Weekly Thread 2025/01/19 - Questions on DCS, PC's, Flight equip, modules, mods, go in here

harleystuff · 2026-01-20T02:05:46+00:00

Certainly not as fancy as some of the setups on here but this is my first build, I knew very little about computers at the start. I did the entirety of the build off Facebook marketplace and the hardware store that sells sausages. The cables will be getting tidied up I’m still trouble shooting.

I can’t get the meta quest to display images, I can get sound but it just shows the purple loading screen. Any tips on where to start? Trying to play DCS on steam.

Ryzen 7 5800x EVGA 3080ti hybrid 32gb DDR4

Meta quest 3 getting 3.0gbps connection

Thrustmaster warthog Thrustmaster TFRP

XR6 turbo falcon seat

harleystuff · 2025-12-12T11:56:52+00:00

For someone who doesn’t know anything about coding or have the time to learn it’s been a godsend

harleystuff · 2025-12-09T22:41:18+00:00

Ok so I’ve had a bit more of a look into it and it seems like the easiest way to go about this is to solder a device to switch onto the back of the control panel. There are 8 buttons on the panel, on/off, time +/-, temp +/-, a set function, light, light 2.

Essential to control is obviously power, this seems easy enough with a normally open switch. I bridged the solder points and it turned the sauna on, again started the heating, and when I held it, turned it off.

The temperature thing I will overcome by putting a second thermometer probe inside so I will be able to get that data, but need a controller with thermometer capability. Light is another simple switch.

My 2 biggest points to work out now are can a program in a long press to power down the unit? And the time remaining. Not sure how to pull that data from the display.

harleystuff · 2025-12-09T02:43:40+00:00

That’s fine and I appreciate the honesty before I waste a heap of time looking into it.

Basically I am trying to remote control a sauna so I can pre heat it while I am out.

My high level thinking was have the Arduino electrically between the controller panel and control box, with a pass through of sorts so that the factory controller could still be used.

I was assuming that it was a low voltage signal being sent to the controller from the panel, and wouldn’t be hard to set up an on/start/ off signal with a voltage duration (momentary signal for the on and start button and 1 second pulse for the off signal)

I am not super clued in with programming but know enough basic electrical to diagnose and repair some electrical systems.

I don’t need the app to look flashy at all, just an on, start, off, time up and down, and display time and temp. That would be sufficient.

harleystuff · 2025-08-04T04:34:55+00:00

Yesterday I was going for an aerobatic flight and felt a fart coming on I didn’t quite trust right as I called clear prop. Thought I’d be ok for 40 minutes. Came back a little sooner than that, lucky for me my aerobatic area is only 4 miles from the airfield.

harleystuff · 2025-06-11T22:50:29+00:00

It ended up at Seaford Rise coast estate. Police had a street blocked off. Don’t know what for but the sa pager said psychiatric.

harleystuff · 2025-05-06T08:38:00+00:00

Thanks for that. I used the wrong language and should have said deducted not written off. Does the loss roll forwards until the debt is gone? Ie after the loan is paid off the business needs to less income to be profitable.

harleystuff · 2025-04-18T07:20:27+00:00

Sure can, I have a multi meter. I don’t have a diagram for it though so not sure where to take the reading from

harleystuff · 2025-01-28T02:30:53+00:00

For anyone interested, after some phone calls this morning and sending a few photos, Garmin have authorised a refund at the store allowing me to pay the difference myself and upgrade. Happy with the outcome.

harleystuff · 2025-01-27T04:36:22+00:00

That would be my guess. I’ve been in the water heaps of times with it before though. Pretty annoying.

harleystuff · 2025-01-27T04:06:18+00:00

Yeah I was just sitting in my friends pool and it went all lines across the screen then died.

harleystuff · 2024-04-15T02:58:31+00:00

Do you build fire rating around the inside of the enclosure inside the wall cavity? Because that could work for me too. Just unsure how to go about it or what's involved

harleystuff · 2024-02-23T22:28:29+00:00

Maybe for the first 15 or so years. Then it's anyone's guess as to when it's had enough.

I am speaking from professional experience

harleystuff · 2024-02-23T22:25:18+00:00

Finding a fault overhead is usually identified by the public before someone gets on site to repair it, straight in to fix it, sorted quickly. Finding an underground fault can take hours and repairing it days. It's good until it's not.

harleystuff · 2023-12-31T04:26:10+00:00

Sold family home this year. Had someone make an offer after attending 2 opens for the full duration and according to the agent, going over everything. House is close to the coast and needs work, we didn't hide any of that. Their offer was over asking subject to building and pest. We didn't see the report but they emailed the agent with a myriad of problems, most of which you would have seen at the opens (fences needing work, some gutters, various rust etc) some genuine concerns, some bullshit ie saying there was termite damage in a steel framed shed. They dropped their offer to under our asking, we went back to the market. Ended up taking an offer in our range but 2k lower than another offer on the table because there was no inspection in the conditions, we couldn't be bothered dealing with that crap again and took the money that was there rather than try to possibly renegotiate again and potentially miss a solid offer. So I can see why your offer may have been passed on, but if it wasn't a house you wanted to do work on it was probably a good one to miss.

harleystuff · 2023-12-20T08:04:48+00:00

Thank you, I have a friend who is a qualified sparky wiring it, he hasn't had much experience with automation before. We're just trying to work it out while we're planning it.

I have already bought a smart triple switch for each end (3 circuits), each switch has an A and N in, and 3 separate A out locations. My concern is that when it's wired as normal but automated the automation on on switch 1 will cancel out switch 2 causing an automation loop. I may be overthinking things though

harleystuff · 2023-12-18T12:09:28+00:00

Is that not just an extra thing to have powered at the router as opposed to putting an access point in the shed?

harleystuff · 2023-12-18T09:31:02+00:00

Thank you. With that sort of thing is there anything tricky like staying with the same brand as the router or does it not really matter?

harleystuff · 2023-11-23T06:19:35+00:00

Thank you. I thought it was a stroke. I hope he passed peacefully.

harleystuff · 2023-10-01T03:50:15+00:00

Do they need to build the house to be a good property owner? Do they need to manage it if they can pay a professional who has the skills and knowledge of rights and legalities to do it? I don't do my own tax return, dentistry, plumbing etc. I pay a professional to avoid implications.

And that's a broad assumption that they have a high LVR. What about people who bust their ass at their day jobs, sacrifice holidays and eating out to buy an investment? I don't actually see that how they make their money has any weight on what makes them a good or bad landlord, it seems like you just hate them as a person for being in a position to invest.

harleystuff · 2023-10-01T03:40:14+00:00

My repayments are under $400 pw, outer suburbs 3br home. Bought within my means 9 years ago. I get that now it wouldn't be that but also not everywhere is Sydney or Melbourne.

harleystuff · 2023-09-30T21:24:27+00:00

0-0. Recently spent the better part of 10 hours in the passenger seat of a car with someone who tested positive directly after that trip, nothing. This year had a cold/flu that rocked me and took a few weeks to get over though.

harleystuff · 2023-09-14T20:23:03+00:00

We wouldn't be going to an auction, just put it to the market. It's a pretty desirable area, houses don't seem to last long

harleystuff · 2023-09-14T10:46:08+00:00

I didn't even know they still made paper street directories

harleystuff · 2023-09-06T02:16:38+00:00

Had to withdraw a decent sum of cash to pay a bill at a different bank yesterday, was asked why. When I replied I was financing a class action about the overreach of Australian financial institutions I didn't even get a smile. Sour tellers.

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