On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 17:29:09 +0200, Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 14:23:20 +0200, > Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 11:31:38 +0200, > > > Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > >>I've set it to 20 times a second. > > > > > > ..this is configurable, no? Some FG planes are R/C models, and > > > when plugging R/C transmitters to a FG box, we may wanna use > > > good old 50Hz, and possibly 400Hz etc on newer gear, or just > > > read-n-use whatever comes in the across the plug interfaces. > > > > Would limiting the reading of buttons to once every 50ms and leave > > the axis as is solve this particular problem? > > ..possibly, depends on how far we need to go. Take the good old steam > radio era, like the 70'ies analogue Futaba's, I've got 2, the > instructor box powers and reads the student box stick (or encoder) > thru the buddy box cord, when holding the "teach" button in, and ...hands over, not > takes over the ...student's > sticks. > > ..on releasing the button, instructor sticks are read at 50Hz, the > student sticks either at 50Hz in by the student box encoder, or as > resistance from the stick pot meters, I believe this analogue approach > was used by the Futaba steamers, and they may have moved on to read > pulse trains. > > ..assuming FG reads the pulse train encoder instead, we're back > at 50 Hz, but how quick can FG read steamer vintage Futaba stick > potmeters off the buddy box cord? > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
