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Dual GTN650s in the Baron

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If you own the FLight1 GTN650 gauge,  you can install two of them in the Baron.

 

Use the "no 3d knobs" option.

 

Using the RXP "Plate" filler strip at the bottom:

 

//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window01]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=937,390
ident=14403
position=5
window_size= 0.340, 0.260
zorder=99
gauge00=F1GTN!GTN650,  0,0,937,390,UNIT1.POP

[Window02]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=937,390
ident=14404
position=8
window_size= 0.340, 0.260
zorder=99
gauge01=F1GTN!GTN650,  0,0,937,390,UNIT2.POP

 

[Vcockpit03]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=512,512
visible=0
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$Panel_baron_3

gauge00=F1GTN!GTN650,  173,72,328,166,UNIT1.VC
gauge01=F1GTN!GTN650,  173,252,328,166,UNIT2.VC
gauge02=rxpgns!plate, 174,430,326,80

...

 

 

Bert

Bert-which Baron, and is it in FSX or P3d or both? Thanks!

Forever indebted to the late Michael Greenblatt of FSGS.

 

 

 

  • Author

I only have the FSX Baron, but I see no reason why it would not work the same in P3D..

Bert

  • 1 year later...

Bert, thank you so much for all the help, including the 3D Knobs off gauge in separate post. I have now stripped my Baron 58 of all the radio stack including the Audio box, autopilot, transponder and both GNS 430's. I would like to leave the autopilot on the bottom of the stack, and go with a GTN 750 at the top followed on down with a GTN 650, then the autopilot. How can I go about this is it doable ?

Alberto Ferracuti

  • Author
10 hours ago, ALF1 said:

Bert, thank you so much for all the help, including the 3D Knobs off gauge in separate post. I have now stripped my Baron 58 of all the radio stack including the Audio box, autopilot, transponder and both GNS 430's. I would like to leave the autopilot on the bottom of the stack, and go with a GTN 750 at the top followed on down with a GTN 650, then the autopilot. How can I go about this is it doable ?

Cannot be done... the radio stack is divided into smaller units and a GTN750 will not fit.  2 X 650 looks quite nice, however.

Baron Carenado.jpg

Bert

Thank you Bert, I have installed and works like a charm, except that the com/nav radios default to com2 and nav2. Thus, the nav radio works only on the lower left CDI below the turn coordinator. I cannot get the HSI to work except for the GPS. In essence I only have one com and one nav. How can I have both radios back ?

Alberto Ferracuti

  • Author

Have a look at the F1GTN.ini file for the airplane.

650.1 set radios=0

650.2 set radios=1

Here is mine:

[GTN650.1]
Radios=0
Autopilot=1
Mouse=1
Link CRS=1
Auto CRS=1
Fuel=1
Sound=1
Invert Mouse Wheel=0
Active Mouse=1
CPU Core=all
Airplane=4
VC Brightness=10
TAWS Voice=1
AVDB=0
[GTN650.2]
Radios=1
Autopilot=1
Mouse=1
Link CRS=1
Auto CRS=1
Fuel=1
Sound=0
Invert Mouse Wheel=1
Active Mouse=1
CPU Core=all
Airplane=4
VC Brightness=10
TAWS Voice=1
AVDB=0

 

 

 

Bert

I have Bert's mod in the payware Carenado Baron with the Turbo Charger mod.

A really nice plane to fly with the 2 x GTN650's and great for practicing approach procedures.

Enroute I always leave the 2nd GTN650 in the "default nav" page which gives  a lot of useful information.

Also use it to calculate the VNAV path using the VCALC utility from the Utilities menu.

Definitely a plus having 2 of these in the cockpit.

As always thanks for your mods Bert!

p.s. wish I had LNAV+V approaches when I was flying for real. Would have made life so much easier for runways without an ILS.

 

 

 

Paul Watts - St Helens, Tasmania, Australia

(i7 6700K, 16Gb, GTX 1080, 50" 4K Monitor, 21" Acer touch screen, Windows 10, Prepar3d, X-Plane, ORBX, Rex (All), ActiveSky)

 

You are a genius !

The fix was in GTN650.1 set

Radios=0

and GTN650.2

Radios=1

Both radios work independent each other. Pressing the Nav1 audio and the nav 2 audio buttons identifies each station separately with its own morse code. The HSI course needle now used for the Nav1 radio on the first GTN650, the other GTN650 works the OBS in the other indicator below the turn and bank.

Alberto Ferracuti

And Bert, changing that VC Brightness to 10 is superb, as is the TAWS voice set to =1

Alberto Ferracuti

Do I need to copy and past it like it is with only one dash line or what Bert?

It looks like this Bert

 


[Window Titles]
Window00=GPS
Window01=Manual
Window02=Toggle_Control
Window03=Autopilot
Window04=INFO


//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window00]
Background_color=53,53,53 
size_mm=500,266
window_size_ratio=1.000  
position=0
visible=0
ident=794
window_size= 0.290, 0.248
window_pos= 0.020, 0.720
zorder=15

gauge00=CarenadoG430!GNS430_nc1,  0,0,500,266
gauge01=BB58!Toggle_GPS,  109,37,280,164


//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window01]
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=700,700
window_size_ratio=1.000  
position=0
visible=0
ident=793
window_size= 0.320, 0.560
window_pos= 0.650, 0.045
zorder=0

gauge00=B58Manual!manual,  0,0,700,700


//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window02]
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=351,153
window_size_ratio=1.000  
position=0
visible=0
ident=796
window_size= 0.181, 0.140
window_pos= 0.020, 0.200
zorder=5

gauge00=BB58!Control_windows,  0,0,351,153


//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window03]
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=872,228
window_size_ratio=1.000  
position=0
visible=0
ident=790
window_size= 0.300, 0.146
window_pos= 0.320, 0.820

gauge00=APBK!Autopilot,  0,0,872,228


//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window04]
file=info.bmp 
size_mm=345,157
window_size_ratio=1.000  
position=0
visible=1
ident=142
window_size= 0.181, 0.146
window_pos= 0.020, 0.040

//--------------------------------------------------------
[Vcockpit01]
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=512,512
visible=0
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$Panel_baron_1

gauge00=BB58!Turn Coordinator,  176,3,164,164
gauge01=BB58!Temp,  175,172,165,165
gauge02=BB58!Fuelflow,  4,3,166,166
gauge03=BB58!Hours,  342,2,165,100
gauge04=BB58!Hours2,  343,105,165,100
gauge05=BB58!deicing_pressure,  343,207,166,153
gauge06=BB58!Alt_Load_Right,  441,362,68,147
gauge07=BB58!Alt_Load_Left,  370,362,68,147


//--------------------------------------------------------
[Vcockpit02]
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=512,512
visible=0
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$Panel_baron_2

gauge00=BB58!prop_amps,  372,385,135,124
gauge01=BB58!CHT_EGT,  388,28,119,118
gauge02=BB58!Manifold,  390,265,117,117
gauge03=BB58!Gyro,  126,391,118,118
gauge04=BB58!compass,  231,207,71,46
gauge05=BB58!fuel_indicator_L,  247,388,122,121
gauge06=BB58!fuel_indicator_R,  2,388,122,121
gauge07=BB58!Annunciator_Panel,  2,2,508,25
gauge08=BB58!Panel_annunciator,  3,205,225,84
gauge09=BB582!Radioaudio206,  6,31,353,68
gauge10=APBK!Autopilot,  3,292,353,92
gauge11=BB58!gear_center_light,  273,257,31,31
gauge12=BB58!gear_left_light,  230,257,31,31
gauge13=BB58!gear_right_light,  313,257,31,31
gauge14=BB58!Gear_Transition,  356,  257 ,31,31
gauge15=BB58!RPM Indicator,  392,149,113,113
gauge16=BB58!Oil_Temp_Press,  218,103,99,99
gauge17=BB58!Dme_screen,  2,110,214,83


//--------------------------------------------------------
[Vcockpit03]
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=512,512
visible=0
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$Panel_baron_3
 

To have both GTN do I need to add the lines that separate the next entry or is it not needed?

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The //----------------- line does not matter.

Anything that starts with // is ignored.

The text in the previous post is in the F1GTN.ini file, however, not the panel.cfg file..

 

 

 

Bert

OK so that is where I went wrong

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