From brian at sikkema.us  Sat Apr  2 18:31:35 2011
From: brian at sikkema.us (Brian Sikkema)
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:31:35 +0900
Subject: [simpits-tech] Cool RAH-66 pit w/EECH + More Facetracknoir comments
Message-ID: <4D97CDF7.3070708@sikkema.us>

Hey all,

Been messing around a bit with Enemy Engaged: Commanche vs Hokum lately. 
Came across this page for a guy building a Commanche pit using the sim:
http://www.simpit.me.uk/index.htm

He goes by AndyB over on SimHQ, perhaps he's on this list?

For some good pics go to Photographs then click on "Cockpit dashboard" 
and browse through those. You can see he's using the MFD export feature 
to drive a monitor behind the two main MFD's, and he's using some of the 
data extraction capabilities in the latest mods of EECH to drive some of 
the other indicators and lights. In all it looks really cool!

I've gotten the MFD extraction working in EECH to throw some MFD's on my 
second monitor, however so far I've found NO documentation on the data 
extraction stuff. I'm thinking of dropping this guy a line and seeing 
what he used to figure it all out. There's some stuff on the wiki at 
http://www.eechcentral.com/ but it appears to be completely out of date, 
as the data extraction programs have changed...

I also got a chance yesterday to play around a bit with the facetrack 
program, and I like it! I just grabbed a cheapie webcam I've had in a 
box for a couple years, plugged it in and was set up ready to go in a 
few minutes. I did have some issues with it loosing "lock" on my face at 
first, but this was solved by dropping a cheapie LED flashlight next to 
the webcam to illuminate my face a bit better, as my computer setup has 
a lot of light behind me, but not much up front. After I did this I had 
almost no issues with tracking.

My one gripe is that the facetrack API registers your head position 
relative to the camera, which means for it to register 0/0/0 on the 
rotation axis', you have to be looking directly at the camera, which 
means ideally the camera should be right smack in the middle of your 
monitor. Obviously that can't happen, so I had mine set up directly 
below my monitor. However facetrack then registered that I was looking 
up slightly... it didn't make too much of a difference, and with all the 
adjustment you can do with the tracking curves I could probably just set 
the dead zone high enough for it to not register, but what I'd much 
rather be able to do is calibrate it so it register 0 when my head is at 
my normal position, and register changes from there. Of course, maybe 
that is possible and I'm just missing it...

Anywho, anyone looking for a VERY cheap alternative to TrackIR should 
definitely check out facetracknoir. Cost me nuttin but a webcam I hadn't 
used in ages anyway! lol.

Brian

From echotech1452 at gmail.com  Wed Apr  6 12:53:35 2011
From: echotech1452 at gmail.com (delor lauchang)
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 12:53:35 -0700
Subject: [simpits-tech] Cool RAH-66 pit w/EECH + More Facetracknoir
	comments
In-Reply-To: <4D97CDF7.3070708@sikkema.us>
References: <4D97CDF7.3070708@sikkema.us>
Message-ID: <BANLkTin7FhbLGQaLaAunooN3ONC-7jh=Hw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,
Just got my MFD Cougar Pack, the select buttons does not work for numeric 1
to 4, is there a way to make select butoons 1-4 for keyboard numeric 1-4?

Thanks,

Delor

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Brian Sikkema <brian at sikkema.us> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Been messing around a bit with Enemy Engaged: Commanche vs Hokum lately.
> Came across this page for a guy building a Commanche pit using the sim:
> http://www.simpit.me.uk/index.htm
>
> He goes by AndyB over on SimHQ, perhaps he's on this list?
>
> For some good pics go to Photographs then click on "Cockpit dashboard"
> and browse through those. You can see he's using the MFD export feature
> to drive a monitor behind the two main MFD's, and he's using some of the
> data extraction capabilities in the latest mods of EECH to drive some of
> the other indicators and lights. In all it looks really cool!
>
> I've gotten the MFD extraction working in EECH to throw some MFD's on my
> second monitor, however so far I've found NO documentation on the data
> extraction stuff. I'm thinking of dropping this guy a line and seeing
> what he used to figure it all out. There's some stuff on the wiki at
> http://www.eechcentral.com/ but it appears to be completely out of date,
> as the data extraction programs have changed...
>
> I also got a chance yesterday to play around a bit with the facetrack
> program, and I like it! I just grabbed a cheapie webcam I've had in a
> box for a couple years, plugged it in and was set up ready to go in a
> few minutes. I did have some issues with it loosing "lock" on my face at
> first, but this was solved by dropping a cheapie LED flashlight next to
> the webcam to illuminate my face a bit better, as my computer setup has
> a lot of light behind me, but not much up front. After I did this I had
> almost no issues with tracking.
>
> My one gripe is that the facetrack API registers your head position
> relative to the camera, which means for it to register 0/0/0 on the
> rotation axis', you have to be looking directly at the camera, which
> means ideally the camera should be right smack in the middle of your
> monitor. Obviously that can't happen, so I had mine set up directly
> below my monitor. However facetrack then registered that I was looking
> up slightly... it didn't make too much of a difference, and with all the
> adjustment you can do with the tracking curves I could probably just set
> the dead zone high enough for it to not register, but what I'd much
> rather be able to do is calibrate it so it register 0 when my head is at
> my normal position, and register changes from there. Of course, maybe
> that is possible and I'm just missing it...
>
> Anywho, anyone looking for a VERY cheap alternative to TrackIR should
> definitely check out facetracknoir. Cost me nuttin but a webcam I hadn't
> used in ages anyway! lol.
>
> Brian
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From david at allen1.net  Sat Apr  9 13:23:06 2011
From: david at allen1.net (David C. Allen)
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:23:06 -0600
Subject: [simpits-tech] PhidgetAnalog 4-Output Board
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From geneb at deltasoft.com  Wed Apr 20 06:04:52 2011
From: geneb at deltasoft.com (Gene Buckle)
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:04:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [simpits-tech] Cessna Cockpits in the UK...
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1104200603470.5972@grumble.deltasoft.com>


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cessna-150-cockpit-ideal-simulator-NO-RESERVE-/250805509078?pt=UK_CPV_Aviation_SM&hash=item3a652c5bd6

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Homebuilt-Simulator-based-Cessna-172-/250805531149?pt=UK_CPV_Aviation_SM&hash=item3a652cb20d

g.


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From phoenixcomm at gmail.com  Wed Apr 20 14:10:35 2011
From: phoenixcomm at gmail.com (Cris Harrison)
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:10:35 -0500
Subject: [simpits-tech] Cessna Cockpits in the UK...
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Message-ID: <4DAF4BCB.9040101@gmail.com>

On 4/20/2011 8:04 AM, Gene Buckle wrote:
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cessna-150-cockpit-ideal-simulator-NO-RESERVE-/250805509078?pt=UK_CPV_Aviation_SM&hash=item3a652c5bd6
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Homebuilt-Simulator-based-Cessna-172-/250805531149?pt=UK_CPV_Aviation_SM&hash=item3a652cb20d
>
> g.
>
>
would make a nice pit, lots of work...
and then of course shipping over the pond?!

Cris H
www.phoenixcomm.net/~phnx2000/sim
www.phoenixaerospace.us


From phoenixcomm at gmail.com  Thu Apr 28 15:00:28 2011
From: phoenixcomm at gmail.com (Cris Harrison)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:00:28 -0500
Subject: [simpits-tech] You got see this
Message-ID: <4DB9E37C.5080609@gmail.com>

I have not got my hands on this but tons of I/O via USB. Its called 
Teensy++2.0 and it has pins. for $27.00 in your hand its an 16Mhz AVR so 
you can use Teensyduino (an add-on for the Arduino IDE core AT90USB1286 
has UART, I2C, SPI  8 Analog inputs , 9 PWM, and 46 digital I/O.

you can find it here.. http://www.pjrc.com/store/teensypp_pins.html

Regards
Cris H.

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