Parking Brake with Touchscreen (RESOLVED)

[emerydc8]

When you hold the B key, do you get the PARK BRAKE memo message?

Yes

When you release the B key, do you hear a clack noise (lever dropping onto the panel)?

Yes

When you hold the B key and depress both toe pedals at the same time, and then release the toe pedals, will your magenta hooks stay at the 95% position?

No.

I think you are right -- my PFC brakes are reversed.

[Hardy Heinlin]

You have two problems.

1. Your system doesn't display the image of the pulled lever (I have no idea why). This is a graphics problem only. The 744 systems model works.

2. Your toe pedals don't latch. I have no idea why. You say your magenta hooks go fully down and up, and the lever can be pulled as well (internally).

[emerydc8]

I can raise the hooks with either the space bar or the toe brakes. Then I can pull the brake lever back with the touch screen, but the only way it stays locked back is if I raise the hooks with the space bar. If I raise the hooks with the toe brakes, the brake lever will not hold - it just staps to the off position.

Not to worry about this. I know you are in the middle of these updates. We can revisit this later. Thanks, Hardy.

[emerydc8]

[UPDATE]:

I swapped the red and black wires for the toe brake pots on my PFC Cirrus rudder set. Now everything seems to be good. The parking brake works with the touchscreen. So, I guess if you're going to use the PFC Cirrus rudders with PSX, you will have to make this simple modification. Thanks again.

Jon D.

[Hardy Heinlin]

Sorry, what I told you wasn't quite correct: To set and release the park brake pawl you need 1000 units, not 950. 950 is the value that is kept when you release your pedals.

So when you say it works now because you swapped the wires, it's because your mechanics provide the maximum when the axis is reversed. Now you can achieve a stable 1000 value. 950 was too low.

The problem is unusual because modern USB systems should be able to provide -1000/+1000 at max deflection.


|-|ardy