David Love-Brice

Thanks Pete, I'm happy to try out an untested version and provide log files, but don't go to any unnecessary effort, I'm just has happy to wait too. 🙂 Depends what's better for you. Thanks for the info on the debug, that'll come in handy no doubt. David.

Hi Pete, If you can send me the 64 bit version, that would be awesome! if you throw it through to help@irissimulations.com.au, I'll get it. 🙂 I'll try removing the dll.xml entry and see if that helps my woes. 🙂 It's such an awesome bit of kit, shame only a handful were made. Do you have any objection to my writing some documentation for them on your behalf? Just in case someone else decides to update from FS2000! 😄

Just going to add an update here. 🙂 I've managed to get things working by removing the DLL and just using the G28RCOM1 program and items seem to work for the most part using that at this stage. There's a couple of minor issues in relation to some switches, though It seems to work in FSX:SE and P3Dv4 at this stage. Certainly with reporting back to the sim panel. No idea why the DLL doesn't work though, that's weird.

Morning Pete, Sorry to dig up this old post, but I wanted to reach out for some thoughts and advice. 🙂 I, like Sean above have a GA28R instrument panel through my local Air Cadet Squadron. They've tasked me with the job of seeing if I can get it updated and working with a modern system. They're currently using WinXP (I think) and FS2000, though I'm hopeful that the updated DLL can allow it to work via FSUIPC in FSX:SE. Sean has provided me with a copy of the GA28R.DLL and .INI files you provided him with a few years back. I appreciate that your time is valuable, however I'm having some issues getting things working with this fantastic piece of kit. So please bear with me while I explain a little on the issue. So currently, I have the Aerosoft GA28R panel connected to my laptop via a Serial to USB cable (with drivers installed for COM3, though I understand I can change COM ports), FSX Steam Edition, FSUIPC 4.974 and the GA28R.DLL and associated .ini file in the FSX/Modules folder. As part of the setup process, I've edited the FSX:SE dll.xml file to include the following; <Launch.Addon> <Name>GA28R</Name> <Disabled>False</Disabled> <Path>Modules\GA28R.dll</Path> </Launch.Addon> This prompts me in FSX to load the DLL when the aircraft loads, so I know the Sim is picking up the DLL correctly. I fire up the instrument panel first which then runs it's self test, I then load FSX, When FSX loads the simulation, the instrument panel dies out and the GA28R.log file outputs the following; ********* GA28R.DLL, Version 1.20 by Pete Dowson ********* COM3 open okay 8594: Restarting serial operations due to lack of reception ... ********* GA28R Log file closed ********* I do get some communication between the device and the sim, as I can see it on my FSUIPC log file, though it does die at different points, and in either case, it doesn't seem to be syncing back to the instruments on the panel as they never update regardless. I'm not sure if this is all due to a different FSX version number than what the DLL was coded for or something else. I'd hate to go back to the cadets and say I couldn't do anything with it. There's so many many options within FSUIPC and the COM port settings in windows that I'm lost as to where to start troubleshooting! Any help or advice would be very much appreciated. Regards David.