hillbilly20

A while ago, I decided to use an old Saitek radio panel for my pmdg ngx. I didnt want to pay for software to make this work as I was only using it for the nav and comm radios settings and the only other Saitek product that I am using is a standard throttle and that works fine on its own. Well, it kind of works ok, sometimes when I load things up the display works, sometimes it doesnt. However the frequency selectors always work and I am not too bothered if the displays work or not. However, when the computer loads up and the displays actually work correctly, something odd happens. The flaps occasionally fully deploy in flight. If I leave a flight unattended for a short while, I sometimes return to find me a fl 370 with full flaps extended - not a very safe flight attitude !! I manually deploy my flaps using the right hand lever of my Saitek throttle with notched selectors and this is made to work using FSUIPC 5 (P3dv4). When the computer loads without the radio panel displays working, I dont get this automatic deployment of flaps. Can anyone shed any light on this strange issue? Thank you in anticipation Kind regards Alan Hill

OK thanks

Hello there I have been using the PMDG 737 NGX for about 3 years and its just simply an awesome product. Shortfalls? yes but it is true that what is superb exponentially outweighs what is not so good. I have come across several posts on other sites recently that seem to hint that PM are just about to launch an updated version of the 737 NGX and that it is due to be rolled out to beta testers in the next few weeks. Now, I do not know if that is true. But just in case they monitor this forum, if they are looking for beta testers then I would be honoured to be one of the testers for it. I fly the NGX about 100 or so hours a month and I know of most of the functionality of the NGX. I know that there will be others more qualified than I on this site, but perhaps if we all signalled our willingness to test and report on this project (if indeed it does exist lol), then it might help PM and also help us pilots to know what the current plans are. Over you you PM - get back to us if you would like our assistance to beta test the new NGX. Kind regards Alan Hill

I have recently purchased QW787 and I cannot get it to work properly. I was wondering if PMDG have plans to add this aircraft to its inventory. I know many pilots who would buy the 787 made by PMDG. Comments would be appreciated. Regards Alan Hill

Thanks for that Kiek, I kind of got to that by doing something that I dont do very often - I read the instructions !!!! Silly me! Thanks again Alan

Kiek I am runniing P3Dv4.2 and I have just updated to PSXseecontraffic 10.15. I now get the message "Flight Simulator disappeared...PSXseecontraffic will stop" The program was working before? Any thoughts? Regards Alan

Sorry to sound dumb, but how to I activate AI in p3dv4? Alan

I am running PSXseecon.Traffic which normally functions ok. I am not receiving the message Too many AI aircraft could not be created, see the log The log is as follows: Sun Jun 17 07:13:07 2018 (utc) version 10.7 PSXseeconTraffic (64 bit) for Prepar3D v4 9916 airports were read from airport_data\airports.txt ********* Parameters ********** VERSION_CHECKED_AT=.0b1,outo ALWAYS_ON_TOP=0 UPS=25 PARKEDFOLDER=parked_default FLIGHTPLANSFOLDER=flightplans VMRGENERATOR=BVAIP3Dv4 LATERAL_RANGE=40 LIMITED_VERTICAL_RANGE=0 AUTO_MODE=1 MAX_LIVE_AIRCRAFT=200 HEAVY_AIRCRAFT=1 MIDDLE_AIRCRAFT=1 LIGHT_AIRCRAFT=0 HELICOPTERS=0 COLLISION_DET_AIR=0 COLLISION_DET_GND=0 LOG_MATCHING=0 LOG_PARKING=0 LOG_TAKEOFF=0 LOG_LANDING=0 ********************************* You are using the latest version VERSION_CHECKED_AT=:*b1,ouuo 07:13:08 Initializing PSX server at port 10747 07:13:08 Waiting for FlightSimulator to connect ... 07:13:08 Lockheed Martin® Prepar3D® v4 connected 07:13:08 Waiting for RealTraffic to connect ... 07:13:12 RealTraffic connected ********* AI_liveries.txt summary ********* 1383 liveries read from file BVAIP3Dv4\AI_liveries.txt 74 Registration codes for a livery generic Boeing liveries for 2 types: B744 B748 no generic Airbus liveries no generic Embraer liveries no generic Bombardier liveries no generic ATR liveries no generic Private liveries 325 unique airlines 65 unique aircraft types Default livery set for aircraft category Heavy, type A306, num liveries: 3 Default livery set for aircraft category Middle, type A318, num liveries: 5 Default livery set for aircraft category Light, type BE99, num liveries: 1 No default livery found for aircraft category Helicopter **************************************** 07:13:17 User aircraft title: Boeing 737-8K5 G-TAWK 07:13:17 User aircraft model: B738, category: M 07:13:18 User aircraft at 52.827150,-1.331386, close to or at airport EGNX distance 0.2 Nm 07:13:18 35% parked set for EGNX with 48 parking positions 07:13:18 16 aircraft to be parked out of 48 positions (33%) 07:13:18 Connecting QNH Reader to UDP port 49004 ... 07:13:18 QNH Reader connected 07:13:18 Connecting Traffic Reader to UDP port 49003 ... 07:13:18 Traffic Reader connected 07:13:19 QNH: 1014 {"ICAO": "EGNX","QNH": 1014, "METAR": "EGNX 170650Z 23014KT CAVOK 13/10 Q1014", "NAME": "East Midlands Airport", "IATA": "EMA","DISTNM": 0.1} Parked static ac at r12: no parked aircraft found Parked static ac at r14: no parked aircraft found Parked static ac at r15: no parked aircraft found Parked static ac at r17: no parked aircraft found Parked static ac at r18: no parked aircraft found 07:13:46 EXS83BY B738 M G-GDFP EMA->PMI BVA_FAIB_B738_EXS-Jet2 White could not be created? Warning: 07:13:46 BVA_FAIB_B738_EXS-Jet2 White could not be created? 07:14:34 EXS4G B733 M G-CELX EMA->FAO BVA_FAIB_B733_EXS-Jet2 Yorkshire could not be created? Warning: 07:14:34 BVA_FAIB_B733_EXS-Jet2 Yorkshire could not be created? 07:18:16 Live: 0, Parked: 11 07:23:16 Live: 0, Parked: 11 07:28:16 Live: 0, Parked: 11 07:33:16 Live: 0, Parked: 11 07:35:03 BGH5553 A320 M LZ-BHG BOJ->EMA BVA_FAIB_A320CFM_EDW-Edelweiss could not be created? Warning: 07:35:03 BVA_FAIB_A320CFM_EDW-Edelweiss could not be created? 07:35:46 EGNX is at 5.6 nm, gnd traffic and parked aircraft will be removed 07:35:53 EXS69H B733 M G-GDFK EMA->SPU BVA_FAIB_B733_EXS-Jet2 Scotland could not be created? Warning: 07:35:53 BVA_FAIB_B733_EXS-Jet2 Scotland could not be created? 07:36:51 STK1BH AT76 M EI-FAV BHX->ORK BVA_OSP_ATR72_500_STK-Aer Lingus Regional could not be created? Warning: 07:36:51 BVA_OSP_ATR72_500_STK-Aer Lingus Regional could not be created? 07:36:51 CFE7029 E190 M G-LCYS BHX->PMI BVA_RAI_E170_RPA-Republic DAL could not be created? Warning: 07:36:51 BVA_RAI_E170_RPA-Republic DAL could not be created? 07:38:16 Live: 0, Parked: 11 07:38:18 EXS15AQ B738 M G-JZBA BHX->LEI BVA_FAIB_B738_EXS-Jet2 White could not be created? Warning: 07:38:18 BVA_FAIB_B738_EXS-Jet2 White could not be created? 07:38:39 QNH: 1014 {"ICAO": "EGNX","QNH": 1014, "METAR": "EGNX 170720Z 24015KT 9999 FEW018 SCT047 13/10 Q1014", "NAME": "East Midlands Airport", "IATA": "EMA","DISTNM": 17.5} 07:38:49 QNH: 1014 {"ICAO": "EGBB","QNH": 1014, "METAR": "EGBB 170720Z 24008KT 210V280 9999 FEW039 14/10 Q1014", "NAME": "Birmingham International Airport", "IATA": "BHX","DISTNM": 17.5} 07:41:34 QNH: 1015 {"ICAO": "EGTC","QNH": 1015, "METAR": "EGTC 170720Z 21009KT 8000 -RA FEW018 SCT030 13/12 Q1015", "NAME": "Cranfield Airport", "IATA": "","DISTNM": 27.1} 07:41:34 IATA code of QNH airport is empty 07:41:42 EZY98HN A319 M OE-LQF LTN->AHO BVA_FAIB_A319CFM_EZY-EasyJet could not be created? Warning: 07:41:42 BVA_FAIB_A319CFM_EZY-EasyJet could not be created? 07:41:52 WZZ1EG A321 M HA-LXG LTN->SOF BVA_FAIB_A321IAE_WZZ-Wizzair BUDAPEST could not be created? Warning: 07:41:52 BVA_FAIB_A321IAE_WZZ-Wizzair BUDAPEST could not be created? 07:42:42 WZZ3YR A320 M HA-LPT LTN->GDN BVA_FAIB_A320IAE_WZZ-Wizz Air SL could not be created? Warning: 07:42:42 BVA_FAIB_A320IAE_WZZ-Wizz Air SL could not be created? 07:43:03 QNH: 1015 {"ICAO": "EGTK","QNH": 1015, "METAR": "EGTK 170720Z 24007KT 9999 SCT012 13/12 Q1015", "NAME": "Oxford (Kidlington) Airport", "IATA": "OXF","DISTNM": 20} 07:43:16 Live: 0, Parked: 11 07:44:01 BAW233 B789 H G-ZBKI LHR->DME BVA_FSPXAI_B789_BAW-British Airways could not be created? Warning: 07:44:01 BVA_FSPXAI_B789_BAW-British Airways could not be created? 07:44:10 BAW117 B744 H G-BYGB LHR->JFK BVA_FAIB_B744_BAW-British Airways STD could not be created? Warning: 07:44:10 BVA_FAIB_B744_BAW-British Airways STD could not be created? 07:44:10 BAW78 B744 H G-CIVU LHR-> BVA_FAIB_B744_BAW-British Airways OW could not be created? Warning: 07:44:10 BVA_FAIB_B744_BAW-British Airways OW could not be created? 07:44:11 BAW20R B744 H G-CIVR LHR-> BVA_FAIB_B744_BAW-British Airways STD could not be created? Warning: 07:44:11 BVA_FAIB_B744_BAW-British Airways STD could not be created? 07:44:11 G-MEDM A321 M G-MEDM LHR-> BVA_FAIB_A321IAE_DLH-Lufthansa RETRO could not be created? Warning: 07:44:11 BVA_FAIB_A321IAE_DLH-Lufthansa RETRO could not be created? 07:44:11 BAW11J B744 H G-BNLP LHR-> BVA_FAIB_B744_BAW-British Airways OW could not be created? Warning: 07:44:11 BVA_FAIB_B744_BAW-British Airways OW could not be created? 07:44:11 BAW51B B772 H G-VIIB BOS->LHR BVA_TFS_B777-200GE_BAW-British Airways could not be created? Warning: 07:44:11 BVA_TFS_B777-200GE_BAW-British Airways could not be created? 07:44:11 AUA42R A321 M OE-LBB LHR->VIE BVA_FAIB_A321CFM_AUA-Austrian_NC could not be created? Warning: 07:44:11 BVA_FAIB_A321CFM_AUA-Austrian_NC could not be created? 07:44:12 BAW795 A320 M G-TTOB HEL->LHR BVA_FAIB_A320IAE_BAW-British Airways SL could not be created? Warning: 07:44:12 BVA_FAIB_A320IAE_BAW-British Airways SL could not be created? 07:44:12 BAW466 A320 M G-EUUN LHR->BIO BVA_FAIB_A320IAE_BAW-British Airways STD could not be created? Warning: 07:44:12 BVA_FAIB_A320IAE_BAW-British Airways STD could not be created? lf_checkIO_as_Thread Error: 81: there are too many AI aircraft that could not be created, see the log Err 81: there are too many AI aircraft that could not be created, see the log

I am using PMDG 737 NGX and I am amazed at the high quality of the product. I have been having some issues with full flights and I am in the process of investigating performance limitations. All seems to be well with all flights until I get to the final stages. One flight completely locked up with 2 miles to go and a flight today landed but with just a few miles to go it got very jumpy and difficult to fly. I also have some challenges running the pmdg 737 ngx. I cant seem to make it work with the ngx as a default aircraft. I also cannot managed to save it with the screen configurations in place, so that when I reload these configurations, the screens have gone back to the default settins. I am running Windows 8.1 Pro, Intel Core i7 - 4770 cpu 3.4 ghz, 32gb ram and nvidia geforce 970 graphics card. I use P3D v4 and obviously pmdg 737 ngx. Can anyone suggest why I seem to have these issues? Regards Alan H

Hi, I am Alan Hill and I recently purchased a motorized throttle that is German made - and I am looking for assistance to get it functioning properly with a current version of FSX and PMDG 737 NGX. The Throttle is the SimHard motorized throttle and although it came with cables, 12v power supply and some software, I cannot understand it and I am becoming frustrated trying to get it to work. The throttle obviously has motors and I believe can be made to work through PMDG's SDK facility but a knowledge of C and C++ programming is required and I do not have this. Open Cockpits have told me that the throttle was developed by Hermann Hummer and I have tried contacting him but nothing has come back from a 2004 post on a forum site (not sure if that was ever a good idea given the age of the post). According to OC, the throttle uses their USBDC Motor Cards but there is also a card for the switches on the throttle. Whatever the solution, I am simply a duck out of water here and I need someone who knows what they are doing to help here. Maybe this could be done online, by phone or even face to face if distance permits but the little hair I have left is getting thinner lol. I work long nights and this project that I have established is just going nowhere (I am sure others will be able to relate to this particular challenge). Is there anyone out there who may be able to help me to produce the necessary scripts to make this throttle work? I will obviously be prepared to pay for a successful solution to this challenge. I may also be looking for some qualified assistance with setting up my whole simulator if there is anyone out there who may be able to help with this ??? Pictures.... http://www.simw.com/simware_images/pictures/large/MotorizedThrottleQuadrant_1.jpg http://www.simw.com/simware_images/pictures/large/MotorizedThrottleQuadrant_2.jpg Please get back to me if you can help - any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Regards Alan