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Just wanted to thank you after all your patient you have had with me on previous occasions I am happy to report that the mouse macro worked just perfect (first go!!!) It made the marvelous DA Cheyenne workable as I was able to use the left & right Mixture lever to assign the L&R conditions functions to it as a macro!! What an ingenious way of making a difficult problem and turn it into such a simple solution (I am sure what is going on behind the scene is not simple at all! Anyway, just wanted to let you know! Regards and God bless Alfred

Hi Pete! Thank you very much for your patient! After re reading the manual and your explanation I got it working! My problem was the "assumption" that if you do not set a "center dead-zone you simply do not have a center dead-zone which was not needed in my case....now that I have finally figured out that you must set a center dead-zone i got it working!!!! It must be difficult conveying your fast knowledge and experience to ignorant people like myself (I did read the manual but only began to comprehend it after your second post, sorry about that) Once again, Thank you for a great program and great support!!! Alfred

These are the INput values? The OUTput should be from -16383 to + 16383. Are you not seeing that? Have you not calibrated, leaving a small "dead" zone at each extreme to ensure you can reach the minimum and maximum values? It will if that is what it sees. When you assigned the axes in FSUIPC's Axis assignments, did you assign "direct to FSUIPC" or to the normal FS axis controls? Try assigning them direct, THEN calibrate in FSUIPC. It sounds as if you've not done this. If you still have problems, please show me the [Axes] and [JoystickCalibration] sections from the FSUIPC4.INI file (in the FSX Modules folder). Regards Pete Hi Pete! Thanks for your quick response! Here is the section of the ini file you have requested! [Axes] 0=0X,256,D,1,0,0,0 1=0Y,256,D,2,0,0,0 2=0Z,256,D,4,0,0,0 3=0R,256,D,3,0,0,0 4=0U,256,D,6,0,0,0 5=0V,256,D,7,0,0,0 6=0S,256,D,5,0,0,0 7=0T,256,D,8,0,0,0 8=1X,256,D,1,0,0,0 9=1Y,256,D,2,0,0,0 10=2X,256,D,10,0,0,0 11=2Y,256,D,9,0,0,0 12=2Z,256,D,21,0,0,0 13=2R,256,D,17,0,0,0 14=2U,256,D,28,0,0,0 15=2V,256,D,18,0,0,0 16=2S,256,D,14,0,0,0 17=2T,256,D,13,0,0,0 18=17T,512,D,14,0,0,0 [JoystickCalibration] ExcludeThrottleSet=Yes ExcludeMixtureSet=Yes ExcludePropPitchSet=Yes SepRevsJetsOnly=No ApplyHeloTrim=No FlapsSetControl=0 FlapDetents=No ReverserControl=66292 Reverser1Control=66422 Reverser2Control=66425 Reverser3Control=66428 Reverser4Control=66431 MaxThrottleForReverser=256 AileronTrimControl=66731 RudderTrimControl=66732 CowlFlaps1Control=66162 CowlFlaps2Control=66163 CowlFlaps3Control=66164 CowlFlaps4Control=66165 SteeringTillerControl=0 MaxSteerSpeed=60 Aileron=-16253,-2210,-650,15744 Elevator=-14823,-2210,-1690,16256 SlopeRudder=4 Throttle=-16384,16383 LeftBrake=-16384,16128 RightBrake=-16384,16383 Rudder=-16384,0,256,15488 PropPitch=-16384,16383 Mixture=-16384,16383 CowlFlaps1=1920,16256 CowlFlaps2=1920,16256 CowlFlaps3=1920,16256 CowlFlaps4=1920,16256 Throttle1=-15773,-512,512,15168 Throttle2=-16319,-512,512,14592 Mixture1=-16351,8192,8192,15200 Mixture2=-16287,8192,8192,16352 PropPitch1=-16351,0,512,16352 PropPitch2=-16351,0,512,16352 ElevatorTrim=-16223,-512,512,16320 Rudder Trim=-16255,-512,512,16383 What I find interesting that FSUIPC during the calibration routine "sees" the wholr throttle range i.e the value changes during the whole travel of the throttle input but in the simulater it reaches "Zero throttle when I still have 1/4 throttle travel left even after repeated calibration. It may be a FSX limitation though (or the pods I used??) I use direct to FSUIPC mode. I used 100 K pods when constructing the throttle. I used a reduction that uses about 250 degrees (Pretty much the full range of the pod) I really apreciate your advise! Kind regards Alfred

Hi Pete! Just a quick question for something I could not find using the Forum search. I build a two engine Throttle quadrant using Lea Bodnars card http://www.leobodnar.com/forum/index.php It works almost perfect. I calibrated using FSUIPC mode (bypassing FSX controls altogether. When calibrating it reads the full range of the pot Throttle,Prop and Mixture) on both engines I.e Throttle one reads -16030 to 16320 but in the sim, the first quarter of the throttle movement is ignored (it starts reading from -2090) ? Once it starts reading the inputs it is very smooth and precise though? Is there a way of forcing FSX to recognize the whole range of inputs? I hope this makes sense to you! Many thanks for FSUIPC (registered version) once again Alfred

Hi Pete! Thank you soooooooooooo much for your quick help! In my ignorance I thought avast was the problem! Once you pointed me to the problem of the firewall (again.....I did read the manual BUT must have had a huge BRAIN Freeze!) It is working now! Flight keeper is working GREAT now thanks to you! Kind Regards and Thanks again!!! Alfred

Hi Pete! First of I would like to thank you for a great product. I am running a registered version of FSUIPC and WideFS. My Main Computer - server (with FSX and FSUIPC running is a VISTA HP 64 bit). My "client" is laptop running XP 32 bit. The folders are shared as recommended I have ASX (using "simconnect" as well as a Flight planner running on the server also using "simconnect" successfully). Whenever I try to use simconnect I get the following error ( I included the following Log files) " pmFileCheck Build 40 Opening Connections Local Path: C:\Documents and Settings\Alfred Quintus\Desktop\WideClient Checking Computer and User Name Local Computer Name: LAPTOP Local User Name: Alfred Quintus FSUIPC/WideFS found! FSUIPC No Version number Reported! Please Check FSUIPC Installation No data from Flight Simulator, FS doesn't appear to be running! Closing Everything 17/11/2008 10:36:18 PM Things To Do: * Check FSUIPC Installation (Version is 0) * Run Flight Simulator If you wish to, please check www.projectmagenta.com/notams.html ********* WideServer.DLL Log [version 7.333] ********* Blocksize guide = 4096 (double allowed) Date (dmy): 17/11/08, Time 22:40:02.486: Server name is ALFRED-PC 15756 Initialising TCP/IP server 15756 Initialising IPX/SPX server 15756 IPX/SPX socket() failed [Error=10044] Socket type not supported 15756 Failed to start IPX/SPX Server 15756 Initialising UDP/IP server 16099 Broadcasting service every 1000 mSecs 155080 Closing down now ... Memory managed: Offset records: 74 alloc, 73 free Read buffer usage: 0 alloc, 0 free, max in session: 0 Write buffer usage: 0 alloc, 0 free, max in session: 0 Throughput maximum achieved: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec Throughput average achieved for complete session: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec ********* Log file closed ********* ********* WideClient Log [version 6.78] Class=FS98MAIN ********* Date (dmy): 16/11/08, Time 22:24:31.158: Client name is LAPTOP 671 Attempting to connect now 922 Server = ALFRED-PC 8202 Trying TCP/IP host "ALFRED-PC" port 8002 ... 8202Okay, IP Address = 10.0.0.2 29242 Error on client pre-Connection Select() [Error=10060] Connection timed out 29242 Ready to try connection again 31265 Attempting to connect now 31265 Giving up server, looking for another! 31836 Server = ALFRED-PC 31876 Trying TCP/IP host "ALFRED-PC" port 8002 ... 31876Okay, IP Address = 10.0.0.2 55700 Server = ALFRED-PC 55730 Trying TCP/IP host "ALFRED-PC" port 8002 ... 55730Okay, IP Address = 10.0.0.2 78703 Giving up server, looking for another! 79615 Server = ALFRED-PC 79645 Trying TCP/IP host "ALFRED-PC" port 8002 ... 79645Okay, IP Address = 10.0.0.2 85984 New Client Application: "pmFileCheck" (Id=1248) 102588 Server = ALFRED-PC 102618 Trying TCP/IP host "ALFRED-PC" port 8002 ... 102618Okay, IP Address = 10.0.0.2 125601 Giving up server, looking for another! 126482 Server = ALFRED-PC 126512 Trying TCP/IP host "ALFRED-PC" port 8002 ... 126512Okay, IP Address = 10.0.0.2 149485 Server = ALFRED-PC 149515 Trying TCP/IP host "ALFRED-PC" port 8002 ... 149515Okay, IP Address = 10.0.0.2 172548 Giving up server, looking for another! 173550 Trying to locate server: Need details from Server Broadcast 187610 Giving up server, looking for another! 240015 Trying to locate server: Need details from Server Broadcast 248087 Giving up server, looking for another! 294834 ****** End of session performance summary ****** 294834 Total time connected = 0 seconds 294834 Reception maximum: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec 294834 Transmission maximum: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec 294834 Max receive buffer = 0, Max send depth = 0, Send frames lost = 0 294834 **************** Individual client application activity **************** 294834 Client 1248 requests: 3 (Ave 3/sec), Data: 1278 bytes (1278/sec), Average 426 bytes/Process 294834 ********* Log file closed (Buffers: MaxUsed 1, Alloc 3 Freed 3 Refused 0) ********* I am hoping that this will make some sort of sense to you. Ohh, also, I use avast which I had disabled during the generation of these log files. Many thanks and kind regards Alfred