Hi guys,

With the new Fenix A320v2 coming and the new variants this one heavily has my attention. However, I am fully in the dark about the support of my Skalarki FCU (DesktopLine)... Skalarki does not provide a profile. Fenix wants me to buy a ProSim license? On simMarket I see a driver for Fenix and Skalarki and also Spad.Next offers support for Skalarki. Does anyone has the A320 with a Skalarki device and if so, how did you set it up?

Thanks!

Erik

9 minutes ago, edemeijer said:

A320 with a Skalarki device and if so, how did you set it up?

You required yes or yes:

1- SKALARKI STANDALONE DRIVER MSFS - You buy it only once.

https://secure.simmarket.com/de-flight-skalarki-standalone-driver-msfs.phtml

2- SKALARKI SA DRIVER - FENIX A320 ADDON - licensed for a year, after 1 year a new license must be purchased.

https://secure.simmarket.com/de-flight-skalarki-sa-driver-fenix-a320-add-on-msfs.phtml
 

Am still a little confused here.  On their website, Skakarki clearly states:

"...it is clear that Fenix A320 will not support SKALARKI hardware or any other hardware as well."

If Fenix does not allow/support cockpit components like FCU and MCP, how is this possible?  Is it legal or does it violate any EULAs? Or has Fenix changed their stance?

I had asked these questions in an earlier post and I believe someone (was it polosim?) had said that more information would be coming during the FSExpo.  Maybe there was an update that I missed (?).

Thanks.

7 hours ago, pilotwannabe said:

Am still a little confused here.  On their website, Skakarki clearly states:

"...it is clear that Fenix A320 will not support SKALARKI hardware or any other hardware as well."

If Fenix does not allow/support cockpit components like FCU and MCP, how is this possible?  Is it legal or does it violate any EULAs? Or has Fenix changed their stance?

I had asked these questions in an earlier post and I believe someone (was it polosim?) had said that more information would be coming during the FSExpo.  Maybe there was an update that I missed (?).

Thanks.

"to support" usually means to actively make it compatible and keeping it compatible in the following versions/updates. This is a lot of extra work and can lead to situations where you're stuck in development trying to figure out how to do what you wanted to do without breaking compatibility with the hardware you promised to "support".
However, "not supporting" does NOT equal "it won't work at all." That's why there's a 3rd party solution.

I’m using the de-flight drivers with my FCU and MCDU and they work great.  There’s a new version that should be released imminently that completely separates them from the Skalarki drivers.  Currently you have to also run the Skalarki profiler but with the new version you won’t.   As I understand it, removes the concerns that Skalarki had with de-flight.

Well worth it to be able to use this great hardware with Fenix, the only downside is the annual subscription for the Fenix drivers, I do wish they had a single purchase option.

They do have a referral program they just started, so if someone buys the drivers and lists me as a referral I can get a lifetime license for the Fenix.  If anyone wants to do me a solid my PMs are open here 🙂

Edited August 6, 20232 yr by regis9

Interesting! Also the part of the new driver which makes the Profiler obsolete.

Hi Regis9, I’m not able to move correctly the MCDU window from Fenix to my Skalarki MCDU. All the buttons work normally but when I try to drag the pop-up window from Fenix to Skalarki, the size of the window is narrow and I can’t modify it. Did you have the same issue the first time you installed Fenix? Thanks

I think it might be slightly narrower than the display (ie some black space either side of the text) but nothing too worrisome.

What I do is use right alt + mouse click to pop open the window, drag it over to the MCDU, maximize it, then use alt enter to make it full screen.

I did the same procedure you did to create and move the window but it’s too narrow for me. When I used P3D with FSLabs, the image would fit the screen. I would like to send you two photos but I’m unable to do it.
Anyway, thanks for you help.

interesting enough.  Marcin (Owner of skalarki) had a post on their facebook group a few months ago that he was working on a new driver that will work with the fenix.  Who knows.  

 

I don't really use the fenix these days.  But do use the skalarki fcu.  It is now natively supported by spad.next.  So I've been able to get it working with my other various airplanes.  Always would rather spin a dial and click a button than use a mouse, keyboard or even touchscreen.  

Oh I didn’t realize the FCU works with SPAD…I’ll have to do some digging for profiles.

21 hours ago, regis9 said:

Oh I didn’t realize the FCU works with SPAD…I’ll have to do some digging for profiles.

They just added native support a couple weeks ago for all the home skalarki stuff.  So MCDU and FCU work.  I haven't saved my profiles yet.  I've just started doing them again.  The MD-80 is the absolute worst one to do!

Oh that’s fantastic, I’ve never done anything with SPAD beyond downloading other people’s profiles, maybe I’ll need to learn!  It would be nice to get more use out of my FCU and MCDU, especially without continuing to pay for third party drivers.

If you’re willing to share any other profiles I’d love to give them a shot.

Edited December 31, 20232 yr by regis9