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Post by thrillsandchills on Sept 6, 2013 21:37:36 GMT
I have the md-83 with the Golding red panel running on Win764.
When I press Shift J; to initiate pushback - nothing happens.
When I press Shift 3; to bring up the radio stack - nothing happens.
It appears the RS is Icon driven. "Shift + [Number]" doesn't seem to be working. I just downloaded the panel, a couple days ago.(This is the one with the ASI fix,)
Is there a Nav/GPS switch, so that I can have the plane follow the GPS?
Thanks in advance.
Thrills and Chills
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Sept 7, 2013 0:26:32 GMT
I´m pretty sure it was this very same particular panel that I assisted you with about a year ago .... or slightly less .... was it not ?  ANYWAY .... In FS2004 .... you one should be using either of the following keyboard commands for Push-Back .... SHIFT P .... to Push-Back in a "straight/direct line astern" SHIFT P 1 .... to Push-Back and turn "left" SHIFT P 2 .... to Push-Back and turn "right" In all 3 cases (above) one must then select keyboard command P in order to stop the Push-Back animation .... once one´s been pushed, or pushed and turned, as far as one desires. I don´t know where you´re getting these SHIFT J keyboard commands for Push-Back from .... because I´ve never heard of that particular comnination of commands being used to initiate this animation with any FS aircraft .... default or add-on. "SOMETHING " does indeed happen .... "IF" one pays "very close attention" to top left side of that section of the main panel, below the windsheild .... specifically that section of this panel located between the 2 pairs of landing and nose gear lighting swtiches and the IAS HLD , MACH HLD, and BACK BEAM AP selection tabs .... and which, by default, features the NAV 1 and CRS displays. Upon selecting this particular combination of keyboard commands one will see this section of the display cycle between the NAV 1 and CRS display data and a secondary NAV and COM radios panel covering NAV1/NAV2/ADF/COM1/COM2 (no ADF 2 is featured in these panels). To save me writing/explaning something along the length of Gone With The Wind .... I´ll quote directly from my online MD80/90 panel manual those sections relating to both the GOLDING WHITE, and GOLDING RED panel versions. This folowing information covers the use of these radio panels quite adequately/simply .... This cycling between both phases of these Radio sub panels simply can´t fail to work .... given that it´s such a basic/integral part of both GOLDING MD80 panels. Alternatively .... one can, if one desires, also cycle between both phases of these Radio sub panels by using the standard FS2004 RADIOS panel selection icon set among the group of 8 panel selection icons located at the bottom middle of each main panel. "NO" .... apparently not. Both GOLDING MD80 panels are "GARMEN GPS" equipped, but, it can only be used as a basic reference guide along ones intended route. I´ve never used this facility .... preferring, instead, to use standard (old fashioned) VOR to VOR navigation (Supported by realword Jeppesen En Route charts) as my means from getting from "A" to "Z" .... via everything in between. ON AN ASIDE .... I´d have thought, that "IF" one compiles a flight route using the built-in FS2004 flight planning fascility (again I´ve never used it) .... then once such a route has been compiled into the flight plan then the panel GPS might display a magenta coloured track of ones intended/compiled route .... and .... "IF" one really has to use GPS NAV .... then one should be able to consult their GPS, periodically, en route, and then using the panel AP HDG HLD function, be able to, easily, manipulate their flight course left and right of the displayed GPS track in order to best follow it .... despite not being able to actually lock the simulation into an AP coupled/GPS NAV HLD  Mark C BOG/CO |
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Post by thrillsandchills on Sept 7, 2013 14:51:08 GMT
Thanks for the quick reply. I'm sorry mine wasn't as speedy as yours.. I've posted a couple of threads relating to these panels, so you could be right. Memory is like baggage claim; first in - last out. (in my case, anyway.) Shift J was a typo, come to think of it. Shift J might call a tug to initiate pushback. On some models it works, on others, it doesn't. Shift P should - under normal circumstances - work, but in my experience, I've found it works on some models and not on others. And when it doesn't it is a very frustrating experience. I've attached Shift 3 before and after screenshots. Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted The SS on the left is before any key presses were made; the one on the right; after. Mark, How old are your Jeppesen's? How to you work with SIDS and STARS? I'm told that there was a point in "classic aviation" or some such, when they didn't exist. You might want to think about getting Plan-G flight planning software. The moving map is as large as your monitor, and has a searchable database for all of MSFS waypoints/navaids. And the best part is, it's FREE. No, I don't work for them. Just a happy customer and want to spread the word. Thrills And Chills |
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Sept 8, 2013 3:40:55 GMT
SHIFT P .... and SHIFT P 1 .... oand SHIFT P 2 also .... are standard FS2004 keyboard commands (for Push-Back) and work with "EVERYTHING" (default or add-on aircraft) so far as I´ve ever experienced. Any failure in regard to these keyboard commands working properly could be a result of the manner in which they´re being applied .... especially if one, maybe, pauses too long between key strokes, or, possibly even applies these key strokes too rapidly. Again .... I´ve never known any of these keyboard commands to not work. Mine are all, mostly, very late 1990´s publications .... save for my New Zealand, Colombia, Caribbean, Pacific, and trans-Tasman editions which are all "a little more recent" than that. In any case .... within the "flat (unchanging) world" of FS2004 it doesn´t seem to matter too much how old/out of date such references are .... since I also use a lot of charts that date from the very early 1990´s too, and which are all, still, "very useable" in FS2004 .... provided the published VOR, NDB, and ILS frequencies haven´t changed since .... and in cases where these may have changed .... the built-in FS2004 MAP MODE, upon enlargement, can then become quite useful because it displays area/aid frequencies compiled into FS "at the time of its publication or last update". One wouldn´t ever navigate like this in the realworld though  .... or one could/would, potentially, end up getting themselves into "BIG TROUBLE"  I don´t .... in the case of STARS at least. And I believe you raised this subject on another thread too .... several months back. I think some reasonable answers/references, were provided for you, at the time, by those whom are much more familiar with these procedures than myself, so, I´ll refer you back to your original posting "NAH" .... I simply don´t need it. I´ve "a pretty good mind/head" for anything I do. Therefore, I like to sit down and "plan my flight routes" on paper .... using realword paper charts (or even atlases) .... and then .... knowing, well, the peformamance capabilities each of my own FS aircraft (right down to their fuel burn rates throughout various altitude climb/descend and cruise levels, I also like to "plan my flights" in this repect too. It´s not all that difficult .... provided one has "a good head", a good understanding of basic aerial naviagation (even old fashioned NAV) procedures, as well as a reasonable understanding of the aircraft type their trying to fly too (and provided its FDE is credible of course) .... and generally knows what their doing. That´s the way "I" prefer to work/fly within the "BULLnuts" aviation environment of MSFS Mark C BOG/CO |
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.... or one could/would, potentially, end up getting themselves into "BIG TROUBLE" 