Tutorials & Guides

How to configure Forum8 UC-win/Road

Configure Forum8 UC-win/Road driving simulation to send telemetry to a motion platform.

1 Introduction

3D real-time virtual reality software UC-win/Road enables the creation of large scale 3D spaces for all sorts of projects by simple PC operations and with which you can give a variety of presentations in real-time. It can interact with various hardware devices, including motion platforms.

2 Requirements

Integration with UC-win/Road requires two additional components to be installed, activated and running in the system:

DSUDPPlugin - plugin for UC-win/Road main application.
DSMiddleWareApp - a standalone proxy application that allows ForceSeatPM to get data from UC-win/Road.

Information

Both DSUDPPlugin and DSMiddleWareApp are developed and provided by Forum8 team. If you have any additional questions, please refer to the official documentation and Forum8's technical support. This section covers only basic configuration and essential features.

3 Configuration and usage

If you have not already done so, install DSUDPPlugin and activate its license.
In ForceSeatPM activate UC-win | Road profile.
Start DSMiddleWareApp application and choose Support_Motion and Support_MotionWashout in Hardware Support section.
In DSMiddleWareApp review UDP configuration and then click Connect to establish a connection with ForceSeatPM.
Load a scenario in UC-win/Road application and go to DSUDPPlugin configuration (in Driving Sim section).
Enable Use Motion option and connect to DSMiddleWareApp application (you can also enable Auto Connect if you wish).

4 QS-DD-20 configuration

QS-DD-20 direct drive steering wheel works perfectly fine via Direct Input with Microsoft ForceFeedback API and does not require any additional plug-ins. In order to configure the steering wheel, go to File → Application Options → Game Controller Options and then adjust mapping and force feedback effect effects. Refer to images below.