Connect any RC to your computer to use it on any flight simulator or video games
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- čas přidán 11. 10. 2019
- With the help of some free software and Arduino I managed to be able to connect any brand or model of radio control to the PC. In this video I explain how.
✈ Video Contents:
Connect using PPM - 0:29
Connect using Arduino - 4:03
Radios w/o trainer port - 7:56
Using your drone - 7:32
✈ Links of what you need:
Smartpropoplus (PPM) - bit.ly/2B8o3WG - 0:34
Vjoy driver (driver) - bit.ly/2B2oXUB
Vjoy Serial Feeder - bit.ly/2M7Mr0I
Tutorial Arduino for analog radios - bit.ly/2nH2Dgb
Arduino IDE - www.arduino.cc/en/main/software
✈ Components:
Arduino UNO bit.ly/2OESjjF
Arduino NANO (more portable) bit.ly/2nFRoEJ
FTDI (simple) bit.ly/2MbJOLe
Adaptors ready to use bit.ly/2DFtNfk
Receiver used bit.ly/2OCK4EW
✈ Fix the driver of your windows 10 to connect any Frsky or Jumper radios
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I am currently interested in the field of drone and going to build my own FPV Arduino-based drone.
At the moment, I'm working on the Controller stuff, and since I want to build my own Arduino-based RC transmitter to play on some simulator, I found your video and it resolves my confusion tremendously!!!
Thank you for making sense out of what others have made very difficult for me to understand
We need guys like you to develop systems like these !! V. good
Thanks for this! I was able to get my Radiolink AT10ii working with RealFlight using a $5 Dollar General mic/headphone set using the first option. Excellent job describing the process.
Currently trying to setup a sim using my Radiolink AT10ii as well. What simulator program are you using with your setup and How is it working?
@@who8dapple It works okay. Its been about a year since I've used it. I used RealFlight and had to work out with breadboard wires which pins on the Radiolink are output signal. Then I had to hack the S-Video cable with a audio jack cable and do some shitty soldering to get it all to work-ish...
@@who8dappleHis solution with the receiver is probably a better solution. You need to use the VJoy as he describes. The R6DS is pretty low cost and would work for this with the PPM output.
Mate you rock, I've got a Ps2 output and you have shown me how to do it, thanks
This is pretty smart. Obviously there are alot of direct solutions sans wiring and programming, but showing how one can allows them to grow beyond the store bought solution.
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Great video, really enjoyed it. Like the simple, clear presentation.
I was going to do the arduino route but i found a trainer socket on my hitec optima 6 sport controller and it works with that software and headphone lead. Now to find some decent flying software that isn't 90 quid on steam. This video helped me alot many thanks!
I cannot believe I didn't think of this earlier, I cannot wait to try this!!!! ✌
This is a good RC model plane sim software introduction video.
My idea is to use the radio from some wltoys helicopter like wltoys 911 etc.. Great video.
Thanks so much for this video. I did use this technique until I had a dongle. You can also add the method of using the rc receiver's PPM output.
Awesome, thanks for sharing, well done!
thank you, I was going to buy a dongle but this video saved my 15$. glad I still have my old friend arduino uno lol
Is it possible to make it work for mac? I have a spektrum dx7
Thanks for the help, worked with the Tiny GEPRC 8 Controller
What method did you use?
Very informative and helpful video..
Thanks 👍
Love many of your videos and your awesome work
Great, thank you for your Video. Now i can usw my old Futaba Radio. Great thanks😀👍👍👍
Amazing video! Thank you!
Thank you. Really. The arduino method helped me a lot. I didn't have to buy a simulator cable to use the I6X.
The FTDI works great...
First of all thanks a lot, this ssly helped me a lot...
I used the self made simulator cable and SmartPropo Plus on FPV Freerider , but this SPP Software fluctuates a lot... I wanted it to work with LIFTOFF, but as SPP made my computer slow too, when it was running...so was unable to FPV on LIFTOFF ....
But after this video....🔥🔥🔥
The FTDI or Adruino idea, wow....!! Works perfectly without fluctuations and slow computer...
I would recommend everyone to use a FTDI, a bit extra amt of money to invest but works perfectly....
Again thanks for the video🤘🏻🙌🏻🔥
Lots of love frm India🇮🇳...
Does the FTDI interface directly with fpv freerider ?
Or did you have to use SPP to decode the input from the FTDI?
Very helpful ,excellent explanations ,Thank you !
thanks so much. I want to get into the rc hobbie and a had a dx6i transmitter and i didnt know how to hook it up to my pc. also i subscribed.
Great video. You have covered all options. Thank you.
It took me thee days to figure out a way to hack my RC transmitter from a toy drone. I got it working with my own Arduino code that produces a PPM signal to feed into Smart Propo Plus and literally one hour later I found this. I'm still glad I did, because Smart Propo Plus is not very nice at all, because it is extremely glitchy and consumes so many system resources, that my whole PC starts to stutter after a while. The tip for using vJoySerialFeeder was really great. I just dumped my code and flashed the code to my Arduino, that is mentioned at the end of this video. That worked because I had the same Idea to solder wires into the RC controller (and it can still be used for my toy drone). After some calibration it started to work beautifully. A FlySky Transmitter is on the way to me from china and I'm going to hook it up wirelessly as mentioned here. This is a great source of information about that topic, thanks for that. Left a thumbs up!
cool I found an aux insert on my dxe transmitter and it worked!
excellent video, I used the receiver to mic input to keep my transmitter wireless, it works great!!
Hi. I can't get my Spektrum DX7 to connect. Perhaps it's because I'm using a stereo 3.5mm plug rather than a mono (which I'll modify). But I also have a DX6 E so I can connect this wirelessly. How did you connect the receiver to the mic input. Was it by positive Rx input to centre pin of jackplug and negative Rx input to ground?
Great Video! Thanks,
I wonder, can I also use the ppm output of the Controller with a FTDI / Arduino ?
Great video, and verry usefull.
I have one question, can u an UART to usb board in place of the arduino?
You are a legend
Great video!!
Just great!
Great video! Do you know it works with the phone jack in the BetaFpv lite Radio 2?
excellent video so helpful
If the last methode doesn't work for you. you are not alone....open the arduino joystic file and go to line 32 delet the two "//" keys before "byte digitalPins[] = {};" and it will work.....I wish there was a diy way for making it work on laptops using the first method.....Thanks for the great tutorial!
Thank u sooo much for showing different methods. Helped me a lot and my friends. Which simulator do you used..
I used Aerofly RC 7
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Nice video!
In reference to Smart Propo Plus; if the program can convert the ppm to joystick can it also do the reverse and convert usb joystick inputs to ppm to control an rc plane? Thanks for the great video!!
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Amazing video, very clear!
You know if there is a method for control the sticks deadzone using smart propo plus or another software?
I'm using a simulator for fpv that don't have the deadzone setup.
I have a fs-i6 radio connected by an audio cable and i'm using smart propo plus.
Thanks in advance!
I'd recommend the vJoySerialFeeder option mentioned in this video (via IBUS). This tool lets you configure a deadzone. Also Smart Propo Plus isn't that great in my experience after having tried vJoySerialFeeder. Just get an FTDI Adapter and a second receiver that puts out IBUS and can be paired with your radio. If you set up your drone to use SBUS as well, then you don't need to change configs when switching between the simulator and real fpv. Connecting your drone via USB might be an option (if you're actually flying a drone that supports this feature).
Could you show the connections in the option of minute 4:00 I couldn't look well and didnt work me.... thanks!
Is the auxiliary 3.5mm audio cable support for xk x6 transmitter? And it will be work for heli x x14 flight simulator software?
Great Video, very intuitive, easy to follow.
I have a FUTABA Conquest FP-T4NBF, and I installed SMARTPROPOPLUS on my Win7 PC. I made the audio cable and connected to the Training Port DIN Pin 2 (PPM Out) and GND. I could listen the pulses on the PC speakers and the transmitter appears operational. For some unknown reason, channels appear unclear, very noisy, and no major changes when moving the different channel controls. Do you know if this method is compatible with this RC Model? Any suggestion ?
On the latest smart propo plus version DO NOT CONNECT THE LEFT AND RIGHT TOGETHER. ONLY USE THE LEFT CHANNEL OTHERWISE IT WILL BE VERY NOISY.
At 20 seconds into the video, you place a green plug on the table, but then when you plug in your cables later, you show a different connector. I have one of those green connectors, which pins do the signal, + and - go to? Do I have to use the jumper that came with the plug? Thanks!
I have an old controller from a silverlit X-UFO and thought I might try to hook it up to the computer for use with a simulator. I found an audio port on the controller, and tried to plug it into my computer mic port with the suggested application, but it didn't seem to recognize anything. I took the controller apart and the audio port seems to be connected to a button labeled "trainer", and I assume this is then used for sending/receiving data when running two controllers? Should I expect this to work with an audio cable to my computer?
thank you sir
Nice Video. I'm a big fan of arduinos. Will this work on a Mac? and with Zephyr drone simulator? Thank you, Roland
Is the microphone input capable to handle the inputvotage? How much voltage does the PPM output have (e.g. at the fs-i6)? Wouldn't it be better to add a potentiometer to devide the voltage? As i know, microphone inputs only handle voltages from about +/-20mV to +/-100mV
My computer shuts down when I turn on the remote. The voltage at the minijack is 2.75 V. What to do with it?
Wow so you could use this for any game potentially!!!
Yes, and use an Arduino to interface with any potentiometer based device.
@@Joyplanes I wonder if there are going to be people who do this just to have crazy Macro'd out controllers for normal games
@@DrZbo I'm pretty sure a lot of people have done this already.
check your receiver voltage range first, mine turned out to be for 3.3V and was turning on and off every half a second when I connected it to 5V
hello hope you can help me. I purchased a trainer socket for my old 35mhz graupner mc 10 and connected it. it is a 3.5mm audio jack. I connected it to the pc via aux cable and set it up like you showed in the video. I tried it out with the test version of reflex simulator. It worked kind of but it has huge lag! So its not usable. I looked into it with smartpropoplus and even there it has a huge lag and inaccuracy. What can I do?
everything is really easy to follow. i only have one problem, the arduino IDE will not let me select a comm port. that selection is greyed out.
3:05 That miniplug jack is the same usually called DSC, for trainers? In your case at 3:08 there is no label
I have a DX4e and I tried plugging in an AUX cable from my controller to my PC but it didn’t work, do I need to download anything to make it work? I don’t want it to be wireless so it’s ok if there is a cord on it
So use the last one
I know this is a old video but i have a question anyway. I used the first method by connecting my radiolink GS4GS v2 transmitter to my pc via a 3,5mm audio jack. I downloaded the smartpro plus software and it seems to work. But when i start VRC Pro to race with rc cars i won't see my transmitter. Do you have any idea what i can do to fix this?
great video, the input of vjoyfeeder done with my old RC controller and arduino. but how to make my laptop recognized it as gamepad controller? because I my laptop not recognized it
quick question on the ftdi chip, does this method only apply to PPM connection ? if so, is it possible and how to use the tfdi chip when i have a receiver without PPM slot, like a regular 3-4 chanel sanwa receiver ? Thanks in advance
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Hi, I have a Hitec Aurora 9 and Optima 6 receiver. Which method can I make the most correct connection by choosing? I have arduino leonardo and pro micro. The question is, is Optima 6 suitable for this work?
Hi Joyvel, thanks for your post it's very very helpful, I need your expert help on this one, I have a controller built-in a USB connector from the RF-X simulator package, how do I make it work with the Phoenix simulator?
Sorry, I'm not familiar with that one.
Hi, I have simple radio without any ports to connect to like the one you showed, and I have the USB simulator dongle that you showed as well ... is there a way to connect the two together ...if I find PPM and _ve ... and connect them to the mono audio cable ... will it work ?? Thanks
I think you are a little fast with the explanation.
I tried the first method, but it didnt work, because my PC has got a Aux plug with 4 imstead of 3 contacts. It is for audio output and microphone at the same time.
So then i tried to use a four pin aux wire, and connect the ground wire to ground and the microphone wire to the pin you showed. Now the App was viewing the connection, and i could connect it, but it could not detemine the sticks position.
Do i need to turn the trainer mode on, on the controller for it to work? Or do i have to connect it else with that plug? Or do i have to use a interface with and microphone adapter with 3 pins only?
Thanks for posting! I was able to connect and use my Flysky FS-I6 radio to my Microsoft Simulator X simulator and operate the main surface controls. Is there a way to use the Flysky switches as inputs to the simulator to control, e.g. brakes, cockpit views, etc.?
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Hi Mr. Osorio! I got a small question can I do this with a TRRS Jack Input? and how I can do this?
Would this work with a spectrum dx5e or dx6i as I have both of these. (To plug straight into the laptop)
Hello my friend and congratulations for your video. I want to ask you something. I have a spektrum AR7350 rx and i want to make a usb cable in order to program it via pc. I have a FTDI FT232 usb adaptor but where excactly do i have to connect the signal wire from the receiver? Only to the rx pin of the FTDI? Will ill i can to receive and send data to the receiver?
hey im new this was helpfull but is there any software fo 2 ch transmitter for car sim as i cant get my one to work with propoplus also the model is a FS GT2
It is some option to use transmitter with raspberry pi without PC? I mean rc car surface tx like traxxas one connecting to ardupilot via rpi.
thanks bro, because of you i didn't crashed my plane ty :)
thanks for the amazing video, i am trying to do the same, i am using an FTDI usb board and a jumper R8 receiver, i connected the receiver to the FTDI board and i installed the Vjoy driver and serial feeder but the serial feeder is not communicating with the receiver, it is always showing Serial port read timeout, i am sure that the receiver is bound to the transmitter, i have also connected one servo to the receiver to double check the communication between the transmitter and receiver and it is working fine. the receiver is connected to the FTDI board using the SBUS wire, can you please help with this problem.
can you please explain i can use this transmitter on PPM signal with pheonix RC, because phoenixRC requires USB dongle and we are connecting PPm on mic jack
I have a receiver Futaba R167FS. Which pins need to beconnected to the Arduino?
I have a question. Does this work for Beginner drone radio controllers, that don't have all the precision controls? It's just a bland controller that has two 360 degree sticks and some buttons.
What kind of pins are those you soldered on
Does this works only on simulators only or can I also use it to play any games by emulating as a gamepad??
Hi, I've loaded a few simulators onto my laptop, also smart Pro Plus, I've tried a single interconnect lead to my controller, XK X6, the Laptop is a HP, I've also tried a stereo double connect lead between the two but no matter what I do there is no connection, I have tried it with several simulators and Pro Plus which I understand would normally connect anything, I think the problem could be that the 3.5mm connector on the laptop does Mic and Headphones from that one socket... I am at a loss and wondering if I need one of these USB interfaces I believe you can get... any suggestions welcome.. Thanks
I'm with you but on a PC - vJoy device is missing and transmitter disconnected (Spektrum DX6i) No luck anywhere yet.
how can we use ppm rx for jvoy serial feeder ?
Any suggestions for using a DJI RC??
Will it work if i connect receiver to adapter via SBUS port?
ik this is late but I'm trying to connect a kind of cheap controller through a double ended audio jack but i cant get on to a simulator mode, is there any other way to do this method
thanks :-)
my receiver doesnt have an ibus port is it possible to feed my ppm into the arduino or the other thingy?
I don't no why the thecnic with arduino it's not working with me, nothing change on vjoy serial feeder when i move a stick of my FlySky i6 and I don't know where the Ibus port is on a FS-IA6, can you help me pls
i connected my FS-IA6B receiver to the arduino but when i connect to vJoySerialFeeder. it shows Connected,Failsafe(Serial port Read Timeout)10 Updates per second/101 ms between Updates
plz help. nothing is happenning when i move the sticks.
Which software u are using for the game
can you make a video on connecting it with FTDI to flysky tx rx ppm
Does this work if you only have a headphone jack on your computer, but no microphone jack?
Re-volt is a rc racing game in 1999 but no flight vehicle but using rvgl
I have a Microzone MC8B 8-channel remote control 2.4GHz S-FHSS including a receiver and am looking for a way to connect it to a USB port on the PC. Is there a possibility?
please help
i connected my graupner to my pc and it doesn't detect any kind of input
Will SmartPropoPlus work with Flysky CT6b or not?
I have a Futaba T6XHs Transmitter How could i find out the PPM and GND Pin in Trainer Port (In 1st Method)
How to connect dx6i to usb ? Thanks
Great video, but I can't install the SmartPropoPlus to start with, I use Windows 10. Can you suggest any solution?? thanks!
Can you please tell me how can we send data to flysky receiver through aurduino transmitter HC-12 SI4463
Hi can you suggest how can i use my wired PS3 remote with DJI simulator >
Thanks in advance
Do u know how to connect a dx6i transmitter?
do switches work when you do this?
ive tried using the sim cable that came with my fsi6 but only the gimbals work no switches
Only a couple of then work and sometimes hey don't, it depends on the type of connection.
also works with flysky i6X controller?
What is the name of rc simulator you use in the video?