Looking for USB remote control ...

Randall Reetz randall at randallreetz.com
Sat Jul 19 16:37:51 EDT 2008


jack's original post asked a legitimate and important question.  What remote control options are there for the rev community?

-----Original Message-----
From: "Randall Reetz" <randall at randallreetz.com>
To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: 7/19/2008 11:02 AM
Subject: RE: Looking for USB remote control ...

Sorry, paired transmiter reciever?

-----Original Message-----
From: "Randall Reetz" <randall at randallreetz.com>
To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: 7/19/2008 10:03 AM
Subject: RE: Looking for USB remote control ...

When you say "Tx" and "Rx" what do you mean?

-----Original Message-----
From: "Kay C Lan" <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com>
To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: 7/19/2008 2:36 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for USB remote control ...

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Randall Lee Reetz <randall at randallreetz.com>
wrote:

I don't know if the RC protocol has been modernized to a signature secured
> digital signal with a packet sending scheme.  If so, there would be less
> danger of signal crossover.


Yes, there are a couple of schemes available to pair Tx to Rx, once paired,
even transmitters on exactly the same channel should not interfere with your
model.

>
> I have been googling and googling and so far have not found a multi-channel
>> Radio Control (RC) receiver with USB port.  There are plenty of solutions
>> that go the other way (to control RC servos from your PC).
>
>
You can get adapter cables from here:

http://milehighwings.com/index.php

which allow you to connect you RC Transmitter to a computer so you can fly
Flight Simulators (or any kind of computer game that only requires 2 x
joysticks) but this is just a glorified game pad. I've not seen a solution
where you can use your RC Tx to talk to it's Rx which is plugged into the
USB port of a computer.

Clearly then, the knowledge of how to convert RC digital signals to USB
computer signals is available, and to move the pick off point from pre-Rx to
post-Rx would only be a small step. The real question is why? Which I guess
is why the next screeching tyres you hear will be the boys in the black
Surburban ;-)
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