The Home Cockpit Support Forum

I got a TigerDirect catalog and near the back it had information about a product called X-Keys. Basically they have different sizes and variations. I went to their site and they have a keyboard card as well as a "X-keys USB Switch Interface" with a description of "Connect any switch (from a doorbell to a multi-position rotary switch) to any of the twelve programmable ports and easily program the switch to perform any function on a computer."There's also a reference to "home cockpits" on another page and apparently they make the "RailDriver" for train simulators.http://www.xkeys.com

The last two 1/2 months I have been busy trying to create a ERJ home cockpit.It has came out sort of generic but, still trying to keep the ERJ 135/145 look. I made the yoke from wood then carved it to resemble the ERj and used the ch products flight yoke buttons and wiring for the guts.I also used the throttle board from the ch products yoke for the throttle which I just spliced in more wiring and moved to another location after ripping it out of the yoke and making another housing.The panel is plastic (white colored) with gray primer and is backlit.The lettering are tags that I had engraved to cut cost rather then engrave on the whole panel which also, leaves for later p…

Hello again ;-)This is fairly wideview specific, so I guess their forum is good for that, but I figured many of us use multiple outside view screens as well, so let me know:Is it easy to setup WideView so, that it just starts up from the powerbutton without user intervention?The reason I ask is because our C172 sim will need a PC upgrade, and the Parhelia has got to go - it is being the bottleneck. So we'll probably end up with 3 PC's with fast PCI-Express cards each driving one screen, linked with wideview.The problem is, the setup needs to start by itself, since not all of the users are simpit-savvy, many dont know how to use FS2004. But they know how to fly a C172. Our…

It's a cessna 172 panel, controls and panel by SIMKITS, two tft 17" for gauges and avionics, four 19" tft for external view and 8" tactile monitor for GPS. Manage avionics and part of GPS with goflight modules, rudder pedals bt Hoffman.Dual Xeon motherboard (3 Ghz) with two nvidia 6600 GT PCIe for external views and two nvidia FX 5200 for gauges and gps.

Would anyone have or know of where one could get a schematic for an interact Mobile Monitor Color Lcd Screen. This was one of the companies that made screens for the PSONE. I have a couple of these and have no idea of where the connections would be for the conversion to VGA input. Any help would be appreciated. Milt

I've seen a few posts from people wondering if they can get the PMDG 737NG to work with IOCards/FSBus/etc and the usual answer is no because they don't use standard offsets for all their switches/data/etc.So I had a question in regards to that and maybe a possible solution. I hope you guys will respond and let me know what you think.The Question:Do we know if all the PMDG 737NGs switches/displays/data are accessible though FSUIPC but we just don't know what those offsets are?The Possible Solution:If someone could write a scanner of some sort that would probe all the different offsets looking for changes on the panels, we could write down all the offsets that were found a…

Hello,I'm currently building a VCPT of a 737 with one computer and 4 monitors. I use a PCI express video card, dual output plus a Matrox G450 dual output too.My question goes to the start, because I've never been able (Except with 734 from Dreamfleet) to start flight sim with the undocked windows -such as the overhead, radio stack, cdu etc.- in the position I want. Sometimes the throttle does.Any help here, or the only chance is a macro?Using 737-700 PMDG.Best Regards, Roderick Woolvett

Hi Folks.I am in FS2004, and am trying to undock and move gps to another monitor. This can be done, but as soon as I hit alt/enter to remove the menu bar from the outside view monitors, the undocked window moves back to the outside view screens again - and back in docked mode!!I was able to do this in FS2002 without any problems. Is 2004 able to allow undocking at the same time as a menu free outside view?FS2004 is eating frame rates, and I have had to massively upgrade my PC to cope.Seriously thinking of going back to 2002 - but Vox ATC is 2004 only!Does anybody know if there is a similar system out there that does the same thing - but in FS2002 as well??Any help gratefu…

Started planning 737NG Autothrottle.Have a few questions, hoping a kind gentleman with experience could give me answers..- Stepper motors.. As I understand it there is no feedback from the motor itself, like there are from servos. Movement is based on pulses given from a controller moving the motor a certain amount of steps clockwise or counter-clockwise. "Calibration" is based on the controller "counting" number of pulses given (+/-) thus calculating the position. So far so good, but what happens when A/T is off and the handles are moved manually. Invoking any speedmode or TOGA thereafter - wouldnt the controller then have lost its knowledge of the current position??- An…

Mabye it's an lang story but please read need help! Anf if you still think it's to long scroll down to my question because I need help!Hello, My name is Daniel Rosh. I'm a cockpit builder. Afther two years of hard work I've got an full 737 flightdeck. I'm using Project Magenta software, for the Instruments and the Overhead panel logic. I'm using 6 Pc's to run my Simulator. A good friend of mine is an First Officer by Transavia Airlines on the Boieng 737NG. He tested the software I'm using for my cockpit Project Magenta and he tested PMDG software. But he says that PMDG software is the real thing! And Project Magenta isn't! If he looks to the Instruments they are for 98 % …

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Hi,For a while, me and my very good friend Eldad Rubin, were working on a cockpit project. We planned to build one for a very long time- an ERJ-190 simulator, but we didn't have the room for it.Now, after a long pause on the ERJ-190 project we decided that we must have some sort of cockpit, but since the availble room, we couldn't build something too big.We decided not to build a specifc replicate, but a cockpit that with it we will be able to fly single & dual-engine GA aircrafts.The simulator is not finished yet, however, it is very close to be.We would love to hear your opinion about our project!Best Regards,Tal Eliasi & Eldad Rubin.http://gamc.atspace.com/defa…

Is the release of the seven-four-seven of PMDG such a big event to lock the avsim server due to overdownload ?BOB

Hi all..I bought a mini-key pad as I am tired of bringing the entire key board into my cockpit to pres 1-9 when ATC window pops up.I hooked up the USB mini key pad and strapped it to my yoke. The problem is when the ATC window comes and asks me which option by pressing number - I press the number on the mini key pad and nothing happens. The NUMLOCK key is on also.Any ideas to get it working ? Tks...JB

To integrate in the audio system of my cockpit, I'm looking for the announces spoken by the steward to the passenger during the flightlike "welcome abord ... the captain and the crew ...", the security announces too.If someone know a website where we can find the text or an audio or video record of these anounces .... Thank'sBOB

I am trying to use key sequence to active a command at fs9.But whem i use ctrl + f for exemple, my cpu locks.I have fsbus 2.2.0.1 and i insert the key command at on sequence and off sequence.K+VK_CONTROL;D50;K+FK-VK_CONTROL;D50;K-FIs that correct? please helpregards

Hi.Installing FS2004, it got to disk4 and TOKYO.cab and stopped and said "encountered a disk error writing to C:program filesmicrosoft gamesflight simulator 9scenerycitiestokyo.cab" and asks is your disk(presumably meaning the harddisk)full? "is the file in use" (how could it be?) My hard disk has 70% spare space, system clean with only the game on it! any ideas anyone? I chose "ignore" for the sake of getting an install.Another hassle is a blue screen coming up - usually when I try to move gauges to another graphics card (all works great in FS2002). The message is long, but basically it says machine_check_exception. Possible hardware/software installation fault Disable r…

Hello allLaunch of Boeing CDU from EngravityDoes anyone have any experience of dealing with this company through Simmarket.com?I know that the price is a bit high but I am completely useless at wiring a kit from other suppliers (I have two left hands and they are all thumbs)! ;-)ThanksIan

Hello,I can get a few pc's pentiumI for free.OS is Win98.Now, I'm currently building a 737NG cockpit, and have a network with 3 recently bought pc's. My question is, can I use an 'older' computer in this setup to run some programs? What programs - usefull in a pit setup- should do it on such pc's? For example, if widefs could be installed to it, the K8000 software can go to one.Thx for the help,Peter

I currently have two displays set up on my machine, but would like to have a third. I've been thinking about installing a second video card to achieve this. I don't know much about card compatibility, so I thought I'd ask the experts. I currently am using a Radeon 9800 Pro and am planning on purchasing a Radeon 9600 as the second. Any issues that any of you may see? Thanks in advance.

Hello again :)Some progress during vacation - I did redo my plans and the piston twin sim: Making a yoke got too big in the plans and I dont have the tools for something I'd be happy with, so I took route B: this will have a real control device: a stick :)I think I did show you this part already, but for completeness' sake, here it's again :)http://tigert.com/aviation/vatsim/cockpit-...k-mechanic.jpegNylon plastic block I think, drilled a few holes with the cylinder drill bit, and brass tubing for bearings. M8 bolts and lock nuts.. We have a stick mechanic!Bicycle "horns" - bargain for 3 euros at Biltema, the local car parts, junk and everything else -store :) - combined …

I've been building this computer since last November...eheh,AMD 3400, 512 Corsair ram, 2 Raptors in Raid 0. Now I'm considering video options and would appreciate advice and opinions.My budget at the moment is 150.00. I am looking at the 6600GT and the 6800. Both cards are available in the price range.1st Question> Which one?2nd question> I plan to use at least 2 monitors as I am now. 1 for guages and Flightkeeper type displays, the other for the main view. I think either of those two cards will do nicely in this application.But I am also building a Simpit and it cries out for 3 monitors. What is you guys opinions of adding an inexpensive PCI card for a 3rd monitor?…

I will be using my existing 24" DELL Widescreen and would like to purchase two 20" Dell Widescreen monitors. I currently have two NVIDIA video cards in SLI configuration. I would like to know how I can set up FS2004 with this type of setup?

Hi,I just finished my first Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI). Full handmate and I'm proud at it as it is my first attemptEarlier I already had build the Servomodule from FSBus and already had played with it. At that moment I thought that a normal servo had a turn-angle of 180 degrees. Because this VSI has an angle of 300 degrees I have used a gear-ratio of 24 to 12 so the 180 of de servoshaft would be 360 on the needle. So far for the theory...after a lot of work and sweating these days, today I tested this VSI and it came to me as a suprise that the shaft of the servo just turns a 100 degrees instead of the expected 180. So the needle didn't get far enough on both sides. I…

To build my own gauge of to modify existing simkits gauge I need some pvc gears with different size and teeth number.Where could I buy such gears in Europe ?Thank'sBOB