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Post by tuncas on Jun 17, 2018 12:36:19 GMT -5
Hi Tuncas, if you think you did enough to make you pax scream , could you send us (see blue link below) a zip file with your FSCaptain\Data\Log folder so that we can see what (not) happened? Please send the email to all of us and copy the address of this thread into your message so that everyone on the FSCaptain team knows what the logs are for. Cheers, Peter Dear peter I don't think so that I was able to run FSCaptain. I will read from beginning the manuals and try again. I am sure FsCaptain has lots of potential but English is not my mother language sometimes I struggle long manuals.
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Post by Travis on Jun 17, 2018 14:58:40 GMT -5
Tuncas, That FCDU Installer error is not important. The Installer is looking to open a log file, but couldn't. When you click to Continue it makes its log file in a 'backup location'. No worries about that. So if you have installed an FCDU into one of your aircraft, the next time you launch FSX with that aircraft, open the FCDU Gauge Panel window from the "View" menu. If the gauge appears, then you can power it up by the white "On" button on the right side. The FCDU should tell you which airport it thinks you are at. You can then click the Line Shift Key on the FCDU to "LOGIN>" and at that time try to select a flight. The Tutorial we have is nearly 5 1/2 years old, and FSCaptain has grown since then. But the Tutorial should give you a look at some of the FCDU screens you will need to start and manage your flight. If you have questions, you know where to ask them. Regards,
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Post by tuncas on Jun 17, 2018 18:12:22 GMT -5
Travis ,
I am sorry to bother you again.
I installed all files including patch as administrator. I am traying to fly from a point to another with C172 to try. But nothing appears in view menu. Also I am trying to find FCDU but it's not there. I tried everything.
Is there any youtube tutorial or somthing step by step ? I know It shouldn't be that hard. If you don't want to respond please give up. I don't want to bother you more.
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Post by tuncas on Jun 17, 2018 19:16:55 GMT -5
Dear Pilots, Good news, I was able to complete a flight from A to B , bad news, I had to do alt+tab since FCDU didn't appeared on any screens. Also I wonder that FO didn't change the frequencies. And Travis It was nice to hear your voice. So what can I do to see FCDU without alt+tabbing. I want to complete at least two flights before doing it because my pc isn't so powerful. Thank you for your comments.
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Post by peter on Jun 17, 2018 20:21:14 GMT -5
Hello Tuncas,
there are two ways to use the FCDU:
1) Inside the simulator. Then the FCDU needs to be installed in the plane first. You can do that in the Administrator (option for all airlines) 2) External FCDU: you start it by opening the program FCDU.exe. To see it, you have to switch from FSX to the FCDU. I personally prefer this version since I use the simulator as a maximized window, not full screen. I then can see the task bar and switching is quick.
So, if you tried to use the internal FCDU, could it be that the FCDU was not installed?
As for the FO not changing frequencies, that's not something FSCaptain does, at least for now. FSCaptain is about communicating with your company and flying in a professional way, but not about communicating with ATC. The FO of Pro-ATC can switch frequencies for you.
Best regards, Peter
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Post by tuncas on Jun 17, 2018 20:25:49 GMT -5
Wow I am really trying hard to make it run properly.
My issues:
1-I am running FSX first. 2-I am running FSCaptain Admin 3-I am choosing a flight between two points. (I am not sure what to do in admin screen after this actually) 4-Creating flight in FSX and saving flight plan 5-Running FCDU 6-Loading plan to FCDU
---Problems are: A disturbing continuous sound keeps coming from FSX when I run FCDU. It's like a noise in frequency. But keeps coming all the time. No luck to run FCDU in FSX. I tried in Cessna and Baron 58 as default aircrafts but no luck. I also had an error but I think it's about V++ packs. I will install it again.
Thank you for your help.
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Post by tuncas on Jun 17, 2018 20:28:58 GMT -5
Hello Tuncas, there are two ways to use the FCDU: 1) Inside the simulator. Then the FCDU needs to be installed in the plane first. You can do that in the Administrator (option for all airlines) 2) External FCDU: you start it by opening the program FCDU.exe. To see it, you have to switch from FSX to the FCDU. I personally prefer this version since I use the simulator as a maximized window, not full screen. I then can see the task bar and switching is quick. So, if you tried to use the internal FCDU, could it be that the FCDU was not installed? As for the FO not changing frequencies, that's not something FSCaptain does, at least for now. FSCaptain is about communicating with your company and flying in a professional way, but not about communicating with ATC. The FO of Pro-ATC can switch frequencies for you. Best regards, Peter I installed FCDU to Cessna and Baron 58 but it didn't appear. Since I am using a laptop and just one monitor, I would like to use only in-game FCDU. Would you help me solving this ? edit 1- Now I tried as I didn't run FCDU before flight on desktop and I tried to run it ingame but no. I can see it under add-ons tab and I click on FCDU or tryng ctrl+shift+6 but no FCDU appears. And since it doesn't work noone is talking as FO. Nothing happens start to FSCaptain simulator. edit 2-Oh about changing freuencies I meant, I read somewhere in this forum before writing anything, in a post, Travis said FO will handle basic things if we leave the pc open and do our bussiness. Basic I couldn't find that post
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Post by Travis on Jun 17, 2018 20:42:58 GMT -5
Hello Tuncas, Follow the link in my signature below and guess what Peter and my email addresses are. Then please email us the panel.cfg of both your Cessna and for you Baron. We'll take a look and return any needed modifications to you! Regards,
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Post by tuncas on Jun 17, 2018 20:48:27 GMT -5
Travis, I will do it, I am done for now while making researches what is causing these problems. By the way I found that post about CoPilot and I really want to see if it works fscaptain.proboards.com/thread/940/copilot
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Post by Travis on Jun 17, 2018 20:52:16 GMT -5
Oh about changing freuencies I meant, I read somewhere in this forum before writing anything, in a post, Travis said FO will handle basic things if we leave the pc open and do our bussiness. Basic I couldn't find that post My apologies, I should have been more specific in my writing.
Once you activate I'll Be Back, your FSCaptain FO will take care of the things FSCaptain monitors - your FO will make all position reports, will manage all cabin service, will handle the PAX belts if turbulence calls for it, and will continue to monitor for conditions that would pause the simulator until you returned.
As an example, if you walked away for a few minutes and your cat jumps on the keyboard and hits the "L" key - turning all of your a/c's lights on or off - your FO would notice any irregular light setting and pause the sim until you return to analyze the problem.
I fly across the US - sometimes a 6 hour flight - and I turn on I'll Be Back all of the time. Airspeed changes, emergencies, running low on fuel, my sim is paused until I can verify all is well and the flight can proceed.
We don't monitor your radios. Yet.
Regards,
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Post by Travis on Jun 17, 2018 21:03:13 GMT -5
I do all Administrator work well before starting FSX, but that's me. I also never use the Admin from the FSX menu. It can cause problems, and we don't like CTDs!
In a few days I'll post a diagram I've started on which will show how I proceed all the way from "I want to fly... there" to going OUT from my parking position. The diagram lists all of my add-ons and in what sequence I use them in.
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Post by tuncas on Jun 18, 2018 5:46:32 GMT -5
Hello Tuncas, Follow the link in my signature below and guess what Peter and my email addresses are. Then please email us the panel.cfg of both your Cessna and for you Baron. We'll take a look and return any needed modifications to you! Regards, Travis , I sent the requested files to you and Peter. Hope we can solve this. I also want to ask you, When I only run FCDU in simulator , should it run or should I run it from desktop first ?
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Post by alaskanflyboy on Jun 21, 2018 1:00:54 GMT -5
Hello Tuncas, Follow the link in my signature below and guess what Peter and my email addresses are. Then please email us the panel.cfg of both your Cessna and for you Baron. We'll take a look and return any needed modifications to you! Regards, Travis , I sent the requested files to you and Peter. Hope we can solve this. I also want to ask you, When I only run FCDU in simulator , should it run or should I run it from desktop first ? I'm not part of the support team, just a fellow user. I run FCDU from within the simulator only. From my understanding, the desktop version is sort of a legacy backup for planes that don't play well with the embedded version. I imagine running both will cause conflicts as both try to do the same things simultaneously. If you're not getting the in-sim FCDU to pop up, you likely don't have the gauge window properly installed in the panel.ini. It need to be done for each aircraft that you wish to use with it. There's a self-installer in the Admin that works quite well.
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Post by peter on Jun 21, 2018 4:36:15 GMT -5
Hello John,
we received Tuncas' files and Dutch and Travis are looking at this. It is possible that a problem in panel.cfg is the source of the problem.
The external FCDU is not at all a legacy version. Both internal and external version are equally supported, but serve different purposes. The internal FCDU is popular among pilots who run their simulator in full screen mode. The external FCDU is useful when you run FSCaptain over a network or run the simulator in a window. I personally prefer the external version. I run P3D as a maximized window, so that it covers the entire screen except for the taskbar. I can then easily bring it to the foreground by clicking on its symbol. I can also keep it in the foreground by using programs such as always-on-top. The same is true for all other programs that I run together with the simulator (EFB, wether engine, ATC, ..), so that I can access all information very quickly and on a single PC.
Cheers, Peter
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Post by tuncas on Jun 26, 2018 15:23:02 GMT -5
Hello again, Since I am not writing here it doesn't mean I give up on FSCaptain. No and never I think. I am just having real life flights. Wishing to see an update on my issue Have a nice week dear forum .
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