FredK

Hi Pete - Everything is working fine again for both FS9 and FSX with the 2.03/4.03 drivers you posted today. Your speedy attention to my problem is very much appreciated. Very Best Wishes for the Holiday Season! Fred

Hi Pete - Again, your prompt attention to this is remarkable and very much apprecated. To answer your question.....I am using the standard pmsys737.txt logic supplied with pmSystems. Nothing is modifed. I will track down the Richter version to see if that makes any difference. In any event I will watch for your update. (I did try to add the PMsixpack entry in the PFCini but that had no effect =yes or no). Thanks again. Very best regards, Fred

Hi Pete - Thanks for the response, but am still scratching my head on this. Let me be sure I'm clear about the problem.....I am getting a corruption in pmSystems if I use the updated PFC.dll. Likewise some switch functions on the jet console will not operate with pmSystems running. If I revert back to the earlier PFC.dll all is OK. I've switched the PFC.dlls back and forth a number of times to be sure and the behavior is consistent each time. To answer your questions.....I am flying the 737NG. Behavior described will happen using the MSFS default model. I am using the standard unedited sysvar.txt supplied with pmSystems (most recent release). What I mean by backlighting on my CPFlight MCP is that the "NAV" light switch on the PFC console normally will switch that on/off. Since the sysvar.txt is unedited and remains common in both cases (updated and non-updated PFC.dll), I can't see how it could be related. I am using SIMBOARDS as a hardware interface and I'm sure there is some special internal logic there, but what I'm seeing happens independent of the hardware and SIMBOARD software running and certainly with no changes in any of the pmSystems files. Manifestations of the problem: The updated PFC.dll works fine as long as pmSystems is not running. As soon as PMsystems is interfaced (without the hardware and SIMBOARD software running to be sure) it will cause the parking brake switch and NAV light switch on the PFC console not to function (perhaps some others, I have not checked everything). Also, the light switches in the PMsystems overhead will not function - for example, if I throw the landing light switch the landing lights will flick on but then flick off, including the switch itself. Also, I find that I cannot perform an engine restart in pmSystems. An initial start from a cold and dark cockpit works, but after shutdown the engine start switches on the pmSystems screen flick back-and-forth randomly. Not possible to perform a restart after that. But if I put back the old PFC.dll (version 1.90 about a year old is the previous and latest I have) everything functions perfectly! Your quick response was much appreciated. Very best regards, Fred

Hi - I have the PFC jetliner console and yoke. I just updated to the most recent PFC drivers, including FSUIPC. Specifically, I went from old PFC 1.90/FSUIPC 3.50 to new PFC 2.02/FSUIPC 3.71 for FS9. I also installed the new PFC/FSUIPC drivers for FSX from the Pete Dowson website. In both case (FS9 and FSX) I found an incompatibility with PMSystems. PMSystems lighting control functions are confounded/inoperable and when PMSystems is running some functions on the jet console do not operate (for example, brake on/off switch). Backlighting for my CPFlight MCP also becomes inoperable. If I close PMSystems everything goes back to functioning normally. I tried rolling back drivers individually (FSUIPC, PFCdll, PMSystems) to pinpoint the problem. I found the problem to be with the latest PFCdll (both the 2.00 and 2.02). If I roll back to PFC1.90dll all is OK for FS9. Obviously there is no option to roll back for FSX. Any insights on this would be much appreciated. Thanks, Fred