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A320 Sextant (Thales) FCU
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Looks great Ben.............but how did you get the interface to work ???
It will be one of the great projects when you get it all up and running.
..........BrianW.
Interfacing is not complete. 28V is all you need to get the LCD to become alive. Talking to flight simulator will be another story!
I can confirm the FCU has white digits, however this can change and tint when the LCD backlight display is on.
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Spoilers/Speed Brake and Flaps Panel
That's a nice looking unit. If it uses ARINC 429, it should be totally doable to interface.
Matt
Hi
How do you have realized the backlight control?
Guido
Backlight is being controlled by the FDS distribution boards, however I am having trouble using genuine airbus pots with the board as they are rated at 470 ohms. Right now they are directly plugged into 5v. The FDS backlight boards use 50k pots. Anyone have a solution?
Regards.
Hi, well why don't you just use the 50k pot instead of the original 470 ohm pot, it's just a pot ;). You can modify (grind off) the pot shaft into a D shape so the genuine knob will fit. Just a thought.
Cheers,
Simon
Don't have the necessary tools to grind metal from a small pot; I've been looking for plastic ones, or perhaps this?
https://www.fliptops.net/catalog/p-1...t-long-tine-pc
Backlighht integral lighting, pushbutton lighting are all working well.
http://www.mycockpit.org/forums/atta...id=12179&stc=1
Good news - Christoph (Cockpit Concept) has completed the FCU ARINC429 interface and it is also now working with FMGS and in production. https://www.facebook.com/CockpitConc...MELINE&fref=nf
Looks great, like the real thing - oh wait :)))
I was always wondering how many steps (clicks) per rotation is each rotary. I guess they are all the same but is it indeed so even for example the baro one? And since on the subject, how much travel does push and pull require to engage?
I've put up another video which may help:Quote:
Originally Posted by spiliot
http://youtu.be/eLjf9YvK-J0
Thanks for the video but unfortunately it's not possible to figure the rotation steps from it.
If you could help with that it would be great, you don't even have to turn it on. Just start with the heading indicator triangle pointing in a certain location and slowly rotate it in one direction counting the clicks until it comes back to the same direction. Looks like it is around 20+4 but this makes a huge difference.
PS. I was surprised to see the rotaries skip steps and/or backslashing when turned to fast, exactly like what the cheap mechanical ones I use do. I expected the real thing to not have that problem!
Just for you spiliot:Quote:
Originally Posted by spiliot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvDs_J750Kk&feature=youtu.be
Oh finally! Thanks man. It is 32 steps per rotation after all (or perhaps 30 if you didn't skip a couple in the video that I counted as double but won't make a huge difference).
Maybe because the equipment is over 30 years old, lol :)Quote:
Originally Posted by spiliot
For those that are interested, this is what it looks like inside:
http://www.mycockpit.org/forums/atta...id=12196&stc=1
Hi OmniAtlas
Have you find a screen for the MCDU?
Best Regards
Guido
No - at this stage we are going to turn on the mcdu and see if we can work directly with it You need 115 AC and a fair bit of current.
I enjoy following this thread, there really is no comparison between the real deal. Good to see you have preserved the parts but also trying to get them powered up. :)
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Cheers Geremy, a challenge, but fun!
Next step is the MCDU. Got the screen to turn on today...
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GMT 4200 Electronic Clock
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Unfortunately the UTC display isn't working correctly -- anyone have any experience fixing these types of displays?
A few more to play with and try and figure out how to interface with FMGS -
http://www.mycockpit.org/forums/atta...id=12252&stc=1
http://www.mycockpit.org/forums/atta...id=12253&stc=1
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Hi guys, just wanted to let you know David has made some good progress with the RMP interfacing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_t6lDYPZPw
Is David here on the forum? If not maybe you could point him to my RMP virtual panel code, I'm pretty sure he'll be able to pick up the code and interface it easily to the hardware (if not I'm always available to help).
Yes, I'll ask him to contact you, cheers :)Quote:
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Hi everyone! : )
I'm Dávid, the guy who's working on the ARINC429-FSX interface mentioned above by Ben. I asked him and he gave me the all-clear to post my newest update video about it in this thread.
I migrated to C# from VB and started from scratch. I added Simconnect functionality and improved things veeeery slightly on the Serial side. I also ported some useable code from my VB test program and used them as the skeleton to make more efficient functions.
The program reads every line of incoming data, however at the moment it only uses data that has the label "030", which is the label for "VHF FREQ".
While VHF1 sets COM1 in FSX normally, I decided to use VHF3 as a placeholder to set COM2. This was done temporarily to save time spent on wiring and soldering up another ARINC channel and messing with the Arduino wires and code. In the near future, I'll improve the current Arduino=>PC protocol a bit and add multi-channel capabilities.
Here's a video of the RMP working with FSX. If you want to skip the introduction and preparation, go to 2:24 where I tune into the ATIS.
Pardon the stuttering, I'm still not used to talking on cam, and I made this video 2 minutes after I woke up.:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXbcg6Z6Fn0
Excellent work David, you've made great progress in such few days. Awesome work!
Thank you very much for your kind words and support! I will try my best to keep making progress "at the speed of a Concorde" ;)
A few Captain Window liner shots
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Moving onto the next big stage of the build -- ARINC429 interfacing --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrZU62PVZwc&feature=youtu.be
The ECP has now been successfully interfaced with Jeehell FMGS with Cockpit Concept ARINC429 boards -- it was a straight forward procedure, and very minimal wiring required.
http://www.mycockpit.org/forums/atta...id=12345&stc=1
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Nice work Ben!
A review of the Cockpit Concept ARINC 429 boards which made this all possible: https://soarbywire.wordpress.com/201...-board-review/
RMP now successfully linked up with P3D and Vatsim/IVAO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V7aVbIZaF4
Rudder Trim has now been successfully interfaced:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvBreUx1rzY
Pinouts at http://www.soarbywire.com/…/09/08/rudder-trim-panel-pinouts/
Performed an engine failure, and it looks like FMGS does a very good job compensating with rudder autotrim :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6P212ugDDQ
Good work Ben, are you using ARINC 429 for this as well?
John
Yes, using Christoph's ARINC 429 boards. They are very easy to work with - only two wires for the Rudder Trim panel.
hi Ben, I was wondering what did you use to connect the 5v power for the backlite? Can you show a picture of that connection? I have real glarewings that have the same type of connections as yours here on your pic.Quote:
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thanks
jose
There are pinouts at the back of the pedestal:Quote:
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