Peter need your help!!

[beruben]

Hi good morning , I'm new on this forum , I had read a lot of other threads looking for something similar that is happening to me but with no luck .

This is my issue :

I got a cirrus ii from PFC with pedals yoke IRC and avionics panel with AP. I'm working in a 3 screen panoramic cockpit project with an instructor panel using wideview in other PC and other PC underneath showing the flight instruments on FSX.

I have read all manuals of how to install the drivers from Pfc i have installed pfchild.exe and registered version of pfuicp,

All the devices are recognized by the Pfc utilities and all the axes as well but when trying to use it direct with FSX y can't get the green crosses all I get is the first green check the second once I choose com 1 . I just discard that indication and start trying to use the sim but the elevator is not recognizable even in fsuicp . Also the avionics work but the frequency displays are off but

Te knobs work correctly . I have tried configure the axis directly from windows with not succes not recognizable ... I really need help with this I have tryed everything and I'm getting really frustrated because the time and money I had expended . Please help !!

[Pete Dowson]

I got a cirrus ii from PFC with pedals yoke IRC and avionics panel with AP. I'm working in a 3 screen panoramic cockpit project with an instructor panel using wideview in other PC and other PC underneath showing the flight instruments on FSX.

I have read all manuals of how to install the drivers from Pfc i have installed pfchild.exe and registered version of pfuicp, need help with this I have tryed everything and I'm getting really frustrated because the time and money I had expended . Please help !!

 

Both FSUIPC and PFCHID produce log files showing what they are doing. They are in your Modules folder. Please show me those.

 

All the devices are recognized by the Pfc utilities and all the axes as well but when trying to use it direct with FSX y can't get the green crosses all I get is the first green check the second once I choose com 1

 

You seem to have something all wrong there. PFCHID has no "green crosses" and nor is there ever any COM port to select. PFCHID is purely a USB driver. It sounds to me as if you've installed the Serial Port PFC driver, PFC.DLL or PFCFSX.DLL. You most certainly don't use that with a USB Cirrus!

 

Pete

[beruben]

Thanks for your answer Pete I really Apreciate the time you are taking to help ! Give me a few hours to send you the info you requested , right now I'm not close to the computer . I'll post you in a while thanks a lot!

[Pete Dowson]

Thanks for your answer Pete I really Apreciate the time you are taking to help ! Give me a few hours to send you the info you requested , right now I'm not close to the computer . I'll post you in a while thanks a lot!

 

You need to consider your answers to the business of running the wrong PFC driver before sending me anything.

 

Pete

[beruben]

Of course . Ok I'll try a reinstall all of the drivers or even a full uninstall of FSX . But I really not sure if I'm using the correct ones . I downloaded them as PFCusbfsx. Exe and it installs by itself the pfchild .dll and the pfcfsx.dll . Do you have a link where I can download the specific drivers ? So that way we discard bad diver installation . Thanks

[Pete Dowson]

Of course . Ok I'll try a reinstall all of the drivers or even a full uninstall of FSX . But I really not sure if I'm using the correct ones . I downloaded them as PFCusbfsx. Exe and it installs by itself the pfchild .dll and the pfcfsx.dll . Do you have a link where I can download the specific drivers ? So that way we discard bad diver installation . Thanks

 

The Download Links subforum here, and the Schiratti site which is pointed to by links in may documents and also on the FSUIPC purchase pages in SimMarket.

 

I don't know why you are installing PFCFSX.DLL for a USB Cirrus. What is it you think you have on COM1?

 

Pete

[beruben]

Thanks I just followed the instructions found on the Pfc USB for FSX and they clearly specifies something about com1 actually com1 appears on green when I select it . But ok let me re check

[Pete Dowson]

Thanks I just followed the instructions found on the Pfc USB for FSX and they clearly specifies something about com1 actually com1 appears on green when I select it . But ok let me re check

 

But no other green checks appear, meaning it finds nothing it can handle on COM1 -- all the green on COM1 means is that COM1 exists, i.e. it is a port on your PC. It's usually the unconnected one on the motherboard.  You are supposed to select the COM port to which your equipment is connected -- i.e. the one which results in the other checks going green. But that equipment will not be a USB Cirrus because that driver does not drive any USB devices.

 

Pete

[beruben]

Hi Pete Sorry Ysterday I got really bussy. I already reinstalled everything as you told me with no success. All axes working but no the Elevator Here are the logs:

 

[Options]
FlashAPcapts=Yes
FlashMarkers=Yes
FlashTransponder=Yes
FlashADFindicator=Yes
DMEuseRMIselect=Yes
[Debug]
Console=No
LogComms=No
LogData=No
LogDecode=No
LogDevices=Yes
LogDeviceChanges=Yes
LogToDebugger=No
LogIPCwrites=No
LogMacroNames=No
LogTxData=No
LogReadCounts=No
[Config]
TrimRange=256
ApBeepWave=sound\Caapdis
AlertWave=sound\AltAlert
MacroFilename=PFC
 

 

[General]
UpdatedByVersion=4853
History=3YKW737TKFK00WEQ2WPAE
InitDelayDevicesToo=No
MouseWheelMove=No
MouseWheelTrim=No
MouseWheelTrimSpeed=1
JoystickTimeout=20
PollGFTQ6=Yes
BlankDisplays=No
FixControlAccel=No
FixMachSpeedBug=No
DeleteVehiclesForAES=Yes
AutoScanDevices=Yes
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
BrakeReleaseThreshold=75
SaveDataWithFlights=No
ZapSound=firework
ShortAircraftNameOk=No
UseProfiles=Yes
EnableMouseLook=No
AxesWrongRange=No
TCASid=Flight
TCASrange=40
AxisCalibration=No
DirectAxesToCalibs=No
ShowMultilineWindow=Yes
SuppressSingleline=No
SuppressMultilineFS=No
AxisIntercepts=No
DontResetAxes=No
InitDelay=0
GetNearestAirports=Yes
OOMcheck=Yes
WeatherReadFactor=2
WeatherRewriteSeconds=1
CustomWeatherModify=No
SimConnectStallTime=1
LuaRerunDelay=66
FSVersionUsed="Microsoft Flight Simulator X",10.0.61637.0
SimConnectUsed=10.0.61259.0

[JoyNames]
AutoAssignLetters=No
0=PFC Cirrus II
0.GUID={9493A2A0-C198-11E3-8004-444553540000}
1=PFC USB Pedals 2
1.GUID={949131A0-C198-11E3-8001-444553540000}
2=PFC Remote Instrument Console
2.GUID={9493A2A0-C198-11E3-8005-444553540000}
3=PFC Avionics Adaptor
3.GUID={AF4EFBF0-C1B4-11E3-8001-444553540000}

[buttons]
ButtonRepeat=20,10

[MacroFiles]
1=747 OHD
2=APchart

[AutoSave]
Next=1
Interval=60
Files=10
SaveOnGround=No
AutoSaveEnabled=No

[GPSout]
GPSoutEnabled=No

[GPSout2]
GPSoutEnabled=No

[WideServer]
WideFSenabled=Yes
AdvertiseService=1
Port=8002
Port2=9002

[sounds]
Path=C:\Microsoft  Flight Simulator X\Sound\
Device1=Primary Sound Driver
Device2=Digital Audio (HDMI) (High Definition Audio Device)
Device3=Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
[ClientNames]
1=SIM-PC
[Axes]
0=17X,256,D,4,9,0,0
1=17Y,256,D,10,0,0,0
2=17Z,256,D,5,17,0,0
3=17R,256,D,18,0,0,0
4=17U,256,D,6,13,0,0
5=17V,256,D,14,0,0,0
[JoystickCalibration]
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
Elevator=-16380,-512,512,16380

 

THANKS!!

[Pete Dowson]

Hi Pete Sorry Ysterday I got really bussy. I already reinstalled everything as you told me with no success. All axes working but no the Elevator Here are the logs:

 

So, you resolved the PFCFSX.DLL driver issue and removed it as being unneeded?

 

The Cirrus yoke is a normal joystick device and not handled by my software. The only axes my software have to deal with on the Cirrus are those on the Throttle Quadrant - those 6 assignedhere:

 

[Axes]

0=17X,256,D,4,9,0,0

1=17Y,256,D,10,0,0,0

2=17Z,256,D,5,17,0,0

3=17R,256,D,18,0,0,0

4=17U,256,D,6,13,0,0

5=17V,256,D,14,0,0,0

 

So, I suspect you have a fault. Have you asked PFC about all this? It is really their job to support their hardware. I can only help with my drivers.

 

Incidentally, the elevator appears to be the ONLY one you've actually calibrated in FSUIPC, or at least operated the "SET" button for it. You've not actually calibrated the numbers at all. You should really calibrate the throttle quadrant axes.

 

Pete

[beruben]

Actually I Havent configured  yet anything at all, but even in FSUICP the yoke is not showing any movement as  the other do. The only issue is the elevator . The weird thing is when I open the  PFC Harware Calibration it actually recognizes all the axes and bottons. But when trying to calibrate for example direct from windows harware recognizable as cirrusii ,the yoke seems to be frozen and only recognizes 2 of the yoke bottons ,  but actually can do anything to calibrate it. And on FSX everyhing work ok and can be calibrated only with FSUICP, FSX calibration or axes assigments cant be done from there.

[Pete Dowson]

Actually I Havent configured  yet anything at all, but even in FSUICP the yoke is not showing any movement as  the other do. The only issue is the elevator 

 

Sorry, that's a bit confusing. The yoke has two axes -- elevator and aileron. The aileron should certainly show in FSUIC if it shows in FS.

 

 

The weird thing is when I open the  PFC Harware Calibration it actually recognizes all the axes and bottons. But when trying to calibrate for example direct from windows harware recognizable as cirrusii ,the yoke seems to be frozen and only recognizes 2 of the yoke bottons ,  but actually can do anything to calibrate it. And on FSX everyhing work ok and can be calibrated only with FSUICP, FSX calibration or axes assigments cant be done from there.

 

So the elevator can be seen moving in the PFC test program, but not in Windows "game controllers" control panel item, and not in FSUIPC or FSX?   I really don't know then -- it sounds like a Windows joystick driver or registry problem.

 

What about the other PFC devices I see listed?

1=PFC USB Pedals 2

2=PFC Remote Instrument Console

3=PFC Avionics Adaptor

 

They all appear to categorised by Windows as Joystick type devices. My driver handles the latter two, or used to on the Cirrus Pro I had. Maybe PFC have changed things -- it was years ago I was last involved in PFC equipment.

 

You do really need PFC help I think.

 

Pete

[beruben]

Thats right everything is working except the elevator even pedals RCI and avionics are working and fully operable , I tryed in a different pc and it is doing the same thing. Actually I have 2 cirrus ii and they have the same issue with FSX but they work perfectly fine only with X'plane

[Pete Dowson]

Thats right everything is working except the elevator even pedals RCI and avionics are working and fully operable , I tryed in a different pc and it is doing the same thing. Actually I have 2 cirrus ii and they have the same issue with FSX but they work perfectly fine only with X'plane

 

Hmm. Very strange. There's no difference software-wise between the aileron (X) axis and elevator (Y) axis on a yoke. I am really at a loss as to why one is seen and the other not. What did PFC say?

 

Pete

[beruben]

I already made contact with them but is kind of expensive they charge 150 dlls per issue. I was looking for other options but it seems that will be my last one...

[Pete Dowson]

I already made contact with them but is kind of expensive they charge 150 dlls per issue. I was looking for other options but it seems that will be my last one...

 

So your kit isn't purchased recently, from them? I would have thought they would support it?

 

Pete

[beruben]

NO it was bought 3 years ago working with xplane and the maximum time for free support is 120 days