gcompc Posted May 22, 2011 Posted May 22, 2011 Great news I don't think you'll have a problem getting rid of the extra boards. Got an ETA? Thanks for doing this. System: Asrock Extreme 4 MB l i7 7700K OC 5.0GHZ l EVGA GTX 1080ti l 32 GB Crucial DDR4 l Rift S l CH Fighter Stick l CH Pro throttle l CH Rudder Pedals l Modded Suncom SFS Throttle and Talon Stick l Toshiba 1TB HD l Crucial 1TB SSD
walker450 Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 :) Just whenever you get around to makin some, keep me in mind please. Thanks again! Speedpad for Inputs | My Simpit | Joystick Damper Mod
CAT_101st Posted May 23, 2011 Author Posted May 23, 2011 I don't think you'll have a problem getting rid of the extra boards. Got an ETA? Thanks for doing this. Once I put the order in it will take about 2-4 weaks to recive the parts, and a few days after that to build the boards and cables. A board and cable will take about 3-4 houres each to build. and with what was learnd from the last batch, The desine was changed a little to make things easer on me and on you guys. Home built PC Win 10 Pro 64bit, MB ASUS Z170 WS, 6700K, EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid, 32GB DDR4 3200, Thermaltake 120x360 RAD, Custom built A-10C sim pit, TM WARTHOG HOTAS, Cougar MFD's, 3D printed UFC and Saitek rudders. HTC VIVE VR. https://digitalcombatmercenaries.enjin.com/
CAT_101st Posted June 11, 2011 Author Posted June 11, 2011 I just gave the final OK on the new desine and parts list. The boards desine is being sent to the manufactures to be built. I will be giting 10 boards so I will have a few extras to sell. I changed the size of the board from 64mm x 99mm to 72mm x 123mm. This will allow us fat fingered USA guys to better plug and un plug the connectors and fixes a desine flaw it had. The board will work just as the first one with the X-keys Matrix IO card or any other IO card that supports a matrix up to 8x16, Thats 128 switchs to wire up with out the trobble of buildig a matrix of yur own. Home built PC Win 10 Pro 64bit, MB ASUS Z170 WS, 6700K, EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid, 32GB DDR4 3200, Thermaltake 120x360 RAD, Custom built A-10C sim pit, TM WARTHOG HOTAS, Cougar MFD's, 3D printed UFC and Saitek rudders. HTC VIVE VR. https://digitalcombatmercenaries.enjin.com/
Froglips Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 Cat, Great. You have a PayPal account to receive payment? Froggie Kurt "Froglips" Giesselman wishing someone would do a two seat sim like LB2...I ain't much of a pilot but I am a helava good shot. System specs: Asus Sabertooth 990FX, AMD FX 4170, 16GB DDR3 RAM, 2 x Palit 560Ti 2GB video cards SLI, TIR 4, 26" main display, 21.5" Helios display, 10" Shkval display, 9" ABRIS display, XKeys Pro panel, Copy Cat Controls cyclic/collective w/custom KA-50 head/rudder
CAT_101st Posted June 12, 2011 Author Posted June 12, 2011 @ Froglips Yes I will have to come up with a new price on the boards, due to the change in size of the board. It won't be a big change mabe a doller or two. Shipping is the big one that adds to the cost. The connector cables will stay the same price. Home built PC Win 10 Pro 64bit, MB ASUS Z170 WS, 6700K, EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid, 32GB DDR4 3200, Thermaltake 120x360 RAD, Custom built A-10C sim pit, TM WARTHOG HOTAS, Cougar MFD's, 3D printed UFC and Saitek rudders. HTC VIVE VR. https://digitalcombatmercenaries.enjin.com/
HitchHikingFlatlander Posted June 13, 2011 Posted June 13, 2011 Did you change the size to accommodate the connectors? Or just little refinements? I still have yet to start mine but I'm getting close to that point (I think). http://dcs-mercenaries.com/ USA Squad
CAT_101st Posted June 14, 2011 Author Posted June 14, 2011 mostly for the connector spacing. you will see when you put the connectors on the board that they are a little too close. This new one won't have any of thoes issues. Home built PC Win 10 Pro 64bit, MB ASUS Z170 WS, 6700K, EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid, 32GB DDR4 3200, Thermaltake 120x360 RAD, Custom built A-10C sim pit, TM WARTHOG HOTAS, Cougar MFD's, 3D printed UFC and Saitek rudders. HTC VIVE VR. https://digitalcombatmercenaries.enjin.com/
gcompc Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Great news Sounds fantastic, can't wait to get mine, great job man. :thumbup: System: Asrock Extreme 4 MB l i7 7700K OC 5.0GHZ l EVGA GTX 1080ti l 32 GB Crucial DDR4 l Rift S l CH Fighter Stick l CH Pro throttle l CH Rudder Pedals l Modded Suncom SFS Throttle and Talon Stick l Toshiba 1TB HD l Crucial 1TB SSD
HitchHikingFlatlander Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 Sounds cool Cat, I got the dremel though! More fun that way right? http://dcs-mercenaries.com/ USA Squad
CAT_101st Posted June 17, 2011 Author Posted June 17, 2011 :huh: yea. make sure you where a mask when you do the triming. Home built PC Win 10 Pro 64bit, MB ASUS Z170 WS, 6700K, EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid, 32GB DDR4 3200, Thermaltake 120x360 RAD, Custom built A-10C sim pit, TM WARTHOG HOTAS, Cougar MFD's, 3D printed UFC and Saitek rudders. HTC VIVE VR. https://digitalcombatmercenaries.enjin.com/
gcompc Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Just checking How is the board progress proceeding? can't wait , very excited :lol: System: Asrock Extreme 4 MB l i7 7700K OC 5.0GHZ l EVGA GTX 1080ti l 32 GB Crucial DDR4 l Rift S l CH Fighter Stick l CH Pro throttle l CH Rudder Pedals l Modded Suncom SFS Throttle and Talon Stick l Toshiba 1TB HD l Crucial 1TB SSD
Dachs Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 ^^^^ Me too :) System: Asus z270 A Prime, Intel i7-7700K 4.8GHz, 32GB DDR4, RTX2080, Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD. Valve Index VR, TM Warthog Throttle & Grip, Virpil MongoosT-50CM2 base, TM TPDR Rudders. OS: Win10 Home
CAT_101st Posted July 27, 2011 Author Posted July 27, 2011 OK delay delay delay. Money problems on my side have prevented me from putting in the order. And I don’t want to ask you guys to prepay for something I don’t have to give you yet. I have the money now and sending it off for the parts and boards. I don’t know how long it will take before I receive every thing. Last time it took about 4-6 week's . And with the new destine It should only take me half the time to assemble the boards. I still need to figure out the final price of each board. Home built PC Win 10 Pro 64bit, MB ASUS Z170 WS, 6700K, EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid, 32GB DDR4 3200, Thermaltake 120x360 RAD, Custom built A-10C sim pit, TM WARTHOG HOTAS, Cougar MFD's, 3D printed UFC and Saitek rudders. HTC VIVE VR. https://digitalcombatmercenaries.enjin.com/
gcompc Posted July 27, 2011 Posted July 27, 2011 Good news Glad to hear that. However if you are short of funds I don't mind paying a 30 per cent or so advance. Don't know how others would feel but it is a group request you shouldn't have to go out of pocket for the full amount. If you do determine you need more up front l think an advance is the way to go. Thanks for your dedication. :) System: Asrock Extreme 4 MB l i7 7700K OC 5.0GHZ l EVGA GTX 1080ti l 32 GB Crucial DDR4 l Rift S l CH Fighter Stick l CH Pro throttle l CH Rudder Pedals l Modded Suncom SFS Throttle and Talon Stick l Toshiba 1TB HD l Crucial 1TB SSD
CAT_101st Posted July 30, 2011 Author Posted July 30, 2011 Ok the order is in. The boards are being made and the parts are on order. I am hoping for shiping to arive here in 2-3 weeks. Then I will start putting together the connectors and sodering parts on the board and testing before shiping them out to all that have orderd one. I will have a few extra just in case any one comes in late to the party. Keep in mind this brake out board is a matrix desined to work with the X-Keys DIY matrix card. I know it has taken me a long time to get this roling but it will be worth it when you wire it up. Home built PC Win 10 Pro 64bit, MB ASUS Z170 WS, 6700K, EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid, 32GB DDR4 3200, Thermaltake 120x360 RAD, Custom built A-10C sim pit, TM WARTHOG HOTAS, Cougar MFD's, 3D printed UFC and Saitek rudders. HTC VIVE VR. https://digitalcombatmercenaries.enjin.com/
CAT_101st Posted August 2, 2011 Author Posted August 2, 2011 The boards are dun and the parts are being gathered befor they ship to me. All shuld ship out to me in the next few days. Home built PC Win 10 Pro 64bit, MB ASUS Z170 WS, 6700K, EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid, 32GB DDR4 3200, Thermaltake 120x360 RAD, Custom built A-10C sim pit, TM WARTHOG HOTAS, Cougar MFD's, 3D printed UFC and Saitek rudders. HTC VIVE VR. https://digitalcombatmercenaries.enjin.com/
pitbull Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 I would take 1 if you have it avail PM sent MOBO ASUS P5QL-Pro, Intel Q9550 2.8Ghz @ 3.5 GHZ, 8GB DDR2 Crucial, XFX HD6950, TM Warthog, TIR4 /w Pro-Clip, 24 In Samsung Syncmaster LED, 2 X Cheapo 8in LCD's for MFD's and TM MFCD's attached to it, Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
CAT_101st Posted August 16, 2011 Author Posted August 16, 2011 They are on there way in th USA now. Finely pasted customs. I will have one for you I ordered extras just incase. And I have one that may bail on me due to travel out of country. Home built PC Win 10 Pro 64bit, MB ASUS Z170 WS, 6700K, EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid, 32GB DDR4 3200, Thermaltake 120x360 RAD, Custom built A-10C sim pit, TM WARTHOG HOTAS, Cougar MFD's, 3D printed UFC and Saitek rudders. HTC VIVE VR. https://digitalcombatmercenaries.enjin.com/
brydling Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 Just a question out of curiosity abot xkeys. Isn't it a very un-elegant solution to make a simpit with a keyboard emulator, or can it be done in a good way? I am thinking, what if you wire up a switch that sends ctrl+h, and you press it and hold it in. You then press another button supposed to send keystroke 'a', but since the first button is holding down ctrl, you get ctrl+a instead. I had alot of these issues when programming my cougar as a keyboard emulator for Falcon 4. I found it much better to use it as a regular game controller and map buttons in-game. /Niclas Digital-to-Synchro converter for interfacing real aircraft instruments - Thread Check out my High Input Count Joystick Controller for cockpit builders, with support for 248 switches, 2 POV hats and 13 analog axes. Over 60 units sold. - B256A13 www.novelair.com - The world's most realistic flight simulators of the J35J Draken and the AJS37 Viggen.
HitchHikingFlatlander Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 I think you misunderstand how the XKeys works. The XKeys is also a HID device and you program switch states. You can program a toggle to only send one key press or repeated key press for example. Its a decent product and affordable way to wire in 128 inputs to your simulator. DCS from what I understand has a much better way at handling multiple input solutions than say Falcon (which by DCS standards is ancient in age). We wouldn't be putting in all this effort if it wasn't likely to work anyways........ In any case would your example be valid? Lets say CTRL+H is assigned something and CTRL+A is too (on just the keyboard). In this case you can't hold CTRL+H down and then press CTRL+A anyways right? http://dcs-mercenaries.com/ USA Squad
brydling Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 (edited) But how does it handle buttons that you need to hold down, like the trigger when bursting? Let's say the trigger has ctrl+space keyboard command. Wouldn't you screw all other button presses that are being made while you hold the trigger? Ctrl affects the whole keyboard. Or can xkeys bypass these problems in some way? For example by pretending to be several keyboards? /Niclas Edited August 16, 2011 by brydling Digital-to-Synchro converter for interfacing real aircraft instruments - Thread Check out my High Input Count Joystick Controller for cockpit builders, with support for 248 switches, 2 POV hats and 13 analog axes. Over 60 units sold. - B256A13 www.novelair.com - The world's most realistic flight simulators of the J35J Draken and the AJS37 Viggen.
HitchHikingFlatlander Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 Are you looking for a game controller to build your own HOTAS or a input controller to build switch panels? If the former then X-Keys isn't going to be a good solution anyways if the latter there are not many commands that require you to hold down two keys at once. Very few panels on the A10C (if any) require you to flip two toggle switches at once, very few require you to "hold" them down. In my case I have a Warthog HOTAS so using a keyboard command for firing the cannon doesn't even come into play. When I press the trigger on my HOTAS it doesn't use the keyboard command. When I need to flip a switch to "on" using my X-keys controller (lets say CTRL+R) it only throws the command once even though the switch is still flipped. I don't know what you're planning for your own project but in my project your potential issues won't come into play. Remember the XKeys isn't a keyboard it's an input controller. http://dcs-mercenaries.com/ USA Squad
brydling Posted August 16, 2011 Posted August 16, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the info. I don't want that kind of limitations in my interface card, since I don't know in advance what I am going to need. But if you use it the way you say, it won't be a problem. However we make both HOTAS and panels where you need to hold stuff in. For all the (on)-off switches for example. You usually hold them in the (on)-position for some reason. Then there are gyro alignment buttons and such things too. And canopy/seat up-down, I bet there is more too. For me, it's all about the small details :-) Little bit of thread hijacking from my part here.. Sorry about that. Your discussion may now continue undisturbed :-) Edited August 16, 2011 by brydling Digital-to-Synchro converter for interfacing real aircraft instruments - Thread Check out my High Input Count Joystick Controller for cockpit builders, with support for 248 switches, 2 POV hats and 13 analog axes. Over 60 units sold. - B256A13 www.novelair.com - The world's most realistic flight simulators of the J35J Draken and the AJS37 Viggen.
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