robertcezar

Hi Everyone,I hope you all had a nice holiday season.RE: Small PTT (Microphone Switch) app I spent a considerable amount of time attempting to implement a RELIABLE KEYBOARD HOOK in Dot.Net - in particular, one that would operate on 32 and 64 bit systems.. Regrettably, there are some serious issue with this approach. IMPORTANT DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS:1. The Speech Recognition system needed to implemented in the SHARED MODE, in particular to meet the needs of our blind pilots, and others with special considerations. 2. Per #1 above, IYP needs to remain in as the FOREGROUND application in order to have the spoken phrases pass through the IYP grammer library. If the phrase is not recognised, then the IYP system passes the SAPI phrase on for subsequent desktop processing.UNFORTUNATELY REALITY:Global hooks are not supported in the .NET Framework. Except for the WH_KEYBOARD_LL low-level hook and the WH_MOUSE_LL low-level hook, you cannot implement global hooks in the Microsoft .NET Framework. To install a global hook, a hook must have a native DLL export to inject itself in another process that requires a valid, consistent function to call into. This behavior requires a DLL export. The .NET Framework does not support DLL exports. Managed code has no concept of a consistent value for a function pointer because these function pointers are proxies that are built dynamically.To make matters worse, a Global Keyboard Handler can't work on a 64-bit operating system with AnyCPU. In effect, the Marshal.GetHINSTANCE() cast is broken. I can however, OPTIONALLY reliably provide for TURNING ON/OFF the Speech Recognition system by using the facilities Pete Dowson included in FSUIPC - namely the IYP Listen On and IYP Listen Off in the Button + Switches section. For information on how to implement this facility, please refer to PAGE 162 of the IYP Users' Manual located here:http://www.itsyourplane.com/html/manuals.aspI will provide for this in version 4.1.0.259.Best regards,RobertHappy New Year

Hi Jonas,My name is Robert Cezar - Developer of It's Your Plane. I have placed a notice on the front page of the IYP Webiste http://www.ItsYourPlane.cominviting our members to join in, in the development of a more fluid interface between IYP and the MS ATC. Albeit you're not an IYP user, your input would much appreciate. Please visit us at Michelle's Pilot Lounge here: http://forums.fsaddon.eu/viewtopic.php?t=1802if you'd like to offer your suggestions. I look for to seeing in the forum.Robert :)

Hi Geoff,As I indicated, sometimes I can be a dumb as a stump!PROBLEM RESOLVED!!!The culprit was a file called: airac_update_201769095.BGLin the Addon Scenery folder. I have no idea where this file came from, or how it got on my development machine, which I have atttempted to keep EXTRA clean. Thanks all you guys for helping me out with the nasty problem... I sincerely appreciate it.Regards,Robert CezarIYP Developerhttp://www.ItsYourPlane.com

Hi Dan,RE: What is the actual magnetic heading of this runway 8? Do you get a correct magnectic heading with the default C172?Well, in the attached photos, I decided to use the DEFAULT Boeing 737-400 pursuant to your suggestion that I look at the Cessna, and headed for KSEA (Seattle), Runway 34L. Since I have been using this particular development machine exclusively for interfacing It's Your Plane (IYP) to the PMDG, I never even thought of trying another aircraft to see if the problem existed with those planes! Thank you! It does indeed exhibit the problem with other a/c.http://www.itsyourplane.com/rh1.jpgI copied the magdec.bgl from FSX to the FS9 scenery folder and now, you'll notice that I'm flying 360 (000) on final, which happens to be the TRUE NORTH BEARING... the Magnetic Variation being -19! http://www.itsyourplane.com/rh2.jpgICAO: KSEA Airport Name: Seattle-Tacoma Intl City: Seattle State/Province: Washington Country: United States Longitude: -122.3093 Latitude: 47.449 Altitude: 433 Magnetic Variation: -19 Approach Frequencies: 119.200 120.100 120.400 125.900 126.500 ATIS Frequencies: 118.000 FSS Frequencies: Clearance Frequencies: Cleanance Pre-Taxi Frequencies: 128.000 Departure Frequencies: 119.200 120.100 120.400 125.900 126.500 Ground Frequencies: 121.700 Tower Frequencies: 119.900 UniCom Frequencies: 122.950 Runway Length Heading Surface ILS ILS Cat ILS Type ILS Freq 16L 11894 182 asphalt ISNQ ILS/DME 110.300 34R 11894 2 asphalt ISEA ILS/DME 110.300 16R 9421 182 concrete ISZI III ILS/DME 111.700 34L 9421 2 concrete ITUC ILS/DME 111.700 So, I am now completely and utterly confused! Either I am missing something very obvious, or I am as dumb as a stump! LOLARGH!!!r :)

Thank you Dan.I do have a file called magdec.bgl in FS9. And, I just reinstalled FS9 completely, but the problem persists. This is really bizarrre!http://www.ItsYourPlane.com/rh.jpgI cannot find a TRUE/MAG switch anywhere on the panel, and nowhere in the documentation... ARGH.Any other thoughts you might have would be very helpful.Robert

Hi Rob,Thanks for the suggestion. I don't seem to have a mag.dll on my machine.r :(

I really need some help!I'm interfacing the It's Your Plane software with the PMDG 737-600.700 for FS9. There's a weird thing going on with the HDG in the PFD displaying a TRUE instead of MAGNETIC HDG. For example, when I position the aircraft on Runway 08R at CYVR, the HDG displays 100 degrees. (NOTE: This applies to ALL airports.) I cannot find a setting in the PMDG documentation that addresses this issue. Can someone please enlighten me?Thanks a lot in advance,Robert Cezar