Dual Reality XP 430 in Seneca

[aeroedge 2]

If you have the Reality XP 430 in the Seneca already, an extra trick that was discovered is to make the lower GNS a Reality XP 430 equivalent also, using the same gauge that is already in the plane. If you’re up for some somewhat simple editing of a text file, you’ll be crossfilling in no time! Step 1 is to copy and paste the “panel” folder in the Seneca’s root FSX simobjects folder, making the new folder named, “panel.xp”. Next, open up your Reality XP GNS WAAS Config X program and open up the newly named panel folder for the Seneca, “panel.xp,” and if you have the unlimited pack from Reality XP, select two Reality XP 430’s to place in the cockpit (with crossfill enabled for both of the units). Now comes the text editing. Open up the panel.cfg file in the new “panel.xp” folder with notepad, and scroll down to the [Vcockpit02] section of the file. Now, paste the following into the file, copying over the “gauge01=CarenadoG430_3D_PA34V!GNS430_nc2,  0,257,512,256” part of the file:

//gauge01=CarenadoG430_3D_PA34V!GNS430_nc2,  0,257,512,256

gauge01=rxpgns!GNS430_2, 0,257,512,240

 

So just to clarify, the entire [Vcockpit02] section should look like this when you’re finished editing:

 

[Vcockpit02]

Background_color=0,0,0

size_mm=512,512

visible=0

pixel_size=513,513

texture=$Panel_2

 

 

gauge00=rxpGNS!GNS430,  0,  0,512,256

//gauge01=CarenadoG430_3D_PA34V!GNS430_nc2,  0,257,512,256

gauge01=rxpgns!GNS430_2, 0,257,512,240

gauge02=PA34V!ToggleCAR430,     64,0, 256, 32

 

Now, go back to the aircraft.cfg file in the Carenado PA34_Seneca_V folder, and select what livery you want to have the dual Reality XP 430 setup in. Where it says “panel=” under that specific livery you want to have the dual Reality XP 430 setup enabled in, simply type in “xp” after the = sign, so it should look like this: “panel=xp” .  You should be good to go now!

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

This is all good stuff, but why not go one step further and get rid of the toggle line also?

[aeroedge 2]

Looks like you have to turn on the second Reality XP 430 from the 2D popup window, but once you do, all of the buttons on the lower GPS work with the Reality XP gauge.

 

Bert, sorry to show my ignorance, but what do you mean by the toggle line? If it's an improvement, by all means add it to what I've done!

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

Gauge02 is the carenado popup toggle.

 

Since the rxp gauges have built in toggles, that line can be deleted.