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Thread: Working with rotary switches
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12-23-2009, 08:25 PM #11
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12-24-2009, 05:21 AM #12
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Re: Working with rotary switches
Matt
No! - you must use a two pole 6 way rotary switch as described in Ian`s tutorial. Suggest you check Mouser.com or other large supplier. Alternatively, as Ian will get a notification of this post, he may be able to give you a product reference
David
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01-17-2010, 10:22 PM #13
Re: Working with rotary switches
Alright guys, I have another question now that I am starting to wire.
The engine start switches in a 757 turn left to GND to start but once the engine starts, they snap back one click to the right to AUTO. I don't want to attempt to make the switch automatically "snap" back to AUTO, but I was wondering if there is a way to wire the rotary switch so that I can switch the knob back to AUTO (once the engine starts) but WITHOUT the switch respond in flightsim. This is because once the switch snaps back to AUTO in FS but my actual switch is still on GND and if I turn it to put it on AUTO, the game will read that as me moving it from AUTO to FLT. Does that make sense? Is there a way to wire a 2-pole rotary switch to make this work?
Regards,
Matt
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01-18-2010, 12:23 PM #14
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01-18-2010, 12:50 PM #15
Re: Working with rotary switches
Hi Jim,
The switch positions are as follows from left-right: GND-AUTO-OFF-CONT-FLT
So I meant to say that when the engine has started IN FLIGHT SIM and the switch snaps back to AUTO in the game, on my physical panel the switch will still be on GND. If/when I turn the switch from GND to AUTO (which is where it would move to on the real airplane) the game will recognize that as moving the switch from AUTO to OFF because in the game the switch is already on AUTO and not GND.
Does that make more sense?
My thought process is would it be possible then to wire the switch so that the AUTO position does not have a response in the game?
Regards,
Matt
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01-18-2010, 12:57 PM #16
Re: Working with rotary switches
hi matt.........
if this is for the starter switch and you dont want the starter switch to be seen turning back, then why use an encoder? just simply wire the rotary switch to see the GND (and FLT if you want) position.
i cheat (I learned very early on that compromise is one of the best words i know), i have wired the starter switches so they contact at the GND position and then i've 'tee'd' a connection to the FLT position. so in essence, i have a connection at GND and FLT (the same one). then i send the signal thru a BU0836X card and use an engine starter command in FSUIPC. sorry i'm not near the cockpit at the moment so i can't tell you which command and it's such a long time since i did it that i can't remember. but i know it's not autostart because i have to make sure my fuel levers are in idle or the engine does not start. you can even record a mouse macro to do the job for you if your panel supports them.
sorry i didn't realise what you wanted to do when you contacted me, i assumed you wanted an encoder for a 'special switch' like the wipers or autobrake.
BTW, any cheap rotary switch will do as long a it has the correct indexing for your panel (30 or 45 degrees).
good luck and regards ... ianMr. Ian. P. Sissons is hereby recognised as an Honorary Flight Sim Captain following his passing in February 2016. This is in recognition for his commitment to Flight Simulation.
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01-18-2010, 01:05 PM #17
Re: Working with rotary switches
Hey Ian,
Actually this question came up AFTER you had sent me the other info. Your answer to my other question was a big help too.
Following your idea about just wiring the individual switches, what wires touch which contacts and so forth? I am using a 2-pole, 30 degree index. Do I wire one contact with one position and the other contact with a different position and then attach them to the board?
Matt
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01-18-2010, 01:12 PM #18
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Re: Working with rotary switches
Matt, that's how I thought it must be. Follow Ian, he's leading you in the direction I was about to send you. Jim.
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01-18-2010, 01:47 PM #19
Re: Working with rotary switches
hi matt.......
leave it with me, i'll mail you an explaination in the morning (dinner time in the UK and the bride is telling me if i dont go now, my dinner will be in the dog
rgds ... ianMr. Ian. P. Sissons is hereby recognised as an Honorary Flight Sim Captain following his passing in February 2016. This is in recognition for his commitment to Flight Simulation.
www.mycockpit.org Featured Builder August 2008 www.737ng.co.uk
FS9/PROSIM737/CPFLIGHT/Lots of BU0836X's and a Beer Fridge
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