1 hour ago, vc10man said:

Hi Vic

Take for example a PFPX-created flightplan that I used today, to fly the FSL A319  from EGCC-LEPA.

Fired up AivlaSoft's EFB v2, and fired up the Route Finder-created flightplan which was totally different to the PFPX-created one. No, big deal, as long as I could use the Aircraft tab to locate the A319 on the EFB display, when, lo and behold, bang in the centre of the EFB was a screengrab, of the cockpit(only the dead centre)which was running in the background. Also, for example if I opened this Avsim screen, with both the P3D v4.3.29 sim and EFB running in the background, and went back to the EFB, I now see a screengrab of the centre of this post.

Never had that happen in v1, and before anybody suggests maybe it's a browser issue, I counter that by asking how come with the P3D sim, and PFPX running in the background, I get not a single screengrab. Only happens with v3 EFB. Only wish I could post an image of it.

Sounds like something is really screwed up in your setup, and I seriously doubt if it is EFB. Why not post this on their forum? 

Edited August 24, 20187 yr by Bobsk8

2 hours ago, vc10man said:

Hi Vic

Take for example a PFPX-created flightplan that I used today, to fly the FSL A319  from EGCC-LEPA.

Fired up AivlaSoft's EFB v2, and fired up the Route Finder-created flightplan which was totally different to the PFPX-created one. No, big deal, as long as I could use the Aircraft tab to locate the A319 on the EFB display, when, lo and behold, bang in the centre of the EFB was a screengrab, of the cockpit(only the dead centre)which was running in the background. Also, for example if I opened this Avsim screen, with both the P3D v4.3.29 sim and EFB running in the background, and went back to the EFB, I now see a screengrab of the centre of this post.

Never had that happen in v1, and before anybody suggests maybe it's a browser issue, I counter that by asking how come with the P3D sim, and PFPX running in the background, I get not a single screengrab. Only happens with v3 EFB. Only wish I could post an image of it.

I tried every way I could to get that to happen. All I see is the relevant airport for the flight plan. Sorry. Have you tried a complete reinstall? As Bob says - something is screwed up in your install. Hopefully the Aivlasoft folks can get you squared away.

Vic

Yeah, I have never seen anything like this happen when I have been using it.

I have been using the demo of EFBv2 for a couple of weeks now with a split screen display so I can view both versions simultaneously.  Honestly there is very little of significance that you can do in V2 that you cannot do in v1.  They have changed the way some things are done but haven't added all that much.  Then there is the freeware LittleNavmap that does a lot of what either version does and I am left struggling to justify 60 Aussie dollars for the upgrade (and that is after the 20% discount for v1 users).

Bruceb

The old EFB problem persists: AivlaSoft EFB is no flightplanner, was and is not intended to be a flightplanner.

It is a Chart program. So, if there should be a comparison, then with Aerosoft or Navigraph Chart Tools. And even this does not fit as AivlaSoft shows the Chart Data from your in-Game scenery and not from the (mostly more actual) real world.

 

No one would have the idea to plan a route with Navigraph Chart Viewer …

2 hours ago, brucewtb said:

I have been using the demo of EFBv2 for a couple of weeks now with a split screen display so I can view both versions simultaneously.  Honestly there is very little of significance that you can do in V2 that you cannot do in v1.  They have changed the way some things are done but haven't added all that much.  Then there is the freeware LittleNavmap that does a lot of what either version does and I am left struggling to justify 60 Aussie dollars for the upgrade (and that is after the 20% discount for v1 users).

Bruceb

Bruce, forgive me if I am wrong, because I do not have EFB (thinking about it) and have only just installed LittleNavmap, but LittelNavmap is surely more for GA flying and does not offer things like SIDS and STARS, is this not the case?

Edited August 25, 20187 yr by Rockliffe

1 hour ago, Rockliffe said:

does not offer things like SIDS and STARS,

That's precisely the reason i use EFB v1 and now v2, because one can plan a route with SIDs and STARs as these are depicted on on the FPL display within EFB and thus one can choose alternative SIDs and STARs to suit. Good point raised, Howard.

10 minutes ago, vc10man said:

That's precisely the reason i use EFB v1 and now v2, because one can plan a route with SIDs and STARs as these are depicted on on the FPL display within EFB and thus one can choose alternative SIDs and STARs to suit. Good point raised, Howard. 

Yes if you fly old iron it's perfectly fine but with today's standard you can easly display on the PNF ND&FMC the preview of the procedure.

I had EFB v1 and there was one aspect where the graphical procedure where not accurate, because of navigraph's procedure mostly row data sometime without altitude so instead of a virage they where straight line and on complex one's they where a little bit caotic.

The only great aspect that I enjoy about EFB is the switch freq of vatsim online Atc very handy on complex approach.

20 minutes ago, simbio said:

Yes if you fly old iron it's perfectly fine but with today's standard you can easly display on the PNF ND&FMC the preview of the procedure.

I had EFB v1 and there was one aspect where the graphical procedure where not accurate, because of navigraph's procedure mostly row data sometime without altitude so instead of a virage they where straight line and on complex one's they where a little bit caotic.

The only great aspect that I enjoy about EFB is the switch freq of vatsim online Atc very handy on complex approach.

and for TAXI , the uplink is nice to , have 2 shortcuts on my second pc that run pfpx ASP3D4 and more, shortcut1 to EFB v2 uplink folder and second shorcut to Flightplan folder (folder that i use for AS) i copy the flightplan i loded into AS and drop it to uplink folder. i not save any flightplans in the EFB.

Run the EFB on a Lenovo yoga, 2 in one laptop. 

Edited August 25, 20187 yr by westman

3 hours ago, Rockliffe said:

Bruce, forgive me if I am wrong, because I do not have EFB (thinking about it) and have only just installed LittleNavmap, but LittelNavmap is surely more for GA flying and does not offer things like SIDS and STARS, is this not the case?

If you want a program to show you Sids and Stars, EFB is the gold standard. 

5 hours ago, guenseli said:

The old EFB problem persists: AivlaSoft EFB is no flightplanner, was and is not intended to be a flightplanner.

It is a Chart program. So, if there should be a comparison, then with Aerosoft or Navigraph Chart Tools. And even this does not fit as AivlaSoft shows the Chart Data from your in-Game scenery and not from the (mostly more actual) real world.

 

No one would have the idea to plan a route with Navigraph Chart Viewer …

 Chart data is mostly pulled from the navigraph data so as far as I can see, it’s mostly there. There are some missing bits occasionally when the procedure has some complexity or some altitude restrictions but all in all compared to navigraph charts subscription costs, efb is much better value and also provides more features imho

Been using V1 for a long time. Love it. Was excited to see the new version. I only used the 30 day trial thankfully because like Dave I am disappointed in it. I still use v1.

6 hours ago, Rockliffe said:

but LittelNavmap is surely more for GA flying and does not offer things like SIDS and STARS, is this not the case?

Not the case at all. Little Nav Map uses SID's & STARs quite well. When you right click an airport and select Procedures all available SID's & STARS and Approached are listed. Click on one and it is displayed on your map. Right click and select and it is inserted into your flightplan.

That was by way of explanation - let's stay with EFB2 - I use both for varying reasons. Probably what I like most about EFB2 is the visual moving map representation along your approach profile. What I like least about EFB2 is having to essentially relearn the steps from V1.  I thinki it is a good investment - another tool to use.

Vic

3 hours ago, vgbaron said:

Not the case at all. Little Nav Map uses SID's & STARs quite well. When you right click an airport and select Procedures all available SID's & STARS and Approached are listed. Click on one and it is displayed on your map. Right click and select and it is inserted into your flightplan

Vic

Thanks for the clarification Vic, appreciated.

17 hours ago, Rockliffe said:

Bruce, forgive me if I am wrong, because I do not have EFB (thinking about it) and have only just installed LittleNavmap, but LittelNavmap is surely more for GA flying and does not offer things like SIDS and STARS, is this not the case?

As has been pointed out above LiitleNavmap does offer SIDs and Stars selection with visual on-map display and is much more than just a GA flight planner.  It supports Navigraph and has an excellent moving map.  I was an early adopter of EFBv1 and used it for a number of years and then LttleNavmap came along and I found that it largely replaced EFB particularly in combination with SimBrief which is also freeware.  Now we have EFBv2 with some new features but they are more in the way of nice to have and IMHO don't justify the (discounted) asking price for EFBv1 users.  But I can understand that if you have never used EFBv1 or LittleNavmap that you would be quite taken by EFBv2.

Bruceb