jimwilson3

Cheers Andy It seems that the selected values are being overidden somehow by serial fp2. ie you select vs -700 fpm but then serial fp2 seems to send back the aircrafts actual VS which then becomes the new selected value. I can see this happening in the log. Oh well I may just have to get an MCP pro or even the CP Flight FCU. Although thats a pricey option cheers Jim

Do you think it would help to delete any keystroke programming in Serial FP2 itself? think I might try that because I'm pretty sure my macros are good in FSUIPC Thanks for you swift replys Pete. Wish all tech support was up to your standard! Cheers Jim

Hi Andy thanks for the reply Yes I have just been trying to create some macros and am making some progress. However I am now having problems with "cross talk" between heading speed alt modes. I select heading to adjust for example and as I turn the rotary knob the heading bug moves initially. Then for some bizarre reason the speed starts to adjust (or the altitude!) this can happen in reverse! All very confusing! Perhaps Pete could see if his panel reacts in the same way? Cheers Jim

Hi Pete Major progress thanks Pete. Started to reprogram my M panel and so far so good. I mainly use Wilco Airbus Series 2 to practice for my simulator checks as I fly Airbus 340's for a living. As you are no doubt aware the Airbus aircraft have a Track/FPA mode which is great for flying VOR approaches. I have assigned one of the keys on my M Panel to toggle between HDG/VS mode and Track/FPA mode which works fine. In HDG/VS mode I can adjust the Selected Heading bug using the rotary knob on the M PANEL. However once I toggle to Track/FPA the bug (which I guess is now a selected track bug) no longer moves. Is there any way I can program the M panel to adjust the selected heading bug when in HDG mode and the selected TRK when in track mode? Cheers again Jim Wilson

Hi Pete Thanks for looking into this for us m panel users. Basically the only buttons and knobs recognised on my m panel seem to be the flap and gear switches, the rotary knob and the little joystick selector. I'll wait for your update and try again. Many thanks Jim

Hi I have just installed FSUIPC 4.60a because I wanted to use the new VRInsight programming funtionality for my M panel. I downloaded, installed and purchased a key for VSPE as suggested, as I am running FSX on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit . I followed the instructions regarding setting up the virtual ports and this seems to have worked OK. When I start FSX and watch the logging panel everything seems to start up nicely, the Mpanel is recognised and all the VRI CMDRST CMDCON etc lines appear as described. The problem comes when I try to program the buttons and knob in the FSUIPC buttons tab. Some of the buttons are recognised e.g. flap, gear,and rotary dial, but others such as the 5 buttons to the left of the Mpane e.g.l hdg speed etc are not recognised. That is to say although they appear in the logging panel when pressed with their description, they do not appear in the button programming window in FSUIPC, so I cannot asign them. I hope this makes sense. Any suggestions to make this work greatly appreciated Many thanks Jim Wilson