Re: Ready built FMS interface in UK?


"Just Another Model Aeroplane Fan" <dcjtee@xxxxxxx> wrote in
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Is there a ready built FMS interface I can buy in the UK?
If so where from and what should I expect to pay?

Many thanks - Dave

Hi,
UPDATE : April 28th, 2006.

FMS INTERFACES

This is a small summary of possible interfaces for FMS. Good study!
The general rule : the PC needs from your transmitter the following :
a) the ground
b) the PPM OUT-signal
How to find those 2 contacts on your buddy connector or how to find the
connections in case your transmitter is not fitted with a buddy box
connector, check out my website (http://users.belgacom.net/TX2TX) chapter 1
paragraph 1.1

To test your PPM signal through the microphone entry of your PC, download
the small program PPM-stick (rcaudio.exe) from here :
http://users.skynet.be/phildc (not any settings necessary). Other RC-->PC
utilities can be found on this site.

A) For Win 95-98-Millennium with FMS, 2 easy possibilities (above all
possibilities that are also possible for Win 2000 and XP, see section "B").
1) THROUGH THE PARALLEL-port (LPT1)
eventually with a resistor and zenerdiode, see the manual of FMS
c("handbuch" in German)
(http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index.html) or some examples on my
website which I personally tested (http://users.belgacom.net/TX2TX) figure
7f-fms and others in chapter 7. Or here : http://www.pibros.de/ (German).

2) THROUGH THE SERIAL-port
See the manual of FMS ("handbuch" in German)
(http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index.html)

If you think you're not able to make such a cable, buy eventually one :
http://www.customelectronics.co.uk
http://www.allthingsrc.com/website/fms/fms1.html
http://www.k-webdesign.com/modellflug/rc-interface.htm (German)

B) For Win 2000 and Win XP with FMS, a SIMPLE connection through the
parallel-port or serial port as described here above is NOT working, those 2
versions of Windows are
handling other protocols on these ports than Win 95-98-Millenium.

Your options then :
1) VIA PPJOY
By downloading and installing PPJOY and connecting your transmitter with a
simple parallel or serial interface.
download : http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=75176
installation : http://www.geocities.com/deonvdw/Docs/PPJoyMain.htm
http://nexstar4.free.fr/aero_bidouilles_cable_sim.htm (French)

2) THROUGH THE SOUNDCARD
With smartpropo-plus : http://www.geocities.com/shaul_ei/SmartPropoPlus.html
or
http://www.rc-sim.de/art_engine/article.php?article=107&PHPSESSID=1a678bc70f4e4bc7124dec45175d42f5
(German)
The advantage is that it's simple to make : 1 audio-cable only

3) THROUGH THE SERIAL PORT (Com-port)
a) via an interface with a programmable IC (PIC), which is described in the
directory of FMS, see .FMS\Doc\Interface\readme_en.htm on your harddisk.
Or "Simple PCM" : this one has the advantage to use the power of the
transmitter and not by the control-signals ofthe PC. And as such is neither
depending on the system settings, neither of the used program :
http://www.jdm-nivelles.be/fichiers/fms/SPCMliste.htm
Or http://myweb.absa.co.za/eric.brouwer/interface.htm

b) or the same electronic interface that you can buy ready to use here :
http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk/
http://www.customelectronics.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.clonepac.freeserve.co.uk/prod03.htm
http://www.milehighwings.com/pic_cables.htm
http://www.rc-sim.de (German)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/patrick.bicheron/acceuil.htm (French)
http://www.cb-elektronics.de/catalog_1.html (German)

4) THROUGH THE USB-port

The cheapest USB-interface : Multiplex USB or Hitec USB-interface : 2
identical products, except for the adaptor cable. This interface works with
all brands of transmitters. For the Robbe FC18, a small capacitor must be
fitted in serie on the signal :
for Hitec : http://www.hitecrcd.com/homepage/product_fs.htm under
"flightsimulator cable"
for Multiplex : http://www.multiplex-rc.de and search for the product n°
85148
http://www.rc-circuits.com/USB%20Joystick%20Interface.htm (English,
selfmade)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rc-elec/ (French : to buy or in kit, schematics
included)
http://www.rc-electronics.co.uk
http://alessioandrea.altervista.org/rcjoyng.html (English-selfmade)
http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk/fms_lead/fms_lead.htm
http://www.customelectronics.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.milehighwings.com/usb_cables.htm
http://www.geocities.com/simblaster/
http://www.milehighwings.com/usb_cables.htm
http://www.ripmax.com/FS_Simulators_Accessories.html
http://www.ifrance.com/aerofly/GO.htm (French)
http://www.rc-scale.com/francais/_electronique/projet_interface_usb.html
(French-German - selfmade)
http://www.heise.de/ct/04/20/230/ (German-selfmade)
http://www.harald-sattler.de/html/fms_unter_xp2.htm (German-Selfmade)
http://www.rc-sim.de/art_engine/article.php?article=108&PHPSESSID=1c3bc363fb2ed34af9f2b125deb62934
(German-selfmade)
http://rcsim.flugmodellbau.de/downloads/PDF-Dateien/interface_USB.pdf
(German : kit)
http://www.modellpilot.de/ (German)
http://www.k-webdesign.com/modellflug/rc-interface.htm (German)
http://alessioandrea.altervista.org/project_1.html

If you have a 4-axis joystick, you can use an interface-cable
gameport-->USB, for sale in every computershop, thus ideal for modern
laptops without a COM-port

5) THROUGH THE GAME-port
a) with an interface which transforms the signal of the transmitter in a
joystick-signal
http://membres.lycos.fr/silicium31/ (French)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aero2000/Technique/Simpic/Simpic.htm
(French-selfmade)
http://www.geocities.com/simblaster/
http://www.ripmax.com/FS_Simulators_Accessories.html
http://www.k-webdesign.com/modellflug/rc-interface.htm (German)

b) buy a 4-axis-controller joystick
http://www.gamebird.de/de/index.html (German)

c) or make yourself a 4-axis joystick with an old RC-transmitter, removing
all electronics, replacing the 4 potmeters by potmeters of 200K (not 100K
like mostly mentioned), and wiring like in :
http://soldcentralfl.com/flyingpenguin/rcstick.htm
http://graccus.free.fr/joystick.html (French)
http://iquebec.ifrance.com/st-prime/modif_rc.html (French)

6) Or make a partition on your harddisk where you will install Windows
95-98-Millennium. Then you can connect your radio simply via the
parallel-port or Serial-port as described in the manual of FMS and start the
older Windows (see section "A").

Hope this helps,
Olivier
--
http://users.belgacom.net/TX2TX : buddy box compatibility problems between
different brands of RC-transmitters.



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