PFC Cirrus 11

[AVQ05]

Hi Mr.Dowson,

I have a console PFC cirrus 11 http://www.flypfc.com/pcatds/cat%20ii/cpanel.html

and before the new patch of FSX everithing was ok, and now with the SP1 and the new FSUIPC i put the PFCFSX.DLL in my modules folder, and when i start FSX i don't see in my addon menu my PFC , could you tell me if possible why after the new patch i could not fly with my console,

Thank you,

Pierre

[AVQ05]

Hi Mr.Dowson,

I have a console PFC cirrus 11 http://www.flypfc.com/pcatds/cat%20ii/cpanel.html

and before the new patch of FSX everithing was ok, and now with the SP1 and the new FSUIPC i put the PFCFSX.DLL in my modules folder, and when i start FSX i don't see in my addon menu my PFC , could you tell me if possible why after the new patch i could not fly with my console,

Thank you,

Pierre

[Pete Dowson]

Hi Mr.Dowson,

I have a console PFC cirrus 11 http://www.flypfc.com/pcatds/cat%20ii/cpanel.html

and before the new patch of FSX everithing was ok, and now with the SP1 and the new FSUIPC i put the PFCFSX.DLL in my modules folder, and when i start FSX i don't see in my addon menu my PFC , could you tell me if possible why after the new patch i could not fly with my console,

Thank you,

Pierre

What do you mean by "the new FSUIPC"? Have you read any of the Announcements? Have you installed the FSUIPC verison 4.10, introduced to update it to work with SP1?

Is there an AddOns menu entry for FSUIPC? Have you any FSUIPC4 log files to show me?

I really can't tell you anything at all unless you tell me more, please.

Pete

[AVQ05]

Hi Mr.Dowson,

I have a console PFC cirrus 11 http://www.flypfc.com/pcatds/cat%20ii/cpanel.html

and before the new patch of FSX everithing was ok, and now with the SP1 and the new FSUIPC i put the PFCFSX.DLL in my modules folder, and when i start FSX i don't see in my addon menu my PFC , could you tell me if possible why after the new patch i could not fly with my console,

Thank you,

Pierre

What do you mean by "the new FSUIPC"? Have you read any of the Announcements? Have you installed the FSUIPC verison 4.10, introduced to update it to work with SP1?

Is there an AddOns menu entry for FSUIPC? Have you any FSUIPC4 log files to show me?

I really can't tell you anything at all unless you tell me more, please.

Pete

Hi M.Dowson

Tell me if this is you need,

********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.10 by Pete Dowson *********

User Name="Pierre Turbis"

User Addr="pturbis@xxxxxxxxx"

FSUIPC4 Key is provided

WIDEFS7 not user registered, or expired

Running inside FSX on Windows Vista (SimConnect SP1 May07)

Module base=61000000

DebugStatus=15

109 System time = 22:09:48

109 FLT UNC path = "C:\Users\Pierre\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files"

109 FS UNC path = "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X"

3401 LogOptions=00000001

3401 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay

6084 Running in "Microsoft Flight Simulator X", Version: 10.0.61355.0 (SimConnect: 10.0.61242.0)

72509 SimStart Event: Initialising SimConnect data requests

72509 FSUIPC Menu entry added

72603 C:\Users\Pierre\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\Previous flight.FLT

72603 D:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aircreation_582SL\Aircreation_582SL.AIR

73087 Aircraft="Aircreation582SL red"

73679 System time = 22:11:02, FSX time = 22:09:55 (05:09Z)

73679 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled

157405 User aircraft crashed!

166094 System time = 22:12:34, FSX time = 22:10:38 (05:10Z)

166094 *** FSUIPC log file being closed

Memory managed: 28 Allocs, 28 Freed

********* FSUIPC Log file closed ***********

i put xxxxxx to erase my email adresse.

Thank you for your help.

Pierre

[Pete Dowson]

Tell me if this is you need,

...

********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.10 by Pete Dowson *********

Well, this shows you are using FSUIPC 4.10, and that it has added itself to the FSX "Add-Ons" Menu, but it looks like you have not put "PFCFSX.DLL" into the correct place, next to FSUIPC.DLL in the Modules folder. If you had done there would be a log entry like this:

17938 SimStart Event: Initialising SimConnect data requests

17938 FSUIPC Menu entry added

18313 i:\my documents\flight simulator x files\738 at EGCC.FLT

18313 G:\FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\B737_800\Boeing737-800.AIR

18891 System time = 09:47:05, FSX time = 09:47:02 (08:47Z)

19344 Aircraft="Boeing 737-800 Paint1"

20719 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled

140594 PFC Menu entry added

That's part of my own log. There's been no change in any of this area of FSUIPC and it isn't at all affected by SP1. If the PFCFSX.DLL module is present, in the right place, it is loaded. If not, it isn't. It is as simple as that.

Incidentally, the current version of PFCFSX.DLL is 4.20. In case yours is corrupted it may be a good idea to download it again.

Regards

Pete

[AVQ05]

Hi M.Dowson,

My PFC console work fine right now, but i have an other problem, when i start my FSX and i check my ADDON menu i see FSUIPC and PFC, but when i install the latest version of FScopilot and FSinn and i start FSX i check on my ADDON menu and i see FSUIPC and FScopilot but not PFC, the problem is, if i whant change the setting of my PFC menu i could not because i don't see this DLL, but my console work fine but no menu, i have donwload the FSUIPC ( FSUIPC4 version 4.103 ) if i delete de FScopilot DLL in ( MODULES ) i see again my FSUIPC and PFC on my ADDON menu , very very strange,

********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.103 by Pete Dowson *********

User Name="Pierre Turbis"

User Addr="pturbis@xxxxxx"

FSUIPC4 Key is provided

WIDEFS7 not user registered, or expired

Running inside FSX on Windows Vista (SimConnect SP1 May07)

Module base=61000000

DebugStatus=15

16 System time = 11:24:14

16 FLT UNC path = "C:\Users\Pierre\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\"

16 FS UNC path = "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\"

1388 LogOptions=00000001

1388 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay

4009 Running in "Microsoft Flight Simulator X", Version: 10.0.61355.0 (SimConnect: 10.0.61242.0)

60357 SimStart Event: Initialising SimConnect data requests

60357 FSUIPC Menu entry added

60357 C:\Users\Pierre\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\Previous flight.FLT

60357 D:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aircreation_582SL\Aircreation_582SL.AIR

61574 Aircraft="Aircreation582SL red"

62182 System time = 11:25:16, FSX time = 11:24:19 (18:24Z)

62182 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled

292767 System time = 11:29:07, FSX time = 11:26:41 (18:26Z)

292767 *** FSUIPC log file being closed

Memory managed: 97 Allocs, 97 Freed

********* FSUIPC Log file closed ***********

I send to Benjamin ( MCDU Forum ) my problem,

Thanks for your help,

Pierre

[Pete Dowson]

... but when i install the latest version of FScopilot and FSinn and i start FSX i check on my ADDON menu and i see FSUIPC and FScopilot but not PFC

Is that version of FSInn and FSCopilot specifically designed for FSX with the SP1 update? If not I suggest you wait until a suitable version is available. It sounds like something it is doing is wrecking something.

If you are using versions updated for SP1, could you try getting a SimConnect log file please (see the FSX Help announcement). I'd like to see how the PFCFSX.DLL manages to load and run without a menu when it is FSUIPC4 which loads and runs it and adds the menu. I'm wondering if we've discovered another, or a new, SimConnect bug.

Regards

Pete

[Pete Dowson]

My PFC console work fine right now, but i have an other problem, when i start my FSX and i check my ADDON menu i see FSUIPC and PFC, but when i install the latest version of FScopilot and FSinn and i start FSX i check on my ADDON menu and i see FSUIPC and FScopilot but not PFC

Okay .... I managed to find and install FSCopilot 1.7 -- what a task though. Please see below!

The non-appearance of the PFC menu entry seems to be due to FSUIPC not seeing the response to then Simconnect_Open call it makes for PFC. I'm not sure why, but I have devised a work-around and tested it here.

Please look for FSUIPC4 interim version 4.104 in the FSX Downloads announcement later tonight.

Meanwhile, please check my report below and forward it for me.

Regards

Pete

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PROBLEM WITH FSCOPILOT INSTALLER

My FSX folder is G:\FSX. It tried to install FSCopilot.dll into "G:\FS\Modules", which of course failed as there's no folder "G:\FS". I see it is still in Beta, so maybe it will be fixed -- but perhaps you could notify the author if you are Beta testing it.

I suspect it is getting the install path from the Registry, and expecting it to end with a "" -- which in fact is entirely optional, and depends upon how FSX was installed. He's assuming that this \ is there and overwriting the "X" instead. Worse, the installer doesn't check for an error when it tries to create G:\FS\Modules\FSCopilot.dll, so it fails silently with no sign of FSCopilot.dll anywhere.

Luckily the same DLL was also installed into FS9, which did have the '\', so I copied it over.

[bfels]

didnt noticed that install issue, there was tons of thoses installs downloaded, and thats the first time i hear about that issue... i ll look

[AVQ05]

My PFC console work fine right now, but i have an other problem, when i start my FSX and i check my ADDON menu i see FSUIPC and PFC, but when i install the latest version of FScopilot and FSinn and i start FSX i check on my ADDON menu and i see FSUIPC and FScopilot but not PFC

Okay .... I managed to find and install FSCopilot 1.7 -- what a task though. Please see below!

The non-appearance of the PFC menu entry seems to be due to FSUIPC not seeing the response to then Simconnect_Open call it makes for PFC. I'm not sure why, but I have devised a work-around and tested it here.

Please look for FSUIPC4 interim version 4.104 in the FSX Downloads announcement later tonight.

Meanwhile, please check my report below and forward it for me.

Regards

Pete

===========================

PROBLEM WITH FSCOPILOT INSTALLER

My FSX folder is G:\FSX. It tried to install FSCopilot.dll into "G:\FS\Modules", which of course failed as there's no folder "G:\FS". I see it is still in Beta, so maybe it will be fixed -- but perhaps you could notify the author if you are Beta testing it.

I suspect it is getting the install path from the Registry, and expecting it to end with a "" -- which in fact is entirely optional, and depends upon how FSX was installed. He's assuming that this \ is there and overwriting the "X" instead. Worse, the installer doesn't check for an error when it tries to create G:\FS\Modules\FSCopilot.dll, so it fails silently with no sign of FSCopilot.dll anywhere.

Luckily the same DLL was also installed into FS9, which did have the '\', so I copied it over.

M.Dowson,

Yes, everything work fine, i just do a test and i see to my addon menu FSX all three DLL, FScopilot, FSuipc, PFC,

Thank you very much for your great support,

Sorry for my bad english, french is my first language,

Pierre :wink: