jimthomasjohnston

Hi Peter, Just wondering if you have ever had anyone mention this problem to you before? I do not think it to be a FSUIPC problem. During a flight, my GF-166 Com 1 radio module just stopped working. It continued to display both the active and stand by freq, however the buttons no longer worker and I could not change the stand by freq with the rotary dial. When I called up the FSUIPC menu and went into the "Buttons" page, the module's buttons were no longer detected by FSUIPC. The module had worked flawlessly for the beginning of the flight. I am using GFDisplay to run the lights/displays of my Go Flight Modules and have all the functions programmed in FSUIPC. The modules are running through WideFS on a separate computer. I am using FSUIPC 3.9, WideFS 6.78, Windows XP 64 bit, and FS 9.1. Normally, the modules work perfectly. After re-booting the client computer, it again worked normally. I am thinking that it may have something to do with the power on the USB port. If that is the case, then would the module continue to display the radio freq, or would the whole module just go blank? I have ensured that all "Allow this computer to turn off this device to save power" on the "USB Root Hub Properties" power management tab are unchecked thinking that this might solve the problem, however it continues to happen periodically. Any ideas? Jim

Pete, Maybe I am confused...Cold you please give me an example of a line in the INI file under the [buttons] section that would change the value (and I mean the frequency i.e. from 118.00 to 121.50 etc...) of the stand-by frequency of, say Com1? Jim

Pete, Thanks for the quick reply. I know those offsets. What I want to be able to do is change the stand-by frequency before making it active i.e. similar to what added offsets 1030-1045 does for Com1 etc... only, do it to the stand by frequency. Jim

Hi Pete, I have looked and looked and can not find it; I hope they do exist. I am using GFDisplay to control my GF166 radio modules. I can only find offsets for changing the active frequencies. Are there similar offsets for changing the stand-by frequencies? Jim

Pete, Thanks again for your quick reply and for setting me straight. I just "assumed" that "299=P125,0,Cx510066C0,x00080001" cycled through "bits", but, right you are...it cycles through the value in the byte at offset 66C0. So, is it possible to cycle through more then 8 values "0-7", as I would like to cycle through 9 values, "0-8"? If I am understanding you correctly (if I can even convince myself that I understand this stuff at all :D ) then in order to cycle through values 0-8, as I will need for my display, I will require the following line "299=P125,0,Cx520066C0,x00080001" in order to cycle the value in the byte at offset 66C0 from 0-8 using Joy125, Btn 0. Jim

Thanks Pete... I guess the question I should have asked is "how may bits does each offset in the range contain?" Having said that, will the following line in FSUIPC cycle through all 9 bits (8 bits in 66C0 and 1st bit in 66C1) using Joy125, Btn0? If not, what will?: 299=P125,0,Cx510066C0,x00080001 Jim

Pete, Just a quick question; Can offsets 66C0 to 66FF be used with U16 (2 bytes), or just U8 (a single bit)? I am using GFDisplay, and wish to display 9 different items on my GF-46, as described in the manual... [Conditions] 1=x66C0 U16 =0 ; Altimeter 2=x66C0 U16 =1 ; % MAC 3=x66C0 U16 =2 ; Autobrake 4=x66C0 U16 =3 ; Transponder 5=x66C0 U16 =4 ; ADF1 6=x66C0 U16 =5 ; ADF2 7=x66C0 U16 =6 ; Zero Fuel Wt 8=x66C0 U16 =7 ; Land Field Altitude 9=x66C0 U16 =8 ; Planned Flt Altitude Jim

Hi Pete, Thanks for the quick reply. I think that I have found the problem. It turns out that I had another button on the same GF module programmed as the parking brake (using GFConfig), and when I turned off the park brake, all the leds on that module that have been programmed using your software went blank. I have corrected the problem by programming the park brake using FSUIPC and GF Display. Jim

Hi Pete, I am "almost" successfully using go-flight modules to control pmSystems, and using your GFDisplay program to control the led's etc. I am finding one problem that I hope you can help me with, however. I have successfully programmed two go-flight P8 buttons and leds to control the engine bleed air on the pmSystems panel. They work, however, after several minutes, the leds that indicate wither the engine bleed air is on/off extinguish despite the fact that the bleed air switches remain on (confirmed on the pmSystems graphic). I have included the relevant section of the ini file. The engine bleed air is for led # 5 and #7. I am having a similar problem with the APU Bleed. All the other leds that I have gotten working are doing so fine. Any ideas?? [GFP8.1] ; BOTTOM Needs=V16 B E B=7 L0=x5610 U8 =0 L1.1=C1x5618 U8 =0 Ff5on L1.2=C2x5618 U8 =2 Ff1off L2=x5611 U8 =0 L5=x5678 U8 M1 L6=x5678 U8 M10 L7=x5678 U8 M2 Jim

Thanks Pete for the help. I am learning slowly, as this computer language is not my cup of tea; I am in health care :D I did have another question if you can stand it...in GFDisplay, is it possible to have a led light up for two different values? For example, there is a switch in pmSystems (APU Gen; 5624 & 5625) that can have three values; 0, 1, & 2. What I want is for the led on the GFT8 to light for both value 0 and 2, as the switch in pmSystems automatically returns to value 1 after being turned on/off. I would like the light to come on momentarily when it gets turned on/off. I have been able to accomplish one or the other, but not both (3=X5624 U8, 4=X5625 U8, L1=C3 X5624 U8=2, L2=C4 X5625 U8=2). This gives me a momentary led light up when I turn on the APU Gens, then the switch returns to value 1 and the led goes off. This is fine, however I would also like to opposite to happen when turning it off. The only other solution that I can think of doing is have the led associated with TransBus1Fault (5637) for each APU bus switch, as the fault light in pmSystems goes out when ever the APU Gen is turned on. However, I can not figure out how to do this as these TransBus1/2Fault lights have 4 & 5 bits, and a value of either on or off; I do not know how to distinguish between the two. From reading the manual that came with GFDisplay, I believe that it has something to do with "Mask", but I am not entirely sure how that works. Jim

I have gotten a copy of GFDisplay, and I must say that it fit the bill. I am still not 100% clear on all this bytes/word/double word stuff, however. For example, in GFDisplay, how am I suppose to know what should follow the U in the following example: 0=X5628 U? ; Should the ? be replaced by a 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc... Also, I was wondering how to tell when I should be using the different "Offset" controls e.g. "x0100zzzz Offset Byte Set (offset = zzzz), hexadecimal" when programing buttons from within FSUIPC? I am just figuring it out by trial and error so far, however I would really like to know more of the logic surrounding it so that I can better understand it. Jim

OK. I got some help from my friends at Project Magenta Support and they have straightened me out. Had to make the following changed/additions: 66=P109,7,Cx05005628,x01 70=U109,7,Cx09005628,x01 Switch now controls pmSystems. Now, for my next question...how do I make the Go-Flight led light up? For example, I have assigned a toggle switch to Batt1 to switch it on/off. Is there anyway to make the associated green LED light up when on and go out when off?

Good Day, I was wondering if it is possible to control pmSystems by Project Magenta with Goflight modules? I have been reading the FSUIPC for Advanced Users guide and have tried several different things with no success. For example, I wish to control Batt 1 (5628 .0 Batt1 - from sysvar) in pmSystems. I have entered the following line in the FSUIPC config settings file : 66=R109,7,Cx05005628,x00 , however, nothing happens. FSUIPC recognizes the GoFlight Module as Joystick #109 and the switch as Button #7. I am using the latest version of FSUIPC, WideFS (Both registered). The Goflight module is connected to the FS computer while pmSystems is running on a second PC, successfully connected with WideFS. Am I on the right track? Please help. Jim

My set-up: Computer 1- FS2004 WidevieW Server Two Monitors (nvidia 6800 GT) Registered FSUIPC and WideFS (soon to add) copy of pmRJ Glass cock-pit Copmputer 2- FS2004 WidevieW Client Three monitors (ATI x800 PE and ATI radeon 7000 series) Registered FSUIPC and WideFS (soon to add) copy of pmRJ Glass Cock-pit What I want to do is run FS on computer #1 with second view using wideview on computer #2, and also run project magenta softwear on both PC's. I have no problem doing it on PC #1, but I can not do it on #2 because I am unable to run a copy of FS2004 and widefs at the same time...or am I? If I could, I could then do it, that way having pmRJ Glass cockpit on two monitors. I chose this way because although PC#2 has three monitors (2 video cards), one of the cards is not very good with the project magenta softwear. Jim