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1. Large dummy Do this in order to gain performance or in case the original aircraft is no longer available Recording data level Select the data set to be recorded Data sets other than Normal can be used to record and export an extended data set Use the export interval As recorded in this case If you are interested in getting your own set of data recorded please contact us Size of current position marker pixels With the number selectors you can adjust the width and height of the current position marker in the time line window Default size is 2x30 pixels Size of user defined markers pixels Adjust the width and heigth of the user defined markers in the time line window Default size is 2x30 pixels Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 32 Output Directory Indicates the path where the recorded flight are being saved to Click on the path name to select a different output path Show marker list Check select to show the list uncheck to hide it Start FS at program startup When selected FDR is trying to launch Flight Simulator X when started Activate FS when in compressed mode When selected FDR is trying to bring Flight Simulator into the foreground and if necessary open the FS window in case it s minimized every time when entering the compressed mode the mini display Play back looped When selected the playback will start all over again when finished Load Flight in FS when loading2. Set start of interval to marker a ez e gt ca TutorialFlight SzG zr GB Set end of interval to marker SOO fk Jump to marker position You can sort the marker list entries by time or Info up and downwards by clicking on the titles above the marker entries labelled Time and Info Info 00 00 36 Current position 00 03 56 Landing Star 00 05 10 Landing Touchdown 00 01 45 Looping End 00 01 06 ff Looping Start Time Info Time 00 05 10 I Landing Touchdown 00 03 56 ff Landing Star 00 01 45 Looping End 00 01 06 ff Looping Start 00 00 36 Current position Time Info 00 00 36 Current position 00 01 06 Looping Start 00 01 45 Looping End 00 03 56 Landing Start 00 05 10 ff Landing Touchdown waooo woor woor Here you see different sortings from left to right Time increasing time decreasing Info alphabetically Connection icon In the bottom left corner of the window next to the name of the currently active recording you can see an icon indicating the status of the connection to Flight Simulator X This can be one of the following The connection is established and working The connection is interrupted Either Flight Simulator is not running or it has not initialized loading yet or there is a problem with the SimConnect interface If a connection has been working and then suddenly is getting lost it cannot be restored You d need to close and r
3. Options EA Sz Flight Data Recorder Options Info Time Info Language b 3 al Fonts colours gt A Export Import More Options Language Select a language from the list The initial release of FDR is available in English and German language If you wish to provide a translation of menus and messages for your native language please contact us we will provide you with a toolkit to create a program version in your own language Fonts Opens the font selector window Fonts in Flight Data Recorder i Font for text data Microsoft Sans Serf 6 25pt Font for menu entries Tahoma 8 25pt Font for labels Microsoft Sans Sent 6 25pt sza Font for tables Microsoft Sans Sent 8 25pt szea Font for buttons Microsoft Sans Senf 8 25pt aze Reset ta default Cancel You can select fonts for various parts and elements of the program Please note that larger fonts will not automatically enlarge the window size Click on Reset to default to reset the settings to the original values Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 29 Colours Opens the colour selector window Colours in Flight Data Recorder a Bi Colour for selected flight interwal DarkGreen ia Colour for current position marker Dark Orange Colour for user defined markers Crimson al Background colour WhiteSmoke m Tet colour for tables White 2nd colour for tables whiteSmoke Grid colour Gainsbo
4. recording recordFreq recording frequency in floating point calculated from seconds imported data Data block Data Includes all recorded flight data One line per recording interval Data is a mandatory data block Key word Description Data type Range of Mandatory Used in values default play back value timestamp sec seconds since start floating point nonnegative mandatory yes pene etrecorang a mentor ve aircraft title of recorded string mandatory lyes aircraft as specified latitude latitude in degrees floating point 89 999999 mandatory yes north positive to south negative 89 999999 longitude mandatory west negative east positive heading true heading in yes altitude ft altitude in feet in mandatory altitude m meters aboveGround ft altitude in feet in aboveGround m meters pitch angle in degrees forward positive backward negative bank angle in degrees left positive right negative Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 38 verticalSpeed ft min Vertical speed floating point no indication in feet per minute enginelRpm rpm of 1st engine integer no change from 0 to greater 0 starts engine change from greater 0 to O stops engine elevatPct elevators position in floating point Va yes percent down negative e up positive aileronPct ailerons position in floating point 100 yes percent to left negative 100 right positive rudderPct r
5. actual recorded flight data SZFDR fltsum and SzFDR fltedt Files used by FDR to manage the data SZFDR FLT SZFDR FSSAVE and SzFDR WxX The Flight Simulator Flight files Please note you cannot and should not edit any of these files manually This may result in breaking the consistency of the flight and the recording Question When running the program a message appears saying Could not load file or assembly Microsoft FlightSimulator SimConnect Version 10 0 61259 0 The program won t start Answer The program requires Flight Simulator X with Service Pack 2 or the Acceleration Expansion Pack installed Please install Service Pack 2 You ll find full download details on the Eszett Solutions website in our Support Downloads area Question When running the program a message appears saying Could not load file or assembly Microsoft FlightSimulator SimConnect Version 10 0 61259 0 The program won t start But I have FSX Acceleration Expansion Pack or Service Pack 2 installed Answer Please reinstall SimConnect Download the installer from the FAQ section of the Eszett Solutions website and run it FURTHER INFORMATION SUPPORT For further information about Sz Flight Data Recorder please visit our website www eszett solutions com where you can find product and purchase details updates additional files and information about Sz Flight Data Recorder Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 42 For technical suppo
6. license key please enter it as described below Otherwise close the window with Cancel FDR then is going to run in Demo mode which has the restriction that recordings or import will stop after 1 minute To enter the license key please open the email or text file where the license key is located Select the key between the words StartOfKey and EndOfkKey copy it and paste it into the FDR key field Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 7 Hi John Poe atarturkRer T EndortKey Please copy and paste it into the program options Thanks a lot and enjoy Cheers Eszett solutions support id Sz Flight Data Recorder File Options Info Time Info 00 00 00 2 Enter license key StartOfKey EndOfKey 00 00 00 ee at ETT AA e Demo Mode Demo Mode Press OK A confirmation window will appear showing you the registration details In case this registration fails please check the steps above If you have reason to assume the key is not valid please contact the key supplier Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 8 FDR Main Screen The FDR screen is pretty simple and straightforward to use S Z lig ht Data F teco ra e ie File Options Info 00 00 00 00 00 00 RQA gt gt ON A menu bar at the top an area with two sliders in the middle left of the screen an area yet empty with position markers to the right and a couple of symbols icons at the bottom Copyright Esze
7. paper planes where the Extra aircraft have been Now with these replacement aircraft we can try to show the entire flight we wouldn t dare to do this with the Extra 300 Bring up the full FDR screen Blue Arrow up and move the start and end slider to the start and end of the flight recording you need to stop the playback for that Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 20 Click on Show freeze images and voil e s kze5 255 At aa Sz Flight Data Recorder gt gt PF H B xx Quite impressive isn t it If you are into rollercoaster design this is something for you Sz Flight Data Recorder gt gt gt biis DB ix Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 21 Lets do some more exploration of markers and their abilities Place your aircraft on the ground near the place where the recording starts Hide the panel if possible to allow for best view and stop the freeze image display Now move the left position slider slowly to the right You ll see that with each movement the aircraft the Extra 300 is being placed at the relevant slider position PA Sz Flight Data Recorder Fa fog Ex Info Time Info 00 01 45 I Looping End 00 03 56 fl Landing Start 00 05 10 Landing Touchdown fa 00 00 18 i 00 05 57 Current position wr GOB Ud Sz Flight Data Recorder Time Info 00 01 45 Looping End 00 03 56 Landing Star 00 05 10 ff Landi
8. recording always never ask Normally you Should allow FDR to load the flight situation to place your user aircraft at the starting point of the recording Sometimes however you might want to watch the flight from your current position without being placed there e g from an observer s position or simply save yourself waiting for the flight loading to finish Please note however that you might not be able to see the flight when it is out of range from your current position Compressed display show when playing a flight showing freeze images recording a flight Select the situations when you wish FDR to switch from full display mode to the compressed mini display Transparency Select a transparency value for the FDR mini window when it s in compressed mode Position Select a position relative to the screen for the FDR mini window Menus Info Ud Sz Flight Data Recorder File Options Info Time Info 00 00 00 149 About g Help 00 00 00 a ez 9 1x i y tel License key When FDR is running in demo mode you can select this item to enter a license key to register the software For information about how to obtain a license key Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 33 please click on About and select the Eszett Solutions link This will take you to the Eszett Solutions website with further product information About Information about the software version and license
9. Eszett Solutions F j d gt Sz Flight Data Recorder Version 1 2 INTRODUCTION 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 3 Version History 4 Version 1 0 4 Version 1 1 4 Version 1 2 4 INSTALLATION 4 UNINSTALL 6 QUICK START FDR TUTORIAL 7 OPERATION DETAILS 26 Recording 26 Menus File 26 Open and manage flight logs 27 Recently used flight logs 27 Export flight log 28 Import flight log 28 Menus Options 29 Language 29 Fonts 29 Colours 30 Export 30 Import 31 More Options 32 Menus Info 33 License key 33 About 34 Help 34 Main window 34 EXPORT AND IMPORT DATA FORMAT 37 Line types 37 Data blocks 37 Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 1 Data block StartInfo Data block Data Data block Markups Data types FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FURTHER INFORMATION SUPPORT Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 37 38 41 41 42 42 Page 2 INTRODUCTION Welcome and thank you very much for purchasing or trying Sz Flight Data Recorder named FDR throughout this document FDR is a great tool though small in size for Flight Simulator X to record your flights and play them back in various form FDR especially is a great alternative to the video and instant replay functions of Flight Simulator Not only can you record and play back the flight with your user aircraft you can also freely move through the recording time line set markers and save them view the flight from 3 person view and even show t
10. cted import export culture thousand separator optional according to selected import export culture leading sign optional exponent optional 0 or false false L or true true case insensitive must not contain any tabulators or line breaks if importing exporting with blank as separator The string is surrounded by double quotes A string must be surrounded by double quotes if it contains blanks or double quotes Double quotes within the string are doubled same as string additionally line breaks are exported as string n and the string m is imported as line break day month year according to selected import export culture hours minutes seconds separated by colon seconds optional Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Range of values nonnegative default value mandatory Examples 100 100 0000 123456 78 123 456 78 0 123 123 123 45e 6 Aircraft Aircraft 1 Aircraft ai a line1 nline2 05 31 2009 14 40 14 40 50 Page 41 Mandatory FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Question Where and how exactly is the recorded data stored Answer For each newly recorded flight one directory is created in the output directory specified in the program options This directory is initially named with a time stamp and may be renamed via the Open and manage flight logs dialog In this flight log directory the following files are stored SZFDR fltlog the
11. e 25 OPERATION DETAILS This chapter describes FDR operation in detail the menus options and custom settings that can be made Recording Recording a flight is a one clicker literally Press the red round Record button to start the recording The FDR window will automatically minimize itself and the recording will start in the background Stop the recording by clicking on the blue Stop button The recorded flight will be saved to the Hard Disk FDR will not only save the flight movements it will also store the startup situation the aircraft starting location day time and weather settings and save it with the flight In the list of recordings the new recorded flight will appear with a name like 20081006_160445 which is the date and time of the recording 2008 6th October 16 04 45 Menus File id Sz Flight Data Recorder oe File Options Info Time Info A Open and manage flight logs Y Recently used flight logs gt Export Flight log Import Flight log b Exit Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 26 Open and manage flight logs Click this item to select the list of recorded flights that are stored in the directory displayed on top Open and manage recordings Directory C Users Wolfgang 4ppD ata RoamingsE szett_Solutions S2 FlightD ataR ecorder D ata J Show details Name Imported Date recorded Duration Aircraft 7 Sz Flight O URE a 30 09 2008 17 15 Ext
12. estart FDR to reconnect Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 35 a The connection is established but the simulation is interrupted This EA may be the case when Flight Simulator is loading a flight is showing the Main Opening Screen or when one of the FS menus is open Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 36 EXPORT AND IMPORT DATA FORMAT Line types Export and Importdata can include the following line types e Comment o beginning with o the line will be ignored when importing e Data definition o beginning with 3 and followed by a keyword o initiates a new block of data and describes the structure of the following lines of data o keywords are not case sensitive o keywords marked as mandatory must be included all others are optional o keywords may appear in any order o contains data o the order of data in that line needs to be according to the data definition e empty line o will be ignored Data blocks Data block StartInfo Includes date time at the start of the recording date hours minutes seconds milliseconds and other information One line of data Startinfo is optional Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 37 Key word Description Data type Range of Mandatory values default value date system date of start of date current system recording date time system time of start of time current system recording time milliSec milliseconds of start of integer 0 to 999
13. he complete flight path in one big frozen image The possibilities of FDR are unlimited Monitor your flying take a close look especially at critical phases like takeoff and landings practice aerobatic manoeuvres and share the recording log with your friends or a judge Take screenshots of the flight path from your most successful aerobatic figure or tough weather landing print them out and collect them in a hall of fame of best manoeuvres ever Improve your flying skills or simply have fun FDR will help you to track and record your flights SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Flight Simulator X with Service Pack 2 or Acceleration Expansion Pack installed Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista with the Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 installed 10 MB of Hard Disk Space For the Tutorial Flight FSX default S300 and C172 installed For displaying the manual Adobe Acrobat Reader Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 3 Version History Version 1 0 November 2008 e Basic functionality Version 1 1 January 2009 e Data range for recording and playback expanded e New functionality added Data Import Export e Conversion tool FRC to FDR Converter included see separate manual Version 1 2 December 2009 e Extended data set for recording and exporting e If you are interested in getting your own set of data recorded please contact us INSTALLATION To install the program double click on SzFlightDataRecorder en us msi A Welcome sc
14. ick the icons in the tree below ta change the way features will be installed This feature installs the application dd Flight Simulator Addon This feature requires OKB an your hard drive Ik has 2 of 2 subfeatures selected The subFeatures require 6599KB on your hard drive Location C Program Files lt 86 Eszett oo Solutions 52 FlightDataRecorder Reset Disk Usage Back IL Met Cancel To get the best from your software we recommend you do not make any changes to the selection IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE In order to work correctly FDR needs to know the correct Flight Simulator path Please click on Flight Simulator Addon and make sure that the path shown in Location is pointing to the actual FS folder on your hard disk Otherwise please select Browse and select the FS folder manually Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 5 If you are happy with the installation path click Next to continue the installation Click on Install to begin the installation process On a Windows Vista system with User Account Control enabled another message box will appear asking you to confirm the installation Please do so When installation has finished a final message box will appear Click Finish to exit the installer UNINSTALL To uninstall the program you can do either of the following 1 Run the setup program again You will be offered the options to Change Repair or Remove the software To u
15. information The Eszett Solutions link will take you to the Eszett Solutions website with further product information Help Opens the PDF manual this document Main window In the Tutorial Flight we have already explored the most important features and buttons icons of the main window Some additional functions are available by right clicking on the marker lines on the time line Ud Sz Flight Data Recorder File Options Info 00 00 00 00 00 00 Current position Y 00 01 06 i Looping Start 00 01 45 Looping End UB Add marker at current position 00 03 56 Landing Start el 00 05 10 I Landing Touchdown 00 05 57 5 y CEN E AO 1x Q0 v C EAO ka TutorialFlight Right click on the orange current position cursor to bring up a context menu This allows you to add a new marker at the current position Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 34 Right clicking on any of the red markers brings up a context menu with additional options to edit or delete the marker set the start and end interval to the marker or jump to the marker position These are identical to the functions on the relevant icons below the marker list Ad Sz Flight Data Recorder fa bes Time 00 00 00 Current position 00 01 06 i Looping Start 00 01 45 Looping End 00 02 56 Landing Start 00 05 10 Landing Touchdown Info Fie Options Info 00 00 00 r Edit marker u Delete marker 00 05 57
16. itor or a spreadsheet in order to edit or analyse them The next box will show the current export options For details please see the options menu item Export When you are happy with the settings press OK to continue When exporting to a file you can now select a new or existing text file to export the data to You can find the export data format described in detail in chapter EXPORT AND IMPORT DATA FORMAT Import flight log With this item you can import flight data from an external text file or from the Windows clipboard Please note that the data structure and format need to match the format as described in chapter EXPORT AND IMPORT DATA FORMAT The next screen will show you the current import settings For details please see the options menu item Import When you are happy with the settings press OK to continue When importing from a file you can now browse for the text file to import from When import has been completed successfully the new flight log will be loaded in Sz Flight Data Recorder In case Flight Simulator is running a simulation you will be asked if the current flight shall be used as starting situation for the flight you have just imported Please adjust the current flight in Flight Simulator before you acknowledge this question Especially the aircraft in use its position and the time of day should match the imported data Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 28 Menus
17. ng Touchdown 00 01 00 i Current position W 00 05 57 Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 22 At some point you might loose the aircraft In this case simply click on the left hand magnet icon next to the blue arrow up this will take you to the current aircraft position You can as well jump to a marker position Select one of the markers from the list e g Landing Start and click on the magnet icon below the marker list next to the two green arrow buttons File Options Info 00 03 55 Looping Start Looping End ee Eme 05 10 Landing Touchdown Current position G 00 05 57 AQA O gt DDUH B This will take you to the relevant marker Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 23 Lets watch the aircraft landing click on the blue Playback arrow and you II see the Extra 300 flying towards the runway sz Flight Data Recorder ore H B ix You can follow it by slewing or by updating your position with the magnet icon Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 24 In case you wish to slow down a certain phase of the flight simply select the playback rate by choosing a value from the drop down list next to the blue Stop button Sz Flight Data Recorder gt r gt gt NR A value of 1 16 will give you a very slow playback rate The perfect landing and rollout are ending our little tutorial Sz Flight Data Recorder Eg bb GOGH Bis HO a Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Pag
18. ninstall the program select Remove 2 In Windows enter the Control Panel by selecting the Control Panel link from the Windows Start menu Select Add Remove programs In the list of installed programs select Sz FlightDataRecorder Double click on the entry to start the uninstall Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 6 QUICK START FDR TUTORIAL Now as you have installed the software let s give it a go and explore the main features with a small walkthrough tutorial When installation has completed successfully you will find a new icon on your Windows Desktop labelled FlightDataRecorder FlightDataRecorder Double click on it to start the program FDR will automatically try to launch Flight Simulator X and establish a connection to it Once Flight Simulator has finished loading you should do two things 1 You need to have started a flight within Flight Simulator for FDR to work After Flight Simulator has started please select or create a flight from the Free Flight screen to take you to any aircraft at any airport FDR is then ready for you to operate 2 In case FDR is in the background bring it forward by selecting it from the Windows taskbar or by pressing ALT Tab to switch through the active programs The first time when starting FDR you will be prompted with a menu to enter a license key ud Sz Flight Data Recorder File Options Info Time Info 00 00 00 00 00 00 If you already have obtained a
19. ptions Info Time Info Looping Start 00 01 06 fi i f 03 Landing Start s 05 Landing Touchdown Current position 00 01 46 QAQieorr gt te es E is ka TutorialFlight The interval between the aircraft at the moment is set to 1 second flying time You might now want to watch certain phases of the flight in some more detail Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 17 Stop the display click on the blue box enlarge the FDR window again if its reduced and open the menu Options More Options Output directory C Users W olfgang 4ppD ata Roaming SE szett Solutions S 2 FlightD ataRecorder D ata A A Sz i iil Size of current position marker pixels File Options Info Size of user definied markers pixels 00 01 06 Load flight in FS when loading recording Show marker list always Start FS at program startup C never Activate FS when in compressed mode ask Play back looped Compressed display lel TutorialFlight Show when Transparency Position playing a flight r p showing freeze images recording a flight You ll see a couple of settings here dont be bothered for the moment for now we only want to change one item Set Freeze image interval from the default value 1 second to 1 8 second This will give us the highest detail when playing back Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 18 Confirm with OK and press the Eye icon again to show the aircraft I
20. ra Reset ta default Cancel You can select colours for various parts and elements of the program Click on Reset to default to reset the settings to the original values Export a Export and import options a ud Sz Flight Data Recorder a amp amp Export File Options Info diaa Import Info 00 00 00 Show options at each export V Culture Deutsch Deutschland ne Output structure Columns separated by tab character w 00 00 00 Unit for altitude Feet a a Q Export interval As recorded al dateztsraircraft tsraltitude lf t 31 05 Z009 lt t gt Extra 3005 Paintl lt t gt 1000 0000 Bennan 0K Cao Show options at each export With this setting selected the export options will be shown every time you export data giving you the opportunity to check and adjust them before exporting data If you want to stay with the current settings you can deactivate this setting Culture This is important for determining the decimal separator comma or decimal point and the date format You can select either your current Windows setting or an international setting normally identical with English Output structure Here you can select the column field separator and the alignment Justified filled with blanks does exactly that fields are separated Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 30 with spaces and strings are embedded in double guotes You can also
21. ra 3005 Patty Wagstaff File Optio 00 00 00 00 00 00 a gi S kel v 70 B Click on the directory name to select a different directory Open a recording by clicking on the green check icon You can delete flights by clicking on the red X icon This will remove all files associated with this recording from your hard disk To edit a flight name please select the pen icon The name of the selected recording will become editable and you can enter a new more descriptive name for your flight The new name must be a valid windows directory name You can sort the list of recordings by clicking on one of the titles above the marker entries Click once again on the title to reverse the sort sequence In column Imported you will see a checkbox ticked selected in case the relevant flight has been imported from external data and not been recorded by FDR Recently used flight logs A file history of recently used recordings recorded or played back Select an entry to easily load a recording into FDR Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 27 Export flight log With this item you can export flight data form the current flight log as text All the data and only the data between the two sliders will be exported including all user defined markers in that area You can export data into a text file or into the Windows clipboard From the clipboard you can paste the values directly into other applications like a text ed
22. rd and playback flights OK now lets get into some detail Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 12 If playback is still running stop it by clicking on the blue sguare icon Then click on the blue arrow labelled Play back 3rd person You see maybe nothing yet This function is playing the same flight as before but not using your own aircraft but another aircraft of that type You might want to slew into a position to get an overview of the airport runway to see the aircraft roll takeoff and climb Try to catch it if you can Sz Flight Data Recorder A gt e 5p by 2 1x This is a great feature to pre record a flight in your own aircraft and then play it back and try to follow the aircraft and fly in a formation with it But there s more Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 13 Stop the playback and select the eye shaped icon labelled Show freeze images Sz Flight Data Recorder obb os B iz Suddenly you will see the sky full with Extra 300 aircraft appearing in intervals showing the entire recording from takeoff to landing For the moment please ignore the fact that the aircraft is landing on the opposite runway where it has started we wouldn t do this in reality at our local airfield but its good to see for demonstration purposes Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 14 Sz Flight Data Recorder gt gt N B You might now want to see just a certain fraction or segment of the flight Stop
23. reen will appear is Sz FlightDataRecorder Setup Lo d Welcome to the Sz FlightDataRecorder Setup Wizard f The Setup Wizard will install 52 FliahkbataRecorder on your computer Click Mexk ta continue or Cancel to exit the Setup Z Wizard Back Cancel Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 4 Click Next to continue On the next page please read the License Agreement select the checkbox to accept it and press Next to continue te sz FlightDataRecorder setup co d End User License Agreement gt a Licence Agreement for using this software package The files and the information provided in this package are the legal property of Eszett Solutions represented by the individual Wolfgang Schwarz All rights reserved Any unauthorized reproduction ar redistribution of this software in its pre installed or installed form especially uploads to other websites or distribution on any data media is not allowed without prior permission The user you may use this software on any number of computer systems at atime as long as the computer hardware is yours and you MT accept the terms in the License Agreement Print Back Next Cancel A new page will appear offering you a choice of features to install some of them being mandatory some of them being optional fe Sz FlightDataRecorder Setup foe Custom Setup gt i Select the way you want Features to be installed o Cl
24. robe lights boolean peers eon Pt false yes false yes false yes on lightBeacon flag if beacon lights boolean false pee eo k zz l lll lightNav flag if navigation boolean false y prey steamer a TK REGEN smoke flag if smoke system boolean false yes slew flag if slew is active boolean FT false no simRate FS time acceleration floating point 0 25 1 factor All data is being recorded as supplied by Flight Simulator yes lightLanding flag if landing lights boolean false yes are on i yes es When playing back the data it will depend on the aircraft type model if and how the data can be set and activated Example The minimum amount of data required for a flight is for example Data timestamp sec aircraft latitude longitude altitude ft 0000 Extra 43009 Painti 51 3242224 0 0272696 Ll5 LCl As there s only one line of data the aircraft can be displayed as a freeze image but not as a continuous flight Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 40 Data block Markups Contains the user defined markers The data blocks Markups is optional Key word timestamp sec Data types Data type floating point boolean multiline string Description Data type seconds since start of recording floating point Remarks integer number without decimal point or thousand separator leading sign optional number with optional decimal places decimal point according to sele
25. rt please have a look at the latest FAO on the website or contact us via the web form provided in section Support For sales enguiries and especially key replacements please do not contact us direct but the provider webshop where you have obtained your registration key Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 43
26. select a tab separated format Unit for altitude Select feet or Meters Export interval This is the time interval between two data sets Selecting As recorded will export the data just the same way they have been recorded The other settings are exporting data in their relevant intervals with an interpolation of the data to match the time stamp The preview area will show you a sample of the export data format depending on the current settings lt t gt means tabulator Import Export and import options e o amp s amp s ad Sz Flight Data Recorder t File Options Info Export mpor 00 00 00 Show options at each import v Culture Deutsch Deutschland X date heading 31 05 2009 12 3456 Reset to default Cancel Show options at each import With this setting selected the export options will be shown every time you export data giving you the opportunity to check and adjust them before exporting data If you want to stay with the current settings you can deactivate this setting Culture This is important for determining the decimal separator comma or decimal point and the date format You can select either your current Windows setting or an international setting normally identical with English The preview area shows the date and decimal number format that are expected for this import No f
27. t might take a while to build up the display but you will see the aircraft from looping start to looping end in their full recording density Now in theory you could have the entire flight displayed to this detail however this would be causing quite some impact on performance All the aircraft need to be drawn into the screen and the Flight Simulator graphics engine needs to display them all you can imagine that this would mean quite some fps load To help with this FDR is offering a feature to replace the original aircraft with a dummy paper airplane which is light on performance Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 19 Open the Options menu as descibed above and from the drop down list Aircraft for freeze images select Small dummy Output directory C Users Wolfgang 4ppD ata RoamingsE szett Solutions S 2 FlightD ataRecorder sD ata Recording interval 1 8 second Freeze image interval Aircraft for freeze images A Sz li iii Size of current position marker ixels File Options Info Medium dummy Size of user definied markers pixe Large dummy 00 01 06 Load flight in FS when loading recording Show marker list O always Start FS at program startup never Activate FS when in compressed mode 9 ask Play back looped Compressed display Show when Transparency Position playing a flight 566 showing reeze images recording a flight Go back to show the freeze images Eye icon You ll see a series of
28. the display click on the blue box and then click on the blue arrow pointing up This will re enlarge the FDR window In the right hand part of the screen you will now see a couple of markers in a list Select the first one labelled Looping Start and click on the green arrow pointing left 4 Sz Flight Data Recorder E ees File Options Info Time Info 00 01 06 g 00 01 45 Looping End 00 03 56 Landing Start BEEN NEZ ee S a o Laing Taine A 00 05 57 Current position 00 05 57 ag O gt gt D tx 0 7 w Wey OO A ta TutorialFlight Set start of interval to marker Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 15 This will set the start of the playback interval to the marker Select the marker Looping End and click on the green arrow pointing right za File Options Info Time Info 00 01 06 00 01 06 Looping Start in 00 01 45 Looping End 00 03 56 Landing Start 00 05 10 Landing Touchdown 00 01 45 Current position 00 01 46 Q2Aiermr iieax aly CECIL ta TutorialFlight The green time line in the middle of the screen is now restricted to a time between 01 06 minutes and 01 46 minutes Click on the Eye icon to show the aircraft In case you cannot find them instantly you can jump to the current marker position by clicking on the magnet icon E Jump to current position Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 16 You ll now see the aircraft from looping start to looping end File O
29. tt Solutions 2009 Page 9 We want to load a flight so please open the menu and select File Open and manage flight logs Directory C Users Wolfgang 4ppD ata Roaming E szett_Solutions 2 FlightD ataR ecorder D ata Show details g Name Imported Date recorded Duration Aircraft A new window will appear with a list of saved flights At the moment you ll only see one flight named TutorialFlight Open it by double clicking on it or select it and click on the green checkmark Confirm the next question with Yes Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 10 Flight Simulator is loading a flight situation when this has finished we will find ourselves in the Extra 300 aerobatic aircraft at Biggin Hill airport United Kingdom on a clear summer day File Options Info Info 00 00 00 Current positior 01 Looping Start 01 Looping End D A E ts e ESETET Landing Touchdown 00 05 57 QA oP Gite wx ta TutorialFlight In the icon bar at the bottom of the FDR window locate the green arrow a tooltip text will appear labelled Play back ist person and click on it Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 11 The FDR window will now reduce its size and the flight playback will start You can watch the takeoff a turn right some aerobatic maneuvre and a landing Now this is not going to be very exciting you might say Flight Simulator X itself is offering Flight Video and Instant Replay to reco
30. udder position in floating point 100 yes percent to left negative 100 right positive spoilersHandlePct spoiler handle floating point 10 yes position in percent to full 100 100 flapsHandleIdx Index of current flap integer 0 yes position to a T flapsTrailLeftPct Percent left trailing floating point O edge flap extended to flapsTrailRightPct Percent right trailing floating point 10 edge flap extended to flapsLeadLeftPct Percent left leading floating point O edge flap extended to flapsLeadRightPct Percent right leading floating point 10 yes edge flap extended to isGearRetractable flag if gear can be boolean false no poses eae Pee a gearCenterPct percent center gear floating point O yes extended to if in 0 100 retractable out 100 gearLeftPct percent left gear floating point 10 yes extended to if in 0 100 retractable Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 39 pf out 100 O S ey ey gearRightPct percent right gear floating point O yes extended to if in 0 100 retractable out 100 gearHandlePos flag if gear handle is boolean false yes G e PP lightCabin flag if cockpit boolean false yes Penson e on fF lightLogo flag if logo lights are boolean false yes renee de Heenan ester a lightWing flag if wing lights boolean false yes D FEST ae KKK lightRecogn flag if recognition boolean ones tgmearean ef lightPanel flag if panel lights boolean ener ion PT lightStrobe flag if st
31. urther settings are required here as opposed to the Export options window The import module will automatically care for the data separation tab or blank separated The unit for altitude will be determined form the header line Copyright Eszett Solutions 2009 Page 31 More Options 4 Options Recording interval 1 2 second Recording data level Freeze image interval second Aircraft for freeze images Original Size of current position marker pisels 2 Ad x 3 Size of user definied markers pixels 2 Ed x 30 Output directory LC Users ii Schwarzs ppli ata Aoaming se szett Solutions S z FlightD ataR ecorder D ata Load flight in FS when loading recording J Show marker list always v Start FS at program startup Never 4 Activate FS wher in compressed mode ask Play back looped Compressed display Show wher Transparency Position v playing a flight J showing freeze images recording a flight Reset to default Cancel Recording interval Indicates how often the flight data is being captured Select from a range between 1 8 second and 2 seconds Freeze image interval Indicates the interval between two aircraft in freeze image display mode Select from a range between 1 8 second and 4 seconds or select As recorded Aircraft for freeze images Select Original to use the original aircraft from the flight To display the paper airplane select Small dummy Medium dummy or
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