The avionics program Jeehell FMGS includes an incredible pilot training tool – a full featured intercom application. The program simulates aircraft intercom functionality. Headsets and boom microphones can be setup for the pilots, and even an instructor. The program integrates directly with the Airbus Audio Control Panel (ACP) and the push-to-talk (PTT) buttons of the … Continue reading
The RMPs are now successfully integrated with the simulator. Interfacing with Cockpit Concept AIRINC429 boards allows the hardware to talk to the avionics software using FSUIPC. Cross talk, or synching between 2 or 3 RMPs is also possible using the dialog input and output – when you change the frequency on one RMP, this is … Continue reading
‘As Removed’ RMPs acquired are usually found with a damaged LCD and light bleed from years of use. The COM frequency might be illegible – The RMP LCD has now been replaced by replicas manufactured by Captain Andre. The process was straight forward, only requiring swapping of the LCD panel, elastomer strips and a blue … Continue reading
A 15 year old A320 RMP was recently acquired. The condition was unknown as avionics are usually only purchased ‘as removed’ (AR) – it can sometimes be a real gamble purchasing parts as you may have a broken LCD display, unusable buttons or knobs, or the whole unit may not even power on. After giving … Continue reading
When you literally have hundreds, if not thousands of parts lying around waiting to be put together (a giant jigsaw puzzle) you may tend to have multiple mini-projects developing concurrently. The following solutions are currently being developed – ASI integration with a digital servo (thank you Mick) RMP refurbishment / repair Trim Wheel software/hardware implementation … Continue reading
The last few weeks has been frustrating – for some reason the ECAM Control Panel pushbutton no longer has ARINC output, and the RMP now no longer turns on. I am putting down the culprit to a mistake I made with the 28 voltage and a possible short circuit when I was connecting the ARINC … Continue reading
David is making good progress with his own ARINC 429 interfacing solution. Good work as it is a complex affair trying to interface two RMP together. I would be interested to know how David intends to use two RMP with the Vatsim or IVAO software client. Continue reading
It took minimal time to wire up the the RMP to Cockpit Concept’s lowspeed ARINC 429 boards — only 2 wires were required. A software profile was already written to interface directly with Prepar3D. I can report the genuine panel fully works with Vatsim/IVAO. Unfortunately the success was short lived as I managed to accidentally … Continue reading
David is working at the speed of the Concorde to get this working. Amazing work! We are one step closer to genuine RMP and FSX/P3D functionality via SimConnect – this should mean Jeehell FMGS compatibility is also guaranteed. Well done! Continue reading
Our friend Dávid has made some good progress with the RMP interfacing. In the video below you can see he has managed to make it ‘talk’ to the computer with an Arduino board and some affordable components. Pretty amazing! The next step is to have it functioning with Simconnect and Jeehell FMGS. Imagine using your simulators … Continue reading
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