VdB Throttle quadrant

[garel75]

Hello Pete,

I bought some months ago a used VdB throttle quadrant for a 737 full replica size and functions (was made in Belgium and i'm pretty sure is not in production any longer as it was built 4-5 years ago).

It looks nice and works pretty well with almost all aircraft but not the PMDG 737NGX.

This Throttle is made with a phidget card and has his own driver that works through Fsuipc.

Now, is not possible to calibrate it through fsuipc as it is absolutlely not recognized.

whatever button, axis or switch I move is not recognised by fsuipc, though through the drivers works very well with other addons (Ifly 737fsx, LevelD 767, Wilco 737....).

My question is:

Do you have an idea how could i possibly make it work with PMDG NGX? So far only Throttle levers and parking brake works. Flaps lever, cut-off, TO thrust, reverse, speed brake don't work at all.

Other question:

I have registered version 4.?? I'm not at home and can't check which one precisely but i registered it in october 2010.

I know is already an old version and you don't provide support, but do you think that the new version with Linda could fix this problem?

If I registered the previous version of fsuipc do I have to pay again to register the most recent?

many thanks

Gianluca

[Pete Dowson]

This Throttle is made with a phidget card and has his own driver that works through Fsuipc.

Now, is not possible to calibrate it through fsuipc as it is absolutlely not recognized.

whatever button, axis or switch I move is not recognised by fsuipc, though through the drivers works very well with other addons (Ifly 737fsx, LevelD 767, Wilco 737....).

I assume the driver is writing directly to the offsets or using the specific SDK for those add-on aircraft.

Do you have an idea how could i possibly make it work with PMDG NGX? So far only Throttle levers and parking brake works. Flaps lever, cut-off, TO thrust, reverse, speed brake don't work at all.

Not without knowing anything about what the driver you have is doing, no. Obviously it isn't emulating a normal joystick connection. Can you contact the author of the driver, or get any information about configuing it? If not you might need to get information about Phidgets and reprogram it yourself.

I have registered version 4.?? I'm not at home and can't check which one precisely but i registered it in october 2010.

An FSUIPC4 registration applies to all versions of FSUIPC4, and you should always be using the latest. Please update.

I know is already an old version and you don't provide support, but do you think that the new version with Linda could fix this problem?

Only if Linda knows about what your driver is doing, which I don't. It's the details of the driver that are needed.

If I registered the previous version of fsuipc do I have to pay again to register the most recent?

No of course not unless your previous registration was for FSUIPC3 which is a different product. You don't need to register again in any case, just install the latest.

Pete

[garel75]

Not without knowing anything about what the driver you have is doing, no. Obviously it isn't emulating a normal joystick connection. Can you contact the author of the driver, or get any information about configuing it? If not you might need to get information about Phidgets and reprogram it yourself.

Thanks for your clear reply.

Actually I'm unable to get in contact with the producer, it seems doesn't exist any longer, this is the reason why I got in contact with you to find a possible solution.

I will follow your hints updating to the latest fsuipc and trying again through Linda.

I don't know anything about phidgets so i will have to make some research, though.

Another possible solution I was thinking about is to disconnect all of the electronics parts from the phidget and connect them to a Leo Bodnar card. I already use 1 and is very easy to configure.

In this way I could calibrate axis via fsuipc and buttons with Linda, as they both recognize those cards, isnt' it?

Thanks again for your time.

Cheers

SAS591 Gianluca Garella

[Pete Dowson]

Another possible solution I was thinking about is to disconnect all of the electronics parts from the phidget and connect them to a Leo Bodnar card. I already use 1 and is very easy to configure.

In this way I could calibrate axis via fsuipc and buttons with Linda, as they both recognize those cards, isnt' it?

Yes, I use a couple of Leo Bodnar cards in my cockpit. Very easy to use and automatically providing assignable and calibratable inputs via standard joystick methods.

Regards

Pete

[alaxus]

You could try fs2phidgets, its free and might get you out of a bind.

http://www.mycockpit.org/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=478 <-- you will need a login to this.

With this app you can assign any phidgets input to an offset.

Unless there is some extra coding logic built into the driver, I would go with the leo bodnar option, fs2phidgets has a few quirks. I currently use it for my phidget encoders.