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Looking good Sir. Thanks for sharing. Will look forward for more pictures ones you get the pit together :thumbup: Cheers Hans

Thanks a lot FC. Subscribing to your YT :thumbup: Cheers Hans

It could be that you by accident have set FM for DF. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=173153 Cheers Hans

Hah I've tried that for years but haven't succeeded yet. Looks like a very nice pit you have there. That a Tornado gear lever right? Looking forward to seeing that in action in your pit Sir. Cheers Hans

Very nice thank you Sir. 'Must spread some rep. around' :-( Cheers Hans

Nice Calum. Looking forward to seeing panels being spit out of you investment :thumbup: Can't wait to see you pit get into full gear. Cheers Hans

Totally agree. Very cool and compact setup you got working there. Excellent setup Sir :thumbup: Cheers Hans

You're welcome. Diameter is 9.5mm and height is 10mm. Cheers Hans

Mine looks like this; Bear in mind that this doesn't resemble the real one. Unless I am mistaken then the real one is attached directly to the spillway. What do you mean by measurements? The pull is described here in Warhogs thread; http://i.imgur.com/QA8hhmJl.jpg Cheers Hans

Thanks Direwolf5. Corrected now :-) Cheers Hans

Very nice find. Yeah the burying happens all the time :-) Cheers Hans

Uhhh that would be so nice Ian :thumbup: I am stretched beyond my limits so there is no way I'll be able to make that happen :cry: That makes good sense. I found a virtual tour in an A-model where you can clearly see that it stands in the middle position; http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/072/A-10A%20Cockpit.html You can also see how small the AN/ARC-186's are compared to in the 3D cockpit. Cheers Hans

Looks like you are off to a very good start Alburg :thumbup: Looks great. You are right according to the manual Amplifier and Line Check are not simulated. Just like you I wired them up anyway although I used a Nano as Warhog suggested. It has enough pin also when running RS485. You just need to use a few of the analog pins as digital. Sound like a very good idea to incorporate the RCVR open/close into the panel. This is what my lever looks like (can't take credit for the panels itself as it came like that), https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2768812&postcount=95 This is from the other side; If you want I'll see if I can find some measurements for it. Keep 'em comming Sir :thumbup: Cheers Hans

Mac, if you take a look at the YT you'll see in the first part of it that the potentiometer is constantly moving even though I am not giving an input. That's what I call 'nervous'. Implementation of the real panel is still ongoing as I ran out of parts. You have to implement a MOSFET semiconductor in order to get the mag switch working. I have been using a IFR510. I know Warhog is using a different ones, I think 30n06LE. I post what I have done when I am finished but the pinout is the least of your worries. Secondly I will have to check how 'Signal light BRT - DIM' is going to work. In the DCS it's a 2-position switch ON-OFF but the real panel we have it's a 3-position (ON)-OFF-(ON) which kinda makes sense to increase - hold or decrease brightness. Must be an error in the implementation of that switch. As I believe both our panels have the 3-position switch. Yeap I know that the resolution has dropped but it's deliberate from two perspectives. One it was what I could manage. Maybe later when I learn more I'll be ale to more advanced stuff. Secondly I can't really see the reason for 65536 steps resolution for a potentiometer. I very much doubt that I'll be able to see the difference in the 3D cockpit when comparing a light setting of e.g. 23400 with 23900. Anyway many thanks for the examples and explanations. I'll definitely take a look at it. Cheers Hans

Very nice. Thanks Stuka and the rest of 476th for sharing this. Very much appreciated. Cheers Hans

Modifications to Potentiometer.h When trying to setup DCS-BIOS with potentiometers I noticed that the potentiometers kept adjusting all the time. It was only small movements but movements i.e. value changes all the time. I tried to apply low pass filter but didn't solve the issue to my liking. Opened up DCS-BIOS Potentiometer.h file to see how it worked. Now take into consider that I am not a programmer so this is my interpretation and may not reflect how it actually works :lol: What I found was that DCS-BIOS sent a new potentiometer value as soon as the new value wasn’t exactly same value as the previously sent; if (state != lastState_) { The Arduino takes the full scale of the potentiometer as 0-1023 (10 bits) which are converted into 0-65535 (unsigned int) I imagine that it is very difficult to measure the exact same value from time to time. I mean new value 32501 isn’t the same as last sent value 32500 although the change is very small (0.0015 % of full scale). I altered the above mentioned line in Potentiometer.h to so that it would have a buffer zone (+/-500) around previously sent potentiometer value; if (state < lastState_ - 500 || state > lastState_ + 500) { If new value is within the buffer zone of last sent value nothing happens. If new value is outside buffer zone of last sent value, a new value is sent. Taking above example that last was 32500, then as long as the new value is within 32000-33000 then no new value is sent. This causes my potentiometers to be rock solid. Does this mean that my resolution or accuracy is less? YES Does it matter? NO I do not think so. Granted I am not fully aware whether DCS-BIOS only sends a new value to DCS if there is a change outside of the buffer zone or it just repeats the same value while inside the buffer zone. But that is just more to figure out :smilewink: Please find the changed Potentiometer.h file attached. Cheers Hans Potentiometers.rar

Thanks Gus for the advice. Sound reasonable. Took the 12VDC supply from VP where they had good experience with it. Anyway it's no biggy to run the 24VDC supply also since I already have it :-) If I find somthing good I'll let you know of cause. Cheers Hans

Thanks guys but credit goes to Gradoc for making these. Been working a little more in implementing DCS-BIOS. Small steps to get some of the things up and running. This time is was trying to get the Anti Collision light mag switch up and running DCS-BIOS over a IRF510 MOSFET to get 24VDC on the mag switch coil. I probably will lower the voltage to 12VDC because it can hold on that voltage and it means I'll have less different voltages to worry about. Plan is to hotwire a ATX power supply for 5VDC and 12VDC. Mag switch is engaged as can be seen and then released by moving throttle pinky switch from aft into middle position Now as can be seen it doesn't work 100% of the times. I suspect that the issue may be that toggle once will set the switch on and toggle a second time will set the switch off. Probably something I forgotten. I remember there was a discussion in the DCS-BIOS thread about implementing a HOLD function. Will have to browse that to see if I can get it to work better :huh: Secondly it's not working correctly if throttle pinky switch is in middle position. Meaning that it you shouldn't be able to set the mag switch in on position but you can. I suspect it is the returning problem that DCS isn't exporting then correct status. I may just have to add a two pole toggle switch for the throttle pinky switch. That way I can put one of them to DCS-BIOS and the oher into the 24VDC loop for the mag switch coil. That way it only works in the correct throttle pinky switch positions. However I will still have to figure out how to get similar logic working for the remaining mag switches, which is good because then I will not get bored in 2017 :D Cheers Hans

Uhhh Modern Hog Guide 2nd edition. Nice. I'll have to get me one of those before they are out of stock :-) Cheers Hans

Nice looking pit you've got there Sir :thumbup: Good work Cheers Hans

I'd imagine it's because the terrain data hasn't loaded. When you enter coordinates after loading DTS (or LOAD ALL) then the elevation is automatically set according to DTS. However if you enter the coordinates before you load DTS the terrain is loaded then IMHO the elevation is set to zero. So the TGP will look at the coordinates but at a wrong elevation. Eg. you target is at 4300ft, but the TGP is looking at 0ft. You may also notice this by looking at the area while you orbit in a wheel. The TGP is not looking at the same spot but appears to be moving around. That because it is looking at point below the terrain. Cheers Hans

Very nice TripRodriguez :thumbup: Congratulations on a beautiful build Sir. Very envious. That looks really awesome. Thanks for sharing your work Cheers Hans

On this thread you can see how the real ones are build up; https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=112210 Others are made so that the backplate of the light plate can be removed; On this picture you can see the light bulbs (5VDC) on the backplate in the background. In the foreground you can see two of the lenses removed and also notice there is a metal'ish cap that prevents the light from going directly into the lightplate but instead diffuse into the light plate. Here is a thread about how Warhog has soled his backlighting; https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=138740 I believe that Warhog's method is pretty close to how the real is build. Saw a YT some time back where you can see manufacturer handspraying panel with white first. Then black top lay which is then engraved away for text. Others use Lasermax which is a plastc material white/clear lower layer with black top layer. Will give you kinda same effect as two layers of paint but removed the problem with getting correct layer thickness. Lasermax and similar are relatively thin so you need to glue it unto a intermediate later to get some thickness. Haven't ventured too much in any of the methods wait until some of the experienced builder chime in :thumbup: Cheers Hans

Considering you are US based, Braeden108 this may also be of interest for you; http://pcflights.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=47_62_64 They don't have as many panels as Hispapanels though Cheers Hans

Excellent news Ian :thumbup: Just about to get the lightning control panel up and running so very much appreciated. Do you think there will there be some kind of filtering/averaging code included in the next release? I mean for the majority of the pots they remain stationary for longs periods of time so it may be possible to have the code look at the inputs, send value and store it. If next time the input is read and it deviates from last sent value by less than e.g. 5% then no new update is transmitted or perhaps last value re-transmitted. Cheers Hans