CDU 388 Locking Up

[NicD]

Problems I'm seeing with recent builds are:
- When advancing a fix to the top of the list on LEGS page (i..e LSK1) it wipes out the remaining fixes on the route
- sometimes STAR selection throws the legs page into confusion
- sometimes after selecting STAR and RWY on APPDEP page there is a very long delay before it responds
- pressing PROG button on the RCDU puts a "p" in the scratchpad and doesn't show the progress page.

I'm suprised that these sorts of issues are not picked up in testing.

[BillTee]

Hi Micheal,

No, I am not having those speed to Mach issues that you are. Please bear in mind that I am using the Aerosoft MCP with the PMDG 737 a/c. The reason for this is so that I can use the expansion ports on the Aerosoft MCP to operate the thrust levers, speed brakes and my "home built" overhead panel. I realize that I am not a "purest" in using the 747MCP with the 737, but is was chosen as is was the first MCP that I found and the fact that it has the expansion ports makes it even more valuable to my needs.

With the CDU, I have not noticed a "breakdown" when changing runways in midflight, I do make that change of runway in the ROUTE page and typically will enter the STAR, waypoint by waypoint, on the LEGS page. ( be that the correct way or not )

I shall try to observe more carefully the CDU operation on my next flight, but I just don't think that I'm having the serious issues that you guys are having.

I occasionally will fly in Europe, but again, I have not noticed any big difference in CDU operation between Europe and North America.

Best to all,

Bill Trinidad

[dcutugno]

Problems I'm seeing with recent builds are:
- When advancing a fix to the top of the list on LEGS page (i..e LSK1) it wipes out the remaining fixes on the route
- sometimes STAR selection throws the legs page into confusion
- sometimes after selecting STAR and RWY on APPDEP page there is a very long delay before it responds
- pressing PROG button on the RCDU puts a "p" in the scratchpad and doesn't show the progress page.

I'm suprised that these sorts of issues are not picked up in testing.

I feel like we are the Beta testers! Must we be paid?!
One question to PM guys, do you have a beta test team? , i'm surprised too that so evident bugs are not catched!

[dcutugno]

I think will be useful to know the regional settings and location of those not experiencing those bugs!

[michelmvd]

Hi Bill,
Okidoki, yes the Aerosoft MCP was the very first and still mostly wanted by all B744 drivers Its prices are doubled on the second market. It is very sad that all developpers of cockpit hardware are focussing mostly only on the B737 these days. It just looks as no other aircraft are in service or to simulate.
From what I learn from your mail, it looks we probally can narrow down the Mach buggie to the serial drivers of PM for MCP747. Will mail again to Enrico to inform him about that, as I don't know if PM team is monitoring this forum. Would be great if they gives an indication.

To All -
What the CDU concerns as more I read the threads as more I find out that the noticed malfunctions are coming up also with a lot of others users, but not all of them. This maybe can be of a big help for Enrico to shortout the problems, if he knows which region or/and pc settings are suffering from this mentioned problems.

My regional settings are :
Window Prof XP SP2 - language : English
regional settings : Belgium - period ( 123.456.789,00 )
keyboard : azerty

Aircraft type B744

I'm using the CDU together with Engravity drivers set / hardware. Navdata is always the latest Navigraph data.

Ciao

Michel

[michelmvd]

Hi Bill,

With the CDU, I have not noticed a "breakdown" when changing runways in midflight, I do make that change of runway in the ROUTE page and typically will enter the STAR, waypoint by waypoint, on the LEGS page. ( be that the correct way or not )

I don't know very much the procedure or layout cdu pages for the B738, but in the B744 we don't have a possibility to enter the arrival rwy in the route page. This has to be done in the DEP/ARR be selecting the different RWY and approach possibilities. Also there you have to select your STAR. After selecting one of the STAR's available for that RWY, the cdu must then enter the complete STAR into your route (visual in your legs page). (No need to do this manually)
If for whatever reason, you have to change the RWY again, you must do this again in the DEP/STAR page and after changing the RWY, the complete list of STARs must be available, as it is possible that ATC assign you another one.

Ciao

Michel

[Bob Reed]

Just so that we are all on the same page, PM DOES NOT monitor this forum. I know every once in a while one of them pops in but look at it as they do not. Make sure all posts like this are also sent to there support address at support@projectmagenta,com so they know of the problem.

[Jan Pemöller]

I have absolutly the same problem since the last two versions of the CDU and they are very annoying. The only way "to live with it", is not to use the SID´s. Just put in every waypoint step by step manually.

I´m also very disapointed with the last support about this problem. Dont think that proffessional users will work with this version.

It would be great to have a beta team for PM, I have allready told Enrico that I would do this for free

But on the other hand the improvments of the GC-Versions are great!

Hope that Enrico and NAVIGRAPH (the problem starts with using their data source) will fix the problem soon, and the world would be OK for me again

Any news about this CDU problem are here very welcome.

Best regards
Jan

www.cityvox.de/B737

[dcutugno]

Hope that Enrico and NAVIGRAPH (the problem starts with using their data source) will fix the problem soon, and the world would be OK for me again

Best regards
Jan

www.cityvox.de/B737

The problem exist using the own PM navdata, that Enrico suggest to use to avoid any compatibility issue with Navigraph, so it is not a database problem.

[BillTee]

Hello Michel,

I'll try to give you my regional settings, except I don't know where to find ALL of the ones that you listed.


Windows XP Home, SP2
Language=English

Don't know where to find "regional settings"
My keyboard is a standard "QWERTY" type, I've got to say that I don't understand "azerty".

If you can tell me where those other settings can be found, I'll get them for you.

Best,

Bill T.