Futaba 7C 2.4 not sim compatable beware!

[andyj007]

Well traded up my 6ex 2.4g to a futaba 7c 2.4.
Got the planes all programmed in no problems.. pluged in the brand new GWS lead and am unable to calibrate for FMS, Clearview, or windows game controller..
Basically i get to the calibration page and its like going crazy like the sticks are going mad... now my 6ex worked a treat....
I phone up Ripmax today who are the UK importers to speak with there tech people..
It turns out that according to them this is normal some transmitters will work & some will not.. due to the low voltage given by the buddy output.. so its pure luck?
He then said that a number of people are reporting problems with Futaba 7c.
and that it shouldn't be used for simulators anyway.. only to connecting other transmitters together..
so here i am having spent a sodding fortune.. to make matters worse I cant even get my old transmitter to calibrate using the phono socket.. vista wont let me load in the drivers for PPJOY..
Anyone else heard of this problem with Futaba 7c? im thinking of returning it to get my old 6EX back...

any help apreciated..

thanks

Andy

[Aerosapien]

My Futaba 7C 2.4 gig works fine with both FSOne and Phoenix. Never had an issue (except for a bad adapter one time).

Perhaps you could verify that the buddy connector on the TX is ok by buddying with another TX or something. The square connector is afterall kind of delicate compared to the old style round connector.

I hope you find an answer, good luck.

[andyj007]

What happend on your bad connector?? ive got two that ive tried surely they both cant be bad??
My main gripe was that Futaba UK said that there is a problem on some transmitters and that it shouldn't be used for simulators.. Because of this the unit is not faulty and cannot be fixed under warranty this despite other 7cs working..
so even if its is my Buddy connector which i will try with another radio.. Futaba stating that this is not what it should be used for is really odd.
surely alot of people have a sim?? or should i be using a dedicated sim..
is this the policy of all the radio manufactures??

thanks

ANdy

[Aerosapien]

The symptoms with my bad adapter were sort of like your "sticks going mad" description. It would stop and start as well.

I'd suggest trying to run the sim cord through the TX handle so that nothing is pulling on the connection and make sure there's no other pressure on the connector. Before replacing my bad adapter, doing this allowed the connection to work tentatively. Sometimes I had to nudge the connector a bit with my finger if it went crazy again.

I still loop the cord through the handle to ensure that the square plugs stay in good shape.

The round connectors were so much better.

The response you got from support doesn't surprise me. They designed the buddy connector for buddy boxing which is far less frequent than sim'ing. The connector gets put in and taken out frequently and the cord gets yanked. So naturally they would issue a blanket statement like "the TX should not be used with a sim" to make sure to back away from any responsibility for replacing worn connectors on the TX (the solder points can get lose as well).

[wgtthompson]

I have a Futaba 7CHP and could not get it to work with FMS or Clearview. One day, I started Clearview just for the heck of it with the Futaba plugged into the USB port. It magically worked.

Days later, I plugged the Futaba 7CHP back into the comptuer and it was not recognized by Clearview.

I then pulled the USB and plugged it back in. Windows XP responded with "new hardware ready" message. I immediately started Clearview. The Clearview sim recognized my control as "PPM#" under the control setup.

I also think it depends on which USB port I was plugging into so you might try that also.

So far no luck with FMS.

[skirtz]

You must plug in the controller BEFORE you start ClearView. You you first start ClearView and then plug in the controller, ClearView will not see the controller, even while Windows recognise it.

Stefan
http://rcflightsim.com

[Atom1025]

I know its an old post but figured I'd update this for the search engine in case some one is looking.

The Futaba 7c 2.4 works fine with FMS, I had to go to the menu-trainer-turn inh to off. set all channels to N.

Make sure the square plug is firmly installed! I had to jam mine it, sucks... I can see this breaking down the line....

Anyways it works with FMS and clearview,

[Sky_Dancer]

My 7CH 2.4Ghz. works absolutely fine with Clearview and Helisim as well. I have a USB sim cable. I don't even remember the maker of it now. Got it at a table at the Perry Ga. swap meet and airshow one year.
All my issues in other recent post have been solved as well.
Now if only I could hover a plane as well as Clearview will do it with the autopilot hover assist!! :)