[Flaps problem]

Hello

I hope you can help me or point me in the right direction to help me solve my problem.

I have a Saitek yoke and have one of the momentary push switches setup (using FSUIPC) to increment and decrement the flap settings on the PMDG 737. The operation of which is erratic.

Sometimes when I increment the flaps it will jump more than one stage of flaps i.e it will go from zero flaps to flaps 15 or even flaps 25. On occasions it has gone from flaps 0 to flaps 40 with just one press of the button. The same applies when pressing flaps up. I do not have the same problem on default FSX aircraft. I have the paid version of FSUIPC if that makes any difference. Your help and advice would be appreciated.

Regards Colin

[PMDG 737 Variants]

OK so now I am totally confused by the way Profiles work.

I created and saved a Profile for the PMDG 737 NGX WL which I called PMDG 737 (this could have been called 'My planes').

If I also replace the entries as follows

[Profile.PMDG 737]
1=PMDG 737
2=Boeing 737

If I now decide to load a different livery for the PMDG 737 NGX WL for example KLM, do I just load it in FSX and then expect the controls to work correctly for the PMDG 737 NGX WL with KLM livery OR do I have to do something else in FSUIPC?

[PMDG 737 Variants]

Hello Peter

I am hoping you can help me.

I created what I thought was a generic Profile for the PMDG 737 so that I could use it with all livery variants.

I have checked that ShortAircraftNameOk=Substring is in the [General] section of the FSUIPC4.ini file

I also have the following in the file:-

 

[Profile.PMDG 737]
1=PMDG 737-800NGX PMDG House Winglets
2=PMDG 737-800NGX PMDG House
3=Boeing 737-8K2NGX KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Winglets
4=Boeing 737-8Q8NGX Air Jamaica Winglets

[Axes.PMDG 737]
RangeRepeatRate=10
0=0X,256,D,1,0,0,0
1=0Y,256,D,2,0,0,0
2=0Z,1,D,9,0,0,0
3=0U,1,D,10,0,0,0
4=0V,1,D,22,0,0,0
5=1X,256,D,7,0,0,0
6=1Y,256,D,8,0,0,0
7=1R,1,D,3,0,0,0
8=2X,1,D,18,0,0,0
9=2Y,1,D,13,0,0,0
10=2Z,1,D,14,0,0,0
11=3X,1,D,21,0,0,0

[buttons.PMDG 737]
0=P0,1,K65,11
1=P0,14,K71,11
2=P0,15,K84,11
3=P0,16,K82,9
5=R0,2,C65607,0
6=R0,3,C65615,0
7=R0,5,C65758,0
8=R0,4,C65759,0
9=P0,7,C66079,0
10=P0,6,C66080,0
11=R0,20,C65966,0
12=U0,20,C65967,0
13=R0,21,C65971,0
14=U0,21,C65972,0
15=P0,18,K90,8
16=P0,19,K89,8

[JoystickCalibration.PMDG 737]
AllowSuppressForPFCquad=Yes
ExcludeThrottleSet=Yes
ExcludeMixtureSet=Yes
ExcludePropPitchSet=Yes
SepRevsJetsOnly=No
ApplyHeloTrim=No
UseAxisControlsForNRZ=No
FlapsSetControl=0
FlapDetents=No
ReverserControl=66292
Reverser1Control=66422
Reverser2Control=66425
Reverser3Control=66428
Reverser4Control=66431
MaxThrottleForReverser=256
AileronTrimControl=66731
RudderTrimControl=66732
CowlFlaps1Control=66162
CowlFlaps2Control=66163
CowlFlaps3Control=66164
CowlFlaps4Control=66165
SteeringTillerControl=0
MaxSteerSpeed=60
Aileron=-16159,-418,-321,16383/8
SlopeAileron=-1
Elevator=-16384,0,0,16383/8
SlopeElevator=3
Rudder=-16384,0,0,16383/8
SlopeRudder=5
LeftBrake=-16384,16383/24
SlopeLeftBrake=15
RightBrake=-16384,16383/24
SlopeRightBrake=15
Throttle1=-16384,-512,512,16383/40
Throttle2=-16384,-512,512,16383/40
SyncSlopeThrottle2=14/20,31/35,61/65,100/100,127/128
Mixture1=-16384,8192,8192,16383/32
Mixture2=-16384,8192,8192,16383/32
SyncSlopeMixture2=9/9,39/39,71/74,103/106,127/128
PropPitch1=-16384,0,512,16383/32
PropPitch2=-16384,0,512,16383/32
SyncSlopePropPitch2=12/11,35/35,63/64,100/101,127/128
ElevatorTrim=-16384,0,512,16383
Spoilers=-16384,16383/24

 

The only livery that my controls work with correctly are the:-

1=PMDG 737-800NGX PMDG House Winglets
2=PMDG 737-800NGX PMDG House

 

The controls do not function correctly with:-

3=Boeing 737-8K2NGX KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Winglets
4=Boeing 737-8Q8NGX Air Jamaica Winglets

 

I assume that the problem is due to the substring not finding PMDG 737 in these entries

3=Boeing 737-8K2NGX KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Winglets
4=Boeing 737-8Q8NGX Air Jamaica Winglets

 

The text entries 3 and 4 appear to be the names set by the PMDG Download Manager and not input by me, therefore I am not sure how to solve the problem.

Your help and advice would be much appreciated.

Regards Colin

 

[SIDs and STARs out of date (answered)]

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Regards Colin