I use vjoy and joystick gremlin and have no issues? I made a custom plugin to do differential brakin

I use vjoy and joystick gremlin and have no issues? I made a custom plugin to do differential braking with the lever on my joystick grip combined with my rudder pedals

Aamadeus I use vjoy and joystick gremlin and have no issues? I made a custom plugin to do...

TheAmazinGreat•4/25/23, 4:10 PM

Thanks, I figured there had to be more experiences. Glad to hear it’s worked for you!

TheAmazinGreat•4/25/23, 4:10 PM

I’m down to the point of printing my pulleys and then sourcing belts for my kit build. I am getting antsy to try it out!

TTheAmazinGreat Smitty, did you try it at all with vJoy enabled, without XPForce?

smitty•4/25/23, 5:49 PM

It works as a joystick without xpforce but what’s the fun in that?

Havebug•4/25/23, 7:55 PM

With latest IL2 patch, the Y axis spring force seems gone... anyone having same issue?

Rails•4/25/23, 8:04 PM

Yep that’s what I’m experiencing

Havebug•4/25/23, 8:06 PM

It must be the game... with DCS working as usual

smitty•4/25/23, 9:42 PM

so i wired up as shown.. have 5v on the shift register.. and nothing. generic debug shows this

smitty•4/25/23, 9:44 PM

smitty•4/25/23, 9:44 PM

All pins connect to gnd when pressed.

kingjamez•4/25/23, 11:24 PM

If it were me, I’d wire the shift register up to a simple arduino (uno or similar) and send the output of the shift register to serial so you can see what’s being read. There are a ton of guides on YouTube for reading out a shift register with arduino.

smitty•4/25/23, 11:38 PM

no need to make this more complicated. wouldnt i get the same FFFFFF's?

kingjamez•4/25/23, 11:40 PM

You seem like you’ve got it figured out on your own. I’ll let you diagnose

smitty•4/26/23, 1:53 AM

all the FF FF FF's are coming in even with the shift register disconnected... so even if i had a spare arduino around it wouldnt tell me much. also tried new FW update, same.

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 2:51 AM

Each FF is a hexadecimal 8 bit number (FF = 11111111) to indicate signal from the shift register board. An unpressed shift register should read:
FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

The first 4 FFs are for the 32 buttons (4x8 bits =32). When a button is pressed you should see one of the FFs change to something like F7 (11110111) or BF (10111111). Where the 0 in the binary byte is the button being pulled to ground.

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 2:52 AM

I’m trying to think of why you would be getting FF for all 16 bytes though. That is odd. My first guess would be an issue with your SCK or CS wiring/connections.

smitty•4/26/23, 3:21 AM

That’s what I don’t get.. I followed my pic above exactly .. I did the crisscross in the joystick, and then it’s red, green, yellow, blue (white on the lower cable), black.

smitty•4/26/23, 3:22 AM

No shorts anywhere either.

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 3:30 AM

And you’re certain the 9 pin plug isn’t the issue? I agree at first glance it looks correct. I would unplug the JST XH 5pin from the main board and check continuity between the SR and JST plug. You could also make sure there is nothing shorted together too for good measure.

smitty•4/26/23, 3:32 AM

yep i checked for shorts, all good there. all the button pins beep on the meter for continuity when i press the corresponding button. ill check continuity with the 5pin to register board, ive been using this 9pin in this application before with no issues and the female one is brand new

smitty•4/26/23, 3:36 AM

everything is good thru the 9pin

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 3:38 AM

Even with nothing connected to the shift register button wise you should see the debug as FF FF FF FF 00 00 00… so to see all 16 FFs to me says it is an issue between the SR and main board.

smitty•4/26/23, 3:38 AM

if i yank the 5pin i get all FF FF

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 3:40 AM

So with nothing plugged into the grip plug it’s the same as with the SR plugged in?

smitty•4/26/23, 3:40 AM

yep

smitty•4/26/23, 3:42 AM

i saw the old posts from stal2k about his FFFF's but his buttons were all lit up.. mine arent. he had a voltage issue but mine reads 5.03 at the 5pin

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 3:43 AM

FF should be unpressed so with all FFs you shouldn’t have anything lit up.

smitty•4/26/23, 3:44 AM

yea he had some other unrelated issue i guess, i just remembered someone getting FFFFF 🧰support

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 3:46 AM

I remember that. But that seems like a different issue

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 3:47 AM

Are any of the pins on the 9 pin plug connected to the metal case? Anything touching metal in the enclosure or on your rig that could be causing a short?

smitty•4/26/23, 3:48 AM

9pins are in 3dprints, nothing touching metal.
woah this is weird, im just messing with buttons here and if i hold down more than 2, i can get 24,25,26,27 to light up

smitty•4/26/23, 3:51 AM

but my button wires are on d0-d7

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 3:52 AM

The D# don’t necessarily correspond to the button number in VPF configuration.

Ssmitty That’s what I don’t get.. I followed my pic above exactly .. I did the crisscros...

walmis•4/26/23, 3:52 AM

Try the shift register profile

smitty•4/26/23, 3:52 AM

been trying both generics and vpf shift reg

Wwalmis Try the shift register profile

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 3:53 AM

Is that not the same as debug?

smitty•4/26/23, 3:53 AM

one of the generics is debug

walmis•4/26/23, 3:53 AM

Oh and button layout is different than on silkscreen on this pcb revision

smitty•4/26/23, 3:54 AM

its rev01

walmis•4/26/23, 3:56 AM

Try saving the shift reg profile and resetting the board

smitty•4/26/23, 3:59 AM

same results

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 4:02 AM

Only other suggestion I have is to eliminate the 9 pin to verify that isn’t the issue. I know I had some issues during bench testing with my connections showing continuity but actually being loose and causing issues. I had to put it down and come back and start from scratch a couple times.

smitty•4/26/23, 4:02 AM

if i hold the button on d2 i get no lights, i can get 27 to light while holding d1+d2, and 28 while holding d2+d3..

smitty•4/26/23, 4:04 AM

cant really eliminate the 9pin, wont be able to climb in/out of this simulator

smitty•4/26/23, 4:04 AM

i have to yank the joystick to get out

smitty•4/26/23, 4:06 AM

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 4:06 AM

Just for testing purposes I mean, get it working and then work additional complexity in.

Ssmitty if i hold the button on d2 i get no lights, i can get 27 to light while holding ...

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 4:07 AM

I had a similar issue. I think it ended up being loose/faulty wiring. 🧰support

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 4:07 AM

I ended up rewiring my plugs and reconnecting and send/save a new config and it worked.

TheAmazinGreat•4/26/23, 4:08 AM

I’ve got to hop off, but hope you can figure it out. Keep us posted!

smitty•4/26/23, 4:09 AM

will do, thanks for the tips!

I use vjoy and joystick gremlin and have no issues? I made a custom plugin to do differential brakin

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