COCKPIT Finished with 7" LCD ButtonPanel

pgrande · 22-03-2008, 04:20

OK, finally I decided to call my cockpit Finished and not WIP any more ... anyway as you all now it is always WIP... The great advance was to develop from scratch and make a fully working 7" LCD for Button Box

Here the Story... from the beggining...

pgrande · 22-03-2008, 04:23

Now the ButtonPanel...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HF_V7zU1qU

ajcarson1 · 22-03-2008, 04:36

brilliant work.
very compact, and professional looking.

did you build it all yourself?

pgrande · 22-03-2008, 04:37

And some of the LCD Features taken as PrtScreen

pgrande · 22-03-2008, 04:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajcarson1

brilliant work.
very compact, and professional looking.

did you build it all yourself?

TKS... the rig was custom made by Castor Gonzalez www.simpro.com.ar for my specs and custom equipment I had... like Pedals, Shifter, LCD, etc...

A.Ulleri · 22-03-2008, 08:59

Where did you get the lcd screen and what softwear is that? What sims does it work with?

aN4rK1 · 22-03-2008, 09:28

That is absolutly Fantastic, iam very jealous!
Any chance of a software package download or a tutorial?

pgrande · 22-03-2008, 10:03

OK Guys let me tell you:

- The LCD screen is a generic 7" LCD Touch Screen used for in car DVD PlayBack. It has VGA input so I use it as a Second Monitor and also have dual View active

- The program I used is Touch Buddy, which is very popular in the SimFlight community, I used Photoshop to design the Graphs (Buttons) and all of the graphs are animated.

- You can get TouchBuddy here http://www.touch-buddy.com/ but right now the site is momentary down

- IT WORKS ALL THE TIME WITH EVERY GAME/MOD AS IT JUST EMULATE MOUSE MOVEMENTS, CLICKS AND KEY STROKES, ALSO IT KEEPS YOU IN GAME WITHOUT DOING AND ALT TAB

It is a very flexible tool as it allow you to program Touch, Toggle, Momentary, etc.. and any combination of different screen to make it work as I show in the video... sorry for the quality of the Video. In the page there are some simple examples you can download and even try them with a second monitor using the mouse... or if you have a touch screen using it too...

See some examples of the art work I did...

ghodan · 22-03-2008, 10:17

Hi,

Could you share your Touchbuddy profile/GUI for GTR with the us?

The profiles/GUI's downloadeble from the touchbuddy site are verry ugly.
But yours is very well made.

pgrande · 22-03-2008, 10:35

Sure man! It took me about 90 Hours to do it.... on this basis you can create a new one very Quickly... I will share my own profile "SIMRACING" wich is just a Beta and it is made for rFactor specific... From here do What you want. I can't provide support as I'm not the owner, also it is a free tool, but I would help anyone to improbe and/or creat new designs.

You need to download TouchBuddy and the Toolkit... I can't upload it because of the size...

DOWNLOAD ON PAGE 3... SIMARCING.RAR

Jeremy_D · 22-03-2008, 11:10

Very nice I really like your setups

A.Ulleri · 22-03-2008, 12:32

That is great. But is it really just a general lcd screen? I thought you might need a special touch screen to use it?

Tommy Trauma · 22-03-2008, 12:39

Nice rig. Mr. Gonzalez does nice work. I gotta get me a 7" lcd now I see.

pgrande · 22-03-2008, 12:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by A.Ulleri

That is great. But is it really just a general lcd screen? I thought you might need a special touch screen to use it?

It is a Touch Screen, nothing special... You can use an LCD but then you'll need the mouse to do the key strokes on it...

**BrandonB** · 23-03-2008, 04:46

Thats freakin awsome!

A.Ulleri · 23-03-2008, 08:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgrande

It is a Touch Screen, nothing special... You can use an LCD but then you'll need the mouse to do the key strokes on it...

Ok cool I follow now. Might have to add this to the setup.

pgrande · 23-03-2008, 10:48

I have updated the TouchBuddy profile in the ZIP up there... It is finished and it includes the CHAT keyboard. Also inside the ZIP is the TBC so just Unzip it to the Profiles folder of TB and give it a try.

Here you have a Screen Shoot of the CHAT keyboard Layout.

**BrandonB** · 23-03-2008, 11:37

Well.. here goes $200 I don't really need to spend.. and don't really need this.. it just looks too cool though lol

pgrande · 23-03-2008, 17:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrandonB

Well.. here goes $200 I don't really need to spend.. and don't really need this.. it just looks too cool though lol

I didn't need it too... neither some of other crazy thing I've done, but I feel good!!!

Patrick Kluiters · 23-03-2008, 18:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgrande

I have updated the TouchBuddy profile in the ZIP up there... It is finished and it includes the CHAT keyboard. Also inside the ZIP is the TBC so just Unzip it to the Profiles folder of TB and give it a try.

Here you have a Screen Shoot of the CHAT keyboard Layout.

Thanks! I was already wrestling with TB.

<AvA>Daza · 24-03-2008, 11:51

WOW , what more can i say.

SoundMan · 24-03-2008, 12:21

hero, plain and simple.

<AvA>Daza · 25-03-2008, 01:30

Hi pgrande,
I downloaded touch Buddy and installed today and added your TBC file and all works fine with rFactor.
Now i have a problem - i am using a 2nd monitor in Dual view mode with a nvidea 8800 GT and using the mouse to click on the buttons on touch buddy.
When i do this rfactor on my main monitor minimizes, any idea how to fix this ??

Thanks in advance
Daz

gangrel52 · 25-03-2008, 02:21

Wow, that's actually pretty ingenious! I've been searcing for a button box to add to my cockpit, but this may be a decent alternative. How difficult would this be to incorporate? Is there maybe a step-by-step to set this up? I think this would work out pretty well.

Also, do you have the ability to possibly have different profiles/layouts for different series/cars? Like one for Stock Cars, one for Single Seaters, etc?

**George Kuyumji** · 25-03-2008, 02:35

Very very nice

22-03-2008, 04:20	#1
pgrande Registered Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buenos Aires	COCKPIT Finished with 7" LCD ButtonPanel OK, finally I decided to call my cockpit Finished and not WIP any more ... anyway as you all now it is always WIP... The great advance was to develop from scratch and make a fully working 7" LCD for Button Box Here the Story... from the beggining... Attached Thumbnails __________________ AMD Opteron 146 @2.6Ghz, Gforce 8800 GTS 640Mb, SB XFi XtremeGamer, Simpro Racing Rig 5.1 Surround, TrackIR PRO, G25 modded, PSRP III pedal Set, Lighting SST V2 H Shifter, 7" LCD ButtonBox Last edited by pgrande : 22-03-2008 at 04:27.

22-03-2008, 04:37	#4
pgrande Registered Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buenos Aires	And some of the LCD Features taken as PrtScreen Attached Thumbnails __________________ AMD Opteron 146 @2.6Ghz, Gforce 8800 GTS 640Mb, SB XFi XtremeGamer, Simpro Racing Rig 5.1 Surround, TrackIR PRO, G25 modded, PSRP III pedal Set, Lighting SST V2 H Shifter, 7" LCD ButtonBox

22-03-2008, 10:03	#8
pgrande Registered Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buenos Aires	OK Guys let me tell you: - The LCD screen is a generic 7" LCD Touch Screen used for in car DVD PlayBack. It has VGA input so I use it as a Second Monitor and also have dual View active - The program I used is Touch Buddy, which is very popular in the SimFlight community, I used Photoshop to design the Graphs (Buttons) and all of the graphs are animated. - You can get TouchBuddy here http://www.touch-buddy.com/ but right now the site is momentary down - IT WORKS ALL THE TIME WITH EVERY GAME/MOD AS IT JUST EMULATE MOUSE MOVEMENTS, CLICKS AND KEY STROKES, ALSO IT KEEPS YOU IN GAME WITHOUT DOING AND ALT TAB It is a very flexible tool as it allow you to program Touch, Toggle, Momentary, etc.. and any combination of different screen to make it work as I show in the video... sorry for the quality of the Video. In the page there are some simple examples you can download and even try them with a second monitor using the mouse... or if you have a touch screen using it too... See some examples of the art work I did... Attached Thumbnails __________________ AMD Opteron 146 @2.6Ghz, Gforce 8800 GTS 640Mb, SB XFi XtremeGamer, Simpro Racing Rig 5.1 Surround, TrackIR PRO, G25 modded, PSRP III pedal Set, Lighting SST V2 H Shifter, 7" LCD ButtonBox Last edited by pgrande : 22-03-2008 at 13:22.

22-03-2008, 10:35	#10
pgrande Registered Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buenos Aires	Sure man! It took me about 90 Hours to do it.... on this basis you can create a new one very Quickly... I will share my own profile "SIMRACING" wich is just a Beta and it is made for rFactor specific... From here do What you want. I can't provide support as I'm not the owner, also it is a free tool, but I would help anyone to improbe and/or creat new designs. You need to download TouchBuddy and the Toolkit... I can't upload it because of the size... DOWNLOAD ON PAGE 3... SIMARCING.RAR __________________ AMD Opteron 146 @2.6Ghz, Gforce 8800 GTS 640Mb, SB XFi XtremeGamer, Simpro Racing Rig 5.1 Surround, TrackIR PRO, G25 modded, PSRP III pedal Set, Lighting SST V2 H Shifter, 7" LCD ButtonBox Last edited by pgrande : 05-04-2008 at 09:22.

22-03-2008, 12:39	#13
Tommy Trauma Registered Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Indianapolis In.	Nice rig. Mr. Gonzalez does nice work. I gotta get me a 7" lcd now I see. __________________ *The Older I Get, the grumpier I am!*

22-03-2008, 04:36	#3
ajcarson1 Registered Join Date: Oct 2006	brilliant work. very compact, and professional looking. did you build it all yourself?

22-03-2008, 08:59	#6
A.Ulleri Registered Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada	Where did you get the lcd screen and what softwear is that? What sims does it work with?

22-03-2008, 09:28	#7
aN4rK1 Registered Join Date: Mar 2008	That is absolutly Fantastic, iam very jealous! Any chance of a software package download or a tutorial?

22-03-2008, 10:17	#9
ghodan Registered Join Date: May 2007	Hi, Could you share your Touchbuddy profile/GUI for GTR with the us? The profiles/GUI's downloadeble from the touchbuddy site are verry ugly. But yours is very well made.

22-03-2008, 11:10	#11
Jeremy_D Registered Join Date: May 2007 Location: Baraboo Wisconsin Age: 30	Very nice I really like your setups

22-03-2008, 12:32	#12
A.Ulleri Registered Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada	That is great. But is it really just a general lcd screen? I thought you might need a special touch screen to use it?

23-03-2008, 04:46	#15
BrandonB Senior Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: United States Age: 23	Thats freakin awsome! __________________ Please help my city grow by clickingonce a day :) http://dthville.myminicity.com

23-03-2008, 10:48	#17
pgrande Registered Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Buenos Aires	I have updated the TouchBuddy profile in the ZIP up there... It is finished and it includes the CHAT keyboard. Also inside the ZIP is the TBC so just Unzip it to the Profiles folder of TB and give it a try. Here you have a Screen Shoot of the CHAT keyboard Layout. Attached Thumbnails __________________ AMD Opteron 146 @2.6Ghz, Gforce 8800 GTS 640Mb, SB XFi XtremeGamer, Simpro Racing Rig 5.1 Surround, TrackIR PRO, G25 modded, PSRP III pedal Set, Lighting SST V2 H Shifter, 7" LCD ButtonBox

23-03-2008, 11:37	#18
BrandonB Senior Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: United States Age: 23	Well.. here goes $200 I don't really need to spend.. and don't really need this.. it just looks too cool though lol __________________ Please help my city grow by clickingonce a day :) http://dthville.myminicity.com Last edited by BrandonB : 23-03-2008 at 11:56.

24-03-2008, 11:51	#21
<AvA>Daza Registered Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Brisbane Australia Age: 38	WOW , what more can i say.

24-03-2008, 12:21	#22
SoundMan Registered Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: UK	hero, plain and simple. __________________ AMD X2 4600+, 2GB Patriot 2-3-2-5-11 , Connect3D X1950XT, HDA X-Mystique 7.1 sc, 2x B&W 603s, 2x B&W 602s

25-03-2008, 01:30	#23
<AvA>Daza Registered Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Brisbane Australia Age: 38	Hi pgrande, I downloaded touch Buddy and installed today and added your TBC file and all works fine with rFactor. Now i have a problem - i am using a 2nd monitor in Dual view mode with a nvidea 8800 GT and using the mouse to click on the buttons on touch buddy. When i do this rfactor on my main monitor minimizes, any idea how to fix this ?? Thanks in advance Daz

25-03-2008, 02:21	#24
gangrel52 Registered Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC Age: 23	Wow, that's actually pretty ingenious! I've been searcing for a button box to add to my cockpit, but this may be a decent alternative. How difficult would this be to incorporate? Is there maybe a step-by-step to set this up? I think this would work out pretty well. Also, do you have the ability to possibly have different profiles/layouts for different series/cars? Like one for Stock Cars, one for Single Seaters, etc? __________________ Steve Rosswick As Seen on TV. www.SteveRosswick.com Red, White & Speed - www.SpeedReed.tv

25-03-2008, 02:35	#25
George Kuyumji Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Austria Age: 24	Very very nice __________________ Montoya win at Michigan 500

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