Lash-up (MU) Sound and Control Options

Ed,

Is there a way to add sounds and controls to lash-ups?

If you're referring to soft keys for lashups, they are what they are. Every lashup gets a set of soft keys that are a subset of the entire list of soft keys, and they are the same for every lashup.

ability to turn off/on number boards and illumination (as a lash-up these both default to "on" with no way to turn them off).  I hoped this was one of the fixes with the 4.3 software update, but to no avail.

Using DCS 4.30, you can turn on and off lighting and adjust sound levels in individual lashup members, as follows:

• With the lashup started up, press ENG and scroll to a member engine whose settings you want to modify. It will most likely be in the Inactive Engine List. Highlight it and press the thumbwheel to make it active, and repeat to bring it into the remote's window. Do not start it up!
• Use the DCS menus and soft keys to modify the settings for the member engine.
• Press ENG and scroll to the lashup. Select it so that it's displayed in the remote's window.
• Press the FSV soft key to save lashup settings.

Note that any changed member engine's sound levels will be the sound levels for the member engine when it's operated as a solo engine.

Thanks for the step-by-step instructions. I previously bought your book and it helped me tremendously when I was upgrading the TIU and remote.  I also used it in setting up my lash-ups. I guess that I needed to read a little further to explore the soft key options.   I take it that these instructions are also included in the book?

-Ed Abbot

Ed,

 I take it that these instructions are also included in the book?

Actually, they are not. The book was written when DCS 4.20 was the latest version of the software. The 3rd edition is planned to cover DCS 4.3x.