13. pxrc - PhoenixRC Flight Controller Adapter

Author:Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@gmail.com>

This driver let you use your own RC controller plugged into theadapter that comes with PhoenixRC[1] or other compatible adapters.

The adapter supports 7 analog channels and 1 digital input switch.

13.1. Notes

Many RC controllers is able to configure which stick goes to which channel.This is also configurable in most simulators, so a matching is not necessary.

The driver is generating the following input event for analog channels:

ChannelEvent
1ABS_X
2ABS_Y
3ABS_RX
4ABS_RY
5ABS_RUDDER
6ABS_THROTTLE
7ABS_MISC

The digital input switch is generated as anBTN_A event.

13.2. Manual Testing

To test this driver’s functionality you may useinput-event which is part oftheinput layer utilities suite[2].

For example:

> modprobe pxrc> input-events <devnr>

To print all input events from inputdevnr.