teisco

I know there are apps and wiring diagrams but I am looking for an RC transmitter that will hookup to my pc right out of the box (not the ones that come with RC simulators but a real transmitter)
Thanks,

mkjohnston

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If you had a usb port on your TX you could plug it in that way!
Michael

teisco

I see where the high end Spectrum transmitters have USB and WiFi and Bluetooth...would any of those work using the transmitter for PC flightsims?

shahzad haider

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mkjohnston

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I don't know much about Spectrum gear as I am Futaba Man! I have real flight sim 9 and was looking at using my Futaba TX with it. There was adapter that they no longer make that plugs into the back of the Spectrum TX so but I dont really want to make a special cable at this moment.
good luck
Michael Johnston

AndyKunz

If you have RF9, get the WS2000 USB Spektrum simulator dongle. Then you have no cable between the PC and the Spektrum transmitter.

Andy

mkjohnston

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Hi Andy, I have a futaba8Ja that does not have a usb port or blue tooth. I was looking into using plugging my tx into the RF9 Spectrum Interlink DX but according to Horizon there is not a cable that will plug into my tx! I was going to plug it into the trainer port but I think I have to hold the Trainer button on like if I was buddy boxing with a student.
thank you
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AndyKunz

Ah, I misunderstood. I thought you were wanting to use your Spektrum radio and have a USB interface for your RF9. My bad.

From what I see in the manual, a regular JR-to-Futaba cable would suffice. I know Futaba has a couple different cable formats vs. 1 standard for JR and Spektrum. I don't know which format of cable you'd need to be using. Sorry.

You wouldn't have to hold the button on. Your Futaba would be the Student radio, and the Interlink would be the Instructor. It automatically handles the pass-through when it sees valid data coming in on the trainer port.

Andy

rgburrill

If the OP would say what he is trying to do there are any number of ways to connect a transmitter directly to a PC. USB, trainer ports, audio cables, special receivers, etc. Asking general question gets general answers that don't mean squat.

teisco

Thinking of buying the Spektrum xi20 to try and connect to the pc,,,usb should do it.

AndyKunz

The USB on the iX20 is not a simulator port. It's like plugging your phone into your PC, not your transmitter.

Andy

tedsander

The Taranis, and most other OpenTx transmitters do.

teisco

Thanks, I will check them out..
Ok did but would like to know how they link to pc and what they can do once linked.

tedsander

Plug in a USB cable, and it asks if you want to use it as a joystick. Then you can pretty much use it like any other game controller, for whatever you want. That simple.
Because of buttons, etc. other game controllers are better for serious game play, but it does fully function as one.
It uses Windows drivers, and is recognized just like any other Windows game controller.
For Real Flight, you can then configure it inside that program to be used instead of their dedicated controller. Probably the same for other flight sims that permit use of any joystick/game controller.
Frsky sells a wireless USB option, so one can do the same, just using the wireless USB dongle without the cord.
Spektrum also has a wireless USB adapter, but I do not know how well it is useable as a general controller.

Fair warning - the setup of Frsky/OpenTX radios is completely different than any other brand, and there is a learning curved involved. Don't expect to just plug and play.

AndyKunz

It enumerates as a standard joystick HID. Works great in all kinds of sims, including RealFlight.

Or you can just run RealFlight Mobile on your iX20...

Andy

teisco

Thanks,,,I think any modern radio would have a high learning curve for this old guy

Hitokiri_2000

I know this is an old thread and I assume you are a flyer?

The only transmitter I know of that you can connect to your pc and change/alter settings are the Nomadio Sensor and React systems.
These systems are for surface use (cars and so on) I know these systems because I have them my self and I use the pc link-up everytime I want to fiddle with any of the settings in the transmitter or even the models stored in the transmitter.

rgburrill

Both my Turnigy i6S and FlySky i10 have usb ports that can plug into a PC and be used as a game port/simulator.

tedsander

Ditto on any Frsky model TX. On my to-do to make a custom model on my radios to use for Microsoft Flight Simulator, rather than replace my joystick that is no longer supported.

Thefollower

I have used my FrSky Horus and Tandem radios on RF but have never tried them on MFS.