LCD & FS2Phidgets

[Rob's 747-400]

Hi,

Is anyone else experiencing difficulties with release 4.3.7 and the LCD / Interface Module?

The Interface section works great; however the LCD is only seen by the program afer clicking between run-time and configure several times... and the block remains RED. Whenever I click on it all I see is a blank screen at the bottom of the page; no config options.

Am I doing something wrong? Anyone else having similar problems?

(By the way I should add that when using Phidget Manager I can control and communicate with the Text LED and its I/O ports without difficulty. The problem with using the LED only occurs when plugged into FS2P. I am also now using XP again... I 'downgraded' back from Vista).

Thanks,

Rob / Orlando, FL

[CocnutAir]

Rob,

I will try it out on my set up.
Operating system shouldn't make much difference.
Most probably a bug.

Regards,
Alan.

[CocnutAir]

Rob,

My guess is that both devices share the same serial number.
I know that folks at Phidgets declared some time back that serial numbers would always be unique, but knowing how USB Human Interface Devices work I am guessing that statement is cannot be true for USB devices with 2 Phidget devices.

However, not a big problem. Is easily rectified in my software.

Thanks for pointing this one out.

Regards,
Alan.

[CocnutAir]

Just tried it. Does same on my system.
Will fix during course of today.

[Rob's 747-400]

Alan,

Thanks very much... can't wait!

After a period of running with Vista for several months and trying to replace FS2Phidget's utiliy with other vista-'compliant' solutions I gave up and reverted (some would say 'upgraded'?) back to XP.

The particular project I'm working on is getting my 747-400 Trim Gauge up and working again. For anyone that's interested I'm attaching a short 3-page description of how it works, along with some photos...

I've also attached the gauge graphics (Rudder and Elevator Trim), which could be used for 747-400 or 777 cockpits.

Regards,

Rob

[CocnutAir]

Rob,

After some experimentation I determined that problem is with Phidgets.
Their latest 2.1 release of Phidgets does not currently support their older version 1.1 cards. This was unintentional.

Any program using Phidgets 2.1 with these version 1.1 cards can either work with the Interfacekit or the TextLCD but not both at once.

The newer TextLCD 8/8/8 cards should work fine.

The folks at Phidgets have informed me they are working to fix this.
Will keep ya'll posted.

Regards,
Alan.

[Rob's 747-400]

Alan,

Thank you very much!!!

Rob

[CocnutAir]

This issue can be tracked on the Phidgets' VB6 Forum.

http://www.phidgets.com/phpBB2/viewt...hp?p=8862#8862

They have fixed and are shooting to release in the next few days.

[CocnutAir]

Rob,

The latest Phidget 2.1 release is now available from Phidgets.com

I tested on my development system and has fixed problem.

Download Phidget_2.1.4.20080924.msi and run to install latest version.

Run FS2phidget and confirm that the latest version is being detected.

Regards,
Alan

[Rob's 747-400]

Fantastic... can't wait to get home any try it! I'll report on progress later.

THANKS!!

Rob