thebixman

I was able to connect FSX to Air Nav Pro on my iPad. Definitely wanted to be comfortable with the software prior to using it in real life, so practicing with FSX has been a real help. First, you'll need a jailbroken iPad. If that's makes you squirm, you can stop here. Shopping list: 1) FSX 2) FSUIPC 3) Franson GPSGate (make sure it's a recent version, as some older versions have trouble creating a virtual port in Windows 7) 4) Bluetooth (I run FSX off a laptop with built-in bluetooth, I imagine a dongle would work fine) 5) Jailbroken iPad 6) RoqyBT app for iPad (this is why it needs to be jailbroken; this app allows iPhones/iPads to connect to a bluetooth GPS receiver. Love this app, also use it for better accuracy in real life on the iPhone/iPad paired with a Holux GPSlim 236) 7) Air Nav Pro I created a Virtual Com Port in GPSGate for the 'Input', and selected Bluetooth Server in the 'Output'. In FSX, with GPSGate running, activate GPSOut in FSUIPC, select the Virtual Com Port, and you're in business on the PC side. Create a Bluetooth relationship between the PC and iPad. Find each other, connect...can't remember exactly what I did, but it's typical stuff if you've connected bluetooth devices before. With the PC/FSX/GPSGate up and running, use RoqyBT on the iPad to connect to the PC, as the PC will now look like a big ol' Bluetooth GPS receiver. Run Air Nav Pro, and it's now taking data from FSX. I may have glossed over something, but these are the basic steps.