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OPENCOCKPITSEFISB737

INSTALLATIONANDUSERSMANUAL

INSTALLATIONANDUSERSMANUALv3.0 EFISB737

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MODULEDESCRIPTION

1. RSTPushbutton Resetminimumsalert

2. MINIMUMSEncoder Adjusttheminimumsaltitude

3. FPVPushbutton ShowstheFlightPathVectoronthePFD

4. MTRSPushbutton ShowsthePFDaltitudealsoinmeters

5. BAROEncoder Adjustthebarometricaltitude

6. STDPushbutton Selectsthestandartbarometricpressure(1013mb/29.92in)

7. VOR2/ADF2Switch Showstherelativeinformationoftheselectedstation(VORoADF)

8. RANGESelector Selectstherange(distance)thatsshowontheND

9. MODESelector SelectsthemodeofvisualizationontheNDscreen

10. Visualizationselectorsline STA:Showsthestationintherangeselected WPT:Showsthewaypointsintherangeselected CTR:ChangesbetweenarcandroseontheND ARPT:Showsallairportsintheselectedrange


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TFC:Showsthetrafficsintheselectedrange DATA:Showsthedatafromthepointsofthepathofflight POS:ShowstheIRS,GPSpositionsandthebearingtotheVORfromthenoseofplane

11. VOR1/ADF1Switch Showstherelativeinformationoftheselectedstation(VORoADF)

Thekeys(10)WXRandTERRontherealplaneareontheselectorsline,butontheOpencockpitsEFISarechangedfortheCTRandTFC,dueamechanicalandfunctionalcase.

So,theCTRandTFCkeys,thatinrealwillbeinstalledovertheRANGEandMODEknobs,hasarealfunction,butincasethatthecustomerwantchangeit,Opencockpitsalwaysincludesthosekeysintheirorders.

HARDWAREINSTALLATION

Thehardwarecomescompletelyassembled,allyouhavetodo isconnectittothecomputerandpowersupplytooperatethebacklightmodule.

Intheback,itthereisanoutputforanUSBcable,andajacktypeconnector3.5mmindiameter.

TheUSBcablewillconnecteitherdirectlyorthroughaHUBtoanUSBportinthecomputer,thepowerfromtheUSBportwillsuffice.

Tofeedthebacklightanypowersourcecanbeusedtoprovideuswith5Vandanamperageof500mA,takingintoaccountthatthepositive(+)shouldbeatthetip.OpencockpitsshopcanprovideanspecificpowersourceforEFIS.

MODULECHECK

UsetheEFIS_checkapplication,includedinthezipdownloadandalsointhesametab"Downloads"onthepageoftheEFISpurchase.

SOFTWAREINSTALLATION

Like other Opencockpits modules and because of the number of different addons that are offered for FlightSimulator,itisimpossibleforOpencockpitstoprovidecoverageforall,becausethesoftwareisalwaysdevelopedbythirdpartiesandOpencockpitshasnolinkswiththem.

Nevertheless,Opencockpitshasmadeaneffortintryingtointegrateitshardwarewithalltheseexternalpackages,althoughsometimesithasbeenverydifficulttodosowithcertainproducts.


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ThebasicmanagementsoftwareoftheOpencockpitsEFISisreadyfortheFSXdefaultEFIS,whileitsmanagementisnotthesameasintherealplane.

INSTALLATIONOFTHEFSUIPCANDIOCPSERVERPROTOCOLS

WemusttohaveinstalledsomekindofprotocoltocommunicatewiththeSimulator,presentlythereareafew,themostsuitablebeingtheFSUIPCandtheIOCPserver,whileitisnotrequiredtoinstallboth,itissomehowconvenient,becauseofthediversificationoftheaddons.

ForourscriptforthedefaultEFISinFSXandbecauseFSUIPCdoesnothaveaccesstosomeoffsets,wehavedecidedtouseIOCPServer,thefreeprotocolcreatedbyJuanraAscanio,tomanagetheEFISunderFSX.

Forotheraddonsandbecausetheirdevelopershavesodecided,themostusualwillbetouseFSUIPC,thepaywareprotocolcreatedbyPeterDowson.

To install IOCPServerforFSX,wemustenterhissitewww.iocpserver.netanddownloadtheprotocolfromthe linkIOCPServerparaFSX,onceinstalledwemusteditthefiledll.xml,asindicatedinhispage.

Therealso isathttp://www.iocpserver.net/downloads/otros/IOCPServer&Efis_Fsx.pdfaguideorchecklistcreatedbyFernandoBrea,fortheperfectconfigurationoftheprotocol.

Oncetheprotocolsinstalled,wecanproceedtotheinstallationoftheSIOCsoftwareitself.

INSTALLATIONOFTHESIOCSOFTWARE

The firstpartof this installationshouldbedonebydownloading the"OPENCOCKPITSEFISB737.zip" file from thesellingpageoftheEFISinoursitewww.opencockpits.com.

Unzipthefileineasytofindlocation(i.e.C:\);itwillcreateafoldercalledOPENCOCKPITSEFISB737.Inside,youwillfindthefilesfurtherdetailed.

Amongothers,therearethreelogicalwaystoconfigurethesoftwaretorunonourEFIS:

- Buildorownconfigurationcreatingourownscript- UsingthefilesalreadyconfiguredbyOpencockpits- UsingtheOpencockpitsAutoConfigurator

OUROWNCONFIGURATION

Todothiswecreateourownscript,eitherusingtheconfig_sioc.exeorusinganytexteditorandwritingthescriptaswewoulddowithanyotherprogramminglanguage,andfinallycompiledin.ssiandrunwithsioc.exe.

Noneed tobeanadvanceduseras the toolsand themanyexamplesof thescript thatexist indifferent forums,includingOpencockpits, does notmake building our own script very difficult, in any casewe describe two easymethodstocarryoutthistask.

USEOFFILESCONFIGUREDBYOPENCOCKPITS

TheZipfilecontainingthismanualalsocontainsthefollowingfoldersandfiles:

- AfoldercalledEFISthatcontainsallnecessaryfilestorunthescriptso In this folderwe findanotherone calledSCRIPTS that contains several files to run,dependingon

whataddonwewanttouse:


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siocefisogs.txt=forOGSsoftware siocefismagenta.txt=forProjectMagentasoftware siocefispmdg.txt=forPMDG737NGsoftware siocefisfds.txt=forFlightDeckSoftware siocefisfsx.txt=forthedefault737inFlightSimulatorX

- TheapplicationEFISTEST,formodulecheck- ThezipfileSSETUP_10,whichcontainOpencockpitsAutoconfigurator.- Andassaidbefore,includesthisManual.

Onceunzipped,openthe folderEFISandopenthe filesioc.iniwithatexteditor,thedefaultWindowsNotepad isperfect,

Inthisfilewefindthisline:

CONFIG_FILE=.\scripts\xxxxxxx.txt

wherewewillreplacethe"x"forthefileamongtheaboveones,thatwewanttouseinourEFISOpencockpits,i.e.:

CONFIG_FILE=.\scripts\siocefisfsx.txt

AndthiswillsetourEFIStoworkwiththedefaultFSX737.

Then simply run the application sioc_efis.exe,which is in the folder EFIS and thiswillmakeour EFIS tobe fullyoperationalforthechosensoftware.

NOTE:Onceyourunthisapplication, inthefoldercalledscriptsanewcompiledfile withthe.ssiextensionwillbecreated, this isnormalbecause sioc reallyworkswith compiled files,even ifweareusing text (.txt) files for thisconfiguration.


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Theonly special requirement,andonlybecauseof the idiosyncrasiesofPMDG'sown software,wemust set theconfigurationofthekeystrokesinFlightSimulator>PMDG>Keyboardcommands,asindicatedintheannexattheendofthisdocument.

THEAUTOCONFIGURATORFROMOPENCOCKPITS

Wehaveincludedtheapplicationinthesamezip,inafoldercalledSSETUP.

Itmustbeunzipped insidethesamefolderwheretheapplicationsioc.exe is, leavingthefoldersomething likethefollowingimage(inthisimageallunnecessaryfilesweredeleted),butnotnecessarilythesameyoucanseeonyourcomputer:

Where you can see that a new icon called ssetup.exe has been created and a folder called ssetup_files,whichcontainsallthefilesfortheMCPandautoEFIS.

Nextistorunssetup.exeandwewillseeascreenlikethis:


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Whereweseethatthelanguagecanbechanged(4);wealsohaveadropdownwithdifferentsoftwareoptions(1),abuttontolaunchtheconfigurationandstartourmodules(2)andfinallyabuttontoseetheinformationabouteachoftheconfigurations(3).

Clickingon(1)showsusthefollowinglist:

Inthislistthedifferentoptionsareshown.Wesimplychoosethemostsuitableforusortheoneweneedtouseatthistime,andthenclickonthebuttontolaunch(2)andourEFISshouldworkandshowappropriateinformationinaccordancewiththesoftwarethathasbeenpreviouslychosen.

USINGTWOINDEPENDENTEFISMODULES(CPT&F/O)

Atthispoint,andassumingthatwehaveafullyoperationalmodule,wemayposethefollowingquestions:HowcanweusetwodifferentEFISindependentlyinitsmanagementofdata?

Theansweriseasy,butmaynotbesatisfactoryforeverybody,becauseofthelimitationsofthesoftwareinitselfwecanonlyraisethisinanumberofaddons,i.e.,PMDGhasnooptionFOR2EFISandalsonotinFSX.

Todothis,wemustfirstruntheEFISTEST.exe,withonlyonemoduleconnectedandgetthefollowingscreen:


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Lookingatthewhiteboxatthetopright,ittellsusthattheDevicenumberbelongstoourmodule,inthecaseoftheimageitisnumber4,notethisissueandproceedtodothesamewiththeothermodule.YoumustnotconnectbothinthesameUSBport,eachofthemmustbeconnectedtotheportwhereitwillfinallystay.

OncewehavenotedthesetwoDevicesnumbers,openthesioc.inifile(thesamewherewechangedthetextfile)andlookfortheline:

MASTER=0,7,1,0

Andthenchangeforthefollowing:

MASTER=0,7,1,C

MASTER=12,7,1,F

WhereCshouldbereplacedbythenumberoftheDevicepreviouslyrecordedfortheCaptainEFISandtheletterF,willbereplacedbythenumberofthedevicemodulethatbelongstotheFirstOfficer.

Oncedone, itonlyremainstomakesureyouhaveconnectedthemodulesattheirrespectiveUSBportsandthenrun sioc_efis.exe with our favorite software (see USE OF FILES CONFIGURED BY OPENCOCKPITS), this shall runsimultaneouslybutindependentlybothEFISmodules.


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TROUBLESHOOTING

PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTIONWe see the error "Could not binsocket.Addressandportarealreadyinuse"

Wehave assigned the sameport intwodifferent sioc.iniandwe intendtoimplementatonceoneofthetwo

Open sioc.ini and change thisnumber for other unused portnumber

We run sioc_efis.exe and the EFISdoeswork,butitshowsnotinFS

Devicenumberisbadlyassigned Deletedevicenumber insiocscriptsorassign insioc.iniMASTER linea0tothefirstnumber(MASTER=0,7,1,0)

We run sioc_efis.exe and the EFISdoesnotworkand itdoesnotshowinFSneither

We dont have properly configuredtheDevicenumberandsiocdoesnotfindtheEFISmodule

Assign in sioc.ini the correctnumbers

TECHNICALSPECIFICATIONS:

- Connectingtothecomputer'sUSBport(nodriversrequired).- YoucanconnectwithXPlane,FS98,FS2000,FS2002,FS2004andFSX(throughFSUIPCandIOCPServer).- Backlightincluded.- Youdonotneedadditionalcards.- InterconnectioncapacitywithotherOpencockpitsmodulesorothermanufacturers.- Fullyprogrammable.- Metalenclosure.- Moduleassembledandready.- Measuresrealandequaltotheoriginal.- Measuresapprox.118x64x102mm.(WidthxHighxDeep)57mmdeepwithoutbox.- Weight720grams.


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ANNEXI

KEYSTROKECOMMANDSINPMDG

MCPPressAPDISCON=Ctrl+Shift+YMCPPressAT=Shift+RMCPPressN1=Ctrl+Shift+NMCPPressSPD=Ctrl+MMCPPressCO=Shift+IMCPPressLVLCHG=Ctrl+IMCPPressVNAV=Ctrl+VMCPPressLNAV=Ctrl+NMCPPressVORLOC=Ctrl+OMCPPressAPP=Ctrl+AMCPPressHDGSEL=Ctrl+HMCPPressALTHLD=Ctrl+ZMCPPressVS=Ctrl+PMCPPressCMDL=Ctrl+Shift+AMCPPressCMDR=Shift+F4MCPPressCWSL=Ctrl+F4MCPPressCWSR=Ctrl+Shift+F4MCPPressFDL=Ctrl+FMCPPressFDR=Ctrl+Shift+F3MCPIncreaseBankLimiter=Ctrl+Shift+LMCPDecreaseBankLimiter=Ctrl+F11MCPIncreaseCourse=Shift+F3MCPDecreaseCourse=Ctrl+F5MCPIncreaseAltitude=Ctrl+Shift+ZMCPDecreaseAltitude=Ctrl+F2MCPIncreaseSpeed=Ctrl+Shift+VMCPDecreaseSpeed=Shift+F11MCPIncreaseHeading=Ctrl+Shift+HMCPDecreaseHeading=Ctrl+F8MCPIncreaseVS=Ctrl+Shift+PMCPDecreaseVS=Ctrl+Shift+F11EFISPressMins=Shift+Tab+MEFISIncreaseMins=Ctrl+shift+MEFISDecreaseMins=Shift+F12EFISResetMins=Ctrl+,EFISPressBaro=Ctrl+Shift+F1EFISIncreaseBaro=Ctrl+Shift+BEFISDecreaseBaro=Shift+BEFISResetBaroSTD=Ctrl+3EFISPressFPV=Ctrl+4EFISPressMTRS=Ctrl+5EFISIncreaseNavL=Ctrl+Shift+1EFISDecreaseNavL=Ctrl+1EFISIncreaseNavR=Ctrl+Shift+2EFISDecreaseNavR=Ctrl+2EFISIncreaseNDMode=Ctrl+Shift+4EFISDecreaseNDMode=Ctrl+Shift+5EFISPressNDModeCTR=Ctrl+Shift+,


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EFISIncreaseNDRange=Ctrl+Shift+0EFISDecreaseNDRange=Ctrl+Shift+3EFISPressNDRangeTFC=Ctrl+Shift+.EFISPressWXR=Ctrl+Shift+Tab+5EFISPressWXR=Ctrl+Shift+Tab+5EFISPressSTA=Ctrl+Shift+6EFISPressWPT=Ctrl+Shift+7EFISPressARPT=Ctrl+Shift+8EFISPressDATA=Ctrl+Shift+9EFISPressPOS=Ctrl+Shift+EFISPressTERR=Ctrl+Shift+Tab+4

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