PM CDU Flightplan question

[patrickm]

Hi Mike,

I have got a lot of trouble with a network between XP and Vista.
have you run pmfilecheck to see if everything is working fine?
sometimes FSPLANS is visible in the network but CDU can't access flightplans.
You must adjust security of the directory and add user like guest with permissions.
Regards

Patrick

[mpl330]

Hi,

Have deleted and reshared but no luck so far...
Both PCs are running XP SP2 - the main FS pc has the flightplan folder shared as fsplans and for the user that connects to it has full authority.
When I go to load a fs flightplan the path to the main fs directory is showing in the cdu (\\fspc\fs9) and a message shows 'SHARE AS FSPLANS'.

Is there a setting somewhere to say where it looks for the plans?
Cheers
Mike

[patrickm]

Hi,

Have deleted and reshared but no luck so far...
Both PCs are running XP SP2 - the main FS pc has the flightplan folder shared as fsplans and for the user that connects to it has full authority.
When I go to load a fs flightplan the path to the main fs directory is showing in the cdu (\\fspc\fs9) and a message shows 'SHARE AS FSPLANS'.

Is there a setting somewhere to say where it looks for the plans?
Cheers
Mike

Mike

Before to be loaded in the cdu, flight plan must be saved in fs.
are you using the usual directory for flight plan in fs9 (my documents\flight simulator files\...)?
what is the result of pmfilecheck tool?

Patrick

[luisgordo]

Hi,

I am using MCDU (airbus CDU), and I am not able either to load FS Plans. Everything done as stated in the manual (sharing folder as FSPLANS, etc.).

When I try to load an FS Plan (and I have many in the FS folder) I can only load the last (and only file) saved in the FSPLANS folder by the CDU. When I save a Flight plan created with the CDU as a FS FPLN, it creates a file such as "1pmflight001.PLN". If I save another one, it creates names increasing number "1pmflight002, 3, etc..PLN", BUT it deletes the previous one. This is, I can only load FS Plans created by the CDU, and only the latest one, as the other get deleted.
Needless to say, I cannot load the files created by FS9.

Any clue?.....

[mpl330]

This is getting really frustrating!

I've run file check on the pc that has GC & MCP installed - no errors reported, knows all about fsplans on the main fs pc etc.

On the CDU pc I have a drive mapped and can see the plans on the main fs pc but still the cdu does not know about this share - keeps mentioning the fs9 folder and wont load any other plans...

Any ideas?
Cheers
Mike

[Thomas Richter]

But did you run pmFileCheck on CDU PC?

[mpl330]

But did you run pmFileCheck on CDU PC?

Hi,

Yep - all worked ok - no error messages and it knew about fsplans but still nothing in cdu...

Cheers
Mike

[Thomas Richter]

Just copy the pmFileCheck.txt file from the CDU PC to see what is in.

[mpl330]

All looks ok - but every time I try load a flight plan (I am entering EGNM-EGLL or EGNM-EGLL.PLN on the cdu then clicking LOAD FS key it keeps loading the last flight in the folder (as reported in the file check program)...
Most bizarre!

[Thomas Richter]

All looks ok - but every time I try load a flight plan (I am entering EGNM-EGLL or EGNM-EGLL.PLN on the cdu then clicking LOAD FS key it keeps loading the last flight in the folder (as reported in the file check program)...
Most bizarre!

But that means the sharing works now OK!
For the reason that you cannot load other files than the latest please check the Documentation, I think page 38 or so.