March 22, 20206 yr I started by trying to install the 530 in the original FSX (no service packs or SDK) with no avail so I started digging and found out I needed Gold or SE. After seeing what kind of money was being asked for the discs I chose to download and install SE and went through the installation motions again. Still no Garmin 530. In one of the downloaded files there is a readme file that outline how to write an installer but at the end it says the file can simply be copied to the folder so that is what I did. No avail. The manual calls out an "add-on button". The associated picture doesn't look like anything I have seen in FSX. At the end of the manual there is guidance for getting the "add-on" button by copying and pasting a few lines into a "dll.xml" file found in the appdata folder. I have 2 files that fit the description so I modded one and tried then I modded the other. Still no "add-on" nor 530 appearing in the sim. I am an IFR student flying a Skyhawk which happens to be configured with a Garmin 530. If I can make this work I think it would be a great help but so far I have not been able to make it happen. It's been close to 20 years since I messed with configuring airplanes in the sims and not one bit of it looks familiar anymore. What am I missing? Edited March 22, 20206 yr by Jelge removed duplicate sentance
March 22, 20206 yr Author Some additional information... -Windows 10. -I let the installers run as configured. -No log files present in the documents folder. -rxpGNS2_menu.dll is in several places, including the documents folder. -Clicking "garmin gtn v2" in start menu flashes a window telling me it is current. -Garmin trainer is installed and opens. It doesn't do anything but it is my understanding that it shouldn't at this point. -Several different simconnect file versions tried. The last one was downloaded with FSX-SE on 20-21 March 2020. -The only RXP file that appears to do anything is the installer but nothing happens after it appears to be finished. The only other RXP file that seems to open is the instructions. At this point, I would say I have double clicked them all. -rxpGNS2.dll and rxpGpsAnnun are both in the gauges folder. Cab file was put there manually. -Cannot find configuration screen mentioned in other thread that is accessed by holding shift and right clicking but I could be trying it on the wrong file(?). -I have not seen any windows resembling the ones pictured in the "add-on" section of the manual. I have above average computer skills but I am NOT a programmer. Once upon a time I was a computer science major but the Apple 2c and Commodore 64 were a long, long time ago (nearly 40 years) and I dropped out before advancing past Pascal to pursue other interests. I miss DOS 6.
March 23, 20206 yr OK, try this.. with FSX running look at the Menu bar at the top. On the right, there should be an Addons tab. In that, Reality XP GNS There you can configure your selected airplane. Which Skyhawk are you flying? If it is the a2a version, a2a provides its own app to configure the airplane, which you should use instead.. Give us as much detail as possible and hopefully we can get you going Bert
March 23, 20206 yr Author I don't see a menu at the top of the FSX screen. Just the mute, - and X buttons. The one I am fooling with is the stock 172SP that came with the sim. I will try the a2a version. The GNS looks exactly like the trainer I downloaded from Garmin before I found out about RXP except that this has autopilot options instead of the CDI. Either way, no "add-on" button on it or FSX-SE. I wish I could upload pictures so I could verify I am looking at the correct things. I guess if push comes to shove I could open a photobucket account or something.
March 23, 20206 yr Author I don't know about that A2A airplane. Price is double what I paid for FSX-SE (my original copy of FSX was a gift when it was released). I feel I already have more than enough invested in this venture with ground school, instructor and aircraft rent. This is $50 I really don't need to spend right now when the 530 should work just fine in the stock airplane.
March 23, 20206 yr OK... lets get you going... First of all, you do not need the a2a plane, but the GNS does not install into the stock C172 panel, only in a popup window.. so if you seriously want to use this for training, the a2a plane will give you that option. As for screenshots.. try IMGUR.. it is free. https://imgur.com/upload Back to basics... on the FSX menu bar, at the top (push the ALT button), do you not have an Addon tab at the right? Lets try the manual route.. 1. Find the C172 folder in FSX\Simobjects\Airplanes 2. Open the C172 panel folder, and edit the panel.cfg file with Notepad, as follows: [Window02] size_mm=456,378 window_size=0.5 position=8 BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0 VISIBLE=0 ident=GPS_PANEL zorder=4 //gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0 gauge00=rxpGNS2!GNS_530_1, 0, 0,456,378 3. Save the panel.cfg file 4. Start up the default C172 and push shift+3 to view the GPS window. Bert
March 23, 20206 yr Just as a teaser.. this is what the a2a C172 panel looks like, with the RXP GNS530 selected. https://imgur.com/a/k9HV7S4 Bert
March 23, 20206 yr Author Many thanks, I have the 530 on a pop up and working as advertised. The add-on aircraft is very tempting but I can slew the virtual cockpit down and right far enough to where the 530 isn't blocking anything important so I think, for the moment, I will deal with it there since the idea is to not look outside until at decision height. It'll be easier than setting up weather in the sim. Still no add-on button. I was looking at the wrong window (FSX main menu screen) before but I hit "alt" while flying and the menu at the top popped up. I had forgotten it was there because I hadn't flown the sim in years.
March 24, 20206 yr You can also move the GNS530 window.. just grab it with the mouse and move it. Bert
March 24, 20206 yr Author I'm not sure what is going to happen with my training now with the corona virus trying to run amok. Got cancelled today and I would bet my flight Thursday is cancelled as well. Probably can't take the written exam this week either. Better safe than sorry though and it's impossible to maintain 6 feet separation in a Skyhawk. At least now I can practice procedures at home with equipment similar to what I am actually flying. Thanks again for the help!
March 24, 20206 yr You are very welcome.. and do not hesitate to ask for help.. Have sent you a PM re navdata for your GNS... Edited March 24, 20206 yr by Bert Pieke Bert
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