rec.autos.simulators

>>I built a***pit with 100k potis and it worked great. But now I have
>>purchased a MSFF wheel and want to integrate it into my***pit. With
>>the wheel there is no problem but the tension of the pedals is ***
>>and also they don't fit into my***pit.
>>Now I want to plug my pedals into the MSFF wheel but the MS pedals are
>>built up with 50k potis. If possible I don't want to exchange the 100k
>>potis in my pedals.
>>Has anyone tried to do the same or where can I get information about
>>it?

>>Greetings, Hermann.
>Herman u can connect those pots up and then use a program called DXTweak
>to recalibrate the directx levels to suit.I used to do this but after
>getting fed up having to do this every time i switched the puter on,i
>got a usb to joystick adapter and ran my pedals on that.It works
>smoother this way too,although the pedals can then only be used by
>programs that allow the use of more than 1 joystick.

>>Vince thanx for your answer.
>>My problem: The MSFF is already plugged into the joystick/midi port.
>>Therefore I cannot plug my pedals into it.
>>Did you try to connect your pedals directly with your MSFF?
>>Hermann

>Yes Hermann,i connected the pedals directly to the connector on the
>wheel which is exactly the same as a SVHS connector.
>I wired my pedals up exactly the same as in the msff pedals and then
>using dxtweak u could set the min/centre/max range settings to use the
>full range.Although it never was as smooth as it should be.
>But it certainly works,and at least this way it would work with all
>games,not just games that allow the use of 2 joysticks etc.
>If u need to know the wiring of pins i have them written down somewhere
>and will hunt them up for you.

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>I hope that is clear enough,
>PS.this is the url to the dxtweak program if u havent got it yet,

>http://www.wingmanteam.com/Latest_Software/Gadgets/gadgets.htm#DXTweak  
>Good luck
>Vince Fisher

>http://www.racesimcentral.net/#DXTweak  
>Good luck
>Vince Fisher

>>PS.this is the url to the dxtweak program if u havent got it yet,

>>http://www.racesimcentral.net/#DXTweak  
>>Good luck
>>Vince Fisher

>Vince,
>everything works ok. The MSFF doesn't insist on 50k potis but accepts
>my 100k potis.
>I got the dxtweak.exe called it and found many parameters to tune. Now
>I have a lot of questions:
>1. No glance what to do.
>2. No glance why I should change anything. Everything seems ok. Are
>there any problems I didn't notice?
>3. Which advantage may I gather if I***around with this
>parameters?
>4. Which changes did you make there?
>Hermann Kauer.

>Does this mean that the MSFF pedals use potentiometers?

>I thought that it was all optical.

>R.

>>Now I want to plug my pedals into the MSFF wheel but the MS pedals are
>>built up with 50k potis. If possible I don't want to exchange the 100k
>>potis in my pedals.

>You can 'convert' 100k pots to 50k pots by putting 100k resistors in parallel.
>It won't be exactly linear but for gas/brake it might not be a big deal.
>Anyway, it's easy to try.

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