Hi Guys,I need some help trouble shooting my radio stacks in FS2004.I have a few add on aircraft like A330, A320, 757 with very cool panels. But the radio swithes don't work!!! I can't switch the COM1 Frequency when I'm flying on VATSIM, it just sits there not doing anything. I know there are "spots" where you have to click, but these just don't work. I clicked around a billion times, and its like they are frozen.For example on A330, 110.10, i can only rotate the .10 digits, the 110 stays the same. And I can't switch it from active to standby. It just sits there!It's really wierd and is messing up my flying on VATSIM, does anyone know how to solve this problem?I have the exact same problem in my A330, A320 and 757. The Com 1's don't swtich or change at all, and in some cases the NAV1 too! Any idea how I can solve this problem? ANyone had it before?Thanks,Fruji

WHY Won't anybody help me??? PLEASE HELP!! !COME ON GUYS!!!

Hi Fruji,I can sympathize with your frustration. You've come to the right place, but apparently nobody understands how to help you so far.For your information, the radios are defined in the panel.cfg file, but how the radios operate are defined in the aircraft.cfg file.I believe that we can help you better if you will do two things:- Open the panel.cfg file (with Notepad) and locate the radio section. It may be in a seperate window following the main panel. Copy the radio section (or take good notes) and let us see what the radio installation looks like.- Then open the aircraft.cfg file and locate the (Radios) section. It may be anywhere in a long list of stuff. Copy the radio section so we can see if it's compatible with the panel. If not, it should be easy to fix.If you can do this, I'm certain that several sim experts will jump in and try to help.Finally, if these addons are fairly recent, give us a filename and location and we'll try to check it out that way.Best regards,JerryH

At work so can't check but it is to do with the aircraft.cfg radios section. After COM1 you will see something like 1,1,0. Change the 0 to 1 and COM1 will be switchable. I'll check 'cos I may have it wrong. I will repost around 1800Z.Andrew Brown

According to the Aircraft Container SDK the format is:Com.n = e, swhere:n is the number of the radio (1 or 2)e is 1 if the radio exists, 0 if it doesn'ts is 1 if the radio supports a standby frequency, 0 if it doesn't.So you need Com.n = 1, 1 There's also Audio.n = ewhere e is 1 if there's an audio panel, 0 if there isn't

There are two kinds of radios in Flight Simulator.1. Those with tuning on the standby frequencies2. Those with tuning on the active frequenciesThe hot spots used by the mouse to tune the radio are controlled by the gauge itself.However, the tuning behavior is controlled by a setting in the aircraft.cfg fileAs noted above there are two ways to setup the aircraft.cfg file radios section:--- Example 1 - Standy Frequency Tuning ----------------------------[Radios]// Radio Type = availiable, standby frequency, has glide slopeAudio.1 = 1Com.1 = 1, 1Com.2 = 1, 1Nav.1 = 1, 1, 1Nav.2 = 1, 1, 0Adf.1 = 1Transponder.1 = 1Marker.1 = 1--- Example 2 - Active Frequency Tuning ----------------------------[Radios]// Radio Type = availiable, standby frequency, has glide slopeAudio.1 = 1Com.1 = 1, 0Com.2 = 1, 0Nav.1 = 1, 0, 1Nav.2 = 1, 0, 0Adf.1 = 1Transponder.1 = 1Marker.1 = 1-----------------------------------------------------------------The first example is for the Bendix-King Radios in the default Beech Baron.The second example is for the default King Air radios.This is something every flight simmer who is going to add / replace a panel needs to know - because it is not something you can change in the panel.cfg file.It's also extremely simple and easy to fix if you find the problem - just change the 0 to a 1 in the second column, or the reverse as needed for the visual display of the radios in your cockpit / panel.And no, it is impossible to have two different panels with different types of radios in the same aircraft folder.But it is possible to have a standby frequency tuning radio for Com1 and an active frequency tuning radio for Com2 or the reverse.I've seen real older GA aircraft with this setup because the Com1 and Com2 radios were purchased at different times - frequently from different manufacturers.

How to have same aircraft - one has standby COM other doesn'tCopy and paste the WHOLE of the folder containing your aircraft into the "aircraft" folder (do not copy the folder called aircraft the one called eg cessnaxyz!) and rename that new folder to cessnaxyzstandby (name doesn't matter but if not renamed is left as "copy of cessnaxyz").Edit aircraft.cfg in cessnaxyzstandby as followstitle=CXYZSTANDBY (from CXYZ)ui_variation=another repaint standby (from another repaint)(Note you will have to change ui_variation for EVERY repaint you have or delete those repaints from the "cessnaxyzstandby" folder)Com.1=1, 1 Com.2=1, 1 Of course above entries are scattered throughout the cfg file so you will have to find them yourself.Now when you select Cesssna XYZ at the start of your flight you will see another variation called "another repaint standby".In effect you have two aircraft installed, one with and one without standby switching however you will see them under the same manufacturer and type so as far as it appears on the "create a flight" screen when you load the sim it will look like same installed aircraft.This will not work for every aircraft but will for around 98%. Personally speaking though - I wouldn't bother :-)PS Merry Christmas, sorry I didn't post last night clean forgot. I have never done what I have described but after a few years of messing around with the aircraft.cfg I am sure it will work.Andrew Brownhttp://www.crazypilots.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/