August 20, 20241 yr Moderator Having bought the PMDG 777 last week I’ve discovered today they’re using non-standard COM radios. As a consequence I cannot use the co-pilot in Radar Contact to acknowledge and contact various centres during flights. This is especially critical in long flights as I have no wish to stay in front on the computer. Is anyone who uses both the PMDG747 and RC4 able to confirm compatibility please? @IanHarrison, you spring to mind. 😉 Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
August 20, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said: Having bought the PMDG 777 last week I’ve discovered today they’re using non-standard COM radios. As a consequence I cannot use the co-pilot in Radar Contact to acknowledge and contact various centres during flights. This is especially critical in long flights as I have no wish to stay in front on the computer. Is anyone who uses both the PMDG747 and RC4 able to confirm compatibility please? @IanHarrison, you spring to mind. 😉 Ray, Under the key controls of RC4, you will find Co-Pilot comm toggle. If you activate a keypress (I use Ctrl+Shift+K) you will get your co-pilot operating the radios seamlessly.. I DON"T have RC as co-pilot as I use FS2Crew for the actual co-pilot. They only downside is that I have a flight deck crew of three! However, I have lived with this for the past umpteen years and it is not a real bother. Hope this helps, Ian Edited August 20, 20241 yr by IanHarrison Update Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.
August 20, 20241 yr Author Moderator 12 minutes ago, IanHarrison said: Ray, Under the key controls of RC4, you will find Co-Pilot comm toggle. If you activate a keypress (I use Ctrl+Shift+K) you will get your co-pilot operating the radios seamlessly.. I DON"T have RC as co-pilot as I use FS2Crew for the actual co-pilot. That’s the key combo I use but it requires the aircraft to use standard COM radios. Whilst the PMDG 737 does, the 777 doesn’t and I believe neither does the 747. You using an alternative program confirms RC4 isn’t compatible when the co-pilot is used. Bummer. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
August 20, 20241 yr I've used the 777 and the 747 for years in P3D with RC4, and have never had an issue with the automated copilot handling the radios. You might want to check and see if the key assigned to the RC4 copilot comms toggle is assigned to something else in the 777...if so, it's a relatively straighforward process to reassign it. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
August 20, 20241 yr Author Moderator 7 minutes ago, Bob Scott said: You might want to check and see if the key assigned to the RC4 copilot comms toggle is assigned to something else in the 777...if so, it's a relatively straighforward process to reassign it. I’ll check that tomorrow, thanks Bob. From memory it’s CTRL+Shift+K. I wonder if that’s assigned to something in the 777. How can I check? Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
August 20, 20241 yr Author Moderator Looking through the RC forum I came across this post and it was resolved but I’m not quite sure how. The first para regarding having the mic activated is curious. https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/614175-pmdg-777-with-radar-contact/ And the solution to another user having the same problem… Make sure your comm panel is set correctly with your VHF1 MIC and Speaker on. I had the same problem when I first started using the 747 with RadarContact. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
August 20, 20241 yr 10 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said: Make sure your comm panel is set correctly with your VHF1 MIC and Speaker on. I had the same problem when I first started using the 747 with RadarContact. That's the culprit ! Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
August 20, 20241 yr Well there ya go. I just fired up the 777 in P3D and confirmed that it works as I remembered it, including radio freq changes on the control head. I do vaguely remember having an issue hearing the controllers a long time ago because I hadn't pulled up the VHF1 knob on the audio panel. The freq should still be changing on the control head either way, though. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
August 21, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said: Looking through the RC forum I came across this post and it was resolved but I’m not quite sure how. The first para regarding having the mic activated is curious. https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/614175-pmdg-777-with-radar-contact/ And the solution to another user having the same problem… Make sure your comm panel is set correctly with your VHF1 MIC and Speaker on. I had the same problem when I first started using the 747 with RadarContact. I replied very quickly last night but today was going to check that you had it going. Bob has beaten me to the punch. You need to ensure that the radio buttons are lit up before you will hear anything. Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.
August 21, 20241 yr Author Moderator Thanks everyone for your help. The VHF L switch is the one that resolves the problem. No further work required too as my GF166 COM radio changes the frequencies directly. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
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