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  1. rX

    LINDA GUI required?

    Hi Andrew, It's clear [mostly] now. LINDA GUI reads HID and then calls interprocess to FSUIPC with Linda LUA running. Without the GUI not only button presses aren't detected but also switches the assignments/profiles based on loaded aircraft. The confusion came from this below which still reads as though Linda will be functional if after startup is completed the GUI is closed - its current form still confuses me 🙂 Maybe it meant to say "minimized"? Anyway, no need to waste any more time on this and I will just use "Start GUI with Sim" and leave it running minimized while in the sim. Thank you!
  2. rX

    LINDA GUI required?

    Hi Andrew, Thank you for the prompt and thorough explanation. I feel I am still missing something, or it's somehow broken for me. I understand this should work: provided everything is setup and working correctly, (and not switching aircraft), closing (not minimizing) the GUI should not disable Linda (for LINDA's Joystick button mapped inputs for Aircraft Modules <FSL A320>) and it should continue working. If so, that is not working for some reason. It works perfectly fine with the GUI open but as soon as I close it it stops functioning. As I close the GUI FSUIPC prints to the logs 863703 LUA.0: LINDA:: [S] LVars watching list cleared... But that might be be just for the VRInsight outputs which I am not using. I also tried assigning a keypress to LUA LINDA and LUA ipcReady and that displays messages that LINDA is starting, but it's not functional. When I start the GUI it shows that LINDA is restarting so it's not joining the existing session (again, not sure what is expected). NB: this is not a critical issue. With GUI everything is functioning perfectly but due to my obsession to having as few binaries running in the background and my understanding that LINDA.exe is not in fact necessary during runtime, I'd like to achieve it if possible by design.
  3. Hi, I see in the Q&A post that Linda GUI is required in FSX for Joystick inputs to work. Does that apply for P3Dv5 or such? I'm asking because it seems strange that: The GUI has this note next to "Start GUI with Sim": Note: LINDA core code is started by entry FSUIPC.ini The setting "Start GUI with Sim" is disabled by default. I have not been able to make it work without starting LINDA GUI manually or setting the "Start GUI with Sim" to on. Is this by design? Does the GUI really need to run for normal use (after configuration)? Thanks, Eric
  4. FMC position update upon TO/GA selection based on runway threshold + RWY REMAIN setting in FMC when no other navigation available is missing in PMDG 737NGX and the MD-11. I have not yet tested 777 as I do not own it. Tricky thing is that the FMC provides the option to set this but it's just cosmetic as it does nothing.
  5. rX

    TCAS CTD

    Ryan, If you remember I reported the exact same issue back when NGX was released. After I managed to track down all steps required to reproduce the TCAS module programmer created a new version that fixed this issue. Could it be that the new code didn't end up in the 777 eventually? I can't test as I don't own the 777.
  6. Thank you Bryan for the quick reply. Have monitored approaches ever been Boeing SOP?
  7. I remember the older version of FS2Crew (the one for the FS2002 PMDG 737) had the feature of monitored approaches. Looking through the Boeing latest NP and FCTM there is no separate procedure to be done in low visibility. Was this not Boeing procedure but local SOP for some airline or was it in the old Boeing documents and removed now? Basically the question is what happened to monitored approaches in real life and why were they removed? What do you do now in low visibility? Does the PF (assuming no HGS) use the instruments until minimums and at minimums look outside for a second then go around? Thanks, Eric
  8. Hallo, Trying to get familiar with all modes of IRS update I ended up trying to use RWY REMAIN feature of the IRS update in lieu of GPS or other position update features. However trying everything I couldn't see it in action. First test was with VOR L/R DME L/R, ILS L/R and GPS L/R set as failed and IRS set with slight offset coordinates. Afterwards I taxied the aircraft to the end of the runway, selected the correct runway and depressed TO/GA. Second test was with not failures but in NAV STATUS> NAV OPTIONS page I have turned off DME, LOC, VOR and GPS updates and used an intersection takeoff and entered the remaining runway in RWY REMAIN field. Upon selection of TO/GA in both cases the position didn't update to the runway threshold (or THR + distance) and remained in the wrong coordinates. Can anyone confirm if they have tested this previously? Is my testing method flawed? Or is the feature actually not implemented? Thank you,
  9. Exact RGBs have nothing to do with how it will look in a specific rendering engine. So the spot color (not RGB by the way) used in the real livery would be useless in this case. What you need to do is adjust and compare in FS X many times until you get it right. Your eyes are the precious, rarely utilized tool used here.
  10. Ok. This somewhat works. After shutdown I switched from APU to APU/EX mode and asked ground "Please connect external G P U now". This time he heard me and connected it. Then he confirmed by saying "external GPU now connected and you can shut down engine #1". Of course engine number 2 was off. Also if in preflight even if switching to APU/EXT ground won't reply at this point anymore. So if after starting the 2nd leg preflight if you later decide to add GPU to turn off APU there is no way to do it except force it outside FS2Crew. Bryan, thus my request as detailed above, for a true mode for APU switching to EXT PWR reaching stand remains on request.
  11. Thanks. If this works it will be the answer I was looking for all along 12 posts ago.
  12. Damien, Although I have reports that all airlines operating at this airport do this the same way and at least one other report from an airline that does not fly here (granted not double checked) what I am asking is not individual airline policy. What I am asking is flexibility on behalf of the ground crew independent of the mode you are using. If I ask him to connect the GPU on APU mode he should. To elaborate, if I am on a 30 minute turnaround I will only be using the APU (a common situation of a low cost airline operating 737s) but if due to some delay brings me over the 45 minute mark with the APU operating I will need to ask the ground crew to bring around the GPU and connect it. How do I do that now?
  13. 2. Yes, I know. *I* requested them in Mantis. But in preflight? 1. The original post describes everything. You cannot ask the ground staff to connect the GPU when under some modes. Because, what is written in the original post.
  14. Damien, Thanks for your feedback. What you say certainly makes sense to me however not being Chief Pilot for the Boeing 737 series for this company there is nothing I can do at this moment to change this procedure. The company is TAROM. Bryan, Can the Ground Engineer be open to doing what the captain asks him rather then what he thinks is right? PS. Quick bug report just so I don't forget for later: saying one of the FMAs out loud during preflight will result in the F/O replying checked. Should this be limited to before takeoff to after takeoff?
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