Hi again all,
There seems to be quite a bit of motion platform hardware and software development work going on, great to see and to further add to the mix I've done a bit more work on my motion driver software.
I've released a new version (Beta (still!) v0.9.1) which should now run with FSX in addition to FS9. It uses FSUIPC as its interface so you'll need an up-to-date version installed. Note if you are installing FSUIPC with FSX please read carefully Pete Dowson's installation information which can be found at the top of his forum.
There are several improvements other than support for FSX. There's a new setup application which allows all the previously hard-coded configuration settings to be set by the user and saved in a config file. You can save as many different configs as you want. You can now set output COM port, data mode, start positions, working ranges etc etc as well as control the washout rates, saturation levels, pitch & roll rate cueing etc etc - have a look. There's a new User Manual (which helps!).
There is also a new version of the microcontroller programming I use which works with the setup application and allows the main controller performance settings to be made from the PC rather than by re-programming and re-flashing the chips - this makes it much easier to tune-up the rig.
It's all still Beta though - so anyone who tries it is really a Beta tester. If you do have a go please let me know how you get on. I'll try and find time to make any changes that might be needed.
Something to keep you occupied until the open-source motion software team build up the momentum.
Ian
PS it's all here
http://buggies.builtforfun.co.uk/Sim/sim-downloads.html