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Maybe also try right clicking the link and running as administrator?
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What does this mean? The hot key has nothing to do with the web socket server. You should not start that unless you intend to use it. The bat file looks fine. Could you right-click on the link you use to start MSFS (if you use one), and let me know what the URL is (in Web Document tab). It should match the one in the bat file: start "" steam://rungameid/1250410 If it matches, I've no idea why it isn't working. If it doesn't, edit the bit in bold (in your bat file) and replace with the URL. And btw, I asked for your FSUIPC7.log file, not your InstallFSUIPC7.log file.
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FSUIPC7 fails to handle sim restarts gracefully
John Dowson replied to aurel42's topic in FSUIPC7 MSFS
Hi Marc, could you try one thing please. Delete all the parameters in the [General] section of your ini and let that get rebuilt the next time FSUIPC7 runs. You have a lot in there not applicable anymore. The empty line is strange. I'll do some further tests when I get a chance. For now, if cleaning your ini doesn't help, just turn on the Exit with FS option and restart with MSFS (or use the provided link/bat file). -
Sorry, what is Alt+7 supposed to do? What do you mean by "nothing appends"? As I previously said, the hot key to display FSUIPC7 is Alt+F. You can also access via the icon in the system tray. Please read the provided README.txt file and User manual. So it looks like its not starting MSFS, but starting FSUIPC7. Your last image shows FSUIPC7 but expanded to fit the entire screen. The black box is nothing to worry about - that's just the command window that the bat is running (which is hidden when you use the link) Not sure why its not starting MSFS for you. Could you attach your MSFSwithFSUIPC.bat file please, together with your FSUIPC7.log file and I'll take a look.
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It will be a false positive. You can ignore (or report it). Someone also reported that Malwarebytes also reports a trojan in the zip.
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@IanAbel Thanks. Topic closed.
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Its Alt + F (not 7). If its running, you should see an icon in the system tray (maybe hidden). Did you see the FSUIPC splash screen at all? Steam main screen? Does it start MSFS? You should see an MSFS splash screen for 30 seconds or so, then the MSFS window should appear. The FSUIPC splash screen should appear after two minutes, then sit in your system tray. Can you tell me what you see please? If the created link doesn't start it, can you try: - running the MSFSwithFSUIPC7.bat file directly (from you FSUIPC7 installation folder) - starting MSFS manually, then running the FSUIPC7.exe
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Maybe ask them?
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PMDG 777 CDU data support
John Dowson replied to Jason Fayre's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
I don't know - you need to ask PMDG. In FSUIPC we just provide access to the data they provide. John -
As I said, you should try the LINDA support and forums. The A320 is a popular add-on and I'm sure many people use this with FSUIPC/LINDA without issues. I just can't help you with issues involving LINDA as I don't use this. John Later: also check that your controllers are off in P3D. You have this in your attached log: But that may be due to the old version where this was incorrectly reported.
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Hi Jean-Luc, first, your FSUIPC6 is quite out of date - I can only support the latest version is which is 6.0.10. You can download from www.fsuipc.com or the Downloads -< Updated Modules section of this forum. I think you also need to update your LINDA installation as I believe you need 3.2.6 for P3Dv5. If you still get errors after you update, you should initially try the LINDA forums & support as I can really help with LINDA. John P.S. 24KB is a very small file and doesn't really need zipping!
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In about 40 minutes....hopefully!
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Registration seems expired in latest key?
John Dowson replied to Joe Nekrasz's topic in FSUIPC7 MSFS
You need to download the latest key file. Already many posts about this unfortunately. I do publish the information - it is (was now!) a beta, and as such you should try to follow the announcements on each release as to what to do. Once released, (and out of beta) this won't be an issue..... The key file you need is on the FSUIPC7-beta announcements page: John -
There is no key file valid until 3rd November. 3rd November is the build date of the FSUIPC7 version, not the expiry of the license.
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Space in custom FSUIPC folder
John Dowson replied to guenseli's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
You shouldn't do that. It will create problems and a mismatch between your installation location and your registry settings, and the uninstaller won't work. If you want to change the directory name, simply re-install to a new folder, then move any required files across ()e.g. .ini, key), and then remove the old folder. Ah, so you did re-install? Ok, I'll add quotes around the start command, although should be: start "" "F:\MSFS2020\Community\0AA - FSUIPC7\FSUIPC7.exe" Can you try that please. Remove the splash screen, or just the animated dots? I've added this as when you start MSFS you see nothing for around 30 seconds before the MSFS screen is displayed. You can edit to remove the splash or the animated dots, to suite your needs. John -
simulate pulling of stick using offsets
John Dowson replied to Jason Fayre's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Use to set the elevator axis position, from -16383 to +16383, as stated in the documentation. If you do this, you may want to (temporarily) disable any joystick axis assigned to the elevator - you can do this in offset 0x310A. Yes, but if there is a joystick axis assigned to the elevator axis, then this can send values overwriting what you set, which is why I suggest that you temporarily disable the input from any elevator axis assigned. Sorry, can't help with this - I don't have PMDG aircraft and don't fly airliners (yet!), but presumably you need to gradually extend the elevators once you've hit the rotation speed.... -
No. It is always free. However, there are additional facilities provided when using a registered/licensed version. Why wouldn't it connect? Did it detect MSFS was running? Are you using auto-connect? Are you using a registered version? Note that the latest installer doesn't come with a key file (license). You can download one from the FSUIPC7=beta announcements page, valid until 8th November. In the calibration tab if the axis assignments panel, click the slope button and then adjust until you have a slope of 0. However, as you are editing the ini anyway, you can just remove them there - just look for the SlopeRudder parameter also in your [JoystickCalibration] section and remove that line.
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OAT/VOLT/SELECT/CONTROL button clock - FSUIPC7 - C172
John Dowson replied to Benoit Ghio's topic in FSUIPC7 MSFS
Took a look...! - button 1: switch between voltmeter and outside air temperature displays - button 2: switch between various times (universal, local, flight, elapsed) - button 3: start/reset ET,; Hold to reset FT button 3 is inoperative, so there will be nothing you can do for this. Buttons 1 and 2 don't send any known events. Looking at the controls available in MSFS, there doesn't seem to be anything related to them there either. So I think you are out of luck. I've also checked the published variable lists and there is also nothing there that could be linked to those functions. It is the type of thing that mouse macros are generally used for, so you could wait to see if MSFS provides such an interface somewhere down the line (and then the mouse macro functionality implemented in FSUIPC7). . You could also raise a new feature request via Zendesk, asking for either new key events to be added to the SDK for these 2 (or 3) buttons, and/or for additional simvars to be made available to both read the current state and also write to update. John -
OAT/VOLT/SELECT/CONTROL button clock - FSUIPC7 - C172
John Dowson replied to Benoit Ghio's topic in FSUIPC7 MSFS
Offsets aren't related to buttons. You can program/assign any function that you want to a button. What functionality do you want to assign to them, i.e. what should they do? Later...ah, sorry - you mention it in the tile - OAT/VOLT/SELECT...but I don't know what this means. Could you be more explicit? -
sim stops responding after 7 hours
John Dowson replied to vieira12's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
It goes in %APPDATA%\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5 -see https://www.prepar3d.com/SDKv5/sdk/simconnect_api/configuration_files/configuration_files_overview.html, and for an example: SimConnect.xml file: https://prepar3d.com/SDKv5/sdk/simconnect_api/configuration_files/simconnect_xml.html -
sim stops responding after 7 hours
John Dowson replied to vieira12's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
It could be that this issue is created by an old bug relating to the total number of connections used by simconnect clients - this is an old issue known in FSX and has been confirmed over at FSDeveloper. ( Discussion, An improvement in the same thread). To check if this is the cause, you could try modifying the maximum number of clients (MaxClients) in the SimConnect.xml file. You could first try reducing this to see if you can provoke this issue to occur earlier, and if this works then you can set to the maximum value which seems to be 255. John -
Hi Roman, that's interesting and could well be related. It also makes sense to what I have observed while developing FSUIPC7 for MSFS, when FSUIPC was reconnecting many times due to stalled data. When you say simconnect dies completely, does this mean that there is not even an error reported in the SimConnect log file (when activated)? And presumably its not just the client requesting the connection that then fails, but all simconnect clients already connected? FSUIPC can automatically re-connect if the data it is receiving is stalled for a configurable amount of time and a message is logged each time a connection is opened or closed, so it is easy to determine the number of connections FSUIPC7 has used. Not sure about other simconnect clients though, but the simconnect log would be the place to determine the total number of clients and number of connections made by each. Another strange thing about these reports though is that different users are reporting different symptoms/failures. Some users also report loss of controls in the FS (include mouse operations!), others loss of all flight controls, and some (like this post) just a failure in certain areas. But I think anyone experiencing such issues after a long period should certainly look into this as a possible cause. It might be worth (following the advice in that link you posted) to initially adjust the maximum number of SimConnect clients (MaxClients) to a lower number, to see if the failure can be forced earlier. If thats the case, then it could then be increased to 255. Thanks, John
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Can you also change the following parameters in the [General] section of your ini: InitialStallTime=10 NormalStallTime=1 to InitialStallTime=30 NormalStallTime=-2 which are the new defaults in FSUIPC7.
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Yes, of course. For 50% rudder deflection at 100% joystick with linear response, remove the slope completely, open your FSUIPC7.ini and fine the rudder entry under [JoystickCalibration] (or in a profile specific JoystickCalibration section if you want to apply this there) - here's mine: Rudder=-16384,-750,750,15648 then just double the max/min values: Rudder=-32768,-750,750,31296 then when your joystick is at max/min deflection (sending values near -16384 or 15648), these will be calibrated using the extended range and so halved, giving you a +/- 50% rudder deflection.
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When you create a new profile, there will be no buttons or keys section until you create a profile specific assignment for such, so there is nothing to remove. The generic profile is always applied for buttons/keys, and these will only be overwritten if you create a profile specific assignment instead. This is all explained in the documentation.