Phoenix RC Flight Controller Driver Coming For Linux 4.17

[GizmoChicken]

No, I haven't, but I just bought one to find out :-)

Awesome! Thanks!! I hope that you'll please post your results here and/or on your blog.

[mfolkesson]

Have you, by chance, tested an OrangeRx DSMX/DSM2 USB dongle and/or an OrangeRx FrSky USB dongle with any Linux-compatible simulator? If so, did either work?

No, I haven't, but I just bought one to find out :-)

[Ray54]

I used to have Phoenix (version 6 I think) working under Wine several years ago, but I could not get the later upgrades of Phoenix working under Wine. Personally, I really did not need anything as complex and expensive as Phoenix, and did not want the hassle with having to use the Pheonix USB hardware dongle. So I gave up with Phoenix and moved over to using CCRCsim. CCRCsim is free and available native for Linux, and just works by connecting a normal stereo mini-jack cable from my Spektrum DX6 directly into the PC's audio-in jack (no dongle needed). So I suggest just try crrcsim and only if you must have something more sophisticated then consider dual-booting Windows and buying Phoenix.

[GizmoChicken]

I wrote an arduino library that works with a teensy microcontroller that i just plug my lemon-rx receiver into. It works really well for liftoff, accurc, and fpv freerider. Those are the only sims I've tried it with. The teensy is only $20 and you can use it wirelessly with any receiver you want. You can find it on github at rspenc29/RxJoystick.

Nice! Thanks!!

[chrs]

Very very nice! I am looking forward to this driver
Will use it with Heli-X as i expect phoenixrc not to work in wine because of this dongle shit :S

[mike44]

Markus, my Interlink Plus Realflight controller is very old but works fine in Wine for more than a decade. On Linux I use it for Aerofly in Wine and Crrcsim, however never got it working in Wine with Realflight and certainly won't bother to buy another which probably doesn't as well. So anyone got PhoenixRC or Realflight working with a USB controller in Wine?
PS: some years ago I had to create a Udev rule...really retarded.

[rspenc29]

Thanks much for this driver! I don’t yet own a Phoenix RC flight controller adapter. But I’ve been eying one, so great to know it will work on Linux if I every buy it.



Have you, by chance, tested an OrangeRx DSMX/DSM2 USB dongle and/or an OrangeRx FrSky USB dongle with any Linux-compatible simulator? If so, did either work?

I haven't tested their dongles but I wrote an arduino library that works with a teensy microcontroller that i just plug my lemon-rx receiver into. It works really well for liftoff, accurc, and fpv freerider. Those are the only sims I've tried it with. The teensy is only $20 and you can use it wirelessly with any receiver you want. You can find it on github at rspenc29/RxJoystick.

[GizmoChicken]

Thanks much for this driver! I don’t yet own a Phoenix RC flight controller adapter. But I’ve been eying one, so great to know it will work on Linux if I every buy it.

I just got some more USB adapters (XTR, VRC) in the mailbox today. At a first glance, they seems to have similiar behavior, so I will add support for these as well.

Have you, by chance, tested an OrangeRx DSMX/DSM2 USB dongle and/or an OrangeRx FrSky USB dongle with any Linux-compatible simulator? If so, did either work?

[brrrrttttt]

This is unexpected and very cool! Thanks Marcus!

[Veto]

Anyone got this working in Wine? I have a Realflight controller.

When I tested half a year ago, Phoenix RC seemed to work fine in Wine with its relatively simple graphics. However, I could not get it to recognize the controller adapter, effectively rendering it useless.

I have recently managed to get Phoenix RC to work in VirtualBox in Ubuntu 17.10 with Windows 7 as guest OS. But graphics in VirtualBox is not completely smooth.