Interested in a better interface with VRinsight products?
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Originally Posted by
ian@737ng.co.uk
hello chums.......
i managed to get hold of the VRInsight MCPCombo and the CDU for use on my test rig, but i am having a nightmare!
so i was wondering if anybody else has bought these for use with the PMDG aircraft (737ng in paticular) and was having the same issues as me.....or any other issues.
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i've tried these units on two different computers just to eliminate me and my test rig machine. same result on both machines (phew!)
would be interested in anybody else's experiences with these units and the PMDG.
on a good note, the efis and radio sections work fine. i'm also told they work 100% with the LevelD767 (because they released the SDK).
have posted on the vrinsight forum but no reply as yet.
regards from the welsh borders..... ian
Hi guys,
I'm interested in buying an MCP combo from VRinsight as well as I'm looking for something affordable that I can use with my wide variety of addons. I don't want to confine myself to a single aircraft type.
Unfortunately, It seems Ian encounters a lot of problems with the PMDG birds.
As he mentions in his post above, this is probably a consequence of the lack of SDK and the use of the keymapping method to feed the MCP commands to the sim.
I remembered a few days ago that Lefteris (former PMDG programmer) now has another company called Flightsim Labs Ltd. that offers interface software between the PMDG products and different hardware brands. This interface allows for direct communication between the addon and your hardware which would solve a lot of trouble...
I created a topic on the Flightsim Labs forum to see if we can generate some interest in an interface between the PMDG 737/747 and the VRinsight hardware.
Please show your interest in this topic: http://www.flightsimlabs.com/Forums/...c/Default.aspx
Best regards,
Sylvain
vrinsight with the PMDG737
gentlemen, good day.......
ok, we are getting somewhere. i have a test rig in my den which i use to experiment on, hence the vrinsight units.........when i first got these units, i had a nightmare getting the MCP part of the combo 'sort of' working (and i mean a nightmare). i posted several items on the vrinsight forum detailing my issues.
now there is a new version of the SerialFP2 software available which has addressed all the issues. installing the latest version of the the software has cured all the problems i was encountering when using the MCP Combo with the PMDG737. all three sections -EFIS - MCP and Radio are woking fine.....so i guess it pays to 'bitch'.
however, as far as the CDU is concerned, i am still not impressed. it's just a keyboard emulator and i find it easier to use the mouse to input alphanumeric characters which sort of defeats the purpose of having one really. never mind, it looks better than it works :o))
so, if you buy one of these units, forget the installation software on the disc, download the latest version of the SerialFP2 software from the vrinsight website.
norm said " Installation was confusing but I finally got it to work." thanks norm for being diplomatic.
have a great new year everybody....... ian