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Many thanks, Jean-Luc. Purchased both the 530 and 430 and obtained the 50% discount on the second purchase as advertised 👍. Didn't understand your second paragraph - how do I apply the 50% to the first purchase?

Hello, I am trying to buy the GNS 530W V2 FltSim and take advantage of your Bundle Sale offer by adding the GNS 430W V2 FltSim. When I try to enter the .cpn code I get the response "The coupon you selected is not a valid coupon file for this transaction" This is very odd as I am using the correct coupon codes. Can you please help resolve this issue? regards Rick Canham

Hi John, Thanks for this one and for -OJT.........very nice mate!

Thanks very much Dylan - I spent hours thrashing around trying to get Windows 10 to 'stick' on my new SSD. I've become very familiar with my BIOS now but this tip has certainly saved me much more wasted time

Thanks very much.......keep up the great work.. :smile2:

Many many thanks to 'lzamm', Björn, and 'kdfw__' for making this add-on one of the most enjoyable and immersive in FSX. And not to forget Razbam for a good platform in the first place even if support is a little sparse (IMHO they are spread too thin). There was talk of an updated sound pack a while ago....... :Whistle:

Hi, @Ed - I think you are trying to be helpful but my level of frustration has just gone up another notch. The corrections you show do not make the pop-up work. But let's forget about the Cessna which merely shows that the GNS is installed in place of the default Microsoft GPS gauge, and pops up in conventional fashion. I want to ask you to give me an example of the MindStar GNS working properly in a panel that DOES have a GPS installation......please? @Bert - Good to see you here. IMHO you are right. I do get a hand on the MindStar gauges' screen plus what looks like a tooltip which says "Zoom 530" or "Zoom 430". This click is apparently not handled properly unless the aircraft is pre-configured in some way so we can't install the MindStar in a panel that is not designed for it......I don't have problem with that provided I am told that is so by the developers.

OK - here is my default c172 MindStar panel.cfg as installed from the download but amended in red to contain a GNS 530/430 combination in the 2d and VC cockpits. This only for illustrative purposes to try and get the pop-ups working properly. As stated earlier in this thread the GNS screens can be clicked on (with the cursor changing to a hand and a tooltip appearing) but nothing happens. A pop-up GNS is obtained in the usual ways by pressing either shift+3, the SimIcon in the 2d panel or by selecting 'GNS panel' from the 'Views - Instrument Panel' dropdown menu. The pop-up panel is turned off by clicking on its screen. While the pop-up is active the GNS screens on the panels go off. I'm requesting help to determine why clicking on a GNS screen does not activate the GNS pop-up as I thought it would. I hope you can shed some light on this problem - thanks. // Panel Configuration Cessna 172 with Mindstar GNS GPS [Window Titles] Window00=Main Panel Window01=Radio Stack Window02=GNS Panel Window03=IFR Panel Window04=Landing View Window05=Mini Panel [Window00] file_1024=cessna_172_background.bmp file_1024_night=cessna_172_background_night.bmp size_mm=640 position=7 visible=1 no_luminous=1 ident=MAIN_PANEL zorder=0 windowsize_ratio=1.000 window_pos=0.0,0.0 window_size=1.000,1.000 view_window_rect=0,0,8192,4000 gauge00=Cessna!Altimeter, 346,167, 79, 79 gauge01=Cessna!Annunciator, 517,159, 62, 15 gauge02=Cessna!Avionics Switch, 288,426, 37, 47 gauge03=Cessna!Flaps, 467,415, 48, 64 gauge04=Cessna!Fuel_Selector, 556,415, 82, 62 gauge05=Cessna!Heading_Indicator, 264,247, 81, 81 gauge06=Cessna!Master_Alt_Bat, 121,425, 40, 45 gauge07=Cessna!Nav_GPS_Annunciator, 582,162, 12, 11 gauge08=Cessna!Nav GPS Switch, 594,162, 12, 11 gauge09=Cessna!OMI_Lights, 609,158 gauge10=Cessna!Pitch_Trim, 528,416, 21, 36 gauge11=Cessna!Starter, 71,422, 47, 52 gauge12=Cessna!Turn_Indicator, 185,247, 78, 78 gauge13=Cessna!Vertical_Speed, 346,247, 79, 79 gauge14=Cessna!Vacuum_Ampermeter, 122,334, 58, 58 gauge15=Cessna172!Airspeed, 185,167, 78, 78 gauge16=Cessna172!Alt_Static_Air, 339,453, 37, 27 gauge17=Cessna172!Clock, 122,193, 58, 58 gauge18=Cessna172!EGT_Fuel_Flow, 122,271, 58, 58 gauge19=Cessna172!Fuel, 61,270, 58, 58 gauge20=Cessna172!Fuel_Shutoff, 517,453, 36, 28 gauge21=Cessna172!Panel_Lights_Switch, 342,418, 30, 34 gauge22=Cessna172!Tachometer, 347,329, 78, 78 gauge23=Cessna172!Thrust_Controls, 375,425, 81, 55 gauge24=Cessna182s!Oil_Press_Temp, 62,334, 58, 58 gauge25=Cessna182s!Switches, 163,440,121, 41 gauge26=CessnaWAlpha!ADF_Alpha, 431,329, 79, 79 gauge27=CessnaWAlpha!Attitude_Alpha, 266,167, 78, 78 gauge28=CessnaWAlpha!VOR2_Alpha, 431,247, 79, 79 gauge29=CessnaWAlpha!VOR1_Alpha, 431,167, 79, 79 gauge30=CessnaWAlpha!Whiskey_Compass_Alpha, 499, 98, 35, 23 gauge41=SimIcons!Kneeboard Icon, 66,255 gauge42=SimIcons!ATC Icon, 78,255 gauge43=SimIcons!Map Icon, 90,255 gauge44=SimIcons!GPS Icon, 102,255 gauge45=SimIcons1024!IFR Icon, 114,255, 12, 12 gauge46=SimIcons1024!Landing Icon, 126,255, 12, 12 gauge47=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Audio, 519,177,120, 24 //gauge48=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 1, 519,200,120, 41 gauge48=MPI_GNS!GNS530, 519,201,120,87, 1:2:0 //gauge49=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 2, 519,240,120, 42 gauge49=MPI_GNS!GNS430, 519,289,120,49, 2:2:0 //gauge50=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio ADF, 519,281,120, 32 //gauge51=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio DME, 519,313,120, 30 //gauge52=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Xpndr, 519,343,120, 34 gauge52=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Xpndr, 519,339,120,37 //gauge53=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio AP, 519,377,121, 34 gauge53=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio AP, 519,376,120,36 gauge54=n_number_plaque!n_number_plaque, 210,387,65,19 // --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Window01] BACKGROUND_COLOR=2,2,2 size_mm=156,308 position=8 visible=0 ident=RADIO_STACK_PANEL zorder=3 gauge00=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Audio, 0, 0,156,31 gauge01=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 1, 0, 29,156,59 gauge02=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 2, 0, 86,156,59 gauge03=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio ADF, 0,142,156,41 gauge04=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio DME, 0,180,156,41 gauge05=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Xpndr, 0,217,156,49 gauge06=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio AP, 0,262,156,48 windowsize_ratio=1.000 window_pos=0.756,0.358 window_size=0.243,0.641 // --------------------------------------------------------------------- // METHOD #1: twin 430's //[Window02] //size_mm=456,378 //window_size=0.5 //position=8 //BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0 //VISIBLE=0 // Microsoft's panel ident named "GPS_PANEL" is equivalent to a number 225 //ident=GPS_PANEL // // Gauge 5th Parameter contains 3 values separated by colons ':' // UNIT:INST:IDENT // UNIT - GPS Unit Number: Use '1' for GPS #1, Use '2' for GPS #2. // INST - Sequential instance number for a particular unit. // For example, GPS #1 may appear in the main panel and also // in a popup panel, GPS #1 in the main panel would be instance 1, // and the GPS #1 in the popup panel would be instance 2. // IDENT - The "Ident" value of the window on which this gauge appears. // Use numbers only. GPS_PANEL is 225. Virtual Cockpit is -1 // //gauge00=MPI_GNS!GNS430, 0, 0, 456, 189, 1:1:225 //gauge01=MPI_GNS!GNS430, 0, 189, 456, 189, 2:1:225 //------------------------------------------------------------------ // METHOD #2: Combo 530/430 [Window02] size_mm=456,520 window_size=0.5 position=8 BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0 VISIBLE=0 // Microsoft's panel ident named "GPS_PANEL" is equivalent to a number 225 ident=GPS_PANEL // Gauge 5th Parameter contains 3 values separated by colons ':' // UNIT:INST:IDENT // UNIT - GPS Unit Number: Use '1' for GPS #1, Use '2' for GPS #2. // INST - Sequential instance number for a particular unit. // For example, GPS #1 may appear in the main panel and also // in a popup panel, GPS #1 in the main panel would be instance 1, // and the GPS #1 in the popup panel would be instance 2. // IDENT - The "Ident" value of the window on which this gauge appears. // Use numbers only. GPS_PANEL is 225. Virtual Cockpit is -1 gauge00=MPI_GNS!GNS530, 0, 0, 456, 331, 1:1:225 gauge01=MPI_GNS!GNS430, 0, 331, 456, 189, 2:1:225 //------------------------------------------------------------------ //-------------------------------------------------------- [Window03] file_1024=cessna_172_ifr_background.bmp file_1024_night=cessna_172_ifr_background_night.bmp size_mm=640 position=7 visible=0 ident=MAIN_PANEL_ALT1 no_luminous=1 zorder=1 view_window_rect=0,0,8192,1200 gauge00=Cessna!Altimeter, 279, 91,100, 99 gauge01=Cessna!Annunciator, 493, 81, 79, 20 gauge02=Cessna!Avionics Switch, 210,411, 40, 59 gauge03=Cessna!Flaps, 430,399, 61, 78 gauge04=Cessna!Fuel_Selector, 540,400, 98, 79 gauge05=Cessna!Heading_Indicator, 179,191,100, 99 gauge06=Cessna!Master_Alt_Bat, 2,414, 45, 55 gauge07=Cessna!Nav_GPS_Annunciator, 574, 84, 16, 15 gauge08=Cessna!Nav GPS Switch, 589, 86, 13, 11 gauge09=Cessna!OMI_Lights, 609, 83, 31, 15 gauge10=Cessna!Pitch_Trim, 504,400, 24, 46 gauge11=Cessna!Turn_Indicator, 78,189,100,100 gauge12=Cessna!Vertical_Speed, 280,191,100,100 gauge13=Cessna!Vacuum_Ampermeter, 158,298, 73, 75 gauge14=Cessna172!Airspeed, 79, 90, 98, 97 gauge15=Cessna172!Alt_Static_Air, 271,449, 44, 30 gauge16=Cessna172!Clock, 1,122, 73, 72 gauge17=Cessna172!EGT_Fuel_Flow, 1,299, 73, 73 gauge18=Cessna172!Fuel, 1,220, 74, 72 gauge19=Cessna172!Fuel_Shutoff, 494,445, 43, 34 gauge20=Cessna172!Tachometer, 282,293, 98, 95 gauge21=Cessna172!Thrust_Controls, 321,414,102, 64 gauge22=Cessna172!Panel_Lights_Switch, 273,402, 38, 41 gauge23=Cessna182s!Oil_Press_Temp, 80,300, 73, 72 gauge24=Cessna182s!Switches, 51,429,151, 51 gauge25=CessnaWAlpha!ADF_Alpha, 387,292,100,100 gauge26=CessnaWAlpha!Attitude_Alpha, 179, 90,100, 99 gauge27=CessnaWAlpha!VOR1_Alpha, 385, 91,100,100 gauge28=CessnaWAlpha!VOR2_Alpha, 385,190,100,100 gauge29=CessnaWAlpha!Whiskey_Compass_Alpha, 471, 3, 43, 30 gauge30=SimIcons!Kneeboard Icon, 37,379, 12, 12 gauge31=SimIcons!ATC Icon, 51,379, 12, 12 gauge32=SimIcons!Map Icon, 65,379, 12, 12 gauge33=SimIcons!GPS Icon, 79,379, 12, 12 gauge34=SimIcons1024!VFR Icon, 93,379, 12, 12 gauge35=SimIcons1024!Landing Icon, 107,379, 12, 12 gauge36=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Audio, 496,102,143,27 gauge37=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 1, 496,129,143,52 gauge38=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 2, 496,181,143,56 gauge39=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio ADF, 496,236,143,35 gauge40=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio DME, 496,271,143,37 gauge41=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Xpndr, 496,308,143,43 gauge42=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio AP, 496,351,143,43 [Window04] file_1024=cessna_172_landing_background.bmp file_1024_night=cessna_172_landing_background_night.bmp size_mm=640 visible=0 no_luminous=1 ident=MAIN_PANEL_ALT2 windowsize_ratio=1.000 position=7 zorder=2 view_window_rect=0,0,8192,4900 gauge00=Cessna!Altimeter, 346,167, 79, 79 gauge01=Cessna!Annunciator, 517,159, 62, 15 gauge02=Cessna!Avionics Switch, 288,426, 37, 47 gauge03=Cessna!Flaps, 467,415, 48, 64 gauge04=Cessna!Fuel_Selector, 556,415, 82, 62 gauge05=Cessna!Heading_Indicator, 264,247, 81, 81 gauge06=Cessna!Master_Alt_Bat, 121,425, 40, 45 gauge07=Cessna!Nav_GPS_Annunciator, 582,162, 12, 11 gauge08=Cessna!Nav GPS Switch, 595,162, 10, 10 gauge09=Cessna!OMI_Lights, 609,158 gauge10=Cessna!Pitch_Trim, 528,416, 21, 36 gauge11=Cessna!Starter, 71,422, 47, 52 gauge12=Cessna!Turn_Indicator, 185,247, 78, 78 gauge13=Cessna!Vertical_Speed, 346,247, 79, 79 gauge14=Cessna!Vacuum_Ampermeter, 122,334, 58, 58 gauge15=Cessna172!Airspeed, 185,167, 78, 78 gauge16=Cessna172!Alt_Static_Air, 339,453, 37, 27 gauge17=Cessna172!Clock, 122,193, 58, 58 gauge18=Cessna172!EGT_Fuel_Flow, 122,271, 58, 58 gauge19=Cessna172!Fuel, 61,270, 58, 58 gauge20=Cessna172!Fuel_Shutoff, 517,453, 36, 28 gauge21=Cessna172!Panel_Lights_Switch, 342,418, 30, 34 gauge22=Cessna172!Tachometer, 347,329, 78, 78 gauge23=Cessna172!Thrust_Controls, 375,425, 81, 55 gauge24=Cessna182s!Oil_Press_Temp, 62,334, 58, 58 gauge25=Cessna182s!Switches, 163,440,121, 41 gauge26=CessnaWAlpha!ADF_Alpha, 431,329, 79, 79 gauge27=CessnaWAlpha!Attitude_Alpha, 266,167, 78, 78 gauge28=CessnaWAlpha!VOR1_Alpha, 431,167, 79, 79 gauge29=CessnaWAlpha!VOR2_Alpha, 431,247, 79, 79 gauge30=CessnaWAlpha!Whiskey_Compass_Alpha, 499, 98, 35, 24 gauge31=SimIcons!Kneeboard Icon, 66,255 gauge32=SimIcons!ATC Icon, 78,255 gauge33=SimIcons!Map Icon, 90,255 gauge34=SimIcons!GPS Icon, 102,255 gauge35=SimIcons1024!VFR Icon, 114,255, 12, 12 gauge36=SimIcons1024!IFR Icon, 126,255, 12, 12 gauge37=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Audio, 519,177,120, 24 gauge38=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 1, 519,200,120, 41 gauge39=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 2, 519,240,120, 42 gauge40=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio ADF, 519,281,120, 32 gauge41=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio DME, 519,313,120, 30 gauge42=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Xpndr, 519,343,120, 34 gauge43=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio AP, 519,377,121, 34 gauge44=n_number_plaque!n_number_plaque, 210,387,65,19 [Window05] position=7 size_mm=631,100 child_3d=1 background_color=0,0,0 no_luminous=1 ident=MINIPANEL gauge00=Cessna172!Airspeed, 0, 1 gauge01=Cessna!Turn_Indicator, 102, 0 gauge02=CessnaWAlpha!Attitude_Alpha, 207, 0 gauge03=Cessna!Heading_Indicator, 312, 0 gauge04=Cessna!Altimeter, 417, 0 gauge05=Cessna!Vertical_Speed, 531, 0 [VCockpit01] size_mm=512,512 pixel_size=512,512 texture=$C172s_1 background_color=0,0,0 gauge00=Cessna!Nav_GPS_Annunciator, 69,457, 20, 19 gauge01=Cessna!VOR1, 259, 1,140,140 gauge02=Cessna!Nav GPS Switch, 45,456, 20, 21 gauge03=Cessna!ADF, 259,283,145,145 gauge04=Cessna172!EGT_Fuel_Flow, 400,109,107,107 gauge05=Cessna172!Fuel, 400, 1,107,107 gauge06=Cessna182s!Oil_Press_Temp, 405,325,107,107 gauge07=Cessna!OMI_Lights, 0,456, 44, 24 gauge08=Cessna!Vacuum_Ampermeter, 405,217,107,107 gauge09=Cessna!Annunciator, 0,481, 99, 25 gauge10=Cessna172!Whiskey_Compass, 100,456, 56, 39 gauge11=Cessna182s!VOR2, 259,142,140,140 gauge12=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Audio, 0, 0, 258, 50 //gauge13=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 1, 0, 51,258, 95 //gauge14=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 2, 0,147,258, 95 //gauge15=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio ADF, 0,243,258, 66 //gauge16=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio DME, 0,310,258, 66 gauge17=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Xpndr, 0,377,258, 78 gauge18=n_number_plaque!n_number_plaque, 188,468,89,25 gauge19=MPI_GNS!GNS530, 0, 51, 258, 187, 1:3:-1 gauge20=MPI_GNS!GNS430, 0, 236, 258, 139, 2:3:-1 [VCockpit02] size_mm=512,512 pixel_size=512,512 texture=$C172s_2 background_color=0,0,0 gauge00=Cessna!Heading_Indicator, 0, 0,163,162 gauge01=Cessna!Turn_Indicator, 164, 0,158,158 gauge02=Bell_206B!Attitude, 323, 0,158,158 gauge03=Cessna!Altimeter, 0,163,158,156 gauge04=Cessna172!Airspeed, 164,159,155,155 gauge05=Cessna!Vertical_Speed, 323,159,156,157 gauge06=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio AP, 0,321,258, 77 gauge07=Cessna172!Tachometer, 260,318,143,143 gauge08=Cessna172!Clock, 0,400, 86, 86 gauge09=Cessna!Flaps, 88,400, 78,105 [Views] VIEW_FORWARD_DIR= 8.0, 0.0, 0.0 Day=255,255,255 Night=255,255,255 Luminous=201,64,64

I think the continued point-scoring behaviour between MindStar and developers who license the MindStar products is quite disgraceful, most unhelpful and is really shooting each other in the foot. A MindStar GNS for FSX or P3D is of little use without a vehicle to put it in, and even less use when it doesn't work as advertised. Similarly Milviz (because I've paid good money for their C310R and B/E-55 as well as to MindStar for their GNS530/430) have a vested interest in the combination of aircraft and avionics working together properly. If you have no idea how to add a gauge to an FSX aircraft then perhaps you are in the wrong business! I will supply any amount of panel.cfg or other information if requested by someone who is trying to help me with my problem. Perhaps you or Bill Leaming can provide me with a configuration that DOES work properly?

Thanks to both of you for the quick replies. @Ed - Yes. In both the 2D and VC panels the cursor changes from a pointer to a hand and the tooltip 'Zoom 530' or 'Zoom 430' appears as appropriate. @Fr.Bill - I hope this helps Dean but I do not have the PC12. As you know the default C172 does not have a GPS in either panel, only the pop-up from a Simicon, so there must be some other interference happening? And the problem is the same in the MilViz C310R which is installed as supplied as far as I can tell. :unsure: I cannot see any suitable xml candidates in that panel.cfg to be removed. Over to you again.........and thanks.

Hello, With respect Ed, I don't believe that constitutes an adequate answer to Dean's problem. I share his frustration but I am getting the same symptoms with your installed GNS/Cessna 172 combination. I cannot get the pop-up to work by clicking on the 2d or VC GNS screens (I've put the GNS in the default panel and VC just for trial purposes). Clicking on the pop-up screen makes it disappear as it should. Shift+3 activates the pop-up as it should. I think I've tried all combinations of the 'Instance' number. You're right.....it seems the click is probably not getting to the gauge......but why not? May we have a bit more expert assistance to help solve this problem please?

Thanks very much for the update to this very nice plane. But there's one thing that really bothers me and that is the requirement to turn off all anti-virus programs before downloading the installers. Why is it not like 99.9% of flightsim products that do not require this odd and dangerous practice?........please explain why we have to take the risk of exposing our systems to the big,bad world for several minutes. Thank you again for a great product.

OK Bob and thanks for the comments. I won't be able to check it out on my 1920x1200 desktop monitor for another couple of weeks or so - and I've made a mental note to get a higher-res laptop next time around......

Hi Bob and everybody,I'm running FS9.1 on a Windows XP Pro SP3 laptop. I'm using Tinmouse v 1.4 widesceen panels, in this case 16-10 on my 1280x800 screen.The problem as illustrated in the two pics attached is that the lettering does not align with the panel bitmap and is not complete. I have checked the bitmap resources in the 'B732ADV!ldg_gear_w' gauge file as much as I can in FS Panel Studio but can't seem to get anywhere with it - looks like it's the lettering from the standard panel where the indicator lights are partially cut off at the edge of the screen.Does anybody else see this? I suspect not as I cannot find any mention of the problem in this forum. Can anyone offer any assistance please?