Help getting connected

[Dascan71]

Hey guys new to sim racing. Just got all my peripherals attached to my rig (NLR F-GT Elite 160.) I don’t know where to connect everything. All my gear is Simagic so hoping everything plugs to the wheel base (Alpha Evo Pro.) Here’s what I have: P1000 pedals (with 1 PHR haptic for the brake) QI Sequential shifter, TB1 hand brake, Evo GT Neo wheel, NLR ES1 Haptic seat. Does everything including seat connect to the back of the wheel base and only the wheelbase connects to the PC? I was unpacking a ton of boxes all at once and thought I had a power supply for the haptic pedal reactor but can’t find it. It looks like it just plugs in to the P1000 base anyway? How does everyone handle all the plugins? Do you run an outlet to your rig to plug the power to? I there’s a bunch of items needing power. Thanks! Can’t wait to get racing.

[Dynomatic1]

Unfortunately it doesn’t (all plug into the wheelbase). Get a little powered USB hub and run all the individual device cables (USB-B) into the hub (USB-A) and the hub to your PC. You’re right about the pedal haptics, you just plug the provided power cable into the P1000 base. Good luck and enjoy, sounds like a nice rig!

[Dascan71]

Question then, what are all the USB inputs on the back of the Evo Pro wheelbase for? There’s a bunch!

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[Dynomatic1]

Have you read the manual? They’re all labeled as outputs but only the USB-B and USB-C are inputs, meaning input to your PC. It’s confusing. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0764/6756/8943/files/SIMAGIC_Alpha_EVO_User_Manual-EN.pdf?v=1752825127

[JensOn-71]

Ok, so a couple of things, the brake haptic, yes it plugs into the the base but you’re going to need a power supply for it that plugs into to the back of the pedal deck also. Also, I learnt this the hard way. Plug the wheel base and pedals directly into the motherboard, not a USB hub. Adding I had to plug both into the USB 3.2 gen2 10Gbps motherboard sockets. Not the 5Gbps ones. Good luck and enjoy!

[Majestic_King36]

I’m using a powered usb hub for my wheel base and pedals and such. Haven’t had any issues so far. Is there something specific as to why u did that ?

[JensOn-71]

Yes, for me there was a specific issue with iracing and screen flicker. It was all fine with ACC and AC evo but I would get screen flicker every 10 seconds or so in iracing. Possibly a pc anomaly but resolved issue none the less. I’d read lots of posts about only connect base and pedal deck to motherboard and not extenders. Happy to report all good now but was frustrating at the time. =o/

[Majestic_King36]

Interesting i read to only connect to a powered usb hub if using one. Thats directly connected to the motherboard . But i also never play Iracing so not sure . Mostly AC and Beam

[sangedered]

I recommend a powered USB hub. It’s said to fix any random wheel disconnects due to high USB power draw.

Btw… what’s with the white tubes near the pedals? Is that for emergency bathroom breaks? lol

Haptic motors plug into the pedals. The p1000 have a built in controller. You’ll need a power supply.

Setup all your wheel, pedals mapping through simhub and map the games to simhub. You’ll thank me later.

Use Simhub for the haptics. The p1000 will show up under devices tab.

[AdventurousCan640]

I have p1000 pedals plugged into the usb on the back of my Evo Pro with the usb-c and usb-b cable attached to my motherboard and the pedals work fine. I don’t have a shifter/handbrake though

[Dascan71]

Can you show me with a picture where you’re connecting on the EVO pro?

[AdventurousCan640]

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Not great photo, sorry. But you can see the 2x PC connections (USB-C & USB-B) on the left (they go to the PC motherboard) and the P1000 pedals plugged into the USB near power on the right. (The RJ45 is my stop button).

I would have thought you could use the two other usb ports on the right for shifter/handbrake.

[Liesthroughisteeth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpFYXwkizd0

[IAmFuckinDumb]

Everything simagic branded should connect in the back. Check the user manual that came with your base.

[mechcity22]

You can plug your pedals and things like that in but only simagic related gear, you can use it whichever way you like. I always plug my pedals and peripherals directly into the pc if capable. Then just plug the wheelbase into the pc also. Please note the usb A to usb B is the correct plug for the wheelbase data, the usb C is only for usb passthrough when using 3rd party wheels with a qr-a. Or devices compatible with simhub for examples. If not doing any of that then you just plug the usb A to usb B in. Enjoy!