problem with PFC avionics stack after update to new FSUIPC and PFChid

[Thhat]

Today I updated the new dll files for FSUIPC and PFChid.dll

From PFC I use the throttle quadrant, the RIC, a yoke and the avionic stack. After the update, the avionic stack is no longer working (LED´s remain dark when I switch on the avionics master switch in the FSX plane).

All other PFC equipment works fine. The PFChid.log files tells that all hardware is detected properly, including the avionics stack. Also the hardware check at start-up (couple of numbers in the LED displays) are working, and there are no error messages from Windows, so the USB device is recognized correctly.

 

Any ideas what I can try to get it working again?
 

Thanks, Thomas

[Pete Dowson]

Today I updated the new dll files for FSUIPC and PFChid.dll

From PFC I use the throttle quadrant, the RIC, a yoke and the avionic stack. After the update, the avionic stack is no longer working (LED´s remain dark when I switch on the avionics master switch in the FSX plane).

All other PFC equipment works fine. The PFChid.log files tells that all hardware is detected properly, including the avionics stack. Also the hardware check at start-up (couple of numbers in the LED displays) are working, and there are no error messages from Windows, so the USB device is recognized correctly.

 

Nothing's changed recently to affect that, and it works fine here. But I always need VERSION NUMBERS. "Latest" isn't really helpful I'm afraid. It usually means "the last ones i saw" and that's sometimes turned out to be years or more older!

 

Pete

[Thhat]

It is the one currently published on the web: 4.92 for FSUIPC and 1.32 for PFCHID.

Maybe I can switch on one of the logfile creaters in FSUIPC (which one?) to get more data?

 

Thanks, Thomas

[Pete Dowson]

It is the one currently published on the web: 4.92 for FSUIPC and 1.32 for PFCHID.

Maybe I can switch on one of the logfile creaters in FSUIPC (which one?) to get more data?

 

Better using the logging in the PFCHid.INI file. See the PFCHid documentation. There's a number of options listed there, in the bit under [Debug]. You can even send the log, real-time, to a console window on screen.

 

Pete

[Niben]

Hello Pete, hope you're doing great!

I have a PFC USB Avionics stack using FSX SP2 with FSUIPC v4.969 and PFCHID.dll v1.3.0.0, only the DME, ADF and Transpoder works fine, the comm/nav radios are not working at all, the dials and the leds, and also the altitude/vs window is off.

I have tried with different versions of PFCHID, 1.3.6 and 1.4.6 and still no luck.

Find attach the PFCHID log

I've tried xplane 10 and everything works fine.

When I start the PFC Test GUI everything works as it should, the avionics has a usb 1.00n on the Comm/nav displays I also attach what I got on the log file

Hope you could help me out!

PFChid.log

Test GUI.txt

[Thomas Richter]

Hi,

did you try with latest version PFChid.zip (1.49) and of course latest FSUIPC4.969 version Install_FSUIPC4969.zip ?

Thomas

[Niben]

Yep, both versions and no luck 

[Thomas Richter]

Hi,

I don't know on which Windows you work. Here I connected the Avionics stack to a Windows 10 Pro PC (Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit reported as Build 15063, Release ID: 1703 (OS 10.0)) doesn't work

Then connecting it to good old Windows 7 Pro PC I get, and fully working

Quote

  Manufacturer= Precision Flight Controls, Inc.
  Product= PFC Avionics Adaptor
  Vendor=0689, Product=C201
  Serial Number=
      125: ... Ok, added as device #1

Also It was before connected to Windows 10 Pro but the first released version and the Avionics stack worked also perfect.

So if you run on Windows 10 latest version it seems the problem is in Microsoft's hands.

Also by looking into the hardware properties of the recognized PFC device on Windows 10 PC I see that device could not be started with error code 10. The device itself displays fast flashing dashes on the displays but steady dashes on Windows 7 PC (device could be started).

You say it works OK with xPlane, is that on the same PC and same Windows?

Thomas 

[Niben]

I tested on Windows 7 with xplane and no problem, but with FSX on that PC, doesn't work. I've tried just Win7SP1 & Win10Pro, I'll try another version of Win7 maybe that would do the trick