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I have just had my Alpine computer upgraded with an NVidia GTX 970 4GB DDR5 Jetstream Graphics Card and a Samsung 1TB SSD EVO 850 Series Memory. I have loaded FSUIPC4 4.948 followed by PFCDLL 2.41.

Neither I or Alpine Computers can get the computer to recognise the Cirrus 11 console.

Any ideas??

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I have just had my Alpine computer upgraded with an NVidia GTX 970 4GB DDR5 Jetstream Graphics Card and a Samsung 1TB SSD EVO 850 Series Memory. I have loaded FSUIPC4 4.948 followed by PFCDLL 2.41.

Neither I or Alpine Computers can get the computer to recognise the Cirrus 11 console.

 

Did you not get any documentation at all from PFC? I don't actually support PFC myself, they have their own support. 

 

PFC.DLL 2.41 will not work with FSUIPC4 as it is the version for FS9, as clearly shown. The one for FSX and later is PFCFSX.DLL. Why are you downloading the wrong module?

 

Futhermore, both those drivers are for the old-style serial port devices which PFC used to make. The Cirrus 2 Pro which I used to have was not a comm/serial port device at all, but a full blown USB HID device which most certainly should at least be seen by Windows. The freeware driver I made for PFC HID interface devices, including the Cirrus, is PFCHID.DLL.

 

Pete

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Good afternoon Pete

 

This is Paul from Alpine .....

 

I got Alan to install the PFCFSX.DLL file and not the PFC.DLL one  ..... (He got that wrong in his message to you)

 

I also made sure that the latest registered version of  FSUIPC was installed prior to this  .....

 

THE Cirrus II he has is of the Com Port variety .....

 

I cannot understand why the PFC module is not showing up under the Toolbar 'Add on' entry  ...... FSUIPC is there though  

 

Something else which was odd ....  when he started FSX after installing FSUIPC and the PFCFSX you normally get a message asking if you want to add the module but for some reason this did not happen ...

 

Very odd!

 

Your thoughts would be kindly appreciated

 

Kind regards

 

Paul

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THE Cirrus II he has is of the Com Port variety .....

 

Really? I never saw one of those. It must be pretty old?

 

I cannot understand why the PFC module is not showing up under the Toolbar 'Add on' entry  ...... FSUIPC is there though  

 

 
If it is in the FSX Modles folder it will be seen and loaded by FSUIPC. And it is FSUIPC which places the entry in the Add-Ons menu on its behalf. I use PFCFSX.DLL all the time for my PFC 737NG cockpit.
 
Perhaps you should show me the FSUIPC4.LOG file also from the Modules folder. Paste it into a message here.
Something else which was odd ....  when he started FSX after installing FSUIPC and the PFCFSX you normally get a message asking if you want to add the module but for some reason this did not happen ...

 

You won't get one for PFCFSX because it isn't loaded by FS, but by FSUIPC.  I wouldn't worry if you didn't get one for FSUIPC -- if the Add-Ons menu entry is there for it, it is loading okay.

 

Pete

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Hi Pete,

 

Here is the FSUIPC log file as promised.

 

fsx.exe version = 10.0.61472.0
Reading options from "C:\FSX\Modules\FSUIPC4.ini"
Running inside FSX on Windows 7
Module base=63C60000
User Name="Alan Waters"
User Addr="kukltd@btconnect.com"
FSUIPC4 Key is provided
WIDEFS7 not user registered, or expired
       78 System time = 16/12/2015 16:01:04
       78 FLT path = "C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\"
       78 ------ Module Version Check ------
       78        acontain.dll: 10.0.61472.0
       78             api.dll: 10.0.61472.0
       78        controls.dll: 10.0.61472.0
       78      fs-traffic.dll: 10.0.61472.0
       78             G3D.dll: 10.0.61472.0
       78            sim1.dll: 10.0.61472.0
       78        visualfx.dll: 10.0.61472.0
       78         weather.dll: 10.0.61472.0
       78          window.dll: 10.0.61472.0
       78 ----------------------------------
      218 Trying to connect to SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07 ...
      249 FS path = "C:\FSX\"
      608 ---------------------- Joystick Device Scan -----------------------
      624 Product= Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals
      639    Manufacturer= Saitek
      639    Vendor=06A3, Product=0763 (Version 1.0)
      655    Serial Number=
      655 Product= USB Game Controllers
      655    Manufacturer= Mega World
      655    Vendor=07B5, Product=0317 (Version 1.1)
      655    Serial Number=
      655 -------------------------------------------------------------------
      671 LogOptions=00000000 00000001
      671 -------------------------------------------------------------------
      671 ------ Setting the hooks and direct calls into the simulator ------
      671 --- CONTROLS timer memory location obtained ok
      671 --- SIM1 Frictions access gained
      671 --- FS Controls Table located ok
      671 --- Installed Mouse Macro hooks ok.
      671 --- Wind smoothing fix is fully installed
      671 --- G3D.DLL fix attempt installed ok
      671 --- All links checked okay
      671 -------------------------------------------------------------------
      671 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay
      671 Trying to use SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07
     2995 Running in "Microsoft Flight Simulator X", Version: 10.0.61472.0 (SimConnect: 10.0.61259.0)
     2995 Initialising SimConnect data requests now
     2995 FSUIPC Menu entry added
     3042 C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\Opening Flight.FLT
     3042 C:\FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\Mooney_Bravo\Mooney_Bravo.AIR
    26317 System time = 16/12/2015 16:01:30, Simulator time = 16:01:06 (16:01Z)
    26317 Aircraft="Mooney Bravo"
    27316 Starting everything now ...
    28642 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled
    49312 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 23 secs = 76.3 fps
  1663267 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 1580 secs = 67.1 fps
  2208506 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 453 secs = 52.0 fps
  2287645 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 21 secs = 45.1 fps
  2424099 Sim stopped: average frame rate for last 104 secs = 42.3 fps
  2428140 System time = 16/12/2015 16:41:32, Simulator time = 16:37:28 (16:37Z)
  2428140 *** FSUIPC log file being closed
Minimum frame rate was 22.1 fps, Maximum was 141.9 fps
Minimum available memory recorded was 2268Mb
Average frame rate for running time of 2182 secs = 62.7 fps
G3D fix: Passes 46388, Null pointers 0, Bad pointers 0, Separate instances 0
Memory managed: 967 Allocs, 967 Freed
********* FSUIPC Log file closed ***********

 

I hope you can sort this for me.  Cheers Alan
 

Posted

Here is the FSUIPC log file as promised.

 

Well, you appear to have omitted the first line which tells me the version of FSUIPC. Please don't do that next time.

 

FSUIPC is running fine, so it looks like it cannot find PFCFSX.DLL in the Modules folder. To confirm that, please download this latest (as yet unreleased) version and copy it into the FS Modules folder:

 

FSUIPC4948f.zip

 

Then edit the FSUIPC4.INI file (it is a simple text file, like the LOG), adding

 

Debug=Please

LogExtras=1

 

to the [General] section.

 

Then run FS again and show me the log (the complete log this time, please).

 

Also, try running FS "as administrator" (which is, I think, a right-click option on the EXE or icon). See if that makes any difference.

 

Pete

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