Pete Dowson

No, because there's no point. What is at the receiving end to "feed" the program the NMEA data as if it came over a serial connection? I don't know of any programs accepting stanard NMEA data over Ethernet. Yes, Regards, Pete

It won't be AdvDisplay doing any of that. The only change was to deal with the case where the SAME aircraft was loaded again. There's no other change to any part of the code, whatsoever, and certainly when loading a different aircraft the actions are identical. All it does it find a window part to attach to. There's something else going on in your system. Sorry. But, of course, please yourself which version you use. I just can't support older versions. Regards, Pete

Sorry, I can only support current versions. No one ever actually reported that, and it is too late to fix it in an old version now. Left on both Captain's and 1st officer's yoke? Doesn't sound right. The outside handle in each case is already pretty busy with the trim rockers (two), A/P discon and PTT buttons. I think that there may sometimes be a CWS enable button too, for emergency temporary A/P override allowing elevator and airleron control whilst held. I'm afraid I cannot make anything out in the picture you sent, but thanks anyway. It may be that the particular airline your friend works for has had extras added. There's certainly no mention of any MCP control on the yoke in any of the 737NG references I've got -- a full 15-volume Continental 737NG AOM, and the official Boeing computer based training package, and, of course, Bill Bulfer's excellent 737NG cockpit companion. Regards, Pete

Ah, there you go, then. That's the winds explained. Ah, I was reading the "airport AWOS" as identifying the airport! :wink: Unfortunately, FS2002 uses AMSL for its cloudbases, throughout -- including, most incorrectly, its ATIS reports. You can check this yourself -- in the Advanced Weather dialogues the values are AMSL, with the aircraft shown at its appropriate altidude in the graphic even if it is on the ground. The "Base" value in the dialogue is AMSL. Compare that with your ATIS report. Yes, but where was what reporting the winds at 17000? Is 17000 exactly one of the levels listed in the upper winds list? The winds aren't "fixed" in static layers, but blend into each other as you climb or descend. This is why I suggested using Shift+Z to find the ambient wind actually present at the aircraft. With a good weather program like ActiveSky you will also get the winds changing as you fly between METAR stations, so unless you are directly above the Lat/Lon of the station reporting the wind you are reading, it won't necessarily apply in any case. The wind could be changing to match the METAR reports of the other stations around you. Regards Pete

But evidently no one cares enough to have bothered to do so. If they want help to resolve their problem they know how to contact me. Regards, Pete

There's no change at all needed in keys for the life of Version 3 (FSUIPC) and 6 (WideFS). The only keys which won't work are those blocked for any reason, like non-payment, or illegal actions such as publishing them for others to use. You are probably not entering all the details correctly. it isn't only the Keys which have to be entered exactly right, but also the name and email with which they are associated. All three entries must be exactly as originally notified to you. Regards, Pete

So what's this to do with winds at 17000 feet? You seem to be reeling off loads of disconnected observations none of which helps paint a picture at all, far from it. Where is AWOS? It isn't in my index of airports, nor in my Jeppesen database. If fact I cannot even determine what country it is in -- the AW prefix doesn't seem to be used. What is the magnetic variation there? The METAR reports will be in degrees TRUE, the surface winds in FS2002 are in degrees magnetic usually. If the mag var is around 14 then they would match. The difference in speed between 15 and 16 is probably rounding and can be ignored. The difference in cloudbase wouldn't be the ground level, would it? Perhaps one is AGL and the other AMSL -- I think some of that stuff is confused in FS in any case. I'm not sure how any of this report possibly relates to your last one. If you are using FSUIPC's wind transition facilities (or those are switched on by ActiveSky), then the FS winds are controlled purely by having only one FS layer. This allows FSUIPC to control the smoothing which can otherwise be a problem in FS's own layering. Please take a look at the FSUIPC User Guide some time. A lot of this is explained there. Pete

If no one wants to come and ask questions or report problems here then I don't want to know. I gave up chasing things like that a long time ago. I have enough to do as it is, to waste my time that way. Obviously it's either of little consequence or they all realise they are using stolen or counterfeit Keys and don't want to show their faces. Regards, Pete

A real NG yoke provides MCP dial operations on rocker switches? Really. That's news to me. In the 737NG manuals the yoke switches are: stab trim, A/P disengage, PTT (on on the left for pilot, right for co-pilot), and something called a "memory device" on the right for the pilot which I can find no other reference for. It works fine here, repeating, provided of course that you have the "repeat" checkbox set in FSUIPC (repeat whilst held for KeyPress). The rocker switches on both my PFC yokes (one Jetliner, one Cirrus II) are non momentary. A different code is received by the driver when they are released. But the way they work does not allow more than one pressed to be recognised at a time. I think this is because they use the old CH way of encoding up to 14 buttons on 4 wires. Check you are using the latest version of FSUIPC. You should always mention versions. Regards, Pete

I think all the Aerosoft stuff is supported directly in PM. The only software normally needed of my range is FSUIPC and, of course, WideFS for a network. Most PM users run it on a network, it is really designed to be used that way. Regards, Pete

I don't know, sorry. I really don't know much about the actual simulation modelling in FS, or the graphics methods. There are experts around, but maybe not many among those who visit this forum. You could try the FS2004 Forum, or possibly there is an aircraft designers forum somewhere? Regards, Pete

Yes -- it seems you do realise that the offset is allocated and maintained by an application. In that case, what is the problem. It is readable and writable just like any other offset in FSUIPC. Try using FSInterrogate, or program a button or keystroke in FSUIPC using the Offset bit manipulation controls. Regards, Pete

What does that mean? Where in the DLL are you trying to look? The offset mapping is only valid when you run FS with FSUIPC installed. There's no point in looking at the DLL module itself. If you mean you cannot read or write it through the FSUIPC interface, but of course you can, but why do you want to? If on the other hand you mean that it is not specifically listed in the Programmer's Guide, in the FSUIPC SDK, then that is because it is in part of the offset map which is allocated for use by specific application programs. It is no business of mine what such allocations are used for, nor is it my job to publish them even if I knew. Most are private between parts of the individual applications in any case. Please try to be a little more specific next time you ask a question, eh? It is difficult to know what you are asking in this case. Regards, Pete

You might want to contact Enrico over at http://www.schiratti.com to get your program and link added to the list of programs on the right-side of the "Pete Dowson" page over there. Regards, Pete

Where are you reading the wind details? Shift+Z tells you the ambient wind at the aircraft. In Fs2002 the direction shown is degrees True, not Magnetic. The winds aloft aren't in bands of fixed direction/speed, but vary between defined later "centres". On top of this if your have wind transitions and smoothing enabled those add other factors. As you might now realise, it is really impossible for me to comment without a great deal more information. If the winds are set correctly in FS's own weather dialogues, then the other factors should follow, but you need to interpolate between layers even then. Pete

Sorry, I've never used NetPipes. There wasn't any such thing around when the IPC interface was first invented. I'm sorry, I don't exactly know what you mean. If you mean would I deliberately make FSUIPC tell lies, give you false information, then, no of course not. If you mean is it bug free, then I'd have to answer of course not, no non-trivial software is ever bug free. But it is supported with regular updates and I fix bugs fast once reported and reproduced. Regards, Pete

The button is being seen and acted upon in FS as well. You need to de-assign it in FS Options-Controls-Assignments. Regards, Pete

Just finishing now. Usually get to bed between 01:30 and 02:00, sometimes a bit later. But I don't get up too early! :wink: Regards, Pete

Sorry, I don't actually offer anything. Sales are entirely handled by the retailers, and the discount for buying them together is just that -- it actually less work for them, of course. It doesn't apply for separate purchases. However, if and when you do purchase WideFS you do need to do so in the same name and email as for FSUIPC. If your email address has changed since then you will need to make a point of telling them that when ordering. Regards, Pete

That does sound more like it, yes. Glad you resolved it. But you may also want to try the pre-release versions of FSUIPC and WideFS I supplied earlier in the PM support group. Regards, Pete

Sorry, not I. Try one of the other forums. There are some good experts around I think, but for me it is just trial and error. And I don't really remember my FS2002 settings, it's been a long time since I used it. Regards, Pete

Hmmmnot certain why the weather downloads would do that, but it sounds like some sort of incorrect mip-mapping level is getting selected. That does happen if you slew very fast, for instance, and is just where the graphics system isn't keeping up with the movement expected, but I don't know any reason for it to happen when flying at normal speeds. Regards, Pete

Not sure what you mean by "resolution dropped" -- resolution of what? But if you are using downloaded weather in FS2002, FSUIPC cannot help -- it really has nothing whatsoever to do with it. In FS2002 and earlier I only ever found out how to sort out global weather. Mostly the dowlnoaded real weather in FS2002 and before was not good in any areas not close to a weather station. It reverts to global weather or noe at all rather than interpolating between distant stations. I think most folks who cared at all about good weather coverage in FS2002 used a third party program, which controls FS weather via FSUIPC's global weather manipulation. ActiveSky or FSMeteo -- both are many times better than FS's own downloads in FS2002. But the "latest" ActiveSky is ActiveSky2004.5 -- isn't that for FS2004 only? Or not? I don't really know of the situation for FS2002. Regards, Pete

I think that's all to do with how it is programmed/declared in the EPL. I was totally confued by all of that too and had to ask Ralph Robinson for help. All that was years ago. It was all quite easy when I used the ISA EPIC andf my VXD, but I just got completely lost with the changes to the system later. Sorryyou do need help from someone who knows EPIC USB EPL methods. I am totally out of touch now, not being an EPIC use at all for a long time. Regards, Pete

That's the problem thenthere's something set up wrong somewhere. Such retries only occur when Windows refuses to accept another frame from my modules. Are these errors occurring in the client, or the server logs, or both? Only 8?!!! That's far too low. What sort of processors are you running this on? What is the FS frame rate limiter set to? Your average frame rate recorded at the end of the Wideclient logs should be close to your average FS frame rate. What is the average recorded at the end of the WideServer Log file? How may Client PCs are there (you mentioned a 5-port hub), and do they all have similar problems and similarly low frame rates? If you only have the two PCs, then it would be more efficient to link them directly, via a cross-over cable, rather than through a hub. The current "bare vanilla" CD is up to SP2. Service Pack 1 was included on CDs a long time back. Did you buy it when it was first released? I would most certainly recommend at least going to SP1 level if you are not there at present. There were all sorts of things wrong with it initially! I'm not sure where Internet access comes into it. Is the Server regularly accessing the Internet whilst you are flying? I would have thought it best for FS performance to keep all that off the FS PC. I'll be releasing my latest Beta versions of FSUIPC and WideFS to the PM support group either later today or tomorrow. You may want to keep an eye out for them there and re-test when you get them. Regards, Pete