Simulator - software versions
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Topic: Simulator - software versions
Posted By: oskrypuch
Subject: Simulator - software versions
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2013 at 1:17pm
I really would like to see an android version, or at the very least a windows based version. Android has become the dominant platform, and of course there is a windows machine most everywhere. I do not have any iThingies, and would hate to be forced to get one just for this purpose. Sure, I know there are only so many hours in the day, but please let me make this request. * Orest |
Any word when the simulator software may appear?Replies:
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2013 at 2:07pm
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I should have said we also have a Windows-based version ready too and plan to distribute it before certified units are shipping. Android variant on the to-do list but not an active project yet. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2013 at 2:25pm
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OK, thanks. * Orest |
Posted By: brou0040
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2013 at 12:06am
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I know I've said it before and have been replied to, but this seems like a good place to chime in about android. I have yet to have seen the IFD-540 in person and I've have had my money on the line for a long time. I only have an android tablet and windows PCs and at the very least would like to run the simulator prior to receiving my unit to have some sort of semi-evaluation that I'm still happy with the product. I'm not insinuating that I have issues with it, but it's a lot of money for something I haven't test driven. An android version with enough evaluation time prior to unit delivery would be ideal. Will the windows simulator software be useable on a desktop without a touchscreen? Will you be displaying the unit at any trade-shows in the southwest (CA) any time soon? Your website doesn't have any upcoming events if I'm looking correctly http://www.avidyne.com/news/shows.asp" rel="nofollow - http://www.avidyne.com/news/shows.asp . Thanks, Jayson
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Posted By: brou0040
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2013 at 11:00pm
| bump, are there any upcoming trade shows in the southwest to be able to demo the IFD-540? |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 01 Jan 2014 at 6:40pm
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Not sure. I've got a call into the Sales crew to see if there are any demo opportunities coming to the Southwest soon. Will post update here or have them call you direct with answer. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: phkmn
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2014 at 2:27pm
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Bump (Experimental deliveries in Feb) ------------- PH |
Posted By: MysticCobra
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2014 at 3:35am
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Another Android user here. There are a lot of us out here. Also, could you please confirm that the sim will run on Windows machines that are not tablets (Win 7)? I don't have any Apple devices or a Windows tablet, and I seriously doubt I'm the only customer in that situation.
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Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2014 at 2:56pm
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I'll check non-Win 7 machines early this week. The pre-TSO deliveries are not coming with an accompanying simulator. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: brou0040
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2014 at 9:43pm
| I think he was asking about using the simulator on a Win-7 PC, not a tablet - something without a touch screen. |
Posted By: tony
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2014 at 12:24pm
| So Steve for the rest of us that listened to you and went out and purchased an iPad, when can we expect to see a simulator in the App Store? |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2014 at 12:59pm
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Right around the time of certification. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: MysticCobra
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2014 at 7:45am
Actually, I meant "will the sim run on non-tablet machines, like a Win7 desktop or laptop?" To date, I have only heard "Windows tablet" mentioned, and I don't know how strictly that applies. I'd generally expect that if it's running on a touch-enabled version of Windows, I could substitute a mouse interface if I don't have a touchscreen, but the continuing use of the phrase "Windows tablet" doesn't give me the warm fuzzy that I'll really be able to use it on my desktop/laptop. Just looking for that warm fuzzy that I don't have to go buy new hardware to use the sim.
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Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2014 at 4:44pm
------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2014 at 5:25pm
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Delighted to see a Windows version. * Orest P.S. Thank you.
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Posted By: MikeK
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2014 at 7:26pm
| "next several months"? Ouch. I hope that's a conservative estimate, for those of us who aren't Windows users. |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2014 at 7:59pm
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For the folks who want to download the windows version, it's all yours. Please note however, we'll post a revised/updated/improved version in the next week. It's a 2GB download so if you're not dying to have it immediately, I might consider waiting. Improvements in the next week include: .. aurals working .. current databases .. dual IFD capable .. weather datalink tied to live internet weather .. a few other minor, and maybe not even noticeable, tweaks. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: MikeK
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2014 at 8:28pm
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Hi Steve, I filled out the form on the web site, and it says I should receive an email with download instructions. So far, I have not received that email. Is it supposed to be immediate or does somebody have to process it? Thanks, -Mike
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Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2014 at 8:29pm
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Good question, I'm not sure. It's a Sales Op but let me check with then and respond here as soon as I hear back. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: FORANE
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2014 at 8:30pm
I received my email immediately. There must be many attempting to download though as the 2.1gb of data is on track for a 6 hour download time on my DSL. ------------- Lancair 235/320 RV-9A |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2014 at 10:14pm
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Slow, slow. Looks like a popular download. * Orest |
Posted By: FORANE
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 5:57am
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I started downloading yesterday. Still has about .5gb of 2.1gb total file size left to download. Extremely slow. ------------- Lancair 235/320 RV-9A |
Posted By: MysticCobra
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 7:03am
| Rats. My download died overnight. Have to start over... |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 8:28am
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Me too, "unknown network error". Starting over. I have a max download of 3000 KB/s. The download connection here is 40 KB/s or less, very slow indeed. You might need a mirror or two Steve. Oh well.
* Orest |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 8:41am
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The guys are aware and working it. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: Gring
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 9:16am
| Although slow, it did download overnight for me. I was able to install and run it this morning. |
Posted By: MikeK
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 1:16pm
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I did get the email, thanks Steve. It just took a little time. My download is still running, but on my 50Mbit business class cable service, it's currently estimating almost 21 hours remaining. Pretty sure the delay is not on my end. I'm going to bail on the download for now and await the next version.
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Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 2:43pm
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Mirror server has been added. Reported download times are now ranging from 7 min to 20 min. We think we're a day or two away from posting the revised version per my definition above. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 3:27pm
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Ah, much better, download is ripping along now. * Orest |
Posted By: FORANE
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 9:08pm
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Took me about 2 hours to download on DSL but got it this time. Initial lack of familiarity with software as to be expected but already have found some very nice features. I like it. ------------- Lancair 235/320 RV-9A |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 9:14pm
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Is there any way to change the altitude of the simulated aircraft? * Orest |
Posted By: tony
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2014 at 9:32pm
| I get an error message that says "upgrade the display adapter" when I try to run it..... :( |
Posted By: glassanza
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2014 at 7:23pm
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If you can try installing on a different machine if you have access to one. Would not run on a Windows Vista machine I have but did on a Windows 7 machine. Definitely going to take a little adjustment time but good to turn some knobs. With Orest, need a clue on altitude adjustment... ------------- GDC25 |
Posted By: glassanza
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2014 at 10:51am
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Orest you can change the altitude the aircraft if flying by inputting a crossing altitude x miles before a waypoint in the expanded flight plan screen. Sure there is a better way but it works... ------------- GDC25 |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2014 at 2:05pm
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Ah, of course. Thanks GDC25. * Orest |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2014 at 8:49am
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Yes, GDC25's technique is the means by which to perform altitude changes right now. One of the enhancements we've got on our to-do list is to try and add Altitude, Airspeed, Heading controls to the emulation. That will likely be a post-cert effort. We wanted to get this sim out there for customers but are trying to focus on cert activities. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2014 at 8:51am
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BTW, last night we posted an updated version of the sim from the same download site. If' you've already dowloaded the sim and want this new one, you may have to completely delete the old version from your machine before loading this one. Last nights version is an Americas-only version and includes both a single and dual IFD version along with working live datalink weather. The rest of the world version should go up next week. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2014 at 8:39am
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Thanks for breaking out the NA version, makes for a much smaller download, at least for us New World folks. * Orest |
Posted By: MysticCobra
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2014 at 7:39am
| What happened to the mirror site? The new NA-only option is a much smaller download, but it's predicting ~1-2 hr to complete. Last week I downloaded the full package via the mirror in ~15 min. |
Posted By: AzAv8r
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2014 at 11:48pm
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With the new NA-only version (and perhaps other changes) I was finally able to download the sim. It seems altitude restrictions cannot be entered into routes, only in active plans. Is this by design, or a bug? |
Posted By: AzAv8r
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2014 at 12:54am
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Since my Win7 PC "belongs" to my wife (well, in HER home office - my side-job is domestic IT. btw: it's her airplane also, so be nice to her.), I tried to install it on one of my Linux boxes with Wine: Ubuntu 13.10, moderately-ludicrous platform horsepower, and whatever the current supported Wine version is on 13.10. Almost there... It runs showing the aux displays and the *bezel*, but no application window (map) within the bezel (beyond "Avidyne", which displayed for 15 minutes or so before I sent it bye-bye.) The application is clearly responding, because the mouse-icon changes appropriately over knobs/buttons on the *bezel* window. Let me be clear: I'm not *expecting* Avidyne to support the simulator on Wine / Linux. But that is where I live, so there are brownie points attached. And I have influence on the airplane owner! ;> Jon |
Posted By: TurboPA30
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2014 at 1:54am
| Not to sound ungrateful, but in 2014 I would have expected an IPAD simulator. |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2014 at 7:14am
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I'm sure Avidyne will release a simulator for tablets, android and ios in the coming days. Whatever an individual tends to use, they surely have a PC somewhere, so that may have been the best choice to release first, if indeed there was a choice to make. It simply may have been that that was the first one ready to go. If you ran the "contest" on sales numbers projected for 2014, PC's are still #1, followed by android, and iOS is third now.. * Orest |
Posted By: MikeK
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2014 at 3:10pm
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There is an iPad simulator coming (just read farther up in this very thread). Unfortunately, the date is "around the time of certification", which Steve has said elsewhere is expected in late June. That shipping schedule is really a bummer me, by the way. I am doing a full panel refit planned around the 540, and it looks like I will basically have to buy a 530 and fly it for two months, then sell it again.
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Posted By: MysticCobra
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2014 at 7:59pm
| You're not the only one who's holding a place in the panel and waiting for the hardware to arrive. If you don't absolutely need the GPS for those 2 months, why not just buy the 530 tray and go ahead with the panel reconfig, then put a plastic closeout over the hole? When the IFD540 shows up, slide it in and go. |
Posted By: TurboPA30
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2014 at 1:39am
| Exactly what I did on all my planes. Have a 650 as #2 and transponder control head for 2 remote TXP. |
Posted By: MikeK
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2014 at 3:01am
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That's a possibility, I guess. We could test the TAS/XM/Aspen integration with a borrowed 530 and then rely on the SL30 for comm for awhile. But the airplane needs to get ferried from Texas to California, and once it's here in the Bay Area, the GPS and moving map are awfully nice to have for navigating the airspace. Sigh.
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Posted By: BobsV35B
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2014 at 11:41am
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Good Morning, My answer was to install the 530 install kit then place a Garmin 496 mounted in a "Gizmo" within the 530 box. Had to shave a few thousandth of plastic off the "Gizmo" to get it to fit, but that has worked fine for the last year. I did retain my Trusty Trimble 2000 Approach Plus (Fantastic Radio!) so I still have excellent basic navigation capability even though I am down to just one GPS and a basic KX155. I did retain a KY-196 as back up com until the 540 gets here, though the 155 has been its usual great self! Happy Skies, Old Bob ------------- Old Bob, Ancient Aviator |
Posted By: BobsV35B
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2014 at 11:46am
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I guess I have two GPS's if you count the 496, What I like most about it is the Weather and Winds! We aviators ARE getting very spoiled! Old Bob ------------- Old Bob, Ancient Aviator |
Posted By: MikeK
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2014 at 7:21pm
| Good point! A handheld would be fine for situational awareness in the short term. Heck, I could use the iPad and a Stratus or Bad Elf for that. Hmmm... |
Posted By: KIM
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2014 at 11:44am
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"The rest of the world version should go up next week. " I have installed S/W version R.10.0.0.0, which is running pretty bad, a lot of chrashes. What is the newest release, and when goes it up? Klaus ------------- Klaus |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2014 at 3:39pm
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Hi Klaus, We just posted the ROW version. Should be available for download now. Hope this works out better for you. If it doesn't, it is likely your combo of processor and graphics processor. Let us know. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2014 at 3:14pm
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There are a couple of open simulator questions or observations. One was a note that custom datablock settings are not retained across sim sessions and can we provide that capability - I had forgotten that we intentionally made this change to the sim a few weeks ago at the request of our Sales crew who were repeatedly demo'ing the system and part of their demo was datablock setup so each time a guy started up the sim, the datablocks were non-standard and they found this confusing. I suppose we can switch back to normal behavior like the flight boxes if there is a strong enough groundswell of desire. Anybody care to comment strongly? Another sim issue was that the Traffic shield (Normal, Above, Below, Unlimited, etc) could not be set via the traffic thumbnail - was this normal? That was a good find and it was a bug in the sim code. That has since been corrected but we haven't yet reposted a new sim with that fix. Will try to do that next week. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: edanford
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2014 at 3:30pm
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I would like the simulator config to look like my unit (When I get it) The same confusion would exist when I want to try something on the Sim before I do it for real. I have got lots of practice changing the data on the screen in the set up menus. Ed ------------- Ed |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2014 at 4:58pm
Absolutely, positively, YES. Please "return" it to normal behavior.
You could always add an external "reset" button outside of the simulator, for the sales folks. I presume you just need to clean up some registry data. * Orest |
Posted By: Paul
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2014 at 10:33pm
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Do the sales people have the same problem with the custom datablocks when demonstrating using a real unit? |
Posted By: MysticCobra
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2014 at 2:58am
I agree. Sim like you fly, fly like you sim! Here's another possible solution for the sales guys: Keep the same version of the sim they're currently using, and don't load the new (fixed) one you're about to release for the rest of us. Everybody's happy.
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Posted By: MikeK
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2014 at 4:27am
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Agreed. Please make the simulator behave like the actual flight units, and accommodate demo needs either via a preference setting or a demo-specific reset utility. Thanks!
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Posted By: PA20Pacer
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2014 at 8:56am
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Hi Scott- I strongly agree that the simulator should remember the datablock setup between start cycles. I am not using it as a sales tool, but as an important means for learning to use the equipment, and I would expect it to behave like the real IFD540 in this regard. Also, can you remind us of the status of LP approaches using the IFD540? I tried the RNAV-Y 12 approach to Gary, IN (GYY), which has LP minima, and I only received an LNAV annunciation. Regards, Bob ------------- Bob Siegfried, II Brookeridge Airpark (LL22) Downers Grove, IL |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2014 at 9:19am
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Okay, the datablock retention is going back in. We'll post an updated sim version early in the week that has that change and the traffic thumbnail fix. We'll also build it with the correct Jepp database that includes the LP approach minima so that choice will show up in the FMS. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: BobsV35B
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2014 at 9:25am
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Good Morning Steve, Totally agree wth Bob II Since I am seriously computer challenged, I need all the help I can get! <NG> If the simulator teaches me wrong, I am in deep trouble. Happy Skies, Old Bob ------------- Old Bob, Ancient Aviator |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2014 at 9:28am
* Orest |
Posted By: PA20Pacer
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2014 at 9:56am
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Steve- Thanks, and sorry for the name confusion. I am acquainted with someone who shares your last name and first initial, and the old synapses just made an erroneous connection. Keep up the good work! Regards, Bob ------------- Bob Siegfried, II Brookeridge Airpark (LL22) Downers Grove, IL |
Posted By: glassanza
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2014 at 10:20am
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Thanks for the datablock retention fix although it has been good practice setting them up over and over again. Initially I was a little disappointed with the sim since my only previous experience with a simulator was the G600/530W product with synthetic vision which you could fly like a video game. However, after flying the 540 sim around north Florida and south Georgia yesterday with all the weather data displayed and approaches loaded in the dual sim configuration I got really excited about the capability of the unit and the sim. I have found that when running the dual version for a while the program gets out of sync whereby one unit is maybe 10 seconds ahead of the other before it ultimately freezes but nothing a restart won't fix. ------------- GDC25 |
Posted By: Leonard
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 2:57pm
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Posted By: chflyer
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2014 at 5:22pm
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Are you still having performance issues with your sim software server setup? I have tried for a couple weeks without success to download the ROW version (1.56GB). I can't seem to get much past 300MB. I have 100Mb internet access. I just downloaded the new PG and the 8.5MB took about 10sec. Same for the latest JeppView update of 24MB and took about 50sec. I regularly download JeppView updates and other aviation software between 50MB and 150MB and 0.5MB/sec is pretty average throughput. I made another go downloading the sim software over the Easter weekend and just let it run. I stopped it at 318MB after running 3 days as it wasn't increasing any more. Vince ------------- Vince |
Posted By: chflyer
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2014 at 12:38pm
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Steve, It seems something was done, as 1.5GB download started working today….. took just under an hour. Many thanks. ------------- Vince |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2014 at 1:05pm
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Sort of. Two days ago, we posted the updated sim version (traffic shield selectable, datablocks persist across power cycles, and LP approaches are selectable) but we had an issue with links on the mirror server. The Rest-of-World option is still using the mirror server for fast downloads however the Americas version is not and takes longer. I got over my IT head in trying to fix that and gave up in favor of waiting for the IT guy to get back from vacation early next week. So R-O-W guys should have good luck but I'm not optimistic on Americas guys for a few more days. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: KIM
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2014 at 1:25pm
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When comes the updated version of ROW? ------------- Klaus |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2014 at 9:13pm
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ROW and America's were both updated a few days ago. As of today, we also got the mirror server working again for the America's version. So, both should be "quick" downloads. The most recent changes to the sims are: 1. Traffic Shield (BELOW, ABOVE, NORMAL, etc) are now selectable like they should have been. 2. Datablock setup persists across power cycles. 3. LP approaches are included in the Nav database now. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: brou0040
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2014 at 11:22pm
| It doesn't seem like I can control the altitude in the simulator anymore by setting vertical constraints in the flight plan. Has that changed? Is there another way to control the simulation settings now that I missed? |
Posted By: PA20Pacer
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2014 at 6:32am
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I was going to install the new simulator, and tried to uninstall the old version. The uninstall function in the Control Panel provided a dialog box asking if I wanted to uninstall the program, but after answering in the affirmative, nothing happened. This is with Windows 8.1. Any words of wisdom will be appreciated. Regards, Bob ------------- Bob Siegfried, II Brookeridge Airpark (LL22) Downers Grove, IL |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2014 at 6:42am
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I just deleted mine (Windows 7) from the Desktop level before installing the new one and that worked fine. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: PA20Pacer
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2014 at 9:17pm
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Hi Steve- I appreciate the reply regarding deleting the old simulator and am sorry to be so dense. All I have on my Desktop are shortcuts to the IFD540 simulator, and it seems unlikely that deleting them will have an impact on installing the new one. I will give it a try tomorrow. Regards, Bob ------------- Bob Siegfried, II Brookeridge Airpark (LL22) Downers Grove, IL |
Posted By: glassanza
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2014 at 9:24am
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To get the control panel delete to work I had to reboot first and after the file unzip I had to reboot again to get the install going but that did it. ------------- GDC25 |
Posted By: PA20Pacer
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2014 at 9:51am
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Hi Glassanza- Well, I should have remembered the old rule to reboot when anything does not work as expected. Your suggestion did the trick. Many thanks! Bob
------------- Bob Siegfried, II Brookeridge Airpark (LL22) Downers Grove, IL |
Posted By: PA20Pacer
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2014 at 10:34am
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While using the new version of the simulator, I seem to have traffic following me around, resulting in numerous nuisance alerts and cluttering up the map screen. There is no traffic thumbnail on the left side of the screen. Is there a way to turn off the traffic display? Bob ------------- Bob Siegfried, II Brookeridge Airpark (LL22) Downers Grove, IL |
Posted By: PA20Pacer
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2014 at 10:54am
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I may have answered my own question regarding traffic. When I displayed the traffic thumbnail and changed the traffic alert mode to either ABOVE or BELOW, the "ghost" traffic seemed to disappear. I am still not sure what I was seeing. Regards, Bob ------------- Bob Siegfried, II Brookeridge Airpark (LL22) Downers Grove, IL |
Posted By: AzAv8r
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2014 at 11:51am
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I find the traffic humorous - the simulated airplane is a magnet for other airplanes! The algorithm selected for the simulator to generate traffic alerts seems to have a very strong bias towards crossing paths. Targets don't pass in the distance at a constant altitude - they are always climbing or descending through my altitude, and intersect my course line at my location. Amazing! I hope I don't discover that real traffic does that... Also: I noticed that when I was running the simulator in accelerated mode (to get to my destination) and zoomed the display, the traffic icons zoomed also, and it typically took several seconds for them to rescale. I expect this is an artifact of the simulation (and the load on the processor). Is this true? |
Posted By: AzAv8r
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2014 at 1:50pm
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Getting to spend some quality time with the simulator this weekend. Questions about Nav frequencies: 1. Is it true that VLOC is not simulated? (I think you posted this before, but I can't find it.) 1a. If so, any chance this will be added to the simulator? I'd like to familiarize myself with the VLOC-related features. 1b. Is the "check navaid" message simulated correctly? The long text is"Decoded navaid Identifier did not match approach navaid". The wording of the message implies " I tuned a real signal, it just wasn't expected", vs. "no signal found". And the description in the manual supports the former. Suggest at least clarification in the manual if the message long text can't be updated to something like "Approach Navaid ID not found." 2. Simulator does not autotune the localizers. Seems like even if the signals aren't simulated, the autotune behavior should occur. I verified that it is configured for autotune on the Setup page. 3. The only mechanism I've found to tune navaids (besides explicit frequency entry) is entering the three-digit ID of VORs. This doesn't seem to work for localizers (For I-SEE, I tried "ISEE", "SEE", and I SEE"). Is there a means to quick tune localizers? 4. Similarly, I expected the "Freq" button to work for navaids when the NAV frequency entry was selected, but no joy there either. Any way to quickly find and tune nearby VORs? |
Posted By: Joe Jet
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2014 at 8:55pm
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Just loaded the ipad sim app.....awesome! I was able to do more on the 540 in 5" than i was on my 530 after watching youtube vids, reading the manual, and flying with it for an hour. To say the Avidyne 540 is far more intuitive than the Garmin unit would be a huge understatement! I'm stoked! |
Posted By: AzAv8r
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2014 at 10:07am
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A question and a suggestion: When was the PC simulator last updated? With my IFD 540 shipping next week, I want to make sure I get the most out of my sim-time. Suggestion: Add a version, date, or release notes for the current simulator download to the simulator download page. That will save us time and Avidyne bandwidth since we'll have a means to see if the latest version matches the one we already installed. Jon |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2014 at 7:48pm
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Hasn't been updated in quite some time. I think I'll try to get an update out to be roughly coincident with Release 10.0.2.0 in a few weeks. It isn't exactly what you're asking for (yet) but you can tell what version it is by going to the AUX button, SYS tab, then making sure the "Select" line select key on the left is set to "Software". Then the second row is "S/W Part #" and that version equals the release version. It is the exact flight code so adding a special field would be problematic but we should definitely be able to add the version, date and release notes on the download page (which is probably what you're asking for). We'll try to do that with the 10.0.2.0 version in a few weeks. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2014 at 7:57pm
Good to hear that it is getting fairly close now. * Orest |