Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick adjustments.

2009-11-13 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009, David Harel wrote: > This code didn't work. I noticed you took it from aileron section so maybe it > doesn't match the throttle settings. Can you copy the throttle section for > me? Most joysticks use the controls.throttleAxis() Nasal binding since it handles engine select

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick adjustments.

2009-11-13 Thread David Harel
Anders Gidenstam wrote: On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, David Harel wrote: Hi there, My current settings are: Throttle forward nasal 2.0 1.5 controls.throttleAxis() Hi, and are not applicable when using a Nasal command. You'll have to change to a traditional property-scale co

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick adjustments.

2009-11-11 Thread David Harel
Anders Gidenstam wrote: On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, David Harel wrote: Hi there, My current settings are: Throttle forward nasal 2.0 1.5 controls.throttleAxis() Hi, and are not applicable when using a Nasal command. You'll have to change to a traditional property-scale c

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick adjustments.

2009-11-11 Thread Anders Gidenstam
On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, David Harel wrote: > Hi there, > > > My current settings are: > > > Throttle > forward > > nasal > 2.0 > > 1.5 > > controls.throttleAxis() > > > Hi, and are not applicable when using a Nasal command. You'll have to change to a traditional property-scale command to

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick on Vista (Logitech Extreme 3d Pro)

2009-02-02 Thread Rob Shearman, Jr.
The name detection thing and the registry messages are "normal" for FG and Windows, for right now. There is a patch going in to fix it, I think, but it's nothing to worry about. The correct format for the joysticks.xml file to "manually" point to your preferred bindings file is: (Or whateve

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick problem

2008-07-30 Thread Ron Jensen
On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 07:03 -0700, jj wrote: > Ron Jensen wrote: > > > > > > I took the default Saitek X52 file and re-enabled the rudder axis. Give > > it a try. (use it to replace Input/Joysticks/Saitek/X52.xml ) > > > Hi Ron: > > Many thanks for your reply, however unfortunately even tho

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick problem

2008-07-30 Thread jj
Ron Jensen wrote: > > > I took the default Saitek X52 file and re-enabled the rudder axis. Give > it a try. (use it to replace Input/Joysticks/Saitek/X52.xml ) > Hi Ron: Many thanks for your reply, however unfortunately even tho I've placed your file as directed, I still have no rudder contr

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick problem

2008-07-29 Thread Ron Jensen
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 09:54 -0700, jj wrote: > I've now tried that with no success, see attached jsx.txt > > jj > > > > fgjs makes a file called js0.xml which needs to be copied to > > $FG_ROOT/Input/Joysticks/ Doing this should override the supplied > > driver. > > > > Assuming you did that corr

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick problem

2008-07-29 Thread Hal V. Engel
ECTED]> > To: FlightGear user discussions > Cc: Ron Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:54:07 PM > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick problem > > I've now tried that with no success, see attached jsx.txt > > jj > >

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick problem

2008-07-29 Thread Rob Shearman, Jr.
lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:54:07 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick problem I've now tried that with no success, see attached jsx.txt jj > > fgjs makes a file called js0.xml which needs to be copied to > $FG_ROOT/Input/Joysticks/ Doing this s

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick problem

2008-07-29 Thread jj
I've now tried that with no success, see attached jsx.txt jj fgjs makes a file called js0.xml which needs to be copied to $FG_ROOT/Input/Joysticks/ Doing this should override the supplied driver. Assuming you did that correctly and it still doesn't work, attach your js0.xml and send it to the

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick problem

2008-07-28 Thread Ron Jensen
On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 08:26 -0700, jj wrote: > I have a Saitek X 52 joystick here in use with FlightGear. > > I've used fgjs to program it, and that seemed to work for the pitch, > roll, and throttle but not for the rudder! > (Also did not seem to get the buttons to operate as expected). > > An

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick issue on a Cygwin version vs Windows [more on this - curiosity now]

2007-12-17 Thread Brian Keener
Melchior FRANZ wrote: > No, it doesn't point FlightGear anywhere. Everything between > are comments, and FlightGear ignores that. You'd > have to remove the comment marks. A, Got it now. So with them commented - Flightgear searches to see if it can find a match and if uncommented the one l

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick issue on a Cygwin version vs Windows [more on this - curiosity now]

2007-12-17 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Brian Keener -- Monday 17 December 2007: > [...] > which points FlightGear to the correct file with the Cyborg Evo Force > entry in it No, it doesn't point FlightGear anywhere. Everything between are comments, and FlightGear ignores that. You'd have to remove the comment marks. m. --

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick issue on a Cygwin version vs Windows [more on this - curiosity now]

2007-12-17 Thread Brian Keener
Brian Keener wrote: > Never mind - I figured it out. All of a sudden it hit me that the two > displayed in cygwin - only one was my joystick and the other was not > the one of the one from my windows version that worked. Once upon a > time in the cygwin version ( I just went back to this to tr

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick issue on a Cygwin version vs Windows

2007-12-14 Thread Brian Keener
Arrgg, Never mind - I figured it out. All of a sudden it hit me that the two displayed in cygwin - only one was my joystick and the other was not the one of the one from my windows version that worked. Once upon a time in the cygwin version ( I just went back to this to try) I had left an en

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-11-16 Thread Dan Lyke
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:21:01 -0800 "Hal V. Engel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The price of all this looks to be about $300 which I have to admit > > seems like a lot . > > Yes that is about what it costs to have a full complement of OK > quality flight controls. However, if you've got

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-11-16 Thread Sid Boyce
Lee Duke wrote: > Alright, I'm ready to purchase crewstation equipment for my Linux box. > Basically, I'm trying to build the equivalent of a ground station for a > UAS into my Linux box (FC 6). The idea is that I can use FlightGear on > the Linux box to develop displays and controls and guidanc

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-11-16 Thread Hal V. Engel
On Friday 16 November 2007 11:07:16 Lee Duke wrote: > Alright, I'm ready to purchase crewstation equipment for my Linux box. > Basically, I'm trying to build the equivalent of a ground station for a > UAS into my Linux box (FC 6). The idea is that I can use FlightGear on > the Linux box to develop

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-11-16 Thread Lee Duke
Alright, I'm ready to purchase crewstation equipment for my Linux box. Basically, I'm trying to build the equivalent of a ground station for a UAS into my Linux box (FC 6). The idea is that I can use FlightGear on the Linux box to develop displays and controls and guidance algorithms then possi

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-27 Thread Hal V. Engel
On Friday 26 October 2007 21:11:33 Robert Black wrote: > On Friday 26 October 2007 12:00, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > > * Georg Vollnhals -- Friday 26 October 2007: > > > Melchior Franz helped me out with a trick to set the saved calibration > > > via a script on booting, [...] > > > > Nowadays I recom

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-27 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Georg Vollnhals -- Saturday 27 October 2007: > 1. I made two rules-files I wouldn't do that. Better have one single file with all local modifications to the udev rules. (I have other rules in that file, too). That's far handier to backup and maintain, though it's certainly not the reason why it

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-27 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Melchior FRANZ schrieb: > * Georg Vollnhals -- Friday 26 October 2007: > >> Melchior Franz helped me out with a trick to set the saved calibration >> via a script on booting, [...] >> > > Nowadays I recommend to let udev do that: > > # echo 'KERNEL=="js*" RUN+="/usr/local/sbin/jscal.sh"'

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Robert Black
On Friday 26 October 2007 06:21, Lee Duke wrote: > Anybody try any of these CH joysticks on a Linux box? > Lee I was assuming that Stuart ran Linux. But yes. Everything in this thread applies to Linux. Check Sid Boyce's signature. ---

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Robert Black
On Friday 26 October 2007 12:00, Melchior FRANZ wrote: > * Georg Vollnhals -- Friday 26 October 2007: > > Melchior Franz helped me out with a trick to set the saved calibration > > via a script on booting, [...] > > Nowadays I recommend to let udev do that: > > # echo 'KERNEL=="js*" RUN+="/usr/lo

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Sid Boyce
Georg Vollnhals wrote: > Hal V. Engel schrieb: >>> I already have each plugged into different USB hubs. I got the same >>> problem with them attached directly. I have also tried them on 2 other >>> Linux boxes with the same results. It stopped working normally around >>> 2.6.14, but another reply I

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Sid Boyce
Hal V. Engel wrote: > On Friday 26 October 2007 09:17:23 Sid Boyce wrote: >> Bernhard Kuhn wrote: >>> Sid Boyce wrote: The only problem I and others have reported is that starting with a particular 2.6 Linux kernel, the controls do not work after a boot up. The work around is to repl

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Melchior FRANZ
* Georg Vollnhals -- Friday 26 October 2007: > Melchior Franz helped me out with a trick to set the saved calibration > via a script on booting, [...] Nowadays I recommend to let udev do that: # echo 'KERNEL=="js*" RUN+="/usr/local/sbin/jscal.sh"' >> \ /etc/udev/rules.d/91-local.rules ...

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Georg Vollnhals
Hal V. Engel schrieb: >> >> I already have each plugged into different USB hubs. I got the same >> problem with them attached directly. I have also tried them on 2 other >> Linux boxes with the same results. It stopped working normally around >> 2.6.14, but another reply I got on this list said it

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Georg Vollnhals
John Clary schrieb: > > I'm rebuilding my simpit to convert it from gameport to USB and I'm > thinking about changing from pots to Hall sensors. Hall sensors are > non-contact so there is no wear, and give a 0-4V output with a 5V > input that is much like a pot (5V GND and Out instead of Wiper). I

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Hal V. Engel
On Friday 26 October 2007 09:17:23 Sid Boyce wrote: > Bernhard Kuhn wrote: > > Sid Boyce wrote: > >> The only problem I and others have reported is that starting with a > >> particular 2.6 Linux kernel, the controls do not work after a boot up. > >> The work around is to replug them once the system

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Sid Boyce
Bernhard Kuhn wrote: > Sid Boyce wrote: > >> The only problem I and others have reported is that starting with a >> particular 2.6 Linux kernel, the controls do not work after a boot up. >> The work around is to replug them once the system is up - no big deal. > > I had the same problem with th

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Hal V. Engel
On Friday 26 October 2007 05:37:28 Sid Boyce wrote: > Lee Duke wrote: > > Anybody try any of these CH joysticks on a Linux box? > > > > Robert Black wrote: > >> On Friday 26 October 2007 05:30, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> I'm looking for recommendations for a new joystick for F

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread John Clary
On 10/26/07, Sid Boyce wrote: > Lee Duke wrote: > > Anybody try any of these CH joysticks on a Linux box? > > > > > > Robert Black wrote: > >> On Friday 26 October 2007 05:30, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > >> > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> I'm looking for recommendations for a new joystick for FG. > > > I ha

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Bernhard Kuhn
Sid Boyce wrote: > The only problem I and others have reported is that starting with a > particular 2.6 Linux kernel, the controls do not work after a boot up. > The work around is to replug them once the system is up - no big deal. I had the same problem with the Saitek rudder, so i attached i

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Sid Boyce
Lee Duke wrote: > Anybody try any of these CH joysticks on a Linux box? > > > Robert Black wrote: >> On Friday 26 October 2007 05:30, Stuart Buchanan wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I'm looking for recommendations for a new joystick for FG. >>> >> snip- >> Anything CH. I have a CH

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Lee Duke
Anybody try any of these CH joysticks on a Linux box? Robert Black wrote: On Friday 26 October 2007 05:30, Stuart Buchanan wrote: Hi All, I'm looking for recommendations for a new joystick for FG. snip- Anything CH. I have a CH Fighterstick USB that sits in front of my lapto

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Robert Black
On Friday 26 October 2007 05:30, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm looking for recommendations for a new joystick for FG. snip- Anything CH. I have a CH Fighterstick USB that sits in front of my laptop keyboard all the time, I've had it since May 2004 and I traveled with it for o

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestions

2007-10-26 Thread Tom Schinckel
Stuart Buchanan wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm looking for recommendations for a new joystick for FG. I've previously > had two Logitech Wingman Force 3D joysticks, which after a year or so begin > to deteriorate. The symptoms are that the joystick doesn't stay centered > properly, making it almost im

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick and Guns/rockets/canons/bombs and torpedos and also boost

2007-01-04 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Mittwoch, den 03.01.2007, 21:31 -0800 schrieb Hal V. Engel: > On Wednesday 03 January 2007 00:37, Detlef Faber wrote: > > Am Montag, den 01.01.2007, 16:41 -0800 schrieb Hal V. Engel: > > > I have been playing around with my control setup and recently modified an > > > old joystick to work as a t

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick and Guns/rockets/canon s/bombs and torpedos and also boost

2007-01-04 Thread AJ MacLeod
On Thursday 04 January 2007 05:31, Hal V. Engel wrote: > > > The first issue is how the boost control is set up. I notice that in > > > the P51, Corsair and the Beaufighter that these are setup differently > > > but not much differently. Just enough that it looks like anything I > > > setup in m

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick and Guns/rockets/canon s/bombs and torpedos and also boost

2007-01-03 Thread Hal V. Engel
On Wednesday 03 January 2007 00:37, Detlef Faber wrote: > Am Montag, den 01.01.2007, 16:41 -0800 schrieb Hal V. Engel: > > I have been playing around with my control setup and recently modified an > > old joystick to work as a throttle quadrant (has throttle, mixture and > > pitch controls plus a s

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick and Guns/rockets/canons/bombsand torpedos and also boost

2007-01-03 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Mittwoch, den 03.01.2007, 08:58 + schrieb Vivian Meazza: > Detlef Faber wrote > > ... snip ... > > > > There is also some difference in Boost handling. Some Aircraft switch > > the blower by hand, so the switch works like on/off. Other engines (like > > the two staged supercharged merlin)

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick and Guns/rockets/canons/bombsand torpedos and also boost

2007-01-03 Thread Vivian Meazza
Detlef Faber wrote ... snip ... > > There is also some difference in Boost handling. Some Aircraft switch > the blower by hand, so the switch works like on/off. Other engines (like > the two staged supercharged merlin) switch the gears automatic and the > "user" button just disables this Automati

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick and Guns/rockets/canons/bombs and torpedos and also boost

2007-01-02 Thread Detlef Faber
Am Montag, den 01.01.2007, 16:41 -0800 schrieb Hal V. Engel: > I have been playing around with my control setup and recently modified an old > joystick to work as a throttle quadrant (has throttle, mixture and pitch > controls plus a starter button). This freed up some buttons and one axis > (w

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestion request

2006-12-30 Thread Robert Black
Do a search of the archive. There was a long discussion of joysticks recently. I'm sure this one was mentioned. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users Simstick R Groszewski wrote: > Hi, > > I decided to go out to our local Target and buy a Logitech Attack 3. > It has 1

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick suggestion request

2006-12-30 Thread R Groszewski
Hi, I decided to go out to our local Target and buy a Logitech Attack 3. It has 10 buttons, and a Z-axis control for the throttle. It's a great joystick, but in order to get full button functionality with Flight Gear, you need to download the Logitech Gaming Profiler from their website. (

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick problem

2006-12-20 Thread Robert Black
After you do your configuration, compare the file to a stock file for another similar joystick. I do my configuration and then copy and paste the default 4 axis joystick config over the top of my custom file to get the x and y working properly. John wrote: > Surely somebody knows how to change t

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick works, FlightGear doesn't.

2006-07-23 Thread Jonathan Hepburn
On 7/23/06, Ron Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this Linux? I had issues with Debian kernels between 2.6.13 and > 2.6.15. 2.6.17 works for me. > > Try: > hd /dev/input/js0 > > That should dump rows of data as you move the stick. If it just dumps a > few lines and stalls you have the sam

Re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick works, FlightGear doesn't.

2006-07-22 Thread Ron Jensen
On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 21:08 +1000, Jonathan Hepburn wrote: > Greetings all, > > I have a simple problem which, god help me, might actually have a > simple solution. > Flightgear no longer recognises my joystick's axes. > > Joystick: Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, about a month old > FlightGear: CVS, cu

Re: [Flightgear-users] joystick

2001-10-14 Thread Curtis L. Olson
Landy, Have you read through this information: http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/FlightGear-FAQ.html#4.2 Regards, Curt. Landy Roman writes: > when i run jscal i see current driver is newerr that what jscsal was > configured for, what does it mean? > > i moved the file created by fgjs to j

Re: [Flightgear-users] joystick

2001-10-14 Thread Landy Roman
when i run jscal i see current driver is newerr that what jscsal was configured for, what does it mean? i moved the file created by fgjs to joysticks.xml but this did not work? On Sun, 14 Oct 2001 10:10:25 -0400 Landy Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > fgjs creates a file call fgfsrc.js wher

re: [Flightgear-users] Joystick on 0.7.8

2001-10-09 Thread David Megginson
Christopher Fowler writes: > I'm using a USA FlightIdentity Yoke. It is a 3-Axis 2-button yoke. It > seems extremely jittery in FlightGear and I always have to keep my > hands on the yoke to keep the plan flying straight. The arrows on the > HUD do not exactly stay still. They jitter.