Flap gauge won't work

Hello,

I've just bought an OC flap gauge and the USB Servo Card.
It is quite some time that I've worked with SIOC but it won't work.
Here are my questions:

Do I need a 5 Volt power source on the USB card to feed the gauge?
I've put my device number in the sioc.ini file MASTER=0,4,2,115
And also for USBServos=0,115
I've used flaps.txt file, found on this forum, and converted with config_sioc to flaps.ssi

I'm using the Iocards USB test program.
I've connected the red cable on number 1 position into Servo 1.
The USB Servo LED is working and the device number is showing.
If I move the slider and click send there is no responce.
Can anyone help??

Thanks a lot.

Regards,

Leo

Hello Leo,

This is Leo!!!
I've connect the servo card with a 5 Volt power supply and it works.....the other way around. If I test the gauge with the IOcards_test program value 0 gives Flaps full and value 1023 gives Flaps up. The same with SIOC in FS9.
I've send a message to belgianguy, he is on the forum too, and he knows the problem. But if anyone has more suggestions please leave a message.

Kind regards,

Leo

I have exactly the same problem. I actually burned out my first servo :(

I have to reinstall everything and give it another go ...... just building confidence.... and waiting till the FS weekend to pick up a new servo from Open Cockpits.

I'm in Almere btw.

Guys,

Let me also join the bandwagon. Just that I bought the gauges and I am absolutely clueless on what to do. I need help and help from basics as I seem to have zero knowledge on this and material I find on opencockpit website is something I am unable to understand.

If you guys can tell me from the start (yeah.....spoon feed me :) )what to do. I have almost given up on opencockpit guage.

Hi Leo

I also had the same problem ... as you say if the flaps up gives value above 1023, it settled by giving values to the contrary, note that value corresponds to the degrees of flaps and invert each value for flaps up has 1023 value one by one to flaps full to value 0

try my code:

// *****************************************************************************
// * Config_SIOC ver 3.5 - By Manolo Vélez - www.opencockpits.com
// *****************************************************************************
// * FileName : flaps.txt
// * Date : 21/05/2009



Var 0000, Value 0
{
&LE_EXT_LED = 0
&LE_TRANS_LED = 0
}

Var 0003, name FLAPSERVO, Link USB_SERVOS, Output 1, PosL 0, PosC 511, PosR 1023

Var 0095, name LE_EXT_LED, Link IOCARD_OUT, Output 17

Var 0096, name LE_TRANS_LED, Link IOCARD_OUT, Output 19

Var 0099, name FLAPS_IN, Link FSUIPC_IN, Offset $0BE0, Length 4
{
L0 = &FLAPS_IN
L0 = ABS L0
IF L0 = 0
{
&LE_EXT_LED = 0
&LE_TRANS_LED = 0
}
ELSE
{
L1 = 0
&LE_TRANS_LED = 1
IF L0 = 409
{
L1 = 1
&LE_TRANS_LED = 0
}
IF L0 = 819
{
L1 = 1
&LE_TRANS_LED = 0
}
IF L0 = 2047
{
L1 = 1
&LE_TRANS_LED = 0
}
IF L0 = 4095
{
L1 = 1
&LE_TRANS_LED = 0
}
IF L0 = 6143
{
L1 = 1
&LE_TRANS_LED = 0
}
IF L0 = 10239
{
L1 = 1
&LE_TRANS_LED = 0
}
IF L0 = 12287
{
L1 = 1
&LE_TRANS_LED = 0
}
IF L0 = 16383
{
L1 = 1
&LE_TRANS_LED = 0
}
&LE_EXT_LED = L1
}
L2 = L0
C0 = L0 >= 0
C1 = L0 <= 409
IF C0 AND C1
{
&x1 = 0 // between 0 and 1
&x2 = 409
&y1 = 1023
&y2 = 903
}
C0 = L0 >= 409
C1 = L0 <= 819
IF C0 AND C1
{
&x1 = 409
&x2 = 819
&y1 = 903
&y2 = 753 // between 1 and 2
}
C0 = L0 >= 819
C1 = L0 <= 2047
IF C0 AND C1
{
&x1 = 819
&x2 = 2047
&y1 = 753
&y2 = 623 // between 2 and 5
}
C0 = L0 >= 2047
C1 = L0 <= 4095
IF C0 AND C1
{
&x1 = 2047
&x2 = 4095
&y1 = 623
&y2 = 480 // between 5 and 10
}
C0 = L0 >= 4095
C1 = L0 <= 6143
IF C0 AND C1
{
&x1 = 4095
&x2 = 6143
&y1 = 480
&y2 = 370 // between 10 and 15
}
C0 = L0 >= 6143
C1 = L0 <= 10239
IF C0 AND C1
{
&x1 = 6143
&x2 = 10239
&y1 = 370
&y2 = 300 // between 15 and 25
}
C0 = L0 >= 10239
C1 = L0 <= 12287
IF C0 AND C1
{
&x1 = 10239
&x2 = 12287
&y1 = 300
&y2 = 200 // between 25 and 30
}
C0 = L0 >= 12287
C1 = L0 <= 16383
IF C0 AND C1
{
&x1 = 12287
&x2 = 16383
&y1 = 200
&y2 = 140 // between 30 and 40
}
&dy21 = &y2 - &y1
&dx21 = &x2 - &x1
&dx = L0 - &x1
&dy = &dy21 * &dx
&dy = &dy / &dx21
L1 = &y1 + &dy
&FLAPSERVO = L1
}

Var 0086, name dy

Var 0087, name dx21

Var 0088, name dy21

Var 0089, name dx

Var 0090, name x1

Var 0091, name x2

Var 0092, name y1

Var 0093, name y2



P.D. In my code dont have 0 for flaps up...as you see...you can try change the value to calibrate the gauge

Quote:

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Originally Posted by vybhav

Guys,

Let me also join the bandwagon. Just that I bought the gauges and I am absolutely clueless on what to do. I need help and help from basics as I seem to have zero knowledge on this and material I find on opencockpit website is something I am unable to understand.

If you guys can tell me from the start (yeah.....spoon feed me :) )what to do. I have almost given up on opencockpit guage.

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ok..but tellme what kind of gauge you need help to setup....;)

Carlos

I have three gauages at the moment Flap, Brake and Yaw Damper.

Dear Vybhav, Capetonian and Carlos Corona,

Thank you all for the reply.
It looks like I'm not the only with this problem.
Cannot respond any further right now.
I'll have to go to work in a short while.
Let's stay in touch!!!

Kind regards,

In local language "Groet'n oet ***'n"

Leo

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Carlos Corona

ok..but tellme what kind of gauge you need help to setup....;)

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Friends any help to get me started i am lost in this whole thing...:( SIOC i have no idea on how to start too.


Regards
Vybhav


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