[Losing flight controls in FSX....]

I've been having some problems during my FSX flights

that seem to occur most often after 1+ hours of flight.

Thanks for the FSUIPC4 and SimConnect log files. Oddly enough, even though you say the problem occurred 1 hour into the flight, there are many problems right from the start. In fact it looks like the double FSUIPC menu entry might have been there since the 520th second, or thereabouts -- there are 4 reconnections around the startup!

I was checking the menu frequently during the flight anytime I

noticed a "longer than normal" stutter, just to insure that the

control loss had not occured. I also tweaked thrust settings at

several points during my climbout and allwas well.

I find it very very odd that there is then apparently no trouble whatsoever for 3060 seconds (51 minutes). It certainly seems that something is "building up"which brings me again to this:

Main memory and video ram are OK. Usually around 1.3GB

out of 2 GB and 330MB out of 512MB being used.

Yes, but when are you checking these figures?

I have a small utility called MemStatus 2.50 that sits in my tray and

displays the main and video memory usage. I keep an eye on it and

it did not get above 50% usuage for either resource during this flight.

Did you ever check the memory usage early in the FS session, thaen around the 1 hour into it? That was why I asked when you checked it. To look for memory leakages we need two figures at least.

Anyway, apart from this:

I am embarking on some changes to FSUIPC4 which probably won't help but which may tell us more. In particular I will lengthen the time-outs on re-connection following a re-connection, so that one doesn't precipitate a cascade of them. This may even "recover" from the SimConnect blockage which is certainly occurring, but it cannot avoid it in the first place.

I will also make the reconnection remove the previous menu entry and close the previous connection properly -- in case the only reason for it is a very slow response.

Meanwhile, I note from the logs that you have three distinct SimConnect clients running simultaneously, two of which are very heavy SimConnect users (FSUIPC4 and TractIR). Now I do have one system with both of these on, and get no problems, so I wonder about the third one you have: the one creating an "AddOn Manager X" menu entry, and called "BGLMANX.DLL". Have you tried without that? If not, could you? It appears to be located in your main FSX folder -- just temporarily changing the name will do, before loading FSX.

That's a new one on me.I hadn't noticed that DLL before. I'll

dig around and see where it is and where it came from and

when it "arrived". Then I'll disable it and go flying.

Look out for the next Interim release of FSUIPC4, in the announcement above. I'll try and get this done by the end of this week (things are a bit slower at present, as my 92-year old father went into hospital before Christmas and I am visiting regularly, which takes several hours per day out of my working time).

Regards

Pete

Thanks for taking the time to look into this, Pete, and to make

the changes you have planned. Especially with the holidays and

your father's heath problems. My 85 year old father fell and

broke his hip a couple of weeks before Xmas but was fortunate

enough to be able to be home for Christmas. And too think, at

65, I complain about my aches & pains!

Paul

[Losing flight controls in FSX....]

Hello Pete,

I've been having some problems during my FSX flights

that seem to occur most often after 1+ hours of flight.

What happens is that I lose input to FSX of my stick,

rudder and throttle controls ( Saitek X-45 ).

The stick/throttle buttons still work but the axis

inputs are gone. I can control throttle, etc with

keyboard commands.

One symptom that the problem has occured is the

existance of multiple menu entries for FSUIPC4,

usually 2, sometimes 3, where only the last entry

is clickable. I can open FSUIPC, make changes, etc

but nothing restores my controls. Re-loading the

flight from the drop-down menu does not cure the

problem nor does selecting a different aircraft.

I must exit flight and FSX and restart.

I was using FSUIPC4 4.06 and last evening I updated

to 4.065. The problem reoccurs with that version also.

I have a registered version, BTW.

FSX has "permission" to access the local net and internet

via my firewall ( ZoneAlarm ) and the problem does not

occur on every flight. Last night I noticed a period

of 3-4 seconds when my cursor movement ceased, indicating

something was "hanging" and after that I saw that my

controls were gone. I then opened a new FSUIPC log,

preserving the previous log that covers the flight from

start until just after the glitch.

Main memory and video ram are OK. Usually around 1.3GB

out of 2 GB and 330MB out of 512MB being used.

It's obvious that this has something to do with Simconnect

and I have noted your mention of problems related to that

FSX function.

The log indicates that comms with SimConnect were lost

4 times and restored. What is curious is the "menu entry

added" events which are noted 5 times. What I saw was

2 FSUIPC menu entries in this case. I'm wondering if

something caused SimConnect to remove the prior entry

instances in 3 cases but not in the last 2, resulting

in the double entry and that this might somehow have

contributed to the loss of controls.

Anyhow, I'd like to resolve this issue and if you have any

suggestions as to what I might do to assist in tracking down

the culprit, just let me know.

Below is the not-to-lenghthy log file.

Regards,

Paul

P.S. - I originally became aware of the need for local net

access when I shut had my firewall "lock" the access when

I noticed activity when running FSX some time ago. It was

then that I first noticed a loss of controls. I then checked

the net for info and saw your comments on the SimConnect

issue and have not "locked" my firewall since :) So,

I at least know how I CAN cause the problem, if this

might help in doing sometroubleshooting, without waiting

for 1-2 hours in-flight.

----------------------------------------------

********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.065 by Pete Dowson *********

User Name="xxxxxxxxx"

User Addr="xxxxxxxxxxx"

FSUIPC Key is provided

WIDEFS not user registered, or expired

Running inside FSX

Module base=61000000

LogOptions=00000001

DebugStatus=15

391 System time = 21:38:56

406 FLT UNC path = "\\BOHEMIA\Cerna Hora\Documents and Settings\GB\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\"

406 FS UNC path = "K:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\"

2703 SimConnect_Open succeeded: proceeding to initialise interface!

27656 Running in "Microsoft Flight Simulator X", Version: 10.0.60905.0 (SimConnect: 2.0.60905.0)

139187 SimStart Event: Initialising SimConnect data requests

139187 FSUIPC Menu entry added

139609 C:\Documents and Settings\GB\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX\Previous flight.FLT

139609 C:\Documents and Settings\GB\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\IFR Schiphol to Tempelhof.PLN

139609 K:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\JBK Douglas DC6\dc6.AIR

139641 C:\Documents and Settings\GB\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\IFR Schiphol to Tempelhof.PLN

139672 System time = 21:41:16, FSX time = 03:39:20 (02:39Z)

139906 Aircraft="JBK Douglas DC-6 UAL"

140641 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled

7183547 **** No SimConnect events or states being received! Re-connecting now****

7183625 SimConnect_Open succeeded: proceeding to initialise interface!

7183625 Initialising SimConnect data requests now

7183625 FSUIPC Menu entry added

7183766 **** No SimConnect events or states being received! Re-connecting now****

7183766 SimConnect_Open succeeded: proceeding to initialise interface!

7183766 Initialising SimConnect data requests now

7183766 FSUIPC Menu entry added

7183891 **** No SimConnect events or states being received! Re-connecting now****

7183891 SimConnect_Open succeeded: proceeding to initialise interface!

7183891 Initialising SimConnect data requests now

7183922 FSUIPC Menu entry added

7184047 **** No SimConnect events or states being received! Re-connecting now****

7184047 SimConnect_Open succeeded: proceeding to initialise interface!

7184047 Initialising SimConnect data requests now

7184047 FSUIPC Menu entry added

7186844 Running in "Microsoft Flight Simulator X", Version: 10.0.60905.0 (SimConnect: 2.0.60905.0)

7186844 C:\Documents and Settings\GB\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\AutoSave Wed 233607.FLT

7186844 C:\Documents and Settings\GB\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\IFR Schiphol to Tempelhof.PLN

7186891 C:\Documents and Settings\GB\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\IFR Schiphol to Tempelhof.PLN

7187125 System time = 23:38:43, FSX time = 05:28:10 (04:28Z)

[Log closed by user request, and continued in new file]

7284125 System time = 23:40:20, FSX time = 05:29:28 (04:29Z)

7284125 *** FSUIPC log file being closed

Memory managed: 4298 Allocs, 4297 Freed

********* FSUIPC Log file closed ***********