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Started by FSAddon_boss, October 04, 2021, 07:22:12 AM

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FSAddon_boss

On a limb here, but I have a full set of Flightlink hardware..... dashboard/yoke, pedals, radio stack.... and an old EPIC ' card' to link them together and to a computer.

But I have not been able to find the software anymore..... there's an old partial webpage somewhere last updated 2012.... but all the other pages don't work anymore.

I guess I can dump the to in the bin, but it seems such a waste !

Anyone know anything about Flightlink interfaces here !!!??
Best regards,
Francois
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Francois A. 'Navman' Dumas
former FSAddon Publishing - Italy
https://www.fsaddon.com/fsblog/
retired


FSAddon_boss

It may very well do..... if I can get my hed around the techie stuff. I could not get that website to display anything, but had a different link.

You Sir, are my hero. Thank you !
Best regards,
Francois
_____________________________________
Francois A. 'Navman' Dumas
former FSAddon Publishing - Italy
https://www.fsaddon.com/fsblog/
retired

ame

You're welcome.

Incidentally, I emailed the company (R&R Electronics) to ask if the product was still for sale and supported. I was told it was. I found this difficult to believe because I couldn't find any kind of community around the product. No-one was asking questions about it, no-one was talking about how they were using it.

I'm sure it works well, but it seems like a dead duck to me. Plus, these days the custom EPIC hardware could be replaced by a Raspberry Pi or Arduino, which are cheaper and easier to acquire.

Garys

For older stuff like this that uses old interfacing products you can use a website called wayback machine. You can still download the original 2003 epicentre software from flight link or head on to the R@R electronics website for the usb downloads if you need it

It will take you on a bit a goose chase, but for us old timers that have been in this hobby since humans first starting carving animals inside caves, it can be a good trip down memory lane  :D

FSAddon_boss

Thank you both.
I was wondering if I could take the hardware apart and replace the connections to the epic box by an Arduino chip.... The pdf file will help me understand better!
Best regards,
Francois
_____________________________________
Francois A. 'Navman' Dumas
former FSAddon Publishing - Italy
https://www.fsaddon.com/fsblog/
retired

Garys

That would be my suggestion. Epic is old, complicated and expensive when compared to interfacing solutions available today that run natively on win 7 and above.

Spooledup Dad

Quote from: Garys on October 04, 2021, 01:19:50 PMFor older stuff like this that uses old interfacing products you can use a website called wayback machine. You can still download the original 2003 epicentre software from flight link or head on to the R@R electronics website for the usb downloads if you need it

It will take you on a bit a goose chase, but for us old timers that have been in this hobby since humans first starting carving animals inside caves, it can be a good trip down memory lane  :D
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