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  1. Question about using FSUIPC for Lat/Long data

    in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules

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    Worst case, play with the AffinityMask setting in FSX.CFG to prevent it from using all the cores.

     

    Cheers!

     

    Luke

     

    I did a search on my hard drive and only found fsx.cfg in my download folder...so I'm not sure if its even being used by FSX. Anyway, I loaded that file into my editor and there is no AffinityMask in there.

     

    I unhooked my 2nd monitor and that must have been the problem as I can now run both (FSX and VS 2013) OK but what a pain to go back to only one monitor.

  4. Question about using FSUIPC for Lat/Long data

    in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules

    Posted

    Another newbie question Pete (I know, they are endless):

     

    What's the development cycle process? I'm using VS 2013 Express C#. When I run my VS IDE and FSX, FSX must be hogging all the resources because my VS 2013 IDE seems to have stopped working or is extremely slow in responding my mouse/key actions. Is this the way to develop for FSX or is there another trick to this development cycle?

     

    Just to clarify, FSUIPC has to be started under FSX? Or can I start it by itself? The reason I ask is because I'm trying to use Paul Henty's FSUIPC Client DLL and when I try to open an FSUIPC connection it fails. I'm NOT asking for support on the DLL, I'm just saying where my question came from. So, I started up SFX to get FSUIPC started but then I couldn't use my VS 2013 IDE at the same time. So, I guess I'm puzzled how all of these components (FSX, FSUIPC, VS 2013) work together for the development cycle of coding.

     

    Thanks...

  5. Some newbie questions

    in FSUIPC Client DLL for .NET

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    I'm new to using your great .DLL - thanks for writing it.

     

    I'm using VS 2013 Express C#.

     

    I have installed FSUIPC and it registered OK with FSX when I started FSX up.

     

    I started with you sample code from your userGuide:

     

     

                try
                {
                    FSUIPCConnection.Open();
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "FSX Connetion Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
                }
     
    My questions are:
     
    (1) When I run this code I get the MsgBox display inside my VS 2013 IDE. I am not sure if I have to run FSUIPC on its own or if that happens when I start up FSX?
     
    (2) I couldn't see a way to run FSUIPC by itself so I guess I have to be running FSX to get it loaded and running, right?
     
    (3) How does one get FSX to sleep? When I have FSX running, my VS 2013 IDE doesn't respond very well. Is this the way the development cycle works: you have FSX running and your VS IDE? How do you test your C# code changes in FSX if the IDE isn't responsive? It's like FSX is hogging all the resources. I'm not sure how the dev cycle is supposed to work.
     
    Thanks for any help to get me on my way...
     

     

    Trip fuel load not correct

    in (Former) FS Commander Support Forum

    Posted

    Yes, I saw both of those links you kindly provided. Those are the dated ones I was referring to when I asked has anything changed now that it is 2014 (answer is no, nothing has changed).

     

    I should have been more clear on the spreadsheet. Yes, I created it to calculate fuel loads but it integrates into the 737NGX FMC so fuel burn data and isn't made available outside of the FMC calculations. I was looking for a flight planning tool that would also calculate fuel load.

     

    >http://fuelplanner.com/

    >or buy TopCat and PFPX.

     

    That answers my question: FSC cannot calculate fuel needed for a given trip by itself as these other products can.

     

    >First of all, FSC is a flightplanner and not a flight dispatcher tool.

     

    Thank you for clarifying that. The term "flightplanner" may lead one to believe that the product can calculate fuel loads (That's what PFPX is called, a "Flight Planner" tool and that is what FSC is).

     

    Thanks for taking the time to fully answer my question re fuel loading calculations.

    Trip fuel load not correct

    in (Former) FS Commander Support Forum

    Posted

    I searched the forum for any threads on why the FSC can't generate a fairly accurate fuel load when it knows the aircraft type. The last post i saw was dated 2010 in which it was stated that FSC just cannot do that (despite being told the aircraft type).

     

    Has anything changed in the last 4 years to allow a more accurate trip planning fuel load when you have set your aircraft type?

     

    I emailed Volker and while he did respond promptly, his answer was not acceptable to me:

     

    "You have to determine the consumption in several flights. Subsequently, the parameters must be adjusted in the Aircraft window."

     

    (1) Exactly how do I determine the fuel consumption?

     

    (2) Where do I then make these adjustments in the Aircraft window? I don't see any fuel edit fields in the Aircraft window.

     

    Has this process improved over the years or it is really just that FSC isn't good at calculating trip fuel for a 737-600 (I am flying the PMDG 737-800 but I see that aircraft doesn't appear on the list of aircraft, which puzzles me too).

     

    I used vroute and it calculated a fairly accurate fuel load for my route the first time.

     

    I can manually calculate my own trip fuel when I enter my route into the FMC based on a spreadsheet I built for that purpose, but I was looking for a flight planning tool to do it for me. I thought FSC could do it but apparently it can't.

     

    Thanks...

     

    Ralph

     

  13. Change sensing on stick HAT

    in FSUIPC Support Pete Dowson Modules

    Posted

    I'd like to change the stick top 'HAT' button sensing for panning up and down.

     

    Currently, the sensing is 'reversed' -- to pan up I have to move the HAT button forward (away from me). To pan vertically down in the cockpit, I have to move the HAT backwards (towards me). It needs to work like pitch trim on the control wheel. To trim nose up you push down on the trim switch. To trim nose down, you push the trim switch up (forward).

     

    The HAT button needs to work with the same sensing. So my question is how do I reverse the default sensing in that axis?

     

    (To pan down I want to push forward on the HAT button. To pan up I want to pull back on the HAT button).

     

    Thanks for any help...

     

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