pmSystems and PhidgetsLED64

[Peter Nielsen]

Hi, I copy bellow the response i had from Jonathan Richardsson, re a question I had in respect of PM systems, when i was adding the Annunciator settings to the Phidget card in Development mode, once i got to the Right Side of the over head, it seems there is no values or entries for the following: at least on my screen they all show as a 0x0
Cowl Anti Ice x 2
same panel under the Anti Ice switches
Overheat x 2
then over to the right panel
The three Zone Temp (not important)
further down
Pack x2
Wing Body Overheat x2
Bleed Trip Off x2
and in the middle panel
Call
They all are a oxo with me, ios it that these are not implemented yet?
Any ideas, especially as Jonathan syas he has no problems..
Peter




Hi I am not aware of any such problem - perhaps it is a build problem orpossibly you need to re-install. RegardsJonathan Richardson -----Original Message-----From: Peter Ingerslev Nielsen [mailto.nielsen@terra.es] Sent: 26 January 2007 22:48To: Enrico Schiratti (Project Magenta)Subject: Overhead Question?Gents,I just finished wiring up all Overhead Annuncitors to the Phidget 64led card.. very easy interface.But, am I right in saying that the entire RIGHT side of the overhead is not interfacable? ie.. Packs, Bleed, wind body overheat, etc they all show on my screen as a 0x0 ??Peter

[Tony]

Hi,

It depends on the build and on what aircraft file you have loaded.

[Peter Nielsen]

Hi,

It depends on the build and on what aircraft file you have loaded.

Latest beta 99B and PMDG 737-800

[Tony]

This must be an intermediate build (99B ?) that I donot know.

I use 98 build with the pmsys737.txt file loaded in pmSystems.

With this setup
the Cowl anti Ice
the Overheat
etc
they all also show 0x0

thus they apparently are not implemented (yet).
No worries this does not influence the overall performance.

[Peter Nielsen]

This must be an intermediate build (99B ?) that I donot know.

I use 98 build with the pmsys737.txt file loaded in pmSystems.

With this setup
the Cowl anti Ice
the Overheat
etc
they all also show 0x0

thus they apparently are not implemented (yet).
No worries this does not influence the overall performance.

Actually using the 737NG 100 file from Thomas Ritcher some of these seem to have been implemented, problem being he renamed others which cease to work LOL!! so this then some work.. Seems though that the Right side (section 5) is yet to be implemented..

if only i could now figure out why in the name of Earth, 2 of the leds seem to light when they should be off and viceversa then ill be happy.

[Olympic260]

This is the header of a Phidgets card, as shown in the Phidgets.txt file. Every card (different number) connected to the computer shows in the txt file that way.
As you can see there is quite a differance in values .

Bob has managed to get it working with "15 3" whereby 3 is the intensity and we are still in doubt as to what 15 means.

I am testing different values now.

Why this header is never appears on my phidgets.txt is beyond me. None of the cards I have pluges does not create this header...

[Tony]

Hi Peter,
Thomas Richter informed me that his file is NO LONGER SUPPORTED.
One should use the default 737 file.

I used his file before but changed to the default recently.
Had to check every position again and rename/change the Phidgets.txt accordingly.
The cowl anti ice e.g. was implemented in the Tomas file but is not implemented in the default file.
Therefore you have to change the name, the position and the actual wiring.

[Bob Reed]

Actually using the 737NG 100 file from Thomas Ritcher some of these seem to have been implemented, problem being he renamed others which cease to work LOL!! so this then some work.. Seems though that the Right side (section 5) is yet to be implemented..

if only i could now figure out why in the name of Earth, 2 of the leds seem to light when they should be off and viceversa then ill be happy.

There are a couple of them you have to "reverse" I can't remember which they are. But try following the ones you are having trouble with, with "off" which force them off. Looks like I need to dig out my entire OH Phidgets code. The OH is not in my sim so I have not looked at it for a while. It was built for someone else! But i do plan on using the Phidgets LED boards on my OH as well. I too am using Thomas's OH file but not the latest one. The one I am using is from Spring. I will dig it out today and see if I can refamiliarize myself with it!

[Olympic260]

Hi Peter,
Thomas Richter informed me that his file is NO LONGER SUPPORTED.
One should use the default 737 file.

Tony,

When this happend? Thomas file was more close to real than the default. Does anybody knows if teh default would be enhanced with thomas now that he is in the team?

[Tony]

Abt 10 days ago Christos.
Thats the reason why I changed to the default file.