dburne Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) 1: They glow blue whilst charging, when charged the blue goes out and only green light lit on charging cable. 2: No idea. I am sure Miles can help here. Might want to hit him up on Discord. 3: Nope plugging it in turns it on, mine comes on pretty quickly. It will make the connect and disconnect sound a couple of times on mine. Maybe try different usb port? I have mine plugged into a USB hub with individual on/off switch, so I can just turn mine on and off with the switch. Edited March 8, 2022 by dburne Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt_Jaeger Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 2. You can remove the adapters from the port and got a standard mini(?) USB connector. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sr. Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 18 minutes ago, Lt_Jaeger said: 2. You can remove the adapters from the port and got a standard mini(?) USB connector. These are cool. Just ordered one for my smart phone, USB type C port. No more pocket fuzz. Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 64GB DDR4 3600| MSI RTX 4080 16GB Ventus 3X OC | Samsung 970 Evo 2TB NVME | HP Reverb G2 | DIY Head Tracker Cap | Logitech X-56 throttle | VKB NXT Premium | Win 11 "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." --Arthur C Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) Interesting enough I had my two FCU's on charge this afternoon, left one was fully charged about an hour ago, right one still glowing blue. Kind of unusual, will see if it eventually goes out. Edit: Ok it finally went out, must have been really dead. Made sense it took longer than the left one as I am right handed. Edited March 8, 2022 by dburne Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sr. Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Got to do a rough calibration & play around in the A-10C for a bit. Now I gotta figure out a way to center mount my stick as I keep punching it while reaching toward the right console 1 Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 64GB DDR4 3600| MSI RTX 4080 16GB Ventus 3X OC | Samsung 970 Evo 2TB NVME | HP Reverb G2 | DIY Head Tracker Cap | Logitech X-56 throttle | VKB NXT Premium | Win 11 "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." --Arthur C Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Sr. said: Got to do a rough calibration & play around in the A-10C for a bit. Now I gotta figure out a way to center mount my stick as I keep punching it while reaching toward the right console Yep center mount is the way to go. Feels realistic when I have to reach around my stick to press a switch in the Hornet that is directly in front it. The immersion these things provide is fantastic. I programmed salute in the Hornet to one of my aux buttons on the right side attached to my headset. Immersion baby. Edited March 8, 2022 by dburne 3 Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) That feeling you get when you are getting prepped for a full day of combat flying and suddenly remember you forgot to plug in the FCU's for charging after yesterday's full day of flying... Thankfully they do not take too long to charge. Fly without Point Control? No way. Edited March 10, 2022 by dburne Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSqdn Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I keep my old v1 FCUs charged for that very reason. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro 1 DEFENSOR FORTIS Spoiler Systems: Falcon NW Talon: Ryzen 9 5950X @4.9GHz, 64GB DDR4, RTX 3090 FE; Falcon NW Mach V: Core i7 3930K @3.2GHz, 32GB DDR3, GTX 1080 FE Cockpit: MonsterTech MTX F, 42" 4K TV, HP Reverb G2, Oculus Rift S, PointCTRL Controls: RS F16SGRH CE, RS F18CGRH, VPC T-50CM2, VFX, WarBRD (Grips); VPC T-50CM2, RS FSSB R3L (Bases); Winwing F/A-18C, VPC T-50CM3, VPC T-50CM, TM Warthog, Cougar (Throttles); VPC ACE2 (Rudders) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibal Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 still one of the best DCS hardware purchases. thanks @MilesD 1 find me on steam! username: Hannibal_A101A http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197969447179 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picchio Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Guys, I'd like to ask for your input. For those who pre-ordered via website: my order was placed the first week of July 2021, how long do you think it's going to take before it's ready, based on your own order date/delivery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Picchio said: Guys, I'd like to ask for your input. For those who pre-ordered via website: my order was placed the first week of July 2021, how long do you think it's going to take before it's ready, based on your own order date/delivery? If I recall, I'm sure mine was 1 year to the day (ordered 6th January 2021, received either the 4th or 6th January 2022). Once calibrated/dialled/tuned in, it's a great little product that works quite well - @MilesD was fantastic at providing personal assistance with my setup first time around I recommend connecting to the PointCTRL discord and messaging @MilesD on there to get an estimation. Edited March 12, 2022 by Dodge 1 Regards, Paul "Dodge / LondonLad" SYSTEM SPECS: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x , 64GB 3600MHz RAM, ASUS ROG Strix X570-F Gaming, NVIDIA RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6, IIYAMA 34" Curved GB3466WQSU Monitor, VPC WarBRD-D Base, VPC MongoosT-50CM2 Grip, Thrustmaster HOTAS Throttle, VPC ACE Interceptor Pedals, VKB Pedals (v4) (backup) + TM MFD w/CUBESIM (x2), PointCTRL, HP Reverb G2 VR Headset, Oculus Quest 2 VR Headset, & TrackIR Group: DCAF (Now Left, but a great group to be apart of - UK Based) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Yeah mine was right around a year wait also. Just got it about a week and a half ago. 1 Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Jaw Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 I take it everyone so far is happy with the product? I have been saving for a year and am nearly there. For me in the past prior to VR, when I flew with TrackIR, I would never fly without TIR? Is is it now the same with PCL? "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, ASUS RTX3060ti/8GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hannibal Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 with pointctrl i just use the VR cockpit. less remembering what button u mapped... and more that u leanr about the plane by using the vr cockpit find me on steam! username: Hannibal_A101A http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197969447179 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Steel Jaw said: I take it everyone so far is happy with the product? I have been saving for a year and am nearly there. For me in the past prior to VR, when I flew with TrackIR, I would never fly without TIR? Is is it now the same with PCL? Yeah for me it is. Have my FCU's charging now for another session of flying. Not going to fly in DCS till they are charged up. Probably you should have got a pre-order in as wait list is so long. For me it was well worth the wait. Having two mouse controllers one on each finger, is quite nice. No more reaching for the mouse and has reduced the number of buttons I was using on my HOTAS. Strongly suggest the advance kit - having those two sets of buttons attached one on each side of my headset come in handy as well. I use one button on the right for pilot salute which is kind of immersive. I also use them for fps counter, vr-recenter, escape, pause. I waited a year for mine and am very glad I did. I love doing the cold start routine on the super carrier in my Hornet with Point Control. I think most folks that get these are very happy with them. It does add another cable to route coming from your headset. I just zip tied mine for the first few feet to my headset cable which helped. Edited March 12, 2022 by dburne 2 Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ala12Rv-Tundra Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 6 hours ago, dburne said: Yeah for me it is. Have my FCU's charging now for another session of flying. Not going to fly in DCS till they are charged up. Probably you should have got a pre-order in as wait list is so long. For me it was well worth the wait. Having two mouse controllers one on each finger, is quite nice. No more reaching for the mouse and has reduced the number of buttons I was using on my HOTAS. Strongly suggest the advance kit - having those two sets of buttons attached one on each side of my headset come in handy as well. I use one button on the right for pilot salute which is kind of immersive. I also use them for fps counter, vr-recenter, escape, pause. I waited a year for mine and am very glad I did. I love doing the cold start routine on the super carrier in my Hornet with Point Control. I think most folks that get these are very happy with them. It does add another cable to route coming from your headset. I just zip tied mine for the first few feet to my headset cable which helped. I also put NVG controls for the extra buttons 1 i5 8400 | 32 Gb RAM | RTX 2080Ti | Virpil Mongoose T-50 base w/ Warthog & Hornet sticks | Warthog throttle | Cougar throttle USB | DIY Collective | Virpil desk mount | VKB T-Rudder Mk IV | Oculus Rift S | Buddy-Fox A-10 UFC | 3x TM MFDs | 2x bass shakers pedal plate| SIMple SIMpit chair | WinWing TakeOff panel | PointCTRL v2 | Andre JetSeat | Winwing Hornet UFC | Winwing Viper ICP FC3 - Warthog - F-5E - Harrier - NTTR - Hornet - Tomcat - Huey - Viper - C-101 - PG - Hip - SuperCarrier - Syria - Warthog II - Hind - South Atlantic - Sinai - Strike Eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 50 minutes ago, Ala12Rv-Tundra said: I also put NVG controls for the extra buttons Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 So far the only issue I see with Point Control is it is causing me to neglect my two other flight sims. That is ok though as I am currently engrossed in a Hornet Campaign. 1 Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nahemoth Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 hace 22 horas, dburne dijo: So far the only issue I see with Point Control is it is causing me to neglect my two other flight sims. That is ok though as I am currently engrossed in a Hornet Campaign. Which Hornet campaign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Nahemoth said: Which Hornet campaign? I have been doing another play through of Badger's Hornet campaigns. Currently on his third one - Rise of the Persian Lion. Love the campaigns based off the Super Carrier. Rise of the Persian Lion is all cold starts so I get good use out of Point Control in that one. Edited March 15, 2022 by dburne 1 Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSqdn Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Will have to give it a shot sometime. Right now I’m in the middle of a Caucasus campaign in Liberation, flying the Viper out of Lochini. I don’t think I’ve flown anything else for several months. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro DEFENSOR FORTIS Spoiler Systems: Falcon NW Talon: Ryzen 9 5950X @4.9GHz, 64GB DDR4, RTX 3090 FE; Falcon NW Mach V: Core i7 3930K @3.2GHz, 32GB DDR3, GTX 1080 FE Cockpit: MonsterTech MTX F, 42" 4K TV, HP Reverb G2, Oculus Rift S, PointCTRL Controls: RS F16SGRH CE, RS F18CGRH, VPC T-50CM2, VFX, WarBRD (Grips); VPC T-50CM2, RS FSSB R3L (Bases); Winwing F/A-18C, VPC T-50CM3, VPC T-50CM, TM Warthog, Cougar (Throttles); VPC ACE2 (Rudders) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) Well crap I keep forgetting to put the FCU's on charge first thing in the morning. Got ready to go now and realized that. Guess I need to have Alexa to remind me first thing in the morning. Luckily they don't take very long to charge up full. Edited March 15, 2022 by dburne Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesD Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 Hey Don, I put them on the charger when the headset comes off and I am done flying. Right from the fingers to the charger. Now shipping up to website Pre-Order Form date 2022/06/01 Pre-Order Form Submission https://pointctrl.com/preorder-form/ PointCTRL Support Discord https://discord.gg/jH5FktJ PintCTRL Website https://pointctrl.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, MilesD said: Hey Don, I put them on the charger when the headset comes off and I am done flying. Right from the fingers to the charger. That is the smart thing to do. I never claimed to be that LOL. Thanks I will try to remember it. Edited March 15, 2022 by dburne Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyMike0330 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 3:03 PM, dburne said: I gotta say after using Point Control for the last few days I am so hooked on this now. What an awesome device! You guys that are still on the wait list for your turn to order - it is well worth the wait I will tell you!! Many thanks Miles for developing and offering this to the community along with your awesome support ! It doesn't feel weird not having the "feel" of pushing a button in the cockpit anymore? I'm trying to imagine how going from MFDs and button boxes to using this would work. Honestly, I would mostly use it for the Apache and maybe some random modules, since my current setup is really accurate for the Hornet in terms of MFDs and button boxes. PC: ASUS TUF 4090oc - Ryzen 7950X3D - 32gb DDR5 6000 - Quest Pro Sims: DCS, IL2, MSFS Pilot Skill: Drunk guy from Independence Day RIO Skill: Goose (post neck-break) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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