FLIGHT SIMULATOR STUFF.
Motion Platform Stuff
Both FSX and FS9 (
FS2004) Stuff.
Keyboard Encoders. An
older Interfacing method. A Key-stroke to Mouse-click thingy. Sort of like Key2mouse. June 10 Link2fs_keys An Interface to
input to nearly any program. April 2011 How to load an Arduino
PDE file. (For Newbie’s)
April 2011 Rotary
encoders and the like. An “intro” to these dandy things. Dec 2011 Extracting Data, FSX
& FS9. FSX or FS9 Getting data in and out Dec 2011 Link2fs_inOut FSX or FS9 An in/out program to interface with. Dec 2011 The
Start. A new beginning. The
Plan Where I
started. The Boards How I set them up. The
Wiring How I wired
it all up. The software Software page. Photo’s Photo’s of the beast. LINKS Of interest to home motion builders Inputs
and Rotary Encoders (Very old
page) F.A.Q.’s on the FS9 Unit (Also my FSX
platform)
My old FSX Motion
Platform.
The Old FS9 Platform (FS2004)
FSX only
Stuff.
FSX Inputs Manipulating it’s own software. How I fly -Call me silly, but
its fun. Try it and you’ll love it. An
Arduino Uno interface for FSX A
simple input/output interface. The only forum I watch is here …. At
Mycockpit.org (Arduino forum)
UPDATE HISTORY AND SORT OF A BLOG !!.
4 Dec
11 Updated my “inOut”
program to reflect the inclusion of FS9(FS2004) data extractions.
Finished my page
on “Rotary encoders”
Updated to my
page on programmers methods of extracting data from FSX and FS9
(Added VB.net , C#.net source codes for FSX and
also added methods for FS9 interactions.)
9 Sept 11 Updated my Link2fs_FSX_inOut (Now version v1e)
Fixed some bugs,
improved speed, added new options, more extractions etc.
24
July 11 Fixed speed problem
in Link2fs_FSX_inOut when used with
rotary encoders. (Now version v1b)
17
July 11 Put up a page for my Link2fs_FSX_inOut.
Put up a page on rotary encoders as a reference to start
with.
14
May 11 Updated the Arduino
keys program to Beta3 status and got rid of bugs.
Updated the Arduino Uno1 program and got rid of an
unreported bug.
24
April 11 Updated the Arduino keys program to Beta2 status and got
rid of bugs.
22
April 11 Good news ,,, I have put together a program to turn
Arduino cards into fightsim input cards.
So,, if you have a Uno, you would get 17 switch inputs.
If someone has the Arduino mega card,
they will get 66 switch inputs.
Any type of switch will work, toggle,
push button, rotary. (Rotary encoders will get added after a while)
It will work on
just about ANY program so if you have a favourite game,, it will probably work
with that too.
You get to choose what action (switch)
it will activate.
It inputs ONLY into the selected
program. (You set that)
It even inputs if the selected program
is not in focus.
No other software needed. (Not even
FSUIPC)
Please Note … It is in Beta status at the moment.
There is a brand new forum, just for us, at http://www.mycockpit.org/forums ..
Look for this header ,,,, “Arduino
cards & Link2FS”
20
March 11 Well I finally got the
Arduino Duemilanove
/ Uno interface onto this site.
It’s a simple starter for some-one that
wants to play using FSX with them.
It gives various
outputs to meters, LED’s etc with some
inputs as well,, all of which really enhance the flying with a
simple panel
12 Sept 10
I’ve had some interesting e’mails after I put up about the
Arduino cards ,, I’m obviously not the
only one that see’s the value and ease of use of these cards.
One obvious use of
these cards is use them in a “modular” constructed system. i.e. 1 card behind each panel or
compartment. (Stand alone module)
The call was to have at least 3 outlets for Arduino cards
and include the use of the Arduino Duemilanove card ,,,,,
both of which
I have done. (Its actually future-proofed with allowing 4 Arduino cards.) ,, (I
can add more if need be)
Updated the “projects page” to reflect the above.
I have also had a thought (about modular construction) that
maybe some inputs should be utilised as well, which
would make the sub-assembly totally “Stand alone”. At the moment I use a keyboard encoder which
works great but
they have one failing ,,, If FSX doesn’t have focus and you
are using another program while flying i.e. a chat window
,,, then when you flick a switch, the code goes to the chat
window and NOT to FSX. I am working on a program that
will overcome this ,,, but ,,, it makes sense to have all
the inputs and outputs going thru the one card.
I’m thinking about this,,, I may??? change my direction on how I do inputs
,,, there again ,,, I may just include
my
“keyboard switcher” into the links2fs_Multi program ,,, or I
might do both.
Aaaaah, so much to do ,,,, so little time. ! ! !
I split off the Arduino stuff from my “projects” page and
gave it a page of its own. (Its going to be a busy page shortly)
I am thinking of doing a small program to interface only the
Arduino cards to FSX. (A basic, bare, easy to do type of
thing that will “liven up” a simple cockpit with LED’s,
meters etc.)
Thanks to the guys that contacted me with idea’s ,,,, It
helps me a lot.
12
Aug 10 Added a “Present Projects” page. Just to update my mates.
Added a “How I fly” page to help other people that I fly
with online who don’t understand my “weird” flying habits.
1
June 10 Updated my present packages. (Not the
FS9 stuff)
Added right click capabilities to my mouse program.
Added 64 bit compatibility to my Link2fs programs.
Corrected some “hard to read” problems with some graphic
cards in my Link2fs programs.
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Nov 09 Yes, I’m still alive.
There has been a lot going on with my flight simming world ,,, mainly
,,,
The FSX motion platform got sold about a year ago.
I have got plans (In my head) for a “Mark 3” platform
(Rather a radical change) and
I have some of the
hardware ,,, BUT really pondering if I should actually build it or not as there
are so many commercial (and hobby) options out there now,
the fun of the challenge is gone.
After all those years of being involved with motion ,,, I
actually found FLYING was still heaps
of fun ,, then I got
heavily into online flying ,,, Then I flew around the world ,,, now
I’m pinging off “All the countries of the world” ,, but all
with a very different approach to normal.
All this with the company of some really great mates.
(Thanks Guys …. You know who you are)
I have a lot of stuff to update this site with, but that
will come later. (Summer here now) Stay tuned.
18
Nov 08 Updated my mouse
program,,, Now the cursor returns to where it came from.
Added methods of
extracting data from FSX. (FSX outputs
page)
Removed the new
Guestbook. (too much trouble)
20
June 08 Rather surprised by the downloads of my
Link2fs_Mouse program, so I fixed a lot of its weak points.
Now you can erase
an entry easily, create new profiles and also the cursor “parks” itself.
19
April 08 Added descriptions of
the use of the 2 “Standard.xml” files in the “FSX inputs” page.
Also fixed a
Firefox link problem.
15
April 08 Tidied up this page,
added FSX inputs page, Keyboard encoder page, key-stroke to mouse-click page,
started an FSX
outputs page.
18
Feb 08 Updated my software
page and uploaded Link2fs_Motion_v3
14
Feb 08 Added some more to the
FS9 “motors and gearbox” page on different motors.
11
Feb 08 Added to the FS9 “Motors and gearbox” a way to modify wiper
motors to have the same speed in both directions.
03-Feb
08 Updated software page with
the new software, updated The Plan page.
01-01-08 Uploaded some pictures. (Opened a
photo’s page) (Will be slow on a dialup connection)
6 Dec
2007 Having a break from all this
,, too busy ,,, Xmas here ,,,,, summer
etc.
5 Dec
2007 Put up the wiring page and
rehashed the intro page (This page)…
Updated my software page (A wee bit)
18
Nov 2007 Put up my software page.
(Well, the start of it)
5 Nov
2007 Updated “The Start” page
and started guest book
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