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Hi Felix, can you post an example of what you currently get our of EFB and what you would like to get, so I can see what could be possible in a future release.

Hi all, it seems to be some invalid data in the 1101 cycle. I just posted in their forum: http://forum.navigraph.com/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=2392

Salut Jean-Louis, all the facilities data is read from the BGL files. No information about VORs, DMEs and so on is taken from the Navigraph cycle data. When reading the BGL data there is a certain position in a file where the type of the navaid is stored. If this type (say that "byte") not known to EFB, it will use "n.a.". Are you using any 3rd party software that is changing the BGL data in any way?

Hi Rick, sorry for my late answer, but I must have overseen this Recently I got in touch with the FSC developers and they kindly provided me the details of their flight plan format. The current version of EFB (1.2.1) is already using "plug-ins" as flight plan readers. As soon as I've enough time to write a next plugin, it will be the plugin to read FSC 8.x and 9.x flight plans.

Bob, did you press the "New" button at the lower left corner of the aircraft editor? Without pressing this button the text boxes won't be released. Same for updates, press "Change" first.

Hi Steve, it seems to be a software glitch with 1.2.1 (I assume that you run version 1.2.1). I did a cross-check with the current beta 1.3.0 and cycle 1013 where it is correctly depicted. What cycle do you use?

Hi Bob, the first issue that you describe sounds like that the "Synchronize UTC time" option is set to "true". This can be changed in the DataProvider settings (Menu "Extras" -> settings -> miscellaneous). Please try to uncheck this option and then start FSX. TNCM: it seems that the scenery you're using for Princess Juliana contains an unknown item which doesn't allow to analyze the data. As a workaround please try the following: 0) close FSX, close DataProvider 1) locate the "scenery.cfg" file which can be found here "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX" 2) make a copy of the current file to have a backup 3) open the "scenery.cfg" file using "notepad.exe" or a similar text-editor 4) locate the TNCM scenery and set the value for "Active" to "False" 5) save the file 6) start DataProvider As a general information, there is absolutely no difference concerning the runtime code of the trial version and the licensed version. Entering the license key only allows the program to be unlocked.

Hi, the Navigraph installer creates a subfolder named "AivlaSoft" in the FSX root folder. This is the default path. If you want to install the data into another folder, feel free to select another one. If you change the destination, please do not forget to set the path in the DataProvider's settings too. (DataProvider -> Menu "Extras" > settings: Tab "Folders"). After the installation, please restart the DataProvider so it will re-read the newest Navigraph data and will prompt you with the message that new data has been found. Hope this helps. And - please - according to the forum rules (see at the top of each page), sign your posts with your real first name. It makes it easier for us to talk to you .

Salut Jean-Louis, a quick look into the program code tells me that the navaid type (this is a "flag" which comes from the BGL data files) seems to be not properly defined. EFB cannot recognize it as either a VOR, DME, VORDME etc. In such a situation EFB assigns "n.a.".

Riley, ok, I'll wait for further information and hopefully I can help you to sort out this problem. Just to clarify, the error-message "File not found" is not raised by EFB but by FSX/SimConnect. You can easy identify such messages because they contain information like "Exception from HRESULT: 0x ....".

Riley, sorry, that was my fault. It has nothing to do with ActiveSky. The error "File not found" happens at the moment when the DataProvider tries to connect to FSX. But I can't tell you which file is meant because this is beyond the scope of EFB. Just a guess, could it be a file that is listed in either the "exe.xml" or "dll.xml"? These files contain information about modules that must be started when FSX starts. They are located in "C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX"

Hi Riley, it seems that the ActiveSky file cannot be found. Please check the filename in the settings and whether the file is located at that place. Usually it is like: "C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\HiFi\XEngine\ASX\Weather\current_wx_snapshot.txt"

Hi Brian, if I recall correct there are not specific time settings in EFB (but there are several thousands of lines of code, so it might be ). Can you send me a screenshot with an example to support@aivlasoft.com? Thanks.

Hi Steve, no hard coded frequencies at all EFB uses FSX data for all facility data like ILS, VOR, NDB etc. For all the procedures data it uses Navigraph data. Whenever a frequency for an ILS, VOR, NDB etc. has changed, you must change it in FSX via ADE or anything else. The frequency is taken from the BGL-data files. If you install a new AIRAC cycle you will get the new procedures data but not any changed facility data. So the way you described should be OK. I don't know exactly how ADE works if you only change a frequency. You must know that EFB first reads the "scenery.cfg" to know which folders and files must be considered for the data analysis. The only thing that I can imaging is that there is a "missing link" between the updated file and the scenery.cfg? Can you locate that changed file which holds the new ILS frequency? Can you find this file or the folder that contains this file in the scenery.cfg?

Solved! The settings-file from the DataProvider was corrupted due to a not known "non-normal-termination" of the DP before. After deletion of the settings file "C:\Users\[username]\Documents\AivlaSoft\EFB\Settings\DataProviderSettings.bin" and a restart of the DataProvider everything is working again.

Hi Brian, I just checked the ILS 23R (MIRSI) with 1013 and 1.2.1 here. The approach profile and plan view is depicted fine. All other information is also presented. Hmmmh, are you using an add-on scenery for EGCC? Does it only happen at EGCC or on other airports too?

Hi Eli, - which version? what did you before? - new installation of EFB - update from an earlier version Could you please send me all the logfiles to support@aivlasoft.com You find them as follows: Windows-Start-Menu > All Programs > AivlaSoft > EFB > Logfiles

Mike, you may send the logfiles to support@aivlasoft.com. Thx.

Hi, I just have checked the activation server. It is up and running. Which email do you mean? The link that you provided points to this forum. BTW: according to the forum rules, please sign your post with your real first name. Thx.

Hi Mike, installing the EFB DisplayUnit on a second computer will reduce the memory load on your FSX computer by approx. 0.5 GB (500 MB). Apart from that it will also slightly reduce the CPU load. I'm also running a W7-64 test computer (sometimes for many hours) but without any problems. Do you run a lot of FSX add-ons or maybe other (non-FSX-related) programs (A/V, email, ...) at the same time? Could you please send me all the logfiles that can be found as follows: Windows-Start-Button > All Programs > AivlaSoft > EFB > Logfiles

Hi Felix, did you change the "color-scheme" on your computer? Maybe "Windows Classic-Mode"?

@ Jean-Louis, EFB is using its own implementation of a network layer, all based on .net classes.

Dave, could you please send me all the logfiles (from both computers). The logfiles can be found as follows: Windows-Start-Menu > All Programs > AivlaSoft > EFB > Logfiles. Please send them all to support@aivlasoft.com. Another thing that might cause the problem is a "port-number-sharing-conflict". If another program or service on one of your machines is already using port number 51747 then this could be the problem. Could you do the following: - Close DisplayUnit and DataProvider on both machines on computer 1: - Open "Windows-Start-Menu" - Select "Run" (a dialog box should appear where you may enter some text) - enter "cmd", press "Enter" (now a black window should open) - type "netstat" (without quotation marks), press "Enter" - this will show you a list of all the active connections that are running on your computer. Please make a screenshot of this list. Now go to computer 2 and do the same. Please send the two screenshots also to support@aivlasoft.com Can you tell us what kind of DLink router you're running? Maybe there is another user of EFB which has a same router? If you can find the file "SimConnect.xml" at the following folder, could you please forward it to me? C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\[Application Data Folder]\Microsoft\FSX\SimConnect.xml

Hi Albert, it seems that with 1.2.1 on several computers the DisplayUnit does no longer start up properly. When reading the settings file the exception is being raised. The solution (workaround) for that is as follows: - Close the DisplayUnit - Open the folder: "C:\Users\[username]\Documents\AivlaSoft\EFB\Settings" - Delete the file "DisplayUnitSettings.bin" - Restart the DisplayUnit - Enter the settings Sorry for the inconvenience.

greatspirit, please - according to the forum rules - sign your posts with your real first name. Thanks. Can you provide us with some more information as - which version of EFB do you run - is it an update or a "clean" install - networked installation or standalone - is it a "stock" airport or add-on scenery Maybe you could post a screenshot which shows the situation when the exception is raised? Could you please send all the logfiles to support@aivlasoft.com. You will find them as follows: Windows-Start-Menu > All Programs > AivlaSoft > EFB > Logfiles