Hello.
What I meant by the “alternate indicator/button” is the CDI source indicator located right above the actual CDI (in the standard Xplane C172 cockpit). This displays the source being fed to the CDI and also can be selected (with a mouse click) to change the source. However, updating the RXP CDI mode setting from the default to the bi-directional (GPS-SIM) sync mode resolved that issue, which is great! When I now select the CDI button on the RXP GNS530, it does toggle the CDI source indicator between Nav and GPS.
The issue now is that when GPS is selected on the RXP GNS, that signal isn’t actually fed to the CDI. VLOC works fine, however when GPS is then selected, the CDI needles just stay locked in the position they were in with VLOC. So, I can do ILS approaches, but can’t get any deflection when GPS is selected, (so therefore can’t do GPS approaches). I did try disabling the RXP GNS plugin, and verified that GPS does then feed into the CDI fine with the standard Xplane GNS.
Any advice on why VLOC is working, but not GPS, and how to resolve this, would be appreciated. Being able to feed the GPS to the CDI, and not being able to do GPS approaches would obviously be very restrictive.
It’s great to hear that there is the ability to “render on the 3D cockpit at the same time it is rendering in a popup window”. I did review the tutorial, the “Official Panel Configuration" pinned topic, and the Reality XP User Manual. I’m still not sure how specifically that is done though. In my C172 folder, there are 2 RealityXP files: RealityXP.GNS.ini, and RealityXP.GNS. These are pasted below and the differences are highlighted. What specifically should be updated to show the RXP GNS in both the popup and on top of the Xplane GNS in the 3D cockpit? Would that be replacing the drawto = WINDOW, PANELS with drawto = WINDOW, Garmin_530_screen and then adding a [GNS_530_1.Garmin_530_screen] section?
Thank you!
RealityXP.GNS.ini
[GNS]
; comma separated list of gauges
gauges = GNS_530_1
[GNS_530_1]
; comma separated list of render targets.
drawto = WINDOW, PANELS
; is the master device if true.
MasterDevice = true
; connects to: 'PFC_STACK','PFC_430','PFC_530' or any '#PID' (#D002 for PFC_430)
; no value connects to first found, 'OFF' disables connection.
HardwareDevice =
; hardware selector number or -1 to disable.
HardwareIdx = -1
[GNS_530_1.WINDOW]
; display window if true.
visible = true
; show screen only gauge if true.
nobezel = false
; display type: WINDOW,PANEL2D,PANEL3D,PANELS
frame.type = WINDOW
; display position and dimension (left,top,width,height)
frame.rect = 99995,434,645,470
; screen only border size (pixels).
border.size = 0
; screen only border color (#RGB or #RGBA).
border.rgba = #000000
; enable mouse clickspots if true, disable if false (use SHIFT to override)
usemouse = true
; left mouse button on the screen toggles popup window if true.
popleft = false
; right mouse button on the screen toggles popup window if true (requires XP11.1).
popright = false
; VR mode position and dimension (left,top,width,height) (requires XP11.20)
vrmode.rect = 0,178.5,245,178.5
; display as popout window if true (requires XP11.1).
undocked = false
; display mouse tooltips if true.
tooltips = false
; freeze display position if true.
locked = false
; auto hide in external view if true.
autohide = false
[GNS_530_1.PANELS]
; display window if true.
visible = false
; show screen only gauge if true.
nobezel = true
; display type: WINDOW,PANEL2D,PANEL3D,PANELS
frame.type = PANELS
; display position and dimension (left,top,width,height)
frame.rect = 0,0,0,0
; screen only border size (pixels).
border.size = 0
; screen only border color (#RGB or #RGBA).
border.rgba = #000000
; enable mouse clickspots if true, disable if false (use SHIFT to override)
usemouse = true
; left mouse button on the screen toggles popup window if true.
popleft = false
; right mouse button on the screen toggles popup window if true (requires XP11.1).
popright = true
RealityXP.GNS
[GNS]
; comma separated list of gauges
gauges = GNS_530_1
[GNS_530_1]
; comma separated list of render targets.
drawto = WINDOW, PANELS
; is the master device if true.
MasterDevice = true
; connects to: 'PFC_STACK','PFC_430','PFC_530' or any '#PID' (#D002 for PFC_430)
; no value connects to first found, 'OFF' disables connection.
HardwareDevice =
; hardware selector number or -1 to disable.
HardwareIdx = -1
UseSimGpsCmds = true
AutoCdiSrc = true
[GNS_530_1.WINDOW]
; display window if true.
visible = true
; show screen only gauge if true.
nobezel = true
; display type: WINDOW,PANEL2D,PANEL3D,PANELS
frame.type = WINDOW
; display position and dimension (left,top,width,height)
frame.rect = 4218,482,631,484
; screen only border size (pixels).
border.size = 0
; screen only border color (#RGB or #RGBA).
border.rgba = #000000
; enable mouse clickspots if true, disable if false (use SHIFT to override)
usemouse = true
; left mouse button on the screen toggles popup window if true.
popleft = false
; right mouse button on the screen toggles popup window if true (requires XP11.1).
popright = false
; VR mode position and dimension (left,top,width,height) (requires XP11.20)
vrmode.rect = 0,178.5,245,178.5
; display as popout window if true (requires XP11.1).
undocked = true
; display mouse tooltips if true.
tooltips = true
; freeze display position if true.
locked = false
; auto hide in external view if true.
autohide = false
[GNS_530_1.PANELS]
; display window if true.
visible = false
; show screen only gauge if true.
nobezel = true
; display type: WINDOW,PANEL2D,PANEL3D,PANELS
frame.type = PANELS
; display position and dimension (left,top,width,height)
frame.rect = 0,0,0,0
; screen only border size (pixels).
border.size = 0
; screen only border color (#RGB or #RGBA).
border.rgba = #000000
; enable mouse clickspots if true, disable if false (use SHIFT to override)
usemouse = true
; left mouse button on the screen toggles popup window if true.
popleft = false
; right mouse button on the screen toggles popup window if true (requires XP11.1).
popright = true
