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A320 Sidestick PRO OEMInstallation & Operation Manual

Version 1.0 – July 2018

by Luciano Napolitano

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CPT SIDE SKU: 200301F/O SIDE SKU: 200302

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INDEX1 - BOX CONTENTS, FEATURES AND REQUIREMENTS ............................................... 3

2 - HARDWARE INSTALLATION AND SETUP ................................................................. 4

2.1 HARDWARE CONNECTION ............................................................................. 4

2.2 AXIS CALIBRATION ........................................................................................... 4

2.3 AXIS AND BUTTON ASSIGNMENT IN CLIENT SIMULATOR .......................... 4

2.4 SOFTWARE SETTINGS AND CALIBRATION ................................................... 5

3 – USING FSC DRIVER FOR SOLENOID AUTOPILOT FUNCTION .............................. 12

3.1 USING THE DRIVER IN X-PLANE .................................................................... 12

3.2 USING THE TQ IN FS9, FSX, ESP AND Prepar3D ........................................... 13

3.3 USING THE SIDESTICK WITH AEROSOFT A320/321 ................................... 14

4 - INTEGRATING IN PROSIM-AR ................................................................................... 15

4.1 SOFTWARE CONNECTION - SIDESTICK ...................................................... 15

5 - SCHEMATICS and TECHNICAL DRAWING .............................................................. 16

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1. BOX CONTENTS, FEATURES AND REQUIREMENTS

A320 Sidestick PRO OEM is a professional sidestick with proportional passive force feedback, availa-ble for both Captain (SKU 200301) and First Officer side (SKU 200302).OEM lighter version with no enclosure and USB only interface (no LAN)

The FSC A320 SIDESTICK PRO OEM kit is composed by the following items:

- A320 Sidestick PRO OEM- 1x 5m USB cable type A to B- 24V 2A AC to DC Switching Adapter Power Supply- 1x USB flash drive with the drivers bundle for : FS 2004, FSX, FSX-SE, Prepar3d v1.x/2.x/3.x/4.x and X-Plane 9.7/10.x/11.x- Installation & Operation Manual

MAIN FEATURES• Proportional Force Feedback

• Locking solenoid for Autopilot function, with mechanical

disengage and electronic disengage for both side

• Engineered and produced by FSC

• Solid body built with precision CNC machined parts,

made of aluminium and special steels

• USB 2.0 interface

• Handle made of Single pressed Aluminium body

• MIL-A OTTO 2.5 lbs pressure A/P Disengage button

• The junction with handle is made with nuts and Double

HD-15 connector, as the original A320 one

• You can use the original A320 stick handle without

modification

• High Quality Rubber Gaiter replica

• 12bit high precision A/D converter for accurate axis

reading

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2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION AND SETUP

2.1 HARDWARE CONNECTION

1. Connect the 24V power supply for Sidestick operation2. Connect the Sidestick to a computer via USB

USB connection allows to guarantee the full compatibility with FSX/FSX-SE , P3D and X-Plane products.

2.2 AXIS CALIBRATION

Once connected, the unit is seen by the operative system as a standard joystick, which can be calibrated through Windows Game device setup, as for any other joystick device.

2.3 AXIS AND BUTTON ASSIGNMENT IN CLIENT SIMULATOR

Axis and buttons can be assigned through the facilities supplied into client simulator and/or FSUIPC (there is no difference compared to other regular joystick devices)

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2.4 SOFTWARE SETTINGS AND CALIBRATION

Generic Game Controller settings (to be calibrated before configuring FSUIPC or XPLANE) - Plug the usb cable into PC. Press “START” menù and type “Joy.cpl”

- Click on “Properties” and calibrate

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- Confirm wizard with NEXT button

- Find center point and confirm with NEXT button


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- Move axis from full left to full right and from full up to full down to calibrate and select “Display raw data”

- Press APPLY to save calibration

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XPLANE : One Control AXISFrom “Settings” menu, select “Joystick, Keys & equipment”, select “axis” tab, move handle to discover the axis, then assign it from the dropbox to “ roll” and “pitch”.

FSX/P3D ONLY : One control Axis for each Joystick, so You can have a double command one for CPT and other for F/O.

FSX/P3D With FSUIPC: One control Axis for each Joystick, so You can have a double command one for CPT and other for F/O.

From “add ons” menu, select “FSUIPC”, select “Axis assignment” tab, move the stick to discover the axis, then under “type of action required” select the radio-button “send direct to FSUIPC calibration”, select the axis to be assigned from dropbox menu. Repeat this procedure for pitch axis.


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From “Joystick calibration” tab, select “Main Flight controls” page.

From “Ailerons(direct!)” move the stick to discover min,center & max values then press “Set” buttons to confirm values. Repeat this procedure for Pitch axis.

Magenta FBW with XPLANE/FSX/P3d: Two separate Stick

From FBW main page press “Calibrate” move Stick to discover the axis.Near the axis press “Sel” to select and calibrate.

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Under the calibration page select “Assign” button to assign the Axis “Aileron” or “Ailrn F/O”

Aileron direction: rotating the handle left the “out” indicator must slide to the left, if not, select “Invert-ed” (arrow 1).


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Press “Recalibrate” (arrow 2) and move the handle left and right slowly to calibrate the axis.

Look at the input and output values (arrow 3): the “in” value above indicate the raw values from joystick interface, the “out” value below indicates the calculated range of values to send to simulator according to calibration filtered by “Aileron response Curve”.

Release the handle to center the Stick, and press “Set Center” (arrow 4)

How to change Response Curve:

Drag with mouse:- “Null” (arrow 5) to change null zone value (right to enlarge)- “Width”(arrow 6) for width zone- “Max” (arrow 7) for % max excursion- The Output Axis will move between “Null” and “Wdth”, with deflection from 0% to “Max” % of calibrat-ed value (arrow 3, “out”)

Then click:- “Default” (arrow 8) for straight response,- “Curve” (arrow 9) for progressive response (like in the picture)

- You can draw your own curve directly with your mouse pointer (arrow 10)- To end calibration process, click “Lock Calibration” (arrow 11)

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3. USING FSC AIRBUS DRIVER FOR SOLENOID AUTOPILOT FUNCTION

The Sidestick has a solenoid to lock the handle when the autopilot is engaged. By applying some degree of additional force to the handle, the solenoid unlocks and the autopilot disconnects, allowing to continue the flight “manually”.The solenoid / autopilot function is provided through FSC Airbus driver, which is compatible with mostflight simulator client software and their add-ons. The driver is usually supplied in an USB key and doesn’tneed an installation: to use it, just copy the provided executable application anywhere on your hard driveor onto the desktop, and run it directly from there.

3.1 USING THE AIRBUS DRIVER IN X-PLANE

In order to work as expected, the Airbus driver requires X-Plane and XPUIPC started in the followingsequence:

1. Start X-Plane, making sure that it loads also the XPUIPC plug-in as indicated below:

From the Plug-in Admin menu, XPUIPC/XPWideFS must be set as Enabled.

2. If the Sidestick is connected to a slave computer (say computer “B”) not running X-Plane, you will have to run XPWideClient on computer B, configuring the IP address of the computer where XPlane runs. The Airbus driver will be executed on computer B too.

For first time use, XPWideClient needs to be configured in order to communicate with X-Plane. In the sample shown above, XPWideClient is configured to communicate with X-Plane running on the same computer where XPWideClient and the TQ driver are used (IP address of 127.0.0.1, meaning “itself”).XPWideClient is configured by directly editing its INI file by a text editor (for example, WindowsNotepad). Please consult the documentation shipped with XPWideClient to know how to edit its INI file and configure it as required.

If the Sidestick is connected to the same computer where X-Plane runs, step 2 can be skipped.


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3. Start the Airbus driver by running the provided executable

NOTE: to get XPUIPC, not supplied with this software, please visit http://www.tosi-online.de/

3.2 USING THE TQ IN FS9, FSX, ESP AND Prepar3DIn order to work properly, the TQ requires FSUIPC installed and registered into the client simulator soft-ware that you would like to use. Most cockpit builders and general users already have FSUIPC installed and registered because it is required by most add-ons. In case you don’t have it, you may buy a license from simmarket.com

- Run the client simulator normally - Make sure that no other hardware is sending pitch/roll input (check the axis / buttons assignment

of the client simulator and clear all the settings) - Run the provided Airbus driver:

To access the configuration, use Device > Sidestick configuration...

The Airbus driver works by aircraft profile: it detects automatically the currently active aircraft in the client simulator, and activate the latest saved configuration for such aircraft.

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You can enable or disable selectively Captain’s or First Officer’s sidestick, furthermore, you can specify an offset from where the status of autopilot (engaged or disengaged) is read or set. This lets the handle blocking function, via solenoid, to work accordingly to autopilot setting.

The default FSUIPC offset, working with most default and add-ons airplanes, is 07BC (bit 0). You can customize it as needed, accordingly to the offset actually used by your client simulator.

3.3 USING THE SIDESTICK WITH AEROSOFT A320/321In order to work properly, Aerosoft Airbus requires a specific autopilot offset address and a LUA file to beloaded via FSUIPC.

- To access the Sidestick configuration, use Device > Sidestick configuration...

Make sure the offset address is set to 04F0

- Copy the supplied “FSC-Airbus-Sidestick.lua” in the same folder where FSUIPC is installed, for example C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules. Then, open FSUIPC4.INI (found in the same folder) and make sure the followings line exists: [Auto] 1= FSC-Airbus-Sidestick.lua (if you already use other LUA files that are loaded automatically once the simulator starts, you will see them listed in the same section: in such case, just add FSC-Airbus-TQ as last entry, respecting the order number in your INI file)

- Now you can start Aerosoft Airbus and enjoy the sidestick with fully operative solenoid locking function.


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4. INTEGRATING IN PROSIM - AR

4.1 SOFTWARE CONNECTION - SIDESTICK

The Sidestick must be connected to Prosim-AR with USB interface.Set sidestick axis in configuration page, combined settings, Flight Controls, Lever:

Assign the Roll and Pitch axis as above, calibrate the min, max , center , and null zone.Go to combined settings, Flight Controls, Switch:

Assign the red pushbutton over the stick to “Sidestick captain priority takeover pushed”.

Go to Autoflight , indicator:

Assign the AP1 and AP2 value to FSUIPC 16 bit S 0x66C0 offset for locking solenoid activation. 66C0 is a custom free offset for personal use, if You are already using it You can assign another offest from the free to use range, and change it in the Lua script. Copy the lua script “FSC_A320_Prosim_AR.lua” in “modules “ folder of Your sim, then edit the FSUIPCx.ini (where “x” could be “4” or “5”) and add these lines:

[AUTO]1=lua FSC_A320_Prosim_AR

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5. SCHEMATICS and TECHNICAL DRAWING


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