Conflict between FSUIPC7, A Pilot’s Life v2, and Winwing MCDU in MSFS 2020

[Rileydemooij]

*** Moved to FSUIPC7 support sub-forum ***

Hello,

 

I’ve run into a problem in MSFS 2020 where A Pilot’s Life v2 does not detect my flights correctly when I use it together with my Winwing MCDU addon. Both APL2 and the MCDU seem to use FSUIPC and when they are running at the same time, APL2 cannot see the flight.

 

If I only run APL2 without the MCDU, it works fine. If I only run the MCDU, it also works fine. The conflict appears only when both are active together through FSUIPC.

 

Is there a way to configure FSUIPC so that both applications can run side by side without interfering with each other? Maybe something in the FSUIPC7.ini that I should adjust?

 

Thank you for your help!

 

Best regards,

Riley

Edited September 23 by John Dowson
Moved to FSUIPC7 support sub-forum

[John Dowson]

Please use the specific sub-forum for FSUIPC7 for all issues / questions on this product. I have moved your post.

There should be no issue running ,multiple FSUIPC7 clients at the same time - at least not with FSUIPC7.

What happens when APL2 is running and can see the flight, and then you start your Wingwing MCDU add-on, if possible (whatever that is)?
If its a WASM=based add-on, you won't be able to do this though.

Can you show me your log files please, with logging for IPC Reads activated. Show me / attach two log files (FSUIPC7.log), one from when APL2 is running and working, and one from when both are running and it isn't working. Also please exit FSUIPC7 before attaching log files.

Your attachment limit will be very low - you may need to compress/zip these files.

John

[John Dowson]

By the way, what do you mean by 'cannot see the flight'? Does it connect to FSUIPC7?

[Rileydemooij]

Hi John,

I have performed the tests: the first test with only APL2, and the second test with both software programs. I have also put the logs (143 KB) in a zip file and enabled FSUIPC IPC Reads.

By “cannot see the flight,” I mean that A Pilot’s Life v2 starts and connects to MSFS/FSUIPC7, but it does not detect that a flight has started. It just stays on “flight not started,” even when I am in the cockpit in a cold and dark state and the flight is in progress. APL2 does connect to MSFS, but it does not link to my active flight. I am also at the correct airport and gate as required by the flight briefing.

When I run only APL2, it works fine and the flight is detected correctly. The problem appears only when both APL2 and the Winwing MCDU are running at the same time.

The log file is already zipped (143 KB). I noticed it should normally be around 20 KB, but in my case it is larger. If needed, I can provide a download link or share it via Google Drive. Please let me know if there is another preferred way to send it.

[John Dowson]

13 hours ago, Rileydemooij said:

The log file is already zipped (143 KB). I noticed it should normally be around 20 KB, but in my case it is larger.

It will be larger due to the additional logging. Try attaching here - if its too large, you can provide me with a download link somewhere or use one of the free file transfer services, such as https://filetransfer.io/.

[Rileydemooij]

Sorry for my late reply, I was at work. Thank you for the clarification. I have uploaded the zipped log files to filetransfer.io as the forum attachment limit is too small. You can download them here:

https://limewire.com/d/oddmp#5f7dBlZfVW

Please let me know if you need me to generate any additional logs or run further tests.

[John Dowson]

You can turn off logging for IPC Reads - that is not needed.
Your log files show that FSUIPC cannot connect when your Winwing MCDU addon is running.
This may be because you have ran out of connections. What is the value of the maxClient parameter in your SimConnect.xml file?
This file should be under [User]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\. Try changing the value of this to 128 in all entries.

If that doesn't work, then you will need to generate a SimConnect.log file so we can see what is happening to the connections connections. To do this, see 

 

Can you also show me a log file without IPC Reads logging set.

 

[Rileydemooij]

Hi John,

I changed the maxClient value in the SimConnect.xml file to 128 in all entries, and now everything seems to be working correctly. A Pilot’s Life v2 detects my flight (pre-flight at the gate), and my Winwing MCDU is also working at the same time.

Do you still need me to provide another FSUIPC7.log without IPC Reads logging, now that the issue seems to be resolved?

Thanks a lot for your quick help and support!

[John Dowson]

50 minutes ago, Rileydemooij said:

Do you still need me to provide another FSUIPC7.log without IPC Reads logging, now that the issue seems to be resolved?

No, not needed if its now working. The issue must have been because the MCDU add-on is taking two many connections - its probably handling the connections badly, and requesting new connections before closing existing ones. The SimConnect.log file would show what is happening, but not really needed as its now working.

John