XI will most likely deal with the whole wiring this weekend since it's quite the mess. Whoever did the wiring here loved black wires. Ground? Black. Neutral? Black. Live? You guessed it, Black.
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XI shall call it roulette: electric (literally) boogaloo
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RI changed rubber bump stop for joystick and re-calibrated it and stored settings for each config files. I might have done something wrong and now the dcs generated force are not being reflected, and while I was trying few config files from back up folder and calibration again, the virtual center of Y axis went way forward(3283) and doesn't get fixed by re-calibration despite the center value says 2546. I tried to load firmware default on configurator. This time the vjoy related error was not seen on dcs.log. Any help will be appreciated.
WThe physical calibration and virtual center point (blue circle) are two different things. If the sim sets the center point forward then it will be off center regardless. Or am I misunderstanding something?
YI have the Rhino and to and two 04’s, one for Smitty’s pedals mod and another for the Virpil collective mod. I updated the firmware and the latest softwares. I had them all running perfectly, but I switched helicopters and lost all effects on the pedals. Restarted the program, restarted the computer, but I get no effects. Went back to the first helicopter that worked a few minutes prior, no effects. Any ideas?
RAh, I get it, calibration wouldn't do anything, I'm not sure where but something might be on dcs side. I'll try again and see what dcs logs I get. I guess something is failing to initialize upon the launch of the dcs. On the other hand, I have configurator opened while the dcs is not yet launched, after restarting the computer/cycle power for the FFB boards. I tried resetting all effect within the TelemFFB (even I feel this is just for TelemFFB instance). The virtual center somehow stays near full forward. It may get reset upon receiving correct command from the dcs. So far the debug tab tells 'Reset' and 'FFB_RemoveAllEffects' upon launching the dcs.
WRefer to the loaded effects in the Debug to shed light of what's going on. DCS creates it's own spring effect and adjusts the the center point, spring stiffness (coefficient) etc
RThanks! I'm checking it now!
RCenter is -3211, not sure why this is so off from the center value...is saturation have something to do with this?
RI've never configured saturation in dcs axis settings but checking it just in case.
RSo far saturation is 100 which I think it's default, not curves are applied.
RI see coefficient is changing from 4055 to 41 when the trim release is pressed, then goes back to 4055 when I let the button go.
ROther than virtual center is way off to forward, I think I've seen similar issue before, it's like the force feedback is working only for TelemFFB generated part. I think only thing I had to was restarting the dcs, but it doesn't get it fixed this time.
WDCS is sending this value, telemFFB is not controlling spring center for DCS. Which aircraft are you testing?
RI was testing on Mi-8, I tried another restart and the dcs is applying update now....65GB download,
WAlso make sure hardware force trim is not enabled for DCS to correctly control trim
RThanks, checked and it's "Unchecked"!
TTry the reset trim button in game. If you are launching on an air start especially the mission can have predefined trim point.
WAlso In game
ctrl-enter display shows the trim diamond of where the stick should be trimmedRThe control appear to be reflecting the stick position, which means the way forward virtual center is letting aircraft going into steep dive. I have to either holding the stick fighting against the spring, or keep pressing the trim release, for the level flight. The update seems to be done, I'm trying again...
RI see the control diamond, but I don't see the trim center diamond. There should be both isn't it?
RI'm trying other helicopters...
TIn Ctrl+Enter at least on the hind, I only see one diamond and it matches the virtual (dcs commanded) center.
TIn the Mi-24. As I move the stick, the diamond moves. When I press and release trim button the diamond stays and stick stays in that position.
TMake sure you don’t have any curves or saturation applied in DCS also.
RThanks, no curves not saturations are applied. I see the trim button on the Mi-24 and Ks-50III are getting registered(As I see the button in game are being pressed), but actual trim release is not happening. Something must have got messed up. I'm checking the controls now and may be running integrity check.
RI cleared trim release button assignment and re-opened the control dialog, then assigned the button back on. The trim release button is not sounding on the Mi-24. Running the integrity check but I've ran out of time for today. Thank you Walmis and TheAmasinGreat, I'll come back tomorow!
RGood evening, the dcs integrity check has passed. Windows SFC didn't find any issue for integrity neither. I was able to bring the joystick virtual center back to center, by using hardware trim, and I disabled the hardware trim then launched the dcs, the virtual center stays at center of the grid and never moves. I found that the Center value for the joystick stays at 0 all the time, while Coefficient changes from 4055 to 41, upon pressing the trim release in dcs. The center value for the Pedal is showing position value and changes as I move the rudder, so I assume the joystick value is somehow not getting to the application, despite I can move in-game joystick by moving the physical joystick. I see the issue is the same across multiple helicopters I tried, Mi-8, Mi-24, Ka-50III and AH-64. I double checked the vjoy is disabled and restarted and checked again. I'm trying to see where the problem is. May be the dcs is not generating some part of FFB command. I checked the dcs.log again, so far I don't see any errors regarding the FFB. I flew Yak-52 and F-4E, the dcs generated effect doesn't seem to be applying to the joystick. Any ideas where to check?
WCan you show your configuration?
Wnotably the effects tab
RHello Walmis, here it is, thanks,
WCan you try testing with pedals disconnected?
RGot it, working on it now...
RI disconnected the pedal, launched the dcs and hopped on Mi-8, it's still doing the same, letting the trim release button go and stick goes back to center instead of staying where it's left.
WHere's how it should work
WTrimmer should be set to instant trim
WFFB enabled
RAh, I see the center value behaving the same as the pedal. I'll check the special tab in the dcs again...
RStick trimmer sat to the Instant Trim, I tried to change to something else, and re-changed it back but so far no joy. I confirmed the Force Feedback is being checked. I unchecked and restarted the dcs, then check back on and restarted, still not working.
RThanks! testing it now!
RI hit banner and opened properties, pressed 'Play' button, "ID:5 Spring (100%)" shows up on Loaded effects: pane, however, dragging the slider doesn't move the pointer on the grid.
RTried on both Spring Axis 0 and Spring Axis 1.
RThe "ID:5 Spring(100%)" grays out shortly after I stopped moving the slider.
ROh, I see some errors,
WOh interesting, what is your usb setup ?
Rusb setup? like other devices connected?
WLike the topology - HUB, direct connection, USB PCIe card or MoBo direct etc 