Its more of general Carenado question, but since the C337 is the first on my list to adjust, I thought to post it over here.

I'm running a setup with one monitor for the main view (cockpit and outside view) and a second monitor, build in a hardware panel, to show the main part of the panel. Since Carenado doesnt have 2D panels, this way my frame rate gets a tremendous hit from the rendering of the second monitor scenery behind te panel.

I asked Carenado on how to solve this, but since this is not covered by official support, they directed me to the forums to ask how to do that.

So the main idea is to switch off the rendering of scenery behind a panel view, so that it will function in the same way as a 2D panel would when dragged to a second monitor.

 

Can someone help on my way in doing this?

Easiest is to create a "minipanel" that displays the gauges you want to see.. example:

 

[Window04]
position=7
size_mm=315,206  
background_color=0,0,0
window_size= 0.28, 0.32
no_luminous=1
ident=MINIPANEL

gauge00=RXPFLT!Airspeed,  0,0,98,98
gauge01=RXPFLT!KI256,  107,0,100,95
gauge02=RXPFLT!Altimeter,  215,0,98,98
gauge03=RXPFLT!TurnCoordinator,  0,106,98,98
gauge04=RXPFLT!KI525, 107,106,100,95
gauge05=RXPFLT!VerticalSpeed,  215,106,98,98

 

... use any gauges you like, from any aircraft..  these happen to be RealityXP FLT gauges.

Thanks Bert. One question, though. In which file did you find those gauge entries?

In panel.cfg files from default aircrafts I see a list of the gauges used on top of the file, which would be easy to copy to a new entry, but I cant find this for the C337. Or any other Carenado Aircraft, for that matter.

If the gauges are modeled in 3d, like in the C337, they do not show up in the panel.cfg file.

 

Start by using the gauges from the default Baron - and if you want the best gauges, purchase the

Reality XP FLT six pack.

 

gauge00=Beech_Baron!Airspeed Indicator,            0,0,98,98
gauge01=Beech_Baron!Turn Coordinator,               0,106,98,98
gauge02=Beech_Baron!Attitude Indicator,            107,0,100,95
gauge03=Beech_Baron!Horizontal Situation Indicator, 107,106,100,95
gauge04=Beech_Baron!Altimeter,                     215,0,98,98
gauge05=Beech_Baron!Vertical Speed Indicator,       215,106,98,98

Ok, I'll first see if this is my thing and run some tests with the default gauges, but I'll defninatelly have a look at that set.

Thanks a lot, Bert. You're the man! ;)

Can I arrange the instruments in one series? And how? I try but it`s to difficult for me.

 

Kind regards

 

Martin

The FSX Baron has them in one row..

 

[Window05]
position=7
size_mm=649,118
windowsize_ratio=0.732
background_color=0,0,0
ident=MINIPANEL

gauge00=Beech_Baron!Airspeed Indicator,             0,   11
gauge01=Beech_Baron!Turn Coordinator,               101, 10
gauge02=Beech_Baron!Attitude Indicator,             204, 0
gauge03=Beech_Baron!Horizontal Situation Indicator, 322, 0
gauge04=Beech_Baron!Altimeter,                      445, 9
gauge05=Beech_Baron!Vertical Speed Indicator,       550, 9

Great!

It looks very nice,

 

Thank you Bert

 

Kind regards

 

Martin

I'm having some problems getting it set up.

 

I copied the mini panel entry from the default Baron to the C337 Panel.cfg below the last window entry and added 'Window04=MiniPanel' under the entry at the top of C337 panel.cfg

 

Shouldnt it come up in the sim when I push shift-5?

Because with me nothing happens. Am I forgetting anything?

It looks very nice but on 3 Monitors it doesn`t work. My Resolution is then 5760x1080

 

Martin

Maarten, make sure you have the window numbering correct (no duplicates)  - if it does not work, send me your panel.cfg via PM.

 

Martin, you will have to change the coordinates to make it fit with different resolutions..

I know, I will trying

 

Martin

I tried again, but no luck... I send you my Panel.cfg in a PM

Thanks a lot for taking the time to have a look at it. :)

Sorry, it was my bad...

 

The minipanel is a special panel that does not open with shift-n, but instead with the W key in 2d view.

 

Changing the ident= to some 3 digit number will make it a regular window.

So far so good. I managed to make the extra panel under shift-5 and got several gauges projected on it.

Only the last couple of gauges I added dont show up...

 

[Window04]

file_1024=Black_Leather_2_1024.bmp

size_mm=528, 390

position=4

visible=1

ident=MAIN_PANEL

 

gauge01=Mooney_Bravo!Attitude, 208, 80, 95, 120

gauge02=Mooney_Bravo!Airspeed, 105, 80, 90, 120

gauge03=Mooney_Bravo!Turn Coordinator, 20, 215, 70, 95

gauge04=Mooney_Bravo!Altimeter, 315, 80, 95, 120

gauge05=Mooney_Bravo!HSI, 208, 215, 95, 125

gauge06=Mooney_Bravo!Vertical Speed, 315, 215, 95, 120

gauge07=CCTTS!DME_screen, 315, 17, 100, 45

gauge08=Mooney_Bravo!ADF, 425, 25, 85, 110

gauge09=Mooney_Bravo!VOR2, 425, 150, 85, 110

gauge10=Maule_M7_260C!autopilot, 300, 200

gauge11=ahp38!Clock, 20, 115, 457, 453

 

Gauges 1 through 9 work perfectly, only the last 2 dont show up.

The data is copied straight from the corresponding cfg-file, only the position data from the last one I changed to what it is now, but I did the same for the first 9 gauges without problems.

 

What am I doing wrong that those last 2 gauges dont show up?

 

A second problem I'm having is that the background is all black and not the file I entered in the file_1024 line. The file itself is in the panel folder, next tot he panel.cfg and an earlier test worked fine.

Can it be a wrong type of BMP-file?