by johnhlong » Wed Mar 13, 2002 2:27 am
Which way you go might be controlled by how much "Modifications" are already done to the transmitter.
You need the basic circuits to be working to get the PPM signal output needed for any of the interface cables.
If the transmitter has been mofified to connect the resistors on the joystick directly out, you may want to just redo the resistors on the sticks to the correct values and then connect them to the gameport input like a standard joystick.
The joystick interface is limmited to 4 channels. The other interfaces are capible of up to 8 channels but FMS only utilizes 4 at this time (Hoping for more utilization in the future).
There are plans around to change out the pots (resistors) in the sticks of an old transmitter so they work like a standard joystick. The reason you should change the stick resistors are because they are the wrong value to simulate a joystick. There is also the problem with the sticks not using the full travel of the resistors. The modifications allow for both conditions and make a nice controller if done right. As a side thing, the transmitter can then be used with any game that uses a joystick for an input.
John
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