Active Pedal Control

SimHub 1920x1080 touch dashboard for DIY FFB active pedals.

The project ships two dashboard styles, Active Pedal Control Basic V1.0 and Active Pedal Control GT1 V1.0, plus a companion SimHub plugin named ActivePedalBridge. The dashboards never bypass the pedal plugin: all reads and all actions go through the loaded DiyFfbPedal.dll or DiyActivePedal.dll plugin instance.

Download

Installable files are published from the GitHub Releases page.

The release assets are:

• ActivePedalControlSetup.exe: one-click installer for both dashboards and the bridge plugin.
• Active.Pedal.Control.Basic.V1.0.zip: Basic dashboard package for manual SimHub import.
• Active.Pedal.Control.GT1.V1.0.zip: GT1 dashboard package for manual SimHub import.
• ActivePedalBridge.dll: companion SimHub plugin for manual installation.

Dashboard

Both dashboard styles provide the same controls, plug-in bindings and touch targets.

• Basic V1.0: clean, utility-focused presentation.

• GT1 V1.0: high-contrast motorsport presentation with technical borders, packaged Roboto Condensed typography and a segmented input gauge. Its font files are embedded in _SHFonts, so the design is preserved on VoCore and other SimHub display outputs.

• Configs page with 3 columns: Clutch, Brake, Throttle.

• Individual pedal pages: Brake, Throttle, Clutch.

• Large touch-friendly buttons.

• Pedal pages are shifted slightly downward to improve top-edge click accuracy on small VoCore screens.

• Vertical input gauge on each pedal page.

• ACTIVE PEDAL CONTROL by REALISTIC SIMCOCKPIT signature on every page.

Quick Install

1. Download ActivePedalControlSetup.exe from the latest release.
2. Close SimHub.
3. Run the installer as administrator.
4. Start SimHub.
5. Enable ActivePedalBridge if SimHub asks for plugin activation.
6. Open either Active Pedal Control Basic V1.0 or Active Pedal Control GT1 V1.0.

The installer uses this default SimHub path:

C:\Program Files (x86)\SimHub

For a custom SimHub path:

ActivePedalControlSetup.exe /simhub "D:\Apps\SimHub"

Optional installer switch:

/no-plugin

The installer refuses to run while SimHubWPF.exe is open, because Windows may lock ActivePedalBridge.dll.

Manual Install

1. Close SimHub.
2. Copy ActivePedalBridge.dll to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\SimHub

3. Create the folder for each dashboard style you want to install:

C:\Program Files (x86)\SimHub\DashTemplates\Active Pedal Control Basic V1.0
C:\Program Files (x86)\SimHub\DashTemplates\Active Pedal Control GT1 V1.0

4. Extract the contents of each dashboard ZIP into its matching folder. The ZIP files contain the dashboard files directly and do not include the outer dashboard folder.

5. Restart SimHub.

How It Works

ActivePedalBridge searches for the loaded pedal plugin inside SimHub. Once it finds it, it reads live values from the plugin and sends changes back through the plugin's own objects and methods.

Numeric setting changes are forwarded through the plugin path used for live configuration updates, including SendConfigWithoutSaveToEEPROM.

Configuration presets use the plugin's ConfigService.ConfigList, then apply the selected preset to the selected pedal through the plugin. The dashboard does not use JSON files as a direct command channel. JSON config files remain plugin preset data, and the plugin remains the required route to the pedal.

Configs Page

The Configs page shows up to five presets in the order provided by the SimHub plugin.

Presets are shared files, but each column targets one pedal:

• click in Clutch: apply the preset to clutch only
• click in Brake: apply the preset to brake only
• click in Throttle: apply the preset to throttle only

Per-pedal state indicators:

• ACTIVE
• STARTUP

Pedal Pages

Each pedal page exposes:

• TRAVEL MIN
• TRAVEL MAX
• PRELOAD
• MAX FORCE
• effects: ABS, RPM, Gforce, WheelSlip, RoadImpact
• connection status
• vertical input gauge

An active effect is shown in orange. An inactive effect keeps its native style. Custom effects CV1, CV2, CV3, CV4 are intentionally not shown.

Build From Source

Build the bridge plugin:

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\scripts\Build-ActivePedalBridge.ps1

Generate both dashboard styles:

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\scripts\New-ActivePedalDashboard.ps1 -Theme Basic
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\scripts\New-ActivePedalDashboard.ps1 -Theme GT1

Build the installer:

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\scripts\Build-Installer.ps1

Generated Build Outputs

• dist/ActivePedalBridge.dll
• dist/ActivePedalControlSetup.exe
• dist/Active Pedal Control Basic V1.0
• dist/Active Pedal Control Basic V1.0.zip
• dist/Active Pedal Control GT1 V1.0
• dist/Active Pedal Control GT1 V1.0.zip

Exposed Properties

SimHub prefix: ActivePedalBridge.

For each pedal Clutch, Brake, Throttle:

• <Pedal>.TravelMinText, <Pedal>.TravelMaxText
• <Pedal>.PreloadText, <Pedal>.MaxForceText
• <Pedal>.ConnectionStatus, <Pedal>.ConnectionReady
• <Pedal>.Input, <Pedal>.InputText
• <Pedal>.Effect.<Effect>Text
• <Pedal>.Config.1..5.Name
• <Pedal>.Config.1..5.StatusText
• <Pedal>.Config.1..5.Visible
• <Pedal>.Config.1..5.Active
• <Pedal>.Config.1..5.Startup

Exposed effects:

• ABS
• RPM
• Gforce
• WheelSlip
• RoadImpact

Exposed Actions

For each pedal:

• <Pedal>.TravelMin.Up / <Pedal>.TravelMin.Down
• <Pedal>.TravelMax.Up / <Pedal>.TravelMax.Down
• <Pedal>.Preload.Up / <Pedal>.Preload.Down
• <Pedal>.MaxForce.Up / <Pedal>.MaxForce.Down
• <Pedal>.Effect.<Effect>.Toggle
• <Pedal>.Effect.<Effect>.On
• <Pedal>.Effect.<Effect>.Off
• <Pedal>.Config.1..5.Apply

Author

Realistic Simcockpit