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B55 GPS knobs

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Bram,

 

I switched from RealityXp Garmins to MilViz default Garmins to see your problem.

All works ok with Ezdok.

 

Try this:

 

FSX running, Cessna cold and dark flight loaded ... (no saved flights).

Now select B55 and load it.

 

Options, settings,display, ... check show cockpit tool tips and clk OK.

 

B55 start engines, avionics on.

VC view is showing now (default view).

 

L-clk on the lower half of the Garmin 530 screen (flight plan area) to bring up the 2D gauges (or select via View menu) in the VC view.

Load a MSFS flight plan for testing. It should have at least 8 waypoints for testing here.

L-clk the Garmins FPL button.

The flight plan will show up in Garmin.

 

L-clk the right center knob to make the first field in the flight plan start blinking.

If it is not blinking stop here ... there is a problem.

 

 

Move your mouse to the right outer knob and see your mouse change to a + or - (change page group/move cursor) tool tip.

If you do not see this stop here ... there is a problem.

 

Go to the (+).

 

Hover your mouse on the (+).

Now you have a Hand mouse cursor with a (+), (change page group/move cursor) tool tip.

If you do not see this stop here ... there is a problem.

Now L-clk that (+).

You should be moving down waypoints in your flight plan.

 

Again.

 

You should be moving down waypoints in your flight plan.

 

 

Now move your mouse wheel away from you one notch at a time.

 

You should be moving down waypoints in your flight plan.

If you do not see this stop here ... there is a problem.

 

Now move your mouse wheel toward you one notch at a time.

You should be moving up waypoints in your flight plan.

If you do not see this stop here ... there is a problem.

 

 

 

Move your mouse cursor to the lower half of the 530's screen where the flight plan waypoint are listed and hover it there.

Popup/Toggle GN530 Tool tip shown up.

If you do not see this stop here ... there is a problem.

 

L-Clk.

 

Now you are back to the VC screen.

 

Get your Garmin 530 view (I used Ezdok in this case.

 

 

L-clk the right center knob to make the cursor field in the flight plan stop blinking.

L-clk the right center knob to make the cursor field in the flight plan start blinking.

If it is not blinking stop here ... there is a problem.

 

Now move your mouse cursor (a hand) to the top area (anywhere) of the outer knob an hover it (hold it still) .

There are no + or -'s here.

 

Move the scroll wheel away from you to move the blinking cursor to the next waypoint or toward you to move to the previous waypoint.

 

Did it work?

Best Regards,

Vaughan Martell  PP-ASEL KDTW

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Bram,

 

I also did a quick video.

I had to remove the RealityXP Garmins for this test.

I would like to know if your screen(s) are the same and works the same as shown in the video.

 

Best Regards,

Vaughan Martell  PP-ASEL KDTW

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Still no luck. I quickly filmed a video showing what I'm doing. Whenever the cursor is hovering over the knob, I'm scrolling (except of course, in the area of the 2D panel that displays the + and - signs).

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Yb1vSqKJU

-Bram Osterhout

Ok,

 

I wish you had stayed on the flight plan page. The idea is not to be at the first entry of the waypoint page .. rather in the middle so we can see the cursor go up/down one at a time ...

 

In my previous post I wanted you to check the 2D view mouse scroll ... which I left out of my video. To verify the scroll wheel was working on the Garmin knob in this view:

Now L-clk that (+).

You should be moving down waypoints in your flight plan.

 

Again.

 

You should be moving down waypoints in your flight plan.

 

 

Now move your mouse wheel away from you one notch at a time.

 

You should be moving down waypoints in your flight plan.

If you do not see this stop here ... there is a problem.

 

Now move your mouse wheel toward you one notch at a time.

You should be moving up waypoints in your flight plan.

If you do not see this stop here ... there is a problem.

Best Regards,

Vaughan Martell  PP-ASEL KDTW

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I actually did check the scroll wheel in the 2D panel (although I see I forgot to mention it). In the part in the video where I go to the DirectTo page, I'm actually scrolling in the 2D panel to change the letter and cursor position; so I can confirm that the scrolling does indeed work in the 2D panel, but not not for whatever reason in the VC.

 

And like I've said, the left knob works fine in the VC--no problem there.

-Bram Osterhout

Well,

 

If you want to do it again .. use the starting vc view I had ... so I can see the proportion of the default 2D Garmin stack against the main panel.

Leave the cursor on a middle flight plan waypoint after moving Up/Down with the wheel ... then go to the VC view and scroll the waypoint again.

 

Looking for a clue here .. we both need to be doing the same moves.

Best Regards,

Vaughan Martell  PP-ASEL KDTW

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I'll film another video with narration if I have some time this weekend. However, in the meantime, do you have any idea as to why the left knob works, but not the right? I can't seem to imagine that there's some strange trick to operating the right knob that doesn't apply to the left knob. I've tried using it in scenarios where I know that it should function, because it does on the 2D panel, but no matter what angle I approach it from, it just doesn't operate. Thanks!

-Bram Osterhout

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Check the Milviz forum for a panel.cfg file that will solve your problem. I suspect that for some reason you don't have the correct panel.cfg file...

 

http://milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=2681#p25000

Fr. Bill    

AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556


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Thanks so much! That did the trick--works perfectly now!

-Bram Osterhout

Bram,

 

It would be nice to know which bad lines in the file caused the problem.

Best Regards,

Vaughan Martell  PP-ASEL KDTW

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Bram,

 

It would be nice to know which bad lines in the file caused the problem.

 

The latest installer has the corrected panel.cfg file. The major change lies in this section. There is a version of the GNS530 and 430 which contains the control code for the 3d knobs, and is invoked by adding the letter "d" to the gauge name:

//--------------------------------------------------------

[Window01]

Background_color=0,0,0

size_mm=1280,650

window_size_ratio=1.000

position=2

visible=0

ident=GPS_PANEL

window_size= 0.710, 0.552

window_pos= 0.290, 0.480

gauge00=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_KR 87 ADF, 640,268,640,134

gauge01=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_KAP140, 640,402,640,163

gauge02=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_GTX330, 0,468,640,170

gauge03=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_GNS430_2d, 640,0,640,268

gauge04=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_GNS530_1d, 0,0,640,468

 

I have v5.120830, which I believe is the latest version, and I'm only using it as-is

I just noticed this today. That is an old version. The current version is MilViz_B55_v5.120901

 

The only difference is the revised panel.cfg file, so now that it's working there's no point in downloading the entire installer again!

Fr. Bill    

AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556


     Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator

"gauge03=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_GNS430_2d, 640,0,640,268

gauge04=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_GNS530_1d, 0,0,640,468"

 

Thanks for the follow up ...

I do now recall .. I had wrote about it once long time ago but figured it was way gone .. history / purged sort of thing.

 

Glad all is well now.

Best Regards,

Vaughan Martell  PP-ASEL KDTW

OK - I've also got version 120830 - purchased yesterday.

 

I've tried to add the letter "d" in those two places - without success...

 

How do I get to the "latest version"?

Bert

  • Commercial Member

He's talking about the cfg. That's an old one. The installer is the correct one.

 

You can get it off of the forums tmrw. I will ask Bill to put it up.

Please contact oisin at milviz dot com for forum registration information.  Please provide proof of purchase if you want support.  Also, include the username you wish to have.
 

Bert,

//I am sure you will love this Baron.

//The "d's" were the problem .. remove the red.

//I originally got the setup info from a post by : tttocs (Scott)

//This is my current panel

// This Panel.cfg file created by FS Panel Studio panel editor utility - http://www.fspanelstudio.com

// Built Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 17:41 FSPS Build:21603

 

[Window Titles]

Window00=B55 Preflight

Window01=GPS

Window02=Reality XP GNS 530 WAAS - RXP_CONFIG_TOOL - DO NOT CHANGE

Window03=Reality XP GNS 430 WAAS - RXP_CONFIG_TOOL - DO NOT CHANGE

 

[VIEWS]

VIEW_FORWARD_WINDOWS=MAIN_PANEL,THROTTLE_PANEL,GPS_PANEL

VIEW_FORWARD_DIR=10.000, 0.000, 0.000

//--------------------------------------------------------

 

[Window00]

Background_color=0,0,0

size_mm=500,243

window_size_ratio=1.000

position=0

visible=0

ident=70

window_size= 0.400, 0.324

window_pos= 0.000, 0.040

gauge00=B55_XMLGauges!B55_Preflight, 0,0,500,243

//--------------------------------------------------------

 

[Window01]

Background_color=0,0,0

size_mm=1280,650

window_size_ratio=1.000

position=2

visible=0

ident=GPS_PANEL

window_size= 0.710, 0.552

window_pos= 0.290, 0.480

gauge00=rxpGNS!GNS530, 0,0,640,468

gauge01=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_KR 87 ADF, 640,268,640,134

gauge02=rxpGNS!GNS430, 640,0,640,268

gauge03=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_KAP140, 640,402,640,163

gauge04=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_GTX330, 0,468,640,170

//--------------------------------------------------------

 

[Window02]

window_pos=0.7070305,0.000000

window_size=0.2929695,0.3375

visible=1

ident=15531

zorder=99

gauge00=rxpGNS!GNS530,0,0,100,100

//--------------------------------------------------------

 

[Window03]

window_pos=0.686667,0.526882

window_size=0.312500,0.210000

visible=1

ident=15431

zorder=99

gauge00=rxpGNS!GNS430,0,0,100,100

//--------------------------------------------------------

 

[Vcockpit01]

file=C310_VC_01.bmp

size_mm=1024,1024

visible=0

pixel_size=1024,1024

texture=$C310_VC_01

gauge00=MilVizC310!MilVizC310_XMLSound, 657,4,17,16

gauge01=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_KAP140, 0,767,640,163

gauge02=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_KR 87 ADF, 0,630,640,134

gauge03=B55_XMLGauges!B55_DME, 649,32,300,150

gauge04=B55_XMLGauges!B55_Preflight, 0,0,1,1

//--------------------------------------------------------

 

[Vcockpit02]

file=C310_VC_02.bmp

size_mm=512,512

visible=0

pixel_size=1024,1024

texture=$C310_VC_02

gauge00=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_GTX330, 0,376,512,136

//--------------------------------------------------------

 

[Vcockpit03]

Background_color=0,0,0

size_mm=1024,1024

visible=0

pixel_size=1024,1024

texture=$C310_VC_03

gauge00=rxpGNS!GNS430, 0,10,1024,433

//--------------------------------------------------------

 

[Vcockpit04]

Background_color=0,0,0

size_mm=512,512

visible=0

pixel_size=1024,1024

texture=$C310_VC_04

gauge00=rxpGNS!GNS530, 0,8,512,384

 

[Vcockpit05]

file=C310_VC_01_FR.bmp

size_mm=1024,1024

visible=0

pixel_size=1024,1024

texture=$C310_VC_05

gauge00=MilVizC310!MilVizC310_XMLSound, 657,4,17,16

gauge01=B55_XMLGauges!BK_AudioPanel, 0,0,640,128

//--------------------------------------------------------

 

[Vcockpit06]

file=C310_VC_02_FR.bmp

size_mm=512,512

visible=0

pixel_size=1024,1024

texture=$C310_VC_06

gauge00=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_KAP140, 0,106,512,131

gauge01=B55_XMLGauges!FBS_KR 87 ADF, 0,0,512,106

 

Day=255,255,255

Night=85,85,85

Luminous=140,140,140

 

[Default View]

X=0

Y=0

SIZE_X=8192

SIZE_Y=3384

 

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//And just for info .. the rxpgns.ini:

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

[GNS430]

Popup=15431

AutoPilotMode=2

Radios=1

LinkCdiKey=On

AutoCdiMode=0

AutoApproach=Off

LinkVor=1

LcdStyle=Off

AutoWidth=500

AutoHeight=210

Trainer=

NoKeyClick=Off

DisableRxTx=Off

AutoPowerOn=Off

AutoRadiosOff=On

GndSpdFromDeltaLatLon=Off

AutoCourse=On

LinkObs=On

ShadinFuel=On

RadioSyncMode=Full

Brightness=-1.000000

CrossFill=On

TCAD=Off

FuelType=0

Taws=On

TawsVolume=60

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_NEG_CLIMB_RATE=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_IMMINENT_OBST_IMPACT_CAUT=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_REDUCED_OBST_CLEARANCE_CAUT=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_IMMINENT_TERR_IMPACT_CAUT=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_REDUCED_TERR_CLEARANCE_CAUT=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_IMMINENT_OBST_IMPACT_WRNG=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_REDUCED_OBST_CLEARANCE_WRNG=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_IMMINENT_TERR_IMPACT_WRNG=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_REDUCED_TERR_CLEARANCE_WRNG=0

CPU=0

HardwareDevice=Off

HardwareIdx=0

[GNS530]

Popup=15531

AutoPilotMode=2

Radios=1

LinkCdiKey=On

AutoCdiMode=0

AutoApproach=Off

LinkVor=1

LcdStyle=Off

AutoWidth=500

AutoHeight=360

Trainer=

NoKeyClick=Off

DisableRxTx=Off

AutoPowerOn=Off

AutoRadiosOff=On

GndSpdFromDeltaLatLon=Off

AutoCourse=On

LinkObs=On

ShadinFuel=On

RadioSyncMode=Full

Brightness=-1.000000

CrossFill=On

TCAD=On

FuelType=0

Taws=On

TawsVolume=60

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_NEG_CLIMB_RATE=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_IMMINENT_OBST_IMPACT_CAUT=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_REDUCED_OBST_CLEARANCE_CAUT=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_IMMINENT_TERR_IMPACT_CAUT=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_REDUCED_TERR_CLEARANCE_CAUT=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_IMMINENT_OBST_IMPACT_WRNG=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_REDUCED_OBST_CLEARANCE_WRNG=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_IMMINENT_TERR_IMPACT_WRNG=0

TAWS_ALRT_TYPE_REDUCED_TERR_CLEARANCE_WRNG=0

CPU=0

HardwareDevice=Off

HardwareIdx=0

[sETTINGS]

Dimmer=Off

SimpleMouse=Off

Keyonfocus=On

 

///////////////////////

//Rxpstack.ini

////////////////////////

[DropStack]

Icon00=Reality XP GNS 530 WAAS Unit 1

Icon01=Reality XP GNS 430 WAAS Unit 2

Icon02=Reality XP GNS GMAGTX

[icon00]

file=GNS530

ident=15531

name=RXP_CONFIG_TOOL - DO NOT CHANGE

[icon01]

file=GNS430

ident=15432

name=RXP_CONFIG_TOOL - DO NOT CHANGE

Best Regards,

Vaughan Martell  PP-ASEL KDTW

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