posted 06-15- 11:40 PM               

I got no ruder control on my gravis joystick, but I do have a second joystick.

posted 06-16- 09:34 AM               

If you have a throttle on your gravis you have to modifie the Y.
For your info all pin on the top row of the DB15 plug is used for the x & Y axis of the joystick 1 (elevator & aileron) and button 1 & 2.
The lower pin is x & Y axis (throttle & rudder) and button 3 & 4.
You can easely found all the pinout on the Net.
I have modified a Y harness for a friends who wants to use his pedals for the rudder.

If you want more info on the joystick pinout or other things, send me an e-mail, I have made my own joystick (control stick, pedals, throttle and steering)and everything work very well.

posted 06-16- 07:23 PM               

but Now that I know that it is possible i will have to check it out a bit more online...

Next question...

I will be buying a new chip and monitor in the next few weeks...K6 II-500, and 15" monitor (17" if the funds are there)...I have an 8 meg ATI a-i-w pro, and 64 megs ram.
and I'm still on 56K. (can't afford dsl yet )

posted 06-19- 09:30 AM               

The pedal is plugged on the second plug of the Y.
It's for this reason you lost the Throttle and button 3 & 4 on your main joystick (if you have the throttle on it)

You have to modify the Y to keep the throttle and button active on your main joystick.
I will work on the wiring diagram today and I post it in few days...

posted 07-01- 07:27 PM               

This is the DB-15 plug pinout:

Pin Fonction
1 ground (x1 & y1)
2 Button 1
3 X1 (Aileron)
4 Ground (Button 1)
5 Ground (Button 2)
6 Y1 (Elevator)
7 Button 2
8 N.C.
9 Ground (X2 & Y2)
10 Button 3
11 X2 (Rudder)
12 Ground (Button 3 & 4)
13 Y2 (Throttle)
14 Button 4
15 N.C.

The most easy ways to add a pedal to your joystick is to buy a joystick extension cable, cut the cable, find the wire color to each pin and add the plug a potentiometer to pin 9 & 13. You can use a 100K or 200K LINEAR potentiometer (you can find it at Radio Shack)

I hope this little explication may help you!
I have taken some picture of my joystick setup, i wait to finish my film.. and i post on this topic when i receive my photo.

For pedal building guides go to this site: http://www.theuspits.com/hardware/lew/index.html

Closterman =602 ieme City of Glasgow=

P.S.: I hope you understand my explication, i know my english is not very good....