Lauramks2

Pils, I should have posted this in the hardware section. For the longest time I had a great profile where all the buttons and switches worked. Something happened a few weeks ago and stuff stopped working. I did get a reply that showed me how to open the .json file in notepad and now I can see all the settings in the profile. Here is where I ended the weekend. I deconflicted a challenger profile that uses the Airbus throttle as a base. (This is the profile listed in the hardware section of this forum). I was able to get the thrust reversers to come on in both engines but the program treats the reversers like a switch. So when I pull them up, the reversers are activated. To turn them off, I have to lower the levers, raise them and then lower them again. More like a switch than a lever. It is usable but not preferable. Last week I could not get the right engine reverser to close and had to shutdown the sim. This profile also seems to use button 46 and 47 in assigning the Thrust Reverse levers. I found in XPLANE 12 the ATS disconnect button under the right throttle was listed as button 47. When I assigned that to ATS disconnect, I could see the Rev Thrust lever on the right engine engage. For now, I assigned a button on my yoke as the ATS disconnect and again, it works. It is just not how it was supposed to work. One big issue for me is I don't have a listing of all the buttons on the honeycomb throttle quadrant. Is that available somewhere. It would be helpful as I learn to read the .json files and see what is assigned. In the configurator and in XPLANE they list buttons that are common but not all that are available. I cannot figure out what buttons the thust reverse levers are assigned and what about the idle cutoff levers? One last issue, It used to be that I could shut down the engines using the red levers that took it to cutoff. Now those levers don't function and I have use the two buttons on the quadrant as were assigned in the profile. Someday I will get it all working and I will write myself some notes. :-) Laura

Update: By deleting my aircraft and reinstalling it, I was able to get the TOGO button to work again. I also had lost the Thrust Reversers. I got them back as well. The only thing I have left to fix is the Autothrottle Disconnect buttons. I even took off the throttles and put them back on again thinking maybe the buttons just don't connect any more. Has anyone had this issue?

Somehow these two buttons stopped working. It happened after the last update but probably not due to the update. I have a honeycomb bravo with the prodesksim challenger 650 upgrade so I have the same buttons at the actual plane. The togo and disconnect buttons work in the sim aircraft so I can actuate them in a pinch but I want the physical buttons mapped again. I had a 650 profile that I downloaded for the configurator so I reloaded that, activated it, went to the plugin menu when in xplane and reloaded the settings. Still nothing. I am trying to figure out 1. how can I get a listing of the settings in my configurator profile? I saw someone had a txt file of their profile settings. 2. how can I tell which profile is actually running in xplane? I assume the active configurator profile is making it across but there is no way for me to tell? 3. When I go into xplane, I cannot tell what button number the togo button and the two disconnect buttons are in Xplane. I am wondering if those are set directly into xplane and not through the configurator? I would love to hear what you have experienced. There seems to be no instructions on how to use the configurator except a few videos online. I have only found one that talks about xplane and that is to set up a prop single. If you have a video that would be great. Laura

FMS 1 on the PFD shows Hukem, the fms controller shows Hukem in pink. I didn't have the ppos showing as it was on another screen not recorded but on the COPILOT MFD showed me that Hukem was straight ahead. One of the tricks I have found going from PSP to SNA is that there is a coastal mountain range just before the approach. Going from Frets which is on the TEC route (Deway frets kayoh8) direct to Hukem takes me near the 5808 ft peak on the coastal range. If you look on the FMS is shows a 4.7 degree dive to Hukem which also gives me the "no vpath" warning. After analyzing my recent flights I realize that the most prudent method would be requesting direct SAGER (IAF). That takes me parallel to the coastal mountains and gives me a longer shot getting lined up on the approach. Doing this also takes me down the valley so I can get down to approach altitudes much easier. Not the shortest route but the most prudent. You may be correct on the false ILS and the 360 degree turns. The day I was flying, I was not on Pilotedge so I could mess around and see what happened. I was intercepting with about 80 degrees cut and as I got near SAGER it started a turn to the right instead of left toward the airport. I thought maybe it was going to take me into holding to line up but it just started a 360. I went around twice just because I wanted to see if it would give me a warning or some indication of what it was doing. I didn't see anything so I went to HDG mode and lined myself up then engaged the autopilot and all was well. If I approach final at greater than 30 degrees, will it turn short, go into a hold, or do nothing? Thanks for your thoughts.

I was setting up for the RNAV Y Rwy 20R at KSNA (John Wayne). As I got close I went used the DIR button to HUKEM (a point on the approach) which was basically straight ahead of me. The PFD showed the magenta line on a heading of 197 (the final approach course) but Hukem was straight ahead of me. I flipped it into heading mode based on the MFD plan view and waited until I got close before manually turning to final and then engaging the autopilot. Attached is a screenshot of the aircraft about 5 miles prior to final intercept. For some reason I have the hardest time with the approaches to KSNA. Is this because HUKEM is not an IAF? I fly into KPSP all the time and intercept at a midpoint on the approach. It seems to work in other areas. This is the only airport where the FMS goes bonkers. I flew the ILS Rwy 20R yesterday and when I intercepted final at SNAKE it started into a right 360. Since I wasn't on Pilotedge, I waited to see what it would do and it just kept flying in circles until I manually intercepted final and stepped to the then waypoint HUKEM.

I had this issue and found that even though I was moving the physical throttle the virtual throttle was not moving out of detent and thus no fuel to engine. That caught me off guard.

Got a left and right oil pressure message on final. OOHHH interesting. Remembered seeing something about postflight oil replenishment. All is good but boss might be upset at trashing two engines. :-)

My research tells me that this message shows up when there is more than 10 knots difference between the airspeed at the pilot side and the copilot side. It is amber and most of the time I have ignored it but sometimes it affects the autopilot and kicks me back to "ROLL" mode. Took me a few approaches to figure out why I was moving off track. Took me longer to realize I needed to hit APR mode again. Now that I have figured out how to compensate, I am wondering if this happens to others. Is it a glitch or is something causing it. I thought it might be ice in the pitot but probe heat was on. It is irritating at worst and doesn't change my flying much but if anyone has some insight, I would appreciate it. If this happened for real, would I switch to a different ADC on the reversionary panel?

This only has happened on that one approach so far. As I fly around I will see if it happens again. I will also try some of the other BFI approaches to see if it is just this airport.

I was flying the 650 v 1.7 and didn't realize it. I switched to the 650 1.8 and flew it again and it still does the same thing. At Lemnn it goes for runway centerline.

Thanks, I probably did just that by jumping in the sim and getting my flight plan into the system trying to make sure my filed flight plan in Pilotedge matched. Thanks for the note. :-)

I was flying the RNAV Y rwy 14R with autopilot engaged. When it got to LEMNN, instead of turning toward COLMT it flew straight and lined up on the extended runway centerline. Approach was normal from there. Why did it do this? The image below shows me past LEMNN headed to the dashed rwy centerline.

what was the fix?

solved. It turns out that I updated the database to IRS 1 but not to 2 or 3. When I updated them all, they synced up. That was interesting because I have updated a number of times before and only updated number 1. Maybe that was enhanced in a recent upgrade?

Jiggle fixed. End of the story was that I had two switches on my CH yoke set for reverse thrust. This is what was causing the jiggle. With lots of planes and lots of settings from different software, it is sometimes hard to find the conflict. I thank you for the help. I learned a lot on the journey.