[simpits-tech] Hacking a CH Products USB Yoke

[John Miguez]

Yes Gene I have.  When you try to use the MS calibration wizard the red bar
won't work.  Usually it disappears.  I plan on picking up a 50K pot just to
make sure it will work out of the system but I am sure it will.  Rob is
correct on using all three terminals.  They gang the two outside terminal as
common to all three pots and use the center terminal as unique to each pot.

Interestedly, they use 100K for the X&Y axises.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Buckle" <geneb@deltasoft.com>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Hacking a CH Products USB Yoke


> >
> > They use 50K ohm pots for the throttle, mixture, prop.   The Suncom uses
a
> > special 100K ohm pot.  I calculated that around a 80K resistor in
parallel
> > should make the pot a 50K pot.  I can get a test pot/resistor to work on
the
> > volt-ohm meter but not in MS game controller setup routine, when running
> > through the CH Products yoke.
> >
>
> John, 100K is the standard value for joystick pots.  I don't know why CH
> used a 50K, but have you tried the 100K all by itself to see if it works?
>
> g.
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