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Richard, I don't know the details about all the specific color schemes. I personally use "default" settings (Windows 7) which works flawless.

Richard, Did you select "Windows-Classic" color scheme on that PC?

You can choose from either real-world UTC or FSX UTC.

Hi, it really seems that the location of the data file has changed. See here:http://forums.vatsim.net/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=40871 I changed the root path on our server according to that post. Could someone check whether it works now?

Marc, it seems that VATSIM is moving their server(s). Currently there is no file available from their server. Maybe there is more information available on their website.

Pete, of course not, otherwise it would be stated on the download page. It was just the way you described it (or the way I read it ...) which brought me to the idea that you might have installed all the service packs after the other. Only because of this I suggested to do a clean re-install before you start from scratch.

I confirm that it is the "current_wx_snapshot.txt" file.

Jean-Louis, currently I don't know much about the internals of FSX concerning these VHF enroute frequencies. But I will give it a try for version 2.0.

Pete, it seems to me that applying all the service packs is the problem. The service packs are cumulative so I suggest to do the following: a) uninstall EFB, using the uninstaller run the full installation package 1.3.1 (http://www.aivlasoft.com/download/Aivla ... p_v131.zip) c) run SP4

Richard, once a flightplan is activated it will be sent to the DataProvider. The DataProvider keeps a copy of it and forwards the plan to all other DisplayUnits. The DataProvider also tracks every change of a flight plan. As soon as FSX is started and running, the DataProvider is sending the aircraft's position to all DisplayUnits. If you restart the aircraft and/or the DisplayUnit while the DataProvider is still running, you will get the current flightplan and the aircraft's position as well. If the DataProvider bas also been restarted then you must send the flight plan again to it.

Unfortunately there is no person available who could really clarify the situation concerning the SimConnect interface so also my findings are just guesses and they are not proven. Under certain circumstances SimConnect throws the error message "Too many requests". In my opinion this happens when there is a certain number of add-ons which are all requesting a lot of data from SimConnect and Simconnect cannot handle all the requests anymore. Most probably the NGX is a greedy add-on and therefore the exception is thrown more often than before. As already said, it's just a guess. Maybe reducing the number of simultaneously running add-ons could help to solve this issue?

Glen, thanks for your kind words.

Jean-Louis, sorry for the late answer. It was too hot the last few days The current enroute chart doesn't show any frequency except you're flying online. Theoretically it is possible to show a list of frequencies at the top of this chart type. What I need is a list which "tells" EFB which frequencies to show according to the current aircraft's position. Any other ideas?

Hi, according to the forum rules, please sign your posts with your real first name. We like to know to whom we're talking. Thanks. My FSX computer is Windows 7, my laptop where the display unit will go is XP. Will this work or must both computers have the same OS? Although I'm not experienced with different OS's I assume that it will running. Anyway it's much easier if both systems are running Windows 7. With a cable connection do I still need the TCP address? I don't have a crossover cable to test, but in my opinion you always will need the TCP address when connecting two computers.

Rich, the *.rt2 file format is AFAIK only for the PMDG 744X. All other aircraft like MD11, JS41 and the new 737 NGX use another file format. We are currently in touch with PMDG to get the requested information that we need to write the flight plan handler for the NGX. Please be patient, it will take some time.

Hi, it seems that the altitude restriction has wrongly replaced by the Midhurst VOR. So this is certainly related to EFB and not Navigraph.

Jean-Louis, I'm not quite sure whether I've understand what you exactly mean. Which list of frequencies do you mean and from where can we get it? Is this a list of official real world frequencies?

Terry, no, the FormSettings.bin is unfortunately not the file you should remove. Please go to the following folder: C:\Users\[username]\Documents\AivlaSoft\EFB\Settings. There you should find a file named "DisplayUnit_UserSettings.bin" and also one that has the postfix ".bak". You may delete both of them. Next time when the DisplayUnit is starting up it will show you the settings dialog. Hope this helps.

Terry, was it a clean install that you did on this machine, including SP4? It's important to have the same version for all DisplayUnits and the DataProvider. Maybe there is an old settings file for the DisplayUnit from an earlier installation? If so just quit the DisplayUnit (on the FSX computer), remove the settings file and then restart the DisplayUnit.

Marty, unfortunately the ALT-Tab won't work because the splash screen has the "TopMost" attribute set. This means that this window will always be in front of all others as long as it is visible. The settings dialog behind the splash screen is a so called modal dialog which means that only this window accepts input from the user. In other words we have a "deadlock" situation. As Richard mentioned there seems to be something not yet initialized which itself leads to this situation. So my focus is currently on trying to figure out which circumstances are causing this situation, hoping that I can advise how to prevent the situation (...).

Are you using the PMDG 737NGX? There seems to be a known problem with AI/Multiplayer traffic when using this bird. Please try running another aircraft to see whether there is a difference.

Richard, I just ran a couple of tests and as it seems there might happen a situation where behind the splash screen a message box is waiting for the users input (OK Button). Please try the following: Start up the DisplayUnit and when the splash screen is in front and all seems to be stopped just press the enter button on your keyboard. Since the message box already is having the focus it should listen to that keyboard input.

Hi, just double click on the splash screen and it will disappear.

Dave, I think that I see what you mean. This would need something like an alternative to the currently available save dialog, or at least a dialog that appears before the save dialog. If you were entering a text like "STN-NCE-XA" in this new dialog, then this would be taken as the file name for all the ticked flight plan handlers, and if you don't enter a text (or even if the dialog doesn't appear according to the users settings), the filenames would we applied as defined in the today's save dialog.

Dave, I'm not sure whether I understand the idea. Do you think of an additional text that should be added to the flight plan name or should it replace the name? Should it replace all the names if there are several flight plans that will be saved? Let's assume that you fly from EGKK to LFPG and you have 3 flight plans that will be saved when pressing "Save". According to the save dialog (and the current settings on my computer here) this will create the following file names: a) EFB plan: Gatwick (EGKK) to Charles-de-Gaulle (LFPG).efbr FSX plan: IFR Gatwick to Charles-de-Gaulle.pln c) PMDG rt2: EGKKLFPG01.rt2 Would you like to have a dialog which appears before the save dialog where you can enter some text and then this text will be added to the file names like this: a) EFB plan: Gatwick (EGKK) to Charles-de-Gaulle (LFPG) {added text}.efbr FSX plan: IFR Gatwick to Charles-de-Gaulle {added text}.pln c) PMDG rt2: EGKKLFPG01 {added text}.rt2