Hallo,
Hieronder een standaard antwoord ooit door mij opgesteld i.v.m. FMS
Misschien helpt het nog iemand...
Nota : ikzelf heb ooit alleen een paralel en pic-interface gebruikt op win 98 en XP. Niets anders.
Voor de Graupner FM314 heb ik ooit een signaal-invertor gebouwd zoals aangegeven in de handleiding van FMS en het werkte prima op de //-poort met Win 98.
Groetjes uit het zuiden van Brussel,
Olivier
Mijn website :
http://users.belgacom.net/TX2TX : leraar-leerling compatibiliteitsproblemen tussen verschillende merken van RC-zenders
FMS INTERFACES
This is a small summary of possible interfaces for FMS. Good study!
The general rule : the PC needs from your transmitter the following :
a) the ground
b) the PPM OUT-signal
How to find those 2 contacts on your buddy connector or how to find the connections in case your transmitter is not fitted with a buddy box connector, check out my website (
http://users.belgacom.net/TX2TX) chapter 1 paragraph 1.1
A) For Win 95-98-Millennium with FMS, 2 easy possibilities (above all
possibilities that are also possible for Win 2000 and XP, see section "B").
1) THROUGH THE PARALLEL-port (LPT1)
eventually with a resistor and zenerdiode, see the manual of FMS c("handbuch" in German)
(
http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index.html) or some examples on my
website which I personally tested (
http://users.belgacom.net/TX2TX) figure
7f-fms and others in chapter 7. Or here :
http://www.pibros.de/ (German).
2) THROUGH THE SERIAL-port
See the manual of FMS ("handbuch" in German) (
http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index.html)
If you think you're not able to make such a cable, buy eventually one :
http://www.customelectronics.co.uk
http://www.mattclement.freeservers.com/fms/fms1.html
http://www.virtualrcflight.com/
http://www.k-webdesign.com/modellflug/rc-interface.htm (German)
B) For Win 2000 and Win XP with FMS, a SIMPLE connection through the
parallel-port or serial port is not working, those 2 versions of Windows are
handling other protocols on these ports than Win 95-98-Millenium.
Your options then :
1) VIA PPJOY
By downloading and installing PPJOY and connecting your transmitter with a simple parallel or serial interface.
download :
http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=75176
installation :
http://www.geocities.com/deonvdw/Docs/PPJoyMain.htm
2) THROUGH THE SOUNDCARD
With smartpropo :
http://www.sekiriki.jp/smartpropo/manual.html
The advantage is that it's simple to make : 1 audio-cable and a resistor or
potmeter
3) THROUGH THE SERIAL PORT (Com-port)
a) via an interface with a programmable IC (PIC), which is described in the
directory of FMS, see .FMS\Doc\Interface\readme_en.htm on your harddisk.
Or "
Simple PCM" : this one has the advantage to use the power of the transmitter and not by the control-signals ofthe PC. And as such is neither depending on the system settings, neither of the used program :
http://www.jdm-nivelles.be/fichiers/fms/SPCMliste.htm
Or
http://myweb.absa.co.za/eric.brouwer/interface.htm
b) or the same electronic interface that you can buy ready to use here :
http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk/
http://www.customelectronics.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.clonepac.freeserve.co.uk/prod03.htm
http://www.hnpl.net/wt/
http://www.rc-sim.de/workshop/rc_game/rc_game.html (German)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/patrick.bicheron/acceuil.htm (French)
4) THROUGH THE USB-port
http://n.ethz.ch/student/maederb/ (selfmade)
http://www.rc-electronics.co.uk
http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk/fms_lead/fms_lead.htm
http://www.customelectronics.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.milehighwings.com/usb_cables.htm
http://www.geocities.com/simblaster/
http://www.hnpl.net/wt/
http://www.ripmax.com/FS_Simulators_Accessories.html
http://www.modelisme.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4346 (French)
http://www.ifrance.com/aerofly/GO.htm (French)
http://www.rc-scale.com/francais/_electronique/projet_interface_usb.html (French-German selfmade)
http://rcsim.flugmodellbau.de/downloads/PDF-Dateien/interface_USB.pdf
(German : kit)
http://www.modellpilot.de/ (German)
http://www.k-webdesign.com/modellflug/rc-interface.htm (German)
If you have a 4-axis joystick, you can use an interface-cable
gameport-->USB, for sale in every computershop, thus ideal for modern
laptops without a COM-port
5) THROUGH THE GAME-port
a) with an interface which transforms the signal of the transmitter in a
joystick-signal
http://membres.lycos.fr/silicium31/ (French)
http://myweb.absa.co.za/eric.brouwer/interface.htm (selfmade)
http://www.milehighwings.com/joystick_cables.htm
http://www.geocities.com/simblaster/
http://www.ripmax.com/FS_Simulators_Accessories.html
http://www.rc-sim.de/workshop/rc_game/rc_game.html (German)
http://www.k-webdesign.com/modellflug/rc-interface.htm (German)
b) buy a 4-axis-controller joystick
http://www.rchobby.co.uk/gamebird_flight_simulator.html
http://www.gamebird.de/de/index.html (German)
c) or make yourself a 4-axis joystick with an old RC-transmitter, removing
all electronics, replacing the 4 potmeters by potmeters of 200K (not 100K
like mostly mentioned), and wiring like in :
http://soldcentralfl.com/flyingpenguin/rcstick.htm
http://graccus.free.fr/joystick.html (French)
http://iquebec.ifrance.com/st-prime/modif_rc.html (French)
6) Or make a partition on your harddisk where you will install Windows
95-98-Millennium. Then you can connect your radio simply via the
parallel-port or Serial-port as described in the manual of FMS and start the
older Windows (see section "A").
Hope this helps,
Olivier
