13. pxrc - PhoenixRC Flight Controller Adapter

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

This driver let you use your own RC controller plugged into the adapter that comes with PhoenixRC 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:

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

The digital input switch is generated as an BTN_A event.

13.2. Manual Testing

To test this driver's functionality you may use input-event which is part of the input layer utilities suite [1].

For example:

> modprobe pxrc
> input-events <devnr>

To print all input events from input devnr.