hi,

I have 2 working Cpflight Comm modules (= 4 freq). but with RadarContact , there seems to be only 1 Comm module available for communications .Is there a way to switch from one module to the other so to have them both.

My plane is IFLY 738.

Thank for help.

Pat

RC works with a single COM unit (that's why you have to leave the active frequency to receive ATIS).

 

Maybe you can change that single unit to the other COM receiver by some tweak, but you won't have both available in RC.

 

Hopefully a former RC team member can elaborate on this.

Olli is right. RC can only utilise COM1. I have GoFlight modules and have two GF166s - one for Comms and the other for Navigation.

 

Can you reassign the second COM unit to NAV?

It' a "tweaking" I'm looking for : 1 module active with one of the 2 freq active (say for example ATIS + DLV) and then swithing to the second module ( with for example : GRND + TWR).

Sure only one freq will be active for RC ,as only 1 module would be active at the time.

hope this can be done .

Txs for your answers.

Patten

How are you setting these up in FS? If you use FSUIPC then try assigning the second COMMs unit to COM1. But if you do that then you'll have 2 frequencies on COM1 and that will probably cause confusion in RC. You say only one will be active but how will you deactivate the COMMs module you don't want to use?

 

I honestly don't think you can do this. I have a GoFlight module but use COM2 for the ADF and Transponder.

I don't setup these modules in FS9.They are connected to the MCP and are automatically configured via the software of the manufacturer (CPflight).

They work, I see all freq changes in the cockpit on both Comm's.

But I can't see (in the cockpit)how to make them work separately , so that only 1 freq gets to RC.

Would this be meaning that even without hardware Comm's , you can't use the 4 freq available in the CP? I suppose in real they use them, isn't it ?But perhaps in fs9, this cannot be done?

It's not a big problem,I can manage it.

But the idea of using the second Comm for transponder or ADF is interesting.

I know that the data are read via FSUIPC, so perhaps this could be a possibility.

Any idea ?

The issue of only one comms frequency isn't a RC issue but a deliberate design in FS. There's no workaround that I'm aware of. If there's a CPFlight forum have you asked there if what you are after is possible? I doubt it is.

 

I use the GoFlight software to configure each button action. Presumably the CPFlight version will have a similar option but I'm guessing as I don't own it. You could try using FSUIPC to assign the relevant action to each button. The process is quite intuitive.

 

In the FSUIPC interface select Buttons / Switches (from memory) and press a CPFlight button and see if FSUIPC recognises it. If so, assign the action from the drop-down list.

Thank for replies, but CPflight modules are "recognized" as hardware they stand for , no way to assign a comm module to an ADF for example.

Perhaps via fsuipc make comm1 active and comm2 standby and vise versa.

I 'll look at it.Pete Dowson perhaps may help me on this.(but have to wait till he's back from holliday)

cheers,

patten

Hi.

 

It is possible to have two comm frequencies going at once in FS- it's just that you can only speak with one and the other is for monitoring. Thus far you could set Com 1 for speaking with controllers and set Com 2 to monitoring ATIS. You'd be able to prepare one 'next' frequency (better than none, but not as good as three)...

 

... if it wasn't for the fact that to listen to FS Com 2 you probably have also to hear FS Com 1 cutting across RC.

 

So is it possible to suppress only the sound of FS Com 1, while leaving FS Com 2 and RC audible? I think that's what the OP is after. Personally I wouldn't know where to start unless such precision is possible via an application like FSUIPC. You could try asking the author Pete Dowson here.

 

Best regards,

D