prosimparts radio modules

I've got their NAV, COM, ATC radios and their Overhead Panel kit. I'm happy with my purchases and the panels all look great.

Had a few minor items (back panel, some screws, a rotary switch, gauge cover) missing from the overhead kit but Danhiel will be sending those shortly when the overhead indicators are ready.

The 7-segment displays aren't hard to wire up. The main issue with the one's he ships with the panels is the "dot" for every segment is wired together. My fix was a to cover the ones not needed with a small piece of black electrical tape. Problem solved.

Is wiring difficult? Hard to say. Really depends on your experience and skill level. Wasn't too hard for me but I've done this kind of stuff before.

I've pictures of all my hardware in my gallery here: Blue Skies - A 737 Cockpit Project

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Originally Posted by cuevision

The ordered RAdios must be here in some days. If you like, I can make some pictures of me wiring them. I have spoken to Imtryin

He has it working and loves it.

Regards,
Ed

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Yes sure :) it will be very nice if you can make som pictures when you wiring :) Thanks! It will help not just only me but many others :)

Hi Super2277,

As I said, I must receive them any moment and I am looking forward to it. I will make pictures from the package and the opening with the received parts. I have ordered the 737 /Radio set + Squawk. As I use it in IVAO, these parts are highly needed. It´s not longer nice to use the Saitek radiopanel anylonger for this.

To get them well functioned, I have also - already at home - bought

- 3 displaycards - Open Cockpits
- 1 Mastercard - Open Cockpits
- 1 USB expansion card - Open Cockpits
- 1 bodnar BBI32 card

Keep you informed.

Best regards,
Ed

I like the quality of Danhiels products. I ordered the pedestal back in September and is very content with the quality (compared to the price).
The pedestal is from the basic series so I had to build the pedestal my self. This has taken me some months but of course is the fun part. Got a bit of track here; I just wanted to say the ProSimParts is of a nice quality.

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Originally Posted by BuildABoeing

I like the quality of Danhiels products. I ordered the pedestal back in September and is very content with the quality (compared to the price).
The pedestal is from the basic series so I had to build the pedestal my self. This has taken me some months but of course is the fun part. Got a bit of track here; I just wanted to say the ProSimParts is of a nice quality.

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Soo the basic line is also good? what electronics do i need? a list of potometers and knobs? :)

I like to looks of the Basic Line. I am sure you can get better looking products at other vendors, but not at that price!

In the Basic Line you only get the panels, so all electronics have to be bought else where, and you must assemble everything you self. That can be quite a task as there are 15 panel parts in the pedestal. So the final result and finish depends on your own skills. ;)

A quick calculation:
Basic Line (COM+NAV+ADF+XPNDR)
€40 - 4 panel-parts (4 of the 15 on the pedestal from ProSimParts)
€40 - 7 segment displays
€50 - Dual Encoders (You can use single encoders then it is only around €20)
€30 - Knobs Boeing style
€10 - Various electronics

So as you can see the Basic Line also sums up to around the same as the Radio Stack.

Add to this the time it will take you to assemble the radio-panels the the lack of finish when you make them DIY-style. I bought most electronics from Mouser.
So there is nothing wrong with the Basic-Line. But if you only want the radios those few extra Kroners/Euros are well spend!

(Not that I regret that I bought the whole pedestal instead of only the radios. I like having the whole rack sitting next to me. But it took me 3 months to make the panels)-

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Strange. I do not need knobs and encoders. They are all integrated in the modules. Do not understand what Peter means by this. Here are my photo's from the received package this afternoon. Looks gooood and even if they are basic, I am happy with this first impression.

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The 4 individual Radio modules he offers includes everything in an "almost-plug-n-play" setup. Panels, encoders, switches, etc...

He also offers a complete pedestal panel kit but that is just the panels and what peter bought. I can't access the site to see if offers a pedestal + switches kit though.

It's the same for the overhead. 1 Overhead kit is nothing but panels while a 2nd overhead kit includes panels plus all knobs, switches, etc... I bought the overhead kit that includes everything.

The others pictures are dead!

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The others pictures are dead!

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Sorry, Think a reanimation helped.

Good luck
Ed

These radios are to be connected and bring alive with these cards:

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The green modules are the OC modules and the little one down under is the BODNAR PRICES:

- 3 displaycards - Open Cockpits = € 96.57 (total)
- 1 Mastercard - Open Cockpits = € 64.95
- 1 USB expansion card - Open Cockpits = € 43.95
- 1 bodnar BBI32 card = € 42.63

I use the PROSIM 737 software and this recognize all at once. Just wire and tuning.

Regards,
​Ed

Ed

Some encoders cannot be read properly with OC Mastercards. Have Prosimparts confirmed that their encoders will interface ok?

David

The Dual Rotaries ProSim provides will not interface directly with O/C Mastercards. They'll work but I think the issue was they sent two pulses per detent.

I needed to get two O/C Rotary Encoders cards and reprogram the Encoder cards chip with this code to get the Dual Rotaries to work.

Hi

You are right. Thats Why I use the bodnar. The modules you seeing are the display modules of OC. The Bodnar is responsible for the buttons and encoders.

Regards,
Ed

Ed

Great, pleased to see that you are ahead of the game :D Nolatron, thanks for the info

David

How are the Bodnar cards with the rotaries? I tried using a Pokey56 I had and still couldn't get them to function correctly. They kept jumping pulses I think with each detent with these particular dual-encoders.

Hi Shaun,

It can be done with Pokeys of Wendy too. I use Pokeys for the FLT ALTITUDE and the LAND ALT rotaries. Easy to setup with the Pkeys software. For this it is not needed to use other hardware.

Good luck,
Ed

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He also offers a complete pedestal panel kit but that is just the panels and what peter bought.

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Exatcly! :-) That is the difference between the Basic Series and Standard Series.

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Originally Posted by nolatron

I bought the overhead kit that includes everything.

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What did you do with the annunciators? They do not seem to be included.
Home made?

Cheers Peter

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Originally Posted by BuildABoeing

What did you do with the annunciators? They do not seem to be included.
Home made?

Cheers Peter

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Danhiel told me he'd ship everyone who the OVHD kit a set of annuniciators once he completed them. Sounds like he's hoping to have them by the end of the month. So I'm waiting on those on a few small pieces missing from the kit.

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Originally Posted by cuevision

Hi Shaun,

It can be done with Pokeys of Wendy too. I use Pokeys for the FLT ALTITUDE and the LAND ALT rotaries. Easy to setup with the Pkeys software. For this it is not needed to use other hardware.

Good luck,
Ed

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Hi Ed,

How did you get these working? I also use the ProsimParts Encoders with the Pokeys cards but the digits go crazy :(
Does it matter to what port of the card i connect the encoders?

Thanks in advance.

Groet Corné

Ha Corne

i have to look at it tomorrow. I am not in the area of the cockpit right now.

Ok?

Regards,
Ed

Corne,

Do you use Prosim737? I do so. In Prosim I go to encoders and assign them to the corresponding Pokeys ports.

Ed

Hi Corne.

Are you still interested, because you did not respond on my question what software you use?

However, I can tell you some more. I use Prosim737. And in the enclosed pictures you can see how these encoders are connected to the ports of Pokeys. They are connected in pairs.

If you have any questions left, please do not hesitate to ask me.

Best regards,
Ed

Hi Ed,

Thanks for your reply. I also use Prosim. Im going to try it again. Do you have these enconders?
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Ha Corne

I have attached a blurry picture of the inside of my pedestal. However the encoder I use can be seen. The encoder you use seems to be different. Is this also from prosimparts?

Good luck,

Ed

Hi Ed,

It works now!! I have changed the Encoders ports and configured them as a pair and its flawless now! Thanks for the help.
Do you also have the 7segments connected to the Pokeys? Im thinking of buying the 7segments from Wendy for Land Alt, FLT ALT and the ELEC Panel but then i need 3 7segment boards for that and another Pokeys card. A lot of €€€ again ;)

Kind regards,
Corné

Hi Corne,
Yes I use them too in my OVH. I will have a look too and will reply!

Regards
ed

Ok Corne,

Below you can see what I use for these two segmentboards. But first my setup in Prosim737 to get these segments lighted up:

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You can see that I use a second Pokeys board for these segments. This card is mounted in my OVH. The first card is mounted in my pedestal.

Display and encoders:
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Pokeys 56U card:
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As you said; you have to use two Pokeys segmentboards:
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About the Elec panel; I use the Matrix Orbitol display. In Prosim737 its already configured. Just plug in with the use of a serial adapter, assign it to a comport and it will work right away. I do not know if this is more or less expensive as using other possibilities. This is what I use:

Display:

http://nl.mouser.com/Search/ProductD...key891-VFD2041
Display cover

http://nl.mouser.com/Search/ProductD...lkey891-GRN204

Total 126.77

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It will need a Serial - USB convertor to connect it right into a usbport:

http://www.allekabels.nl/display.php?cat=177&group=668

Well. Hope you have ebough information on this too.

Nice weekend and good luck
Ed

thanks for the pictures I have just purchased and fitted the electric ovhd panel from wendy and got it working but can't get flt/land alt segment to work do you simply use encoder config page In prosim like your picture? or do I do anything else encoder is connected to grd and 2 ports on pokeys card. thanks.Norman

Hi Norman,
I have the Encoders working as Ed describes here above.
This is how i did it. Make sure your Encoders are connected to 2 following port numbers, for example port 11 and 12. Then go to your Pokeys card and set the Encoders port 11 and 12 to ''Inactive''. Then go to Prosim Encoders Tab and select the correct port numbers for ''FLT Alt in encoder'' and ''Land Alt in Encoder'' as shown in Ed's picture.
For me it worked perfect!

Corné

Hi Corne and Norman,
Norman is right and it seems you find out yourself Corne. I have forgotten to mention the numerical setup in Prosim737 for the displays. From the segment boards, you have a connector with 4 wires Brown/Red/Orange/Yellow (See ROY on image, pins 9/10/11 and 23/24/25.) These wires are to be connected too to the Pokeys card as can be seen below.

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Regards,
Ed

Hi you all

I see that these posts about prosim parts are more or less old. I like to show you the end result of my pedestal with these parts and The CPflight parts. Pictures are not that good. Sorry

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Regards,
Ed

Hi eveyobe

I also have the radio panels fron prosim parts, and using the opencockpits electronics. How did someone solve the problem that only one decimal point glows. You have to be able to multiplex the dot LEDs so only one will glow. For that you need an electronic circuit. That is my problem, I don't know how.

Hope that someone could help me, thank you very much.

Cheers Norbert

Hi Norbert,

I also use the OC for connection to Prosim737. However I do not get your point exactly. All I can tell about this, that it aint possible to get that dot on another place as it is. This gave me a problem at the ADF radios for which I need the decimal two places before the last one, like this 000.00.

I have asked Danhiel of that company. He told me that I was right about the decimal of the ADF and sent me 4 new displays on which the decimal was 000.00 instead of 0000.0.

Is this what you mean?

Good luck
Ed

Hi ed

Thank you very much for your quick response. I was one of the first one who bought the radios from him. My displays have all the decimal points working so when I connect power to one all come one. Guess Danhiel has blown the decimal points which are not needed. This was also my plan. The is a person that got it working that only one decimal point comes on. Will ask Dabbuel to sell me few so I can try blown the decimals that are not needed.

cheers Norbert

Ok Norbert

I understand you. This sucks, I can imagine. This means that these segments are not ok. As you say, only one of them has to work on THE CORRECT place. A slight problem of these displays: that the dots can not be reached in changing a wire. This is pre-made by the developer. There is just ONE pin that connects to ONE dot. All other dots can not be reached seperately. So you have to replace them all. I am sure that Danhiel will sent you new ones, without a problem.

regards,
Ed

HI corne,
thanks for reply I have done this today but they don't work still! I'm not sure if it may be the encoders themselves? its a poldragonet ovhd not sure which make of encoder is supplied going to order a cts 288 encoder as I know prosim recognises them.
norman.

Hi Norman,

didnt you read my post? I also use Poldragonet. Their encoders are working fine for me. So perhaps you could try my advise. The only thing I can think of is you might have wired it wrong.

Ed

Hi Ed,
yes I read your post but realise now my mistake! I have not configured ports 9,10.11, 23,24,25 in the numerical cnfig file! silly me? thanks Ed.

This makes sense now. As I use the same encoders, it should work for you too ;-)

Good luck,
Ed