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  1. Thanks, John. Sorry for bother. I thought I put it there!
  2. Notes: This is an update for FS9/FS2004 users who wish to use SkyDemon in Windows 10 x64. Previously I used a similar method for FS9 in Windows 7 posted here. SkyDemon has also been updated since that time. I run FS9 in Compatibility Mode: Windows XP (Service Pack 2). This method uses Eltima software for pairing COM ports (see below). This allows SkyDemon to interact in both directions with FS9 via GPSout. 1. Install a free registered version of FSUIPC for FS9, version 3.999z9b https://forum.simflight.com/topic/80977-updated-modules/ Details of how to register are provided. 2. Check the FSUIPC.ini in the FS9 Modules folder using Notepad - that the above version is installed. 3. Install GPSout from https://www.schiratti.com/files/dowson.html This is NOT included in the FSUIPC 3.999z9b download. GPSout.dll and GPSout.ini must be in the FS9 Modules folder. 4. Open the GPSout.ini file with a text editor like Notepad. Set the following: Sentences=RMA,RMC,GLL,GGA [note, no spaces] Port=COM8; Baud=19200 SAVE 5. Open Eltima VSPD - a fully functional trial is available Pair Ports, COM8 and COM9 6. Press WinKey+X. In Device Manager: Electronic Team VSP Ports COM8/COM9 should show. 7. Run FS2004 and open default airport (optionally after this, create a flight plan using FS2004 flight planner and SAVE). 8. Start SkyDemon (current version 29 Sept 2022) Menu: SetUp - 3rd party devices - set COM9 and Baud=19200 Menu GoFlying - connect RS232
  3. Thanks for putting all this together. I need to learn about macros first and then apply that knowledge. I am not too sure where the Lvars log file is to be found. I have the 'Log Lua plugins separately' option checked under Logging. Best, John
  4. Thanks a bunch, Roman. You're a star! I have it working on a yoke button. Oddly, I can't get it to work from a key press but that's not important. Just a comment. P3Dv4.5 doesn't have a \modules folder. I put the "P40_Hyd.mcro" file into the same default folder as the FSUIPC6 files: C:\Users\Howard\Documents\Prepar3D v5 Add-ons\FSUIPC6 And a question: May I ask where you found the "P40_Hyd.mcro" file? Just in case i want to try something similar again.
  5. Thanks very much for this. I would be in business if I knew anything about LUA. I've perused the LUA documents and the Advanced Users pdf. I will study them more carefully over the next day or two - there's a lot in there which is probably not relevant to my problem. But maybe I need a full understanding? Do I need to learn the language? I just don't know. The bit that escapes me so far is where to enter the relevant information? Is there a LUA.ini file somewhere which can be edited? I couldn't find it. I have the Lua_Plugins_20190320 folder with the examples folder. Where on earth to begin?
  6. Thanks, Pete. I will have look into your suggestions. I agree a button would be preferable but I have very few buttons at my disposal and they are needed for other things. I sent the log so you'd know I was using the latest iteration of FSUIPC6 for P3Dv4.5.
  7. I am flying the A2A P-40 in P3Dv4.5. The hydraulic system in this aircraft requires manual recharging after each use (flaps, gear only). This can be done in the aircraft using a mouse to press a switch on the yoke. The problem is that the switch must be kept pressed until the hydraulic pump has completed its task. When released at that point, the pump switches off. It is not a toggle action, like a gear toggle. It is more like a trim switch in the way it works. It is very awkward to do this with a mouse in the P-40. It is a complex, vibrating aircraft with many controls and switches. In bad weather it is all but impossible. To get round this, I have tried to assign a key press -V- to this in FSUIPC6 but without information on the control I cannot confirm the assignment. On the left side, there is a 'Hydraulic Switch Toggle' option. I have tried assigning this but the switch on the yoke does not respond. In any case, a toggle switch is not what is needed. I have checked your Controls List for P3Dv4 build 34698 but there is no control listed for a hydraulic pump 'on' with repeats. I'd be grateful for advice. (log attached). FSUIPC6.log
  8. I ran the 4.97a installer and all is well. My original settings all preserved. Remarkably so, in fact, as for whatever reason FSX hasburst into life with '3-D' perspective I never had before! Thanks again, as always, Pete. You never fail!
  9. Until today, that was the last time I flew FSX-SE. I've lost all my FSUIPC settings too! No newer file. C:\Users\Howard\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent has the same file with today's date in Explorer, but still 30/4/2020 in the log.
  10. I run FSX-SE on one HDD, and P3Dv4.5 on another. Windows 10. When I flew FSX-SE today, after a few month's gap, the FSUIPC options did not show on the top in window mode. I've attached the log file. I am not running the beta version from Steam, although I might once this is sorted. I'd be grateful for advice. FSUIPC4.log
  11. Thanks, Pete. FSUIPC.ini attached. I agree that it could be caused by an addon. I have very few of these as FSX-SE has been newly installed on its own HDD on this PC. It could be hardware too, of course. It could be Steam related too I suppose. I have FSX boxed on a separate drive, so I can test the yoke, throttle quad, and rudder pedals in that sim. Regards, John FSUIPC4.ini
  12. This time, she did it all - uncommanded Spot view, Gear Down, Brakes set whilst on autopilot, totally hands off. . Log attached. Regards, John FSUIPC4.log
  13. Hmm. How interesting! The Gear Down/Up action was unrelated to my use of the elevator trim buttons on the yoke. Yes, it can happen hands off. I began to use the Offset SWord setting because it gave me finer iterations with some plane which I flew in the distant past, probably in FS2002. I just kept using that way of setting up trim with each new simulator that came along. I never had trouble with it. It just worked fine, so why change? I have changed now and it'll be interesting to see if using the normal FS control via FSUIPC will solve the problem. The antiskid brakes thing is a total mystery. Even if I wanted to I have no idea how to set that up. I couldn't find a switch or lever for cockpit activation. I'll run that particular problem past the C-47/DC3 chaps. Some test flying to do before I report back. Thanks again. John
  14. Thanks. The FSX controllers are all disabled. This time, (only the second occasion it's done this) when I landed the plane the brakes appeared to come on full without command from me. Whatever way this worked it stopped the plane dead in its tracks as if it landed on glue. Had I done this myself with differential brakes, I'd have tipped the old girl over on her nose and spoiled her day. Log attached with button/key and events log as requested. Seems some problem with toggle engine failure. John FSUIPC4.log
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