PoKeys USB Interface

[Basement_Pilot]

In the meantime I made some progress of wiring my OVH (from Poldragonet).
I counted all the possible switch positions that you can connect, there should be around 133 different positions. That means 133 cables, 133 free ports in some IO cards. Together with 96 LEDs.

I tried to visualize the Pokeys / LED board connection, as it was unclear for me aswell.




That means, if you use 2 Pokeys55 (with one card you have 54 free ports, one is reserved as a reset switch) and 4 LED boards from Wendy, then you just have all the LEDs connected.

If you want to connect all 133 switch positions, you would need ((133-12)/54 = 3) 3 more Pokeys Cards.

So all in all you need 4 LED boards and 5 Pokeys cards to connect a complete OVH panel!

[DeckerZ]

That's a lot of hardware required. I'm thinking of what I have already. I have
FDS-SYS4X High Capacity interface card 128 LEDs & 64 switches
PoKeys & 2 LED Cards
MCPEX1 RS232 (if I ever get it going with ProSim737)
im wondering if I rewire my MIP into the PoKeys and use the FDS card for my Overhead Panel. Just means a lot more work for me, but may solve my problem of having to buy more and more cards!

[DeckerZ]

S I know this is a simulated environment with the panels and cards etc. but I was over at Ian's web site and he has some very detailed wiring diagrams regarding hie overhead panel. I have started to look at the power distribution because its the first thing he talks about when wiring his overhead panel.
BOEING B737NG Overhead Panel
Is this the way most people are wiring their power distribution panel when starting off their overhead panel, or are people just wiring the terminals of their switches to their chosen expansion cards and setting the function of that switch state via their software, e.g., ProSim:737?

[nolatron]

I've got my switches wired 1 switch directly to a input terminal.

Planes like the PMDG 737NGX and ProSim737 handle this kind logic in the software. The plane knows if you haven't done "A" yet you can't do "B". So why bother wiring up hardware to do the same?

It's redundant and not really needed in my opinion.... unless you like doing that kind of crazy wiring for fun.

[threegreens]

I have been thinking of building a nav/comm panel with a HD44780 LCD display driven by my Pokeys 56U.
Problem is I have no idea how to send a character string to the device. I may be naive but I am sure that there are Lua scripts around to do this. My Googling has not yielded anything obvious.
I favour Lua because I can easily run scripts from FSUIPC.

Would anybody here know the answer?

Thanks,

Phil

[UAL3212]

What wires come with the "Led extension board cable set"? Wondering if it the set include a 5v power source or am I still going to have to purchase that.

My plan is to use the PoKeys 56U and the LED extension board to power LEDs for gear indicators (Up/Down) and backlighting for MIP.

[Wendy]

The cable set is optional and consists of 6 cables with connectors. Power supply of 5 Volt is not included.

Regards, Wendy

[UAL3212]

thanks for the info.. Ordered my 56U today.

[KaffeeBart]

Hi there

how can i steer the PWM Outputs of Pokeys57E using LUA script?

i tried this


chk_pin_121_42, pin_121_42 = poKey121:GetAnalogInput(41)
if(pin_121_42 <= 15) then --Input 42 Poti (Analog In) max value 4080 min value 15
pin_121_42 = 0
end
poKey121:SetPWMOutputs(0,4080,pin_121_42)
--Output liegt auf Pin 22 bzw. Channel 0

but on line 5 Flight Simulator will crash down

Thanks for helping


Stefan

[captain23]

Hello Wendy,
Good Day to you. I am a new Micorsoft flight sim X user. I would like to use the Porkeys card to build my own cockpit. is this compatible with FSX. please comment. not sure if you require any other details to answer this question.

Mouli