Strix Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 I am on my way to buy a Phidget Led 64, but I don't have a clue how to set it up in Helios. So before I will buy one, I will be sure that it will work with Helios. And I would be glad if any one could post the setting for it in Helios. I cant find any tread how to do it. Sorry for my request, but I am old and saggy in my brain..... :pilotfly: Win 10 64. GTX1080 ti 11 Gb, Intel i-5, 16 Gb ram, SSD 1,5 Tb, 2 Terrabyte HD, Monitor ASUS XG32V 144Hz, Slaw Milans Rudder Pedals BF109F :thumbup:, Joystick - HOTAS Warthog, Throttle - HOTAS Warthog, TrackIR V5. Pimax 5.
pitbldr Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Hey Strix, See if this helps. I made a video on how I did it.
Strix Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 Oki, Thx U did nothing else with bindings? Win 10 64. GTX1080 ti 11 Gb, Intel i-5, 16 Gb ram, SSD 1,5 Tb, 2 Terrabyte HD, Monitor ASUS XG32V 144Hz, Slaw Milans Rudder Pedals BF109F :thumbup:, Joystick - HOTAS Warthog, Throttle - HOTAS Warthog, TrackIR V5. Pimax 5.
linden Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 :) looks like pitbldr is helping out 2 at the same time:) Thanks for your help
linden Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 i have done just like you did in the video, then binding im not sure if its the right way...
pitbldr Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 It's been months since I set mine up and all my sim stuff is boxed up in storage right now so I can't pull it up to verify the setting. If someone else does not help out by this evening, I'll install HELIOS on my work PC and see if I can recall how to do it.
Strix Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 GOGOGOGOGo..... Win 10 64. GTX1080 ti 11 Gb, Intel i-5, 16 Gb ram, SSD 1,5 Tb, 2 Terrabyte HD, Monitor ASUS XG32V 144Hz, Slaw Milans Rudder Pedals BF109F :thumbup:, Joystick - HOTAS Warthog, Throttle - HOTAS Warthog, TrackIR V5. Pimax 5.
pitbldr Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Strix/Linden, Sorry for the slow reply, I got tied up with a couple other things last night. I could not confirm the config without my phidgets cards, so I may have to pull that out of storage, but I did remember one issue I had. If you have TrackIR and you start it before HELIOS, the phidgets board may not work. I don't know why, but Gadroc told me he has seen this too. So, if you have TrackIR, shut that down and try the phidgets board in HELIOS. You may need to restart the Phidget app/service as well. Also, before you even open HELIOS, open the phidgets app and make sure you can turn on the LED's from there. If you can, then the problem is elsewhere and not in HELIOS. Once you can power the LED's on and off from the phidgets app, try it through HELIOS again. If it's still not working, I'll get my board out of storage and verify my HELIOS config for you.
linden Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Dont have the trackir connected, I can turn the leds off and on whit helios no problem. Do i need to have the Phidget app/service running? Thanks for the help!!
pitbldr Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 The phidgets app should start automatically and I think it does need to be running for it to work in HELIOS. Again I am going off memory at this point. It may actually just be binding issue. Ill try to get my phidgets board and verify that for you by tomorrow afternoon.
linden Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 I think its the binding issue, but i have try every way that i can think of, if you wanna verify whit your bord that will be good. Thank you very much for your help:thumbup:
Jimbo Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 (edited) Hi, It's been a while since I fired up Helios with a Phidget LED attached. However, I setup a quick test with the following settings and it worked straight away. The only difference I can see from your setup is the Toggle Power / Set Power setting. Hope this helps..... J Edited June 16, 2012 by Jimbo
linden Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 thanks for your answer!:thumbup: I have now uninstalled and reinstalled the helios, then make the same that you did in the picture, which I had done before, but it still does not work. The same problem is for my stepper motor card .....:(
Strix Posted June 17, 2012 Author Posted June 17, 2012 Bad card? Win 10 64. GTX1080 ti 11 Gb, Intel i-5, 16 Gb ram, SSD 1,5 Tb, 2 Terrabyte HD, Monitor ASUS XG32V 144Hz, Slaw Milans Rudder Pedals BF109F :thumbup:, Joystick - HOTAS Warthog, Throttle - HOTAS Warthog, TrackIR V5. Pimax 5.
linden Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) I think not, because it works with the ph program, and i can turn the leds on and off in helios Edited June 17, 2012 by linden
Jimbo Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 My environment is as follows. Win 7 x64 Helios: 1.2.176.447 Phidget Library: 2.1.8 with Phidget.NET 2.1.8.86 I'm leaving the Phidget control panel app in the system tray whilst running Helios, it looks like having it running or not doesnt seem to matter either way. However, having a dialogue open to control the card before opening Helios will break Helios' ability to talk to the card. I am able to turn an LED on or off with either the app or Helios, i'm guessing you can do the same which would suggest to me that the LED card is working okay. Have you had a look in your event viewer to see it the app might be crashing when DCS starts up?
linden Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 I got: Win 7 x64 Helios: 1.2.176.447 Phidget Library: 2.1.8 with Phidget.NET 2.1.8.108 Where can i find the event viewer? Is it in helios?
linden Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 IT WORKS!!!:lol: I dont know how this is possible, i had my firewall OFF, for some testing in my network, i turn it back on and now it works????:)
Jimbo Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 Good news :thumbup: I just wonder what the firewall has to do with it... maybe dropping packets from export.lua? My setup is all local at the moment, but I do want to move some Helios workloads off to another PC so i'll keep an eye out for this.
Strix Posted June 17, 2012 Author Posted June 17, 2012 IT WORKS!!!:lol: I dont know how this is possible, i had my firewall OFF, for some testing in my network, i turn it back on and now it works????:) Ohhhh..... You need to get a new computer :) and a new life :D Win 10 64. GTX1080 ti 11 Gb, Intel i-5, 16 Gb ram, SSD 1,5 Tb, 2 Terrabyte HD, Monitor ASUS XG32V 144Hz, Slaw Milans Rudder Pedals BF109F :thumbup:, Joystick - HOTAS Warthog, Throttle - HOTAS Warthog, TrackIR V5. Pimax 5.
Gadroc Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 One other thing you need to be careful of is TrackIR. If you start TrackIR before Helios or the Phidgets control panel TrackIR will "lock up" the Phidgets board.
linden Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 And i can not have the profile editor running, have to close the program,, maby this was the problem and not the firewall....
Gadroc Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 Yes.. Only one program can talk to the phidget board at time. You should just be able to close the Phidgets interface tab in the editor and it will disconnect.
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