June 2, 20179 yr Hello and thanks for taking the time to read my post Can you help me please? I can not get my CCU2 Controller to calibrate any of my Simkits gauges As best as I can see, everything is installed correctly, I have the flashing red light on my CCU2 board - confirming the firmware has been loaded I have downloaded the drivers from the simkits / TRC Simulations website, and followed their installation manual PDF for the controller board TRCLink application confirms the board is connected to the PC I am running this from Windows XP TRC Calibration software loads and reports a connection to the board, but when I move the calibration sliders, they have no effect on the gauges I am not exactly sure what I am supposed to be seeing, but I am guessing as I move the slider, the needles on the gauges should be moving? It's as though there is no output from the board, along the ribbon cables to the gauges - even though there does appear to be power in to the board - and the red light is flashing on the board when calibration software is launched I have made a video showing exactly what happens - to help illustrate my setup!https://youtu.be/3k3FmPTxgJo Thank you very much for any help you can give me - much appreciated!
June 3, 20179 yr Hi ! i previously used Simkits Elevator trim, Manifold Pressure, and RPM Guage using Windows 7 64-bit and later Windows 10 64-bit. It all worked using the software on the TRC/Simkits Site. I remember they were all usb-plugin gauges which I plugged into and ran directly from a USB Hub with the supplied software. I have sold all of them since and purchased a complete C-182 Cockpit from Flight Illusion. Bill Davis Edited June 4, 20179 yr by wwdavis
June 5, 20179 yr Author Hi Bill Thanks for your response Yes simkits now only offer the USB style gauges - but the ones I have are the previous generation Each gauge has a ribbon cable which connects in to a PCB controller board (called CCU-2) This board then has 1 USB connector coming out, which plugs in to the PC According to their own website, this setup is no longer compatible with 64 bit operating systems - such as Windows 7 This is why they brought out the new range of gauges with the USB connections They do still offer the drivers and calibration software on their website for the CCU-2 style gauges - which I have installed, but the gauges do not respond I have emailed their support a couple of times, but they do not reply I may take the board to an electronics engineer and get them to check it over - perhaps it's fried
August 15, 20178 yr Author I have still not fixed this issue - very frustrating as I have lots of lovely simkits gauges which refuse to move! I am thinking I must have a faulty CCU2 controller board, although the red light flashes OK on the board which I believe means there is a connection Is anyone else out there running simkit gauges through the old CCU2 board, under Windows XP ? What software are you using to calibrate? Is it still available to download from anywhere?
August 28, 20178 yr Hi, I'm running a CCU2 on Win7 32 bit, was previously on XP. I did have an issue with my CCU2 at one point, found it was a faulty IC5, TDA8444T, just disconnected the SDA, SCL pins (3 and 4), the CCU2 initialized correctly after this and was not a problem as I do not use the CN12 connector. I also have a Simkits utility program called 'boardtest.exe' which might be of some use. This is what the output of 'boardtest.exe' looks like: Name: Board Test Company: TRC Development b.v. Version: 1.0.0.21 FileDescription: FileFlags: ------------------------- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz Physical Total: 2046Mb Physical Free: 1283Mb Virtual Total: 3938Mb Virtual Free: 3116Mb ------------------------- Board detected Anchor download Reset Info request Vendor ID: 0D59 Product ID: 0003 Device ID: 0000 ------------------------- 3.7 C:\Program Files\TRC Development\The Real Cockpit Name: TRC Link Company: TRC Development b.v. Version: 3.7.0.128 FileDescription: FileFlags: ------------------------- Preload complete Board redetected Vendor ID: 0D59 Product ID: 0003 Upload complete Board not detected! -------------------------
March 27, 20188 yr Can anybody help me, i recently acquired a beautiful built Baron 58 simulator based on the simkits CCU operation, this was built by an ex RAF engineer who sadly passed away a few years ago. I would love to get it up and running again, but to be quite honest i am a bit out of my depth. i am looking for someone to help in this project and i am more than willing to pay for their time. please if anyone is interested or knows of anyone please contact me direct on Either 07973394165 or [email protected] I am based in Leicestershire and can provide further information to anyone interested, Nick Rounding
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