It is VERY likely I'm doing something wrong, so be patient with me ;). Here is my question: when I want to use the OBS button to set up hold I get a pop up window that allows me to specify the course I want to follow. In the real a/c I fly, I only get that window if I don't specify the fix and fly DIRECT to it. Once that fix and D is set, turning of the OBS dial (set to GPS on the VOR unit) adjusts the course according to my needs. In the Reality XP GNS 430 that doesn't happen. In oder to specify the Inbound I have to press the OBS button (on 430) again and manually enter the Inbound course (or any other I wish to fly). Am I doing something wrong?

Example: I fly on the sim to a fix (DIRECT). I press the OBS button on GNS430 and a pop up window suggests the heading that will get me to the fix. Pressing Enter confirms that heading and establishes the magenta line. However, when I get to the fix and want to change that course to the Inbound, I have to go back to the OBS button (on 430) and manually dial that new course. In the real aircraft, I simply move the dial on the GPS-VOR unit and the magenta line moves along on 430. 

Equipment: X-Plane 12 with, Reality XP GNS430, AirManager instruments (GPS/VOR).

 

Thanks!

Edited October 29, 20241 yr by PTP

 Reality XP has more functions than default GNS  on stock GNS for X Plane. This is why I purchased Reality XP. 

Edited October 29, 20241 yr by PIPER042

Have a look at this thread:

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Specifically check your config files for these entries:

LinkVor = true 
LinkObs = true 

I can't help much further as I haven't used RXP in a long time but maybe it's a place to start.

As an FYI, the behaviour you describe in your RXP installation can be seen in the real aircraft, I am actually teaching a guy IFR in an AC11 and his GNS does exactly that - it is something to do with the way it is wired into the aircraft.

Edited October 29, 20241 yr by DavidP

20 hours ago, DavidP said:

Have a look at this thread:

Specifically check your config files for these entries:

LinkVor = true 
LinkObs = true 

I can't help much further as I haven't used RXP in a long time but maybe it's a place to start.

As an FYI, the behaviour you describe in your RXP installation can be seen in the real aircraft, I am actually teaching a guy IFR in an AC11 and his GNS does exactly that - it is something to do with the way it is wired into the aircraft.

Excellent! I'm away from the sim at this moment, but I will check it tonight. RXP is very realistic, so I'm not surprised that it is just a setting issue and could be changed to look/feel like the GNS430 in my plane. I'll take another look at the manual for the 430 (the non-sim version) to see if that could be adjusted in the AUX/Settings menu.

7 hours ago, PTP said:

Excellent! I'm away from the sim at this moment, but I will check it tonight. RXP is very realistic, so I'm not surprised that it is just a setting issue and could be changed to look/feel like the GNS430 in my plane. I'll take another look at the manual for the 430 (the non-sim version) to see if that could be adjusted in the AUX/Settings menu.

Yea... both LinkVOR and LinkOBS are set to 'true'. Thanks for your help, anyway.

Are you experiencing the reverse zooming when using Reality XP 430 / 530 with X-Plane and Realsimgear hardware?

It may not be related to Realsimgear, since it does it when you click the virtual up/down carots on the X-Plane 172 cockpit. 

Dave