WIDEFS help please

[KSN]

Hello,

I tried to install WideFS today but ran in a problem..... I think I have my network setup correctly and put every file in the associated folder just as described in the manual. BUT.... It still says that WideFS is waiting for connection. Obviously there is no connection between client and server but I don't know how to solve it.

Any ideas on this?

FSUIPC:

[General]

UpdatedByVersion=4530

History=2Q9U3JJUIRU9V9FAE5ZKM

MouseWheelTrim=No

MouseWheelTrimSpeed=1

FixControlAccel=No

FixMachSpeedBug=No

VisibilityOptions=No

OneCloudLayer=No

CloudTurbulence=No

CloudIcing=No

GenerateCirrus=No

SuppressCloudTurbulence=No

MaxIce=-4

MinIce=-4

UpperWindGusts=No

SuppressWindTurbulence=No

SuppressWindVariance=No

WindTurbulence=No

TurbulenceRate=1.0,5.0

TurbulenceDivisor=20,20,40,40

SuppressAllGusts=No

MaxSurfaceWind=0

WindLimitLevel=200

WindDiscardLevel=400

WindAjustAltitude=No

WindAjustAltitudeBy=2000

SmoothBySimTime=No

WindSmoothing=No

WindSmoothness=2

WindSmoothAirborneOnly=Yes

PressureSmoothness=0

TemperatureSmoothness=0

DisconnTrimForAP=No

ZeroElevForAPAlt=No

ThrottleSyncAll=No

WhiteMessages=No

ShowPMcontrols=No

SpoilerIncrement=512

MagicBattery=No

RudderSpikeRemoval=No

ElevatorSpikeRemoval=No

AileronSpikeRemoval=No

ReversedElevatorTrim=No

ClockSync=No

ClockSyncMins=5

ClearWeatherDynamics=No

OwnWeatherChanges=No

TimeForSelect=4

LoadFlightMenu=No

LoadPlanMenu=No

PauseAfterCrash=No

SaveDataWithFlights=No

ZapSound=firework

ShortAircraftNameOk=No

UseProfiles=No

TCASid=Flight

TCASrange=40

AxisCalibration=No

DirectAxesToCalibs=No

ShowMultilineWindow=Yes

SuppressSingleline=No

SuppressMultilineFS=No

AxisIntercepts=No

WeatherReadFactor=2

WeatherRewriteSeconds=1

CustomWeatherModify=No

SimConnectStallTime=1

Console=No

[JoyNames]

AutoAssignLetters=No

0=GarSim 530

1=Logitech Extreme 3D

[buttons]

ButtonRepeat=20,10

1=P1,12,K81,40

2=P2,0,K83,40

3=P3,1,K83,40

4=P4,13,K87,40

5=P5,2,K89,40

6=P6,3,K90,40

7=P7,7,K75,40

8=P8,6,K74,40

9=P9,5,K118,40

10=P10,4,K117,40

11=P11,14,K78,40

12=P12,16,K120,40

13=P13,17,K86,40

14=P14,18,K124,40

15=P15,19,K65,40

16=P16,20,K67,40

17=P17,21,K113,40

18=P18,10,K119,40

19=P19,11,K79,40

20=P20,8,K123,40

21=P21,9,K121,40

22=P22,15,K122,40

23=R23,27,K72,40

24=R24,26,K73,40

25=P25,25,K114,40

26=P26,24,K115,40

27=R27,23,K116,40

28=P28,22,K125,40

29=P29,29,K126,40

30=P0,22,K112,25

31=P0,1,K83,25

32=P0,0,K83,25

33=P0,12,K81,25

34=P0,13,K87,25

35=P0,16,K120,25

36=P0,17,K86,25

37=P0,18,K50,25

38=P0,19,K65,25

39=P0,21,K113,25

40=P0,20,K67,25

41=P0,25,K114,25

42=P0,24,K115,25

43=P0,23,K116,25

44=P0,27,K72,25

45=P0,26,K73,25

46=P0,6,K74,25

47=P0,7,K75,25

48=P0,4,K117,25

49=P0,5,K118,25

50=P0,14,K78,25

51=P0,11,K79,25

52=P0,10,K119,25

53=P0,9,K121,25

54=P0,8,K123,25

55=P0,15,K122,25

56=P0,2,K89,25

57=P0,3,K90,25

58=P0,28,K66,25

59=P1,4,K116,25

[AutoSave]

AutoSaveEnabled=No

[GPSout]

GPSoutEnabled=No

Port=COM0

Speed=4800

Interval=2000

PosTo6Decimal=No

Sentences=

[GPSout2]

GPSoutEnabled=No

Port=<none set>

Speed=4800

Interval=2000

PosTo6Decimal=No

Sentences=

[WideServer]

WideFSenabled=Yes

AdvertiseService=1

Port=8002

Port2=9002

[Axes]

0=0R,256,F,65767,0,0,0

1=0R,D,-16384,0,65559,0

[JoystickCalibration]

AllowSuppressForPFCquad=Yes

ExcludeThrottleSet=Yes

ExcludeMixtureSet=Yes

ExcludePropPitchSet=Yes

SepRevsJetsOnly=No

ApplyHeloTrim=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

SlopePropPitch=15

[Axes.Dodosim 206 FSX GDODO U]

0=0R,256,F,65767,0,0,0

1=0R,BR,-16384,-15373,65559,0

[buttons.Dodosim 206 FSX GDODO U]

0=R1,10,C66300,0

1=R1,6,C65769,0

Wide server

; PLEASE SEE the documentation for parameter details

; ==================================================

[Config]

Port=8002

; -----------------------------------------------

[user]

Log=Errors+

; ===============================================

WideFS Client

; PLEASE SEE WideFS documentation for parameter details

; =====================================================

[Config]

Port=8002

Window=72,277,886,589

Visible=Yes

ButtonScanInterval=20

ClassInstance=0

NetworkTiming=5,1

MailslotTiming=2000,1000

PollInterval=2000

Port2=9002

ResponseTime=18

ApplicationDelay=0

TCPcoalesce=No

WaitForNewData=500

MaxSendQ=100

OnMaxSendQ=Log

NewSendScanTime=50

Priority=3,1,2

; -----------------------------------------------

[user]

Log=Errors+

; ===============================================

WideFS Client log

********* WideClient Log [version 6.78] Class=FS98MAIN *********

Date (dmy): 17/10/02, Time 06:32:31.312: Client name is PC_2

156 Attempting to connect now

203 New Client Application: "pmrj" (Id=2672)

265 New Client Application: "cdu" (Id=2884)

1156 Trying to locate server: Need details from Server Broadcast

1156 Failed to connect: waiting to try again

3156 Attempting to connect now

30500 ****** End of session performance summary ******

30500 Total time connected = 0 seconds

30500 Reception maximum: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec

30500 Transmission maximum: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec

30500 Max receive buffer = 0, Max send depth = 0, Send frames lost = 0

30500 **************** Individual client application activity ****************

30500 Client 2672 requests: 123 (Ave 123/sec), Data: 322690 bytes (322690/sec), Average 2623 bytes/Process

30500 Client 2884 requests: 87 (Ave 87/sec), Data: 161907 bytes (161907/sec), Average 1861 bytes/Process

30500 ********* Log file closed (Buffers: MaxUsed 1, Alloc 210 Freed 210 Refused 0) *********

WideFS Client log 0

********* WideClient Log [version 6.78] Class=FS98MAIN *********

Date (dmy): 17/10/02, Time 06:15:23.359: Client name is PC_2

109 Attempting to connect now

1109 Trying to locate server: Need details from Server Broadcast

1109 Failed to connect: waiting to try again

3109 Attempting to connect now

9656 New Client Application: "pmrj" (Id=2688)

67140 Trying to locate server: Need details from Server Broadcast

148875 New Client Application: "cdu" (Id=2884)

193875 Trying to locate server: Need details from Server Broadcast

267078 New Client Application: "pmrj" (Id=2672)

380656 Trying to locate server: Need details from Server Broadcast

995984 ****** End of session performance summary ******

995984 Total time connected = 0 seconds

995984 Reception maximum: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec

995984 Transmission maximum: 0 frames/sec, 0 bytes/sec

995984 Max receive buffer = 0, Max send depth = 0, Send frames lost = 0

995984 **************** Individual client application activity ****************

995984 Client 2688 requests: 2719 (Ave 2719/sec), Data: 7293703 bytes (7293703/sec), Average 2682 bytes/Process

995984 Client 2884 requests: 2433 (Ave 2433/sec), Data: 4527813 bytes (4527813/sec), Average 1861 bytes/Process

995984 Client 2672 requests: 7666 (Ave 7666/sec), Data: 20665593 bytes (20665593/sec), Average 2695 bytes/Process

995984 ********* Log file closed (Buffers: MaxUsed 1, Alloc 12816 Freed 12816 Refused 0) *********

Is this info enough?

I would appreciate any help.

Thanks in advance

G.

[Pete Dowson]

Any ideas on this?

First off:

UpdatedByVersion=4530

Your FSUIPC4 is very old. I cannot support anything older than 4.70, and the current version is 4.758 (installer) and there's a 4.761 (interim update).in the Download Links subforum.

Similarly:

********* WideClient Log [version 6.78] Class=FS98MAIN *********

The oldest supported version of WideClient is 6.86, and there's a 6.92 in the Download Links subforum.

Your connection problem appears to be simply that you have two PCs in different workgroups and are expecting Broadcasting to work across them, which won't. You can either change the name of one of them, or add parameters to the client INI file instead so that it knows where to find the Server. All this is actually explained in the WideFS User Guide, in the part about configuring your network. There's even an emboldened red banner imploring you to read it, and there really isn't all that much to read, honest!.

Regards

Pete

[KSN]

Dear Pete,

thanks for the clear answer. It really helped a lot. It works perfectly.

Regards

G