Hallo,
Ik stel voor dat je mijn standaard-mail hieronder leest EN
bestudeert. Hoe dan ook, de gemakkelijkste en goedkoopste oplossing als je Win XP of Win 2000 hebt is het gebruik van smartpropoplus met een kabeltje tussen je zender en de microfoon-ingang of line-in. Voor het OUT-signaal van je zender : kijk op mijn website hoofdstuk 5. Indien je per sé via USB wil, dan is de Hitec of Multiplex -USB-interface het goedkoopste (30 Euro bij elke goede RC-winkel).
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
To test your PPM signal through the microphone entry of your PC, download the small program PPM-stick (rcaudio.exe) from here :
http://users.skynet.be/phildc (not any settings necessary). Other RC-->PC utilities can be found on this site.
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.allthingsrc.com/website/fms/fms1.html
http://www.k-webdesign.com/modellflug/rc-interface.htm (German)
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B) For Win 2000 and Win XP with FMS, a SIMPLE connection through the
parallel-port or serial port as described here above 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
http://nexstar4.free.fr/aero_bidouilles_cable_sim.htm (French)
2) THROUGH THE SOUNDCARD
With smartpropo-plus :
http://www.geocities.com/shaul_ei/SmartPropoPlus.html
or
http://www.rc-sim.de/art_engine/article.php?article=107&PHPSESSID=1a678bc70f4e4bc7124dec45175d42f5 (German)
The advantage is that it's simple to make : 1 audio-cable only
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.milehighwings.com/pic_cables.htm
http://www.rc-sim.de (German)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/patrick.bicheron/acceuil.htm (French)
http://www.cb-elektronics.de/catalog_1.html (German)
4) THROUGH THE USB-port
The cheapest USB-interface : Multiplex USB or Hitec USB-interface : 2 identical products, except for the adaptor cable. This interface works with all brands of transmitters. For the Robbe FC18, a small capacitor must be fitted in serie on the signal :
for Hitec :
http://www.hitecrcd.com/homepage/product_fs.htm under "flightsimulator cable"
for Multiplex :
http://www.multiplex-rc.de and search for the product n° 85148
http://www.rc-circuits.com/USB Joystick Interface.htm (English, selfmade)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rc-elec/ (French : to buy or in kit, schematics included)
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.milehighwings.com/usb_cables.htm
http://www.ripmax.com/FS_Simulators_Accessories.html
http://www.ifrance.com/aerofly/GO.htm (French)
http://www.rc-scale.com/francais/_electronique/projet_interface_usb.html (French-German - selfmade)
http://www.heise.de/ct/04/20/230/ (German-selfmade)
http://www.harald-sattler.de/html/fms_unter_xp2.htm (German-Selfmade)
http://www.rc-sim.de/art_engine/article.php?article=108&PHPSESSID=1c3bc363fb2ed34af9f2b125deb62934 (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)
http://alessioandrea.altervista.org/project_1.html
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://perso.wanadoo.fr/aero2000/Technique/Simpic/Simpic.htm (French-selfmade)
http://www.geocities.com/simblaster/
http://www.ripmax.com/FS_Simulators_Accessories.html
http://www.k-webdesign.com/modellflug/rc-interface.htm (German)
b) buy a 4-axis-controller joystick
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
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http://users.belgacom.net/TX2TX : buddy box compatibility problems between
different brands of RC-transmitters.
