I post mostly aviation and flight simulation videos, but once in a while I'll throw in something completely random that I feel is interesting enough to share.
I have an exciting news, I did find a solution to fix my data, which I had previously loaded in to plugin, I renamed the data to data.cfg so that allowed me to be able loading the cfg file and saved it once again as data.cfg and replaced it with my original data, everything start working like before, seven segments and all knobs which control my cockpit are recovered. 🥰🤝🤝👌
Good morning Jose 🤣👍 I'm so happy now, finally I figured out my external panel start working, also recovered the knobs which was made by simvim data start working, I'm so excited to fix couple more buttons on my gps and brake light to fix, all thanks to you and Val. 🥰👌♥️✌
Hola amigo un placer saludarle y tener tantos vídeos muy interesantes, es una duda que tengo. Yo toda mi cabina y todos mis paneles lo he programado con realsimcontrol, a un compañero le he fabricado unos paneles de radio iba a aprobarlos y resulta que todo el configurador y el interfaz de real sin control ha cambiado,y no se como se genera el DATA cuando le metes los pines al configurado me podrías ayudar ???gracias y saludos desde España
Hola Damaso, gracias por tu comentario. Tengo un video que hice hace un mes explicando los cambios a el configurador y las conversiones. Si hay algo con lo que ocupes ayuda después de ver ese video no dudes en preguntar. Pero la respuesta simple es que tienes que precionar el boton "SAVE CFG" para generar y guardar la configuracion. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E761d5JyNhA.htmlsi=O_Z_IKiOogrZhbYp
So many changes recently with simvim this changes made me disappointed so I give up, disassemble all my cockpit and selling the parts , well let's start first with my "Saitec pro flight" see who is interested 🤔
Oh that's a shame because even though they change the way the website looks it doesn't affect a setup you had already built. I have never had to do anything to my setup even through 5 years of SimVimX changes. 😁
Once again - I appreciate the developer always making something better - but I also appreciate that other systems have remained static for six plus years so you don't have to do anything once its done, ever.
Hey there, I totally agree on that. Hopefully, they'll get to the point that SimVimX will be considered finished soon 🤣. I'm just glad that even though all the changes, I haven't had to redo any of my wiring at all.
We use to be able to use output multiplexers with 7 seg displays, is that not the case anymore? we can only assign 7 seg displays directly to the arduino pins 30-37?
@@Qosmokid Oh thx I missed that.. I was confused about what you said at around 8:00 .. I just tried it, it is not that much straight forward but not too complicated as well. I feel like the older configurator was much easier to use or maybe it is just me !
Thank You once again for your excellent videos. When and if you present a video on how to do conversions -- please consider how to display --- an airplane's Pitch and Roll degrees --- on an LCD display. I have not been able to do this. THANK YOU !!!!
Thanks for your comment. Ok I will definitely do that. Is there a specific airplane you have in mind? Although I think you do not need to do conversion for those parameters
@@Qosmokid Thank you for considering my request. I believe the Pitch and Roll degrees I am requesting apply to all aircraft. However, I am presently generating a configuration for the basic Cessna 172 (G1000) aircraft. I am especially interested in displaying Pitch degrees. This parameter along with possibly the yoke pressure parameter ( I believe this parameter is available also ) will allow me to control "slow flight" and " level flight" effectually. THANK YOU !!!!!!
Ok so I tried setting up the datarefs you are asking about and because they are default xplane datarefs it won't let me put them even on a "GENERIC" LCD Display. I just had Vlad work on fixing an issue on the Zibo so I'm going to wait a little before asking him if this is something he can add lol
The history of my life, our computers were good enough, not those old versions cannot run like we want to in the new computer, Now MSFS2020 runs perfect with some glitches.
wanted to thank you again for all of your great work. Ive built a nav module, using simvim but have decided to swap to mobiflight in the future - concerned about long term viability of the product and dont want to be in an unsupported mode 2 years from now. Have you ever considered doing videos on how to build panels using fusion and cnc - thats my next hill to climb. Again great job with the videos!
Hi Tony, thank you for your comment. I don't worry about SimVimX going away. They've been working on this project since 2011. I just hope that if they do decide to stop working on it they would leave the website up so that people can still do configurations since we don't have a standalone program. As far as your question, no I don't even know how to use Fusion and I don't have a CNC so I definitely would not be able to do that. I hope some day to get at least a 3D printer.
Hey, appreciate your video! Very inspiring to get back into building. Here is a thought: use a second PC for instrumentation. I know in SimVim Vlad has an example of how to. Just to help free up resources for the main pc. I’m in the process of building a helicopter collective and it uses potentiometers and MobiFlight seems way too complicated for me. I need to go back through some vids to get multiplexing figured out and the new format of SVX is hard to figure out. Will be anxious to see your new tutorials! No pressure lol 😊
Oh I'm glad you're getting back to it Dave. I already have one more recorded. Just need to finish editing and post it. The updated multiplexer one will be after that one. Yes sir, I need to use SimVim Panels, I can use one of my laptops for that or take the raspberry pi 4 out of my mini arcade cabinet 😂
Yes they do have very good support and the creator makes tons of videos too. I've only researched it for the comparison video I posted a few years ago. Just watching some of the videos it seems a lot more complicated to configure. It does have it's multi simulator advantage though. Maybe soon I will give an honest shot and discover it's not as complicated as I think it is.
These guys at Simvim are keep changing the entire process. You go to their website just to find everything has been reshuffled. Other problem with Simvim, is they put too much irrelevant information and it looks like ton of cluster F. There is no clear information about how things work. You have to keep trying to make something work. They built the site and left it for you to "Go figure". It is sad that without your videos their website is as useless as ashtray on motorbike.
🤣 yikes, those are some pretty harsh words. I appreciate that you find my videos useful. I actually think their website and instructions are very good. They separate all the wiring technical stuff by component. You are right though about the assignments and conversions. They try to make it as clear as possible but I did have to figure out some of it on my own 😁 As far as changing everything, I know they are trying to make it as good as possible and I understand that. They also do mention that it is in active development and it can change as any time. 🤣
Hi. Nice work, I never get to that level myself. BTW, your hand painted panels could be easily improved by just printing them on plain paper with a common printer. The button graphics can be printed in self adesive paper.
You do a great job and thank you for taking the time to share all of this with us! I made a prototype MCP for my 737 Zibo in Xplane 12. I have a problem: when I fly in VNAV and LNAV, if during the descent I need to slow down the speed of the plane, I noticed that the SPD INTV button does not work on my MCP, yet it sends the information to ZIBO which then displays the speed to modify on the 7 segment while the speed of my MCP remains empty! At this moment, I cannot reduce the speed with the speed rotary switch which remains inactive on my MCP. However, on ZIBO you can reduce the speed of the plane with the mouse! I have tried several times to contact Vlad to report this bug but I have not had an answer on this subject. Do you know how we could solve this problem? I tried to see if we could access the code but even with Sublitext or Arduino IDE software I couldn't! Thanks for your help The video of my problem : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g0QfRphf2Cs.html
Ok good news, I got in touch with Vlad and he fixed the issue. I just tested the new dat file and both the display and the encoder work perfectly. I'm sure he'll post the new dat file on the site as soon as he reads my message that it was successful.
@@Qosmokid I am very happy to read this news... I use this function a lot when I fly my 738, especially when going downhill. I tried so many times to report this issue, you had more luck than me, well done!!! Thanks for your help ! I can't wait for the update!!!!
Hi I used this tool to find Toliss AirbusFBW Datarefs which are not published and are are not picked up by the Dataref Editor. All the Datarefs you show here are integers or floats and I have had no probs in setiing them from an external program. However many of the AirbusFBW datarefs visibie in the DataRef Tool just say 'activate'. Without knowning what activate means internally, it's hard to enter a program value that changes the Dataref state. Do you have any information perhaps?
Hi there, unfortunately I don't own any FBW aircraft so I can't look up some of those datarefs you are talking about. The only weird think I have seen with some datarefs mostly with lights if I remember correctly is that they are arrays. Those are the ones that have a bunch of numbers separated by commas. I don't understand arrays so I couldn't even begin to try to explain them to you ☹
Hey my friend, long time no seen your! welcome back. And yes, simvimx remains the best comparing to other namely mobiflight, as it is easier to connect your switches LEDs and so forth. however I still believe that is lacking somewhere which is making it open source and create external independent app as mobiflight made it, if something has to happen and the website goes down as well, we are all gonna hangup, I have now 4 simulators, connected to simvimx and they are all connected to the old configurator, and guess what, I will have to reprogram everything again to the new one because many of the systems stopped working with the new configurator, and that is pain, a complete good solution would be to make it open source and create an external application like mobiflight to make it much easier
Thank you for these very clear explanations. I will start my connections soon and I found information here that I did not find on the SimVim site (the power of the resistors that you tested in particular)
Thanks, if you watch my other video, "Playing with LEDs" you'll see that pretty much you can use whatever value you want as long as you prevent too much voltage from getting to the LED. Some are way too bright even with the recommended value.,
Hola amigo. Sigo con el error de que no se muestra el IAS MACH en el 737 por defecto del x-plane 12, no es problema del 7 segmentos, es algún error del plugin, Con los últimos SIMDATS no se ha corregido, ci abro otro avión un A320, 737 Zibo entonces si se muestra el IAS MACH. Antes de la actualización 2.20 no pasaba eso, sabes algo al respecto??? AP_SPD_Cmd o=1 Lo tengo en el MAX 7219 . Muchas gracias
Hijole disculpa se me paso completamente investigar ese problema. Otra vez no estoy en casa esta semana por el trabajo. Cuando regrese el fon de semana lo hago.
Hola, finalmente llege a mi casa y tuve la oportunidad de provar el problema que me dijiste. En mi caso si me funciona perfectamente. conecte un MAX7219 y le asigne el AP_SPD_Cmd keyword y muestra los numeros correctos. No se que pueda ser el problema con el tuyo. La unica duda que tengo es que si no te muestra ni el AIRSPEED o solamente el MACH?
@@Qosmokid HOLA, he logrado que se vea poniendo esto AP_SPD_Cmd_Kts o=1 ya que uso un display de 6 segmentos, lo que no logro ver el al pulsar C/O en el simulador si cambia a IAS. pero al menos logro verlo, muchas gracias por ayudarme. Un saludo desde islas canarias GCLP aeropuerto de gando
Nice videos - I see you have a profile for the AFL 172 - For me, I cannot find an assignment that works for the ADF needle knob. Is a conversion file required?
Hello, thank you Dave. Well for the ADF you actually don't use the knob for the needle, you use it to turn the card with the heading numbers on it right? I just tested it and it works fine, I assigned the keyword ADF_HDG on the NAV Instruments map page under ADF Indicators.
@@Qosmokid Thanks for checking! - I shouldn't have said needle - I am referring to the HDG knob of the ADF. Hmm- AFL 172 that I use is the ANALOG one. Perhaps yours is the digital one? Anyway, it looks like from the DataRefTool, I need to map ADF Heading to c172cockpit/adf - so I will have to figure out how to make the entry in the .conv file. Can you confirm if you are AFL Analog or Digital?
@@DaveS_WI OK so after you replied it dawned on me that you have the X-Plane 12 version. So I loaded that one up and sure enough you do have to add a custom conversion for it. I ended up using two commands and it works perfectly "C172/cockpit/adf/headingDec" & "C172/cockpit/adf/headingInc" Remember always try to use commands instead of datarefs if available.
@@Qosmokid Sorry - should have specified XP12, and you are also right in that the commands worked better than the dataref - appreciate the help! So far, that is the only conversion entry that I needed for the AFL 172 Analog.
I am sure you are aware of how useful and valuable your videos are. Vlad’s technical instructions are detailed, precise and comprehensive. However, for an average person nothing is better than video instructions as yours. Thank you. I am looking forward to your follow up videos on ver 220, a version which is giving me lots of heartburn.
Thank you for your comment. This is what gives me motivation to not give up on making videos. Im working on the next videos right now. First some for existing users to get going with this new version. Then I will redo all my "Back to basics" ones.
It’s really nice to see that you’re back doing videos. I am in the process of 3D printing and MCP panel for the Zibo 737, and plan to use SimVimX for the connection. Really looking forward to more of your videos.😊
hola amigo, saludos desde islas canarias, te comento que desde que salio el nuevo plugin, en el 737 por defecto de x-plane 12 no se muestra el el display 7 segmentos el valor del IAS MACH, simplemente no se ve ningun digito, todo lo demas va bien, sin embargo cargo un A320 y si se visualiza el valor. Entiendo que es problema de hacer alguna conversion o esperar a que lo solucionen en proximo plugin. sabes algo al respecto o que tipo de conversion tengo que hacer??? Un saludo
Hola, no para el B737 no tienes que hacer ninguna conversión. Ellos ya incluyen todo para ese avión. Puede ser algún error. Ya que este en mi casa en unos días lo probaré para confirmar eso y si hay un problema le escribo a Vlad para que lo arregle.
@@Qosmokid gracias, porque mi ingles es pésimo, el unico que habla de simvim en español eres tu, eres de gran ayuda. gracias por tu tiempo y dedicacion
@@Qosmokid ahhh, y el switch rotatorio del bakn limit, ahora hace que vaya al revés, tuve que desoldar y volver a soldarlos al revés en los pines del MUX
I'm so glad to see you again. Thanks to your videos, I learned a lot. No other channel has given me as much knowledge as yours. Thank you very much. I'm looking forward to the next films.
