RayProudfoot

EGCC problem resolved. Thanks Urs.

I can't see any posts in the T2G forum about this problem so I've posted today. Hopefully it can be fixed. http://forum.iflysimx.com/topic/1533-double-runways-at-lfpg/ Urs, can you filter out runways without a number in the name? These runways are alpha characters only.

Hi Urs, Slightly different problem with UK2000 EGCC. The Surface type is shown as 'Unknown' but the AFCAD definitely has it as Asphalt. I'm running the 1.6.12 update.

Bob / Urs, I have P3D v3.4 but this version uses the same structure as v4. I have Lordy's utility (v0.99) and have most of the FlightBeam and FSDT scenery packages. I have just run the utility to generate a scenery.cfg from both the existing scenery.cfg and the two add-ons.cfg. The process generated a combined scenery.cfg but unfortunately the FSDT and FlightBeam entries also include the word scenery which makes the path invalid. You only have to point to the parent folder, not the scenery sub-folder. I edited and saved scenery.cfg to remove \scenery from the relevant entries, saved it and then ran the database builder in EFB. That completed without encountering any problems for the FSDT and FB airports and positioning my aircraft at several gates showed the EFB map to be perfectly aligned. I then completed the process by recovering the original scenery.cfg. I'll ask Lordy about that path and see what he says.

Hi Urs, Now that I know EFB cannot read a flight plan that contains comments I will make sure none do in future. You appear to have read my comments as an accusation of bad programming. I meant nothing of the sort. As a former programmer myself I know it can be difficult to capture all errors and output a meaningful message. I'm now aware of the situation so this problem should not reoccur.

Hi Urs, The original was created by PFPX but as I stated in my second post I loaded it into Little Navmap - a moving map utility - and because I was experimenting learning the program made a change which resulted in the pln being saved with a comment section. No change was made to the actual waypoints or other key data. So why did EFB reject this when the comment section has been created in line with XML standards? It seems you are unable to capture these errors before .NET so cannot output a more meaningful message. Pity. But as I said before the comment was to an agreed standard so why is .NET not ignoring it?

Hi Urs, Flight plan attached. This includes the comment added by the 3rd party program. Given that these error messages are unfathomable by anyone other than the programmer is it possible for you to output more meaningful ones? In this case it was because the flight plan could not be read. I was uninstalling and reinstalling both elements of EFB thinking something was corrupted. All completely unnecessary as it turned out, ENGMEGLL01.pln

After discussion with the author of Little Navmap he points to this article about adding comments to an XML file. It should not cause any program reading it to fail. Hopefully a fix to EFB can be provided.

I have discovered the cause of this problem. I installed a freeware moving map utility yesterday. I loaded this plan and it seems it has added a comment section near the top of the plan. This was sufficient to cause EFB problems. But wouldn't a more meaningful error message have helped? Like "unknown data in flight plan". This is what EFB objected to. The offending text in red. Why can't EFB just ignore a comment? <?xml version="1.0"?> <SimBase.Document Type="AceXML" version="1,0"> <Descr>AceXML Document</Descr> <!-- LNMDATA _lnm=Created by Little Navmap Version 1.4.3 (revision 7359ce8) on 05 July 2017 11:44:02| speed=100.0000 --> <FlightPlan.FlightPlan> <Title>ENGM to EGLL</Title>

Up to a couple of days ago EFB was just fine. Trying to load a flight plan today results in the error in the title of this topic and the following details:- Am I really meant to understand what all this means? Searching this forum for the same message results in no solutions being offered. This is a standard P3D flight plan created by PFPX. 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I've discovered the problem. I was editing the runways.txt file in the wrong folder. I thought the one in D:\P3D\Aivlasoft\NavData was the correct one. Seems not. It reads the one in Users\MyName\Documents\Aivlasoft\EFB\UserData. Never too old to make a mistake or learn from it!

I cannot resolve the problem with EFB and runways at GCTS in P3D v3.4. I have the default scenery. The runway numbers in P3D are 08/26. In the file WPNAVAPT.txt in D:\P3D\Aivlasoft\NavData the runways are shown as 07/25. So to correct this I have added two entries in Runways.txt in the above folder as follows:- GCTS 07 08 GCTS 25 26 I have saved the file, restarted EFB and in the Data Viewer I have reset the airport data cache. But when I start EFB and enter GCTS in the Display Unit I still get the runway assignment warning saying runway 07 and 25 could not be assigned. What am I doing wrong? All this is with AIRAC Data Cycle 1706.

I'm so pleased I found this question. If I load ConcordeX in P3D the default zoom is 0.3 (even though the value is 0.7 in the camera.cfg) and that is perfect for the Captain's seat view. But when I started SimpleCam the default zoom became 0.7 and I was having to position the Captain's view around 4 feet behind his seat. That meant I then needed to zoom in to get the instruments into view but doing that killed the wide angle view including the views out of the left windows. I changed the default zoom to 0.3 in camera.cfg for the virtual cockpit and have been able to setup perfect views now for the Captain's seat. This is especially important for Concorde as the nose blocks the view of the runway but once it's down the view is perfect.

I had the same problem with the default port causing a problem when I launched P3D v3.4. I increased the port number by 1 and that solved the problem. Windows can show you what ports are in use making it easier to find a free one... Right-click the Taskbar and choose Start Task Manager Switch to the Performance Tab and at the bottom choose Resource Monitor... Choose the Network tab and click on the arrow against Listening Ports to open the list. The Port Number is listed for each process and at the right shows if it's Allowed or Not Allowed. If the number you want to use is listed just check if it's Allowed.

I've circumvented the problem. Rather than have SimStartNG start EFB I'm now using FSUIPC. When I close P3D the EFB Data Provider display stays visible for several seconds and then closes elegantly with no "program has stopped working" message.

Hi Urs, I'm attaching a log file showing my most recent activity. EFB Data Provider is started by SimStarterNG and should be closed by that program once P3D has closed. However, what is happening is as soon as I close P3D the "program has stopped working" popup appears. Given that EFB works fine during a flight I fail to understand why it ceases working as soon as P3D is closed. If I require a separate SimConnect for P3D / EFB please advise which it is and where I can find it. Ray_EFB_Log.txt

Hi Urs, No I didn't purely because everything seemed to work except when closing P3D. I shall investigate further. Pity P3D can't install what it needs. LATER: Urs, why would P3D and EFB work fine with existing SimConnect versions and only have a problem when P3D is closed? Doesn't make sense. If I didn't have the right version EFB wouldn't connect with P3D.

I've recently switched from FSX to P3D v3.4. I reinstalled EFB (Data Provider on P3D computer and Display Unit on a separate one). I haven't uninstalled FSX and my SimConnect settings are unchanged. Every time I close P3D Windows 7 displays a message that EFB has stopped working. I open Event Viewer and this is the message. Any idea why it's happening and how I can stop it. In all other respects EFB works fine during a flight. Faulting application name: AivlaSoft.Efb.DataProvider.exe, version: 1.6.8.0, time stamp: 0x56c5ffaa Faulting module name: SimConnect.dll, version: 10.0.61637.0, time stamp: 0x46fad5b6 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x00001f8b Faulting process id: 0x1728 Faulting application start time: 0x01d2c7fffdc0b5b3 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\AivlaSoft\EFB\AivlaSoft.Efb.DataProvider.exe Faulting module path: C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.61259.0_none_55f5ecdc14f60568\SimConnect.dll Report Id: 8a8e8acb-33f8-11e7-8fd3-94de80a6c959

Hi Urs,I had a different folder set for my P3D files. Once I corrected it to the same as yours (with a different username of course) the Garmin option works fine. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Urs. I'll check mine tomorrow and get back to you. I can't imagine mine will be any different. Just remind me, is write access required from the Display Unit PC or is Read enough?

Hi Urs, I agree you can add another plan if one is already present. I've had no further problems with EFB since unchecking the Garmin option. Are you able to confirm if enabling that option still works with P3D when loading a plan?

Hi Sascha, Glad you have resolved the problem. I've stayed with W7.

Hi Urs, Thanks for your reply. I must have spent nearly two hours trying to resolve this yesterday. I even reverted to an earlier version of EFB but that wasn't compatible with P3D v3. There must be a fundamental difference between FSX and P3D because I used exactly the same procedure in FSX to load a plan and that Garmin option would have been enabled because I've never turned it off. The sim was definitely running in both FSX and P3D. I read through some other messages and saw a reference to Garmin which I guessed was for the GPS to use. As that is of no interest to me I disabled the option and bingo, the plan was loaded. I use SimStarterNG to start P3D (and FSX before it) and that now includes an option to load a flight plan when the sim is stabilised. If there was a plan already in P3D and the Garmin option was enabled would that cause the error? It didn't in FSX but I wonder if it might in P3D.

Hi Sasha, I had the same problem with an earlier version of EFB. If you update to the latest 1.6.8 I think it does find the scenery.cfg for P3D.

I've discovered that if P3D v3 isn't running the plan loads fine. But if I try to load it with P3D running it fails. Why? And this is even stranger. On the Data Provider if I deselect Load / Update Garmin GPS system... it works fine. Why would that option cause this error?