Now both wings are in place it is time to mount the monitor, which was temporarily fixed with clamps, for real. I drew the measurements for the VESA mounting with the help of a spirit level and a ruler. Before…
Frame for a CDU
I have an OC CDU on test to see if I like it or not. It is a version 2, so without backlighting and the leds will have to be connected yourself by soldering wires to a 40-pin connector. Before…
Finally flown again
The overhead is completely operational again after replacing the faulty cabling by Input Connection Boards. Offcourse there were some switches that still did not operate, but that was mainly because there were no wires soldered, the soldering had come loose…
Wiring overhead adjusted
The second hand overhead I am using often had some switches that did not work anymore. This was caused by the way the switches were connected to the Mastercard (with self made cables and wires soldered to selfmade PCB’s) it…
Interface replaced
I have had quite some problems with an Open Cockpits USB Outputs Card the last couple of weeks. At a regular base this card wasn’t recognized by Windows. At first this could be mended by removing the USB plug and…
Finally flying again
The re-installation came with quite some troubles. After everything was installed again it appeared that Windows had created a partition table with which Windows couldn’t work. So I had to de-install everything (to preserve the licenses) and start all over…
Scenery comparison
After the installation of Prepar3D I also installed some extra software to enhance the scenery. I choose the ORBX FTX line of product with FSGlobal 2010 (special FTX edition). To be able to compare this scenery I made screenshots from…
Finally I have flown again
Despite the problems with the PoKeys cards I managed to do a little flying today. I had to control quite a lot with the keyboard because I could not use the switches in the MIP. Also the yoke and rudder…
Configuration problems
I am having trouble with the PoKeys interfaces in combination with ProSim. In several forums I have read that more people are using this combination without any troubles, so I will have to figure out what is wrong in my…
Mounted the interfaces
Two of the three Pokeys devices will be fitted with a Led Extension Board. I will be using the bottom most 24 connections, so I already connected the wires. The Led Extension Board is in use in a test setup…