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Yes I turned that up in my research and I have enabled it in LNM but I'm not sure that it works yet. The core question that I asked has not yet been answered or I haven't been clear in my query. When you say "and I tend to delete them in the GNS to get a valid flightplan" what is the process used to delete the locked waypoints? RXP has done a lot of clever work here but he basically does a search for "locked waypoints" and points me in a dozen different directions rather than answering a simple question. Is there a chapter I missed in the User Manual entitled "How to Unlock Waypoints" ? I think not. I searched on both "waypoints" and "locked" and was unable to turn up an answer. Oh and BTW, FPpilot who is a very smart and experienced guy, takes the opportunity to virtually slap my hands with his condescending tone of "Did you read this topic before posting? There is a lot of information in the messages above about how and why waypoints get locked. It gets tedious to type the same information over and over again." [edited] I did not ask "how and why" waypoints get locked. I just want to unlock them so I can use the flightplan I created in LMN with this darn gadget. It's like I asked him "what time is it?" and he told me how to build a watch.

Is it too late to get a refund?

Can someone please walk me thru step-by-step exactly the procedure to "unlock" a waypoint? I have searched in the User Manual (RTFM!) and have not found it. The ever helpful Bert Pieke in lovely BC refers to "manual verification. How is this accomplished? Almost every flightplan I create and import from LittleNavMap has locked waypoints and it's very frustrating.

I am running out of drive space on my rig. I have a M2 slot on my mobo as well as another hard drive tray open. I found a SAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2 2280 500GB at a price I can afford and it's only about $10-15 more expensive than an equivalent storage SSD. I'd like to migrate my Orbx installation over to a drive setup that would give the fastest and smoothest loading. What's the best way to achieve this? Do I clone my OS and P3D install to the new M2 or do I use the M2 strictly for my Orbx and other scenery? current specs: Win7 Pro 64 · CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-6700K 4.00GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Skylake) · CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: Corsair Hydro Series H60 120mm Liquid CPU Cooling System · Motherboard: ASUS Z170-K ATX · RAM / System Memory: 16GB (8GBx2) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 · Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) · Power Supply: 600 Watts - EVGA 600B 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply · Hard Drive: 512GB Samsung 850 PRO Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD

Got it. Thanks for the help. I enabled the Master Device and now the autopilot tracks the selected flight plan.😃

GPS was not set as "master device" GNS V2 is in GPS mode. I don't know about the RXP GNS preset. Mutley's Hangar says in their review: "• Optional RXP GNS WAAS gauge integration (RXP gauges are a separate purchase from Reality XP) with multiple configurations (dependant upon the RXP package) including: 1 x GNS530, 1 x GNS430 + 1 x GNS530, 2 x GNS530, 2 x GNS430 or 1 x GNS530 + 1 x GNS430, all with cross fill;" There is a file labeled "panel_200609_042652.gns.rxp in the Panel folder but AFAIK it is not enabled in anyway unles it was enabled by the installation of the RXP GNS V2. It reads as follows:

gau: 20/09/02 02:26:57.691 08656 - ] # rxpGNS2.dll version 2.4.20.2 20/09/02 02:26:57.690 08656 INFO ] GnsSim: GNS20/09/02 02:27:00.700 08656 - ] # rxpGnsSim64.dll version 2.4.20.0 20/09/02 02:27:00.699 08656 INFO ] 20/09/02 02:29:05.899 08656 INFO ] using: C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\SimObjects\Airplanes\RealAir Legacy V2\checklist.gns 20/09/02 02:29:05.960 08544 INFO ] G500.2 - TRAINER 3300 menu: 20/07/26 00:26:17.088 12348 - ] # rxpGNS2_menu.dll version 2.4.20.0 20/07/26 00:26:17.096 12348 INFO ] edit panel: C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\SimObjects\Airplanes\Douglas C-47 3.1406-MVC\panel.modern\panel.cfg

I followed the suggestions here and upgraded to 2x 8gb RAM and it seems to run smoother on my system. I'm very pleased with the improvemet. I'm locked at 30 fps and I get down to 20-18 going over Orbx Los Angeles/BUR scenery with an occasional stutter or freeze but I'm OK with it. I'm more of a rural flyer. I was intrigued with the suggestion of an M2 SSD. I'm about maxed out on my 512GB Samsung 850 PRO C drive. I'd like to move all my ORBX (currently about 75gb) and my P3D (about 65gb) install to a 512gb dedicated M2 SSD. I've got another 70gb of Addon Scenery left over from FSX on a Crucial SSD that I probably should move as well. What spec M2 drive should I be considering to get the smoothest maximum loading times for my scenery? I'm a little confused on specs? Am I looking for the fastest write speeds? This SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS 500GB is about at the top of my price range. Is there something better for the same or less money? Orbx Central has a migration tool for the scenery so I'd use that. What about the P3D itself? Should I uninstall it and reinstall on the new M2 drive? That'll be a pain as I have customized a lot of the aircraft.cfg's but I have 'em backed up and could copy and paste once I have them installed. I've got it running good now and I don't want to muck it up making it "better" on its own dedicated drive.

I've got the GNS500 nicely installed in one of my favorite planes the RA Legacy,. It's starting to work well but I can't get the autopilot to lock on the desired track in NAV mode. HDG works as it should as does ALT hold and VS. I have GPS selected on the NAV select toggle switch on the panel. I try to intercept the desired course at a 45 degree angle. The HSI needle seems to read correctly but when I engage NAV, the plane goes into a slight bank and starts to circle. I can fudge my course with using the HDG bug and function but I'd like the autopilot to follow the flightplan automatically that I have input into the GPS. My first thought is maybe I don't have the config panel setup correctly. I have a set of screengrabs but when I try to "insert other media" it can seem to find them.

Thanks Frank. It is unrealistically labor intensive to manually "verify" each waypoint in the flightplan. I tried simplifying by removing lat-lon waypoints, small airports/heliports, I changed from Skyvector to LittleNavMap (excellent planner btw) and I am still getting the wpts locked errors. Even a simple direct flightplan KMRZ>CA51 causes it to choke. This program is making my head hurt. I wish I had never purchased it. Apparently I'm not the only one with this problem now that I understand the previous postings on this issue.

I'm still having a problem with this. It seems that any time I insert a lat-lon waypoint (for sightseeing or to avoid a MOA) that is what possibly makes it invalid. As long as a waypoint is an airport, navaid, or intersection the flightplan works. I guess that's what you mean as "they are not in the GNS database". Is this the way the RW GNS works or just the Reality XP? What is "manual verification" Bert? How would one do that?

Yes I just found the link you quoted yesterday. Reading the supplied notes on the download I assumed it would not work with a GNS530. I would be delighted to use it if it works.

Jean-Luc, I misunderstood the file header comment. Is that a Garmin programming limitation or a Reality XP limitation? You seem to suggest it is both. I removed the # in front of the "REALITY XP GNS 2" line and it crashed the program at the same point so that was not the problem. However if you remove the # front of the "REALITY XP GNS 2" it counts as one of the 9 file header items so actually you waste a checklist category by doing so. I also found that by numbering the categories in the order a pilot uses them, they appear in order in the GPS. Otherwise they appear in alphabetized order. Okay I think I'm getting the hang of it. I have a viable 9 "file header" checklist. Do you think it would be helpful to create a sticky for forum user created aircraft specific checklists like we have for panel configs? The individual user could just modify these files to suit them personally but the hard work would already be done.

Thanks for the help. Is there a list of Unicode characters that might be unacceptable? I have done as you have suggested and slowly rebuilt the checklist.gns category by category until it failed. I have removed suspected spurious characters such as "@" and "%". The file below worked until I added "DESCENT" and "Altimeter SET". Is there a maximum number of entries that I have exceeded that could cause the file to crash the program? # Reality XP GNS V2 Checklist File # RealAir Lancair Legacy CHECKLIST # # Format Description: # - Checklist files are treated as encoded in ASCII. # - Comments start with the hash character, #, and extend to the end of the line. # - Each line represents a checklist entry or a checklist item (up to 16 characters). # - Entries start at the beginning of the line (up to 9 entries per file). # - Items are idented with tab or spaces(s) (up to 30 items per entry) #REALITY XP GNS 2 Settings CHK PRE-FLIGHT Prkng Brake SET Switches OFF Lndg Gr DOWN Battery ON VM1000C MONITOR Fuel CHECK Annunciator TEST Trim NEUTRAL Altimeter SET BEFORE STARTING Canopy CLSD/LOCKD Fuel Selector BOTH Beacon ON ENGINE START Boost Pump ON Throttle 1/4" OPEN Prop FULL FRWRD Mixture RICH START BOTH Boost Pump OFF AFTER START Alternator ON Oil Press RISING Electrical CHECK Lights A/R Engine GREEN Avionics Mstr ON Avionics SET Wrm Up 1000-1200rpm TAXI Prkgn Brake RELEASE Brakes CHECK Instruments CHECK ENGINE RUNUP Prkng Brake SET 1500rpm Prop CHECK Magnetos CHECK Engine in GREEN Throttle IDLE Trim SET for T/O Prkng Brake OFF BEFORE TAKEOFF Autopilot OFF Prop FULL FRWRD Mixture RICH Canopy CLSD/LOCKD Harness TIGHT Flaps 2 NOTCHES Trim 1/3 T/O Power SET Brakes RELEASE Max T/O Pwr 29.7mp Engine in GREEN Vr 65-75 knots Gear UP Flaps UP INITIAL CLIMB Throttle 24-27mp Rpm A/R Mixture LEAN A/R CRUISE Pwr Setting 24sq Mixture LEAN Battery CHECK Fuel flow A/R DESCENT Altimeter SET

I would if I could attach a file to this thread. I don't have a dropbox account.

I have fixed and fudged and worked with this file for three days and I can't get it to work with my GNS530 V2 in the Real Air Legacy in P3D v4.5. It always freezes the sim when I hit ENTER when it flashes CHECKLIST OK. It is named "checklist.GNS" and resides in the Simobjects/Airplane/Real Air Legacy V2 folder. I tried to adapt the format from the TEST checklist but I must have missed something. Could someone take a look and see what I've done wrong? # Reality XP GNS V2 Checklist File # RealAir Lancair Legacy CHECKLIST # # Format Description: # - Checklist files are treated as encoded in ASCII. # - Comments start with the hash character, #, and extend to the end of the line. # - Each line represents a checklist entry or a checklist item (up to 16 characters). # - Entries start at the beginning of the line (up to 9 entries per file). # - Items are idented with tab or spaces(s) (up to 30 items per entry) #REALITY XP GNS 2 Settings CHK PRE-FLIGHT Parking Brake SET Switches OFF Lndg Gr DOWN Battery ON VM1000C MONITOR Fuel Quantity A/R Annunciators TEST Trim Tabs NEUTRAL Altimeter SET BEFORE STARTING Canopy CLSD/LOCKD Fuel Selector BOTH Beacon ON ENGINE START Boost Pump ON Throttle 1/4 inch OPEN Prop FULL FRWRD Mixture RICH Starter Switch START, release Starter Switch BOTH Boost Pump OFF AFTER START Alternator Switch ON Oil Pressure RISING Volts & Amps CHECK Lights A/R Engine WITHIN LIMITS Avionics Master ON Avionics ON & SET Warm up @ 1000-1200RPM TAXI Parking Brake RELEASE Brakes CHECK Instruments CHECK ENGINE RUNUP Parking Brake SET Throttle 1500 RPM Prop CHECK Magnetos CHECK Engine WITHIN LIMITS Throttle IDLE Trim SET for T/O Parking Brake RELEASE BEFORE TAKEOFF Autopilot OFF Prop FULL FORWARD Mixture RICH Canopy CLSD & LOCK Harness TIGHT Flaps TWO NOTCHES Trim 33% T/O Power SET Brakes RELEASE Max T/O Pwr 29.7"@ 2700 Engine gauges in GREEN Rotate@ 65-75 knots Gear UP Flaps UP INITIAL CLIMB Throttle 24-27" Rpm A/R Mixture LEAN A/R CRUISE Power Setting 24X24 Mixture LEAN for alt Battery Condition CHECK Fuel flow 13.5 GPH DESCENT Altimeter SET Power A/R Spoilers A/R INITIAL APPROACH Harness FASTENED Lndg Lights ON Boost Pump ON Prop FULL FORWARD Mixture RICH <132kt Gear EXTEND THREE GREENS <122kt Flaps DOWN FINAL APPROACH Flaps FULL Pattern 90-100 knots Throttle 12-15" Descent rate 500-600 fpm Threshold 85 knots AFTER LANDING Lights A/R Flaps UP Trim ZERO Radio GROUND SHUT DOWN Prkng Brake SET Battery CHECK Avionics OFF Throttle IDLE All Switches OFF Mixture IDLE CUT OFF Starter Switch OFF Battery OFF Gust Locks ON

Real Air Lancair Legacy GNS500 Panel Configuration My resolution is 1920x1080 and here is my panel config line if it helps anybody else: gauge19=rxpGNS2!GPS_500_2, 44,650,366,273,NO_BEZEL //1,607,502,416, Here is my pop-up (upper right; 1/2 size) [WindowXX] size_mm=100,100 window_pos=0.744792,0.000000 window_size=0.255208,0.357000 visible=1 always_visible=1 zorder=99 background_color=0,0,0 ident=15501 gauge00=rxpGNS2!GPS_500_2, 0, 0,100,100

Bert and RXP now that I am more familiar with the forum, I have posted my solution in the Panel Config thread. I was looking at your solution for the Real Air Piston Duke to make the VC buttons for GNS500 functional in the cockpit. Is there a way to do that for the Lancair?

I am getting the "invalid FPL wpt{s} locked verify FPL before use" message when I import flightplans from SkyVector. What is the work-around for this? I have looked in the Garmin Pilot's Guide but no joy.

My old machine is running P3D 4.5 very well at the moment but I can't help but wonder if I increased the 8gb ram to 16 or 32 if it would help scenery loading? (primarily ORBX) I have 4 ram slots with 2 slots currently filled with GSKILL Ripjaws V 8GB (4GBx2). I would like to keep the budget to under $100 if possible and supplement the two 4gb cards with two more identical ram cards. I'm not the sharpest guy when it comes to computer internals so is this a wise, viable plan, or is there a better way to spend the money I have budgeted? Win7 Pro 64 · CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-6700K 4.00GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Skylake) · CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: Corsair Hydro Series H60 120mm Liquid CPU Cooling System · Motherboard: ASUS Z170-K ATX · RAM / System Memory: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR4/3000MHz Dual Channel Memory · Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) · Power Supply: 600 Watts - EVGA 600B 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply · Hard Drive: 512GB Samsung 850 PRO Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD

Bert where exactly is this file inserted and what buttons are now operational?

Thanks for the help. I got mine dialed in finally thru a lot of trial and error but the XYWH coordinates helped a lot. My resolution is 1920x1080 and here is my panel config line if it helps anybody else: gauge19=rxpGNS2!GPS_500_2, 44,650,366,273,NO_BEZEL //1,607,502,416,

Thanks that helped make it smaller. Now the display needs to drop (South) a little and move right (East) a little to center in the screen.

I've inserted the GNS500 into the VC of the RA Legacy as a no_bezel. It is basically working but it is a bit oversize and is cropping the display. (Is there a way to insert a screen cap here?) I tried reducing the 3rd and 4th parameter by 10% hoping to shrink the display but it didn't seem to work. Please excuse my "thickness" as I am new to this. gauge19=rxpGNS2!GPS_500_2, 1,607,451,374,NO_BEZEL //502,416, gauge20=RASLegacy!Blank, 0, 0, 1, 1 Here is the pertinent .ini :

I had some entries in the file that didn't follow the indent protocol and it was causing the CTD.