Great thread
well I got to it thanks to Mr.Pibb, though he kinda tricked me
I'll explain:
I finally got my rig and my racing corner ready ... this was the main step! I was tired of assembling and unassembling wheel and pedals and moving all around every time I wanted to drive ... so now that that's dona (I attach some pics) it was time to start improving my driving hardware: I own a real old and kinda sheety Logitech Momo Racing Force Feedback .. that's where I got tricked by Mr. Pibb ... not the G25 model no .. the original one!
So let's forget the pedals, cause they are really bad (I'll just do a quick spring mod till I get money to buy the Fanatec V2's) and center on the wheel which I think it's still usable. I was thinking of doing a mod with Leo's SLI-M when I found Mr. Pibb's sketch
loved it ... unfortunately it's not my wheel but I still think it can be done, although the insides are totally different the outer look is the same so the final look could also be the same!
Now some questions for Mr. Pibb, if you please!
Did you leave the original board for basic wheel commands? turning, shifting FFB. I was thinking of doing that, even shifted some of the wheel buttons to the base already (see attached pic) cause I'll have 8 free button contacts on the original Logitech board.
What kind of material did you use for the main wheel panel?
Where did you get the nice knobs and the scale stickers for the rotaries?
What kind of push buttons did you use? The nice but very expensive from Leo's site? or did you find a cheaper solution?
Now just out of curiosity what are the B1 and B2 buttons for?
Regarding the USB cable issue I think I won't have a problem with that since my wheel is only 360º capable, which I think is more than enough (never really understood the 900º chase issue).
Now for the software I haven't tried it yet but I think Fanaleds would cover all the problems mentioned here ! It was firsly made for Fanatec products but they updated to lots of controllers, namely Leo's stuff; the main guy was even at Leo's near Silverstone so I think it's the best software for the SLI boards.
Hope to get some comments
I am really exited about this project.
Sergio Carretas