WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter

Hi all, If anyone can point me to where I can get a serial to USB adapter for my TSW I would appreciate it. TSW no longer makes or sells them. Please respond here and I will get back with you. -Dirt-

On 24 Jan 2007 04:05:42 -0800, Dirt wrote:

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> Hi all, > > If anyone can point me to where I can get a serial to USB adapter for > my TSW I would appreciate it. TSW no longer makes or sells them. > Please respond here and I will get back with you. > > -Dirt- >

Hello Dirt, I used a rockfire *gameport* to USB adapter with mixed results for a while. Your best bet (if you plan to continue using your TSW) would be to convert the wheel to USB yourself using a Plasma Lite v2 board. I don't know of any serial versions of the TSW, so sorry I cannot help you there. Cheers, uwe -- GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

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> > Hi all, > > > If anyone can point me to where I can get a serial to USB adapter for > > my TSW I would appreciate it. TSW no longer makes or sells them. > > Please respond here and I will get back with you. > > > -Dirt-Hello Dirt, > > I used a rockfire *gameport* to USB adapter with mixed results for a > while. Your best bet (if you plan to continue using your TSW) would be > to convert the wheel to USB yourself using a Plasma Lite v2 board. > > I don't know of any serial versions of the TSW, so sorry I cannot help > you there. > > Cheers, uwe

Thanks. I may have misspoken. It would almost certainly be a gameport-to-usb adapter that I need, not serial-to-usb. I may investigate the Rockfire as my best alternative. TSW will rewire it for me, but it'll cost $150 plus $30 shipping each way. Not cheap. What specific problems did you have with the Rockfire? I have 50k ohm Spectra pots in the TSW now. Could that be a problem (too little resistance)? -Dirt-

On 24 Jan 2007 09:26:52 -0800, "Dirt" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>> > Hi all, >> >> > If anyone can point me to where I can get a serial to USB adapter for >> > my TSW I would appreciate it. TSW no longer makes or sells them. >> > Please respond here and I will get back with you. >> >> > -Dirt-Hello Dirt, >> >> I used a rockfire *gameport* to USB adapter with mixed results for a >> while. Your best bet (if you plan to continue using your TSW) would be >> to convert the wheel to USB yourself using a Plasma Lite v2 board. >> >> I don't know of any serial versions of the TSW, so sorry I cannot help >> you there. >> >> Cheers, uwe > > > >Thanks. I may have misspoken. It would almost certainly be a >gameport-to-usb adapter that I need, not serial-to-usb. > >I may investigate the Rockfire as my best alternative. TSW will rewire >it for me, but it'll cost $150 plus $30 shipping each way. Not cheap. >What specific problems did you have with the Rockfire? I have 50k ohm >Spectra pots in the TSW now. Could that be a problem (too little >resistance)? > >-Dirt-

The TSW adapter is (or was) a Rockfire. They also sold some converter you could use for the 50k Ohm spectral pots, but that just a condensator for each axis...something you could build yourself. I'll recommend Uwe's suggestion, get the Plasma lite. Cheers! Remco

Thanks all. I'll check into it. -Dirt-

On 24 Jan 2007 09:26:52 -0800, Dirt wrote: > What specific problems did you have with the Rockfire? I have 50k ohm > Spectra pots in the TSW now. Could that be a problem (too little Hi Dirt, my main gripe with the rockfire was that the conversion resulted in really low-res resolutions on both the steering and pedal axes, even when using hi-spec pots. I think I got 64 separate values on the pedals and around 100 "notches" (there's really no other way to call it ;-) on the steering axis. I ended up buying a plasma lite v2 board, converted just the TSW pedals to USB, dumped the TSW wheel and replaced it with a Momo DFP, so now I have a 2-controller setup (DFP on #1 for the wheel, TSW pedals on #2 for throttle and brake). Mind you the plasma lite v2 isn't cheap, but you'll have all sorts of expansion possibilities with it later if you want to build your own cockpit, for example. All the best, uwe -- GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

ya wont like it. Id send it on in... Dirt enlightened us with: > Thanks all. I'll check into it. > > -Dirt-

Plowboy <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:yhruh.1451$[email hidden]...

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> ya wont like it. Id send it on in... > Dirt enlightened us with: > > Thanks all. I'll check into it. > > > > -Dirt- > >

He won't like the Plasma Lite or the Rockfire? I was looking at the Plasma Lite to build my own wheel/controller.

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:56:57 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote: > > He won't like the Plasma Lite or the Rockfire? I was looking at the Plasma > Lite to build my own wheel/controller. > > the rockfire, more likely. You can't wrong with the Plasma Lite if you plan to build your own setup! Cheers, uwe PS: Happy PLv2 owner ;-) -- GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Uwe Sch�rkamp <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:56:57 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote: > > > > He won't like the Plasma Lite or the Rockfire? I was looking at thePlasma

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> > Lite to build my own wheel/controller. > > > > > > the rockfire, more likely. You can't wrong with the Plasma Lite if you > plan to build your own setup! > > Cheers, uwe > > PS: Happy PLv2 owner ;-) > > > -- > GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Cheers Uwe, Have you built your own wheel/controller or have you just done the mod to the TSW? Good documentation from the Plasma people?

yes the rockfire, and yeah going by several different times Uwe S. has posted, when this is asked, and by others with gamport wheels trying the rockfire adapter, even though for many it was the best solution (non inclusive to having TSW redo the darn TSW wheels) about everyone I have kinda kept track of (in the back of my head that is) has not liked the notchy-ness/lack of precision of input, after installing the rockfire, seems even the guys that did this with the Ecci's ended up doing a different solution, IIRC. Pee JayEl enlightened us with:

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> Uwe Sch�rkamp <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... >> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:56:57 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote: >>> >>> He won't like the Plasma Lite or the Rockfire? I was looking at >>> the Plasma Lite to build my own wheel/controller. >>> >>> >> >> the rockfire, more likely. You can't wrong with the Plasma Lite if >> you plan to build your own setup! >> >> Cheers, uwe >> >> PS: Happy PLv2 owner ;-) >> >> >> -- >> GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61 > > Cheers Uwe, > > Have you built your own wheel/controller or have you just done the > mod to the TSW? > > Good documentation from the Plasma people?

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:57:46 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote: > Cheers Uwe, > > Have you built your own wheel/controller or have you just done the mod to > the TSW? > I converted the TSW pedals only, with the help of a friend who knows a bit about electronics, soldering and cabling, although it turned out I could have done it myself easily enough. But it's always good to have another pair of eyes in the process to look out for errors. > Good documentation from the Plasma people? Both documentation and support (by email, say) have been excellent. While the board is not exactly cheap (around $80 CDN I believe, plus postage) it's well worth the money IMO, given the countless axes, nobs, twisters and other thingies that can be connected (I only use two inputs for the pedal axis at the moment). Cheers, uwe -- GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Uwe Sch�rkamp <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:57:46 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote: > > > Cheers Uwe, > > > > Have you built your own wheel/controller or have you just done the modto

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> > the TSW? > > > > I converted the TSW pedals only, with the help of a friend who knows a > bit about electronics, soldering and cabling, although it turned out I > could have done it myself easily enough. But it's always good to have > another pair of eyes in the process to look out for errors. > > > > Good documentation from the Plasma people? > > Both documentation and support (by email, say) have been excellent. > While the board is not exactly cheap (around $80 CDN I believe, plus > postage) it's well worth the money IMO, given the countless axes, nobs, > twisters and other thingies that can be connected (I only use two inputs > for the pedal axis at the moment). > > Cheers, uwe >

Thanks Uwe, The cost is not that high, plus I'm in Canada so the postage won't be bad. Cheers PJ > > -- > GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61