FMS vs XP vs Futaba Skysport 4YF-FM

[Dizturbd1]

Okay all, I need to know what way to connect my Futaba Skysport 4YF-FM, to a Windows XP Pro computer.

I cant really find any definate answer that was clear for me to see, I've seen the USB, PIC, and Serial versions.

Now the confusing part... I've heard of someone using a PC Soundcard Mic input on a Futaba ? Does that work? I know there' is an adapter required...

But which way is most feasble ?
If you have any suggestions, please feel free to email me.
Thanks in advance.

Chris.
Dizturbd1@sbcglobal.net

[albejanon]

First, Hello. I´m new in this forum but I´ve tried many versions of serial pic interfaces and almost all did not work properly (I don´t know wy)... But I found that the Eric Brower´s serial PIC interface works fine in fms beta 7 under Win98 and Win2k. I´ve not tested the new version of fms yet but I think that there would not be any problem with this interface.

Link:

Try it, it really works fine and Eric doesn´t mind to help you if you have problems. You can find your RC pinout and many others things.

I hope this information helps you,

albejanon@hotmail.com

[Eric Brouwer]

Here are the main reason that such a lot of the PIC 12C508, 12C509, 12C671, 12F675 & 16F628 interfaces does not work correct.

These PIC's uses an internal oscillator, and it needs to be programmed to the correct value to get 4MHz clockspeed.

The calibration value is normally stored in the last program location, and if the device is erased/programmed, some third party programmers write over this calibration bit. To prevent this, the programmer must be blocked to program the very last program location.

When using MPLab and the Picstart Plus programmers, the software will not clear/write to this program location.

For more info on this topic, please visit www.microchip.com, and download the required PIC's datasheets. These datasheets gives all the detail regarding the calibration bits.