTT Box select During the simulation you can speak only on one single frequency at a time This means you must select the radio box before you can speak on it If you leave Common PTT empty undefined these buttons even act as PTT for the selected box Left and Right Speaker Aries Radio offers the possibility to hear the reception of a single radio box either on the left speaker or the right speaker The default configuration is to hear all boxes on left and right To change this configuration you may push or un push the L or R button right of the PTT Box select line Common PTT If you got use to have only one common button for PTT you may define the button of your choice here If this button is defined the PTT Box select can be used as select only Voice Activation Some people use voice activation detection VAD instead of hard PTT This button works in conjunction with the configuration of VAD in TeamSpeak Therefore you get different results if you combine VAD in Aries Radio and TeamSpeak TeamSpeak VAD off Radio VAD off This is the normal mode The transmission is initiated with a hard PTT TeamSpeak VAD active Radio VAD off This mode even needs
7. irst This error was found especially with TACVIEW installations AriesRadio dll cannot be loaded in TeamSpeak e Check for the latest TeamSpeak Client version 3 0 14 or newer e Make sure that no other radio plugin is active in teamspeak e TeamSpeak must be the 64 Bit version TacView and or HELIOS does not work any longer This is mainly caused by a wrong sequence of dofile entries To solve this error open export lua with a text editor You find export lua in the folder C Users Your user name Saved Games DCS Scripts e Incase of HELIOS make sure that the entry dofile AriesWings AriesRadio luac is at the end of the file as last line e f TacView is used and even together with HELIOS the entries at the end of the file should look like this dofile AriesWings AriesRadio luac 19 local Tacviewlfs require lfs dofile Tacviewlfs writedir Scripts TacviewExportDCS lua Airborne Radio shows no frequencies e Incase of flying an A 10C the radios must be switched on to show the frequencies Airborne radio does not transmit e The software reacts on a hardware PTT internally So if you work with Voice Activation Detection in TeamSpeak switch over to Push To Talk It is not necessary to set a hotkey in TeamSpeak Aries Gossip Box remains deactivated in the TeamSpeak Plugins Aries Radio Menu The Gossip Box must be installed Aries Plugin Protocol file not available The Plugin Protocol menu item is shown i
8. ld Configurator This configurator is used for the normal DCS World installation Cia Fi eA AOB OQpenbeta Configurator This configurator is used for the DCS World Open Beta installation Both configurators have the same user interface The difference is that one stores the results into the DCS World installation the other stores the results in DCS World Open Beta For all following configuration settings you need to know that a modifier button definition is only possible if modifier and button are from the same device With other words you cannot define a joystick button as modifier and the functional button from the throttle The same applies for the keyboard 13 E Aries Configurator V1 960 for DCS World x Box select PTT Box Preset Selected Device Button Key Speaker PTT select Radio Box 1 arm Throttle HOTAS warthog 3 R PTT select Radio Box 2 arm Throttie HOTAS Warthog 4 i R Joystick HOTAS Warthog 0 gt Saitek Pro Flight Combat Rudder Pedals PIT select Radio Box 3 arm Throttle HOTAS Warthog 5 L R SpacePilot Throttle HOTAS Warthog Common PTT Voice Activation arm arm Throttle HOTAS Warthog 2 1 Push the arm button of the function you want to modify arm Throttle HOTAS Warthog E 2 Push a button at the device of your choice or TGP Air Pictures Shutter release arm Throttle HOTAS Warthog 14 press a keyboard key Frequenc
9. mportant to configure the user interface You need at least some buttons or keys to select the different radio boxes and to activate the transmitter with a PTT button For details of the configuration program see the following chapter Configuration e Step 11 Start DCS World and change to the Options Screen Uncheck Full Screen Otherwise you run into troubles to see the Aries Radio Panel Aries Wings Radio is now ready for use 11 Uninstalling Aries Wings Radio There are two choices to uninstall Aries Radio 1 Start Setup exe again It will notice that Aries Radio is installed already and offers to repair or uninstall Aries Radio Select the procedure of your choice 2 Or from the Control Panel open Programs and Features You will see a list of all installed applications on your computer Select the line named AB Radio At the top of the list you will see a menu which offers the Uninstall option If the uninstall fails please use the repair function from the uninstall menu and try the uninstall again after the repair All changes made by Aries Wings will be reverted Only files created after the installation will not be deleted These are mainly log files created during a session 12 Configuration For a proper and easy use of the airborne Radio you need to configure some Keys and Buttons to control the functions of the radio You will find two configurators on the desktop a DCS Wor
10. n Plugins Aries Radio menu but the Internet Explorer only shows the normal entry screen of your favorite Internet explorer The reason could be that Microsofts Internet explorer was deleted from your windows installation This error was observed with some clients and is not solved up to now TeamSpeak does not find Export lua Ensure that TeamSpeak is always started with administrator rights TeamSpeak reports a Spam attack You see the following message in the teamSpeak window Action not possible due to spam protection Please wait a view seconds and try again Aries radio uses the internal TeamSpeak messaging for commands Especially during the login situation when a mission starts a lot of messages have to be sent within a short time So it can happen that the spam protection comes up But this normally happens only if another message burst happened before There is a way out if it comes up every time e Open the TeamSpeak client and right click the server in the tree It is the top most item in the tree e From the menu select Edit Virtual Server e From the Tab Control select Anti Flood e The mechanism is that every message sent increments an internal counter If the value reaches a defined threshold in a time all messages are suppressed for a certain time You can reduce the points per tick normally 15 or you can set the Points needed to block commands normally 150 to a higher value This action should avoid the s
11. nstallation select the location of your choice with the button to the right of the edit field If all locations are OK then place a checkmark for the installation s you will do Be advised you cannot install the Open Beta version alone In any case the DCS World version will be installed too The check box for the DCS World installation is set by default You may select DCS World Open Beta installation and or Gossip Box installation too The Gossip Box is a standalone radio box to simulate ATC ground stations Aries Airborne Radio for DCS Welcome to Aries Radio Installation Figure 5 Installation start dialog ARIES WINGS CONSULTING A ee _ YG Aries Airborne Radio for DCS Folder selection For a proper installation please check the default installation path of each module If it does not match the location you want or if the edit field is empty please specify the correct path manually J DCS World installation Installation path C Program Files Eagle Dynamics DCS World IA Saved Games folder C Users mike saved Games Dcs ee I DCS World Open Beta installation Installation path C Program Files Eagle Dynamics DCS World OpenBeta ee Saved Games folder C Users mike saved Games DCS openbeta ua V Gossip Box installation Installs the Gossip Box on the local computer TeamSpeak folder C Program Files TeamSpeak 3 Client reer ceca
12. pam warning You probably need the Server Administrator rights for your TeamSpeak Server to access this configuration item 20 ARIES WINGS CONSULTING G 21
13. rrsesrsrrresrrrrressrrrrressrreresserereesssreressreerreseens 18 A path for DES World must be specified sn 18 A path for DCS World open beta Saved Games must be specified 18 TeamSpeak3 Client path does not exist rire trarre era 18 A path for TeamSpeak3 Client must be specified 19 Missing Installation check or TeamSpeak iS MISSINg 19 PTC UIC Mi Call PANO iii 19 You do not see the Aries Radio Panel after mission Staft ii 19 AriesRadio dll cannot be loaded in TeamSpeak iii 19 TacView and or HELIOS does not work any longer 19 Airborne Radio shows no frequencies errore riore rie re riore reeie re nierenio rente re nie iene nie necionenie 20 Airborne radio dOESsnottranishilt cancillata 20 Aries Gossip Box remains deactivated in the TeamSpeak Plugins Aries Radio Menu 20 Aries Plugin Protocol THE not avallaDle cxisrorirrie criari ear vojsaveedonanacosnesctersnniadtas 20 TeamSpeakidoesnottnd Export IUd carni 20 TeamSpeak reports a Spam Atkins 20 PIU IPODS USS a E E A E 6 L AN eA Ea A E E E R E E E 6 Feure o Advanced Proper oS esient irn E EEE E E E O EAEE ai 7 Feared Ine aaor daloe serer nA E T 7 Figure 5 Installation start dialog
14. s not exist The installer tries to locate the folder of TeamSpeak automatically If it finds the locations it will be shown in the Dialog It the above message comes up then you probably changed the path shown in the dialog to a non existing location or your registry contains a non valid entry for TeamSpeak You should locate the actual installation path and replace the wrong path in the dialog 18 A path for TeamSpeak3 Client must be specified The installer could not locate the TeamSpeak installation Therefore the edit field in the dialog was left blank This normally points out other troubles with TeamSpeak You can try to input the correct path to TeamSpeak Missing Installation check or TeamSpeak is missing Before the Microsoft installer is invoked it was noticed that one of the necessary software packages were obviously not present This can be DCS DCS Open Beta if check marked or TeamSpeak After the installation The following errors may occur after the installation You do not see the Aries Radio Panel after mission start This can have two reasons e Make sure that the Full Screen is unchecked in the DCS Options Full Screen does not allow to control the windows Z order e Check your C Users your username Saved Games DCS Scripts export lua There must be an entry dofile AriesWings AriesRadio luac at the end of the file If you see more dofile definitions make sure that the aries dofile entry is the f
15. s to set the radio Radio Keyboard Control for Clickable Cockpit By default the above definitions for Frequency Digit Increment Decrement and Radio Mode Select are only active for Combined Arms vehicles If you want to use it even for normal clickable cockpits then set a checkmark here The sense of this selection is that you may conflict with norm keyboard definitions in DCS if you fly in a clickable cockpit If the checkmark is not set the configuration applies only for Combined Arms Size of the Radio Panel Window The example radio panel at the lower left side shows the size of the user interface seen later during a session Use the slider to change the size of the window for later use TGP air picture Here you can configure a button to take air pictures with the help of the TGP The function works only if you use exported MFDs The details are explained in the user manual Radio Keyboard Control If you use Flaming Cliffs aircraft or Combined Arms vehicles you will notice that the mouse cursor is not visible anymore To circumnavigate this situation you can define keys or device buttons to increment or decrement each frequency digit You even may define buttons to select the Radio Mode like Manual Preset or Guard Attention 16 Using the Keyboard to control the Radio may interfere with other key definitions of DCS World The result could lead into unintentional frequency dialing Therefore it could be a good idea to disable
16. the keyboard control for A 10C KA50 and P51 This can be done by unchecking Radio Keyboard Control for Clickable Cockpit Frequency dialing Here you can define keys or device buttons to increment or decrement each frequency digit Radio Mode Select Here you may configure buttons or keys to change the mode of a selected radio box The different modes are explained in the user manual Radio Keyboard Control for Clickable Cockpit Enable or disable the use of defined Radio keyboard keys for A 10C KA50 and P51 If unchecked the keys are applicable only wit FC3 aircraft or Combined Arms vehicles This choice is important if some configured keys would interfere with keys used in clickable cockpits If The configuration was done Aries Radio should be ready for use now 17 Installation Errors If an error occurs during the installation process you will see a message box telling you that the installation is aborted In this case all installation steps done up to now are reverted and a clean system is left The main reason for an aborted installation comes from the User Account Management level It prevents the access to certain folders To circumnavigate this situation simply start the Installation program as Administrator During the installation If any message box comes up telling you about troubles the installation was not completed In any case the installation is interrupted Beside the message boxes you see
17. versions will fail because of an internal TS3 API version number e TeamSpeak should reside in its standard installation directory e TeamSpeak must run with Administrator rights DCS Applications e For Aries Airborne Radio DCS World 64 bit Version 1 2 3 or newer installed on the same Computer e DCS World should reside in its standard installation directory Before the installation If you upgrade from an older version To maintain your configuration settings the file DCS World AriesWingsAriesAirborneRadio ini should be saved After the installation it can be copied back to its old location You must uninstall the current version before you install the new one If the uninstall fails use the repair function in the uninstall menu and try the uninstall again Windows Installer The installation program Setup exe has to be started in the same folder where the installation package was unzipped e Stepl Switch off all antivirus software e Step 2 Make sure that no other radio communication software is active in DCS World and TeamSpeak For DCS World it may be sufficient to disable the dofile entry for that software in SHOME Saved Games DCS Scripts Export lua In TeamSpeak you probably need to uncheck the plugin for that software e Step 3 Unzip the file AriesWingsRadio1 9nn zip into a folder of your choice e Step 4 Make sure that TeamSpeak and DCS World are not running for the moment Otherwise it would
18. y Digit Increment Increment 100 MHz arm Keyboard SHIFT lt 45 gt eee eee Increment 10 MHz arm Keyboard SHIFT lt 35 gt b a a Gar Increment 1 MHz arm Keyboard SHIFT 40 gt Increment 0 1 MHz arm Keyboard 00000 SHIFT lt 34 gt 00000 Increment 0 025 MHz arm Keyboard 00000 SHIFT lt 37 gt 00000 Frequency Digit Decrement Decrement 100 MHz arm Keyboard 00000 emes 00000 Decrement 10 MHz arm keyboard 00000 cTRL lt 97 gt Decrement 1 MHz arm Keyboard 00000 cTRL lt 98 gt Decrement 0 1 MHz arm keyboard 00000 emes 00000 Decrement 0 025 MHz arm Keyboard 00000 cTRL lt 100 gt 00000 257800 257800 V Radio Keyboard Control for Clickable Cockpit Exit Figure 9 Configurator Usable Devices The list box shows all devices connected to your computer which can be used to control the radio functions The content is for information only Set the size of the panel window The slider may be used to adjust the size of the panel window later shown in the simulation The idea is that different users have different preferences how the window shall be presented on top of the simulation window Especially if only one monitor is used the window could cover important information if it is too large Arm Buttons Each configurable function follows the same input rules 14 e Push the arm button of the function you want to configure Now the function handler is on listening w
19. you can inspect the installation log SetUp exe location AirbornRadiolnstaller_log htm It contains additional information about the troubles Setup was started without administration rights The installer needs to access the Programs folder the database for installed software and the registry For that administrator rights are essentially necessary It is not sufficient to login as administrator Right click the SetUp exe icon and select Run as Administrator DCS World open beta path does not exist The installer tries to locate the folder of DCS and DCS open beta automatically If it finds the locations it will be shown in the Dialog It the above message comes up then you probably changed the path shown in the dialog to a non existing location or your registry contains a non valid entry for DCS You should locate the actual installation path and replace the wrong path in the dialog A path for DCS World must be specified The installer could not locate the DCS installation Therefore the edit field in the dialog was left blank This normally points out other troubles with DCS You can try to input the correct path to DCS A path for DCS World open beta Saved Games must be specified The installer could not locate the DCS saved games path Therefore the edit field in the dialog was left blank This normally points out other troubles with DCS You can try to input the correct path to DCS saved games TeamSpeak3 Client path doe
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