Starting a Boeing 737 NG project, wonder what software to use

[stephanev]

Hi Stephane,

I'm studying a lot before starting to buying components and building.
Can i ask you why you use different vendor IO cards (Leo, Pokeys, Pololu, Opencockpits).

For my understanding:
- Leo are to emulate Joystick for building Throttle
- Pokeys are for "newbies" with the help of FSSimphony
- Opencockpit for what is not covered from the previous

Could you explane for me and other newbies the best use for each card and why your choice?

Really many thanks!

Hi,

My cockpit is mainly based on Opencockpits hence a couple of Opencockpits Master cards, USB expansions and servo cards and other ‘Plug and play’ modules.

You are right, my Leo card is indeed used in my throttle.

The pokeys I already owned it before to build my cockpit so when I needed to interface some potentiometers instead of buying a dedicated card from OC I used the Pokeys that was lying there. Note that mine is a USB one that does not work with FsSimphony (Ethernet only). It is natively supported by Prosim737 and does not require SIOC

Finally the Polu is the micro maestro, it is used to connect servos only. I bought this one instead of an extra servo card from OC because it is cheaper and more straight forward to use as it is also natively supported by Prosim737 and does not need any sioc to run.

In the future I’d like to replace my OC USB modules by idc one as I’d like to reduce the number of USB ports used on my PCs.

Don’t hesitate if you need other information, in PM or another post so we don’t hijack Sam’s post .
Stephane

[made_rm]

Really MANY thanks Stephane, everything is very clear now!

Cheers,
M.

[fsacademy]

Hi Claus, which TQ did you buy. I would be interested to meet you and your danish friends in Lelystad.

Regards.

Sam

[claushansen]

Hi Sam,

It's from www.flightsimpm.com

Let's meet in Lelystad and have a drink

Claus

[fsacademy]

Hi Stephane, I had a look at your blog and I see that you are already at an advanced stage with your cockpit. You also use the throttletek unit I find very interesting in the case I decide to settle for an unmotorized TQ.

I am actually very interested to meet you and have a look at your cockpit and a nice chat about the challenges you did encounter as a few tips you could give me for my project. I'm actually travelling for a few weeks and I'll contact you around mid september.

A bientôt.
Regards,
Sam