I've got that same exact setup.. all boxed. Found the FLCS and TQS brand new about a year ago and then got a boxed RCS.

Years ago I had the FLCS and TQS and then gave them away... dumb me.

I'll scan the documentation and post it here later this evening.

I'll also post up detailed instructions on how to hook everything together.

Do you need any instructions on programming or anything? It is all done through a text editor and then uploaded through a DOS program.

Getting timing correct for the throttle throw in different games is "fun" to say the least.

Thabks a lot! Honestly, this is my first Thrustmaster setup, so any help (including info on the programming) is greatly appreciated.

Ok, so your setup (joystick and throttle) are newer than mine, as mine have the standard AT keyboard hookups instead of PS/2.

Mine are actually the Mark II FCS and Mark II WCS.

In any case, the programming software is the same as far as I know.

Found the how to hook up everything pages here:
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/ … ld_your_own_USB

As for the software, you can use the original stuff or supposedly one called Foxy in order to create the profiles. You can run Foxy in Windows XP and it will make programming the profiles a whole lot easier. You will then have to boot into DOS to upload the profile to the TQS.

Links to the original software:
ftp://ftp.thrustmaster.com/accessories/pc/joy … ks/exe/F16FLCS/
ftp://ftp.thrustmaster.com/accessories/pc/thr … les/exe/F16TQS/
ftp://ftp.thrustmaster.com/accessories/pc/Thrustmapper/ (not sure if this is the correct version or not)
ftp://ftp.thrustmaster.com/accessories/pc/ALL/exe/ (has older versions of Thrustmapper)
ftp://ftp.thrustmaster.com/accessories/pc/ALL … s/Thrustmapper/ (Thrustmapper manuals)
ftp://ftp.thrustmaster.com/accessories/pc/ALL … pper-how-to.doc (Thrustmapper how-to-doc)

Link to Foxy:
ftp://ftp.thrustmaster.com/accessories/pc/hot … /software/foxy/

Let me know if you need any more help. I can scan the manuals I have. I think the buttons are going to be slightly different on yours though and not sure what they would all be labeled in the script. Foxy may have pictoral layouts of what the buttons are... and if it doesn't, you should be able to figure it out from the generated profile.

It is also possible that your setup has been converted to digital.. but I kinda doubt it.

Edit: Found the button maps for your setup.
Re: Great news: Thrustmaster Resource Center lives again!

Thanks a lot! I'll try everything tonight and will post back with the results.

The big revelation for me is that Thrustmaster HOTAS still needs a lot of programming. I kind of assumed that Thrustmaster was popular enough to just work in games — at least those that have the "Thrustmaster" option in settings.

Yeah, the having to program everything is the only real downside... but it is a plus as well.

Back before everything went USB, gameports usually only supported a max of 4 buttons per controller.

So to get around that, they made it so that anything past that went through the keyboard controller.

Sure, the game programmers could have added specific support IF the controller buttons were statically mapped to specific keys on the keyboard but that would have caused issues in other ways.

So you have to make presets for the controllers for specific games. A lot of the games back then did have default presets that either were packaged with the game or could be downloaded.

There used to be a site that had a ton of user made presets, but I think it is gone as I was unable to find it.

Didn't work. I followed your instruction — except for the step where I have to plug the keyboard into TQS. TQS doesn't have a keyboard port, so I plugged the keyboard (a PS/2 Model M, if that matters) into the FLCS's AT port via the PS/2>AT adapter.

At boot the system would beep endlessly and produce the "bad keyboard" error.

I'll check the setup with an AT system a bit later — may be it's just an issue with a PS/2 converter?

Found this shot of the installation instructions.

firage wrote:

Found this shot of the installation instructions.

full-40431-130512-tqs_connections.jpg

Hahaha, you ninja posted while I was editing my post.

Lots of information and great links. Awesome.

Finally got around to trying the setup once again.

This time around I've used an ATX system with PS/2 ports, a Microsoft COM port mouse and a generic AT keyboard. I've also used a Gravis Eliminator Gameport card and disabled the Gameport that is built into the motherboard.

The setup works, but it looks like I need a manual to all the parts, because even the calibration procedure was kind of tricky. It calls all the controls by name, e.g. S1 button on FLCS or antenna knob on TQS. I've been able to figure that out, yet the calibration utility is even more specific, asking, for instance, to "pull a throttle handle until the first notch". The controllers themselves have almost nothing written on them, so I assume I need a manual.

Does anyone happen to have PDFs? I was surprised that I could not find any scanned copy.