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Hi All, A friend pointed me to the fact that when HDG UP is selected, the selected heading bug does not appear below the current heading pointer with a side wind. Or, to use Mike Ray’s words, the sailboat is not in the harbor. I think this is wrong when flying a straight course. See image below: Best regards,Pim van Vrijaldenhoven

At the end of Night Lighting Video the LIGHTS switch is set to TEST. According to the FCOM (1.30.4) it should illuminate some of the ights on the Captain and F/O instrument panels. I believe that it should NOT light the BELOW G/S annunciators because they are part of the GPWS system and it has its own TEST button.Ryan, can you verify?Best regards,--pim

Hi All,I am a cockpit builder and I am trying to wire up all the lights and backlighting as much as the real thing B737-800. Since there is a lot of knowledge in these forums I have the following questions:1) Is there any light source in a cold and dark environment? Perhaps only the dome lights?2) What light sources are available with battery power only? Are the flood lights (MIP, AFDS and Aft console) available? 3) I presume that the backlighting is available when there is an AC power source, (GND, APU, GEN).If somebody could shine his or her light on this I would be grateful, as I cannot find any of this in the FCOM.Best regards,--pim

Hallo Ian,Like you I am building a cockpit, although not as elaborate. When I started my project some two years ago, I wanted to build it around the PMDG 737NG. I bought the Engravity CDU and the CPFlight MCP + EFIS and their MIP interface board. Initially all went well, however it was not a stable situation. Running FS with a dual monitor output (Matrox Triplehead2G for the outside view, and PFD + ND) worked, but there was no support for a truly integrated EICAS and the overhead functions. So I bit the bullet and purchased Project Magenta. It was quite a high expenditure but now I was able to distribute functions over multiple computers. See my current configuration at: http://home.planet.nl/~pvrijald/flightsim/configuration.htm. I know that PM has problems but in my opinion it is currently the only mature solution.In addition to your wish list, I would like to add that it should be able to run on multiple computers, especially if it has to run on FSX. Best regards,--pim

Hallo Robert,Since PMDG does not want to release the internals Project Magenta is for most 737ng builders the only way to go. You may want to look at: http://www.737ng.co.uk/ because this gentleman is using the PMDG plane and emulating the overhead logics with his own hardware.One final consideration: after you have purchased and build all the hardware for a 737ng flightdeck, the cost of the PM software is maybe 10% of your total expenditure.Good luck with your project.Best regards,--pim

Hallo ???,You have to terminate fs_com, then change the key assignments. Also take a look at the forums at www.cpflight.com. The standard stuff (MCP + EFIS + Radio's) is all working without any problems for me.Best regards,--pim

Hallo Manny,All you have to do is to get the 737kbd.ini file from either Patch5 or Patch6 (depending what version you have of the 737NG, and copy it over the existing file in the PMDG folder, start FS, load the PMDG737NG, start FS_COM and you have fully working MCP + EFIS.The only functions that don't work are FO's course and FD controlsBest regards,--pim

Hallo Mike,The Engravity panels (captain

Hallo Mike,I recently bought the CPFlight MCP and EFIS modules and I can report that they are fully compatible with the PMDG 737. The reason that I went for the CPFlight modules is that they will fit the Engravity panels and that CPFlight also sells radio/nav/atc modules, plus an interface board that can be used to wire up a MIP.I wish you success with making your decision.--pim

Hallo Freek,To turn it on you have to click on the switch below it (Panel Lights). Of course, you need power first.Best regards,--pim

Hallo Phillip,I am aslo using VFR Netherlands and the two don't seem to go together very well. Since I am a DutchVACC member I am well aware that they recommend it, together with the Cloud9 scenery. I hope that the nl-2000 team will come up with a version that only has the airports, because e.g. the default EHEH scenery is pretty horrible.All the best,--pim

Hallo Anthony,You have to rebuild the database in RC4 (rebuild scenery db). Then it will know about all the runways.Best regards,--pim

Hallo Anthony,Yes, it's payware. However it's worth every eurocent. Their website is: http://www.fscloud9.comAll the best,--pim

Hallo Anthony,It's not the navdata, but it's the scenery that is probably the culprit. The EHAM default scenery is very old. Since then the polderbaan (36L, 18R) has been added, the north/south runways have been renamed and a number of ILS frequencies have been changed. I am using Cloud9 with the 737NG and have no problems.Success,--pim