flight illusion installation

[ivar hestnes]

Can anyone give a description of how to configure the overhead gauges? Have searched lots of forums now, but cant find proper information of how to get the instruments installed and configured.

What I have done so far is installing the instruments and the GS-control software. All gauges are found in the program. Dont know how to get them to work though.

I have the gauges and software installed on one computer and PMsystems installed on a other computer.

[rt72]

Do they do anything? (e.g. Light up when you push the light button in the control program)...etc?

[ivar hestnes]

Installed instruments on the same computer as PMsystems now. But it didnt help.

In the FI software I can turn on the gauge lights. All instruments are found when searching for them.

But there are no plates to assign the instruments to, when calibrating. And then I cant even save the calibrated gauge.

Maybe I do this in the wrong order?

So for starter I am interested in info about calibrating one of the overhead instruments and attach a plate and save the file so it can be recognized py PMsystems.

The FI manual does not describe this operation for overhead gauges with a single word

[rt72]

Which gauges do you have?

[ivar hestnes]

I have installed the 6 instruments for FWD overhead

[rt72]

So is the software assigning a specific instrument like this, or is it blank?

[ivar hestnes]

Yes, the program shows the 6 instruments there And when I click on one of the listed gauges, I can turn ON/OFF the backlighting.

And I can calibrate the selected instrument. But there is no plate to assign for the instrument. I can choose "external" and then project magenta. And then there is no plate for the corresponding instrument. It seems that I have to insert values for the instruments manually in the calibrating menu. But I dont know what values to enter for each instrument.

In the PMsystems.ini file I have entered the flight illusion com port number and I have set the flight illusion "instrument detector" to 1.


By the way, I have flap gauge and brake pressure gauge installed on a other GSA-55 card, and those work perfect.

[Michael Carter]

It seems that I have to insert values for the instruments manually in the calibrating menu. But I dont know what values to enter for each instrument.

If I had no direction or other options Ivar, I would start with the values you have used for the instruments you have working now and go from there.

[rt72]

I don't interface any of my gauges with PM, but is there a specific config file you're supposed to use, maybe???

Anybody out there have a config file for the FI overhead gauges Ivar could use? This might save you the work of inputting numbers manually.

[ivar hestnes]

It seems that I have to insert values for the instruments manually in the calibrating menu. But I dont know what values to enter for each instrument.

If I had no direction or other options Ivar, I would start with the values you have used for the instruments you have working now and go from there.

I cant do that Michael. Because the working instruments are connected to FS. (flap gauge and brake pressure). It is a little different approach to get the overhead gauges working


@ rt72. Yep, thats what could help me out. If anyone have these values, it would help me alot. Or a config file for each instrument

Not even sure if I am thinking right here. But I hope I am on the right track. Thank you very much for helping me