DCS-BIOS is a community-maintained Export.lua file for use with DCS: World. It provides a stable, documented interface for external hardware and software to interact with the clickable cockpit of a DCS: World aircraft.

For Panel Builders

You don’t need to be a programmer or electrical engineer. The DCS-BIOS User Guide will show you step by step how to connect your panel to DCS using DCS-BIOS and the beginner-friendly Arduino microcontroller platform. You don’t have to write any program code yourself.

For Software Developers

The Developer Guide explains how to connect to and interpret the DCS-BIOS export data stream and how to send commands to DCS-BIOS to operate controls inside the cockpit.

Is My Aircraft Supported?

Currently, DCS-BIOS supports the following aircraft modules:

• A-10C

• UH-1H

• Mig-21Bis (contributed by wraith444)

• Ka-50 (contributed by airtom)

• Mi-8 (contributed by ArturDCS)

• F-86F (contributed by ArturDCS)

• FW-190 (contributed by ArturDCS)

• Bf-109-K-4 (contributed by ArturDCS)

• P-51D (contributed by pdmarsh)

• L-39ZA (contributed by kadda11)

If you want to add support for another module, please get in touch.

Contribute

If you have a question or found a bug, please open an issue on the GitHub issue tracker.

If you want to contribute code or documentation, please send a pull request on GitHub.

The documentation is written in the AsciiDoc format and converted to the final HTML version with Asciidoctor.

License

DCS-BIOS is released under a slightly modified Simple Public License 2.0 (think "a version of the GPL readable by mere mortals"). Please see DCS-BIOS-License.txt.

The copy of socat that comes with DCS-BIOS is licensed under the GPLv2 (see socat/COPYING).