April 17, 201511 yr Hello everyone, So, I have purchased the Mind Star GNS 430/530 yesterday. Now, two questions. 1. Does it not have an Installation tool? I was using RXP before and it has a installation tool you can use to add the 2D popup to any aircraft (It is up to you if you want to add it to the VC); with Mindstar I cannot find anything similar. 2. What is it that you have to do in order to do the custom installation? I have tried to do it with the Carenado PA34 Seneca II, the Carenado King Air B200 an the A2A C172, C182, PA28 Cherokee. PA34 Experience: I followed every single step provided in the Mind Star website but it seems to be just not possible, with the PA34 I was able to add it as a 2D popup but for some reason the NAV Freq Swap button does not work; when I click on it the window disappears, I decided to try the VC installation, it works perfectly except for the fact that when I click on it, the popup window does not appear and when I modify the panel.cfg file in order to add it as a 2D popup window also, it will stop working once I click on the GNS530, the popup shows up, but the GNS stops working and the FSX crashes. B200 Experience: I have not tested this configuration too much, I tried to add the 530/530 setup since this is the original configuration the plane comes with, again, I followed the steps provided in the web site but the thing just does not work; when I try to pull up the 2D popup the FSX crashes, and the VC configuration has the same problem (Some click spots do not work). A2A Experience: It works flawlessly. Thanks in advance for any information you guys can provide me with... If anyone here is currently using the software with any of the Carenado aircrafts I mentioned, I would really appreciate an explaination on how the issues were sorted out. Best Regards from Colombia. Jorge Andres Brito Lozano
April 17, 201511 yr Commercial Member Carenado makes integration difficult, at best. However, it is possible to get them installed and working. Post the panel.cfg for the PA34. Ed Wilson Mindstar AviationMy Playland - I69
April 17, 201511 yr Author Ok, here's my current panel.cfg for the PA34... As you can see in the [Vcockpit03], Gauge01 is disabled, that would allow me to see the GNS Popup window but then it stops working. Best regards. [Window Titles] Window00=MiniPanel Window01=GPS Window02=Autopilot Window03=Toggle_RPML Window04=Toggle_MAN Window05=Toggle_RPMR Window06=Toggle_FF Window07=Toggle_ASI Window08=Toggle_AH Window09=Toggle_ALT Window10=Toggle_HSI Window11=Toggle_VOR2 Window12=Toggle_ADF Window13=Info //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window00] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=1050,350 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=100 window_size= 0.810, 0.360 window_pos= 0.000, 0.640 zorder=15 gauge00=PA34SEN!RPM Indicator_L, 0,176,165,165 gauge01=PA34SEN!Manifold, 175,176,160,160 gauge02=PA34SEN!RPM Indicator_R, 344,176,164,164 gauge03=PA34SEN!Fuelflow, 512,176,163,162 gauge04=PA34SEN!Airspeed, 0,0,166,166 gauge05=PA34SEN!Attitude, 175,0,157,156 gauge06=PA34S1!Altimetro, 338,0,162 gauge07=PA34S1!hsi, 503,0,159 gauge08=PA34S2!Vor2, 686,0,158 gauge09=PA34S2!Adf, 871,0,167 gauge10=PA34S1!Turn, 684,176,160 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window01] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=462,388 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=150 window_size= 0.250, 0.280 window_pos= 0.000, 0.300 zorder=0 gauge00=FSGPSCarenadoPA-34!gps_500, 0,0,462,388 gauge01=PA34SEN!Toggle_GPS, 35,41,336,245 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window02] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=537,286 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=781 window_size= 0.250, 0.178 window_pos= 0.640, 0.810 zorder=15 gauge00=PA34SEN!Autopilot, 0,0,537,286 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window03] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=304,304 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=777 window_size= 0.150, 0.200 window_pos= 0.000, 0.810 zorder=0 gauge00=PA34SEN!RPM Indicator_L, 0,0,304,304 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window04] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=301,302 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=778 window_size= 0.150, 0.211 window_pos= 0.160, 0.800 zorder=0 gauge00=PA34SEN!Manifold, 0,0,301,302 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window05] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=304,304 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=779 window_size= 0.150, 0.200 window_pos= 0.320, 0.810 zorder=0 gauge00=PA34SEN!RPM Indicator_R, 0,0,304,304 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window06] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=306,305 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=780 window_size= 0.150, 0.200 window_pos= 0.480, 0.810 zorder=0 gauge00=PA34SEN!Fuelflow, 0,0,306,305 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window07] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=306,306 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=782 window_size= 0.150, 0.201 window_pos= 0.000, 0.600 zorder=0 gauge00=PA34SEN!Airspeed, 0,0,306,306 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window08] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=259,257 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=783 window_size= 0.150, 0.200 window_pos= 0.160, 0.600 zorder=0 gauge00=PA34SEN!Attitude, 0,0,259,257 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window09] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=300,300 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=784 window_size= 0.150, 0.200 window_pos= 0.320, 0.600 zorder=0 gauge00=PA34S1!Altimetro, 0,0,296 gauge01=PA34SEN!Toggle_ALT, 19,21,274,205 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window10] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=354,353 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=785 window_size= 0.150, 0.199 window_pos= 0.480, 0.600 zorder=0 gauge00=PA34S1!hsi, 0,0,344 gauge01=PA34SEN!Toggle_HSI, 20,23,324,256 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window11] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=302,302 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=786 window_size= 0.150, 0.205 window_pos= 0.640, 0.600 zorder=0 gauge00=PA34S2!Vor2, 0,0,290 gauge01=PA34SEN!Toggle_VOR2, 18,16,266,214 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window12] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=300,300 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=0 ident=787 window_size= 0.150, 0.200 window_pos= 0.800, 0.600 zorder=0 gauge00=PA34S2!Adf, 0,0,299 gauge01=PA34SEN!Toggle_ADF, 12,29,278,204 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window13] file=info.bmp size_mm=525,175 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0 visible=1 ident=140 window_size= 0.290, 0.129 window_pos= 0.380, 0.020 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Vcockpit01] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=512,512 visible=0 pixel_size=1024,1024 texture=$Panel_seneca_1 gauge00=PA34S1!Altimetro, 19,290,151,153 gauge01=PA34S1!hsi, 191,2,144,143 gauge02=PA34S1!Turn, 15,132,156,156 gauge03=PA34S1!Vsi, 360,292,146,145 gauge04=PA34SEN!Airspeed, 363,148,142,142 gauge05=PA34S2!Vor2, 195,298,140,140 gauge06=PA34S4!RadioDME, 1,444,292,65 gauge07=PA34SEN!Fuelflow, 190,151,146,145 gauge08=PA34SEN!Clock, 28,1,128,128 gauge09=PA34SEN!Attitude, 355,1,147,146 gauge10=PA34SEN!Radios1, 297,438,212,70 gauge11=PA34SEN!Toggle_HSI, 220,33,79,79 gauge12=PA34SEN!Toggle_ALT, 47,316,89,89 gauge13=PA34SEN!Toggle_VOR2, 211,318,105,87 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Vcockpit02] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=512,512 visible=0 pixel_size=1024,1024 texture=$Panel_seneca_2 gauge00=PA34SEN!EGT_L, 0,120,102,85 gauge01=PA34SEN!Radios, 251,257,259,100 gauge02=PA34SEN!ALCYOIOIFU_R_gauges, 2,466,312,43 gauge03=PA34SEN!compass, 259,371,74,47 gauge04=PA34SEN!Gear_Transition, 213,375,44,42 gauge05=PA34SEN!Annunciator_panel2, 1,375,211,42 gauge06=PA34SEN!gear_center_light, 5,216,30,30 gauge07=PA34SEN!gear_left_light, 39,216,30,30 gauge08=PA34SEN!gear_right_light, 73,216,30,30 gauge09=PA34SEN!Annunciator_panel_VAC, 107,218,30,30 gauge10=PA34SEN!Annunciator_panel_ALT, 138,218,30,30 gauge11=PA34SEN!Annunciator_panel_OIL, 169,218,30,30 gauge12=PA34SEN!ALCYOIOIFU_L_gauges, 2,420,312,43 gauge13=PA34SEN!EGT_R, 409,119,102,85 gauge14=PA34S3!RadioAnuncios, 319, 446 ,192,65 gauge15=PA34S3!RadioAdf, 0,253,244,54 gauge16=PA34S2!Adf, 102,112,102,102 gauge17=PA34SEN!temp, 204,103,102,102 gauge18=PA34SEN!RPM Indicator_L, 0,5,102,102 gauge19=PA34SEN!RPM Indicator_R, 102,5,102,102 gauge20=PA34S4!RadioTrans, 1,311,243,61 gauge21=PA34SEN!Manifold, 307,103,102,102 gauge22=PA34SEN!Gyro, 306,5,102,93 gauge23=PA34SEN!Attitude2_indicator, 410,5,102,102 gauge24=PA34SEN!Heading Indicator, 204,0,102,102 gauge25=PA34SEN!Autopilot, 337,358,173,86 gauge26=PA34SEN!Fuel_pump_Light_L, 200,224,24,24 gauge27=PA34SEN!Fuel_pump_Light_R, 225,224,24,24 gauge28=PA34SEN!Toggle_ADF, 112,134,83,54 gauge29=PA34SEN!AOM, 249,206,261,50 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Vcockpit03] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=256,256 visible=0 pixel_size=512,512 texture=$Panel_seneca_3 gauge00=MPI_GNS!GNS530, 1,16,253,213, 1:1:-1 //gauge01=PA34SEN!Toggle_GPS, 19,36,186,139 gauge02=PA34SEN!Starter_L, 202,230,25,25 gauge03=PA34SEN!Starter_R, 229,230,25,25 gauge04=PA34SEN!Annunciator_panel_Over_Bst_R, 175,230,25,25 gauge05=PA34SEN!Annunciator_panel_Over_Bst_L, 148,230,25,25 //-------------------------------------------------------- [Vcockpit04] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=128,128 visible=0 pixel_size=512,512 texture=$Panel_seneca_4 gauge00=PA34SEN!fuel_selectors, 28,0,71,127 [Color] Day=255,255,255 Night=128,64,64 Luminous=128,64,64 [Default View] X=0 Y=0 SIZE_X=8191 SIZE_Y=3743 Jorge Andres Brito Lozano
April 17, 201511 yr Commercial Member You don't have a window defined for a popup of the GNS. You can not run a default FS GPS gauge with our 430/530 gauge. I have edited the panel.cfg you posted to allow for a popup of the GNS. [Window Titles]Window00=MiniPanelWindow01=GPSWindow02=AutopilotWindow03=Toggle_RPMLWindow04=Toggle_MANWindow05=Toggle_RPMRWindow06=Toggle_FFWindow07=Toggle_ASIWindow08=Toggle_AHWindow09=Toggle_ALTWindow10=Toggle_HSIWindow11=Toggle_VOR2Window12=Toggle_ADFWindow13=Info //--------------------------------------------------------[Window00]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=1050,350window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=100window_size= 0.810, 0.360window_pos= 0.000, 0.640zorder=15 gauge00=PA34SEN!RPM Indicator_L, 0,176,165,165gauge01=PA34SEN!Manifold, 175,176,160,160gauge02=PA34SEN!RPM Indicator_R, 344,176,164,164gauge03=PA34SEN!Fuelflow, 512,176,163,162gauge04=PA34SEN!Airspeed, 0,0,166,166gauge05=PA34SEN!Attitude, 175,0,157,156gauge06=PA34S1!Altimetro, 338,0,162gauge07=PA34S1!hsi, 503,0,159gauge08=PA34S2!Vor2, 686,0,158gauge09=PA34S2!Adf, 871,0,167gauge10=PA34S1!Turn, 684,176,160 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window01]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=462,388window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=225window_size= 0.250, 0.280window_pos= 0.000, 0.300zorder=0 gauge00=MPI_GNS!GNS530, 0,0,462,388, 1:2:225 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window02]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=537,286window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=781window_size= 0.250, 0.178window_pos= 0.640, 0.810zorder=15 gauge00=PA34SEN!Autopilot, 0,0,537,286 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window03]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=304,304window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=777window_size= 0.150, 0.200window_pos= 0.000, 0.810zorder=0 gauge00=PA34SEN!RPM Indicator_L, 0,0,304,304 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window04]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=301,302window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=778window_size= 0.150, 0.211window_pos= 0.160, 0.800zorder=0 gauge00=PA34SEN!Manifold, 0,0,301,302 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window05]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=304,304window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=779window_size= 0.150, 0.200window_pos= 0.320, 0.810zorder=0 gauge00=PA34SEN!RPM Indicator_R, 0,0,304,304 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window06]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=306,305window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=780window_size= 0.150, 0.200window_pos= 0.480, 0.810zorder=0 gauge00=PA34SEN!Fuelflow, 0,0,306,305 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window07]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=306,306window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=782window_size= 0.150, 0.201window_pos= 0.000, 0.600zorder=0 gauge00=PA34SEN!Airspeed, 0,0,306,306 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window08]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=259,257window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=783window_size= 0.150, 0.200window_pos= 0.160, 0.600zorder=0 gauge00=PA34SEN!Attitude, 0,0,259,257 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window09]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=300,300window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=784window_size= 0.150, 0.200window_pos= 0.320, 0.600zorder=0 gauge00=PA34S1!Altimetro, 0,0,296gauge01=PA34SEN!Toggle_ALT, 19,21,274,205 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window10]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=354,353window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=785window_size= 0.150, 0.199window_pos= 0.480, 0.600zorder=0 gauge00=PA34S1!hsi, 0,0,344gauge01=PA34SEN!Toggle_HSI, 20,23,324,256 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window11]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=302,302window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=786window_size= 0.150, 0.205window_pos= 0.640, 0.600zorder=0 gauge00=PA34S2!Vor2, 0,0,290gauge01=PA34SEN!Toggle_VOR2, 18,16,266,214 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window12]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=300,300window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=0ident=787window_size= 0.150, 0.200window_pos= 0.800, 0.600zorder=0 gauge00=PA34S2!Adf, 0,0,299gauge01=PA34SEN!Toggle_ADF, 12,29,278,204 //--------------------------------------------------------[Window13]file=info.bmp size_mm=525,175window_size_ratio=1.000 position=0visible=1ident=140window_size= 0.290, 0.129window_pos= 0.380, 0.020 //--------------------------------------------------------[Vcockpit01]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=512,512visible=0pixel_size=1024,1024texture=$Panel_seneca_1 gauge00=PA34S1!Altimetro, 19,290,151,153gauge01=PA34S1!hsi, 191,2,144,143gauge02=PA34S1!Turn, 15,132,156,156gauge03=PA34S1!Vsi, 360,292,146,145gauge04=PA34SEN!Airspeed, 363,148,142,142gauge05=PA34S2!Vor2, 195,298,140,140gauge06=PA34S4!RadioDME, 1,444,292,65gauge07=PA34SEN!Fuelflow, 190,151,146,145gauge08=PA34SEN!Clock, 28,1,128,128gauge09=PA34SEN!Attitude, 355,1,147,146gauge10=PA34SEN!Radios1, 297,438,212,70gauge11=PA34SEN!Toggle_HSI, 220,33,79,79gauge12=PA34SEN!Toggle_ALT, 47,316,89,89gauge13=PA34SEN!Toggle_VOR2, 211,318,105,87 //--------------------------------------------------------[Vcockpit02]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=512,512visible=0pixel_size=1024,1024texture=$Panel_seneca_2 gauge00=PA34SEN!EGT_L, 0,120,102,85gauge01=PA34SEN!Radios, 251,257,259,100gauge02=PA34SEN!ALCYOIOIFU_R_gauges, 2,466,312,43gauge03=PA34SEN!compass, 259,371,74,47gauge04=PA34SEN!Gear_Transition, 213,375,44,42gauge05=PA34SEN!Annunciator_panel2, 1,375,211,42gauge06=PA34SEN!gear_center_light, 5,216,30,30gauge07=PA34SEN!gear_left_light, 39,216,30,30gauge08=PA34SEN!gear_right_light, 73,216,30,30gauge09=PA34SEN!Annunciator_panel_VAC, 107,218,30,30gauge10=PA34SEN!Annunciator_panel_ALT, 138,218,30,30gauge11=PA34SEN!Annunciator_panel_OIL, 169,218,30,30gauge12=PA34SEN!ALCYOIOIFU_L_gauges, 2,420,312,43gauge13=PA34SEN!EGT_R, 409,119,102,85gauge14=PA34S3!RadioAnuncios, 319, 446 ,192,65gauge15=PA34S3!RadioAdf, 0,253,244,54gauge16=PA34S2!Adf, 102,112,102,102gauge17=PA34SEN!temp, 204,103,102,102gauge18=PA34SEN!RPM Indicator_L, 0,5,102,102gauge19=PA34SEN!RPM Indicator_R, 102,5,102,102gauge20=PA34S4!RadioTrans, 1,311,243,61gauge21=PA34SEN!Manifold, 307,103,102,102gauge22=PA34SEN!Gyro, 306,5,102,93gauge23=PA34SEN!Attitude2_indicator, 410,5,102,102gauge24=PA34SEN!Heading Indicator, 204,0,102,102gauge25=PA34SEN!Autopilot, 337,358,173,86gauge26=PA34SEN!Fuel_pump_Light_L, 200,224,24,24gauge27=PA34SEN!Fuel_pump_Light_R, 225,224,24,24gauge28=PA34SEN!Toggle_ADF, 112,134,83,54gauge29=PA34SEN!AOM, 249,206,261,50 //--------------------------------------------------------[Vcockpit03]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=256,256visible=0pixel_size=512,512texture=$Panel_seneca_3 gauge00=MPI_GNS!GNS530, 1,16,253,213, 1:1:-1//gauge01=PA34SEN!Toggle_GPS, 19,36,186,139gauge02=PA34SEN!Starter_L, 202,230,25,25gauge03=PA34SEN!Starter_R, 229,230,25,25gauge04=PA34SEN!Annunciator_panel_Over_Bst_R, 175,230,25,25gauge05=PA34SEN!Annunciator_panel_Over_Bst_L, 148,230,25,25 //--------------------------------------------------------[Vcockpit04]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=128,128visible=0pixel_size=512,512texture=$Panel_seneca_4 gauge00=PA34SEN!fuel_selectors, 28,0,71,127 [Color]Day=255,255,255Night=128,64,64Luminous=128,64,64 [Default View]X=0Y=0SIZE_X=8191SIZE_Y=3743 Ed Wilson Mindstar AviationMy Playland - I69
April 17, 201511 yr Author Thank you so much, it worked perfect. I applied the same changes you made in this panel.cfg to the B200 and it worked too. Thank you so much sir. Jorge Andres Brito Lozano
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