I would start over with fresh .cfg and xml files then. Without sitting down at your computer I don't know what else to suggest.

Thanks for trying Jim. I will try that next but am not optimistic.

If I ever get it to work then I will post the "fix" for all to see.

Well I've been through the whole routine as above. Checked, double checked, triple checked for the last two days. I am trying to get ASNext working across network, Squawkbox appears to work but I am nor sure it is updating the weather FSX.

I've tried removing and re-installing FSX SP1 and SP2

Also removed SDK and re-installed together with SP1 and SP2

All sharing seems to be fine, I can see all the necessary files from server to client.

Both PC's are W7 HP, one 64bit one 32bit.

If I try the AI traffic trick it just says side by side not correct or words to that effect.

Similarly ASNext says network not correct.

In network centre the map shows both computers connected to Workgroup but one says name is Workgroup and the other says Network so perhaps they are not on same network but I can't see how to change the network name, can't find option in Network and Sharing or in Computer Properties - could this be my problem?

I am at the point of suicide or writing off Active Sky and trying another weather program.

I have some very detailed instructions from a HiFi simulations written for Active Sky X but they read the same as everything else on the net.

I am waiting now for men in white coats to take me away and can sympathise with Neal.

Barry Kensett

www,a320sim.com

Press the Start button and type "rename" in the search box then click on the link to "Rename this computer" from the list that appears. You will be able to see the Computer Name tab in the System Properties page, if you click on the button at the bottom that says "Change" another window will open showing you your PC name and the name of the workgroup, the workgroup name must be the same on all PC's you want to share the same network and all the PC's in the network must have a unique computer name as well.

 

 

I am at the point of suicide or writing off Active Sky and trying another weather program.

 

Why? Because if they use SimConnect you would be having the EXACT same problems. The problem does not exist because of AS. Also, AS will run just fine on the FSX computer as well.

Did you install the SDK using the sdk.msi on the Acceleration disk?  See http://www.fsdeveloper.com/wiki/index.php?title=SDK_Installation_%28FSX%29

 

@barrykensett--SxS errors can arise from an incorrect version of simconnect that is not compatible with the version of FSX you're running. 

 

For the purposes of the SDK and simconnect, FSX SP2 and FSX Acceleration/SP2 are *not* the same thing.  Simconnect for SP2 is version 10.0.61472, for SP2/Acceleration it's 10.0.61637

 

Regards

Thanks for the help, I used the SDK from my FSX disk but did not see different versions of the SP's so I will check those. I will also rename computer as advised. I know I could run AS on the FS PC but I am trying to screw all I can get out of that PC, although I am trying initially to get AS working with my FSX I am moving to P3D plus FTX Global plus FTX Global Vector plus airports which us pushing my resources. I have used AS 6.5 with FSX for some time without problems but it turned its nose up at P3D.

Wide FS used to be a lot easier!

Barry

Www.a320sim.com

Problem is fixed after many more hours of work. I cannot pinpoint precisely why it would not work before, I just gathered all the tutorials I could find on the web and kept going through it all again and again. I understand a lot more and if I have spare time I will have to write another tutorial!
Final frustration, I got a
ASNext running with FSX, I then moved to my ultimate target to get it working with P3D only to find that although it is advertised as compatible with P3D (the main reason I got it) I then found that it us a case of "but not yet" so I wait for the upgrade.
Thanks again for the help, where would we be without the net!
Barry
www.a320sim.com