DwightP980

Well I can't say I haven't made the same mistake a time, or two, or three..... Most of the time in my rush to enjoy the wild blue skies and not following the 'After Starting Engines' checklist, I run into this too.....

Well after a couple trips with v1.1.9 all is great! Hats off to the Hotstart Team I even like the addition of the GPU rental charge for $50 in keeping with the realism, and I'm even more happy that I'm not paying for my Jet A+Prist every time I fuel for a trip. On second thought, I haven't received my credit card statement for this month....

@ColSig As @marpilot stated the big gotcha is not flipping the AP/TRIMS switch to ON. If the AP/TRIMS switch is positioned to On and the elevator trim is still in-op, then take a glance at the Circuit Breaker panel on the right side of the cockpit and make sure the 7 1/2 AMP AP SERVOS circuit breaker is not tripped as this breaker does effect elevator electric trim. Also, if the above is not the issue take a look at your Saitek X56 and make sure the control/s you are using for elevator trim are still assigned. Hope it helps! Dwight

@JackSwyr Glad to hear you got the ice skating sorted out The XSquawkBox is a client used with VATSIM for live communications. Lots of videos online on it's setup and operation which I've not yet got through. Blue skies, Dwight

@JackSwyr Hello Jack! Sorry to just be getting to this, but I've been crazy busy the past week and was on vacation the week before. I'm still scratching my head as to what is causing the input error you are having. The closest I personally have had to this type of problem for me was caused by XSquawkBox when entering my user name and password into the system to update and I believe this is likely due to some key assignment. Anyways, easy enough I remove the Squawk Box long enough to update and then reapply. Still not the same as your problem, but I can't help but think it's something to do with plug-ins or key assignments. As far as the aircraft acting like it's on ice I see from your Log file the following: 0:00:16.005 E/JOY: UNCALIBRATED AXIS DETECTED: (VID:5426PID:519) Axis #0, assigned to joy_use_none, has an expected min/max range of [0.000000, 255.000000], but is calibrated for [0.501961, 0.501961]. You should recalibrate the device in the Settings menu. 0:00:16.005 E/JOY: CALIBRATION OVERRIDE: (VID:5426PID:519) Axis #0 forced to be treated as calibrated due to a user pref. and there are similar lines following, that with the same type information. Myself, I would remove my flight controls/joy stick. Make sure I have the most current driver/s for that device, and reinstall the components being sure to do a calibration before flight. Also, take a look at the weather settings. What generates your weather X-Plane or possibly is it set to generate a icing condition with strong winds. I went through this too last year with a PC-12 trying to do a around the world flight and all was okay until I was in the Soviet Union / USSR and I was sliding and getting destroyed by the realistic weather conditions which in real life I would of never even drove to the airport let alone try and taxi and fly an aircraft. Hoping some of this may help! Regards, Dwight

I'm not real sure about UWXP as I don't use it, but as they say, "You can always drop back and punt". If every thing goes good then it didn't hurt, and if it still fails to program to expectations then pull it out. And, yes XPLM_64.dll, and XPWidgets_64.dll files need to stay or you'll get pop ups telling you X-Plane is not happy with you and it wants those files back. Have good flight, and remember, runway behind you, airspace above you, and fuel in the fuel truck are absolutely useless! Dwight

@PhB Hello, I just had another thought about your frame rate drop. Check in your Graphics settings in X-Plane and see if you have Use Vsync checked, or not at the bottom left corner of the screen. On my system putting a check mark (turning on) in the Use Vsync causes roughly 15 frames per second drop in performance in the TBM. I've read this not so much and issue with other aircraft in X-Plane and actually I prefer Vsync off. Hoping this helps if your still having an issue with the frame rate drop. Regards, Dwight

Right you are! Sometimes I will complete several flights too just like you, and if no CTD, and only the exception noted in the TBM900 log file, I'm good with it. The trouble for me if is on a real long flight I get the CTD. It forces me back to reality, and I remember I'm setting at my computer set-up and not in a real TBM900

@Gregg Seipp Gregg, I notice the last line of your TBM900_Log file shows "Something reinstalled our exception handler, replaced it with 0000000000000000" I've had this same condition occur before and the trick for me was to turn OFF the AI aircraft, remove them from opening. It got rid of the crashes and of course the downside is no AI aircraft. Hoping to see this go away in a future revision, but for the time being I just run with no AI aircraft. Dwight

Yes sir! It will disregard the plugins you move into the folder named 000_Disabled, and there are probably many other ways to do it, but for me this is the easiest method. X-Plane will not start until it sees certain plugins and the TBM needs Gizmo so it will throw up messages unless you have the ones I listed in the last message I sent. If you get a message it requires a plugin when X-Plane is loading simply go to the 000_Disabled folder and move the missing plugin back to the plugins folder. Take your time, I'm retired and unless I'm out on my boat fishing, or working around the house, I like to play with this, and I enjoy helping if I can, when I can. Have a good day! Dwight

Hello Jack! I took a look at your files and also noted the fact that you had said the last flight was normal. I'm going to recommend that you delete the state file in the Output folder to begin with. I'm not 100% sure if this file is wiped and regenerated when you load a new version of the TBM, but it won't hurt to let the system rebuild the state file. Go to your X-Plane folder > then to the Output folder > then to the TBM900 folder. Inside the TBM900 folder select the folder named "state" and delete it. Also, please remove all plugins except Gizmo64.plugin, XPLM_64.dll, and XPWidgets_64.dll I personally create a folder in the plugins folder and name it 000_Disabled Restart X-Plane and the state folder will be regenerated. Fly the TBM, or if you want set everything up on the ground and try the inputs for a Direct TO command from the FMS panel on the TBM instrument panel. Lets give this a try, and if you fly and everything works, then one at a time start adding the plugins back in until you find the one that creates your problem. I personally will fly three or four trips from Cold and Dark to Cold and Dark, making sure I'm happy before adding the plugins back. Good luck and don't forget to resend the Log and TBM900_Log files if the condition persists. Regards, Dwight

Jack, I just took a quick look at your files, and of course nothing jumps out at me at the moment but if you can, please also post the TBM900_Log file. I will look it over in fine detail in the morning as I have to hit the sack now. BTW- the Gizmo plug in needs to be installed in order to have the aircraft function, license check, ect.

I just tried a flight from KMCO up to FL320 trying to create your issue. I tried to set the aircraft up to fail by pulling the 3 amp Cabin Pressure circuit breaker, and setting the ECS switches to Auto/ON and turned Pilot and Cabin O2 switches to off. While monitoring the Cabin Pressure condition everything was normal with no warning until FL314 when the Cabin Press Altitude warning came on showing a Cabin Alt of 10,400 feet, which I would except to see happen. I then reset the 3 amp CB and did a 180° back to KMCO with normal operation to shut down. Scratching my head Only other thing I can think to do would be: Go to your X-Plane 11 folder, select the Output folder, then select the TBM900 folder. Within them TBM900 folder locate the state folder and delete it. On restarting X-Plane and the TBM it will regenerate the state folder and sometimes this will clear glitches that reoccur time and again. Blue skies to you, Dwight Report post

@Goran_M Your welcome! I've learned a heck a lot more about the TBM 900 from you, than I'm afraid you'll ever learn from me Thanks to you, and everyone else involved with Hotstart for the awesome support. Regards, Dwight

Jack, I will wait till you can up load the Log.txt and TBM900_Log.txt files, and then see if I can help figure this out, or perhaps someone out there will be able to ring in with an answer. It does seem that there was a issue similar to this in one of the early versions, but so far I haven't found a direct reference to what I'm thinking, and other than plug-ins, or me going crazy loading scenery files my TBM works great, and is the only aircraft I fly unless troubleshooting the G1000. I'll attach my files plus Gizmo, and if you want compare to what you have, and maybe something will jump out Let me know my friend! Dwight Log.txt TBM900_Log.txt GizmoLog.txt

@JackSwyr I used the FMC keyboard and 3D cockpit view for the video and unfortunately I don't know how to record my mouse movements . I also just tried it in the 2D pop-out mode and it worked fine in that mode too. Regards, Dwight

@Normandee Norman, just a thought, have you checked the Cabin press vessel condition in the Maintenance Manager? It seems that some time back I had a similar problem, and upon landing and checking the Maintenance Manager I had to spend a cool $60,000 to repair. Blue skies to you, Dwight

@JackSwyr I made a short video clip of my results of inputting EGLL into the FMS and hitting the Direct TO command. Worked as I would except it to. This is using the Hotstart TBM 900 Ver 1.1.8

I think some errors such as TBM900[navaiddb.c:512]: Error parsing..... may be normal in that I happen to see this error in lots of TBM900 logs. No sure what it's all about, but its there all the time. Others however will effect the operation of the TBM. So many variables as to hardware, and software that we run, but the files will possibly help someone to find the issue. I absolutely would not write off the TBM as IMHO it is the best!

@Gregg Seipp If you have this problem and want to reset the situation without having a repeat of the same issue do this: Go to your X-Plane 11 folder, select the Output folder, then select the TBM900 folder. Within them TBM900 folder locate the state folder and delete it. Restart X-Plane and your TBM should restart with the aircraft not on fire, nose gear up, wing tip on the ground, etc. Hoping this helps! Dwight

@JackSwyr As mentioned the attaching your Log.txt and TBM900_Log files will help others in possibly running down the issue your having. Lot of information in those files and your answer may reside within them. Blue Skies! Dwight

@fgeorge8 You should be able to change the map orientation by doing the following using the G1000 in your TBM: 1. Make sure MAP is selected on your MFD. (center screen) 2. Press the MENU button on the FMS panel located below the MFD. PAGE MENU with an OPTIONS should now display on your MFD screen with either Map North Up or Map Track Up. 3. To change your orientation press the ENT button. Hoping this helps! Dwight

@PhB I just checked out the specs for the video card you're running, AMD Radeon R0 M395X vs the card I'm using, Nvidia GeForce 1070 and see according to the following sites: http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-M395X-Mac-vs-GeForce-GTX-1070 and https://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=3505&gid2=3217&compare=Nvidia that your card runs at a lower rate of frames per second rate than what I'm using. I will attach my Log and TBM900_Log files so as you can compare setting I'm using to yours for comparison. I have as I've mentioned above loaded scenery which dropped my frame rates right in the proverbial toilet and found that some plug-ins just don't seem to play well with the TBM, or will tax my video card to a point that I'm not happy with. Myself, I would remove the X-Life by JARDesign plug-in from the X-Plane 11/Resources/Plugins folder to start with. Regards, Dwight Log.txt TBM900_Log.txt

@PhB I just looked at your log.txt and TBM900_Log.txt files and would try the following, and see if it doesn't help with the frame rate hit, along with the: Something reinstalled our exception handler, replaced it with 0000000000000000 lines. Remove all plugins except Gizmo. I would remove them from the Plugins folder, so as they do not load on startup of X-Plane. Check and see if you have an improvement in frame rates and add one at a time back in to see were the hit occurs. For some reason I seem to remember reading of someone having frame rate issues when running X-Life in another posting. Turning off AI aircraft in X-Plane for me seemed to get rid of the exception handler issue. Hoping this helps! Regards, Dwight

@PhB If you can please attach your XPlane Log file, and your TBM900_Log files to your request for help. This will help the community on this site to pinpoint possible problems. If you have any custom airports this could possibly be a problem and is easy to verify by temporarily moving them from you X-Plane Custom Scenery folder to a folder such as I use named 000_Disabled. I found after getting a similar frame rate drop 4-8 with my TBM that it was related to the amount of trees and flora being drawn in one location of my scenery. After editing the file and removing about half of the objects in that area my frame rates were back to the mid 30's. Just my thoughts. btw- If you attach your log files do it using the; Drag files here to attach, or choose files... link at the bottom of your posting screen rather than copy and paste the open files. Blue Skies to you! Dwight