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CH FIghterstick Y-axis issue
Pete Dowson replied to RudiJG1's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
And is it also assigned in FSUIPC, or in FS? All that really does point very strongly to a conflict. Use the FSUIPC logging to see what is happening. Also try without the CH Control Manager. I have read of other conflicts with that -- and only with CH devices, incidentally. The calibration tab operates on the FS control, not on the raw data, so it would also be subject to any conflicting inputs which may occur. If you add in electrical issues too, I'm afraid I cannot see anything in your report which would possibly suggest anything other than one of those three causes. If you want further advice please note that I ALWAYS need the actual FSUIPC version number. If you do some logging and want help interpreting it, by all means post it here. Also post the Assignments and Calibrations sections of your FSUIPC4 INI file so I can see which of the many ways of assigning and calibrating you are using. Additionally always conduct basic testing using a default aircraft, not an add-on, so that there's no confusion. Regards Pete -
Impossible to communicate with sim market
Pete Dowson replied to PEPIN's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
I received your details, and found the orders. I've emailed back the details you need. Please confirm that you've received them. Since you are not getting the emailed passwords from SimMarket there's a good chance you aren't receiving from me either, or you are but just not finding them. If you don't see received emails you need to sort that out before anything else can be done. Regards Pete -
Impossible to communicate with sim market
Pete Dowson replied to PEPIN's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
That's a bit careless. Didn't you take backups of the KEY file, as advised? It's an automated process which can't really go wrong if you get your email address correct -- maybe your spam remover has stuck it in your junk or spam folder? Well, I can't help with the latter, but I might be able to find your key. Please send details -- I'd need either your original order number, or the email address you used for the order. Send to petedowson@btconnect.com. Regards Pete -
FSuipc with saitek panel work on Prosim737?
Pete Dowson replied to dhngail's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Sorry, i don't know ProSim nor those Saitek devices. If the latter have buttons and switches which are visible in FS and FSUIPC (i.e. they act like normal USB joystick devices), and if ProSim can operate with switches programmed to do things to it, possibly directly or possibly via FSUIPC offsets, then I would imagine the answer would be 'yes'. But these are probably questions more for the ProSim forum, if there is one, and maybe the Saitek support forum. [LATER] Sorry, but I deleted a duplicate posting from you in the User Contributions subforum. Maybe I shouldn't have, as possibly the poster of the thread entitled Programming of the Saitek Pro Flight Panels with FSUIPC and LUA could have helped -- though I doubt it if he is not a ProSim user. However, seeing that Contribution I suspect the answer to my first postulation above is 'no' -- that those devices don't look like standard joystick button devices. So you'd presumably need the Lua methods described there, plus knowledge of how to drive whatever features you need to drive in ProSim. If the latter is operated solely via defined FSUIPC offsets then you'd need the Lua input from the devices decoded, and resulting in appropriate offset writes (Lua functions such as ipc.writeUB and ipc.writeUW et cetera). If this is the way you need to go, check some examples of Lua plug-ins and feel free to ask specific questions about that side of things. But you'll need to find out what needs to be done on the ProSim side first. Regards Pete -
Set System Time Zone to FS Time Zone via FSUIPC
Pete Dowson replied to Roeney's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Er ... in a word: no. I'm lost. I think your best bet is simply to try it and see what you get. ;-) Regards Pete -
FSUIPC Clarification Questions
Pete Dowson replied to wulybugger's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
It varies. For many things in FSX, and some things in FS9, writing to offsets causies FSUIPC to send the control in any case. The days of global variables inside FS being directly writeable are all but over. Difficult to say. Buttons are being polled at intervals in any case. Action isn't instant. Lua plug-ins are being interpreted in a separate thread, but to stop them monopolising things there are plenty of Yields or Sleeps in the interpreter. I doubt you could measure any differences. Each is suited to what it is aimed at -- button assignments for buttons, Lua plug-ins for more esoteric applications. It's what is best able to do what you want to do, not which is more "efficient". I doubt you could measure efficiency. Pete -
Set System Time Zone to FS Time Zone via FSUIPC
Pete Dowson replied to Roeney's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Not sure what you mean there. FS maintains both Zulu and Local time, the latter depending where you are flying. Your computer's system time is the time at your computer, not necessarily where you are flying. Any timesync function should be working on Zulu time in any case, and the underlying fixed measure. Sorry, I'm lost again. As I said you can read Zulu time, time offset and Local time, all separately available. Please check the offset lists. Pete -
Set System Time Zone to FS Time Zone via FSUIPC
Pete Dowson replied to Roeney's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Wouldn't you want Zulu time, rather than Local? Pretty much all aircraft operations (certainly all airliner operations) use Zulu time. The only "time zone" data there is available is the difference between local and Zulu time. Is that what you mean? Or you could simply read the local time? For your other questions, assuming you've already referred to the FSUIPC SDK documentation, I would refer you to Paul Henty's .Net interface. There's another thread which may help too, Connecting My program to Fsuipc to FsX Regards Pete -
Problem with Wide FS
Pete Dowson replied to davidwoolf's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Except for WideFSMap for the iPad you need another Windows PC to have any use for WideFS. You put WideClient.exe on the Networked PCs. Is that how you are running Instructor Station? Pete -
Problem with Wide FS
Pete Dowson replied to davidwoolf's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
With FS9 and FSUIPC3, there is a separate DLL doing the Networking. It is called WideServer.DLL and you simply place that in the FS Modules folder. FSUIPC will load it and talk to it. If WideServer is up and running then you'll see (in Windowed mode) "waiting for clients" added in the FS title bar when it is up and running, waiting for client connections. If WideServer is loading it will also produce a Log file, again in the FS Modules folder. check that -- "wideServer.log". The FSUIPC.Log file will also show whether WideFS is registered, but not if it is loaded and running. With FSX or P3D and FSUIPC4, it is all exactly the same, but for more efficient communications (needed due to the heavier load FSX presents), the "WideServer.DLL" part is bound into FSUIPC4 itself, so there is no need to actually install anything else. However, everything else is as above. I didn't know that Louis had produced an iPad version of his instructor station! That IS very interesting! The only WideFS-using APP I know for the iPad is WideFSMap, which connects automatically once FS + WideFS is running and waiting -- it only needs the IP Address of the FS PC. [LATER] I've just done a search for an iPad APP version of Louis Gordo's IS, and it doesn't appear anywhere. Can you give me a link please? Or a keywork to search on the APP store? Regards Pete -
Prepar3D and W8 registration problem
Pete Dowson replied to Alain Gourio's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
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Prepar3D and W8 registration problem
Pete Dowson replied to Alain Gourio's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Okay ... that definitely generates the error ("Your FSX Installation is not suitable ...", which is logged in the Install log as: !! WARNING !! This version of FSX is later than any known by this FSUIPC4. There may be problems. Please check for a later version of FSUIPC4! BUT the installer still creates the Install log and KEY file in the P3D folder. So something is screwing up somewhere on your system only. Can you tell me anything about the P3D installation, the Registry and any FSX remnants or attempts to install FSX add-ons not fully intended for P3D? I'm wonderring if one such has made rather a mess. If I can understand what is happening i can work out a way around it. So, please do this. Run the Installer again. When you get the "Your FSX installation is not suitable ..." error, click on the "Save As" menu entry in the Log screen behind it, and save the log somewhere. Then let the Installer carry on, but find the saved log and paste it here. Regards Pete -
Prepar3D and W8 registration problem
Pete Dowson replied to Alain Gourio's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Well, it can't be that either of those entries are there and pointing to a non-existent installation, because I've tried that ands instead of the message you goy you get: Couldn't obtain Version Info! Asking user to find FSX.EXE ... followed by a prompt to find the FSX installation. The installer then corrects the registry for next time. If the Registry keys are simply not there, the Installer goes on quite happily to install into P3D, no problems. So ... the registry entries must be there AND are pointing to an FSX.EXE which is corrupted or unknown to the Installer. I'll try putting P3D's EXE in there and renaming it, see what happens ... Regards Pete -
Prepar3D and W8 registration problem
Pete Dowson replied to Alain Gourio's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Ah, sorry. I didn't scroll down enough! Without the Install log I cannot help much, because that contains all the details about what happened. There has never been an instance of the Installer running and not producing a log. Do you not see the text scrolling as it installs? That is the text which goes into the log. Additionally, the FSUIPC4.KEY file, the only essential file for your registration, is also written tp the same place at the same time, when the Installer finishes. I've a feeling that this is all to do with a bad previous FSX installation, though I've never heard of anything quite like it. Can you confirm that you NEVER had FSX installed on this PC? If you have had it installed, how did you remove it? If you deleted it but did not clean the registry, it may be this that is causing the odd message you are seeing and also losing the files -- maybe they are supposed to be saved in the FSX installation and then copied across (this is the normal action if you have both FSX and P3D installed. Can you check the Registry, please? Look in these places: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\10.0 and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\10.0 If there are such entres, and have Keys called "SetupPath" or "AppPath", and these are no longer valid, that may be a problem. They may be telling the Installer there's an FSX installation still there. If there is not, or they are wrong, you should delete or correct them. Meanwhile I'll experiment here with change my such entries so they are wrong, and see what the Installer does about it. Regards Pete -
Prepar3D and W8 registration problem
Pete Dowson replied to Alain Gourio's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
If there is no Instsll log, then the Installer couldn't have been run, or it crashed before terminating. Please run it again and re-check. The text which scrolls past on screen is the text which goes in the log. It contains essential information. But the log you supply shows 4.853. Why have you changed back to an older version? That makes no sense. The installer itself never overwrites a later version! This shows no registration entered at all -- i.e. no FSUIPC4.KEY file in the 3D modules folder. It is just as if you have tried a manual install and never run the installer. Is there an FSUIPC Documents subfolder in the P3D Modules folder? Does it contain all the files detailed in the Installation document which was included in the ZIP? Did you follow the instructions and run the Installer "... as administrator"? So far, it all looks like no installer has ever been run. Please clarify all of this. Regards Pete -
FSUIPC4 DLL Error when starting FSX
Pete Dowson replied to jn316's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
I'm afraid that version is far too old and cannot be supported. Please update. Regards Pete -
Prepar3D and W8 registration problem
Pete Dowson replied to Alain Gourio's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Please find both the FSUIPC4 Install log, and the FSUIPC4.log files, both in the P3D Modules folder, and paste their contents into a message here. Also download the latest version of FSUIPC4 (4.859d) from the Download Links subforum and try that. Pete -
Problem with Wide FS
Pete Dowson replied to davidwoolf's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Sorry, I am not out to insult you, but there is so little to go wrong, then. I can't see what you are doing from here, and I don't know of any other folks with such problems, so I have to assume you are making a mistake. Did you run the Installer "as administrator" as instructed? Please paste both the FSUIPC Install log and the FSUIPC Log contents to a message here. They are both in the FS Modules folder. Please give me the SimMarket order numbers relating to both the FSUIPC and WideFS keys you are using, so I can cross-check.*** Is there an FSUIPC.KEY file in the FS Modules folder? It is a Text file. Check that it contains both keys and both email addresses, labelled appropriately. Do NOT post it or show any details here, but if in doubt ZIP it and email to petedowson@btconnect.com. *** [LATER] It's okay, I found the two orders relating to FSUIPC3 and WideFS6. The former was on 21st October 2011, and the latter, of course, 19th November 2012. They both look fine to me, and work here ok. Regards Pete -
Problem with Wide FS
Pete Dowson replied to davidwoolf's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
You need to run the FSUIPC installer and register both FSUIPC and WideFS there! I already told you this. The installer is the only place you can register! Pete -
You need to calibrate more carefully, that is all. FSUIPC is not doing anything differently to FS. And always leave a dead zone at the start where the brakes do not operate, so they don't come on accidentally when using the rudder. Calibrate the full braking position with the predals pressed firmly so you do not waste any of that further movement. You can easily adjust the way the brakes apply pressure by using the Slope facility. Choose a slope with a flatter start and and increase later if you think they bite too early. That is exactly what that facility is for. You are not exploring the facilities which FSUIPC offers yet, are you? IMPORTANT NOTE: if you calibrated BEFORE selecting "REV" you need to "reset" both and do t all again. Press Set, then REV, THEN calibrate. Otherwise the numbers being used will be wrong! Pete
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Connecting My program to Fsuipc to FsX
Pete Dowson replied to NovaAcars's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
Interfacing to FSUIPC is not a good starting point to learn programming. I respectfully suggest you find a more basic exercise or two to practice on. If you want help with specifics, pllease ask specific questions. No one's likely to have the time, skills or patience to produce a programming course especially for you. Technical questions can be answered, but you've got to do the work. Regards Pete -
No ini file created help!!!
Pete Dowson replied to iamcanadian's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
If you are only getting the prompt asking you if you want to trust the software, just say yes. That isn't a real problem. If you really mean the crash where Windows says FSX has a problem then all i know is embodied in that FAQ thread. And so far, on most if not all systems I've been told about, persistence pays off. Once you get past that things are okay. Pete -
Problem with Wide FS
Pete Dowson replied to davidwoolf's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
You are in trouble then. I can only suggest you submit a problem ticket to SimMarket, explaining your mistake and asking if they can fix it. You'd need to choose one name or the other. Yes, FSUIPC has an installer. The registration of both FSUIPC and WideFS is performed by the Installer. It is a utility which installs FSUIPC and its documentation and also performs the function of Registration. It was moved there from FSUIPC because the Installer has the needed privilege and saves having to run FS in elevated admin mode just to register then close it and reload it normally. Isn'ty that better? Why do you have a problem with this? Pete -
I think that's part of Mouse Look. Check the Miscellaneous tab in FSUIPC options. Pete
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FSUIPC, CH Products or P3D problem?
Pete Dowson replied to LuxRalf's topic in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules
That certainly sounds very much like a connection problem, a broken wire maybe. But also check for conflicting assignments. I'm afraid none of your problems have anything to do with any of my software and I really don't think any of it can help. You may need to contact CH. Or maybe stop using CH control manager. Again, as I said before, I don't know why you are posting here in the first place. It might be different if you were actually using my software. You are rather wasting your effort posting here as it is. Regards Pete