Barry Broskowitz posted:Bobby,
Yes, it was the batteries, but they still had enough energy to operate the Remote's display.
No, it was not the batteries. What is was, was a "feature" that's been in DCS since the very beginning. This feature has 2 parts.
The first part is that whenever the Mic on the remote is held down, or when the External Microphone feature is turned on, all remotes lose the ability to send DCS commands to all engines.
The second part of the feature is that sometimes, when the remote's Mic button is released, the Mic doesn't turn off. Usually, simply presting and releasing the button again will turn off the Mic.
The combination of these two parts of this "feature" is what caused your problem. The batteries had nothing to do with anything. If the remote's batteries fail, the display always goes blank. Typically (but not always), when the batteries start to go low, a (BAT) appears in the display. Eventually, the display just fades out.
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This doesn't sound like a feature, I think I better disable that button before the next meet at my place. 
Clem
