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Yes, looking at the schematics again after a good nights sleep, you are correct, the voltage should be the same at both places since the voltage is measured over the same resistor. Doesn't solve the mystery of the extra 20 volts though........:helpsmilie: /Oakes

Been a while since I did this but if I remember correctly you don't have a DC signal after the rectifier, instead you have a signal like the one to the right in the picture below => a DC meter wont give you the correct voltage value (men jag kan ha fel). /Oakes

Conrad http://www.conrad.se/?article=700620 The one you found looks smaller though, might be possible to fit it into a standard cougar handle....hmm...I smell a new project coming up. The thumbheads I made myself on the lathe. /Oakes

New video, cutting the buttonholder on the CNC /Oakes

See http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=37417 /Oakes

:thumbup: Nah, the tape is about 0.1 mm thick, the z axle has about 0.01mm resolution/repeatability so what I do is cut about 0.05mm below the bottom of the acrylic, basically, the tape is the sacrificial material. Of course if something goes wrong with the CNC steppers/electronics/control etc then there will be a nasty ding in the table but then again 5 mm of masonite is not going to stop a runaway Z-axle anyway. For the manual mill I usually use a sacrificial board, especially when drilling. /Oakes

A little update (warning lots of pictures below) Guess which panels this is? First person to guess correctly gets a free color-radio:) Let's start by making some miniature hockey pucks.... Next we square the vice to the table.... Now we're ready to cut the square button top... Top is done... Then we flip the button over and setup for cutting the bottom part.. Ok, outer part of the button bottom is cut...now we cut the center. Bottom is done, including the slot for the LED... Testing that the buttontop fits the on the actual switch.. Four button tops almost done... Cut the slot for the acrylic insert... Acrylic slot done... Cutting the acrylic inserts, the acrylic is attached to the table wiht doublesided tape, works like a charm. The reslut... To be continued......... Next step is to engrave the text, fill the engraving with white paint and then plane the top with a flycutter. /Oakes

CNC has arrived. Some pictures + a small video below. More to come...... Mr Mill next to Ms Lathe :-) Video showing the engraving of a button top. The final result of the test. /Oakes

Yes, same buttons. V and A, no idea I'm afraid, I replaced the LEDS with green and yellow ones bought from ELFA. /Oakes

Would be good if they made a floor mounted version with longer stick, in fact the simulator customer group that this targets (i.e. sim nut with 250-400 Euro to spend :smilewink:) might actually prefer a floor version. I know I would..... /Oakes

Right now I'm waiting for the CNC machine to be shipped, I hope to have it here by the middle of next week (Feb 12 or so). I've spent the weekend looking at/learning different CAM (CAD I got) programs to make the panels. Next panel will be the datalink I think. Plan is to have the CNC make the buttons, panel cutouts etc. I've been using GLKD2 (search on ebay) momentary pushbuttons for the buttons and glued on custom acrylic tops. With the CNC I can make the bottom of the custom acrylic tops fit the top of the GLKD2's without messing around with glues etc + the CNC can easily make the square mounting holes for the GLKD2's in the panel + of course engrave the text on the acrylic tops. /Oakes

Car-seat...hmm...that's :censored: brilliant, why didn't I think of that:doh: I've been looking at office chairs but haven't really found anything suitable.. :thumbup: /Oakes

Thank you....

Mach3 (which have basic support for importing DXF files). There are a bunch of wizards in Mach3 which allows you do to quite a lot of stuff without a CAM package. /Oakes

After many a night slaving over a hot mill :smilewink: I've decided to take the plunge and go CNC. After some debating with myself whether to retrofit a manual mill, buy/build a gantry type CNC router or simply buy a turnkey CNC mill I decided that I'd rather make stuff on my CNC machine than building stuff for a CNC machine. So I went for the turnkey route and ordered the finished product, a Sieg KX1 CNC mill. http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Additional-Departments/Special-Offers/Sieg-KX1-Hobby-CNC-Mill Delivery should be in about two weeks.....and I can't wait:helpsmilie: /Oakes

This is the little Autohotkey script I use to send key commands from SIOC to DCS BS. SIOC itself has this capability but it was IMHO somewhat lacking in features. The script has support for : Separate sending of key presses and releases. Pause between sending keys. Supports left/right CTRL, SHIFT and ALT. Can be connected to SIOC on a remote computer. Possibility for special stuff by catching SIOC parameter values and do what you want (needs programming knowledge, source code is included). Tested on WinXP. All credits for the networking part of this script goes to Zed Gecko from the Autohotkey forum. This script is free for all to modify, distribute etc. Just make sure you give credit were credit is due. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Note: This script is a badly structured, badly commented hack job with minimal testing written by a washed-up old programmer now working in management (i.e. promoted to a position were he cannot possibly do any more damage to the code base) and is meant only as a temporary solution until we can communicate with DCS directly through lua and SIOC. Your mileage may vary and you've been warned :smilewink: /Oakes keyclient_1_00.zip

Me = E94:book:

No brake at this time, the collective has a counter-weight on the back end so its roughly balanced on its pivot axle. Then the internal friction in the small dampener (red cylinder) takes care of the rest. I've found thought that when you concentrate on the sensors etc it is quite easy push/pull the collective and end up in the ground etc so I'll try to implement a brake system "Trigger Style" /Oakes

I have and it works (rotary encoders with the small Leo card). /Oakes

Hi Sokol Yes, that one will work. The (On) part means momentary => On-Off-(On) is the correct type needed of the Route/Decent switch on the collective. What type of interface are you planning on using to connect the switches to DCS? /Oakes

Thank you for you kind words. At this point I do not have any collective brake, I'm thinking of doing it the Trigger way (with a hydraulic cylinder). Btw, Trigger, where did you get that cylinder + the solenoid? /Oakes

I made the script to get around some of the limitations of the SIOC keyemulator (200 characters max, no separate press/release commands , no separation between left/right alt, ctrl, shift keys....etc) I hope this is just a temporary solution until we can send data directly back and forth between SIOC and DCS (no keyboard stuff at all) but doesn't LOSIOC require an updated export script (and/or other LUA files) also (so that all the DCS input/output stuff actually gets exported/imported from/to SIOC) to work with DCS? /Oakes

The english documentation is a little bit lacking but it is workable. I did what you suggested and bought a couple of cards and buttons etc and started experimenting. There are a couple of people on this forum who use the OC cards so you can get help here as well as the official OC forum. I will post the script + instructions etc in a little while. I need to document some stuff + clean up the code etc before I do that though. Somewhat simplified: Switches etc are connected to a parameter in SIOC, i.e. you define in a file that parameter 23 is connected to the switch on physical input 45 (on the master card) as an example. If the switch is off parameter 23 is 0 and if the switch is on parameter 23 is 1. You do this for all switches Then the OC software main program - SIOC - allows an external progam (my script) to connect through a TCP port to SIOC. You then tell SIOC which parameters you are interested in getting updates for (23 in this case) and whenever SIOC registers a change to such a parameter it will send a short message over TCP to you app with the parameter number and new value (i.e whenever you throw the switch SIOC will send the message that parameter 23 is now 1 or 0 depending on the position of the switch) My script parses this message, checks which characters to send when parameter 23 is 1 (or 0). Characters are defined in a separate file. /Oakes

I wouldn't buy a Cougar to use as stock. The handle is great but the internal mechanics are very prone to wear and tear (soft cast metal parts rubbing against each other = lots of play in the axis's). Also the springs are way to heavy for my taste but I'm skinny so if you're all muscle this might not be a problem for you :smilewink:.....for me it just feels very clunky. On the other hand, as the base for a custom job with new mechanics etc it is a good buy, a metal handle is nice:thumbup: /Oakes

Correct unfortunately, hopefully the PCIP will solve this.....ED any news on the PCIP ? But even without the feedback, it is so much nicer to switch from HE to AP with solid actual switch that with the mouse. /Oakes