Spackman

To add a bit more background - I have just plugged the FSX SSD into the PC & run FSX. ATM found FSX & the 2 airports the flight plan was using, but didn't pick up the quantity of AI aircraft in the region. I suspect MT6 is linking to P3D , but not FSX, & ATM is linking to FSX, but not P3D. So it may be a case of finding how to link ATM to P3D.

I have P3Dv3 running & have got My Traffic 6 installed & going ok. I had FSX/DX10, MT6 & Air Traffic Manager, (ATM) working well together. FSX was on an SSD that I removed from the PC & replaced with a P3D dedicated SSD. I can plug the FSX SSD back in via USB. When I have P3D running and then open ATM, [obtained from the Avsim download: ATM FSX/P3D 1.9.1.4], I get an ATM 'skeleton' blinking on & off in the middle of the P3D screen. There is no data in it or box identifiers. I have installed the three SimConnect applications per the DWadsworth post of 11 October 2015. If I start ATM on its own, I get the following error message: > Failed to connect - System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005) : Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to COM component. at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.Throw ExceptionForHRInternal (Int 32 errorCode, IntPtr errorinfo) at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.Throw ExceptionForHR (Int 32 errorCode) at Microsoft.FlightSimulator.SimConnect.SimConnect. .ctor (String szName, IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 UserEventWin32, WaitHandle hEventHandle, UInt32 ConfigIndex) at AirTrafficManager . Main . openConnection () Any help in interpreting the above message & getting ATM going in P3Dv3 would be appreciated. I wonder if I am meant to have FSX on the machine for ATM P3D to work?? Per the error message, ATM seems to be looking for FSX.

I'm using the Wefly AP/GPS in the 500S & its working well once I figured out the 500S AP interactions with the Wefly. Which buttons to push etc. http://www.fspilotshop.com/wefly-works-team-autopilot-gps-p-5536.html

Do you need to be hooked to the Internet/ taking a real time weather feed for the duration of a flight for the radar to work?

Yes, prefer the visual. Will check it out. thanks for the link Sp.

Well, using the FMS, can you see the flight plan track on a screen & the position of the aircraft along that track at any point in time in the flight?? Sp

I use the 530 a lot as an add on & am a lot more familiar with it than the FMS. Sp.

Anyone successfully retrofitted a GPS such as the Garmin 530 to the Q400? If so can you share Panel & Aircraft.cfg code? Thanks Sp.

Haven't been able to get on all day. Getting an "Error 523": 'Check your DNS Settings. A 523 error means that CloudFlare could not reach your host web server.' Had it a couple of times in last 2 months for a short period of time. This has been the longest.

No problem Thanks

Aerosoft Wilga X is the one I am working on at the moment. I can post Panel.cfg & Aircraft.cfg, but not sure if that is allowed here. TTM

Running FSX DX10. Via putting the appropriate lines into Panel.cfg, Window [xx], I like to retrofit a Bendix Radio Stack [for the AP], & a Garmin GPS 530 unit to most of the older aircraft I fly. [Aircraft.cfg has been tweaked Autopilot=1] 95% of them run okay with this, accessible via Shift 1, 2 etc. However, I have a couple of aircraft where the AP works, the GPS comes up & the track shows, but when I switch over to the AP & then activate GPS, the aircraft doesn't follow the GPS track . I am wondering if I am missing some code in Panel.cfg? Any thoughts? Thanks