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Hi Here are some new pictures.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/82822.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/82823.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/82824.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/82825.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/82826.jpg

hello felow airmen,I am looking for a link to a site that I belive was posted here earlier, it was for aircraft checklists by Chris van Bijlert.. If I remember right it was in a archive...and had many types of aircraft check liststhanks

This seems pricey, but could it be done?http://www.delcom-eng.com/products_USBNDisplay.asp

I have just uploaded a few video clips to my homepage,http://mobil.flygsimulator.seJohan

I fussed at someone for posting what I though was a commercial just the other day. I will now violate my own statement and do the same.Mike Powell has been a real friend to this community and has helped most of us from one time to another with ideas and suggestions. As an electrical engineer and genuine old-timer (meaning he remembers when the Boeing 747 was the latest and greatest), he has the knowledge and experience to develop and build workable simulator solutions. He has just published his new book on simulator instrument building, Building Simulated Aircraft Instrumentation.I am a big believer in supporting our own. Based on the information offered on his web si…

HelloI have not been here in quite a while since my other interests (Irish music) have taken a lot of my time, but I have been planning a home flight deck project ever since first seeing the work of James Price and Mike & Dave Lehkamp. Many times I see people post the question of

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Specifically, I can't get the "release" to work. I'm at the testing stage and have a switch configured for "g" (gear). When I flip the toggle, "g" works fine. However, I also want "g" to be emulated when I shut off the switch (ie., lower gear and raise gear) but this is not working. The entry I have in the configuration file is the following:IN21:{G}IN21|{G}Again, when the switch is on, it works properly. When I shut it off, I get nothing.Any help is appreciated.Randall

Just want to check that I get this right, I've got a toggle switch that I want to wire into the key system of FSBus.It's got 6 pins - for a two position system.I'm assuming that the middle two are common, and that I wire the bottom two together, and to one key on the key board and the top two to a different key where as the common will go to both of these?IEThe six pins on the toggle1 12 23 3The pins on the keya by yso the 2s will wire to the ys, 1s will go to a, and 3s to b?Thanks people

Hi guys.After looking to literally hundrends of pictures, I have designed my panels in Corel (as accurate as it can be), but I have a hard time finding the correct color for them. The panels seem to have a completely different color when viewed from different sides, under sunlight or camera flash light, etc, which is obviously normal, but doesn't help me on deciding the "true" color value.I searched the forum but couldn't find any similar post in the past. Does anyone know the RGB values of the Airbus colors?

Can some systems be ran from using FS BUS and others on EPIC? In other words for example, use FS BUS for the center pedestal and EPIC for the MCP, Overhead, etc.Thanks,Eric

hello!As some of you know, I'm building a Space Shuttle simulator.In the real shuttle, you have a bunch of indicators, called talkbacks or barberpoles. They show the status of a system (open/closed, latched/released, up/down, ...) in between these points (while opening, latching, ...) it shows diagonally placed lines, hence the name barberpoles. My question is: does anyone know where I can buy such things, or how to make it myself?I have absolutly no idea!TIA, Toine

Hi all,I know that many of us host websites about the progress of our sims. I do this, and because I have a dynamic IP address I used a Dynamic DNS company to 'point' to my servers (actually this is mainly for email).DynDNS appear to be a large company providing a perfect service for users like me (us). However, after taking money from my bank account twice (for one service), they adamantly refuse that this has happened, even faced with bank statements!My complaint was being handled by their CEO, Tim Wilde. Here is just one line from his helpful email to me:"Is our world SO f****d up that people don't BELIEVE service providers when they tell them things any more?"I have e…

I use multiple USB joysticks and I wondered if it is possible to design a sort of combined driver for these joysticks. In such a way that the joysticks register as one device. I am not a programmer but I like to fiddle with software. Anyone?

Who here has started working on a TQ with auto throttle capability?Finally, I ran across some plans (http://mikkila.wabbits.org/fsbus/throttle/index_e.php)Has anyone here developed a 737NG TQ or is there a kit available now?thanks,Eric

Hello everybody!Did anyone have a config-file for fsbus and project magenta?I mean a *.fb-file!i know that had to change the hardware-adresses!Regards peter

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Ok, so me being the dope on a rope that I am decide that with no electronics knowledge I could do an fsbus board and to show how stupid I am, I've soldered it all up, and I'm not sure if a) I have the polarity right on the DC (told you I was new).I have a multimeter, but hey again, new and not really sure what to test, where to test etc to see if I have it wired up correctly.Am I really fooling myself into thinking I can do this?Where should I be trying to test the voltage to see if it's working?When should the led light up?Is there a way to test it without another board (if I can't make this board, then I don't see it worth me forking out to build a FSKey board)Can I do …

Hi guys,Im new to this. I have decided on a 763 flightdeck. I plan to use panels from FDS. I work in Television and film building sets so Im handy with timber etc.I have a limited understanding of electronics. Basically what interface system would you guys recomend. I have looked at EPIC and FSBUS. Is interface IT worth waiting for.Nice to be here and I look forward to long winter nights pulling my hair out in dispair and then finding the answers here.:D RegardsJamesBAW063

Hi everyone,I'm programming a little apps using FSUIPC to read and writes values for the avionics stack.The reading is OK and increasing COM value is OK too, but when decreasing, the value keep circling in a 6 loop.Ex. 9093, 9092, 9091, 9090, 9089, 9088 and then 9093 instead of 9087!!The program work as follow:1- read com1 value and put result in a variable2- decrease the variable value3- writes the variable value to com1.The program is in VB but any instructions in C would work OK.Any clues why it works for increasing and not decreasing??Thanks for any help

Hello,I have just made the fusbus key, display and com boards and neither the key nor dispay will flash. I keep getting the read after write failure. I have checked for broken traces and such but have found none. I have measured the voltage on the "MCRLR" pin and am getting 7.09 volts instead of the required 13.5...what could casue this? I noticed that the transistor on the com board heats and cools randomly. How do I check if the required voltage is being supplied for flashing. IF ANYONE HAS THE HEX FILES FOR FLASHING, COULD YOU SEND THEM TO ME?Thanks for any help,Jason

Hi guysJust wanted to show my finished gear lever and the mechanisme that hold the switch and the lever.see my website for more detailshttp://home.wanadoo.nl/norbert.bosch

Hi folksOver at the company (X) where I do my holiday job they told me today that they have invented a new flexible display (not OLED) but for now it is black & white. However they are very proud of inventing it .. they can't think of any application :(I was thinking 'bout all this and I figure they'd better invent something else.For us simmers it would be handy if we would have some sort of TFT display that is built up out of 10 smaller displays. E.g. 800*600 resolution. Take upper left and cut 400*300 off. Lower right dito. Now your display exists out of 3 displays. Then devide the right part into 8 parts of 300*150. Or something like that.Now the "controller…

The "mobile sim" has it own site now.It isn't much yet, but at least a page to publish pics instead of show them on this forum.Site will grow as I have time, both with pictures and information as well as walkthrough's of how I make the stuff.Johanhttp://medlem.spray.se/novelair/

This is my first post on this forum, but I have just about read every post and response regarding FSbus. I have now built FSCom, FSKey and FSad. All of which flashed ok after a little trouble shooting thanks to the different pieces of help from people on this forum.Now, my problem is that with the FSad, as I said, it flashed ok, but I don't have the yellow led lit, the red led shows data movement when I turn a pot but the router is not autosensing the pot. Also the red led flickers when no pot is connected. When I was researching the building of same, I came across some conflicting information.On FSBus.de website, the downloaded component view showed 13 capacitors,the …