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Hi, I want to read the current value of the two engine start levers, especially if they are in the "IDLE" position or in the "CUTOFF" position. The SDK itself has to variable for this state (I found "bool ENG_StartValve[2];" but this has nothing to do with the lever position). I also tried the following P3D variables without success: "GENERAL ENG MIXTURE LEVER POSITION:1", "GENERAL ENG FUEL VALVE:1" and "RECIP MIXTURE RATIO:1". By searching in the forum, I only found answers concerning the events to modify their positions, but not how to query their current position.

Finally resolved my problem. If the correct values are sent, the CDU works like a charm.

Interesting: If I manually press the same sequence from inside of the cockpit (Menu, R5, L3, L2), then I can send the command sequence again via SimConnect. So it looks like if the CDU buttons get "stuck" in their "1" position and that I have to "reset" them from inside of the cockpit. Do I have to send something like a "release" command so that the keys are released? But I cannot send a zero for every command, because "EVT_CDU_R_MENU", Value = 1 // press? "EVT_CDU_R_MENU", Value = 0 // release? "EVT_CDU_R_R5", Value = 1 // press? "EVT_CDU_R_R5", Value = 0 // release? "EVT_CDU_R_L3", Value = 1 // press? "EVT_CDU_R_L3", Value = 0 // release? "EVT_CDU_R_L2", Value = 1 // press? "EVT_CDU_R_L2", Value = 0 // release? leads to "MENU pressed, MENU released" -> "FS ACTIONS pressed, FS ACTIONS released" -> "GROUND CONNECTIONS pressed, AIR START UNIT = 0 (!!!)".

Hi all, I want to control the CDU of the PMDG 737NGX P3Dv4 via SimConnect. As a first test, I would like to connect a ground power unit, so I am sending these events with via SimConnect by writing into the PMDG NGX control area struct: "EVT_CDU_R_MENU", Value = 1 "EVT_CDU_R_R5", Value = 1 "EVT_CDU_R_L3", Value = 1 "EVT_CDU_R_L2", Value = 1 That is equivalent to "MENU" -> "FS ACTIONS" -> "GROUND CONNECTIONS" -> "GROUND POWER". This sequence is working exactly once: As I am inserting delays of 1 second between the events, I can see that the CDU inside of the airplane is doing what I expect. If I try to send the sequence for a 2nd time (no matter if I leave the CDU on the page "GROUND CONNECTIONS" or set it back to some other page from inside of the airplane), nothing happens. I am respecting "PMDG_NGX_Control.Event == 0" for each single event and I am also able to flip some Overhead switches afterwards. So I don't think that it is a communication problem. Can you help me with this? Regards, Martin

Hi Maarten, thank you. Great. Regards, Martin

Hi, I am programming a small planning application for some friends and me. The application imports weather data from other weather engines (REX and FSGRW so far) and displays it on a map. Because several of my friends are using Active Sky, they asked me, if I can read these files as well. The problem is, that I can't find any documentation about this file format and that I don't own Active Sky (just REX). Therefore I cannot open a ticket or thread in the official Hifi forum. That's why I am writing here. I have a copy of the file current_wx_snapshot.txt and analyzed its structure. Stations, METAR and TAF are easy to parse, but I found no information about the format of upper wind data. Upper wind is stored in a string like the following: 087,008,11.1 / 276,001,08.4 / 279,003,05.6 / 299,006,-03.9 / 333,010,-15.5 / 038,022,-27.8 / 042,071,-38.3 / 040,078,-48.6 / 029,071,-58.8 The string consists of 9 blocks separated by "/". Each block consists of 3 numbers: Wind direction, wind speed and temperature. What I am missing is the information about the altitude. I assume that each block represents a well defined altitude, but I don't know which one. By importing this file into PFPX, I found out, that block #9 corresponds to FL400 and #7 to FL300. But I can't figure out the correct altitude for the other 7 blocks. Pressure Surface (like in REX) doesn't match either (and raw GRIB data has just 8 levels instead of 9). Is there somebody who knows any details about this file format? Regards, Martin

Hi, I have a new PC, so I thought that I could test the problem with the gray areas on a fresh installation of FSX. So I installed FSX with Acceleration Pack and UTX, GEX and REX Essentials. No other addons or sceneries so far. Then I installed Belgium 2012 and the "gray areas" patch. I can confirm, that those gray areas still exists - even with the patch. I copied those four files from the patch RAR into "Belgium 2012\scenery" and restarted FSX. But it still displays those gray areas with the text "No Tile found". So I just hope that the next IVAO VFR tour won't bring us to EHBK :rolleyes: Regards, Martin

Tom says in post #232 and #234, that the file size of Avsim was increased to 500 mb. So the scenery could be uploaded to Avsim. That would be much better than our current torrent solution or third party share hosters.

Hi ianc, I am still seeding and the links from my post above should still work. Just yesterday a looked on the torrent and I've seen someone downloading from me. BTW: 95% of the time, I am the only one who is seeding. Would be nice, if others would seed a little bit longer after having leeched from me. Oops, right now there are 5 seeders. Never have seen that many before. So ianc, start your torrent download ASAP. You should get the files quite fast, as long as there are 5 seeders.

Michael, with BitTorrent you don't share a whole folder (like for example with eDonkey or eMule). There is a .torrent file that describes exactly the content (including file names and hash values) of this specific torrent. So if someone decides to share something via BitTorrent, you will get exactly this specific bundle of files. If you extract them into your FSX folder, you cannot participate any longer in seeding these unpacked files. You just can seed the original files. But this is not the right forum to discuss details of peer to peer networks. @Tom and Avsim stuff: :good: I am responsible for a blade center with a SAN and I know that increasing the storage size is not like going to the next store any buying a cheap multi TB disk. And right after having increased (or better: before) the storage size, you have to spend the same amount for a bigger backup solution. So I really respect your decision.

Ok, with the permission of Gerard (and the post from the Avsim staff, that torrent links are no longer disallowed): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/105696224/Belgium%202012.torrent You will get exactly those three files that Gerard announced in post #218. My server is up 24/7, but on a slow asymmetric DSL connection. Would be nice if others would seed after having downloaded the files.

Thank you Stephen for evaluating the stuff about torrent links. I am delighted about this decision. I hope that Gerard still allows us to share his work via torrent. If so, I could prepare a torrent and seed from my server. Just a small server behind an asymmetric DSL line with limited upstream, but the server is up 24/7. At least we won't "loose" the files every 30 days or so.

Thank you!!!! I already started downloading with JDownloader. As soon as I have the files, I will try to post magnet links.

There is one thing that makes me a little bit angry: My post did not contain any links to torrent files. I was just asking if there are other download sources - including torrent links. Even if torrent links are not welcome in this forum (but I couldn't find anything in the terms), the staff could simply remove the torrent links from the specific post. But in my case, the staff deleted the whole posting. That is not nice! BTW: Posting #143 is still in place and this one does contain torrent links. So, unfortunately, Gerald and CooIP could not read my "thank you for this work" and the feedback, that I can confirm the empty patch near EBUL in the bundle of CooIP. Too bad.... As Avsim does not host such large files, I would welcome a statement from the staff, what we should do to share large sceneries.

Hi Stephen, I did not post torrent links. I was just asking if the new package from Gerald is avalable from other sources, because his links are expired. So why was my post deleted?