is there any cable to connect my futaba to MAC?

[bermudezweb]

hi, I´ve a futaba and a USB cable simulator type RFSimulator, but MAC don´t find anything, is there any cable to connect my futaba to MAC

[LuGus Studios]

I read someone got this [www.ebay.com] from eBay, but I can't confirm if this works.

[bermudezweb]

I´ve this one, but my mac don´t know what is it, I don´t know how connect a generic radio on mac.

[MacGeng]

sorry bud.. futaba doesn't work with mac.

[Kun]

i want my money back

[Kun]

Originally posted by LuGus Studios:

I read someone got this [www.ebay.com] from eBay, but I can't confirm if this works.

Originally posted by MacGeng:

sorry bud.. futaba doesn't work with mac.

Just make it work!

[Boof69]

Originally posted by Kun:

Just make it work!

Try to keep in mind this is still an "early release" . Issues like these are going to take time to get resolved.

[Kun]

Originally posted by Boof69:

Originally posted by Kun:

Just make it work!

Try to keep in mind this is still an "early release" . Issues like these are going to take time to get resolved.

I'll try my best to keep that in mind:(

[bermudezweb]

I think that Mac and liftoff is a bad team working with any radio... :((

[crnee]

Hi !

I am using Futaba T8FG on MAC with this simulator usb cable link[www.hobbyking.com] and it is working perfectly in HotProps, Freerider, Heli-X, AeroSIM etc...
The USB controller is detected as KMODEL simulator-XTR+G2-FMS controller, by ControllerMate or Hotprops ...

I tried it with Liftoff expecting better simulation than others..but when calibrating and assigning controls there is allways one of them unrecognizable, usualy Roll, sometimes Pitch.
I remaped channels on Futaba also but no luck...Liftoff cannot see more than 3 channels.
Used ControllerMate to make virtual joystick configuration ...no luck. Everything is ok in ControllerMate and all inputs are present but in Liftoff I always lacks one channel.

I am very dissapointed in this purchase and the fact that I paid for something expecting to have better expirience than in free software.

[LuGus Studios]

Originally posted by crnee:

I am very dissapointed in this purchase and the fact that I paid for something expecting to have better expirience than in free software.

I'm sorry you are having problems with your remote and I'm sorry you had wrong expectations.

We are still hard at work on the game and an upgrade to the calibration tool is on our priority list. Please note that Liftoff is an Early Access project and far from being finished. This is how we describe it on our website and on the store page:

"If you are someone who enjoys a solid polished product we don’t recommend the Early Access version of the game. Early Access is only for those who are willing to invest in a project early on and are prepared to deal with all the little teething problems that are inherent in game production. While getting involved as early as possible might be exciting, we would recommend most players to wait for the full experience. Everything released under the Early Access program is to be considered work in progress and may not represent the final product."

[ewowi]

Hi LiftOff Developer team, I have a Futaba T8J and an RC Simulator to connect to my Mac. Works in FreeRider, works in NextX but like LiftOff most and doesn't work here (yet). LiftOff responds to the controls but with a wrong channel mapping so if LiftOff Calibration wil get the possibility to assign radio channels to Pitch, Jaw etc then Futaba's can be configured in LiftOff. Hope you will build this in the next version.

[dragonfly]

The channel mapping for your Futaba transmitter will sort itself out within the Liftoff joystick setup if you can acheive an accurate assignment/calibration routine.

Try an assignment routine only.
OPTIONS > CONTROLS > JOYSTICK SETUP > ASSIGN

Follow the instructions carefully, center the THR before prceeding to YAW, etc.
If necessary, use the THR Zero Point slider to ensure IDLE/ARM functions correctly within the simulation.

Dragonfly

[mkjj]

Unluckily saw this discussion only after purchase... :( Seems not much progress on this front...

[LuGus Studios]

At this point it's mostly a lack of progression on Futaba's side. It's the only remote that just doesnt want to participate in the fun, and not only with Liftoff, other sims too.

This topic is an old topic and since then Liftoff made a lot of progress on the calibration side of things. 99% of the time remotes seem to work with Liftoff no, there's just some rare cases of some remote/cable/dongle/pc setups that don't seem to give any workable input data to the game software. There's not a lot we can do about that.

I'm moving this topic to the right subforum btw.