Chapter 1-1 Features and Requirements FSC Stick Shaker provides vibration to the control yoke in case of an imminent stall, in order to reproduce the behavior of a real stick shaker found in most modern cockpits. The Stick Shaker kit is composed by the following items:...
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The Stick Shaker kit provides very flexible features, letting to use it in a huge variety of situations and with most simulation software currently available: Can be connected via either USB or LAN cable (the LAN cable can be plugged either into a network port directly on a computer, or into a hub/switch) ...
Installation Chapter 2-1 Hardware Installation and Setup The CCU can be conveniently connected via LAN (to either a hub/switch or to a computer's free LAN port) or via USB. The connectors are located on the side of the CCU. The Stick Shaker driver is a small application not requiring any installation procedure: just copy the supplied program on the Windows desktop, or anywhere in the hard drive, and run it by simply double clicking the icon.
2-2 Configuring USB Connection Once the Stick Shaker CCU has been connected for the first time to the computer through an USB cable, relevant drivers are automatically installed by the operative system (an active internet connection may be required), then a virtual COM port is assigned to the hardware. Before using the Stick Shaker, we have to know the exact port number (it changes from system to system, depending on how many other COM ports, either real or virtual, have been previously installed).
2-3 Configuring LAN Connection The Stick Shaker CCU is shipped configured on the factory-default IP address of 192.168.1.199 on port 12345 (net submask 255.255.255.0). To let the device be "seen" by your network, the following conditions must be met: The IP address and port used by CCU must be unique and therefore not used by any other device on the same LAN ...
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Open a web browser and on the address bar, enter the IP address of the CCU as follows: When an authentication window is displayed, login with username:admin password:admin From the page that will be displayed in the browser, enter the parameters accordingly to the LAN where the Stick Shaker will be actually used ...
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As soon as the LAN setup is saved, you will be no longer able to access the configuration again, not until the CCU will be connected to a LAN that doesn't use the same IP address range. Should you need to reset the IP address and the other parameters to factory default, just press the reset button on the side of the LAN port: ...
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From Windows command line / search box/start button run either cmd.exe (Command Prompt) or powershell.exe (Power Shell) Type ping followed by the IP address of the CCU, for example, ping 89.46.72.1 "Reply from" indicates that the computer where you are operating, is able to communicate with the CCU.
Operation Chapter 3-1 Operating the Stick Shaker The first time that the Stick Shaker is used, it is necessary to configure the software. The Stick Shaker driver is usually supplied in an USB key and doesn't need an installation: to use it, just copy the supplied stickshaker application anywhere on your hard drive or onto the desktop, and run it directly from there.
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The currently selected aircraft is displayed on the top of the window (settings, except communication parameters, will be applied to current aircraft only) Check "Enable Stick Shaker" if you wish to activate the Stick Shaker in current aircraft ...
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