B17 throttle project

[svaughn01]

Sorry for asking so many questions but, will the BU836x card except the rotary switches? If they do, I cannot get it to recognize the switches so I must be wiring it wrong.

[altack]

No problem,
here is how to wire a rotary switch on your BU0836X card, for example with a switch limited to 4 buttons

You only need to connect the center pin to one GND connector of your BU0836X card

Hope it will help,
Francois

[svaughn01]

Hmm, yes thats exactly how I wired it but got no response in FSUIPC for it. Must be something im missing..

[altack]

Just to be sure, you may check that buttons are working (at least to an electrical point of view) within the Window's "Game Controllers" applet as shown below:

Otherwise I don't know well the BU0836X cards, I'm using the regular BU0836 with homemade diod matrix board.
May be try to cluster your inputs, i.e. try to use buttons 1 to 6 with the same common ground, then the # 7 to 12, 13 to 18 etc...?
Also check your wiring for bad soldering.

[svaughn01]

Got them all working. Funny thing, I dont think I had the box plugged in the reason I couldnt get the switches to be recognized before lol. Got to be sure to remember the little things too I guess

[Killratio]

Got to be sure to remember the little things too I guess

Yep, the number of times I have had the flap lever lower the gear, or half the switches stop working, swear, curse, threaten to burn the lot...only to find that I have reversed some wires or failed to connect a USB cable........




Darryl

[39dukester]

Message to altack,

I am interested in the file to make the decals for the control board, you also mentioned that you had done one for a DC-3.

Can you send me the files, I am making a control board for a DC-3, and I like what you did with the B-17, especially the mag switch, both the DC3 and B-17 used the Type B-5 mag switch.

Here is my email:

[email protected]

[Tomas Linnet]

Francois

Any way I can get you to upload the deleted pictures??
I just received my Leo Bodnar board, and I want to build something similar of yours. If I can get 20% of the look yours have I'll be more than happy!

[altack]

Thanks to the latest P3Dv4/P3Dv5 B17 release I walked down memory lane.
I didn't checked Tomas request for re-uploading the pictures of this 10 years old thread, it is now done.
Sorry for the delay
And Millions thanks to A2A for this beautiful bird !
Francois