July 18, 200421 yr Some of my airplane panels do not have the ICON to turn on the GPS Map display. Is there another way to enable this GPS Map?Thanks,Jim
July 18, 200421 yr Yes, there is if the GPS is configured for use in the panel.cfg. Go to Views, Instrument Panel, GPS. If GPS does not show there then it is not available.
July 18, 200421 yr Charlie,It is not available using the selection process you described (Views, Instrument Panel, GPS). So I guess I will not be able to make this work. I tried to find a way to do it using KEY assignment, but don't see anything listed to select the MAP.Thanks,jim
July 18, 200421 yr You could add the icon to your panel and you will also need to set up an extra window. First back up the existing panel.cfg for the plane you want to add it to, then open the panel.cfg with Notepad. You could use a panel design program to add these items but I prefer to do it manually so it leaves existing settings exactly as they were. Look for the section [Window Titles]Add this new entry on a new line after the last line in that section but change the xx to be the next window number after the last existing one. Windowxx=GPSNext you have to add the new window. Go to the windows sections and add this section after the last entry. Change the xx to match the entry you previously set. [Windowxx]Background_color=16,16,16size_mm=127,197window_size_ratio=1.00position=8visible=0ident=GPS_PANELwindow_size= 0.198, 0.410window_pos= 0.642, 0.000gauge00=gps!gps, 0,0,127,197This should be enough to enable the GPS in the Views,Instrument Panel,etc. and have it working. You could experiment with different number settings for the sizes but hopefully it won't be necessary. You could also add an icon to your main panel but you will need to experiment with the icon size and position to get it how you want. Look for your existing main panel. It is usually the first window but not always and should look something like this. [Window00]file=xxfile_1024=xxsize_mm=xxxwindow_size_ratio=x.xxposition=xvisible=1ident=MAIN_PANELwindow_pos= 0.000, 0.000gauge00=gauge01=gauge02=gauge03=gauge04=gauge05=gauge06=gauge07=gauge08=gauge09=etc. etc.Add this line after the last gauge line. gaugexx=Cessna208!GPS-Display-Toggle, 296,470,10,10change the xx to be the next number in sequence after the last existing line. The number 296 is specific for the panel I used and sets the horizontal position of the top left corner of the icon. Change it to set the horizontal position for your icon. The number 470 is specific for the panel I used and sets the vertical position of the top left corner of the icon. Change it to set the vertical position for your icon. The numbers 10,10 set the size of the icon so you can change those if necessary to match the other icons in your panel. I used the Cessna208! icon as it should be in everybody's system.
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