HogBox

[Duckling]

Heres a copy of current cabling file (excel). Allmost up to date :-)

HOGBOX_WireSchema_v1.2_temp.zip

[Duckling]

@Moken.. Was the answer above what you was looking for ? ...

[Duckling]

Long time since last update... CDU finally made (or rather kinda in draft mode). Buttons and paintjob is worse then bad but it seems to work at least

 

 

 

[linden]

Nice work!!

[Duckling]

Hehe thanks. But only if not looking to close

It's way behind your standard quality ;-b

[Hansolo]

Very nice work Duckling. How did you make such nice buttons? Thanks in advance.

[Deadman]

Gus it does not look that bad drop me a line some time i sent you a pm but never got a reply I have some things for you :thumbup:

[Duckling]

Very nice work Duckling. How did you make such nice buttons? Thanks in advance.

 

Thanks HMA, but I didn't ;-) They are OMROM standard with a selfmade adhensive stickers on top

 

Squere ones are 9x9 mm, B32-1210 and round is B32-1600. They are avalible in different colors (last 2 digits on the id). They fit the OMROM Tacticle switches B3F-4050 (think the ID is 1,27N pressured), IF you go for these, be sure to select the more heavier 2,5N instead. Not sure about the iD there though, Gives a more distinct feel when used.

Main issue here is the caps is not backlit and the switches has a footprint of 12x12 mm that forces an adjusted layout vs the real CDU. Note also the odd spacing between those that replace the rockers

 

If I'd ever make this trip again I'd go for Multicomps TLL-62BG or likewise. They has a smaller PCB footprint and an integrated micro LED. There are round and squere keycaps in colored backlit versions in aprox the correct size.

 

Hope it is of some help

 

Cheers

Gus

Edited December 12, 2012 by Duckling

[Duckling]

Gus it does not look that bad drop me a line some time i sent you a pm but never got a reply I have some things for you :thumbup:

 

Hi DM and thanks.

PM inbound. I seems to have f-d up when making the reply last time, sorry :cry:

[Hansolo]

Hi Gus,

 

Thanks a lot for the info. My homemade buttons are 10x10 with a foot print of 13x13 and have same issue as you with adjustment of layout. Secondly I am using prototype PCB with a pitch of 2.54mm which also calls for some adjustment.

 

Anyway many thanks for the info. Will take it into account if trying to redo my CDU :thumbup:

 

cheers

 

Hans

Edited December 13, 2012 by Hansolo

[Duckling]

Hi Gus,

 

Thanks a lot for the info. My homemade buttons are 10x10 with a foot print of 13x13 and have same issue as you with adjustment of layout. Secondly I am using prototype PCB with a pitch of 2.54mm which also calls for some adjustment.

 

Anyway many thanks for the info. Will take it into account if trying to redo my CDU :thumbup:

 

cheers

 

Hans

Hi Hans. I posted (jpeg only) the layout of the baseplate, overlay etc I used for my CDU on my site at http://strandedduckling.com/html/quad_ref.html#QUADRefCDUA10C

They are spaced for a labboard with 2,54 mm pitch to provide space for all the switches. (Not a perfect work ;-) . Had'em cut out at a local company and they need some 'manual' adjustment to fit. If you like a copy in Visio or dxf format drop me a PM with your email.

 

Cheers

Gus

Edited December 13, 2012 by Duckling

[Hansolo]

Hi Gus,

 

Many thanks for the offer. I do have a set of drawings in Aspire format since this is the program I use for generating g-code for the cnc. The set have been done so that I am putting the diode needed for Brydling's B256A13 card right on the labboard.

Anyway I will take a closer look at the layout you have. Thanks a lot

 

Have a very nice day.

 

Hans

[Duckling]

Been stuck in real life for some time but here's some progress at last

 

Landingpanel, AHCP and the gauges on rightside. AoA and SAI remains to be interfaced. Clock is a 3" LCD. The UHF Freq display got an extra button for future use together with some extra digits.

http://www.strandedduckling.com/Front_Left_Lower_side_01.jpg

 

Pic of the Landinggear panel showing agrasyuks FlapGauge in place (Great work Anton, thx :thumbup:).

 

http://www.strandedduckling.com/LNDGPNL_5.jpg

 

Backside...

http://www.strandedduckling.com/LNDGPNL_6.jpg

Edited March 3, 2013 by Duckling

[linden]

nice work!!!

[Hansolo]

Very nice indeed.is that a Honeywell magnetic held switch you have incorporated? Looks awesome

 

Cheers

 

Hans

[Duckling]

Thanks

 

Yes, its a Magswitch and Honeywell as far I know. Funny thing is I haven't give it a second thought until you asked. It's labled 'Microswitch Freeport Illinois USA, 5ET11' but the word 'Honeywell' is nowhere to be found

;-b

[Deadman]

Its looking great Gus :thumbup:

[Duckling]

Slow progress (as always) on my Pit.

Thought these pics would be interesting even if they not a "Home Cockpit" :-)

 

I joined Västerås Flygmuseum a year back and now part of the team building our "new" Draken (J35-J) simulator. We got an earlier J35-C in action (together with a DC10 and a Convair Metropolitan) and the new pit will join the older to provide ability for either 'combat' or joined missions.

 

Plan is to have new pit ready for display to the annual Roll-Out Airshow in May 26. More info will be posted in the link above including info for fligh-in etc. If you passing by you're welcome for a great day (and hopefullt great weather. If not , the simulators are operational ;-)

 

Cheers

Gus

[Duckling]

The ladder extention button

 

Been searching for a something look-alike or a cap usefull to mimic this 'button' but came up empty. Anyone that can help me out ?

 

Best

Gus

[Duckling]

So... at last I got TACAN quad to work with SIOC. Credits goes to Oakes and Jockman and several others for building the codes to export data into SIOC

Answer been 'here' since 2011 but I didn't grasp the context uptil now. Metal and Gadroc also stated what's needed to be done but I'm a true slow learner ;-) Thx guys :pilotfly:

 

 

Quiz been how to handle the relative values AND negative inputs to clickabledata.lua via SIOC controlled by an encoder output

 

 

 

Been stuck in the first part so long with with try'n errors efforts I'd almost given up hope of ever understand it but here it is if any other have the same issue

 

Some garbage in the code below (as usual, but please ignore) Success came when allowing negative values in the SIOC_parse function AND used native encoder output, i.e toggling 0,1 and 0,-1 depending on CW/CCW rotation

 

 

[Note: SIOC Version 4.0.1, DCS v1.1.1.1, DCS, Helios and SIOC combined with Oakes scripts.]

 

 

Export from mainpanel_init.lua of the frequency of each digit + X/Y value to SIOC and parsed into a 7-segment display digit (with top and bottom segment disabled) '4' as 'Y'

and an 'H' (digit 8 )

 

Encoder code to set the values

from SiocExport.lua:

 

 

..

function LuaExportActivityNextEvent(t)

local tNext = t

tNext = tNext + 0.2

local lSIOC_SendString = ""

 

lSIOC_SendString = lSIOC_SendString..TACAN_window_wheel_hundreds(gTACAN_window_wheel_hundredsSIOCParam)

lSIOC_SendString = lSIOC_SendString..TACAN_window_wheel_tens(gTACAN_window_wheel_tensSIOCParam)

lSIOC_SendString = lSIOC_SendString..TACAN_window_wheel_ones(gTACAN_window_wheel_onesSIOCParam)

lSIOC_SendString = lSIOC_SendString..XYwheel(gXYwheelSIOCParam)

...<snip>

 

function LuaExportStop()

local lSIOC_SendString = ResetIndicators(gIndicatorTables)

lSIOC_SendString = lSIOC_SendString..ResetSIOCvar(gTACAN_window_wheel_hundredsSIOCParam)

lSIOC_SendString = lSIOC_SendString..ResetSIOCvar(gTACAN_window_wheel_tensSIOCParam)

lSIOC_SendString = lSIOC_SendString..ResetSIOCvar(gTACAN_window_wheel_onesSIOCParam)

lSIOC_SendString = lSIOC_SendString..ResetSIOCvar(gXYwheelSIOCParam)

...<snip>

 

 

 

From SiocConfig.lua (subset):

 

 

 

...<snip>..

-- TACAN Indicator IMPORT--

gTACAN_window_wheel_hundredsSIOCParam = 2100 -- 263 TACAN_digit_pos.hundreds

gTACAN_window_wheel_tensSIOCParam = 2102 -- 264 TACAN_digit_pos.tens

gTACAN_window_wheel_onesSIOCParam = 2104 -- 265 TACAN_digit_pos.ones

gXYwheelSIOCParam = 2106 -- 266

...<snip>..

 

-- TACAN Divice ID 51

[476] = {Encoder, 51, 1, -0.02}, -- PTR-TACAN-CHANNEL-SELECTOR-1

[479] = {Encoder, 51, 3, 0.1}, -- PTR-TACAN-CHANNEL-SELECTOR-2

[478] = {SimpleRotary, 51, 5, 0}, -- TR-TACAN-XY-BAND_SELECTOR

[481] = {TwoPositionSwitch, 51, 6, 1}, -- PTR-TACAN-TEST

[482] = {SimplePotentiometer, 51, 7, 0.1}, -- PTR-TACAN-VOL

[485] = {SimpleRotary, 51, 8, 0.1}, -- PTR-TACAN-MODE

...<snip>

 

 

 

hogbox.ssi ("aka *.ssi" from text export):

 

 

Var 0474, name TCN_XY_act // PTR-TACAN-XY_BAND

Var 0476, Link IOCARD_ENCODER, Device 1, Input 42, Aceleration 1, Type 2 // PTR-TACAN-CHANNEL SELECTOR-1_MHZ

Var 0478, name TCN_XY_SEL, Link IOCARD_SW, Device 1, Input 48, Type I // PTR-TACAN-XY_BAND select

{

IF &TCN_XY_SEL = 0

{

&TCN_XY_act = 1

}

IF &TCN_XY_SEL = 1

{

&TCN_XY_act = 2

}

}

Var 0479, Link IOCARD_ENCODER, Device 1, Input 46, Aceleration 1, Type 2 // PTR-TACAN-CHANNEL-SELECTOR-2

Var 0480, name TCN_CH2_TMP // Tacan Channel2 reference value for encoder spin direction calc

Var 0481, name TCN_TEST, Link IOCARD_SW, Device 1, Input 45, Type I // PTR-TACAN-TEST

Var 0482, name TCN_VOL_act, Link IOCARD_ANALOGIC, Device 1, Input 1, PosL 0, PosC 127, PosR 255 // TR-TACAN-VOL

Var 0485, name TCN_MODE_act // PTR-TACAN-MODE

Var 0486, name TCN_MD_OFF, Link IOCARD_SW, Device 1, Input 49 // TACAN_MODE_OFF

{

&TCN_MODE_act = 1

}

Var 0487, name TCN_MD_REC, Link IOCARD_SW, Device 1, Input 50 // TACAN_MODE_REC

{

&TCN_MODE_act = 2

}

Var 0488, name TCN_MD_TR, Link IOCARD_SW, Device 1, Input 51 // TACAN_MODE_TR

{

&TCN_MODE_act = 3

}

Var 0489, name TCN_MD_AAREC, Link IOCARD_SW, Device 1, Input 52 // TACAN_MODE_AAREC

{

&TCN_MODE_act = 4

}

Var 0490, name TCN_MD_AATR, Link IOCARD_SW, Device 1, Input 53 // TACAN_MODE_AATR

{

&TCN_MODE_act = 5

}

 

Var 1220, name TCN_DSP_XY, Link IOCARD_DISPLAY, Device 1, Digit 0, Numbers 1 // TACAN_DISPLAY_XYBAND

Var 1221, name TCN_DSP_ONE, Link IOCARD_DISPLAY, Device 1, Digit 1, Numbers 1 // TACAN_DISPLAY_DECIMAL

Var 1222, name TCN_DSP_TEN, Link IOCARD_DISPLAY, Device 1, Digit 2, Numbers 1 // TACAN_DISPLAY_INTEGER

Var 1223, name TCN_DSP_HDR, Link IOCARD_DISPLAY, Device 1, Digit 3, Numbers 1 // TACAN_DISPLAY_INTEGER

..

Var 2100, name TACN_HUNDR // gTACAN_window_wheel_hundreds 263 former 3000

{

IF &TACN_HUNDR = 10 // DCS exports gives an exported value of '1' in this vers if this digit is '0', Value * 10 in exprt raise it to '10'

{

&TCN_DSP_HDR = -999999 // blank

}

IF &TACN_HUNDR = 1 // DCS exports gives an exported value of '0.1' in this vers if this digit is '1', Value * 10 in exprt raise it to '1'

{

&TCN_DSP_HDR = &TACN_HUNDR

}

}

Var 2102, name TACN_TENS // gTACAN_window_wheel_tens 264 former 3001

{

&TCN_DSP_TEN = &TACN_TENS

}

Var 2104, name TACN_ONES // gTACAN_window_wheel_ones 265 former 3002

{

&TCN_DSP_ONE = &TACN_ONES

&TCN_CH2_TMP = &TACN_ONES

}

Var 2106, name TACN_XYWH // gXYwheel 266 former 3003

{

IF &TACN_XYWH = 0

{

&TCN_DSP_XY = 8

}

IF &TACN_XYWH = 1

{

&TCN_DSP_XY = 4

}

}

 

 

 

ExportSupport.lua

 

 

..<snip>...

-- Used togheter with a for loop to extract Sioc parameters and their value from a string

function SIOC_Parse(pSIOC_String)

local i = -1

return function ()

i= string.find(pSIOC_String, ":",i+1)

if i ~= nil then

return tonumber(string.match(pSIOC_String, ":(%d+)=[+-]?%d+",i)) , tonumber(string.match(pSIOC_String, ":%d+=([+-]?%d+)",i))

end

end

end

..<snip>...

 

-- TACAN_window_wheel_hundreds

function TACAN_window_wheel_hundreds(pTACAN_window_wheel_hundredsSIOCParam)

local lMainPanel = GetDevice(0)

if type(lMainPanel) ~= "table" then

return ""

end

lMainPanel:update_arguments()

local lTACAN_window_wheel_hundreds = lMainPanel:get_argument_value(263) * 10

local lSIOC_SendString = pTACAN_window_wheel_hundredsSIOCParam.."="..round(lTACAN_window_wheel_hundreds)..":"

return lSIOC_SendString

end

 

-- TACAN_window_wheel_tens DisplayDigit Export TO SIOC

function TACAN_window_wheel_tens(pTACAN_window_wheel_tensSIOCParam)

local lMainPanel = GetDevice(0)

if type(lMainPanel) ~= "table" then

return ""

end

lMainPanel:update_arguments()

local lTACAN_window_wheel_tens = lMainPanel:get_argument_value(264)* 10

local lSIOC_SendString = pTACAN_window_wheel_tensSIOCParam.."="..round(lTACAN_window_wheel_tens)..":"

return lSIOC_SendString

end

 

-- TACAN_window_wheel_ones DisplayDigit Export TO SIOC

function TACAN_window_wheel_ones(pTACAN_window_wheel_onesSIOCParam)

local lMainPanel = GetDevice(0)

if type(lMainPanel) ~= "table" then

return ""

end

lMainPanel:update_arguments()

local lTACAN_window_wheel_ones = lMainPanel:get_argument_value(265)* 10

local lSIOC_SendString = pTACAN_window_wheel_onesSIOCParam.."="..round(lTACAN_window_wheel_ones)..":"

return lSIOC_SendString

end

-- XYwheel

function XYwheel(pXYwheelSIOCParam)

local lMainPanel = GetDevice(0)

if type(lMainPanel) ~= "table" then

return ""

end

lMainPanel:update_arguments()

local lXYwheel = lMainPanel:get_argument_value(266)* 1

local lSIOC_SendString = pXYwheelSIOCParam.."="..round(lXYwheel)..":"

return lSIOC_SendString

end

 

 

 

 

Cheers

Gus

Edited April 7, 2013 by Duckling

[Deadman]

Gus what do you need to know about this? PM me

 

The ladder extention button

 

Been searching for a something look-alike or a cap usefull to mimic this 'button' but came up empty. Anyone that can help me out ?

 

Best

Gus

[Duckling]

Started with the outer topmost quads on the the left'n right panels.

Those angles are a challange :-) but I managed to get it somewhat near the intended position... still some way to go but rather pleased with the result so far

 

(Should been made with Alu but was out of material and found sheet of Acryl.)

Edited April 7, 2013 by Duckling

[Duckling]

Gus what do you need to know about this? PM me

 

Hi DM. PM sent. Please ping me back if not recieved

[Duckling]

CMSP panel pieced together and now with an Arduino instead of the earlier OC LCD card. Running Gremlins script and with an VFD 16 digit display.

[Duckling]

Just made the leap into the World version (v1.2.4) and after a some hours got Helios and SIOC working. Viewports and softTH setup not yet updated and the the few quads I tested so far seems ok. Even all the flightinstrument data exports works as far I can see. Much better then I feared :-)

 

Only issue found so far is indicator output (warning displays etc) is erratic. They don't come on allways and when they do, they're static (non blinking prior master caution switch is clicked). My Sioc/export etc scripts from the earlier v1.1.1.1 not modified so 'something' in the new DCS structure is diffrent

 

Is there anyone that have had same issues or has some ideas where to start the troubleshooting ?

 

All indicators are Opencockpit/SIOC controlled, Helios is used for visual reference of instrument data (no other cards involved)

 

Cheers

Gus