"can't init simconnect error" from nowhere?!

[jazz_icetray 0]

Dear sim-community!

 

I use my FSX with a big load of addons, flying online, and I have a Notebook from where Active Sky and IVAO are providing my FSX with data. So far everything worked great but today I wanted to start FSX and got the message "can't init simconnect error".

 

I already worked through different Google links but I'm not an expert in programming (regarding simconnect), so I didn't find a way to repair.

 

The only Thing I did before starting FSX today was installing the newest AIRAC and Aerosoft Bologna, but why should this influence something regarding Simconnect??

 

In the last days we had some troubles with internet connection and I restarted my router a few times. Any possiblity that a change of IP-adress happened?

 

I would appreciate any help!

Thanks so far!

 

David

[RWFeldman 159]

Any possiblity that a change of IP-adress happened?

 

It's possible Dave. Check your server/Sim machine IP address. Compare it with the simconnect XML on the server and the simconnect.cfg on the client.

[jazz_icetray 0]

ok,  I'm not a hero regarding IP-adress' etc... I opened my network connection window which tells my IPv4 adress 192.168.1.5. (host Computer has a LAN connection, remote Notebook via WLAN)

I checked that my simconnect.XML files (I have two of them) had adress 192.168.1.2., so I changed the last digit to .5.

On my remote Laptop simconnect.cfg (in the documents folder) had ending number .2. as well, which I also changed to .5.

 

But still the same Problem. Did I make something wrong?

[jazz_icetray 0]

Does anyone have any other idea or more help?

Otherwise the only solution would be a new Installation of FSX, which will take a few days... :unsure:

[DPetitme 3]

Hi

I had the same issue some days ago after exchange of my modem.

Its DHCP server gave new IP address to my pc different from the address given when I installed FSX.

I changed the ip address (static) to the old one and the error was resolved.

Hope that helps

 

Denis

[jazz_icetray 0]

Hey Denis, thank you very much for the hint!

 

It worked!!! ^_^

 

Now I'm checking if everything else works as normal, but it seems so.

 

Thanks a lot!!

 

David