Autopilot Controls (User Manual - Ver 1.0)
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1. Msl a PEt J O0OL Course Autothrottle Airspeed Heading Altitude Vertical Speed Ea Ea Bo Ga oe AP Engage ai We have made this screen have a similar sort of layout to a Boeing airliner Autopilot panel but because it will be hidden away minimised most of the time it is really just used as an indicator to show you that everything is working when you first set it up Boeing call their complete autopilot system a Mode Control Panel MCP It can be used for any type of aircraft that has an operational autopilot Some smaller aircraft autopilot systems are not fully implemented of course so only some functions will work A switch connected to the Button 1 terminals will be the Autopilot ON OFF switch and a switch connected to the Button 2 terminals will be the Autothrottle ON OFF switch These are not push button switches Rotating the encoders slowly will give fine control of the settings and rotating them medium speed will alter the settings in larger increments ie to alter the Altitude from 1000 to 25000 Slowing down the rotation or pausing momentarily will revert to fine control again when you are close to the setting you require It is not recommended to spin the encoder rapidly as encoder pulses will be missed and the setting will only change slowly Prerequisites e A registered version of FSUIPC must be installed within the Flight Simulator software e The FTDI driver must be installed to ensure the program can commun2. RUSCOOL ELECTRONIC 8 LINITE D Autopilot Controls Version 1 0 User Manual Copyright 2009 Ruscool Electronics Limited Table of Contents Autopilot Controls Program Prerequisites Installing the FTDI Driver Autopilot Controls Program Your Autopilot Controls PCB needs to be connected and turned on then you can run the Autopilot Controls program The Autopilot Controls program can be running before starting Flight Simulator as it will wait for a connection to the Flight Simulator software before the program continues The Autopilot Controls program starts minimised on the taskbar because while you are flying your simulator it is not normally necessary to see this information You can bring it back to full size if you want to view the information for any reason Make sure that when you have finished viewing the data that the program is minimised again not closed so that the program remains running The following FSUIPC offsets are used in the Autopilot Controls program AP Course OC4E AP Airspeed 07E2 AP Heading 07CC AP Altitude 07D4 AP Vertical Speed 07F2 Autopilot Engage Switch 07BC Autothrottle Switch 0810 As you turn the encoders or use the switches the appropriate controls in Flight Simulator will be changed and the application screen shown below will also be updated If you change the controls manually in Flight Simulator the changes will also be reflected in the application rae Autopilot Controls
3. icate with the hardware The FTDI driver files can be found in the application directory e Ensure the board is connected to a power supply as well as the computer via a USB cable and of course turned on Installing the FTDI Driver Only required the first time the hardware is used on this PC Once the Autopilot Controls software has been installed plug a USB cable between the Autopilot Controls PCB and the computer then power up the board The Found New Hardware Wizard will automatically start e Connect to Windows Update select No not this time then click Next e Select Install from list or specific location then click Next e Click on the Browse button Select the install application directory FTDI drivers and click Finish A second Found New Hardware Wizard will then start e Connect to Windows Update select No not this time then click Next e Select Install from list or specific location then click Next e Accept the default location and click Finish You should then see a message stating Your new hardware is setup and ready to use The Autopilot Controls program can now be run If you receive an error you will need to power down the Autopilot Controls PCB for about ten seconds before turning the power back on and restarting the Autopilot Controls program
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