Connecting an arduino to Prosim737 - A Boeing 737-800 Homecockpit #33

[@gkkes]

I kinda guessed you'd buy the very expensive ProSim. This is where I climb off the bus. Thanks Mikey for the great info till now. Best wishes and Good Luck

[@Liofa73]

gkkes --- Surely if you're going to spend all that money making a cockpit over 5 years, the cost of pro-sim can be factored into the cost.

[@helimech8152]

Hiya Mickey, Always great to see how other people do it. I had not thought of this solution. Very well explained, and the prosim plane toy on the intro did make me chuckle.

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

Thank you. Yes, there are many ways to connect. I thought an ethernet connection could be the most stable one. Finally I can sleep well with this plane toy in my bed.

[@doblomatters906]

Best ever Arduino FS tutorial, amazing, thank you so much!

[@massncce]

Happy to see you again

[@jetraid]

Excellent explanation. Prosim isn't cheap but worst the money.

[@DolfBreederveld]

Thanks for the video. Did you ever consider to use an other system instead of arduino? Like SIOC with mastercards etc.? You need a lot of arduino one's to cover all the digital in- and outputs with only 14 digital pins per arduino one-board.

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

No I haven't. It is cheaper than specialized cards. Especially when it comes to the arduino mega with more than 50 inputs. It may take up to 25 arduinos. If my portexpander would have worked, less would have been possible.

[@khaledbenouadah8940]

Thank you so much .... Can it be connected to the simulator fsx , and how ???

[@caherna]

Very nice vid Michael, thanks. May I ask you why you use SIOC to send data from Arduino to Prosim? - Is it not possible to send data directly from arduino to Prosim (using the COM port) without using any software?

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

It may be possible. This is what other companies do. But there must be an interface in Prosim to what they can speak to. I think the generic interface could be a solution but you have to implement a function so that you become aware of changes of the values in Prosim. And we shouldn't forget - we still talk about an arduino. The capacity of code that can be implemented is rare. Using Sioc with its working iocp server was the easiest solution for me. There are other iocp server programs out there and you can also write your own. But I hadn't the knowledge to do this.

[@caherna]

Michael Schulz Thank you Michael. I really appreciate your answer!

[@flycaptainkama3701]

My problem is about raccordments of cables. I'm going to get the laser k40 chinese to build panels, but once built, O don't know what to do, can you help me please, please🙏

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

You should watch my video #34. It gives a good overview of all the steps around making a panel.

[@flycaptainkama3701]

@@Mickeys_Flightdeck thanks mickey, and for cables connection?

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

@@flycaptainkama3701 The connection is shown in #40 and there is a special about cables in #42.

[@simulatorpapua2498]

There is video how to seting Landing gear and light for prosim using arduino ?

[@tomasalejandromoranteosore9082]

Nice video Michael. I work in an airbus 320 simulator, working with prosim. But we have a lot of problems about the options of weather (local and global) do you have some tips? Kind regards

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

Sorry Tomas, my current state of the cockpit is the one you can see in my videos. So I haven't come to that topic until now. I could recommend you the Prosim forum to ask your question. There you can get help directly from the developers.

[@Nooth]

Thank you for this marvellous video!!!

[@StarflightVirtual]

Hello, nice Tutorial, but have you already done a Tutorial for a 7 Segment and a Encoder via Arduino Ethernet ( without Mobiflight, because it works only via USB ) Thanks Matthias

[@Liofa73]

Your English is great! Just a tip, suite is pronounced like "sweet". Hope I didn't offend. Keep up the good work.

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

Shame on me. Yes my wife is watching "Suites" on prime video. I should have known this.

[@Nooth]

Hi! Does this work on xplane 11? If not, what does? Looking forward to your reply. As always, i respect your effort, and very nice video's. Greets Naut

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

The communication between the hardware and the arduino will work, but you will have to find another way of communication between xplane and the arduino. I think simvim can be a solution for xplane.

[@nikosgeorgakis6759]

Hello Michael! Really good job here! Please tell me if this IOCP can connect my Arduino to XPLANE11

[@HaJeeEs]

It seems there is a delay (almost 1 second?) when switching from off to on, while from on to off is instantly. Is that typical for Arduino? Will this delay increase when the script has to control more in/outputs?

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

I've noticed this too. And to be honest, I've no idea until now. I think this is only for the first switch command. But I will keep an eye on this.

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

I found the reason for the delay. I hadn't started Prepar3d because I didn't need it for the video. But when the simulator isn't started there are a lot of exceptions in Prosim. You can see this when you turn on the debugger. With Prepar3d runnung, the exceptions are gone and the reaction of the switch is immediatelly. Nice to know.

[@whitehedr]

Great tutorial video. Thank you.

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

You're welcome.

[@StarflightVirtual]

Hello, i have some Questions: -where /how can i get the MAC Adress ? -what about encoders and Potentiometers ( how to set up and connect to prosim ) -how to manage more switches / push buttons ? Thanks for the nice Video Matthias

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

Here you can read about setting the mac address for arduinos. www.freetronics.com.au/pages/setting-arduino-ethernet-mac-address#.XcVCn8Qxm70. For rotary encoders you should search for a library. For example github.com/brianlow/Rotary. Then you can send the turning events via an iocp value to prosim. More switches and buttons can be handeled by adding more arduinos or using a port expander. For example the mcp23017.

[@StarflightVirtual]

@@Mickeys_Flightdeck Thanks for the Answer, i will try. These are my first steps in Arduino... :-)

[@karthikk6512]

Can i use leobodnar and plug and play

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

Yes you can use it. But this video here is arduino based so it doesn't make sense to use an other card. But even with a leobodnar card you will still have to make the configuration in Prosim. Not what I call plug and play.

[@karthikk6512]

@@Mickeys_Flightdeck ok thnks i didn't know sry by the way u know anyone who upload series like u for a320 cockpit is it possible to make one aurdino for 1 cockpit if not how much

[@sylvainpourroy7619]

Looks very nice Michael :-) I do not know how encoders are handled with IOPC/ProSim, but I am afraid that with this code, you may loose a lot of steps as soon as you have few input/output connected. String parsing and modification is very time consuming in Arduino... I suggest that you begin to think about dedicating your Arduinos as input or output arduinos. Input arduinos are quite time critical, output arduinos are not. Cheers Sylvain

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

Sounds like a good idea. We will see how this will perform with rotary encoders. Maybe it isn't neccesary to transmit every step as long as the stop state is transmitted right.

[@karlheinzmrazek830]

Super Beitrag. Hast du dir die Realisierung über Mobiflight nicht angesehen? Bis du damit das ganze Cockpit konfiguriert hast, bist du alt. Bei Mobiflight bliebe alles im Haus!

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

Ich habe mir Mobiflight auch angesehen. Es störte mich allerdings immer etwas, dass man pro Eingang je einen Pin am Arduino verwenden musste. Ich habe im letzten Video von Helimech gesehen, dass man zumindest bei den Bausteinen der 7 Segmentanzeiegn inzwischen kaskadieren kann. Zudem hoffe ich, dass wenn erstmal die Grundfunktionalitäten im Code vorhanden sind, das Hinzufügen weiterer Hardware lediglich im Erweitern der Header-Dateien bestehen wird. Falls ich sehe, dass mich das alles nicht weiterbringt, kann ich ja immer noch wechseln.

[@wingman3604]

@@Mickeys_Flightdeck Mobiflight funktioniert aber nicht mit xplan 11 bzw. nur bedingt. Schau dir mal SimVim an ;-). Ich selbst realisiere alle Schaltfunktionen mit BBI 32 (64) Modulen. Alle Lämpchen über SimVim bzw. AirManager. Mit AirManager kannst du sogar ganze Anzeigen über einen raspberry pi ansteuern ohne deinen Rechner zu belasten. Auch hier kannst du den arduino einsetzen und Servos und Lampen anzusteuern.

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

Ich plane später Prepar3d zu verwenden. Insofern stellt das kein Problem dar.

[@wingman3604]

@@Mickeys_Flightdeckda bin ich noch nicht so informiert. Wie hoch sind denn dort die Rechnerleistung angesetzt ? Welche Lizenz hast du ins Auge gefasst ? Finde die Preise Recht heftig 😋

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

@@wingman3604 Da kann man doch die Academic Licence verwenden. Die liegt preislich doch voll im Rahmen. Da hat die neuste FSX Version damals genau dasselbe gekostet.

[@Djmike22]

Hello Michael Schulz nice video and nice channel. But where your buy prosim b737-800 and is prosim b737-800 comes with models or must I use pmdg737-800 for the models of the plane for the simulator. Thanks for your nice video and succes with the building of your cockpit and succes with your channel.

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

Yes, Prosim comes with its own flightmodel as well as a modeled plane for an external view in the simulator.

[@Djmike22]

thank you Michael schulz.

[@LucidFX.]

Will this work with MSFS2020?

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

Here we have only a connection between the arduino and Prosim. So if Prosim works with MSFS2020, yes.

[@dennislander2079]

Hello this is nice tutorial , You can olso a simple to connect switch and leds to a pokeys card , Yes its more money , But its more simple to configratie to prosim .

[@dennislander2079]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWWrc6F_e7Kclac you have a usb and a ethernet card

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

Especially when it comes to Prosim there are many different ways to connect. Simple wasn't the main goal. If you don't have programming knowledge any supported interface card will do the job. But you will have to use one output/input per signal you want to send or receive. And this is the point where I hope to get an advantage with the self programming and using port expanders in combination with the arduino. I will cover this in a later video.

[@carlosrengifo5154]

Prosim737 it is very expensive

[@massncce]

Please give us all fo stoof links that really helps us each and ey metrials

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

I will append the links in the video description.

[@massncce]

@@Mickeys_Flightdeck please

[@massncce]

Awlays with u

[@peterlampinen90]

1250EUR for prosim, and then 99eur/year for update!! Very expensive !! for a non comercial user !

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

It depends on your needs. If you are just building a MCP for your desk, it's definitely oversized. Other people, and even non commercial users, are buying full size cockpits where the overhead alone costs 10.000 EUR. There are many alternatives on the marked. Like the ifly cokpitbuilders edition or even the PMDG sdk. Not talking about all the other solutions in xplane.

[@peterlampinen90]

@@Mickeys_Flightdeck Its a nice peace of software !! But out of my budget.. Nice tutorial tough !!

[@fabimeier3312]

Hi Michael, ich schaue immer mal wieder rein bei dir und finde es ganz prima, wie du Schritt für Schritt in deinem Vorhaben weitergehst. Aber als ich gesehen habe, dass ProSim dir die Software frei überlassen hat (nartürlich mit Hintergedanken, sonst hättest du sie kaufen müssen) und du für sie quasi Werbung machst, eine Software die so unglaublich viel Geld kostet, dass sich die meisten Hobbiisten sie sich nicht leisten können (und für die machst du doch dein Channel, nicht für Wohlhabende, die sich mal eben einen Sim komplett zusammenstellen, ohne handwerkliches Geschick, wie du es toll zeigst)? Da war ich etwas sprachlos.

[@mfsc3463]

Build an A320 instead and use JeeHell FMGS absolutely FREE

[@Mickeys_Flightdeck]

Yes, let's burn the work of two years and switch to an Airbus. 😉