I had the not so good surprise today of finding the old G1000 on my Porter front panel. A little investigation, in the Content Manager, showed  me that the NXi was not installed (it was yesterday !)   and there was a new version 9.2. Now, somebody will tell me that everybody knew that 😆 but there are may be some uninformed and non-discorded simmers who don't.

Edited November 28, 20214 yr by Dominique_K

Have noticed the same lately. That's because I try to avoid to open the Content Manager these days because of the Easy Mode bug.

I don't feel urged myself to use the NXi, I'm meanwhile sticking with the old and reliable GTN750 (PMS50).

Could someone please comment on the reliability of the NXi current beta (I guess the newest v9.2)?. Thanks in advance!.

Edited November 28, 20214 yr by edpatino

I never knew - thanks Dominique!

Working Title Garmin G1000 NXi v0.9.2
Issues Resolved - Fixed issue where RNAV was using incorrect units for GPS altitude causing wrong vertical guidance.

I suppose I will have to reset my assistance settings again after a trip to the marketplace.  Strange about your v.0.9.1 going missing!  I wonder if it uninstalls or deactivates itself automatically if a new version becomes available?

Edited November 28, 20214 yr by bobcat999

13 minutes ago, edpatino said:

Could someone please comment on the reliability of the NXi current beta (I guess the newest v9.2)?. Thanks in advance!.

You guys need to be on WT's discord channel to see the progress and to see whether there are issues. 

Just now, edpatino said:

I don't feel urged myself to use the NXi, I'm meanwhile sticking with the old and reliable GTN750 (PMS50).

Could someone please comment on the reliability of the NXi current beta (I guess the newest v9.2)?. Thanks in advance!.

It works for me but an important caveat, I use it for the basic. I don't do, or rarely, complex large hub procedures.

But flying in the boonies it does a good job to help you aligning your aircraft on the final trajectory even without any RNAV, it has a relief map to show you what is higher than your present altitude ahead etc. 

I had the F1 750 in P3D, the only thing I miss right now is to have it compute the TOD and descent slope but I am quite certain that it does, just that I have  not yet discovered it.

Easy to download with the Content Manager btw not the barely comprehensible github site. It settles in the Official folder.

 

Edited November 28, 20214 yr by Dominique_K

Just now, bobcat999 said:

 I wonder if it uninstalls or deactivates itself automatically if a new version becomes available?

An interesting point that I already noted from 8 to 9. It seems that our good friends at Redmond shamelessly pull out the old version from our folder without asking the permission.

But, then again, we are good friends, aren't we ?It is only to help the poor sods that we are.  And their well-paid lawyers have set a proper line in the EULA.  

Just now, Dominique_K said:

I had the F1 750 in P3D, the only thing I miss right now is to have it compute the TOD and descent slope but I am quite certain that it does, just that I have  not yet discovered it.

Easy to download with the Content Manager btw not the barely comprehensible github site. It settles in the Official folder.

Thanks, mon ami.

If you use the PMS50's GTN750 in MSFS2020, go to its Utilities Menu on the main screen, and in Vertical Profile you can set the offset value from your destination waypoint (mostly the destination airport, but it's selectable if it's on the planned route), the vertical speed rate in FPM, and it'll message you when you're approaching the TOD (I think 3 minutes before, not sure). The menus and options should be very intuitive.

Just now, edpatino said:

Thanks, mon ami.

If you use the PMS50's GTN750 in MSFS2020, go to its Utilities Menu on the main screen, and in Vertical Profile you can set the offset value from your destination waypoint (mostly the destination airport, but it's selectable if it's on the planned route), the vertical speed rate in FPM, and it'll message you when you're approaching the TOD (I think 3 minutes before, not sure). The menus and options should be very intuitive.

Globally the NXi is way less intuitive than the 750 but then again the learning curve for anything gets steeper with the years 😄 (my garden grows larger too, go figure !). 

The NXi is a nifty peice of kit and as I do not want to multiply addons, I 'll stick with it for now.

4 minutes ago, Dominique_K said:

The NXi is a nifty peice of kit and as I do not want to multiply addons, I 'll stick with it for now.

Yes, of course, and I think more powerful. The fact that GTN is a touch screen device makes it far more intuitive by nature.

I think I'll be installing the NXi in the near future. Regretfully PMS50 states their GTN750 is not compatible with the NXi (as strange as it sounds, it cannot replace it, as it's the way it works).

I am warming up to the NXi slowly.  The working Nearest pages on the PFD is very welcome in my cockpits with the fully functional Direct To being so easy to use. I am a dyed in the wool GTN user also.  I don’t think I will ever get used to the Twist and Turn Garmin Outer/Inner knobs with the press and cuss center button. I like the touch and go method using the GTNs.

Regards,

Ray

22 minutes ago, edpatino said:

Yes, of course, and I think more powerful. The fact that GTN is a touch screen device makes it far more intuitive by nature.

I think I'll be installing the NXi in the near future. Regretfully PMS50 states their GTN750 is not compatible with the NXi (as strange as it sounds, it cannot replace it, as it's the way it works).

And the NXi will become fully integrated and the default G1000 in the sim - sometime in the future 

@edpatino after a cursory search in the big manual on-line and fumbling in the MFD I don't think that you can compute yet your ToD and profile of descent in the NXi. The Aux>Trip Planning is greyed out.  

13 minutes ago, Dominique_K said:

@edpatino after a cursory search in the big manual on-line and fumbling in the MFD I don't think that you can compute yet your ToD and profile of descent in the NXi. The Aux>Trip Planning is greyed out.  

Sorry Dominique, I was talking about the TOD on the GTN750. I have no idea about the NXi

It's extremely confusing to talk about the GTN 750 in a thread with the title NXI - two different devices. 

And let me repeat this for the thousand'th time: if you really want to get the most out of the G 1000 NXI you need to follow the discussion on WT's discord - where folks post their flightplans, screenshots, etc. If you want timely help from the developers, that's the place to be and post.