Hello everyone,I have prepared a new connector program for WideFS users, and am now making it available for public beta.http://www.hifisim.com/ActiveRadarConnector2b1.zipThis is for WIDEFS users ONLY who wish to run ActiveRadar on the FS PC while AS2004 is running on the remote WideFS PC.Please read the included .txt file for instructions. Let me know if there are any problems and when reporting bugs please include details on the mapped drive letter and folders for AS2004/FS9 on the remote AND host FS PCs. Thanks everyone!Damian ClarkHiFi Simulation SoftwareDeveloper of ActiveSkyhttp://www.hifisim.comhttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004betateam.jpg

Hi Damian,Thanks for the update. All now appears to be working perfectly for me using Widefs and Active Radar.Thanks again and have great christmasCheersKeith

Damian,That fixed it. Thanks.Excellent support. Tis a shame another payware developer can't act in such a timely manner ...

Hi Damian,Flawless install - thanks for this....but I cannot seem to load a FP into ActiveRadar. When I load a FP it tells me to "update all" and when I do that nothing happens. I have a FP loaded in AS2004 OK. Any ideas?Thanks again for a great program.Ralph

Damian,All fixed no problem everthing worked first time. Thanks for the effort you put in to get this fix out.Regards,Andrew.

Hi Ralph,Is it an FSNav flight plan? If so, there is a problem (I'm working on it) where it won't load right. You must open and resave the plan via FS9 first. Does that work?Damian ClarkHiFi Simulation SoftwareDeveloper of ActiveSkyhttp://www.hifisim.comhttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004betateam.jpg

DamianI am having the same problem using a FS9 flight plan.Andrew.

I put this on hold until the new connector was released, but still can't get it to install properly (I'm assuming the connector is just so the radar on the FS machine will get the AS2004 information from the client over WideFS, because running AS2004 on the client works fine over WideFS without the connector...).My set-up:AS2004 installed on WideFS Machine. Path is Z:AS2004Drive mapped from server (client) FS machine to Remote via that path.AS2004 installed on FS Machine. In FS9Modules folder I have ActiveSky2004 and Active Radar Folders, both set for full sharing. (I have to install ActiveSky2004 on the FS machine to get the Active Radar module installed, though I'm not sure why I would want to leave the AS2004 folder in...).I follow the read me and use the Active Radar connector2.exe on the WideFS machine, via the mapped drive and Win EX, which through the mapped drive to the client machine finds the AS2004.exe...no problem, then click on "now click next to automatically find your FS2004 installation", click on that, no problem, next is "FS2004 path located, click next to begin installation" followed by:connector2prj dialogue error box, "error 53, file not found".Installation terminates. Still grounded.Would appreciate any assist, I've followed the read me exactly, somewhere some wires must be crossed.regards,

Hi,"I follow the read me and use the Active Radar connector2.exe on the WideFS machine, via the mapped drive and Win EX, which through the mapped drive to the client machine finds the AS2004.exe...no problem, then click on "now click next to automatically find your FS2004 installation", click on that, no problem, next is "FS2004 path located, click next to begin installation" followed by:connector2prj dialogue error box, "error 53, file not found"."----------The Connector needs to be run on the FS PC, not the wideFS PC. Also, You should not install AS2004 on the FS PC. Please uninstall all. Then Follow the install instructions:1) Install AS2004 on the WIDEFS PC directly, FROM the WideFS PC on a local drive i.e. C:(InstallDir). You should now have, in (InstallDir), Chilkat.zip and Modules folder.2) Switch to the FS PC. Map Z: to the ROOT drive of C: on the WideFS PC (or whatever drive it happens to be on)3) Now through windows explorer, on the FS PC, Browse to Z:(InstallDir)ModulesActiveSky2004. Run the ActiveRadarConnector2.exe program here.Please advise if this helps... Thanks!-Damian

Damian, Should I install this beta file since I took the time and managed to get the connection going through mapped drives. Other than depending on what computer I bring up first and having to "reenergize" offline mapped drives my setup is working. Or should I as a WideFS user disconnect all mapped drives and run your patch? Steve

Chris,"FS2004 path located, click next to begin installation" followed by:connector2prj dialogue error box, "error 53, file not found".I got this error first time. My fault. You must map to the ROOT of the drive not the A Sky folder. The installer is looking for a file in a folder below the A Sky folder. It can't locate it if it assumes the A Sky folder is the root of the drive.Make sense?

Dean/Damian, Exactly right, worked as soon as I adjusted the root drive as indicated. Thanks much. Should we expect a performance hit with the Active Radar module? I believe I'm seeing one. If that is the case then a way to run the module on the WideFs client might be worth pursuing....don't know if that is even possible.thanks againregards,

HiI am getting closer..........I have mapped it all and can run the connector from winex on the FS machine and bring up the dialogue........All is peachy.......FS2004 Path Located. Click next to commence installation.....my hands sweat. my pulse races (and I realise that I need to get out more) and then I click Next ->CONNECTOR2PROJRun time error 75Path file access error.What a let down - no cigarrette, no radarHelp please gents.......you know why......Steve

Hi Steve,What are you mapping your drive to, the ROOT of the WideFS drive or the ActiveSky2004 folder? It must be the former....If you are having problems after this please let me know exactly which drives/folders you are installing into on each machine. Thanks!Damian ClarkHiFi Simulation SoftwareDeveloper of ActiveSkyhttp://www.hifisim.comhttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004betateam.jpg

Well.........On the Non FS machine I have installed AS2004 as per the set up prog.This creates the C:installdir folder where it all resides and this PC has no maped drives.On the FS Machine I have mapped the C drive only (no folders!) of the non FS machine.I have then run the connector through winex leading to the above situation.Steve