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Thank you again Reinhard, for the list. I will keep it where I can find it when needed. And I will try the 225 (GPS panel) code asap. Do you happen to know how controls, buttons that are programmed in FSUIPC interact with programmed JStick, etc buttons (ie Saitek, CH, Thrustmaster) that have been programmed with the stick manufacturer's software ? Do they override, peacefully coexist, etc. ? I have always used the manufacturer's software (mostly CH and Thrustmaster) to program my buttons. Best regards, Ken

Found the Window Idents in the Panel.cfg. I may be on the road to success. What generates the Window Ident(s) ? Or are the Window Idents arbitrary ? The Window Ident that I need to use for the gps window pop-up is "GPS_PANEL". When I enter this into the FSUIPC parameter block on the Key Presses tab, it does not transfer to the right hand side with the other entries /data when "Confirm" button is pressed and the key combo (CTL + /) doesn't work. When I experimented with a different Window (Radar pop-up) that has a number (instead of words), all the data transferred to the RH side of the FSUIPC window tab, and the experiment worked. I use a CH Fighterstick, Pro Throttle and Pro Pedals. I have been using the CH Control Manager to program the buttons. Is this interfering in any way with what I am trying to accomplish with button programming in FSUIPC ? Or does the button programming In FSUIPC override the CH programming ? Thank you, Ken

Many thanks Reinhard. Still not sure how to determine the window ident, but I am going to certainly try figure this out. Best regards, Ken

Thank you Reinhard. I am not sure where or how to apply the Panel ID parameters. Also, Where are the window ident numbers / parameters located so I can look them up? I apologize, but I haven't had much experience with this type of control assignment technique. Best regards, Ken

Hi Pete, I'm still flying the FSX Acceleration. Hope to get to try P3D soon. I've read that the latest version is 64 bit. My PC is a bit "long in the tooth", so I'll likely install P3D after I build my next PC. The Capt Sim C-130 I've been messing with had a Radar pop-up assigned to the Panel.cfg "Windowo8", and the "Shift + 9" key combo. The GPS(500) appears as Window16 in the Panel.cfg with no keys assigned to activate it (Sim Icon activated only). Captain Sim assigned all of the Shift + .. key combos (1 through 9) to pop-ups other than the GPS. Since having a GPS toggle assigned to a stick button is more important to me (than the Radar) I decided to try "bashing" the Panel.cfg by copying / pasting the GPS (Window16) section of the Panel..cfg into the "Window08" section (deleting the Radar section). Basically replacing the Radar section lines with exact copy of the "Window16" GPS lines. I left the Window16 (GPS) section "in place" because I figured the Sim Icons GPS button function might be affected if I removed it (Window16). I then assigned Shift + 9 key combo to joystick button and it now toggles the GPS pop-up. A nice surprise ~:) The GPS Sim Icons button still functions correctly also. As they say, " I'd rather be lucky than good." Best regards, Ken

Thank you for the fast, informative reply Pete. I haven't had experience with L:Vars or Lua but I will pursue your tips. Best regards, Ken

Is it possible to use FSUIPC to assign a keyboard command that will make the default GPS pop-up window appear (and disappear)? The C-130's "Sim Icons" feature provides for this; but I haven't been able to determine how to assign the GPS pop-up function to a joystick button. Thank you, Ken Boardman

The MJC Q400 rudder trim functions great now (with reduced sensitivity) via CH Fighterstick HAT #2. Thank you again, Ken

Dear Pete and Thomas, Thanks so much for your help with this > for answering my question, and for pointing me to the right place for finding more info in the FSUIPC docs. Yes Pete. I am hoping to use the offsets to reduce the (FSX default) rudder trim sensitivity. Best regards, Ken

Hi Pete, Below are some offsets I discovered in the Majestic forum. I hope to use them to enhance the MJC Q400 rudder trim control with one of my CH Fighterstick hat buttons (button 2). RUDDER TRIM LEFT Control sent when button pressed: Offset Sword Decrement Offset: x0C04 Parameter: 20/-16383 RUDDER TRIM RIGHT Control sent when button pressed: Offset Sword Increment Offset: x0C04 Parameter: 20/16383 I'm sort of new at this offset business. I'm thinking that one way or another these lines are intended to appear in the FSUIPC.in file. Is it possible to enter / add the above rudder offsets directly into the FSUIPC.ini file ( "[Keys.Majestic Q400]" section ?) via Notepad ; or must they be entered into the FSUIPC user interface while running FSX? I already have created an MJC400 specific profile. Best regards, Ken Boardman

Hi Pete, I followed your advice, removing the Frame Rate monitor, and changing the sampling frequency to 20,000ms. I've noticed some improvement in RCV4 communication (less delay of responses), but I'm thinking that I may just need a speedier laptop. I've started saving my allowance ~:) Thank you again for your help with this. Ken

Thank you for the VAS Monitor timing adjustment tip Pete and for the edit / illustration. I look forward to trying it very soon. Best regards, Ken

Sorry Ray. I know better, I just missed it. Best regards, Ken

Hi Pete, Below are the contents of the VAS Monitor's Readme file and the contents of the "VAS_Monitor.lua" file : Readme file : Monitoring Virtual Address Space (VAS) in Microsoft Flight Simulator X. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The attached LUA file will enable you to monitor the free VAS in FSX. This version has been slightly modified to match FSUIPC Lua Standards by removing WND_REGULAR from the font declaration as it's not a standard command. Requirements. ------------- Microsoft Flight Simulator X WideServer.dll v6.78 or later. WideClient.exe v6.9.9.9 or later. Small area of free space on WideFS display. Installation. ------------- Copy the attached VAS_Monitor.lua file to the folder where WideClient.exe is installed. Configuration. -------------- Start FSX. Then start WideClient on the WideFS PC. Once a connection has been established the VAS_Monitor display will appear near the top left of the screen. As well as an instantaneous frame rate readout the free VAS is continuously calculated and displayed. You can adjust both the size and position of the display by adjusting the values in the LUA file. It is possible to adjust the font and font size but I’ve left those at the default. The top line of the LUA file contains the values that determine the position and size of the display:- w = wnd.open(“VAS Monitor”, WND_FIXED, left position of display, position from top of screen, width of display, height of display) The default values are:- w = wnd.open(“VAS Monitor”, WND_FIXED, 0, 100, 523, 100) If you wish to alter the back colour, text colour and font lines those can be altered in lines 2 -4. Be aware that if you minimise WideClient.exe the lua display will not show. I am very grateful to my good friend Pete Dowson for creating this file. I hope you also find it useful. Ray Proudfoot Cheshire, England 10 January 2014. ====================================================================== The contents of the VAS_Monitor.lua file : w = wnd.open("VAS Monitor", WND_FIXED, 0,100,523,100) wnd.backcol(w, 0x000) wnd.textcol(w, 0x6c0) wnd.font(w, WND_ARIAL,-3) -- Update the display at 500 msec intervals (see event at end) function mytimer(time) wnd.clear(w) fr = ipc.readUW(0x0274) if fr ~= 0 then fr = 32768/fr end fr = math.floor((fr * 10) + 0.5)/10 mem = ipc.readUD(0x024C) memmb = math.floor((mem/1024) + 0.5) wnd.text(w, "Frame Rate " .. fr .. " fps\nVAS free " .. memmb .. " Mb") end -- Adjust timing to taste: 500 = 1/2 second event.timer(500, "mytimer") ===================================================================== Thank you for looking into this, Ken

Thank you for the fast reply Pete. The attached Readme text file will reveal the VAS Monitor I am referring to. It's a Lua file that is added to the WideFS folder on my client laptop and provides a handy real time display of the current free VAS and current FSX frame rate. My (client) laptop is kind of old and slow (like me) and when the VAS monitor is running, RCV4 communication / responses slow dramatically. So, ideally I'd like to be able to control the small VAS Monitor / window in such a way that I can start it up "on the fly" to do a quick check of the free VAS and then close it, and repeat this several times during a flight. Thank you, Ken

Hi Pete, I've been using the VAS Monitor on my Wide Client laptop. Is it possible to disable / re-enable the VAS monitor "on the fly" (during a flight)? If yes, how is this accomplished? Thank you, Ken Boardman

Hi Pete, The Wide Client title bar always showed "Connected" even during the times when RCV4 and VAFS5 lost communication with FSX. The degraded flights could be continued, but without RCV4. I discovered during the second degraded flight that by forcing Wide Client to close, and then restarting it that VAFS5 would pick up exactly where it needed to and nothing was lost and the flight continued to successful completion (without RCV4). Seems perhaps my original flight plan file may have become faulty somehow. It was a Great Circle route using numerous Lat / Lon waypoints. The new route that I created was much more on the Jetways with conventional fixes and just a few custom waypoints. At this point I'm thinking I should apologize for bugging you with this. It would be nice to know what happened to cause the issue > perhaps FSX, RCV4, and or VAFS just choked on the original flight plan. I had used the original FP successfully one time about a week earlier which is one thing making me "scratch my head". Some digital strangeness perhaps........ Today I successfully completed the PHNL-MHTG flight using the new flight plan (jetways routing / waypoints). Thank you for your help with this; and for the awesome Flight Sim utilities which I have thoroughly enjoyed using for many years. Best regards, Ken

Hi Pete, I completed two successful flights > KSFO-KDEN and MHTG-PHNL. Then retried the PHNL-MHTG route and had the same problem as earlier. I'm getting prepared to (re)start the problematic PHNL-MHTG route again, and this time with a new (different) flight plan. The logs from tonight's failed flight are below. Wide FS Client > ********* WideClient Log [version 6.999n] Class=FS98MAIN ********* Date (dmy): 10/05/15, Time 01:11:16.158: Client name is KENS_LAPTOP1 234 LUA: "C:\WideFS\Initial.LUA": not found 281 Attempting to connect now 281 Trying TCP/IP addr 192.168.0.10, port 8002 ... 343 Connection made okay! 343 New Client Application: "VAFS5" (Id=2928) 531 Connection closed by server! 531 Attempting to connect now 546 Connection made okay! 151134 New Client Application: "rcv4" (Id=1476) 338865 ****** End of session performance summary ****** 338865 Total time connected = 338 seconds 338865 Reception maximum: 30 frames/sec, 4550 bytes/sec 338865 Reception average whilst connected: 25 frames/sec, 2916 bytes/sec 338865 Transmission maximum: 10 frames/sec, 820 bytes/sec 338865 Transmission average whilst connected: 0 frames/sec, 33 bytes/sec 338865 Max receive buffer = 1741, Max send depth = 14, Send frames lost = 0 338865 **************** Individual client application activity **************** 338865 Client 2928 requests: 1011 (Ave 2/sec), Data: 1127735 bytes (3336/sec), Average 1115 bytes/Process 338865 Client 1476 requests: 36819 (Ave 108/sec), Data: 2929752 bytes (8667/sec), Average 79 bytes/Process 338865 ********* Log file closed (Buffers: MaxUsed 15, Alloc 49029 Freed 49029 Refused 0) ********* FSUIPC Server log > ********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.939n by Pete Dowson ********* Reading options from "D:\Flight Simulator X\Modules\FSUIPC4.ini" Running inside FSX on Windows 7 Module base=69E70000 User Name="Kennedy Boardman II" User Addr="deleted by forum mod" FSUIPC4 Key is provided WideFS7 Key is provided 187 System time = 09/05/2015 22:57:47 202 FLT UNC path = "\\KENS-PC\Flight Simulator X Files\" 577 Trying to connect to SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07 ... 592 FS UNC path = "\\KENS-PC\Flight Simulator X\" 826 LogOptions=00000000 00000001 826 --- CONTROLS timer memory location obtained ok 826 --- SIM1 Frictions access gained 826 --- FS Controls Table located ok 826 --- Installed Mouse Macro hooks ok. 826 --- Wind smoothing fix is fully installed 826 --- G3D.DLL fix attempt installed ok 826 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay 826 Trying to use SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07 3432 Running in "Microsoft Flight Simulator X", Version: 10.0.61637.0 (SimConnect: 10.0.61259.0) 3432 Initialising SimConnect data requests now 3432 FSUIPC Menu entry added 3478 \\KENS-PC\Flight Simulator X\FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM.FLT 3478 \\KENS-PC\Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aircreation_582SL\Aircreation_582SL.AIR 200445 \\KENS-PC\Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\PMDG 777F\B777-200F.AIR 290692 Weather Mode now = Theme 348069 System time = 09/05/2015 23:03:35, Simulator time = 03:20:01 (13:20Z) 348069 Aircraft="PMDG 777-FS2 FedEx Express (Panda Express)" 353732 Starting everything now ... 354871 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled 355994 ASN active function link set 355994 Ready for ASN WX radar 534194 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 185 secs = 26.7 fps 607358 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 66 secs = 28.2 fps 1063895 FSUIPC Display Title set = "Radar Contact" 8160349 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 7537 secs = 27.0 fps 8388704 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 228 secs = 23.7 fps 8392089 \\KENS-PC\FSX Config Files\Previous flight.FLT 8409530 System time = 10/05/2015 01:18:07, Simulator time = 05:33:30 (15:33Z) 8409530 *** FSUIPC log file being closed Minimum frame rate was 12.8 fps, Maximum was 29.8 fps Minimum available memory recorded was 1504Mb Average frame rate for running time of 8022 secs = 26.9 fps G3D fix: Passes 38866, Null pointers 0, Bad pointers 0, Separate instances 0 Memory managed: 6857 Allocs, 6857 Freed ********* FSUIPC Log file closed *********** Best regards, Ken

Thank you Pete. I have downloaded / installed FSUIPC Version 4.939n. I'll follow up here after I've re-flown the route. Best regards, Ken

Hi Pete, RCV4 and VAFS5 stop communicating with FSX (server PC) midway along the route (PHNL-MHTG). This has happened 3 flights in a row (same route). On the third flight attempt, I shut down RCV4. Then I shut down and restarted Wide Client, and VAFS5 started responding and it continued to function properly until the successful conclusion of the flight. What might be causing Wide Client to suddenly stop functioning? The malfunction does not occur at the same point along the route. I have just reinstalled the WideClient.exe file on my client laptop, and have reinstalled the FSUIPC.dll file on the FSX (server) PC. FYI, I also have ASNext installed on the laptop. As you likely know, ASN connect to the server via Simconnect and appears to be unaffected by whatever is interrupting Wide Client. My setup >> Win7-64 FSX Acceleration the aircraft = PMDG B777-200LR FSUIPC version = 4939k Wide FS version = 6999n Thank you, Ken Boardman

I simplified the JS41's FSUIPC calibration by not mapping to the 4 throttles, and throttle sensitivity is now much improved. I have a button on the CH Pro Throttle that I depress to get 100% reverse thrust. Interestingly, that button will not function properly unless the throttle is calibrated in FSUIPC > I could only get the throttle partly into the "beta" (reverse) range and it would not stay there. It kept popping back up to near idle. When calibrated in FSUIPC, the programmed throttle button (when depressed and held) will move the throttle all the way into reverse thrust and keep it there. I haven't tried applying a slope yet, but I'll get to it soonly. Thank you for your insight and tips here, Pete. Best regards, Ken

Thank you again Pete. I just have the one (CH Throttle Pro) throttle, so based on the above, perhaps I'll simplify my calibration next and see if that helps. Best Regards, Ken

Thank you for the fast reply Pete, and for the tips and info. I do have Rev thrust programmed to a throttle button and it works well that way. The most troublesome problem is the Large torque changes that occur with small movements of the throttle (much too sensitive). My PC PSU failed last night so I've RMA'd it. Can't wait for the replacement to arrive so I can try some other / new things to get the CH Pro throttle to function properly with the JS4100. I've never used the ThrottleN_set or the Axis_ThrottleN_Set. I'll study up on them and give them a try. There's got to be a way to get the engine torque changes to more accurately follow throttle hardware movement. Thank you again for all that you do (and all you have done) for us Pete. When there is a Flight Sim Hall of Fame you will certainly be one of the first to be admitted ~ :) Best regards, Ken

Hi Pete, I've about run out of ideas concerning the below throttle setup problem. The topic title pretty much tells all ~ :) The aircraft affected is primarily the PMDG JS4100. Throttle response is good with other aircraft (ie. PMDG B777, MD11, NGX, etc.) My FSUIPC version is 4937b (payware). Flight Sim is FSX Acceleration (in Win 7-64) I'm using CH Pro USB throttle and have it set up (calibrated) in FSUIPC (aircraft specific). For a very short throttle movement it yields an unreasonably large response as viewed on the EIS Torque gauge, and the response is twitchy and uneven. Thrust is very hard to set / control. Any tips will be welcome. Two screen caps' attached showing my FSUIPC settings. Thank you, Ken Boardman

My bad Pete. I was obtaining the frequencies from Flight Sim Commander. Running the FSC database update utility fixed the issue. Best regards, Ken