G530/G430 PMS50 Mod

[Les Parson 102]

Greetings, 

I'm in (or maybe was) in transition phase from P3D to MSFS when I encountered the problem with the G530/G430 and discussion with the pms50 mod. I've been on discord attemptng to correct a non-starter issue with no GPS cursor. I'm just curious if others have already been down this path. 

[Bert Pieke 7,591]

6 hours ago, Les Parson said:

I've been on discord attemptng to correct a non-starter issue with no GPS cursor.

Can you explain what you are trying to fix?

[TexasGary 47]

I think he is talking about the issue where the unit wont power up using the power knob.  Previously you turned the knob to power up the unit, but now if you turn the knob nothing happens.  If you are using the Just Flight Arrow you can get the unit to power up using the EFB and cycling it off and on.

[Les Parson 102]

6 hours ago, Bert Pieke said:

Can you explain what you are trying to fix?

I understand to use the G530/G430 effectively, it is necessary to install the PMS50 mod, available at GitHub (GitHub - pimarc/pms50-gns530: Flight simulator 2020 GNS530 Mod). Without the mod, the unit doesn't function the way it is supposed to. Moreover, the mod provides additional services to add to realism. In my case, with the mod or without it, the cursor on the Flight Plan page simply does not work. Perhaps I'm mis-informed on this whole issue. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. 

[Les Parson 102]

Situation has been resolved. The issue was the mouse mode set to Lock in lieu of Legacy. Thank you gentlemen for your assistance. 

[Bert Pieke 7,591]

5 hours ago, Les Parson said:

Situation has been resolved. The issue was the mouse mode set to Lock in lieu of Legacy. Thank you gentlemen for your assistance. 

Thank you for reporting back.. I was just about to post about checking this... saved me the time.. 😉

MSFS has some (XBox related) quirks which need to be dealt with..  Another is the Space / Space sequence to load a flight plan..

Edited July 14, 2022 by Bert Pieke

[Les Parson 102]

Thanks Bert. I'm using XBox controller for views only in MSFS and P3D and not having problems that I anticipated. 

[Bert Pieke 7,591]

17 hours ago, Les Parson said:

I understand to use the G530/G430 effectively, it is necessary to install the PMS50 mod, available at GitHub (GitHub - pimarc/pms50-gns530: Flight simulator 2020 GNS530 Mod). Without the mod, the unit doesn't function the way it is supposed to.

The PMS mod improves the stock Asobo GNS530, but as you have likely discovered, the GNS is far from realistic..

WT is working on a new version that hopefully will operate more like the real Garmin unit.

For now, your better bet is the WT G1000NXi and the TDS GTN750Xi, both of which are very good.

[Les Parson 102]

9 hours ago, Bert Pieke said:

The PMS mod improves the stock Asobo GNS530, but as you have likely discovered, the GNS is far from realistic..

WT is working on a new version that hopefully will operate more like the real Garmin unit.

For now, your better bet is the WT G1000NXi and the TDS GTN750Xi, both of which are very good.

Interesting. I resisted the GTN 750 craze in P3D for the longest time but times change. I guess Reality-XP isn't able to do same for G530/G430 in FS 2020. Thanks for the info. 

[Bert Pieke 7,591]

56 minutes ago, Les Parson said:

Interesting. I resisted the GTN 750 craze in P3D for the longest time but times change. I guess Reality-XP isn't able to do same for G530/G430 in FS 2020. Thanks for the info. 

RXP is notably absent from this sim.. after complaining about the software environment initially..

For that, TDS is filling the role for the GTN, with the pedigree of having developed the original Flight1 version.

We'll have to wait and see what WT can do for the GNS.. 🙂

[Bobsk8 12,853]

1 hour ago, Les Parson said:

Interesting. I resisted the GTN 750 craze in P3D for the longest time but times change. I guess Reality-XP isn't able to do same for G530/G430 in FS 2020. Thanks for the info. 

The PMS GTN 750 is wonderful and works with a large number of aircraft. I got the paid version which is worth every penny. 

https://pms50.com/msfs/

Edited July 15, 2022 by Bobsk8

[Bert Pieke 7,591]

9 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

The PMS GTN 750 is wonderful and works with a large number of aircraft. I got the paid version which is worth every penny. 

https://pms50.com/msfs/

There are indeed two options to consider... PMS and TDS..

Different in many ways, and long Avsim threads can be found comparing the two.

[Alvega 2,125]

27 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

The PMS GTN 750 is wonderful and works with a large number of aircraft. I got the paid version which is worth every penny. 

https://pms50.com/msfs/

And it's updatable, so always in sync with the sim and other software like Little Navmap or Pilot2ATc. Also has weather radar and charts in the GTN, can load fligh plans from sim, all things that the TDS misses.

Weighting the pros and the cons I also prefer the PMS50 GTN. Used RXP in the other sims.

[Bert Pieke 7,591]

1 minute ago, Alvega said:

Weighting the pros and the cons I also prefer the PMS50 GTN. Used RXP in the other sims.

I like the fact that the TDS does not present me with "what is it doing now" moments.. good to have choices 🙂

[Les Parson 102]

The TDS offers both 750 and 650, while the PMS offers the 750,  is that accurate?  Is the TDS updateable as well?