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..or it may be something simple like this problem.. i.e. load the driver before the FS starts. https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/661214-logitech-multipanel-autopilot-fs-2024/

Do you mean the Multi-function Panel ??? And if so, do you mean when the left knob is put on HDG, turning the right knob makes it jump randomly up to 10 degrees. If so, I suggest alter the post title or you will miss many possible viewers who may have the answer you need. Unfortunately, I dont have it..

Hi.. Yes, its the gauge that's associated to the Prop De-Ice. The gauge shows the amount of amps that is being consumed by the prop warming boots and if its not showing enough then there is something wrong. If there was a variable it should be in the electrics section but I dont see any. The secondary question is, if no variable exists for the gauge, does anyone know if the sim engine has low prop amps as a causation factor in any icing scenario.

I am creating a FIP gauge that will allow activation of various switches not covered by the Saitex/Logitech Switches Panel, based on Baron G58 switches plus a couple of gauges to show current status . I want to include the Prop Amps gauge but cannot find the variable for it. Does anyone know if it exists and if so, what is it.

I started getting constant CTDs shortly after installing W10 and found a recent post in Avsim .. search FSX freezing when accessing menu items it was a dll issue and adding it into my FSX directory fixed it for me.

Milviz B55 was one of the first commercial aircraft add-ons I got.. quite sometime ago now... it stacks up very well against all the rest even newer ones.. Only irritation I have is that the landing light runway illumination is extremely bright and the lights create a glow of light for a couple of hundred feet into the air upon take-off but thats a small price to pay for actually seeing where you are going on the tarmac at night compared to all the other aircraft I have..

No idea whats causing it but I did a 4x top down zoom on the same location and you seem to have the correct 4x zoom image in the centre field of view. The symmetry of that 'error' would suggest its got something to do with a smaller zoom factor (about 0.8) attempting to filter in over the top of it.

The main screen keeps going.. my point is simply that the POV knob on yoke and other buttons will be linked to the active screen so until the main screen gets active again with a mouse click, these buttons will stay linked to the secondary screen (touch screen)

After vascillating for months I bit the bullet and hit the W10 Download button from MS site 3 days ago.. I run on a low speed broadband and have maximum download / upload limits. Before downloading I pulled the ethernet wire out and linked to router via wifi as I read that the MS system will allow options to stop peer to peer links if connected by wifi ,but not by cable. I started download at 1am expecting that when I awoke I would see a message to execute a file.. On awakening I discover the installation was underway,,, so much for the speel about nominating when to queue for installation to begin. In the installation process, a window gave me the options to cancel out of peer to peer exchanges, which I did. On completion I looked in Settings and discovered my instruction was simply ignored and so I altered the settings manually so as MS gets no info from me nor any peer to peer data flows occur.( why should I be expected to pay for others installations). End result.. Cant see any real justification in having installed W10 into a stand alone PC. Minor carrots in the package .e.g. gives live news updates in the Start menu and some other flashy bits n pieces. BUT it uses more RAM than W7.. looks like it eats up approx 1.8 - 2gb just for the privilege of sitting and staring at the screen doing nothing at all. All my saitek hardware worked ok on W7. In W10, FSX still works ok but land texturing is noticeably slower... Saitek FIP panels took a couple of attempts to display correctly but eventually did as did the Multi panel LED display. Initially it did not display the LEDs and I got it working by pulling the multipanel USB cable out and replugging to force a kick start. It worked and after half dozen times it now seems to start ok. There are web threads about this issue.. a problem with Power Management. Biggest issue for me.. In W7 I could use ADE and FSDS from my own account. In W10 you can only use these from Run as Administrator option. Plus, when making changes to saitek direct output xml files you have to swap accounts..e.g. making changes to the scripting for FIP gauges. In your own account if you are the administrator it will have 'Administrator' written under your name. That is confusing as its not the actual Administrator account. You have to close and re-open the HIDDEN Administrator account in W10, plough down through your username directory to relevant work folder, make changes and it then allows you to save changes to the xml files... (google opening HIDDEN Administrator account in W10) All in all I would say the only advantage to having W10 is if the PC is going to last past the end of MS W7 security updates then it would pay to have it as the PC could end up exposed to malicious intent.

Never really thought about this issue but I suspect this development is taking a longer term view into account.. i.e the future of getting out of the plane and walking around as being a standard part of a sim experience. In the interim like others say, have an off / on switch for it.. Personally having a few 3D interior objects viewable though windows from the tarmac, just makes the terminal more realistic than an obvious image rendered onto a flat wall..

I would also like to know, when all these specs get quoted... please state the power usage per hour and also who pays the power bill. I choose a lower power bill over higher fps performance. My 4yo pc only draws 20watts/hr on basic performance with a 4core i3 3.2ghz processor with radeon HD5450 card (now considered sub-standard by most) and LG 100hz TV 42 inch screen drawing 55 watts/hr on power saver.. i.e. very cheap to run for hours but the trade-off is 30 fps ocassionally spiking into the 40s is an optimum result. Fortunately I get smooth scenery down as low as 15fps although the jitters begin when I close in on an orbx airport. I run ASN but no other commercial terrain /weather/ scenery software other than orbxAU and airports and various freeware scenery add-ons. I prefer to keep what PC power I have left for runnng all the other hardware of which I have a fair bit. In short maximising fps is just one component of the overall consideration and not the end goal in itself..

thxs for the above...I did not cite the 25 fps because movies use it .. it was what we got told in high school i.e. that humans see the world at 28 fps .. obviously research in the intervening decades has put that into the "busted" bin. It would be interesting to know if humans are now processing their eye input data at higher speeds due to constantly looking at IT screens and TVs. The principles of evolution would suggest such a possibility.

Away from Orbx airports, I have the outside scenery sliding smoothly by with no obvious jitters as low as 15fps and sometimes even lower with no real jitters. I've seen people claiming 60,70,even more fps on these forums and wonder why bother. The human eye and brain processes the outside world at 25 fps. With my old PC that cant accommodate a new display card Im grateful for anything over 20. But I think it depends on the planes you are in. I stay mostly with props and so dont go over 150 kts generally and landing speeds 90-100kts, and by my reckoning fps is not as important, as for each 1/25 of a second you dont cover as much ground as a faster plane does, so jitters are not as obvious. If someone can show my logic here is wrong, please do.

Scott.. thanks for that link.. looks like I have a fair bit of brain cell manipulating to get my head around it all.

I jumped on the net an got a cheap small touchscreen that fits perfectly on top of my saitek yoke unit to display the main flight instruments. I can also use it to display anything else I choose eg GPS.. ATC The one problem with it is that by touching the screen to manipulate switches etc,, choosing ATC option.., you then have to remember to mouse click back on the main monitor afterwards. This is important in my set up as my POV switch is used for eye rotation views which I think a lot of people use it for, and if the main screen is not "clicked" then moving the POV will move my main instruments left / right.. same problem will apply to a top consule being displayed..