Malcolm Wright

II've managed to get EZCA start up. However my first problem was that it wouldn't show up in the Addon entry in the FSX menu. This was due to Simconnect not working properly. However if you go to directory - SteamApps/common/FSX/SDK/Core Utilities Kit/SimconnectSDK/LegacyInterfaces you will find three directories. I'm not sure which is exactly the correct one but I used FSX-SP1. If you go into any of those three you will see a SimConnect.msi. This will setup SimConnect and Ezca will appear in the Addon entry in the FSX menu. After that you can get EZCA showing up and you can see the studio open up. However I have a problem and that is that although it the Ezca studio appears I cannot set up a key/button to execute the specific camera. In fact I can't get it to work from the studio. I would be grateful if anyone has sorted this problem could post it. One problem is that it won't accept button or key entries for a camera. Without Ezca using FSX is a pain. I am not a Steam afficianado but at a price of £3.99 it looked like a good bet, especially as it is almost impossible to get a new FSX disk these days, certainly not at a reasonable cost.(I will have to back up my FSX disks! As a side issue is it possible to activate a new FSX installation now? Does the online activation still work?). So far I have been able to get some of my exisiting aircraft copied across and some scenery and the aircraft seemed to work ok. Scenery i'm not quite sure about. My general impression is that FSX:SE is not a great idea in itself. If FSX is developed further,, and it is easy and free(!) for the updates, then it might be worth it. (I have installed it on a laptop on a completely separate machine from my main FSX installation. I wouldn't want to take the risk of damaging my main FSX setup.) However, FSX:SE without addons is basic and takes us back to the beginning, basic scenery and basic aircraft. i will keep it on the laptop for when I'm away from my main computer but i doubt if I will use it much. Certainly until i can get EZCA working. Malcolm Wright

Thanks to those who responded. i'll give it a try when I get back to UK. Malcolm Wright

I hope this is the right forum for this. I have a David Clark headset that I used when I was flying in the real world. After I could no longer afford to rent an aircraft I still kept all my equipment ..just in case! However now I suspect that FSX is going to the be only way I will get any sort of flying experience. I would like to use my David Clark headset. I would need to get some converter plugs as the DC headset uses big ones and the computer small plugs. However does anyone who knows about these things know if this will work or will it either not work or damage the sound card. Many Thanks Malcolm Wright