Pushback

[Guest wayne459]

Hi Everyone,can anyone tell me of a good gauge that I can instal to give me a better pushback than the one that is in FS itself (ShiftP + 1 or 2)ThanksWayne

[Tabs 2,790]

For which plane?The 747 already has a pushback gauge integrated.

[Guest wayne459]

Sorry bout that I meant to say for the 737 series

[Guest thscholz]

Wayne,there are two different gauges here in the library that you could use:By Etienne Martinhttp://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=...hor=&CatID=rootBy Rob Barendregthttp://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=...hor=&CatID=rootIt's a matter of taste which one you chose.CheersThomas

[Charlie Felix 5]

I would recommend Etienne's pushback gauge. I use it in a number of aircraft mostly because you don't have to calculate distance or angles. You just steer the plane where you want it to go. Charlie - KSBP

[Guest wayne459]

Hi Charlie and Thomas,thanks for your help on this one. I'll download both and see which one is best for me.One other thing not related to this. I've just got the 747, I'm no where near ready to step up to this one just yet. I want to get my head around the 737 first. But I would like to see it all lit up, but can't find where to turn the avionics on. I can get the power on and even start the engines, but for the life of me can't get the avionics. Would just like to see what's what while I read the tutorial and manual.Wayne

[Guest wayne459]

Hey Thomas,I have tried and tried to get the atn gauge to work in the panel. I am doing something wrong, but can't for the life of me see what it is.If I put the panel.cfg here could you run your eye over it and see if there is something missing or put down incorrectly?ThanksWayne

[Charlie Felix 5]

BTW - I just found out the hard way that if you have loaded version 3.6.0 of FSUIPC, using Etienne's gauge may cause a system lock-up. There is a new interim version posted on Dowson's forum that fixes the problem.Charlie

[Guest wayne459]

Hi Charlie,I've downloaded the latest FSUIPC v3.60 dated the 29th April. Is that the one that casued your probblem? Becasue I can't locate a copy any later than that, not 3.6.0.Wayne

[ronzie 21]

You can get 3.601 here:http://forums.simflight.com/viewtopic.php?...f8f97b996726b71This is the interim version thread on the FSUIPC support forum. It should fix the push-back gauge problem.

[Guest wayne459]

Hi Everyone,downloaded and installed FSUIPC 3.6.0.1 as per instructions. But I still can't get the gauge to show up and for the life of me can't figure out what's going wrong.Wayne

[Guest thscholz]

Wayne,maybe you could tell us step by step what you did to add the gauge to the panel.But please, don't post your panel.cfg here as some folks don't like that.;-) But you can post the single line that you added to the panel.cfg and then we'll se what we can do to get you pushing back.CheersThomas

[Guest wayne459]

Hi Thomas,I am trying to use the gauge by Etienne Martin.I did the installation as per his instructions in the pdf file, step by step guide. The only thing I changed was the "window number" to the next vacant one which was 17window17=PushbackThen added the gauge at gauge number 26gauge26=Atn!Toggle,247,457,12,12,15123Then added the following after the last "window" format and before the side windows definitions[Window17]BACKGROUND_COLOUR=0,0,0size_mm=300,410position=8visible=0ident=15123gauge00=Atn!pushback,0,0,300,80,15123gauge01=Atn!Scale,0,80,300,80gauge02=Atn!Electric,0,160,300,170gauge03=Atn!Ambient,0,330,300,80I hope that I have given you all the info you need.Wayne

[Guest thscholz]

Hi Wayne,sorry for not responding, but I was in bed. It's early in the morning now here in Austria.O.K., now to your problem.The first thing I notice, is the following line:gauge26=Atn!Toggle,247,457,12,12,15123This line will place the icon at the position of the master caution light which is a gauge itself.Try changing the values 247,457 to 608,608. That should place the icon above the PFD.And did you copy the ATN.GAU to the gauges folder?CheersThomas

[Guest wayne459]

Hi Thomas,have done what you've suggested. But I still can't see the icon.And yes, the gauge is in the gauges folder, I double checked this before I posted.Wayne