PFC: connection checks positive - controls not responding

[MeatWater]

weird, weird!

I have a PFC throttle quadrant connected via a USB2SERIAL adaptor plugged into one of my boards native USB ports.

This setup worked just fine.

As I own several quadrants the day came when I mounted a different one to the base unit, and when I called up the PFC menu, the COM port setting read NONE (with the quadrant still working!)

After I tried to alter settings within the PFC menu (set up a new quadrant), the reminder window popped up stating that I should set the correct COM port, but the drop down menu didn't offer ANY available port.

Closing the menu and shutting down FS results in the CONNECTION entry beeing deleted from the PFC.ini file

When I manually enter the correct one and startup FS, the connection checker gives me greens on the quadrant.

But whenever I open the PFC menu, the COM port and thus the quadrant gets lost.

I did try to:

- reinstall the USB adaptor

- replace PFC.dll with older versions (deleting the ini file each time)

I am using FS9.1 along with the latest registered versions of WIDEfs, PFC.dll and, of course, FSUIPC

please help!

[Pete Dowson]

As I own several quadrants the day came when I mounted a different one to the base unit, and when I called up the PFC menu, the COM port setting read NONE (with the quadrant still working!)

That sounds very much like you have two PFC drivers installed at the same time. One is getting the COM port (the frst one loaded) whilst the other is overriding the menu.

Never rename previous versions and leave them in either the FS Modules folder or the main FS folder.

Regards,

Pete

[MeatWater]

I think I found the bugger:

PFC.dll doesn't seem to like COM port numbers above 10. I re-set the COM port number to 2, and everything works again.

[Pete Dowson]

I think I found the bugger:

PFC.dll doesn't seem to like COM port numbers above 10. I re-set the COM port number to 2, and everything works again.

Oh, it certainly shouldn't mind. I'll check that.

Thanks.

Pete

[Pete Dowson]

PFC.dll doesn't seem to like COM port numbers above 10. I re-set the COM port number to 2, and everything works again.

I think I've found the reason, and fixed it. Odd that it's never been reported before. The problem is not so much in the actual program but the dialogues -- it was only looking for COM1 - COM8.

If it is not too inconvenient for you to try your earlier COM port number again, but with the attached version 1.942, and confirm, please, that it is then okay, I'd be most grateful.

Thank you.

Regards,

Pete

PFCDLL1942.zip

[MeatWater]

There's always a first time ;-)

Will try that tomorrow, thanks Pete for looking into it!

[MeatWater]

works fine!

[Pete Dowson]

works fine!

Great! Thanks!

Pete