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1. Quickstart b PROSIM 737 _ Situation Failures Routes mae y aa If you do not have an overhead panel you can use the Quickstart tab to set the overhead switches in a fixed position for a certain flight phase If you do have a hardware overhead panel this tab is not useful It can be removed in the configuration screen of ProSim737 Company Routes b PROSIM 737 Prosim737 systems console Mozila Firefox 7 Ble Ede Yew Hstory Bookmarks Tock Hep la Cc a Cc Tren hocaihost 8061 a m Prosim737 systems console Situation Failures Setup Cockpit Setup Quickstart Routes Company routes Route ehrdkai j Poor we tast Load selected route fom database Load route tom FMS Waypoint Position Bearing Distance Zj TE am ja Delete selected company route Company routes are preprogrammed routes that can be loaded into the FMS without having to enter the individual legs of the route Company routes are usually entered by typing the name of the route in the CO ROUTE field of the RTE page Company routes are managed from the Routes tab In this tab you will find two columns The leftmost column labeled company routes lists all company routes in the database and the rightmost column labeled route contains information about the company route you are working on This route is not related to any route you may have loaded in the FMS It is j
2. Configuration File CONF GF LE lt plac filename here gt PROSIM 737 4 Restart SIOC so it is running your script Open the ProSimMCP configuration window 6 In the OpenCockpits block type the IP address and port of SIOC ususally 127 0 0 1 8092 7 Check the box MCP EFIS if you have an OpenCockpits MCP Check the box Throttle if you have an OpenCockpits throttle 8 Press OK and restart ProSimMCP a Below is an image of the ProSim MCP configuration screen configured for SIOC on the local machine controlling an MCP EFIS and Throttle unit For OpenCockpits MCP s and throttle SIOC server 127 0 0 1 8092 M MCP EFIS M Throttle The MCP should now turn on and be usable Everytime you run ProSimMCP make sure you are also running SIOC Using Opencockpit EFIS panels The OpenCockpits SIOC script provided with ProSimMCP also contains the code for two EFIS panels The script relies on the device numbering to be like this e Device Index 1 EFIS captain e Device Index 2 EFIS F O When you connect an EFIS panel to your computer SIOC will show you a device number Using this number you can configure SIOC to map the device to either Device Index 1 or Device Index 2 You can do this by editing sioc ini and adding a master line The image below shows you a SIOC screen where the EFIS is not correctly configured b PROSIM 737 By Manuel Velez Ver 3 7B1 lt lOCards gt
3. IOCP should be selected and in the textbox next to it a variable number should be used ProSim737 communicates with SIOC by using these variable numbers What SIOC should do with these numbers is up to the SIOC script that is used You may choose PROSIM 737 any number as long as it is unique PROSIM 737 6 7 8 9 Create the SIOC script To help in creating your SIOC script ProSim737 can create a stub script for you This script lists all the variables you have configured in ProSim737 with a standard SIOC line These SIOC lines should be edited in a text editor to set the correct physical ports on the boards that should be used The stub script is available from the ProSim737 instructor station While ProSim737 is running open a webbrowser and use the following URL http localhost 8080 sioc After you have edited the SIOC script with the correct port numbers compile it with the SIOC program To do this press the CONFIG button in the main SIOC screen Next from the Compiler menu select Files and select the SIOC script you have edited The second line should be filled in with required output file This file usually has an ssi extension Next close the window and press the Compiler button Configure SIOC to run your script This can be done by editing the sioc ini file Restart SIOC to complete the process PROSIM 737 Interfacing with ProSim737 The ProSim737 main program has an internal web serv
4. Module lOCard device ver 3 0 Status Running IDX OCard MCP Device 160 cFSUIPC3 Module FSUIPC status Cannot link to FSUIPC or WideClient FSUIPC version Simulator OS HostAddress 172 16 47 1 Port 8092 Clients connecteds 0 Welcome to SIOC by Manuel V lez Starting SIOC lt IOCP gt Client Module 0 Loading SIOC config INI HostAddress LOCALHOST C Program Files lOCards SIOC sioc ini i Initializing lOcard Module Port 8090 Status Disabled Loading SIOC Script lt IOCP gt Client Module 1 CAprojecten Prosim 3 ProsimMCP OpenC HostAddress LOCALHOST Sl Port 8099 Status Disabled C projecten Prosim 3 ProsimMCP OpenCockpits Prosim_mcp ssi EMPTY SCRIPT CONFIG TRAY RELOAD lIOCPCONSOLE Note that SIOC says IDX indicating that is does not know the device and has not assigned a device index to it When everything is set up correctly SIOC will show you the correct device index b PROSIM 737 By Manuel V lt lOCards gt Module lOCard device ver 3 0 Status Running FSUIPC Module FSUIPC status Cannot link to FSUIPC or WideClient FSUIPC version Simulator Sep HostAddress 172 16 47 1 Port 8092 Clients connecteds 0 ea a SIC iat anna aa Starting SIOC lt IOCP gt Client Module 0 Loading SIOC config INI HostAddress LOCALHOST C Program Files lOCards SIOC sioc ini Kk Initializing IOcard Module Port 8090 S
5. grayed out This is an indication that your hardware has been configured properly PROSIM 737 P3 Prosim 737 systems simulator o x File Help Main Electric Pneumatic Alternate flaps Alternate flaps ctrl Off Fit Ctrl A AOn Fit Ctrl B B On Hyd ELEC1 On Hyd ELEC2 On Hyd ENG1 On Hyd ENG2 On Spoiler A On Spoiler B On v Feel Diff Press Off FLT Control low pressure A FLT Control low pressure B Hyd ELEC1 LP Hyd ELEC1 OVHT Off Hyd ELEC2 LP Sa Hyd ELEC2 OVHT Off Hyd ENG1 LP Hyd ENG2 LP Hyd standby low pressure Off Hyd standby low quantity Off Modelled systems Electrical system All major buses are simulated Major components in the simulation include Batteries Three Transformer Rectifier units Static inverter Cross bus tie relay connects DC buses Bus transfer relays connects AC buses Standby bus relays Electrically operated valves will not function when no power is available All electric equipment will draw power from the bus they are connected to This allows realistic operation of the BAT DISCHARGE light Pneumatic system The pneumatic system is fed with bleed air from the engines or APU Engine bleed air uses air from the 5th and 9th stage of the engine A valve will shut off the high stage on high engine settings The bleed trip system will monitor the pressure in the ducts and shutoff the system when pressure is too high Bleed trips can be reset with the trip rese
6. is the name of the license holder and the email address The license can be inserted in the main program by clicking License from the File menu The main program will then distribute the license information to all other modules The license is not bound to a specific computer and can be stored and used on a new computer if you upgrade your computers Installation All ProSim modules come in their own folder You can place these folders on any computer Refer to the later chapters for specific installation instructions per module Support files Some extra files are created by the ProSim modules All of these files will be in the same folder as the program executable You can therefor move and copy a ProSim module by moving its folder Below is a list of files you may encounter config xml All ProSim modules will store their configuration in a file called config xml This file contains all the selected options cockpitsetup xml ProSim737 stores the various cockpit configurations in this file The configurations can be changed in the Cockpit Setup tab of the instructor station positions xml ProSim737 stores preset positions in this file Preset positions can be stored in the Setup tab of the instructor station startpositions xml ProSim737 builds this file after scanning Flight Simulator scenery file This file is a large XML file that contains all airports runways and gates extracted from flightsimulator It is no
7. make an attempt to resolve the issue When a situation cannot be resolve for example when asking to realign an IRS system that has no power the box will immediately reappear To activate or arm a new failure select the failure from the overview and fill in the conditions form If no condition is selected the failure will be active immediately Setup b PROSIM 737 Prosim737 systems Console Mozia Firefox 3 lolx Be Em Yew Hetory Bookmarks Took Hep w G D retosfocanost 8080 EBI Prosim737 systems console Situation Failures Setup Cockpit Setup Quickstart Routes Preset positions Global database Transistions 3j ame EHROJ Rotarcam Runway start ESR Runmay 6 1S naze fm Renway san al Activate selectad positon Pe tata Activate selactad poson rT losd Cer Lose po Dara currert pomtn in databasa Save Dela Sore Remove Done The setup screen allows you to prepare five preprogrammed positions for the Situation screen Before a flight the setup screen is used to fill these positions called Slots with possibly useful positions for quick positioning during the flight Slots can be filled with positions that come from two possible sources 1 Prestored positions These positions can be created by placing the aircraft somewhere and storing the position 2 Global database positions These positions are created by selecting a runway parking on a certain a
8. orf or ore or Gee OR ted 2 y f LON R On aun Fix O c c 3 c on ON uu eee eee L ON R RETRACTABLE It is important to understand that ProSim737 Panel does not contain any logic It only displays the state of the switches and indicators The actual states are contained and maintained by the ProSim737 main program Because of this architecture it is possible to run any number of ProSim737 Panel programs in your cockpit without interference PROSIM 737 When an area on the panel is clicked ProSim737 Panel will send a request to the ProSim737 main program to make a change to the switch ProSim737 will then check if the switch is under hardware control Switches that are under hardware control can not be changed in ProSim737 Panel Clicking them will have no effect Pressing and holding an indicator on ProSim737 Panel will trigger a light test of that indicator This light test also works in connected hardware Whenever a switch or indicator changes in ProSim737 all connected ProSim737 Panel programs will immediately reflect the change This is ideal for checking your hardware overhead panel Consult ProSim737 Panel to check how ProSim737 is seeing your switches while making changes to your hardware overhead panel PROSIM 737 ProSim737 Audio Scope ProSim737 Audio is an optional program that can be used to play ProSim737 audio on a different computer than where the ProSim737 program is installed This allows
9. that it is using both Flight Simulator data and Navigraph data Interface The ProSim737 main interface shows the current state of the cockpit switches and lights The program window is divided in tabs that represent the state of the various aircraft subsystems The Main tab shows all the enabled drivers and connected hardware It is divided in two boxes The IO Modules box contains all currently available input and output methods This can be hardware cards joysticks connections to software etc The Software box contains all selected drivers b PROSIM 737 3 Prosim 737 systems simulator yg SE x File Help l Electric Pneumatic Hydraulic Fuel Lighting Heating Misc Navigation Warning Fire Audio MIP Throttle 10 Modules M Software FSUIPC input output Core built 08 09 2010 IOCP connector FSUIPC not connected The other tabs all list the state of the various switches and lights in the cockpit Switches are represented as dropdown boxes and lights are represented by their color and a textual description The state you see in the various tabs is always the currently active state If you have hardware configured to drive a specific switch the state of the switch should always be represented here If it is not then there is a connection issue When ProSim737 has positively received information from a hardware switch the corresponding dropdown box will be
10. when the failures were triggered and false when the armedFailure is still waiting for a condition to become true The lt condition gt element will typically be empty or contain a single condition but all possible conditions are shown for reference To set a new armed failure the failures parameter must be present and should contain a list of failure ID s separated by commas Optionally the ias alt altb or min parameters may be provided to make the armed failure a condition based failure When no condition is provided the failure will be triggered immediately ias is the speed in KTS above which the failures should trigger alt is the altitude above which the failures should trigger altb is the altitude below which the failures should trigger min is the amount of minutes that should pass before the failure should trigger To remove a failure the parameter remove lt id gt should be used When an armedFailure is removed the systems involved will be repaired Here are some example URL s e Trigger failure f108 above 80kts http localhost 8080 xml query armedFailures amp failures f108 amp ias 80 e Remove failure number O http localhost 8080 xml query armedFailures amp remove 0 Query groundPower Supported parameters active This query is used to read or set the state of the ground power The query always returns the current state of the ground power in the following format lt groundPower active true fal
11. you to build realistic sound configurations Once configured the program does not need any attention and will act as a relay to play any sound it is configured to play Installation To install ProSim737 Audio copy its folder to any computer No additional files are needed All information including the audio files is loaded from the ProSim737 server ProSim737 Audio does not require FSUIPC of WideFS Configuration To open the configuration screen of ProSim737 Audio right click anywhere in the window and select Config Like all other ProSim737 modules ProSim737 Audio needs to know the IP address of the machine running the ProSim737 main program Fill in this information in the Server field After connection with the server has been established the program will display all available sounds from the server Enable a sound by clicking the button After exiting the program the enabled sounds will be stored so they are enabled again when the program runs the next time After configuring sounds in ProSim737 Audio all configured sounds will be played when needed by the program There is no configuration necessary in the main ProSim737 program PROSIM 737 Using OpenCockpits cards with ProSim737 Architecture There are various panels OCards and other hardware available from OpenCockpits This hardware is usually connected to the computer with a standard USB connector All OpenCockpits hardware uses the OpenCock
12. GE PAGE CRZ ALT N1 LIMIT gt CRZ DES HOLD PROG EXEC BEC H X PROSIM 737 ProSim737 Display Scope The ProSim737 Display module is used wherever graphical elements need to be displayed in the cockpit Some planes have six LCD displays Simulation cockpits often use common computer LCD s placed behind the main instrument panel to simulate these The ProSim737 Display module can be configured to display any kind of display or other graphical element in any location and size An unlimited amount of ProSim737 Display modules can be run on various computers It can even be used outside of the cockpit to see what the pilots are seeing Installation To install ProSim737 Display copy its folder to any computer No additional files are needed All information including the navigation database is loaded from the ProSim737 main program ProSim737 Display does not require FSUIPC of WideFS Configuration Before ProSim737 Display can show any information it has to be connected to the ProSim737 main program To do this right click anywhere in the window and select Configuration In the configuration window type the IP address of the machine running ProSim737 The second box is used to enter the port of the ProSim737 program which is currently always 8082 To check if the program is successfully connected right click somewhere in the window and check the status label If it is green the connection is
13. U s SIOC server 1921681 34 8092 SIOC variable 50 M Options I Start minimized WM Start fullscreen Il Preferred host for WebCDU Tl Show frame Using the keyboard The ProSimCDU program can be controlled by keyboard For backwards compatibility the same keylayout as the Project Magenta CDU is available If you used this key layout before you don t need to change anything The native key layout of ProSimCDU is PROSIM 737 Backspace CLR F1 F6 LSK1 LSK6 F7 F12 RSK1 RSK6 Insert INIT REF comma RTE CLB quote CRZ pa Using the WebCDU When at least one ProSimCDU program is running and connected to the ProSim737 server any web capable device can be used to call up a CDU unit The address of the WebCDU is the main address of the instructor station with cdu appended to it All input keys are sent to a connected ProSimCDU program and the screen output will be relayed back to the web browser Any running ProSimCDU unit can be chosen to handle the WebCDUss If you want a particular ProSimCDU instance to handle the WebCDU s select the option Preferred host for WebCDU A WebCDU running in Firefox b PROSIM 737 Prosim737 systems console Mozilla Firefox 1 jo x Fle Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help SC X MB LAI http Mocalhost 8080 cdu wy 3 gt Google lt INDEX INIT REF RTE MENU LEGS NI LIMIT FIX PREV NEXT PA
14. ank or pitch In the real aircraft during CWS operations bank or pitch can be set by applying force to the yoke When the force is released the aircraft holds the current pitch or bank CWS can be active in the pitch axis the roll axis or both The FMA displays the words CWS P when CWS is active in the pitch axis and CWS R when CWS is active in the roll axis CWS can become active in two situations 1 CWS mode has been selected on the MCP panel Both axes will revert to CWS operations 2 CMD mode is active on the MCP but one or both axes do not have an active flight mode CWS will be active on the axis that has no active flight mode This happens for example if you fly in HDG SEL mode and you press the HDG SEL button to disengage the mode Because of limitation in the current Flight Simulator hardware there is no way to detect pressure on the yoke ProSim therefore simulates CWS by looking at the position of the yoke When the yoke is in the centered position CWS assumes no force is applied and will take over the axis When you move the yoke from its centered position CWS will let you set a new pitch or bank It is therefore important that when you release the yoke its output is near the 0 0 position Make sure you have correctly calibrated your yoke and when you feel CWS mode is not keeping the aircraft on it current pitch or bank check your calibration settings With a little practice you will quickly find it easy to f
15. at is very close the the real aircraft Before and during development of this suite a number of key points were identified that the software should address These are 1 Accuracy The software should do its best to model real life behaviour of systems This allows accurate failure modeling 2 Autopilot and Flight Director An often neglected part of the autopilot system is a good Flight Director The Flight Director is crucial in training and must be reliable Autopilot functions should work like in the real aircraft 3 Reliability Because of the complex nature of all components in use it s easy to get lost in failures that are hard to track The software should be fault tolerant and not rely on the operation of other components 4 Maintainability and configuration Configuration must be straightforward without complex tasks All navigation data should be in one place for easy updating 5 Usable for personal training The software should be usable for basic IFR trainig The instructor station must be usable from within the cockpit on a touchscreen and allow instant aircraft placement and other features without the need to use a keyboard Preflight and route entry must be accessible from outside the cockpit 6 Friendly to cockpit builders There should be no restrictive copy protection Computers must be upgradable without loss of function and hardware bound keys 7 Modern technology All data should be stored in XML and be editable Th
16. ator Because ProSim737 and ProSimMCP need direct access to Flight Simulator we recommend running these two programs on the same machine that Flight Simulator is running on b PROSIM 737 Each display in your cockpit must be connected to a computer that runs ProSimDisplay Some computers can drive multiple displays which reduces the amount if computers you need The instructor station is a web based system and is hosted by the ProSim737 main program You can use any web browser to connect to the computer running ProSim737 The port that is used by ProSim737 can be configured but is port 8080 by default Because of the web technology every device that is capable if showing internet pages can be used to control the instructor stations This includes normal PC s touchscreen PC s tablet computers or even mobile phones Navigation data Every aircraft needs a navigation database In ProSim the navigation database comes from two sources 1 Data is extracted from Flight Simulator scenery files Airports runways and gate positions are extracted from Flight Simulator so they always match your currently installed scenery You can run this extraction any time if you ve updated your scenery 2 Routes and Terminal Procedures are read from a Navigraph database This database can be updated to reflect real world navigation procedures It must be purchased from the Navigraph website The database can be updated by following the Navigraph pro
17. b PROSIM 737 ProSim737 User Manual Version December 4 2011 Status Beta ProSim737 Paradijslaan 18c 3034 SM ROTTERDAM The Netherlands info prosim737 com www prosim737 com ProSim737 User Manual b PROSIM 737 Licensing Terms amp Conditions Introduction Overview Architecture Navigation data Software updates External hardware Installation Hardware requirements Prerequisites Licensing Installation Support files ProSim737 Scope Installation Interface Modelled systems Electrical system Pneumatic system Fuel system Hydraulic system Heating system Fire detection Master caution system IRS system Configuration Connecting to hardware Overview IO Elements Configuring IO Elements Configuring hardware for OElements Using Phidgets cards Using OpenCockpits SIOC Using joystick cards and joysticks Using FSUIPC Using CPFlight hardware other than the CPFlight MCP EFIS Using Flight Illusion gauges Adding custom audio Instructor Station Situation Failures Setup Prestored positions Global database Cockpit Setup Quickstart Company Routes ProSimMCP Scope Installation b PROSIM 737 Configuration Using CPElight MCP s and EFIS panels Using OpenCockpits MCP s and throttle Using Opencockpit EFIS panels Using Sismo Soluciones MCP s and EFIS Using GoFlight MCP EFIS Using privately built MCP s with opencockpits cards Using other privately built MCP s Using the software panel Using FSUIPC Offsets Buttons and
18. by external developers not tested by ProSim737 development 3 Unconfirmed Installation Hardware requirements e ProSim737 The recommended setup for a simulator is to run ProSim737 on the same machine as FS For optimal performance a fast quad core processor is recommended ProSim may be run together with FS on a dual core machine but performance issues may arise e ProSimMCP The recommended setup is to run ProSimMCP on the same machine as FS The same requirements as ProSim737 are true e ProSimDisplay ProSimDisplay should be run on its own machine The optimum setup is three machines for all cockpit displays The machines should be reasonably fast but do not have to be state of the art e ProSimCDU ProSimCDU is a very light program and will run on any computer capable of running the dot net 3 5 runtime e ProSimPanel ProSimPanel can be run on any machine that contains the dot net 3 5 runtime e ProSimAudio ProSimAudio is also a very light program and will run on any computer capable of running the dot net 3 5 runtime Prerequisites All ProSim737 modules are DotNet Windows applications They have been tested on Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows 7 All modules require the dot net 3 5 runtime to operate This runtime is preinstalled on Windows 7 and can be downloaded for the other platforms Licensing PROSIM 737 Licenses come in the form of a string of characters that you will receive by email Embedded in the license
19. ccess to preprogrammed positions and weather conditions The buttons are large so they are accessible from a touchscreen The top row of the Situations tab is filled by a set of quick positioning slots These slots can be preloaded from the Setup tab Any unused quick positioning slots can be used to store positions during the flight These positions can then be recalled instantly Failures b PROSIM 737 Prosim737 systems Console Mozila Firefox loix Ble Edt Yew History Bookmarks Tock Hep O Se Xx amp G maos Ke UT r L Prosim737 systems console E Situation Failures Setup Cockpit Setup Quickstart Routes 0 ju ju ja ja ju ju ju ja ju jujun ja 0000000000020000 je r Fab Tar ct eng Ter Fen re Tar Too DD JD hele hele ie Y oPrpryre 2 2 r ra TER Ti 2 g a S i y al Ti Kai s Attar muter Add selectedtshures Addrandomimkre Rebesh Done The Failures tab is the interface to the ProSim737 failure system It provides an overview of the currently active failures and allows the selection and arming of new failures The failures tab always shows the current state of the aircraft Any failure or situation that may disrupt the normal operation of the aircraft is shown in yellow boxes on the top of the screen When there are no yellow boxes there are no operational problems Pressing the Remove button in a yellow box will cause the system to
20. cedures To see the current state of the installed navigation data you should open the ProSim737 configuration screen and look for a block called Database In this block there is also a Rebuild button Pressing this button will scan the Flight Simulator directory and build the first part of the navigation database The Flight Simulator database is created in a file called startpositions xml in the ProSim737 directory This file contains all data extracted from Flight Simulator To install the second part the Navigraph database go to the Navigraph website http www navigraph com and download the navigation package labeled ProSim737 The package comes in the form of an executable that installs the required data Run the installer on the machine where ProSim737 is installed All navigation data is distributed by the ProSim737 main program to all other ProSim modules requiring them Therefore you only need to install and maintain the data on the machine running ProSim737 When you have successfully configured the database the database block in the configuration screen should read Source Hybrid as indicated in this picture b PROSIM 737 Database Source Hybrid FS Airac1001 Airports 24490 Positions 156129 Rebuild This tells you that navigation data is coming from both FS and the Navigraph database Software updates All ProSim software can be overwritten by newer versions Setti
21. ctive Perf Init To get an active Perf Init fill in the required fields in the Perf Init page and when the EXEC key lights press it so the page title turns to ACT PERF INIT To activate a route enter at least one waypoint and press the activate line Make sure the page title says ACT RTE 1 My Alt hold light is sometimes on and sometimes off when the FMA reads Alt Hold The FMA tells you what mode is active The lights on the MCP only tell you what mode can be disengaged and not what mode is active When the alt hold light on the MCP is on it can be disengaged When the light is off it cannot be disengaged get an EXCESS DATA flag in the Navigational Display When ProSim737 Display detects that it cannot maintain smooth operation it will display this flag in the navigational display The display may become jerky if the flag is visible Reduce the amount of data that is displayed or upgrade the hardware to increase perfomance The CALL light on the overhead panel is flashing The CALL light is part of the operator call system When you press the ATTEND button the CALL light will flash until the simulator operator acknowledges the call This can be done on the failure tab of the instructor station by removing the Attend button pressed box One of my EFIS panels is not working while the other does This is usually caused by the Display Control Panel switch on the forward overhead panel This s
22. dd custom audio files open the Audio Addons window by selecting Audio addons from the ProSim737 File menu Here you will see a list of all currently added audio files and you can add and remove audio To add new audio first press the Add new button Next choose a name for the Audio in the name text field select the audio file in the audio file input and determine whether the audio should play continuously or only once Play once audio will be played once when the input signal is active and then waits for the signal to be off before listening again Continuous audio is played in a loop After you have added the audio ProSim737 will make two new IO Elements 1 The audio element which is found under the tab Audio This element is the actual audio file and can be configured in the ProSimAudio program to play remotely 2 The input element which can be found in the configuration screen under the Switches tab This element decides when the audio should play and can be configured to listen to FSUIPC offsets switches or certain events in the aircraft When the audio has been named myaudio the Audio element is called Audio addon myaudio and the switch will be named Audio addon myaudio input Example Adding an APU start sound Assume you have a wav file that you want to play when the APU is started Follow these steps Open the Audio addons screen from the ProSim737 file menu Cl
23. dow it is available for configuration Select the board in the first column and select the output in the second column Using OpenCockpits SIOC SIOC is the opencockpits scripting language It uses variables for communications To use a SIOC variable within prosim select IOCP in the first column Type the number of the variable in the second column Refer to the OpenCockpits ProSim integration chapter for more information Using joystick cards and joysticks Joystick cards can be used as inputs In the first column select the specific device to use In the second column select the number of the button Using FSUIPC FSUIPC offsets are available as input and output In the first column select the type of the offset to use The second column has a different meaning for inputs and outputs ProSim supports three types of FSUIPC address Normal offsets These are normal whole FSUIPC offsets Bit offsets These are specific bits within an FSUIPC offsets Value offsets These are specific values of an FSUIPC offsets b PROSIM 737 Inputs e Normal offset the system will test if the offset is zero or nonzero To use normal offsets just type the offset in hexadecimal e g 0x5642 e Bit offsets the system will test if a certain bit in the offset value is set Type the offset in hexadecimal followed by a and the bit number starting from 0 For example to test the fourth bit in offset 0x5642 you type 0x5642 3 The input is act
24. e changed to generate the action If the bit was 0 a 1 needs to be written If the bit was 1 a 0 has to be written Here are the mappings of bits to buttons PROSIM 737 Bit 42 CWS B Known in PM as AP disconnect 747 Indicators ProSimMCP uses the 2 byte offset 0x4f0 to write status information Here are the bits with their functions PROSIM 737 Bit 12 Flight director on Bit 14 VNAV light Bit 15 Speed is in mach Displays Here are the offsets for displays Additionally the 2 byte offset 0x51c is used to indicate which displays must be off Tuning By default the autopilot is tuned to fly correct for most aircraft models If you find that the aircraft is rolling left and right slowly it may require some firmer aileron control You can set this in the tuning tab of the configuration screen The Aileron tuning value you see is in percent The default value is 100 Increase this to 150 to have firmer control You should keep increasing the value until the aircraft flies correctly About the autopilot The ProSimMCP autopilot is an advanced simulation of a real Autopilot Flight Director System AFDS The autopilot has been written from the ground up without using any components from Flight Simulator Because of this it is important that no other autopilot systems are active when you use ProSimMCP Some knowledge of this system is required to use the panel to its full
25. e main means of control should be via a web interface so any web capable device can be used This software is targeted at enthousiast home builders It is not endorsed by any aircraft manufacturer and may not be used for real world operational training unless specifically certified by an approved aviation authority Overview The ProSim737 suite consists of various modules that can be used in various configurations depending on your needs Every module is a Windows program that can communicate to the main server program over a network Below you will find a quick overview of the components in the system b PROSIM 737 ProSim737 System The central component is the ProSim737 main module and acts as a central hub for all other modules The module contains the systems simulation and the webserver that hosts the instructor station There should be one ProSim737 program running per cockpit ProSim737 MCP The ProSim737 MCP module is basically the autopilot It contains the autoflight systems and will talk to the Mode Control Panel MCP in the cockpit The program displays a graphical MCP on startup that you can use if you don t have a hardware MCP There should be one ProSim737 MCP program running per cockpit ProSim737 CDU The ProSim737 CDU program is simulates a Control and Display unit These units are used to control the flight management system For every physical CDU unit in the cockpit one ProSim737 CDU module should be run The pr
26. er that can be used to control some parts of the system This can be used to develop add ons or custom software The standard way to interface with ProSim737 is to call the XML gateway URL on the webserver This URL has the format http lt host gt lt port gt xml query lt action gt amp parameter value As a reply to this call an XML document is sent back in the following format lt root gt lt query gt A copy of the query lt query gt lt success gt true or false depending on the outcome lt success gt lt answer gt The content of the answer lt answer gt lt root gt At the moment the following queries are available fms Retrieve FMS data aircraft Retrieve basic aircraft data failures Retrieve a list of supported failures armedFailures Interact with the failure system groundPower Enable disable ground power Query FMS Supported parameters None Retrieves the content of the route in the FMS Specifications are not finalized Query Aircraft Supported parameters None Retrieves a list of basic parameters of the aircraft Specifications are not finalized PROSIM 737 Query failures Supported parameters None Retrieves all supported failures in the system This list is a fixed list of what the instance of ProSim737 supports and need only be retrieved once The answer contains a sequence of lt failure gt elements in this format lt failures gt lt failure id f1 gt lt name gt Tran
27. gs so in that case the alternate flap extension will not work Heating system Probe heats and window heat is modeled The window temperature is calculated from outside air temperature and dynamic pressure on the window This will also shut off the window heat power and trigger an overheat condition Fire detection A complete fire detection system is modeled Both engines have two detection loops which can have faults Faulty detection loops will not detect fires The test switch on the fire panel can test the loops Turning a fire handle will result in engine shutdown and will inhibit hydraulic low pressure lights The cargo fire system is also modelled with independent detection loops Master caution system The master caution system contains twelve lights for indicating new situations on the overhead panel Pushing the master caution button reset the lights The recall button will turn on all lights when pressed down and will show all active indications when released b PROSIM 737 IRS system The IRS system models two independent IRS systems These systems do not control flight simulator at the moment The units will be subject to drift in both speed heading calculations and position calculations Speed Heading drift can be realigned in flight by turning the switches to Align This will start a 10 seconds quick alignment Position drift can only be aligned on the ground and will take several minutes depending on the latitude of
28. he APU starts Option 2 Internal audio from ProSim737 1 Open the configuration screen of ProSim737 and select the Audio tab 2 Locate the Audio addon APU Starting sound and select Jinternal audio 3 Press OK to close the configuration screen 4 The sound is now ready to play when the APU starts Instructor Station ProSim737 comes with an elaborate instructor station that is accessed via a web browser This makes is easy to use the instructor station without the need to install any software To access the instructor station you have to enter the instructor station URL into your web browser To find the instructor station URL click on the Web Access item from the Help menu in the ProSim737 main window This will give you a list of Urls that ProSim737 is hosting The instructor station is listed as the Base URL If multiple lines are present labeled Base URL you have multiple IP addresses configured on your machine You should try all of the URL s to find the one that is working The instructor station screen is divided in several tabs that access different areas of control Situation b PROSIM 737 Be Edt Yew Hetory Bookmarks Took Hep eo gt SK w GO repsmcanos 8060 Prosim737 systems console Situation Failures Setup Cockpit Setup Quickstart Routes This screen is mostly used in the cockpit by the pilots and or instructors It provides quick a
29. his in the configuration screen of ProSim737 Look at the box labeled Database The number of databases should be more than 0 You can press the Rebuild button to let ProSim737 export your currently installed scenery Flying with ProSim737 have tuned an ILS frequency but I only see a localiser indication and no glideslope Make sure you have the correct frontcourse set in the course window of the MCP If the course differs by more than 90 degrees the aircraft systems will assume you are making a backcourse approach and remove the glideslope display CWS is not holding my attitude CWS will make steering inputs when the yoke control input is around the center If the input is too far from the center CWS will stop making steering inputs to allow you to set a new attitude Make sure your flight controls are properly calibrated in either windows joystick calibration or FSUIPC calibration When released they should return as close to the center b PROSIM 737 position as possible My aircraft is slowly rolling left and right while it should fly level POSKY 737 models Your aircraft model needs firmer aileron control Open the ProSim737 MCP configuration screen and under the Tuning tab increase the aileron tuning value The value is in percent so putting it to 150 is a good start Increase this value until the aircraft is flying correctly LNAV will not engage To engage LNAV you will need a active route and an a
30. ick the Add new button In the Name box type APU Starting Click the Select button next to the Audio file text box and locate your audio file Press OK to add the sound to ProSim737 Af oON gt PROSIM 737 The sound has now been added but ProSim737 needs to be told when to play it PROSIM 737 6 Open the configuration screen by selecting Config from the File menu On the Switches tab locate the line Audio addon APU Starting input Active 8 In the first column next to the line choose Gate This will tell ProSim737 to connect the input switch to an internal event 9 In the second column choose APU Starting from the dropdown menu 10 Close the configuration screen by pressing OK N ProSim737 is now set up to play the APU Starting sound when the APU is started To actually hear the sound like any sound in ProSim737 two options are available Option 1 ProSimAudio 1 Start ProSimAudio 2 If not already configured open the configuration screen by right clicking in the window and selecting Config Next enter the computer name or IP Address of the computer running ProSim737 and press OK 3 A list of available audio items should appear Locate the button that says Audio addon APU starting and press it This will enable the sound in ProSimAudio 4 Use the Test button to verify that the sound is loaded 5 The sound is now ready to play when t
31. ights and displays It will also tell SIOC what variables should contain the panel s information so ProSimMCP can access it In order to connect the ProSimMCP to an OpenCockpits panel some ready to use SIOC scripts are provided You can find a number of SIOC scripts in the Opencockpits folder in the ProSimMCP main folder prosim_mcp This script contains support for the OpenCockpits MCP EFIS and CDU hardware prosim_mcp_ throttle This script includes both of the above scripts prosim_throttle This script contains support for the OpenCockpits throttle unit You should select the script appropriate for your situation If you want to run your own SIOC code for additional functions you will need to embed the ProSim script into your own script If you re not using SIOC for anything else you can simply use the provided script Once SIOC has been configured and sees your MCP panel you only need to connect ProSimMCP to SIOC by providing the IP address and port of your SIOC program This is usally 127 0 0 1 port 8092 Here are the steps again in sequential order 1 Optionally download and install SIOC if you haven t already done this 2 Copy the prosim_mcp txt prosim_throttle txt or prosim_mcp_throttle txt SIOC script to your SIOC folder or embed the script into your own script 3 Configure SIOC by editing sioc ini to run the script and list your MCP panel Do this by editing sioc ini and looking for these lines b PROSIM 737
32. ions can change the position in five different ways 1 2 3 4 Speed Normally the speed is 0 kts For airborne starts set a desired speed here Climb This is the number of feet that should be added to the runway height Pitch This is the pitch of the aircraft Rotate This is number of degrees that the aircraft nose must be turned clockwise relative to the runway heading Translation This allows you to translate the position a number of miles to the front back left and right relative to the runway heading and threshold After selecting the airport runway or parking and an optional translation the generated position can be loaded in a slot by typing the desired slot number and pressing load Cockpit Setup b PROSIM 737 o C xa Cc batp Mocaihost 8060 Prosim737 systems console Situation Failures Setup Cockpit Setup Quickstart Routes Load selected confgurahon The Cockpit Setup tab allows you to set specific layouts and options These are known as Carrier options because they usually vary by airline All changes you make in the tab are effective immediately If you want to store the current selection of options you can type in a name in Store new configuration box and press the Store button The Default configuration is the configuration you see every time the software starts To store the default configuration click on Default and press Store
33. irport and possibly applying a translation Prestored positions Prestored positions are positions that are created by flying the aircraft to a certain location and storing it They are mostly useful for specific locations that are not accessible by the global database like holding points or parts of an approach procedure To create a prestored position fly the aircraft to the desired location and press pause Next type a name in the text box labeled Store current position in database and press store To load a position into a slot select it from the overview type the slot number to load it in and press Load Global database The global database is a database of airport runways gates and parkings This database PROSIM 737 must be extracted from Flight Simulator for this feature to work The database is accessed by typing a part of a name or ICAO code into the Global database text field The system will list all matching airports Select an airport from the list This will display all runways and parkings If you select a runway an optional translation can be selected Translations are used to modify a runway position into a different position For example transforming a Runway start into a 10 NM final This feature is not accessible for parkings By default a number of translations is present for selection You can also define your own translations in the column labeled Translations Translat
34. ive when the bit is set e Bit toggle the system will test if a certain bit in the data is changed Type the offset in hexadecimal followed by a and the bit number starting from 0 and add a T For example to test changes in the fourth bit in offset 0x5642 you type 0x5642 3T The input is active for one second when the bit is changed e Value offsets the system will test if the offset contains a specific number Type the offset in hexadecimal followed by a and the value to test for For example to test if offset 0x5610 is 2 you type 0x5610 2 Outputs e Normal offsets For lights a 0 will be written for off a 1 for normal brightness and a 2 will be written for bright Gates write a O for off and a 1 for on e Bit offsets The indicated bit will be turned on or off depending on the state of the output e Value offsets If the state of the output is on the specified value is written to the offset If it is off 0 will be written Using CPFlight hardware other than the CPFlight MCP EFIS CPFlight hardware is connected to each other with black CPFlight link cables One of the devices serves as the host and is connected to the computer This is usually the CPFlight MCP device but CPFlight also sells panels that have a direct connection to the computer These panels can be used when you have no CPFlight MCP It is important to check what CPFlight device connects to your compute
35. ly CWS in prosim Simply apply little input to the yoke to bring the aircraft to a new bank and or pitch and release the yoke Feel free to play around with this because it provides very interesting ways to fly especially in bad weather conditions PROSIM 737 ProSimCDU Scope The ProSimCDU module simulates a Control and Display Unit These units are used to access information in the Flight Management System Both pilots have access to a CDU unit which is placed in the center console next to the throttles The ProSimCDU module does not distinguish between a captain CDU and a First Officer CDU Multiple instances of the program can be started to create as many CDU s as required All CDU s will be linked through the ProSim737 main program and will display the same information The module can also be used outside of the cockpit so preflight data entry can be done in a different location Installation Place the ProSimCDU folder on any computer that needs to run the program No additional software or installation procedures are necessary All required data is automatically loaded from the ProSim737 main program when a connection is made ProSimCDU does not require FSUIPC of WideFS Configuration To open the configuration screen of ProSimMOP right click anywhere in the window and select Config Like all other ProSim modules ProSimCDU needs to know the IP address of the computer running the ProSim737 main prog
36. ngs databases and other local files are stored in xml files and are not part of the distribution so they won t be overwritten when you upgrade files from a new ProSim distribution To make backups of your settings copy all xml files from the directory of a ProSim module To update ProSim software copy the contents of the distribution zip file in the same folder as the older release overwriting the older files It is advisable to update the software of all modules at the same time External hardware A wide range of hardware is supported by the ProSim suite Below is an overview of the supported hardware and the modules that are used to control the hardware P States Prosimzay ProsimmcP Prosimcou Pussscasa we 1 Te PRP LD Men APA te S CPFlight MIP ewe o b PROSIM 737 GoFlight MCP Pro GoFlight EFIS Opencockpits cards Opencockpits throttle Opencockpits MCP EFIS Opencockpits CDU Opencockpits Overhead panel Sismo Soluciones MCP EFIS Sismo Soluciones modules Engravity CDU Engravity CPFlight ICS Flight Illusion gauges MatrixOrbital display CockpitSonic Throttle CockpitSonic Radios CockpitSonic Overhead modules S LA DNA AN BAN MN i ed Ld SA o o o o o eae pv P pv a 1 ot Revolution Sim Products 1 JY Throttle Generic FSUIPC input PROSIM 737 PoKeys USB and Ethernet 1 J cards Status 1 Tested and confirmed by ProSim737 development 2 Confirmed
37. o change the bank limit e Push and turn the EFIS minimums dial to choose between Radio and Baro minimums e Push and turn the QNH dial to choose between In Hg and Millibar Using privately built MCP s with opencockpits cards If you have built your own MCP using OpenCockpits cards you must write your own SIOC script Use the supplied ProSim mcp SIOC script as a base This script lists all variable numbers that are in use by ProSim for various buttons lights and displays If you leave the variable numbers the same and you edit the Link and Output parts of the lines to reflect your setup the script will work with your MCP Remember that ProSimMCP communicates with SIOC with the specific variable numbers listed in the script so it is important that you not change these numbers In case you have a strict numbering scheme for SIOC variables and the provided ProSim variables conflict with the script you have already written you may want to relocate the ProSim variable range To do this in the ProSimMCP configuration screen there is an item SIOC Base Offset available This number can be used to tell ProSimMCP where to start the ProSim range of SIOC variables For example filling in 1000 here will add 1000 to the normal variable numbers so ProSimMCP will expect the IAS MCP value in variable 1102 instead of 102 Please note that when you set this configuration item to anything different than 0 you will need to build yo
38. ogram displays a graphical CDU on startup that you can use if you don t have a hardware CDU ProSim737 Display All graphical elements in the cockpit are generated by the ProSim737 Display module One module should be running per physical computer screen Multiple displays or graphics elements can be displayed on every screen This program is typically run on one or more separate computers ProSim737 Panel The ProSim737 Panel module is an optional module that displays aircraft panels It can be used as a replacement for hardware panels Additionally it can be used to view the state of the switches and indicators on the panels There can be any number of ProSimPanel programs running per cockpit They will keep synchronized ProSim737 Audio The ProSim737 Audio module can be used on computers to generate flightdeck audio like GPWS callouts or warnings The ProSim737 main program can also do this but if you prefer audio from a different computer this module can be used to relay sounds Architecture All ProSim737 modules can communicate over a network and are therefore freely placeable on different computers There are two modules that need direct access to Flight Simulator These are ProSim737 System and ProSim737 MCP The other modules communicate only with the ProSim737 main program Communications between ProSim737 ProSimMCP and Flight Simulator is handled by the standard FSUIPC utility This utility must be installed in Flight Simul
39. ough the FSUIPC utility which needs to be installed in Flight Simulator Refer to the FSUIPC installation guide to do this Setting up the navigation database for ProSim737 When you run the program for the first time it s important to prepare the navigation database To do this open the configuration screen with the Config item from the File menu Locate the Database block and press the rebuild button You will be asked for the Flight Simulator folder Usually this folder is already selected Confirm the correct folder with the Ok button ProSim737 will now scan your scenery and extract the navigation database This process result in the file startpositions xml being created in the ProSim737 folder This PROSIM 737 file contains the extracted data and is loaded by ProSim737 when it starts If you intend to run the full cockpit suite you should also install a Navigraph database This database contains the extra navigation information that is not available in Flight Simulator To install the Navigraph database go to the Navigraph website at http www navigraph com and select the FMS Data tab Here download the ProSim737 package and follow the instructors to install it on the same computer as where ProSim737 is running Verify that your navigation setup is complete by opening the configuration screen and looking at the Database block The Source line should read Hybrid meaning
40. pits SIOC program to drive the hardware ProSim737 in turn talks with the SIOC program Generic lights and switches are handled by ProSim737 The EFIS and MCP panels are handled by ProSim737 MCP and the CDU is handled by ProSim737 CDU SIOC The SIOC program can be downloaded from the OpenCockpits website SIOC contains a scripting language which can be used to write SIOC scripts A SIOC script is a script that tells SIOC what to do with the buttons knobs and indicators of the connected hardware SIOC scripts consist of numbered variables and optional code The numbered variables are the storage of SIOC and contain all the data that is transmitted between SIOC and its connected hardware Whenever a ProSim737 module communicates with SIOC it does so by sending and receiving the contents of the numbered variables In ProSim737 you can assign inputs and outputs to variables by selection IOCP and typing a variable number How to configure IOCards with ProSim737 Use the following steps to enable IOCards in ProSim737 1 Download and install the SIOC program 2 Run the SIOC program 3 Configure ProSim737 to connect to SIOC by opening the configuration screen In the field for IOCP Server type the IP address and port of SIOC This information is present in the SIOC window 4 Press OK 5 Assign the SIOC variables that ProSim737 should use for input and or output This is done in the configuration screen In the first dropdown
41. potential Here are some hints on using the autopilot PROSIM 737 e CMD and CWS mode can be engaged above 400 feet radio altitude e CMD mode does not know or understand anything about currently active flight modes Its only job is to fly the aircraft towards the flight director cues e LNAV can be engage when the Perf Init CDU page has active data ACT PERF INIT shows as the menu title and there is an active route ACT RTE shows on the route page e LNAV can be armed on the ground and will become active at 200 feet radio altitude e Do not look at the lights on the MCP to determine what mode is active Always look at the FMA display at the top of the PFD for this The lights on the MCP indicate modes that can be switched off Active modes that cannot be switched off turn off their light on the MCP e VOR LOC mode uses the NAV1 radio when FCC1 is master yellow MA light on the left side of the panel It uses the NAV2 radio when FCC2 is master yellow MA light on the right side of the panel When a glideslope capture occurs both FCC s will become master and this may cause Flight director cues to disappear on the side that has not tuned the active ILS frequency e All FMA modes are switched off when there is no master FCC This occurs when there is no active autopilot and both flight directors are switched off CWS mode CWS mode or Control Wheel Steering is a lower operations mode of the autopilot that is used to hold a certain b
42. quired This means that there are no default offsets or other default ways to get data Whenever the question arises Where can get or What is the offset for the answer is always In the configuration screen There you can select PROSIM 737 what you want and tell prosim where to deliver it IO Elements In order to communicate with the outside world ProSim737 uses O Elements An IO Element is a part of the simulation system that is able to communicate its state to the outside world There are various types of IO Elements in the system Indicators An indicator is usually a status light on a panel Indicators can be in three states Off Normal and Bright mode For hardware outputs that support fine brightness control like the Phidget LED64 boards indicators can be dimmed with the light test switch using the Dim Bright setting and can be tuned further with the sliders for individual colors in the configuration screen Also most indicators light up when the light test switch is placed in the test position Gates Gates communicate a state that is On or Off An example of a gate is the Overhead Backlight master which is on when the backlighting should be on or the Stickshaker which is on when the stickshaker should be active Gauges A gauge is a value that is modulated to a number between 0 and 1024 The modulation can be nonlinear and can be fine tuned with sliders The modulation of the input
43. r This can be either the CPFlight MCP or some other CPFlight device Then choose one of the following 1 Your CPFlight hardware is connected through the CPFlight MCP Configure ProSimMCP with the right COM port Open the drivers tab in the ProSim737 configuration screen and select CPFlight boards through MCP 2 Your CPFlight hardware is connected though some panel other than the CPFlight MCP Only configure ProSim737 Open the drivers tab in the configuration screen and select the correct COM port in the line CPFlight boards direct connection All CPFlight panels and boards have specifically labeled switches buttons and connectors Because of this it is not needed to further specify what switches and indicators should be connected where in the ProSim737 configuration screens To use CPFlight boards you only need to perform the steps mentioned above and leave all switches and indicators that the boards should control to Not connected ProSim737 will automatically control the correct b PROSIM 737 switches when they are received from the CPFlight hardware Using Flight Illusion gauges Flight Illusion gauges can be configured as normal gauges Select Flight Illusion in the first column and the type of gauge in the second column and calibrate as usual Adding custom audio Custom audio can be added to the ProSim737 environment for additional effects Audio has to be in the form of Wave files wav To a
44. r and press OK Using OpenCockpits CDU s OpenCockpits CDU s have two connectors e A USB connector for the keyboard interface e A composite video connector for the display Preparing the keyboard interface The OpenCockpits CDU uses the SIOC program to handle the keyboard This program can be downloaded from the OpenCockpits website The SIOC program needs a script to tell it what to do with the various inputs and outputs connected to it ProSimCDU comes with a custom made SIOC script that can handle all OpenCockpits hardware You will find this script in the OpenCockpits folder The SIOC program needs to run in order to communicate with OpenCockpits hardware In order to connect ProSimCDU to the SIOC program ProSimCDU must be configured with the address and port of SIOC You will find this information in the main window of SIOC under the header lt IOCP gt SERVER In the image below the IP address is 192 168 1 34 and the port is 8092 b PROSIM 737 lOCard device ver 3 0 Status Stopped FSUIPC status Cannot link to FSUIPC or WideClient FSUIPC version Simulator HostAddress 192 168 1 34 Port 8092 Clients connecteds 0 elcome to SIOC by Manuel Velez Starting SIOC Loading SIOC config INI HostAddress LOCALHOST C Program Files lOCards SIOC sioc ini j Initializing Ocard Module Port 8090 Status Disabled Loading SIOC Script RC CS ecen rosin7a7 ProsimMicr open HostAdd
45. ram Fill in this information in the Server field The second box is used to enter the port of the ProSim737 program which is currently always 8082 To check if the program is successfully connected right click somewhere in the window and check the status label If it is green the connection is successful If the label is red then there is a connection issue Options Some options are available in the Options box e Start minimized This will start the program in its minimized state in which the window is not shown e Start fullscreen This will start the program in fullscreen mode If you have a CDU b PROSIM 737 with a monitor that needs ProSimCDU to generate the screen output use this mode b PROSIM 737 e Preferred host for WebCDU This will make this CDU the preferred host for Webbased CDU access See the paragraph Web CDU e Show frame When this option is on the CDU frame and its buttons will be shown Turn this option off to display the screen only Using Engravity CDU s Engravity CDU s use a USB connection to the computer When the CDU is connected to the computer a virtual COM port will be created You will need to know the name of this COM port to configure the engravity device The configuration of the port is done in the configuration screen The box labeled For Engravity CDU s shows the configurable options When you have found the COM port configure it in the COM Port selecto
46. ress LOCALHOST Ca Port 8099 Status Disabled CAprojecten Prosim 3 ProsimMCP OpenCockpits Prosim_mcp ssi EMPTY SCRIPT CONFIG RELOAD IOCPCONSOLE SIOC works with numbered variables to transport information By default the ProSim SIOC script will use variable number 50 to transport the CDU keys and variable 51 for the EXEC light If you want to change this you will need to edit the ProSim SIOC script and update the ProSimCDU configuration to set the new variable offset For example if you set the variable number to 100 in the ProSimCDU configuration screen variable 100 will be used for the keys and variable 101 will be used for the EXEC light This way a large number of CDU s can be handled with one SIOC program Preparing the video output To use this device you will need a computer that has a composite out video port Most modern video cards come with adapters that can provide this output To set up the video connect the composite video connector to your video output port on the computer and make sure that you can see the windows desktop on your OpenCockpits CDU Next run ProSimCDU on the computer and make sure you have set these options e Start fullscreen Enabled e Show Frame Disabled Below is an example of the final configuration of a ProSimCDU that runs with an OpenCockpits CDU b PROSIM 737 x Server 1127001 8082 For Engravity CDU s COM Port Not installed w For OpenCockpits CD
47. rst column you select the board to connect to in the second column and you finally set the port or address on this board in the third column Before configuring the IO Elements it s important to make sure you have checked all the hardware options in the Drivers tab that you intend to use ProSim will then know what to fill in the board selection dropdown menus Below configuration of the different IO Element types is discussed Finally the different hardware boards and their options are explained Configuring Switches Switches are the various switches buttons and selectors in the cockpit Every switch has at least two states For push buttons these states can be pushed and off For selectors there may be many states ProSim will list all available states per switch It is important to understand that you do not need to configure all the states for a switch to make it work A push button for example has only one wire and will connect to one port but has two states You only need to configure the connected wires For a normal push button you will probably only configure the pushed state and leave the off state as Not connected If you want to control a switch by hardware you may leave one state as Not connected This state will be the button s default state and will be active when no signal is received on the configured states Configuring Indicators Every indicator can have multiple outp
48. s two Electronic Flight Instrumentation System EFIS panels and the throttle quadrant In combination with data received from the ProSim737 main module the ProSimMCP module sends steering commands to Flight Simulator to fly the aircraft when the autopilot is turned on It will also relay information about the state of the autopilot and flight directors to the ProSim737 main module so it can be distributed to the displays Installation When ProSimMCP is used in your cockpit there should be one ProSimMCP program running in your cockpit preferably on the same computer that runs Flight Simulator ProSimMCP requires FSUIPC to access Flight Simulator If you need to run ProSimMCP on a different computer than your main Flight Simulator computer WideFS is needed This is not a recommended setup Configuration Before ProSimMCP can be used it has to be configured To do this right click anywhere in the window and select Config Here you can set the IP address of the ProSim737 server This is usually 127 0 0 1 if the ProSim737 program is run on the same machine The second box is used to enter the port of the ProSim737 program which is currently always 8082 To check if the program is successfully connected right click somewhere in the window and check the status label If it is green the connection is successful If the label is red then there is a connection issue Next if you are using a hardware MCP panel you will need to config
49. sBus1 lt name gt lt domain gt Busses lt domain gt lt help gt The TransBus1 bus has failed lt help gt lt failure gt lt failures gt The ID attribute is used to communicate with the system about this failure through the armedFailures query The name attribute can be used to display to the user The domain attribute provides the means to classify failures The help attribute is a short string that contains additional information about the failure Query armedFailures Supported parameters failures remove ias alt altb min The armedFailures query is used to interact with the failure system Armed failures are groups of failures that are either triggered immediately or are triggered based on certain conditions Each armed failures entry has an ID that can be used to remove it This query will always reply with the current list of armed failures This list is a sequence of lt armedFailure gt elements in the following format lt armedFailure id 0 gt lt failures gt f106 lt failures gt lt triggered gt true lt triggered gt lt condition gt lt ias gt 120 lt ias gt lt altAbove gt 100 lt altAbove gt lt altBelow gt 200 lt altBelow gt lt time gt 2011 03 22T12 38 15 390625 01 00 lt time gt PROSIM 737 lt condition gt lt armedFailure gt The lt failures gt element contains a comma separated list of failure ID s that this entry will trigger The lt triggered gt element is true
50. se gt To set the ground power the active parameter can be used The value of this parameter should be true or false Please note that ground power will only be provided under the condition that the aircraft is not moving and on the ground Here is an example URL e Turn on ground power http localhost 8080 xml query groundPower amp active true PROSIM 737 Frequently Asked Questions Installation Do need WideFS As long as you run ProSim737 and ProSim737 MCP on the computer that runs FS you will not need WideFS Should use FS9 or FSX This is up to you FSX is recommended because it has a better weather model and offers higher texture resolutions have installed new scenery How can I make the instructor station use the new gates and runways Please rebuild the ProSim737 scenery database by opening the ProSim737 configuration screen and pressing the rebuild button in the database box cannot see any SIDs and STARs Route information is coming from a Navigraph database that has to be installed separately To check the current status of the navigation database open the ProSim737 configuration screen and check the Database box It should read Source hybrid For instructions on how to install the Navigraph database refer to the paragraph Navigation data The RTE page does not accept the airport codes I entered ProSim737 probably have no loaded airports You can check t
51. successful If the label is red then there is a connection issue Setting up displays ProSim737 Display can show multiple screens in its window Usually you will want to run one ProSim737 Display program per physical monitor connected to the computer You can then enable multiple screens and place them at correct positions When the program exits the position and layout of all screens are stored and will be the same when the program starts next time When you start the program for the first time the captains PFD and ND are visible To change the screens that are visible right click in the window and select the screens you b PROSIM 737 want under the Screens menu To manipulate the size and location of a screen you must first select it You do this by clicking on the screen or pressing TAB until there is a green border around the screen You can now move or resize the screen This can be done by dragging the mouse and using the scrollwheel of the mouse to resize For fine tuning the following keys can be used bracket keys Adjust only the width of the screen Shift bracket keys Quickly adjust only the width of the screen Le Reset Height Width of screen to Square Select next screen PROSIM 737 ProSim737 Panel Scope ProSim737 Panel is an optional program that can be used to view and or control the panels in the aircraft Installation To install ProSim737 Panel copy its folder to any comp
52. switches Indicators Displays Tuning About the autopilot CWS mode ProSimCDU Scope Installation Configuration Options Using Engravity CDU s Using OpenCockpits CDU s Using the keyboard Using the WebCDU ProSim737 Display Scope Installation Configuration Setting up displays ProSim737 Panel Scope Installation Configuration Working with ProSim737 Panel ProSim737 Audio Scope Installation Configuration Using OpenCockpits cards with ProSim737 Architecture SIOC How to configure OCards with ProSim737 Use the following steps to enable IOCards in ProSim737 Interfacing with ProSim737 Query FMS Query Aircraft Query failures Query armedFailures Query groundPower Frequently Asked Questions Installation b PROSIM 737 Flying with ProSim737 PROSIM 737 Licensing The ProSim737 suite is currently in beta stage It can be used for free for testing purpose and non commercial use Terms amp Conditions All our offers and agreements are subjected to the General Terms and conditions of ICT Office registered at the Chamber of Commerce Midden Nederland with number 30174840 Our terms amp conditions can be accessed through our website http prosim737 com licensing terms conditions PROSIM 737 Introduction The ProSim737 suite is a complete suite of software tools to build an accurate two engine simulator In combination with Microsoft Flightsimulator 9 or 10 it will allow you to build a setup th
53. t adviced to edit this file since rebuilding the database from the configuration screen will overwrite this file translations xml ProSim737 stores position translations in this file Translations can be configured in in the Setup tab of the instructor station companyroutes xml ProSim737 stores all company routes in this file Company routes are managed in the CoRoutes tab of the instructor station b PROSIM 737 transitionAltitudes xml This file contains the transition altitudes for all global airports It is only read by ProSim and distributed in the main package ProSim737 Scope The ProSim737 module is the main module of the system Its tasks are Acting as a server for other ProSim modules to connect to Simulating all aircraft systems Acting as a web server to host the instructor station Distributing audio and navigational data to other modules Installation To install the ProSim737 main program three steps are reguired 1 Install the base files by extracting the ProSim737 zip file into a new folder 2 Install FSUIPC in FlightSimulator 3 Setup the navigation database for ProSim737 Installing the base files into a new folder To install the main Program create a new folder on your computer and extract the ProSim737 zip file into the folder You can now start ProSim737 by running the ProSim737 exe application Installing FSUIPC in Flight Simulator ProSim737 needs access to Flight Simulator This is done thr
54. t button Leaks b PROSIM 737 in the air ducts are simulated and will overheat the wing body Temperature is calculated from the dynamic pressure on the wing and the internal bleed air temperature Airconditioning packs will condition bleed air for use in the cabin Fluid dynamics calculations are used to calculate the cabin pressure These will drive the Cabin Alt Pressure differential and Cabin VSI gauges The cabin outflow valve can be automatically controlled but can also be operated manually The outside pressure is taken from flight simulator In automatic mode the outflow valve will try to maintain a maximum of 700 feet minute cabin VSI Currently there is no modeling for the cruise alt land alt setting Fuel system The fuel system contains the tanks and fuel ducts Based on the pitch and bank of the aircraft one or more fuel pumps can indicate a low pressure warning This is a dual channel indication meaning that both lights must be on before a master caution situation occurs On recall a single low pressure light will be indicated in the master caution system Fuel consumption in flight simulator is taken from the correct tank based on the configuration of the fuel system Hydraulic system Both system A B and the standby system are modeled When no pressure is available control of the aircraft is inhibited in flight simulator Alternate flap extension is modeled but most hardware flap controllers overwrite the flap settin
55. tatus Disabled Loading SIOC Script lt IOCP gt Client Module 1 CAprojecten Prosim 3 ProsimMCP OpenC HostAddress LOCALHOST Port 8099 Status Disabled C projecten Prosim 3 ProsimMCP OpenCockpits Prosim_mcp ssi EMPTY SCRIPT CONFIG TRAY RELOAD IOCPCONSOLE jai elez Here we see that the EFIS has been assigned Device index 1 and will therefor be handled as the Captain Efis by the ProSimMCP script Using Sismo Soluciones MCP s and EFIS Sismo Soluciones MCP s and EFIS panels use a system call SCPascal to run a script that tells the hardware what to do Refer to Sismo s installation guide to install and configure SCPascal to run the correct ProSim737 scripts Next open the ProSimCMP configuration screen by right clicking somewhere in the ProSimMCP window and selecting Config In the Main tab locate the block that says For Sismo Soluciones MCP s and fill in the address of the SC Pascal server The second text field is the TCP port to use which is filled with the default value of 8097 PROSIM 737 Using GoFlight MCP EFIS Connect your hardware with the USB connectors In the ProSim MCP configuration screen enable support with the option Support for GoFlight MCP EFIS Restart ProSim MCP for the changes to take effect Some special functions are available in GoFlight MCP EFIS hardware e Press the Speed dial on the MCP to enable TO GA e Push and turn the heading dial t
56. the aircraft Configuration There are two ways of configuring individual switches and indicator in ProSim737 1 Manually configure what hardware the switches and lights are connected to 2 Import a ready made configuration that was provided by a vendor To manually configure your lights and switches or to check the current configuration settings open the configuration screen by selecting the Config option from the File menu and refer to the chapter Connecting to hardware for more information To import a ready made configuration select Import configuration from the file menu A dialog box will now appear asking you for the configuration XML file to import After selecting the appropriate file you will be presented with a list of products that this configuration file supports Select the products for which you want to import the configuration settings and press OK Your settings will now be imported and saved to the main ProSim737 configuration file All configuration items are stored in a file called config xml in the ProSim737 folder Normally you will use the ProSim737 configuration screen to make changes but you may also edit the config xml file by hand You can also copy the configuration file to a different computer to duplicate the settings Connecting to hardware Overview The main philosophy of ProSim737 regarding interfacing is that it will deliver any kind of information in any way that is re
57. ur own SIOC script so it works with the new variable numbers Next configure ProSimMCP to connect to SIOC by setting the IP address and port of the SIOC process in the configuration screen Using other privately built MCP s If you want the most flexibility in controlling the MCP buttons and switches you can use the main ProSim737 program to assign buttons and switches to the MCP functions To enable this function select Control via ProSim737 configuration in the ProSimMCP configuration window You can now go to the ProSim737 configuration screen and use the Switches MCP Throttle tab to set the MCP and EFIS switches PROSIM 737 Using the software panel ProSimMCP is usually controlled by a hardware panel If you don t have access to a hardware panel the program can be used to control the MCP Click on buttons to push them Use the scroll wheel of the mouse to change numbers Two software EFIS panels can be opened by right clicking anywhere in the windows and selecting EFIS Captain or EFIS F O Using FSUIPC Offsets When Control via FSUIPC is activated ProSimMCP will use FSUIPC offsets These offsets are identical to the one that Project Magenta uses Whenever possible set your hardware to Project Magenta offsets Buttons and switches ProSimMCP reads the 8 byte offset 0x5410 for buttons This area is divided in 64 bits Toggling a bit will trigger a button push This means that the bit has to b
58. ure it here There are a number of boxes in the configuration screen each for a specific hardware setup The boxes are labeled For CP Flight MCP s For OpenCockpits MCP s and throttle For Sismo Soluciones MCP s For GoFlight MCP EFIS and For other MCP s Select one box that best suits your situation and fill in the items there Leave the other boxes empty Make sure you don t enable Control via FSUIPC and Control via ProSim737 configuration if you don t specifically need these PROSIM 737 Using CPFlight MCP s and EFIS panels CPFlight MCP s usually connect to the computer with a USB cable Older versions may use a serial cable In any case a COM port either real or virtual is used to communicate with the panel You will need to find the COM port that your CPFlight MCP is connected to In the ProSim MCP configuration screen select this COM port in the drop down menu to enable the MCP Do not configure the COM port any any other application than ProSim MCP CPFlight EFIS panels are daisy chained to the MCP and will be automatically picked up by ProSimMCP without further configuration Using OpenCockpits MCP s and throttle Opencockpits MCP s use the OpenCockpits SIOC software to communicate with the computer This software can be downloaded from the OpenCockpits website The SIOC program needs to be configured with a script that it runs This script tells SIOC how to handle all buttons l
59. ust an editor There are three ways to get a flightplan in the editor 1 Type or paste a flightplan into the textwindow You can get flightplans form various sources like websites or flightplan generators 2 Select a company route from the list and press Load selected route from database to load an existing company route 3 Press Load route from FMS to load the route that is currently in the FMS As soon as the text in the Route editor changes the route is processed If the route is valid a complete list of waypoints is shown If not an error message will appear To save the route in the editor as a company route type a name in the text field Store route as and press the store button The route can now be recalled in the FMS by using the CO ROUTE field on the RTE page Flightplan format b PROSIM 737 The flightplan format that can be used in the company route editor consists of the list of lt waypoints gt lt airway gt entries The first and the last entry of the route may be a valid ICAO airport identifier specifying departure and destination airports Only the enroute portion of the route may be entered No SIDs or STARS are allowed An example of a valid route from EHRD to LOWI is WOODY UN872 NIK UM624 REMBA UL607 ELMEM PROSIM 737 ProSimMCP Scope The ProSimMCP module contains the autopilot functions Its primary control is the Mode Control Panel MCP The module also control
60. uter No additional files are needed ProSim737 Panel does not require FSUIPC of WideFS Configuration To open the configuration screen of ProSim737 Panel right click anywhere in the window and select Config Like all other ProSim737 modules ProSim737 Panel needs to know the IP address of the machine running the ProSim737 main program Fill in this information in the Server field After starting ProSim737 Panel the program will display the forward overhead panel Using the right mouse button will bring up a menu From this menu you can choose what panel is displayed All panel dimensions and settings are stored when the program exits and will be recalled when the program is next run w PROSIM 737 Working with ProSim737 Panel The panel is controlled with the left mouse button only This way it is suitable for touchscreen displays When you move the mouse over an item the cursor will change into a hand symbol to indicate a clickable area DC VOLTS ACAMPS AC YOLTS om MAVELATION VF NAN form bom som ont cw2 om NORMAL ins nom iw NORMAL LAVATORY COP COCUNG SUPPLY EAST 2 Ott ALIN ruc so sar ONL Oom n STANDGY POWER WE Ah OMSCONNECT DISCONNECT SPLAT ROL PANEL BAT OFF AUTO EMER OOT UONTS soT OM worm NO FASTEN SNHONNG SEATRELTS aing om MANUAL ATTENO PLT ALT Q a LAND ALT R WIPER age ran LOGO STROS POSTION ANTICOL WNG WHEEL ar or
61. uts Each of these outputs will be controlled by the indicator To add extra addresses press the sign Configuring gauges Gauges have extra sliders below their standard configuration items You first set the output address of the gauge and then move the sliders to calibrate the gauge Configuring displays Displays have a single output address Configuring gates Gates are configured like indicators b PROSIM 737 Configuring numerical elements Numerical elements are configured like indicators Configuring audio Audio elements can be configured like indicators There is an extra option available to let the ProSim main program play the audio This option is called Internal audio If an external address is configured a two second value of 1 is sent to the output when the audio needs to be played Configuring audio in ProSim737 will make ProSim737 output the audio through the main speakers probably mixed with the engine sound If you want to have a more realistic audio environment where the audio is played through a different set of speakers leave all the audio configuration off and run the separate ProSimAudio utility on an external computer Configuring hardware for IOElements Using Phidgets cards Phidgets cards usually have multiple input and or output ports Before you can configure a phidget card it has to be plugged into the computer When ProSim lists the card in the IO Modules block in the main win
62. value allows you to connect servos to a gauge IO Element Numerical outputs Numerical outputs are like gauges but do not modulate the value They simply output a number They can be used to write to an FSUIPC offset or to the opencockpits system for further processing Every gauge in the system like the APU EGT gauge has a respective numerical output that can be used when the unmodulated value of the gauge is needed Sound Sounds are audio events that are generated by ProSim737 Sounds can be picked up by the optional ProSimAudio program to be played on external machines Inputs Inputs are used for switches and buttons Displays Displays are small panels with some information on them There are two displays available The Electric panel on the overhead panel and the IRS display on the aft overhead panel The large LCD screens in the cockpit are not configured here they are handled by the separate ProSimDisplay program Analog inputs b PROSIM 737 Analog inputs are input values from 0 to 255 These are used for panel dimmers They can be read from joystick axes FSUIPC or OpenCockpits SIOC Configuring IO Elements Configuration of the IO Elements is done through the configuration window which can be opened from the file menu In the configuration window every type of IO Element has its own tab There are some variations in configurations between IO Element types but in general you ll find the name of the IO Element in the fi
63. witch allows you to disable an EFIS panel so you can control all displays with just one EFIS panel Make sure the selector is set to the Normal position for normal EFIS operation One or more displays are black There can be three reasons for a display to be black 1 Inthe MIP tab of the ProSim737 program check the various Brightness sliders to make sure the brightness is not set too dark Move the sliders to the right to increase brightness By default all sliders are at maximum brightness but if you connect hardware to these sliders a misconfiguration may cause the sliders to go to zero brightness 2 The electric power may be off The captains displays need standby power This is available with the battery switch to ON and the Standby Power switch to AUTO The F O displays need AC power AC power is available when the TRANSFER BUS OFF lights on the overhead panel are off b PROSIM 737 3 The DEU systems may be offline After they receive power it takes approx 90 seconds for them to boot If one DEU is offline the displays will automatically switch to the working DEU and the message DISPLAY SOURCE will be shown in the PFD If both DEU s are offline the displays will be blank This happens after a cold start

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