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Thanks, as always, for the quick answer. I'll have to do some experimenting with our setup. I'll let you know how we fare. Still trying to find the tricks and traps in Prepar3d as well. Cheers.

Pete, Running 6 touch screens with the PMDG 737ngx in Prepar3d. We have them working, but are wondering, is there a LUA or another type of script that could be written to assign various panels to the monitors so we didn't have to sit and physically drag panels to monitors every time we boot up? It would be great to be able to write several scripts, one for each type of aircraft flown, so that there could be a set-up for a Baron, a Concorde, a 737, etc. Justin

That did the trick. I had originally built the script in Word Pad. Thank you for all your help. Justin

Pete, You are tireless and I suppose there must be 4 of you. At any rate, here are the first lines of code for the LUA ipc.sleep(2000) -- RIGHT Engine OFF RSG = ipc.readLvar("L:RightEngStopSwitchGuard") if RSG == 0 then ipc.writeLvar("L:RightEngStopSwitchGuard", 1) ipc.control(66587, 8010) elseif RSG == 1 then end Darned if I can figure out where the error is. Thanks, Justin

I think I copied and installed the Cold and Dark file correctly, but it will not run, and the log shows the following: ********* LUA: "J41 CD" Log [from FSUIPC version 4.53] ********* 518812 System time = 08/01/2010 16:03:25, Simulator time = 16:00:21 (21:00Z) 518812 LUA: beginning "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\J41 CD.lua" 518812 *** LUA Error: ...am Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\J41 CD.lua:1: unexpected symbol near '{' 518812 LUA: ended "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\J41 CD.lua" 518812 System time = 08/01/2010 16:03:25, Simulator time = 16:00:21 (21:00Z) ********* LUA execution terminated: Log Closed ********* I have been over every line until my eyes are crossed, and cannot find '{' or any obvious error. I have tried mapping the script to both a button on the joystick and to a key combo to no avail. Help?! Justin Friedland

Thanks for the quick (and not unexpected) response. As much as I hate to throw away a perfectly fine piece of gear, you ae, no doubt, correct in that the solution is to purchase a 21st century joystick made for the PC environment. Thanks again. Justin

I have an old Gravis Firebird 2 joystick that was great in its day for a Macintosh flying an Apache helo. It has an 8 way hat switch, 13 buttons, stick, throttle and trim controls. It came with a piece of software that allowed configuration of all the buttons. The original input was Apple ADB, but I have an iMate ADB to USB converter that does allow the controller to sort of function...however, the cursor never disappears, and its range does not cover the whole screen either vertically or horizontally. None of the buttons function except as mouse clicks, and the joystick itself is not found by MSFS in its joystick setup menu. I now fly MSFS Flightsim9 on a PC running Windows XP, and a registered copy of FSUIPC. It seems that FSUIPC has the capability to program the joystick buttons, and the stick itself, but I'm darned if I know where to start. Is it possible, or should I just give the thing to a museum? Thanks. Justin Friedland

Pete, These logs are from last night, when I started a flight from JFK to Halifax. About an hour into the flight, Wide Client disconnected and nothing I could do would get it reconnected until I rebooted the Mac computer, restarted JeppView and ASA, then restarted Wide client, which then reconnected to FS9 on the PC. The connection remained stable until I was parked at the gate, when I did shut down the FS9 App. I guess the best thing to do is to do another flight, and send you the logs of the next disconnect. I thank you for your patience, and the the great contribution that you make to my hobby. Justin

Thank you for the quick response. Yes, Parallels is a program designed to complete emulate Windows on a Mac with an Intel chip. I have FSUIPC v. 3.9.1.6 Wide Server v. 6.7.8.0 Just updated to Wide Client v. 6.7.8.6 I find that I have two Wide Client Logs and Two Wide Server logs. (Is that the problem?) I hesitate to copy them here, because they are all very long, but the forum won't let me attach them. Here is the gist of them: Wide Client log: ********* WideClient Log [version 6.784] Class=FS98MAIN ********* Date (dmy): 29/07/09, Time 21:35:08.437: Client name is JUSTINFRIEDA709 562 Opening GPSout port COM3, speed=19200 -- OK! 578 Attempting to connect now 609 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 609Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 640 Connection made okay! 10828 New Client Application: "ASA_Exec" (Id=704) 2307515 Received shutdown offset code = ADBC 2307515 FS closing down (param=ADBC), disconnecting 2307515 ********* Interim performance summary ********* 2307515 Total time connected so far = 2307 seconds 2307515 Reception maximum so far: 64 frames/sec, 6027 bytes/sec 2307515 Reception average whilst connected so far: 20 frames/sec, 324 bytes/sec 2307515 Transmission maximum so far: 7 frames/sec, 7209 bytes/sec 2307515 Transmission average whilst connected so far: 2 frames/sec, 879 bytes/sec 2307515 Max receive buffer = 2528, Max send depth = 5, Send frames lost = 0 2307515 **************** Individual client application activity **************** 2307515 Client 704 requests: 25207 (Ave 10/sec), Data: 4891164 bytes (2120/sec), Average 194 bytes/Process 2307515 *********************************************** 2307625 Received shutdown offset code = ADBC 2314156 Connection closed by server! 2314187 Attempting to connect now 2314187 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 2314187Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 2315109 Error on client pre-Connection Select() [Error=10061] Connection refused 2315109 Ready to try connection again 2316125 Attempting to connect now 2374625 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 2374625Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 2435015 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 2435015Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 2495640 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 2495640Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 2556078 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 2556078Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 2616703 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 2616703Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 2677328 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 2677328Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 2737890 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 2737890Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 2798453 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 2798453Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 2859078 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 2859078Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 2919578 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 2919578Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 2980140 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 2980140Okay, IP Address = 192.168.1.103 3017078 Connection made okay! 3042281 Received shutdown offset code = ADBC 3042281 FS closing down (param=ADBC), disconnecting 3042281 ********* Interim performance summary ********* 3042281 Total time connected so far = 2330 seconds 3042281 Reception maximum so far: 64 frames/sec, 6027 bytes/sec 3042281 Reception average whilst connected so far: 20 frames/sec, 322 bytes/sec 3042281 Transmission maximum so far: 7 frames/sec, 7209 bytes/sec 3042281 Transmission average whilst connected so far: 2 frames/sec, 871 bytes/sec 3042281 Max receive buffer = 2528, Max send depth = 5, Send frames lost = 0 Wide Client0 log ********* WideClient Log [version 6.784] Class=FS98MAIN ********* Date (dmy): 29/07/09, Time 21:27:02.875: Client name is JUSTINFRIEDA709 859 Opening GPSout port COM3, speed=19200 -- OK! 875 Attempting to connect now 3265 Trying TCP/IP host "valued-735da7ac" port 8002 ... 3265 Error on client gethostbyname() [Error=11001] Host not found 9125 ****** End of session performance summary ****** 9125 Total time connected = 0 seconds 9125 Reception maximum: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec 9125 Transmission maximum: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec 9125 Max receive buffer = 0, Max send depth = 0, Send frames lost = 0 9125 ********* Log file closed (Buffers: MaxUsed 0, Alloc 0 Freed 0 Refused 0) ********* Wide Server Log ********* WideServer.DLL Log [version 6.78] ********* Blocksize guide = 4096 (double allowed) Date (dmy): 30/07/09, Time 11:54:52.406: Server name is VALUED-735DA7AC 290516 Initialising TCP/IP server 290531 Initialising IPX/SPX server 290531 IPX/SPX socket() failed [Error=10047] Address family not supported by protocol family 290531 Failed to start IPX/SPX Server 290531 Initialising UDP/IP server 290531 Broadcasting service every 1000 mSecs 301485 Restarting service due to total lack of use 301500 Failed to start IPX/SPX Server 428031 Closing down now ... Memory managed: Offset records: 0 alloc, 0 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 ********* Wide Server0 log: ********* WideServer.DLL Log [version 6.78] ********* Blocksize guide = 4096 (double allowed) Date (dmy): 29/07/09, Time 22:24:26.921: Server name is VALUED-735DA7AC 63328 Initialising TCP/IP server 63359 Initialising IPX/SPX server 63359 IPX/SPX socket() failed [Error=10047] Address family not supported by protocol family 63359 Failed to start IPX/SPX Server 63359 Initialising UDP/IP server 63656 Incoming connection Accepted ok (skt=2720) TCP 63844 Connected to computer "JUSTINFRIEDA709" running WideClient version 6.784 (skt=2720) TCP 63844 Client capabilities: 04 (GPSout=Y) (skt=2720) TCP 64015 Broadcasting service every 1000 mSecs 94390 Close signalled to clients 95484 Closing down now ... Memory managed: Offset records: 19 alloc, 19 free Read buffer usage: 13 alloc, 13 free, max in session: 1 Write buffer usage: 97 alloc, 97 free, max in session: 1 Throughput maximum achieved: 8 frames/sec, 379 bytes/sec Throughput average achieved for complete session: 0 frames/sec, 8 bytes/sec Average receive rate from "JUSTINFRIEDA709": 0 frames/sec, 14 bytes/sec ********* Log file closed ********* As I said, I just updated the Wide Client app after your first response. Thank you again. Thank you again.

I am running two computers for flight simming. The first is a PC: Windows XP SP3 AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core 5600+ 2.81 GHz 3.50 GB Ram NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS The second is an iMac running Parallels On the windows side I am running a legal copy of Windows XP SP3 The PC has FS9, FS Realtime, and Flight Environment The Mac has JeppView, ASA for Weather, and Wide Client. I also occasionally check the status of VATSIM using VATSpy on the Mac. The problem is that Wide Client disconnects after a while during flights (an hour more or less) and the only way to re-establish communication is to reboot the Mac, which means I have to reload ASA and JeppView, etc. The computers are both on a LAN with three other machines. They take their addresses automatically. Here is the .ini file from Wide Client [Config] Port=8002 ServerName=valued-735da7ac Protocol=TCP Window=4,4,1686,828 Visible=Yes ButtonScanInterval=20 ClassInstance=0 NetworkTiming=5,1 MailslotTiming=2000,1000 PollInterval=2000 Port2=9002 ResponseTime=18 ApplicationDelay=0 TCPcoalesce=No WaitForNewData=500 MaxSendQ=100 OnMaxSendQ=Log NewSendScanTime=50 Priority=3,1,2 ; ----------------------------------------------- [user] Log=Errors+ [GPSout] Port=COM3 Speed=19200 Any suggestions you could offer would be greatly appreciated.