August 16, 20223 yr So I've finally finished translating an airline's procedures for the A320 into MCE scripts for use with the Fenix A320. I know this is still in beta and WIP so expectedly some things don't work yet. Here's a list of what I found. Commands that exist but don't work with Fenix yet: Spoilers disarm (needs to be commanded twice to actually disarm; lever pops back up initially) Instrument brightness adjustments Closing/opening windows Your ND mode set to arc (ND is set to VOR instead) Your ND range to three hundred twenty (no action) Your ND show terrain (controls Captain's setting) Reset rudder trim (no action) F/O flight control check (no action) Your EFIS show VOR (no action) TCAS control (the switch on the right of the panel, not ATC) Dome lights Oxygen check (not sure if possible since the lid has to be opened first) Commands that don't exist (probably for any Airbus) but would be nice: Full control of the center clock F/O using the chronometer on his side instead of the Captain's Tray tables opening/closing independently Altitude reporting switch operation ATC (transponder) control MCDU: Up and down buttons APU master switch on and off independently of APU start switch I've also noticed that some of the push buttons are set to on and off correctly (lights go on and off) but the button itself often gets stuck pressed-in. Also, I usually get a notification from the F/O just after MCE launch that we "just lost the nav radio". Edited August 16, 20223 yr by threegreen
August 16, 20223 yr Commercial Member 49 minutes ago, threegreen said: So I've finally finished translating an airline's procedures for the A320 into MCE scripts for use with the Fenix A320. I know this is still in beta and WIP so expectedly some things don't work yet. Here's a list of what I found. Commands that exist but don't work with Fenix yet: Spoilers disarm (needs to be commanded twice to actually disarm; lever pops back up initially) Instrument brightness adjustments Closing/opening windows Your ND mode set to arc (ND is set to VOR instead) Your ND range to three hundred twenty (no action) Your ND show terrain (controls Captain's setting) Reset rudder trim (no action) F/O flight control check (no action) Your EFIS show VOR (no action) TCAS control (the switch on the right of the panel, not ATC) Dome lights Oxygen check (not sure if possible since the lid has to be opened first) Commands that don't exist (probably for any Airbus) but would be nice: Full control of the center clock F/O using the chronometer on his side instead of the Captain's Tray tables opening/closing independently Altitude reporting switch operation ATC (transponder) control MCDU: Up and down buttons APU master switch on and off independently of APU start switch I've also noticed that some of the push buttons are set to on and off correctly (lights go on and off) but the button itself often gets stuck pressed-in. Also, I usually get a notification from the F/O just after MCE launch that we "just lost the nav radio". Thanks for the list. They should be sorted this week. By the way, FO can rotate SPD, HDG, ALT and VS now. It's just that we don't let him do that until he is able to read the actual windows values at any given time, without needing to give instructions such as "Set them to zero" so MCE can make assumptions and never touch them manually which would be silly. Gerald R https://www.multicrewxp.com
August 20, 20223 yr Commercial Member On 8/16/2022 at 6:11 PM, threegreen said: So I've finally finished translating an airline's procedures for the A320 into MCE scripts for use with the Fenix A320. I know this is still in beta and WIP so expectedly some things don't work yet. Here's a list of what I found. Commands that exist but don't work with Fenix yet: Spoilers disarm (needs to be commanded twice to actually disarm; lever pops back up initially). Should be sorted Instrument brightness adjustments.... Done "pfd on/off", "nd on/off", "upper eam on/off" etc.. Closing/opening windows Your ND mode set to arc (ND is set to VOR instead)... Should be OK Your ND range to three hundred twenty (no action)... Should be OK Your ND show terrain (controls Captain's setting)... Corrected Reset rudder trim (no action)....Should be OK F/O flight control check (no action) Your EFIS show VOR (no action) TCAS control (the switch on the right of the panel, not ATC)... Both transponder mode and TCAS mode should work as expected Dome lights .... Sorted Oxygen check (not sure if possible since the lid has to be opened first).... FO does that now Commands that don't exist (probably for any Airbus) but would be nice: Full control of the center clock F/O using the chronometer on his side instead of the Captain's.... Sorted Tray tables opening/closing independently... Implemented separate control Altitude reporting switch operation... Not sure I understand twhat you mean by this ATC (transponder) control .. Both transponder mode and TCAS mode should work as expected MCDU: Up and down buttons APU master switch on and off independently of APU start switch... Should be sorted I've also noticed that some of the push buttons are set to on and off correctly (lights go on and off) but the button itself often gets stuck pressed-in. Also, I usually get a notification from the F/O just after MCE launch that we "just lost the nav radio". Get the patch http://www.multicrewxp.com/Latest-Beta.zip See embedded notes above Gerald R https://www.multicrewxp.com
August 21, 20223 yr Author 21 hours ago, FS++ said: Get the patch http://www.multicrewxp.com/Latest-Beta.zip See embedded notes above Great to hear, thank you! I'll report back when I've had the chance to test. What I mean by altitude reporting is the switch on the transponder panel.
August 24, 20223 yr Author On 8/20/2022 at 10:01 PM, FS++ said: Get the patch After testing I found the following: Only one oxygen system is tested and the lid is left open Your ND mode to arc still goes to VOR Center clock: F/O won't reset the clock, start clock puts it into stop rather than run No control for the ATC switch (left upper switch on transponder panel) Your side show terrain still actions the Captain's button APU master switch has no command (I used "APU master on/off) Spoilers still need to be disarmed twice Rudder trim reset not working PFD and ND on/off may be better if it only controls the F/O's instrument rather than the Captain's too The other items work fine now, thanks.
August 25, 20223 yr Commercial Member 21 hours ago, threegreen said: Spoilers still need to be disarmed twice Are you by any chance using hardware spoilers? And possibly set to react to some events coming via FSUIPC? Thanks Gerald R https://www.multicrewxp.com
August 25, 20223 yr Author 3 hours ago, FS++ said: Are you by any chance using hardware spoilers? And possibly set to react to some events coming via FSUIPC? Thanks No, none. I just arm the spoilers with the mouse in MSFS and then test the command. On the first try the lever is pushed down only a little and pops right back up, on the second try it works as expected. A workaround might be adding the command twice to the script.
August 27, 20223 yr Commercial Member On 8/25/2022 at 8:12 PM, threegreen said: No, none. I just arm the spoilers with the mouse in MSFS and then test the command. On the first try the lever is pushed down only a little and pops right back up, on the second try it works as expected. A workaround might be adding the command twice to the script. Grab the nest patch (same link) Spoilers disarm should be sorted. Almost all little imperfections mentioned earlier should be sorted. I guess you are concerned about Fo potentialy switching PFD OFF and ND on you while you are on final. While he will happily switch them ON without warning, he'll never switch them off by accident. Also in this patch, we have a breakthrough with FCU as dialling SPD, HDG, ALT and VS is finally possible. Make sure you replace/add all files. Starting from now, the default checklist assigned to Fenix A320 is the one displayed in EFB. Edited August 27, 20223 yr by FS++ Gerald R https://www.multicrewxp.com
August 28, 20223 yr Author 20 hours ago, FS++ said: Almost all little imperfections mentioned earlier should be sorted. Sounds good, thanks! 20 hours ago, FS++ said: I guess you are concerned about Fo potentialy switching PFD OFF and ND on you while you are on final. While he will happily switch them ON without warning, he'll never switch them off by accident. I just didn't understand why he would switch off my side instruments too rather than only his. I'm thinking about this form a real world perspective where both pilots have their area of responsibility and the F/O wouldn't touch the Captain's stuff unless specifically instructed, while in case of instrument brightness he wouldn't even be able to reach the knobs from his position. Same thought with the chronometer. Now that the F/O uses his side chronometer I can script him tracking the 3/5 minute warm-up times for the engines while I use my chronometer for other things. 20 hours ago, FS++ said: Also in this patch, we have a breakthrough with FCU as dialling SPD, HDG, ALT and VS is finally possible. Neat!
August 31, 20223 yr Author On 8/27/2022 at 11:04 PM, FS++ said: Grab the nest patch (same link) The "your ND mode to arc" still sets it to VOR. There's also still no independent control for the APU master, correct? Also, the transponder control isn't right. What I meant was control over the ATC switch in the upper left corner of the transponder panel. The altitude reporting switch works now in conjunction with the TCAS control which is good, but ATC is still needed to actually switch the thing on. The other items work perfectly.
September 1, 20223 yr Commercial Member On 8/31/2022 at 7:11 PM, threegreen said: The "your ND mode to arc" still sets it to VOR. There's also still no independent control for the APU master, correct? Also, the transponder control isn't right. What I meant was control over the ATC switch in the upper left corner of the transponder panel. The altitude reporting switch works now in conjunction with the TCAS control which is good, but ATC is still needed to actually switch the thing on. The other items work perfectly. That will be taken care of in next update. Meanwhile, we had to upload the new patch as it gives FO insight into the CDU PERF page so he can be in synch with Vspeeds and you won't need to input them into MCE UI. MCE will have the values roughly 40 to 50 seconds after most of the data data has been entered into CDU. Just redownload: http://www.multicrewxp.com/Latest-Beta.zip In this patch it's also posible to ask FO to set a specific pitch trim, not to mention reset it to zero Set pitch trim down two decimal one elevator trim one point five up reset pitch trim ... Obviously, many other variations are available Edited September 1, 20223 yr by FS++ Gerald R https://www.multicrewxp.com
September 1, 20223 yr Author 1 hour ago, FS++ said: That will be taken care in next update. Meanwhile, we had to upload the new patch as it gives FO insight into the CDU PERF page so he can be in synch with Vspeeds and you won't need to input them into MCE UI. MCE will have the values roughly 40 to 50 seconds after most of the data data has been entered into CDU. Just redownload: http://www.multicrewxp.com/Latest-Beta.zip In this patch it's also posible to ask FO to set a specific pitch trim, not to mention reset it to zero Set pitch trim down two decimal one elevator trim one point five up reset pitch trim ... Obviously, many other variations are available Nice! Keep the updates coming 😝.
September 16, 20223 yr Commercial Member On 9/1/2022 at 6:38 PM, threegreen said: Nice! Keep the updates coming 😝. Sorry for the delay. Mostly due to integration with Simbrief as well as attempting to get FO to "see" FMA modes as they change. Get the patch and make sure all files are replaced, and some added. http://www.multicrewxp.com/Latest-Beta.zip Eventually copy and paste the link to browser address bar as it seems not easily accessible from forum. Edited September 16, 20223 yr by FS++ Gerald R https://www.multicrewxp.com
September 17, 20223 yr Author 17 hours ago, FS++ said: Sorry for the delay. Mostly due to integration with Simbrief as well as attempting to get FO to "see" FMA modes as they change. No worries. What does simbrief integration entail? Also, I just clean installed W11 on my system and need to reinstall MCE. I'm not sure where to get the installer and if that includes the latest betas. Or can I use the older installer I still have and just install the latest beta over it? I seem to remember something about needing to be on a certain version in order to apply new patches; I think my installer is too old for that.
September 17, 20223 yr Commercial Member 52 minutes ago, threegreen said: No worries. What does simbrief integration entail? Also, I just clean installed W11 on my system and need to reinstall MCE. I'm not sure where to get the installer and if that includes the latest betas. Or can I use the older installer I still have and just install the latest beta over it? I seem to remember something about needing to be on a certain version in order to apply new patches; I think my installer is too old for that. Just head to the website to download latest release V2.9.8.0 http://www.multicrewxp.com Then get the Beta patch and replace/add files as per folder structure. The Beta is mostly for deeper FENIX A320 integration as well as Simbrief functionality not available in release. Simbrief integration means once MCE propmts for the Simbrief ID and you type it in, it will automatically fetch the latest flight plan so you won't need to browse and locate whatever_file.pln Simbrief ID is then saved to "mce.ini" for future reference. Info will be displayed in <ATC> tab and when you click <Flight Plan>, the route will be displayed. More info could be added at a later stage as users see fit. It can be useful for airplanes that don't have EFB yet. Edited September 17, 20223 yr by FS++ Gerald R https://www.multicrewxp.com
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