Sintax7 (Lee) has been working with the Starship Horizons software for Several years now. If you haven’t checked them out yet, please go to http://starshiphorizons.com or https://store.steampowered.com/app/1024950/Starship_Horizons_Bridge_Simulator/ to get a copy of this great game.

Although I started out running Artemis, and have tried Thorium, Starship Horizons is my #1 pick for Starship Bridge Simulators. At present, I believe it is the class-leader for this niche of a niche.

I haven’t posted here in a while. One main reason is that I also started a Facebook group for Sim Pit Builders. That group can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/simpitbuilder.

Things are good in starship bridge sim land… My crosslinking projects are all moving forward, even it if its at a bit of a slow pace. A starship bridge build isn’t anything without the underlying software to run it. This post is a nod to the Starship Horizons software and its developer!

COCKPIT / RACK POWER PANEL

This panel is a 3U panel that is meant to monitor inbound 110v AC power and to distribute 12V DC power to the various sub-panels.

The POWER KILL button will disconnect power to the 12v side of the mix, but doesn’t change the 110V side.

The two LCD backlit readout panels look cool AND are fully functional.

SELECT, LOAD & LAUNCH

Here’s my next panel.  It goes along with the first one.  This is the ORDNANCE panel which includes both Tube Loading/Unloading and FIRE.  A 4×16 LCD panel shows the type of torpedo and the QUANTITY on hand.  Twist the SELECT knob to pick which type of torpedo you want to load and push the proper load button.  Once loaded (see the green indicator on the other panel), hit the FIRE button to launch the ordnance.

This is the first panel that I decided to work on and mock up.  Partly because I had the LED’s and the switch already.  I think I’ll be changing the look-and-feel on the graphics quite a bit, but the general panel is ok…

WEAPON TUBE LOADED STATUS

The panel has 4 green and 4 red led’s.  This can either be driven by an Arduino style or DMX controller.  Although I’ve only got Horizons and Artemis listed, it could be used for Kerbal, Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous among other software…

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I’ve also launched a FB group for this as well.  The link is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2008185979457603/