July 20, 200619 yr I am just starting to get familiar with the updated panel. I have patched up to # 3 in correct sequence but am still getting no functioning from the altimeter and the epr gauges. They have a red flag. ALso, the flap guage is not changing when I select various flap settings. Am I missing something in my electrical power settings? I tried loading the default 172 first, as mentioned in some of the responses to others. Thanks to all for breathing new life into this classic wonderful panel and aircraft!Bill Gustafson,KSAT
July 20, 200619 yr Hi Bill,I found out pretty much by trial and error that you need to go through a particular sequence in starting the panel up so that the red flags over some of the instruments are removed. This also makes the flap gauge respond as normal. Adapted from the PMDG checklist, I put the APU on (lights panel) followed by firing up the APU generator (overhead) and putting the voltage selector switches to 'bat bus' and 'APU GEN'. Then switch in the hydraulic pump electrical switches, aircon packs, bleed air and so forth, and that appears to do it.I don't start up using the default Cessna, and I haven't had any electrical problems - strange. My sim does fire up with the Beech Baron at my local airfield, though (Shoreham, UK).;)
July 20, 200619 yr The generators (engine and APU) do not connect themselves to any bus when powered. You have to do it manually with the power control switches on the gen control panel, or the instruments will indeed be unpowered.For example, if you have the APU supplying power and simply shut down the APU after starting engines without first connecting the two engine driven gens to the transfer busses with the switches on the gen panel, you'll lose all AC power. If the APU is running and you shut down the engines without first connecting the APU gens to the transfer busses with the power control switches, you'll lose all AC power.To restate...no power source on the plane will power anything until it is manually connected to the electrical busses by the crew. RegardsBob ScottATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-V L-300Santiago de Chile Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
July 21, 200619 yr Author Thanks to all of you. I just need to learn more about all this, and appreciate the complexities modled here closer to real world ops!Bill
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