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When using simconnect and event ID's to affect changes to the G1000 in FSX I have noticed several issues.KOHLSMAN_INC and KOHLSMAN_DEC only affect the standby altimeter. ALthough this is true in a real plane, there is no event ID to set the G1000 Baro. It is kind of interesting that they did not make the event ID affect the G1000 setting becuase it does affect the AP and GPS (although there is no real integration), in some real planes you must set each separate.Second, in VC I can control all of the settings on the G1000 (except Baro), but when I use the PFD or MFD view, some of the functions work and some don't.I will nned to check my simmconnect version to see if I have…

Hi folks,I've just been in the process of figuring out a pretty troublesome issue - it started with the PMDG MD11 and 747 hanging at the aircraft select screen; running simconnect diagnostics, and taking a look at event viewer, it seemed as though both planes couldn't find simconnect.dll - even though all three versions (RTM, SP1, Acceleration) existed in my Windows SxS folder. Further investigation suggested that simconnect may be corrupted - running AI Traffic.exe would also hang.Several reinstalls of Vista x64 and FSX later, I found the problem - and it's not such an obvious one. It seems that my documents folder was the root cause of the problem. I keep my docs on a s…

I'm having trouble getting Simconnect to work with ASX/ASA. I keep getting an error message about not having the proper SP# SDK installed. I have FSX Deluxe with the Acceleration Pack installed. I have tried making things work with both the SP1A and SP2 SDK and they do to a certain extent. I can run any of the Samples in the SDK folder with either SP installation, but I can't get ASX/ASA to work. I'm not looking for help with ASX/ASA (I will ask for that help on the proper forum), but I just want to make sure I am using the proper SDK version.With the Acceleration Pack installed, should I be using SP1a or SP2 SDK?

Hello all !I need get surface type from simconnect , but i see zero result.I use:SimConnect.AddDataDefinition (1000, 'SURFACE TYPE', 'enum', SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE_INT32);simconnect1.RequestDataOnSimObject(9999,1000,SIMCONNECT_OBJECT_ID_USER,SIMCONNECT_PERIOD_VISUAL_FRAME,0,0,0,0);and read array when receive ID=9999 if requestid=9998 then beginSURFACE_TYPE:=simconnect1.GetDataLong(0,1);end;I see SURFACE_TYPE=0 ! Why ?Please help me !

posted this over on the add-on developers forum but been met with a deafening silence so Take 2 here:Hi one and all ...i'm hoping someone with knowledge of voice-activated add-ons might be able to cast some light as to the possibilty, and level of difficulty of producing a simple utility to change instrument settings in FSX using the Trainable MS voice application. Basically what i'm talking about is functionality along the lines of, when in AP mode: i say 'heading 270' and hey presto! the plane changes direction to that heading. I am aware that Cockpit Chatter carries this functionality but i gave up on it due to it's poor response success rate (in his sales pitch the de…

Hi folk. How i get camera name of current view or this camera number from simconnect ?I subscribe to "view" notifications and get camera type only.With sim connect i can ged only 3 types:SIMCONNECT_VIEW_SYSTEM_EVENT_DATA_COCKPIT_2DSIMCONNECT_VIEW_SYSTEM_EVENT_DATA_COCKPIT_VIRTUALSIMCONNECT_VIEW_SYSTEM_EVENT_DATA_ORTHOGONAL (the map view).It is a very small parameters for create advanced cameras addon and my questions for you: How i get camera name of current view or this camera number from simconnect ? or how i switch plane to any FSX camera from my software with use simconnect ?I search this events and variables and i can not found it.Please help me.

Can someone provide the link for FSX SDK Sp1 please? I can't find it at FsInsider.Thanks.Troy

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I am using FREEZE_... events to disable the flight model with SimConnect client controlling the positioning of my object. How does the surface interaction work in this case? Is it still active? For example, if I land my SimConnect-controlled helicopter on a slope, will the contact points still "sense" the slope and tilt the aircraft accordingly? or will it stay level, and just sense the ground underneath? Or, the worst case, will it ignore the ground and just keep falling towards the center of the earth?

Hello all,I have a question for you. I am currently developing a small application and I am able to load a flight once a certain key is pressed. Everything is working pretty much OK.However, I would like to have the chance to start my application first and once all setting are done, the user would click a "Load" button. After that FSX would start automatically, loading my flight from the .flt file and skipping the GUI, where you can select your aircraft etc.So basically after clicking the button in my application, the next thing the user would see is fsx starting and then sitting in the cockpit.I would be great if somebody could tell me how to do it and if it is possible …

I think I have found a small bug with the electrical system failure variable using simconnect. But its probably more likely that I'm doing something wrong. I'm reading the variable "PARTIAL PANEL ELECTRICAL" listed in the simulation variables of the esp sdk. If I go into the aircraft failures and fail the electrical system, this variable returns a '1' for true. If the electrical is not failed it will return a '0'. The problem pops up when I turn off the battery and the generator/alternator power. It seems that if no electrical power is being supplied to the aircraft, the return value is always a '1', even when the electrical system is not failed. I confirmed that th…

Hi,I have the following problem as with ASX solution.Q. I am getting an error that SP1 SimConnect cannot be foundA. When .NET 2.0 is not installed on the system when FSX or SP1 is installed, the proper managed SimConnect files may not be installed. To correct this situtation, uninstall SP1 via add/remove programs (check the box at top to show updates). Do not remove FSX, just the SP1 update. Then reinstall SP1. SimConnect should now be installed with the proper configuration.I do have .net 2.0 installed. I could not find SP1 for FSX in my add/remove programs. SP2 for FSX was there. Since Microsoft warns about re-installing SP1 if SP2 is already installed what I did was un…

I have the following entries in my winsxs dir:x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.60905.0_none_dd92b94d8a196297x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.61242.0_none_e079b46b85043c20x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.61259.0_none_55f5ecdc14f60568Why do the three versions of SimConnect folder names have "none" in them?I looked at another FSX user's sxs and he didn't have "none" in his folder names. ?? Is this normal?RhettFS box: E8500 (@ 3.80 ghz), AC Freezer 7 Pro, ASUS P5E3 Premium, BFG 8800GTX 756 (nVidia 169 WHQL), 4gb DDR3 1600 Patriot Cas7 7-7-7-20 (2T), PC Power 750, WD 150gb 10000rpm Rapt…

Hello captains, hello Pete,i use FSX/Acc on an Vista 32bit PC and a networked XP-notebook.a few weeks ago i installed the addon "super traffic board" on thenotebook and tried to connect it via Simconnect - no luck!The SimConnect.xml is located in C:/user/username/Appdata/Roaming/microsoft/FSX of the server with FSX(Vista) The SimConnect.cgf is located in Desktop/my documents of the client laptop (Windows XP) The path of the flight-simulator files is Y:/ on the laptop (Y:/ as a network drive of (server) Desktop/username/documents)in my Simconnect-logfile, i have:0.00000 SimConnect version 10.0.61259.00.04626 Server: Scope=local, Protocol=Pipe, Name=.pipeMicrosoft Fli…

Hello,I am trying to create an external application to replace the MCP of the standard FSX B737. I am having difficulty in reading a variable which represents the course which is settable in degrees.I have reviewed the simconnect variables and can not seem to find this. I suspect this is caused by my ignorance of aircraft systems and therefore not knowing how to describe this variable.Does anyone know what this variable is called?ThanksNeil

I am trying to run FSX and Squawkbox 4 on a two box LAN (Windows XP). The AI Traffic.exe will not connect. I find the Microsoft webpages confusing and would much appreciate someone telling me what SDK updates I should have on the server (FS) and on the client (SB4) for FSX with SP1 and SP2 installed. Peter.

I installed Active Sky X on the same machine I have FSX installed on. When I start Sky X it has an error with SimConnect SP1. I have FSX SP1 installed and then SP2 and still can't get this thing working.Any Suggestions?Thanks.

Good afternoon,Have been working with simconnect for a few days now based on the Managed Data Request sample application. All is working well and has been quite fun.However, I am stumped on one detail. I understand how the Pause event is managed based on the SubscribeToSystemEvent method. However, I am trying to configure an event that would fire based on a toggle of the autopilot master switch in FSX. After some research it does not appear that the SubscribeToSystemEvent call is correct. Could someone provide a small code snippet of how to register the autopilot master event such that my client receives notification of the AP master toggle event when initiated from …

I've spent alot of time lately developing using the SimConnect managed code infrastructure. While not everything is perfect, i'd say it's been a very good experience (and was my first exposure to c# too).Is there a channel where we can submit bug reports and request new features in future versions of Flight Simulator (and maybe even TrainSim)?Number 1 on my list is sound being switched off in FSX when your managed simconnect application has the focus. There's a switch to prevent the simulator pausing, but nothing to keep the sound going following a context switch. This seems to effect just out of process applications, not in-process.RegardsSimon

I'm a newcomer to SimConnect and C#. I'm more familiar with C/C++ but I like the simpler environment of C#. I'm working on a basic project to familiarise myself with both, but I keep running into the problem.The code below is part of the project. The first two lines execute fine, but the third comes up with this error:Error 1 The name 'simconnect_OnRecvException' does not exist in the current contextI can't grasp why the first two work, but the third doesn't. I've installed the SDK SP1a patch, but not SP2. Would that fix it? I'd rather not go to SP2 if I can avoid it.[faux code]simconnect.OnRecvOpen += new SimConnect.RecvOpenEventHandler(simconnect_OnRecvOpen);simconnect.…

Hi all,My problem today is that I've recently built a new computer, and am trying to connect it too the old one to run FSX on the new one, and ASX on the old one.I've installed FSX on the new PC and it works, and already have FSX on the old one - which also works - so I have SimConnect on both.I've followed ASX's instructions and have had no luck connecting the computer together when I run the AI Traffic test program.My old computer is XP Home SP2 - the client - and my new computer Vista Home Basic x64 - the server.I can run a network fine, connect is installed on both, but it won't connect! Can someone please help me figure out what's going wrong? (Bellow is my cfg files…

My name is Bob and I hate simconnect. I love FSUIPC. Yes, I know that FSUIPC is old technology. Yesterday's news, out of date. But you know what? It had one attribute that simconnect lacks. The darn thing worked. I have spent hours trying to get ASX to talk to FSX via a client. I give up and I hope that the ACES engineer/designer/programmer who thought that mess up (and two versions since RTM) also had a rotten fourth of July. I'm a pilot, not a network systems analyst. All I want is to install a program on a client, setup the network, like FSCommander,RC Contact, FlightKeeper, FSmoving Map, FS Realtime etc, that work great across the network via FSUIPC. I'm sure all the…

Just wondering if anyone has been successful using SimConnect to network the fabulous PFE2000 by Dave March. Dave did mention that FSWide is a good choice but I have spent enough money on FSX recently and I like to figure out ways to use SimConnect. I have all the right SimConnect files in place and have set Windows Firewall Exceptions with PF_Emulator.exe on the server (FSX Computer) which is linked to the Client computer (The one that has PFE installed on it). When I press "Connect to FS" I get an error message:"link to FSUIPC. FS must be running before starting ProFlight Emulator Session!Then I realized that the .XML and .CFG files are not configured correctly. So..…

Hi, new here. I have built a AP simulator connected via USB. I'm using SimConnect via C++ and have everything working except, I can't find an event id to toggle the IAS/MACH mode switch as present on the 737 AP. I also can't find the var that will let me know which mode it's currently in.I've been over and over the doc's and I just can't see it. It must be there right? I think my old eyes are tired.A pointer in the right direction would be appreciated.Ted