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WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
Hi all,
If anyone can point me to where I can get a serial to USB adapter for
my TSW I would appreciate it. TSW no longer makes or sells them.
Please respond here and I will get back with you.
-Dirt-
Hi all,
If anyone can point me to where I can get a serial to USB adapter for
my TSW I would appreciate it. TSW no longer makes or sells them.
Please respond here and I will get back with you.
-Dirt-
Re: WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
On 24 Jan 2007 04:05:42 -0800, Dirt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> If anyone can point me to where I can get a serial to USB adapter for
> my TSW I would appreciate it. TSW no longer makes or sells them.
> Please respond here and I will get back with you.
>
> -Dirt-
>
Hello Dirt,
I used a rockfire *gameport* to USB adapter with mixed results for a
while. Your best bet (if you plan to continue using your TSW) would be
to convert the wheel to USB yourself using a Plasma Lite v2 board.
I don't know of any serial versions of the TSW, so sorry I cannot help
you there.
Cheers, uwe
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On 24 Jan 2007 04:05:42 -0800, Dirt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> If anyone can point me to where I can get a serial to USB adapter for
> my TSW I would appreciate it. TSW no longer makes or sells them.
> Please respond here and I will get back with you.
>
> -Dirt-
>
Hello Dirt,
I used a rockfire *gameport* to USB adapter with mixed results for a
while. Your best bet (if you plan to continue using your TSW) would be
to convert the wheel to USB yourself using a Plasma Lite v2 board.
I don't know of any serial versions of the TSW, so sorry I cannot help
you there.
Cheers, uwe
--
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Re: WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
> > Hi all,
>
> > If anyone can point me to where I can get a serial to USB adapter for
> > my TSW I would appreciate it. TSW no longer makes or sells them.
> > Please respond here and I will get back with you.
>
> > -Dirt-Hello Dirt,
>
> I used a rockfire *gameport* to USB adapter with mixed results for a
> while. Your best bet (if you plan to continue using your TSW) would be
> to convert the wheel to USB yourself using a Plasma Lite v2 board.
>
> I don't know of any serial versions of the TSW, so sorry I cannot help
> you there.
>
> Cheers, uwe
Thanks. I may have misspoken. It would almost certainly be a
gameport-to-usb adapter that I need, not serial-to-usb.
I may investigate the Rockfire as my best alternative. TSW will rewire
it for me, but it'll cost $150 plus $30 shipping each way. Not cheap.
What specific problems did you have with the Rockfire? I have 50k ohm
Spectra pots in the TSW now. Could that be a problem (too little
resistance)?
-Dirt-
> > Hi all,
>
> > If anyone can point me to where I can get a serial to USB adapter for
> > my TSW I would appreciate it. TSW no longer makes or sells them.
> > Please respond here and I will get back with you.
>
> > -Dirt-Hello Dirt,
>
> I used a rockfire *gameport* to USB adapter with mixed results for a
> while. Your best bet (if you plan to continue using your TSW) would be
> to convert the wheel to USB yourself using a Plasma Lite v2 board.
>
> I don't know of any serial versions of the TSW, so sorry I cannot help
> you there.
>
> Cheers, uwe
Thanks. I may have misspoken. It would almost certainly be a
gameport-to-usb adapter that I need, not serial-to-usb.
I may investigate the Rockfire as my best alternative. TSW will rewire
it for me, but it'll cost $150 plus $30 shipping each way. Not cheap.
What specific problems did you have with the Rockfire? I have 50k ohm
Spectra pots in the TSW now. Could that be a problem (too little
resistance)?
-Dirt-
Re: WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
On 24 Jan 2007 09:26:52 -0800, "Dirt" <christopher.l.cavin@gmail,com >
wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>>
>> > If anyone can point me to where I can get a serial to USB adapter for
>> > my TSW I would appreciate it. TSW no longer makes or sells them.
>> > Please respond here and I will get back with you.
>>
>> > -Dirt-Hello Dirt,
>>
>> I used a rockfire *gameport* to USB adapter with mixed results for a
>> while. Your best bet (if you plan to continue using your TSW) would be
>> to convert the wheel to USB yourself using a Plasma Lite v2 board.
>>
>> I don't know of any serial versions of the TSW, so sorry I cannot help
>> you there.
>>
>> Cheers, uwe
>
>
>
>Thanks. I may have misspoken. It would almost certainly be a
>gameport-to-usb adapter that I need, not serial-to-usb.
>
>I may investigate the Rockfire as my best alternative. TSW will rewire
>it for me, but it'll cost $150 plus $30 shipping each way. Not cheap.
>What specific problems did you have with the Rockfire? I have 50k ohm
>Spectra pots in the TSW now. Could that be a problem (too little
>resistance)?
>
>-Dirt-
The TSW adapter is (or was) a Rockfire. They also sold some converter
you could use for the 50k Ohm spectral pots, but that just a
condensator for each axis...something you could build yourself.
I'll recommend Uwe's suggestion, get the Plasma lite.
Cheers!
Remco
On 24 Jan 2007 09:26:52 -0800, "Dirt" <christopher.l.cavin@gmail,com >
wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>>
>> > If anyone can point me to where I can get a serial to USB adapter for
>> > my TSW I would appreciate it. TSW no longer makes or sells them.
>> > Please respond here and I will get back with you.
>>
>> > -Dirt-Hello Dirt,
>>
>> I used a rockfire *gameport* to USB adapter with mixed results for a
>> while. Your best bet (if you plan to continue using your TSW) would be
>> to convert the wheel to USB yourself using a Plasma Lite v2 board.
>>
>> I don't know of any serial versions of the TSW, so sorry I cannot help
>> you there.
>>
>> Cheers, uwe
>
>
>
>Thanks. I may have misspoken. It would almost certainly be a
>gameport-to-usb adapter that I need, not serial-to-usb.
>
>I may investigate the Rockfire as my best alternative. TSW will rewire
>it for me, but it'll cost $150 plus $30 shipping each way. Not cheap.
>What specific problems did you have with the Rockfire? I have 50k ohm
>Spectra pots in the TSW now. Could that be a problem (too little
>resistance)?
>
>-Dirt-
The TSW adapter is (or was) a Rockfire. They also sold some converter
you could use for the 50k Ohm spectral pots, but that just a
condensator for each axis...something you could build yourself.
I'll recommend Uwe's suggestion, get the Plasma lite.
Cheers!
Remco
Re: WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
ya wont like it. Id send it on in...
Dirt enlightened us with:
> Thanks all. I'll check into it.
>
> -Dirt-
ya wont like it. Id send it on in...
Dirt enlightened us with:
> Thanks all. I'll check into it.
>
> -Dirt-
Re: WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
Plowboy <Plow@boy,com > wrote in message
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> ya wont like it. Id send it on in...
> Dirt enlightened us with:
> > Thanks all. I'll check into it.
> >
> > -Dirt-
>
>
He won't like the Plasma Lite or the Rockfire? I was looking at the Plasma
Lite to build my own wheel/controller.
Plowboy <Plow@boy,com > wrote in message
news:yhruh.1451$uK1.1191@newsfe23.lga...
> ya wont like it. Id send it on in...
> Dirt enlightened us with:
> > Thanks all. I'll check into it.
> >
> > -Dirt-
>
>
He won't like the Plasma Lite or the Rockfire? I was looking at the Plasma
Lite to build my own wheel/controller.
Re: WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:56:57 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote:
>
> He won't like the Plasma Lite or the Rockfire? I was looking at the Plasma
> Lite to build my own wheel/controller.
>
>
the rockfire, more likely. You can't wrong with the Plasma Lite if you
plan to build your own setup!
Cheers, uwe
PS: Happy PLv2 owner ;-)
--
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:56:57 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote:
>
> He won't like the Plasma Lite or the Rockfire? I was looking at the Plasma
> Lite to build my own wheel/controller.
>
>
the rockfire, more likely. You can't wrong with the Plasma Lite if you
plan to build your own setup!
Cheers, uwe
PS: Happy PLv2 owner ;-)
--
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Re: WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
Uwe Schürkamp <hoover@hoover.dyndns.org> wrote in message
news:slrnersgec.l32.hoover@hoover.dyndns.org...
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:56:57 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote:
> >
> > He won't like the Plasma Lite or the Rockfire? I was looking at the
Plasma
> > Lite to build my own wheel/controller.
> >
> >
>
> the rockfire, more likely. You can't wrong with the Plasma Lite if you
> plan to build your own setup!
>
> Cheers, uwe
>
> PS: Happy PLv2 owner ;-)
>
>
> --
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Cheers Uwe,
Have you built your own wheel/controller or have you just done the mod to
the TSW?
Good documentation from the Plasma people?
Uwe Schürkamp <hoover@hoover.dyndns.org> wrote in message
news:slrnersgec.l32.hoover@hoover.dyndns.org...
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:56:57 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote:
> >
> > He won't like the Plasma Lite or the Rockfire? I was looking at the
Plasma
> > Lite to build my own wheel/controller.
> >
> >
>
> the rockfire, more likely. You can't wrong with the Plasma Lite if you
> plan to build your own setup!
>
> Cheers, uwe
>
> PS: Happy PLv2 owner ;-)
>
>
> --
> GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
Cheers Uwe,
Have you built your own wheel/controller or have you just done the mod to
the TSW?
Good documentation from the Plasma people?
Re: WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
yes the rockfire, and yeah going by several different times Uwe S. has
posted, when this is asked, and by others with gamport wheels trying the
rockfire adapter, even though for many it was the best solution (non
inclusive to having TSW redo the darn TSW wheels) about everyone I have
kinda kept track of (in the back of my head that is) has not liked the
notchy-ness/lack of precision of input, after installing the rockfire, seems
even the guys that did this with the Ecci's ended up doing a different
solution, IIRC.
Pee JayEl enlightened us with:
> Uwe Schürkamp <hoover@hoover.dyndns.org> wrote in message
> news:slrnersgec.l32.hoover@hoover.dyndns.org...
>> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:56:57 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote:
>>>
>>> He won't like the Plasma Lite or the Rockfire? I was looking at
>>> the Plasma Lite to build my own wheel/controller.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> the rockfire, more likely. You can't wrong with the Plasma Lite if
>> you plan to build your own setup!
>>
>> Cheers, uwe
>>
>> PS: Happy PLv2 owner ;-)
>>
>>
>> --
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>
> Cheers Uwe,
>
> Have you built your own wheel/controller or have you just done the
> mod to the TSW?
>
> Good documentation from the Plasma people?
yes the rockfire, and yeah going by several different times Uwe S. has
posted, when this is asked, and by others with gamport wheels trying the
rockfire adapter, even though for many it was the best solution (non
inclusive to having TSW redo the darn TSW wheels) about everyone I have
kinda kept track of (in the back of my head that is) has not liked the
notchy-ness/lack of precision of input, after installing the rockfire, seems
even the guys that did this with the Ecci's ended up doing a different
solution, IIRC.
Pee JayEl enlightened us with:
> Uwe Schürkamp <hoover@hoover.dyndns.org> wrote in message
> news:slrnersgec.l32.hoover@hoover.dyndns.org...
>> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:56:57 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote:
>>>
>>> He won't like the Plasma Lite or the Rockfire? I was looking at
>>> the Plasma Lite to build my own wheel/controller.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> the rockfire, more likely. You can't wrong with the Plasma Lite if
>> you plan to build your own setup!
>>
>> Cheers, uwe
>>
>> PS: Happy PLv2 owner ;-)
>>
>>
>> --
>> GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
>
> Cheers Uwe,
>
> Have you built your own wheel/controller or have you just done the
> mod to the TSW?
>
> Good documentation from the Plasma people?
Re: WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:57:46 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote:
> Cheers Uwe,
>
> Have you built your own wheel/controller or have you just done the mod to
> the TSW?
>
I converted the TSW pedals only, with the help of a friend who knows a
bit about electronics, soldering and cabling, although it turned out I
could have done it myself easily enough. But it's always good to have
another pair of eyes in the process to look out for errors.
> Good documentation from the Plasma people?
Both documentation and support (by email, say) have been excellent.
While the board is not exactly cheap (around $80 CDN I believe, plus
postage) it's well worth the money IMO, given the countless axes, nobs,
twisters and other thingies that can be connected (I only use two inputs
for the pedal axis at the moment).
Cheers, uwe
--
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:57:46 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote:
> Cheers Uwe,
>
> Have you built your own wheel/controller or have you just done the mod to
> the TSW?
>
I converted the TSW pedals only, with the help of a friend who knows a
bit about electronics, soldering and cabling, although it turned out I
could have done it myself easily enough. But it's always good to have
another pair of eyes in the process to look out for errors.
> Good documentation from the Plasma people?
Both documentation and support (by email, say) have been excellent.
While the board is not exactly cheap (around $80 CDN I believe, plus
postage) it's well worth the money IMO, given the countless axes, nobs,
twisters and other thingies that can be connected (I only use two inputs
for the pedal axis at the moment).
Cheers, uwe
--
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Re: WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
Uwe Schürkamp <hoover@hoover.dyndns.org> wrote in message
news:slrneru71k.o47.hoover@hoover.dyndns.org...
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:57:46 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote:
>
> > Cheers Uwe,
> >
> > Have you built your own wheel/controller or have you just done the mod
to
> > the TSW?
> >
>
> I converted the TSW pedals only, with the help of a friend who knows a
> bit about electronics, soldering and cabling, although it turned out I
> could have done it myself easily enough. But it's always good to have
> another pair of eyes in the process to look out for errors.
>
>
> > Good documentation from the Plasma people?
>
> Both documentation and support (by email, say) have been excellent.
> While the board is not exactly cheap (around $80 CDN I believe, plus
> postage) it's well worth the money IMO, given the countless axes, nobs,
> twisters and other thingies that can be connected (I only use two inputs
> for the pedal axis at the moment).
>
> Cheers, uwe
>
Thanks Uwe,
The cost is not that high, plus I'm in Canada so the postage won't be bad.
Cheers
PJ
>
> --
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Uwe Schürkamp <hoover@hoover.dyndns.org> wrote in message
news:slrneru71k.o47.hoover@hoover.dyndns.org...
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:57:46 -0500, Pee JayEl wrote:
>
> > Cheers Uwe,
> >
> > Have you built your own wheel/controller or have you just done the mod
to
> > the TSW?
> >
>
> I converted the TSW pedals only, with the help of a friend who knows a
> bit about electronics, soldering and cabling, although it turned out I
> could have done it myself easily enough. But it's always good to have
> another pair of eyes in the process to look out for errors.
>
>
> > Good documentation from the Plasma people?
>
> Both documentation and support (by email, say) have been excellent.
> While the board is not exactly cheap (around $80 CDN I believe, plus
> postage) it's well worth the money IMO, given the countless axes, nobs,
> twisters and other thingies that can be connected (I only use two inputs
> for the pedal axis at the moment).
>
> Cheers, uwe
>
Thanks Uwe,
The cost is not that high, plus I'm in Canada so the postage won't be bad.
Cheers
PJ
>
> --
> GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
Re: WANTED: TSW Serial to USB Adapter
On 24 Jan 2007 09:26:52 -0800, Dirt wrote:
> What specific problems did you have with the Rockfire? I have 50k ohm
> Spectra pots in the TSW now. Could that be a problem (too little
Hi Dirt,
my main gripe with the rockfire was that the conversion resulted in
really low-res resolutions on both the steering and pedal axes, even
when using hi-spec pots. I think I got 64 separate values on the pedals
and around 100 "notches" (there's really no other way to call it ;-) on
the steering axis.
I ended up buying a plasma lite v2 board, converted just the TSW pedals
to USB, dumped the TSW wheel and replaced it with a Momo DFP, so now I
have a 2-controller setup (DFP on #1 for the wheel, TSW pedals on #2 for
throttle and brake).
Mind you the plasma lite v2 isn't cheap, but you'll have all sorts of
expansion possibilities with it later if you want to build your own
cockpit, for example.
All the best, uwe
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On 24 Jan 2007 09:26:52 -0800, Dirt wrote:
> What specific problems did you have with the Rockfire? I have 50k ohm
> Spectra pots in the TSW now. Could that be a problem (too little
Hi Dirt,
my main gripe with the rockfire was that the conversion resulted in
really low-res resolutions on both the steering and pedal axes, even
when using hi-spec pots. I think I got 64 separate values on the pedals
and around 100 "notches" (there's really no other way to call it ;-) on
the steering axis.
I ended up buying a plasma lite v2 board, converted just the TSW pedals
to USB, dumped the TSW wheel and replaced it with a Momo DFP, so now I
have a 2-controller setup (DFP on #1 for the wheel, TSW pedals on #2 for
throttle and brake).
Mind you the plasma lite v2 isn't cheap, but you'll have all sorts of
expansion possibilities with it later if you want to build your own
cockpit, for example.
All the best, uwe
--
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