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1. Qooggnaa when you only have a 737 or two engine flight model 0 9090 paRanfe connected to MSFS For obvious reasons you should match the type file to the type of aircraft you intend to fly in MSFS 22 Project Magenta Manual V18 The diagram illustrates the data exchange between the CDU program subfolders and the Glass Cockpit Selecting displays Revision 16 November 2011 Number Of Eng NETDIR Route data The normal type of 737 instrument layout Generally this layout is used for the 777 747 as well Specific other settings in the software will make the mode annunciation and indications type specific to the different aircraft types discussed later The 737EFIS mode type displays This is an airline specific option Note that this display is not for use for 737 400 and below types It is a pure 737EFIS display for 737 600 and above The mode annunciation on the 737 300 and 400 series is different to that of the later series and follows a different logic on the FMA The 767 type display is a secondary development of the Glass Cockpit It will display the 767 displays with further options that can be select via the ESC menu such as analogue AI and the additional Radio Altitude Tape that is an airline specific option on the 767 These displays can be used for the 757 although not type specific 23 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 The Glass Cockpit also needs to know
2. Testing Provided your network is setup correctly as a test you may now want to run MSFS on your server When MSFS is fully running click on the WideClient exe file in the GAIFR panel directory and the WideClient program will launch If Wideclient is able to see MSFS across the network on the top of the bar it will say Connected if not it will say Waiting For Connection If Wideclient is not able to connect to MSFS then you will have to check that everything has been set correctly as per these instructions and also consult Peter Dowson s detailed instructions Further help can be obtained from Project Magenta e mail support projectmagenta com 66 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 GAIFR Normal Start Up procedures The normal process to go through to get the software running is as follows On your SERVER computer 1 Run MSFS Use an appropriate aircraft for the GAIFR panel On your CLIENT computer 2 Click on the wideclient exe Icon to launch Wideclient You should see Connected in the menu bar 3 Click on the GAIFR icon and the GAIFR panel will start initializing Select the a c type panel you wish to Fly PA28 Piper Warrior Cessna Twin Panel selectable between Seneca and Baron once program is running by pressing ESC menu Black Panel For use in cockpits and thus requiring no bitmaps D GAIFR User Options By pressing the ESC key various user options t
3. To set the CDU position press the LSK key that is s next to the INDEX option bottom right Then select the LSK opposite the POS option Now the position page will appear 4 e Coocodi ooo oi ae a000 00 z You can either enter a specific airport code in the REF AIRPORT or you can press the LSK next to the REF AIRPORT line and the CDU will detect the current airport from MSFS The LAT and LONG will appear opposite Select the LSK to bring the new LAT and LONG into the Scratch Pad Then press the LSK next to SET IRS POS and the new LAT and LONG will be taken into the IRS position and set Now the CDU will have a fix and the Glass Cockpit display warning flag indicators ATT and MAP will disappear 32 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Step 4 Additional Settings CDU The CDU has additional settings that can be selected from the settings page The following are required to be set for your own preference This only needs to be done once unless you decide to change these options at a later date Auto Tune NAVS this will tune the NAV radios automatically this can be a ON OFF selection FAF the range of the Final Approach Fix can be entered here MIN AGL LNAV the minimum altitude for LNAV engagement TIME select either system or MSFS Zulu time MESSAGES this will turn on or off messages that the FMC produces in the Scratch Pad QNH select your preference FUEL
4. The Glass Cockpit also needs to know whether it is operating as a Captains Display or a Co Pilots display This is selected under the user options in the ESC menu Note that the Co pilots display requires a special second ABGC license If you selected without registering it the Glass Cockpit will run into communication conflicts on the ND display modes amongst other things The Airbus Glass Cockpit follows the same general software concept rules all the Project Magenta Glass Cockpit software The ESC key is used as the main user interface menu to switch and select various options 42 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Airbus systems On the Airbus the lower ECAM is used to display the status of a c systems The data is generated only by pmSystems The pmSystems software must be running and connected to your network before the extra systems data will be displayed on the lower ECAM 43 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Airbus Type MCDU The MCDU software s user interface settings are found in the MCDU program itself through navigating through the menu and LSK keys For effective operation of the MCDU software you must perform the actions required in the Network and Boeing Airbus Glass Cockpit Section first The following only describes specific program options available to you with regard to the MCDU selectable User Interface It is not a guide to the operation of the MCDU in its role
5. Here I want a flap text of 10 for instance 40 is the maximum position and this should be shown as 40 Changed according to the comments above We have to add a block for the flpset 1 and need to change the entries for the following flap positions flppos 0 flpset 0 vmax 340 vret 0 vext 210 vmin 190 flppos 1 flpset 1 vmax 227 vret 180 vext 180 vmin 165 flppos 5 flpset 7 vmax 227 vret 180 vext 180 vmin 165 Project Magenta Manual V18 flppos 20 flpset 27 vmax 195 vret 160 vext 150 vmin 140 flppos 25 flpset 33 vmax 190 vret 150 vext 140 vmin 135 flppos 30 floset 40 vmax 190 vret 150 vext 140 vmin 130 119 Revision 16 November 2011 flppos 10 flpset 13 vmax 225 vret 170 vext 170 vmin 160 flppos 20 flpset 27 vmax 195 vret 160 vext 150 vmin 140 flppos 25 flpset 33 vmax 190 vret 150 vext 140 vmin 135 flppos 30 floset 40 vmax 190 vret 150 vext 140 vmin 120 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Terrain Data Files Last Update terraini zip PAJN LIRN LSZH KLAX HAAB terrain2 zip MMAA MMMX KSLC MTPP KLAS terrain3 zip LGAV LFMN EDDS LIRF LEMD terrain4 zip BGSF LOWI LOWS SKBO SBSP terrain5 zip BIRK ENGM ESSA EDDM CYVR RJBB terrain6 zip KDEN EGPH OLBA VHHH SPIM ENBO terrain7 zip LTBA KPDX NWWW KSFO LSGG YSSY terrain8 zip CYYC EDDF MMMY LIPZ LIMM LGZA HTKJ GMFF FACT
6. Method B WITH CDU SOFTWARE If you have the CDU software as part of your Project Magenta system highly advisable then the above entry must be set as follows in the pfd ini file AircraftType CDU This forces the Glass Cockpit not to read aircraft txt files in its own local directory but from the CDU programs types subfolder This has one main advantage from the CDU program you can select your aircraft type automatically and very quickly without having to manually edit each Glass Cockpit ini file on your system Soy G Je Do0000 If you are running the CDU software in combination with the GC select the LSK next to the aircraft Type on the IDENT page usually the first page you see after the CDU starts and here after selecting this LSK further aircraft types that are stored in your Types subdirectory in the Main CDU program folder are shown as selectable options Once selected the new type will be shown on the Ident page f Of Eng e000000 a The diagram illustrates the data exchange between the CDU program subfolders and the Glass Cockpit 75 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 RJ Selecting displays The Glass Cockpit also needs to know whether it is operating as a Captains Display or a Co Pilots display This is selected under the user options in the ESC menu Note that the Co pilots display requires a special second GC license If you selected withou
7. D IDENT 1 1 Py 737 00 ENGINES 4 jan ACTIVE a fo eka UR AFR PAC E gt A i sii EUR AFR te Se ETE ad OP PROGRAM oP PROGRAN p 090501 01 363 U10 0 090501 01 363 U10 0 i lt INDEX POS INIT gt POS INIT gt Or 7 ouaa oO gooog i Z goooo 22299999 lt 000 0000p gt ooopnoona This in itself will set the specific performance data in the type txt reference file that is located in the CDU Types folder of the Main CDU folder 30 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Step 3 Keyboard layout Different aircraft have different Keyboard layouts Despite having changed the aircraft type txt you may also want to match a specific key layout for that aircrafts CDU keyboard This can be changed in two ways There is an automatic function and a manual function The automatic function will load a typical keyboard layout for the aircraft type you have selected in the IDENT page every time you select a new one The manual selection will mean that no change will take place until you manually edit the cdu ini file For the automatic function to work you must first set it to auto and then re select the aircraft type from the IDENT page Example Press the MENU key twice This will bring up a special user menu of extra settings These items are not normally seen on the aircraft by pilots They would be used in a software maintenance situation and in a similar way we use them to set specific user options for the CDU s
8. lineto 44 5 33 lineto 44 5 12 will draw a line from 10 20 to 44 33 and then on to 44 5 12 box X1 Y1 X2 Y2 box 10 20 44 5 33 rect X1 Y1 X2 Y2 rect 10 20 44 5 33 will draw a box outline or rectangle filled from 10 20 to 44 33 the sequence of the coordinates is irrelevant panelbox X1 Y1 X2 Y2 panelbox 122 0 137 0 71 0 53 0 this will draw a box with a light 3D effect used for overhead panels they need a colour command before them or the box will be transparent white multibutton UpperText LowerText X Y SizeFactor Colour Variable1 Variable2 multibutton ON OFF 107 4 121 1 1 1 wo EngiBleed EngiBleedFault this will draw a multibutton i e a button with an upper and lower lighting display the upper shows ON with a circle around it OFF in the lower X and Y colours are o orange w white g green b blue etc multibuttonupper will have the button push activate the upper variable of the multibutton 59 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 multibuttonlower will have the button push activate the lower variable of the multibutton textlightbox Text X Y TextFactor Colour VariableName XSize YSize textlightbox PRESS 199 0 87 8 8 0 HydEngiPress 8 4 gauge Variable X Y Radius Max DegreeStart DegreeEng gauge variable x y radius min max degreestart degreeend text displayvalue more definitions to come Section logics
9. 122 125 Flap Definition siipiin aa 113 Flap Definitions 107 Flare a a a RAA 39 Flare Altitude CDU 34 Flight Mode Annunciators sse 112 Flight MOCEIS eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetenees 121 Flight Plan Display ccccccccccccccitieeee sees 28 Flight Plan Display CDU 38 FSU Ca ea a E a A E A 125 GAIFR asaini ainiaan aaa aai ia 62 GAIFR Computer Names 64 GAIFR Introduction 62 GAIFR Network Set up c o 64 GAIFR Normal Start Up procedures 67 GAIFR Positioning Black Panel e 67 GAIFR Protocols 64 GAIFR Setting Server Name or Static IP a 65 GAIFR Sharing 64 GAIFR Step 2 Installation of WideFS and FSUIPC EAT T A TRNA 64 131 Revision 16 November 2011 GAIFR System Requirements 0000008 62 GAIFR SYSTEMS amp FAILURES 0 0000008 69 GAIFR User Options 67 GAIFR Workgroups 64 GENERAL Common to all Software 5 15 Glass Cockpit INI Settings 25 Glass Cockpit Keyboard Commands 25 Glass Cockpit Weather c ccceceeeeeeeesssseseeees 118 incorrectly set NetDif sss 10 INSTALL amp SET UP ccccccesseeeeeseeseeseseeseeenees 5 Instructor Aircraft Attitude assesses 91 Instructor Approach in the View Screen 91 Instructor APPROACH Screen sesen 97 Instructor ATTITUDE VIEW and INSTRUMENTS T la EA E E E E TAT 91 Instructor CONTROLS and SYSTEMS FAIL Screen EEIE EA E ENEE EAE E T 93 Instructor DATA LOGGER 96 Instructor EN
10. CTRL and SHIFT keys in combination with the ARROW keys The more you use the technique the clearer it will become This process applies to all pages Additionally on the standby instruments page F10 you can position single items by either individually selecting them with a RIGHT CLICK of the mouse or you can select each instrument by pressing the TAB key making each instrument active for positioning sizing To change the spacing between the ND and PFD you can also use the Y and U keys as an alternative option 6S 276 Tas 276 fom 16 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 m m 276 se oh The left image shows the result of re positioning and sizing The right image represents the end result a single monitor behind main panel hardware cutouts to give you the respective displays running on a single screen The software can also be rotated if monitors need to be mounted upright for spacing purposes This is again achieved using the ESC key menu interface Once you have positioned your displays to prevent any inadvertent re positioning by mistake you can select from the ESC menu the option to LOCK DISPLAYS Once this is selected the re sizing and positioning functions will no longer work Differences MCP amp CDU MCP The MCP program has its own interface with options selectable by pressing the ESC key Here you can also select the specific type of aircraft you will use This should also match to the type
11. F6 Select View saves upon exit and Zoom in and Out Cursor Keys Move Image Ctrl accelerates ioe Pans Moves image Left Click Activate switch button MouseWheel Zoom Menu Options The menu allows you to set the aircraft configuration file the running mode Runtime Development the graphics options and the cycle speed of the application An important option is Slave Mode On Off This allows you to run multiple copies of pmSystems over a network one always has to be set to Slave Mode Off otherwise the variables will not be processed If you are running only one copy of pmSystems the Slave mode should be OFF i e Master Mode The second third or any other instance of pmSystems should have this mode set to On If you have more than one set to Master mode then there will be conflicts in the handling of the variables and the switches Re Initialize resets the variables to the states described in the INIT section of the configuration file 53 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Development Mode This mode would be used to make changes to the currently selected aircraft configuration file Important when reporting a problem with the software please make sure it is done when the original file is used or report precisely which changes have been made to the configuration file so we can identify it Keyboard Commands Esc Activates Menu Q Exit Quit Program I Run Variable Initialization i e
12. FLIGHT FREEZE Pause Mode where the Lat Lon position is fixed but the aircraft can be flown POSITION ENVIRONMENT LOAD FUEL SYSTEMS FAIL ATTITUDE VIEW VPATH MENU CONTROL APPROACH LOGGER INSTRUMENTS MAP FLT FREEZE i SLEW EXIT These items can be selected on all Instructor Screens Clicking on them activates the page function The position of the screen and the menu itself can be changed by pressing the cursor keys up down left right and can be re sized using the Numeric Keypad and keys 85 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Instructor POSITION Screen pminstructor Project Magenta KJFK RHY 04R ILS 109 50 GATE 64 SLEW AIRCRAFT HOLD L HOLD R gt AIRWORK 10000 FT CENTER 2500 FT L 2500 FT R z 15 NM 10 NM RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT LOAD FUEL SYSTEMS FATL ATTITUDE soo VPATH HENU APPROACH LOGGER INSTRUMENTS FLT FREEZE The positioning of the aircraft can be performed on this screen Clicking on the ICAO code of the reference airport allows you to change it This can be done by entering the code directly or finding it in a list Pushback is only available when the aircraft is on the ground ideally the pause mode should be disabled for this feature The reference airport is important to understand the operation of this page All subsequent actions performed on the aircraft are made based on the selected airport and runway Thus clicking on HOLD L will now po
13. Here we do a lot of the background work that makes the elements change state The language to describe the logical connections between variables is similar to what you would expect in BASIC and the boolean commands should be easily accessible as well Equations variable_a variable_b variable_a variable_b variable_c variable_a variable_b or variable_c and variable_d variable_a variable_b lt gt variable_c variable_a variable_b lt variable_c and variable_d Time delayed equations sometimes things happen with a slight delay variable_a variable_b 2 this means that the value of variable_b is assigned to the value of variable_a 2 two seconds after variable_b changed Conditions if variable_a or variable_b variable_c variable_b and 1 else variable_c 0 endif you can also use f then the then is simply ignored if StartSelect 2 and bleed1ref lt gt 0 if fsstarthlag1 0 and fscutoffl lt gt 0 then lf fsinl lt 10 then fsStarter1 1 else fsStarter1 2 endif else 60 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 fsstarter1 0 endif Special Commands variablename counter targetvalue changepersecond will increment a variable by changepersecond until it reaches targetvalue variablename variablename elapsed 10 will increment the variable by 10 times the elapsed seconds since the last check logics loop 61 Project Magenta Manual V18 Re
14. select your preference PREFLIGHT if set to on will require a full Pre Flight Set up of the CDU FLUSH will flush all data from the CDU after the aircraft has landed or upon each re start of the CDU The CDU is now in a basic configuration for use Other user settings that can be select are self explanatory NAV COM XPDR you can enter radio frequencies EFIS selectors can alter GC displays via the CDU SPD PROTECT artificial simulated flap and speed protection EXTRAS simulator rate and freeze modes If you require to reset or gather information about your current NETDIR status this can be done by going to the INDEX page of the CDU and selecting MAINT Then select the NETDIR option 33 Project Magenta Manual V18 Step 5 Flare Altitude CDU If running the CDU the flare altitude must be set If you do not change a c types then this only needs to be set once The flare altitude will determine at what point on an Auto Land the aircraft will start the Flare The flare altitude will probably be set at 30 by default you may want to change this value depending on what a c type you are using Revision 16 November 2011 w amp lt IDENT lt POS lt PERF lt TAKEOFF lt APPROACH lt OFFSET COCCCOO From the INDEX page select MAINT From this page select the LSK for A T In the A T page if you want to assign a new flare value enter it into the scratch pad and then enter this value by pressing t
15. BackSpace Ctrl Ctrl 5 6 Ctrl 8 9 5 6 7 8 9 I 7 aaz moz allo S 7 0 I O PRP WIN F T Revision 16 November 2011 Switch to next Mode PFD ND Engine Captain PFD ND Copilot PFD ND Captain PFD ND ENG Copilot PFD ND ENG Switch to previous mode Decrease Increase Brightness Ctrl Shift H resets brightness to 100 Enable Disable Bitmap frame around instruments Ctrl Backspase to select for positioning Switches off displays pressing it a second time makes them light up again ND Modes Old ND Modes ND MAP Mode ND MAP CTR Mode ND VOR APP Rose Mode ND MAP PLAN Mode 8 ND Modes Toggles CTR ARC mode ND APP Mode ND VOR Mode ND MAP Mode ND PLAN Mode Toggle OFF VORL ADFL inop if MCP is active Toggle OFF VORR ADFR inop if MCP is active Distinct OFF VORL ADFL inop if MCP is active Distinct OFF VORR ADFR inop if MCP is active Toggles Waypoint information ETA and Distance in the ND for flight plan points DATA Decrease Increase MAP range VOR toggle On Off in MAP Mode Ctrl 1 Off only NDB toggle On Off in MAP Mode Ctrl 2 Off only WPT toggle On Off in MAP Mode Ctrl 3 Off only ARPT toggle On Off in MAP Mode Ctrl 4 Off only MAP Range 10 20 40 80 160 320 NM 26 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 J K T Ctrl C Ctrl Shift Z Ctrl O o Ctrl R Ctrl G Ctrl H Alt G V B Insert Delete Home End A D Ctrl F Ctrl C Ctrl
16. CDU so the other programs can read and use them You don t need to set it up if you are not using the CDU What is the easiest way best place to set up the NetDir The best place seems to be to have it on the CDU computer the easiest way to set it up is going into the CDU page INIT REF MAINT NETDIR and press the LSK next to the recommended solution LSK 3L How do I install the updates The updates on www projectmagenta com updates html contain the EXE and DLL file of the respective program not all files They have to be unzipped and copied into the existing program folder They will not work by themselves To update from any Build to a newer one you only have to install I have Build 123 of one program Do I have to install 124 125 and 126 before I install the newest one 127 No all you need to do is install the files within the 127 zip and you will have the newest version Specific Questions Glass Cockpits QuickMap My flaps settings in FS don t match with what is displayed in the EICAS ECAM Engine Display 128 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Please go here and check the Flap Setting confioguration i e compare the notches in your FS setup with the one specified in the aircraft configuration file Specific Questions CDU MCDU What is a NetDir and why do I need it The NetDir is only required when you use our CDU MCDU software i e when you are using the Flight Management System It is needed
17. Modes AALT1 GS LOCK AALT2 ALT AALT3 MCP SPD AALT4 V S AALT5 ALT ACQ AALT6 GS ARM AALT7 TO GA AALT8 TO GA AALT9 VNAV SPD AALT10 VNAV PTH AALT11 VNAV ALT AALT12 FLARE Command A P Modes ACMD1 CMD ACMD2 F D ACMD3 LAND 2 ACMD4 LAND 3 ACMD5 NO AUTOLAND 116 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Standby Modes SSPD1 ARM SHDG1 LNAV SHDG2 VOR LOC SHDG3 VOR LOC SHDG4 ROLLOUT SALT1 VNAV SALT2 GS SALT3 FLARE SALT4 V S Thus if you wanted to change the anunciator of the Autopilot main mode to A P from CMD you would have to enter ACMD1 A P ACMD2 F D ACMD3 LAND 2 ACMD4 LAND 3 Flap Definition We have to define proper flap position names in relation to their flap setting in side of FS This largely depends on the flight model used and what you want the flap names to be Here we are chaning an existing file to accomodate for our flight model s or cockpit s flap positions which we want to be UP 1 5 10 20 25 30 In the CDU please go to INDEX MAINT MONITOR then check the flap settings in the lower right half of the screen Please make sure you re load the aircraft when you make changes to the aircraft configuration file See the value under CURR FLAPS and FLAP REL POS in the right side of the MONITOR page You press F5 in FS flaps up it will say O under curr flaps and O under flap rel pos The first entry is what the NAME of the flap setting is the second is the one ret
18. The RMCDU is run on a separate client computer to the MCDU This is networked in the same fashion as the rest of the PM software 44 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 The MCDU software and the RMCDU can be run as standalone MCDU software solutions or in conjunction with MCDU hardware The only difference to the two types of operation is that with hardware you will need to run the MCDU in full screen mode as you will no longer need to see the MCDU Bitmap graphic You can do this in two ways one by editing the MCDU ini file and also through the user menu by pressing the MENU key twice on the MCDU graphic as outlined in the General software section You need to decide how you will use the MCDU For this section we will assume a pure software usage when discussing the user options Step 1 MCDU connected Make sure MSFS is running and the MCDU is connected to it No FAIL or ERROR messages are appearing You have performed the actions in the NETWORK and GLASS COCKPIT sections of the manual Step 2 Airbus Setting Aircraft Type When the MCDU starts it will default to the MCDU start page e Set the aircraft type by pressing the LSK next to the MODEL SELECT e From the list shown select the type of aircraft you will be using this should match the type you have already selected in MSFS e Once you have selected the aircraft type the you do not need to do this again unless you wish to fly a different type with different
19. VISUAL rundowns or electrical and Pitot Static Air failures Other useful direct options are a pause mode and simulation rate alteration There are short cut keys commands for these so they can be operated either via keyboard mouse or by third party hardware professional training hardware such as avionics stacks dampened control yokes and throttle systems AVIONICS STACK The AP is a basic system found on many CT CONIROTS GA aircraft with a HDG hold facility linked INPUT DEVICES to the HDG BUG on the HI and a current Altitude hold mode This will enable the practicing pilot to drop work loads as and when required and focus on specific learning tasks 62 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 MSFS simulator must be installed to use this software There are various options with regard to this discussed in the following pages It is also assumed that the necessary hardware you intend to use has been installed whether this is a simple Joystick with throttle control or more advanced professional training systems The GAIFR software from Project Magenta must be downloaded and installed either on the computer you are running MSFS on or a second Client computer recommended When you run the GAIFR software for the first time it will request a registration code You have to e mail Project Magenta the code that the software generates in the top half of the registration box the instructions will be found in yo
20. XPUIPC and XPWideClient File amp Printer sharing Services installed and active for the Network protocol procedure Typically this is TCP IP Install amp Set Up Software is delivered by download only You chose which computer you want to install the software on Every time you install the software on a new PC a new code will be requested Unzip and run the executable install program Run the software for the first time It will present a code Send this code to register projectmagenta com We will send you an unlock code The software will now run you still have to configure your network WideFS Sharing and NetDir to be able to use it This is covered in the next section Project Magenta Manual V18 Network Setu Optimization Revision 16 November 2011 The Project Magenta software is designed to be run over a computer network The software is flexible and has many different applications No one set up is the same and as such we will talk in general terms throughout this section e Please note you are responsible for setting up your computer network File amp Printer sharing Services installed and active for the Network protocol procedure Typically this is TCP IP All computers must see each other across the network and be in the same workgroup You will either have to know your computers Name or static IP address e In Windows XP the network you can find out your computer System Properties 2 x System R
21. as a Flight Management Computer The Project Magenta MCDU operates like its counter part in the real aircraft There are a number of user configurable options to make it simulate your particular aircraft type It is assumed that as the MCDU is not of any valued use without an ND display you have performed the necessary tasks in the Network section and the Airbus Boeing Glass Cockpit of this Manual To re cap e File Sharing and the NetDir subfolder of the MCDU must be shared e The Glass Cockpit pfd ini file must be edited and the text entry AircraftType MCDU must be set if using the MCDU software e No MCDU ERROR messages are appearing NETDIR ERROR in the scratch pad or a FAIL light The MCDU software effectively is the main Flight Management Computer in the Project Magenta Glass Cockpit System We do not for simulation purposes at this time employ a redundant system Within the extended First Officer Glass Cockpit license it is possible to run a Remote MCDU RMCDU The RMCDU provides the First Officer with an independent display and input device exactly like on the real a c It operates independently of the Main MCDU but as the Main MCDU still performs the actual FMC computations the Main MCDU program must be running for the RMCDU to function REQUIRED OPTIONAL CDU RCDU CAPTAIN S Co Pilot s CAPTAIN s INDEPENDENT Keyboard Check Co Pilot s amp Update INDEPENDENT 4 Keyboard FMC computation
22. by clicking on the various options Some will simply turn things on or off whilst other options will take you to another page To revert back to the software itself just press the ESC key again PROGRAM OPTIONS As an example switch off the demo mode function of the software Click OTHER SETTINGS with the mouse a a vias ujat on OTHER SETTINGS A cena TET EATS setae page wil Oe eras PUPS appear with a number of other software options NORTH 360 DEGREES Uncheck the DEMO FLIGHT MODE Now the software will mm rom never revert into Demo mode If you want demo mode back again simply reselect it When positioning instruments and 15 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 sizing them to fit your displays you may find that having the demo mode off will help you in that the software will no longer switch between display modes allowing you time to configure and set it up This is true both of the free demo software and also the actual full software because the full software will also switch into demo mode if not connected to MSFS or this option is not deselected The technique of software configuration applies to many different things that have varying degrees of importance Try selecting various options and see the results Positioning The software does not know what screen ratio screen size or resolution you have We do not limit to any one size Therefore to avoid us putting in limitations of thi
23. connection When you first try to connect wideclient to MSFS you may need to allow access for this program by any Firewalls you have enabled Otherwise they may block communication Will indicate Connected and the number of clients To check you have correctly set Widecleint to communicate with MSFS run MSFS on the Server and then start Wideclient on your client PC by clicking on wideclient exe In the menu bar at the top of the Wideclient program you should see the number of clients that are connected If it is indicating that nothing is connected then you need to refer to the network checklist to make sure you have set everything correctly Flight Simulator Files Properties HE General Sharing Customize Local sharing and security a To share this folder with other users of this computer gt only drag it to the Shared Documents folder To make this folder and its subfolders private so that only you have access select the following check box T Make this folder private Network sharing and To share this folder with both network users and other users of this computer select the first check box below 2 and type Share this folder on the network Sharename FSPLANS IV Allow network users to change my files Leam more about sharing and security i Windows Firewall is configured to allow this folder to be shared with other computers on the network View your Windows Firewall settings fa a
24. display has a variety of options which should be as intuitive as possible In the Menu Esc you have the option to hide the command bar when you are in pure map mode the command bar is fixed if you are using the instructor interface full screen Zoom You can zoom by clicking on the ZOOM icon by pressing or on the numeric keypad or by moving the mousewheel Position Reposition Latitude Longitude by default follows the position of the aircraft If you want to move away from it you can do this by using the cursor keys or by right clicking and dragging to a new position To return to the present position of the aircraft simply press the space key or double right click The position of the aircraft and its altitude can be set by right clicking twice and then selecting the respective option from the option list Find Location To find an airport or Navaid click on FIND in the command bar or press Ctrl F AIRCR Sets the map orientation to North or the current aircraft heading FONT Allows you to set the font size in the MAP display NAVID NAMES FREQS Sets the navaid information ID Name Frequency AIRP RWY VOR NDB FIX ILS Toggles the display of the current navaids MAP Toggles the world map display ROSE Toggles the display of the compass rose PLAN Toggles the display of the flight plan FMC or last saved FS flightplan INFO Toggles the display of the info bar which shows the aircraft s current
25. distance from the last navaid you clicked on aves Frens F E m fwo wane riv vor Fix us FIN t 1 Harn PosrTzoN ENVIRONMENT LOAD FUEL SYSTEMS FATL ATTITUDE VPATH MENU CONTROL APPROACH LOGGER INSTRUMENTS FLT Freeze sen EXIT 98 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 General Aviation Glass Cockpit Please send an e mail Support projectmagenta com with your unanswered questions or any hints you think may be useful to others Thank you Note A very good manual for the G1000 Glass Cockpit can be found on Garmin s website Introduction This is not a gauge based FS panel to be used within Microsoft Flight simulator it connects to MSFS The panel has been designed with a basic set of instruments which should be sufficient for most IFR procedures It does not attempt nor will it attempt to cover the vast number of different types of GA instruments Actual aircraft instruments may differ slightly due to the various manufacturers The quality and resolution of the instruments is such that pilots should be able to fly accurate approaches radials and all the necessary instrument procedures with a high degree of accuracy required for this type of training OpenGL First of all some words about OpenGL We have chosen the OpenGL API Graphics Programming Interface over DirectX because we see it as the way to go with precise high quality graphics SGI s Silicon Graphics OpenGL has been the standard f
26. file called NetDir machinename NetDir If the entry looks something like this NetDir c cdu NetDir Then this is incorrect and the folder is not being shared across the network Optimization Here is a list of tips to make sure your network runs as fast as possible this mostly applies to XP systems avoid any Auto settings in the network LAN Settings for the Link Speed Duplex e g use 100 Full Duplex rather than Auto Set the receive Buffer of your network card as high as possible Disable the Allow Indexing Service to index this disk in your Local Disk Properties as it really slows down network file transfer Limit your FS frame rate avoid unlimited 30 FPS should be enough for most use 50 fps if you must and your hardware can handle it High or Unlimited settings will leave WideServer very little time to process network traffic and will result in pauses in the connected programs turn off automatic updates assign an IP address for every machine do not use automatic settings for that disable network authentication IEEE 802 if you have control turn off system restore disable automatic synchronise internet time 10 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 A possible side effect of using TCP IP is stutters pauses across the network If this is observed on your system you will have to assign a static IP address rather than just simply using a computer name in the wideclient ini file
27. followed by a fourth one on the next line Editing the controls txt file from within the program is disabled by default If you want to enable the option thus getting an EDIT FILE prompt you have to edit the pmInst INI file and change AllowEdit from Off to On The SYSTEMS FAIL screen operates in a very similar fashion the most important difference is that in the CONTROLS screen the activation of the particular command takes place immediately a failure is controlled by a condition such as a time delay or others 94 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 ENG ENG4 FAIL FAIL PITOT GEAR SPLRS FAIL INHIB INHIB AP FAIL eo PREV PAGE CLEAR FAILURES INITIATE FAILURES NOW NEXT PAGE EDIT FILE POSITION ENVIRONMENT LOAD FUEL ATTITUDE VIEW VPATH MENU APPROACH LOGGER INSTRUMENTS MAP FLT FREEZE sen jen In this example you can click on PITOT fail and make it depend on an altitude or speed or a given delay in seconds CLEAR FAILURES INITIATE FAILURES NOW The failure then becomes active and changes its colour in the screen To clear a failure or several failures at the same time you can click on CLEAR FAILURES You have the option to force the system to only initiate a failure when all conditions are met i e the aircraft is above a given altitude and faster than a certain speed The file for these commands is also in the Configs folder called fail txt 95 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revisio
28. functions you need to be in development mode Flight Illusion Enables direct communication and set up of Flight Illusion overhead panel gauges The Menu functions of the panel will be updated these are the basic functions More functions may be added For example when connecting specific I O card hardware you might find options under the Hardware menu and further sub options to select and assign specific hardware Start Dark Cold Forces pmsystems to set everything to a cold dark systems cockpit state If hardware is connected pmsystem depending on which type of hardware will attempt to poll the switch states The Start Cold Dark option should not be used if you are using hardware as input devices Pm systems General To exit the Menu either press ESC again or select the EXIT txt with the mouse To exit the program press the Q key 51 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 pmSystems Navigating around the panel You can zoom into areas of the panel by pressing the keys on the numeric keypad You can scroll across it by either using your RIGHT CLICK amp hold your mouse or by the arrow keys PMsystems is designed to be used both as a software point and click interface and also to be connected to custom overhead simulator hardware It performs both types of operation For now we are treating pmSystems as a pure software interface with MSFS to get us started If you did have dedicated hardware conn
29. may also be rounded up or down depending on the constraints and you might also see additional cloud or wind layers that you didn t enter This may also be influenced by your FSUIPC weather settings such as Extend Top Wind Layer Upwards check FSUIPC documentation for more details Traffic density and setting can be changed here as well as the time setting The season and GMT time is only being reported rag Q Data Reports Terrain Info html PMFileCheck exe a pminst bni pminst exe pmlogo jpg E pminst Set The quick set minima can be edited and expanded by the user These settings can be found in the weather txt file it is located in the Configs submenu of the main pmInst folder 88 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 buttons CAVOK VD60 VT15000 CATI RVR600M 200FT DH VD 5 VT1500 CATII RVR350M 100FT DH VD 3 VT1500 CATII RVR200M 50FT DH VD 1 VT1500 CATIIIA RVR200M 100FT DH VD 1 VT1500 CATIIIA RVR100 NO DH VD 1 VT1500 CATIIIB RVR150 25FT DH VD 1 VT1500 The entries are to be understood as follows for the CATII entry above CATII RVR350M 100FT DH text of the button VD 3 visibility distance approximated to 3 of a mile VT1500 visibility top This file structure will also be used in future versions to add preset weather features The conventions and extensions such as CTXXX WDXXX cloud top wind direction etc will be documented accordingly Cu
30. must select which cycle you want to use It is important that the cycle also matches the cycle that you have downloaded and installed in the GC It may be required that you are connected to MSFS for the update to take place properly Please note that if you update navdata then you will also need to update your respective paper charts They also need to match or at least to be checked against your new navdata 124 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Flight Models This is a supplementary article The reason for which is to stress the importance of correct loading and balance of your flight models For successful and controlled flight using Project Magenta software it is important that you have a good flight model To some degree the software will try to learn the characteristics of your particular chosen flight model but this can only go so far Flight models that are made and have internal characteristics that are outside the realistic flight envelopes may present problems These range from difficult to follow FD s because perhaps the aircraft is out of balance to unstable approaches with the AP engaged and inaccurate altitude captures The problems stemming from very inaccurate flight models can have a detrimental effect on what is perceived to the pilot Project Magenta does not provide flight models and it is good practice to find good models for use with MSFS and spend considerable time researching and testing i
31. of climb and top of descent as well as the vertical path of the VNAV mode this solution is more rudimentary but gets you up and running The Glass Cockpit software loads a file in the local directory with the name PFD SBP and displays it on the ND This file can change at any time and can be reloaded by changing the ND mode or the range with the CDU it is fully automatic The current versions of the Glass Cockpit will automatically read any FS Flight Plan once it has been saved The last saved flight plan will then be displayed in the ND For this you have to share your FS Flight Plan folder normally under My Computer XXX s Documents Flight Simulator for read write access as FSPLANS and it will be automatically recognized 28 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Boeing Type CDU amp RCDU The CDU software s user interface settings are found in the CDU program itself through navigating through the menu and LSK keys For effective operation of the CDU software you must perform the actions required in the Network and Boeing Glass Cockpit Section first The following only describes specific program options available to you with regard to the CDU selectable User Interface It is not a guide to the operation of the CDU in its role as a Flight Management Computer The Project Magenta CDU operates like its counter part in the real aircraft There are a number of user configurable options to make it simulate your particula
32. performance data 68 7 C 5 A320 200 1 MODEL SELECT Es z CFMS6 5B4 ACTIVE DATA BASE SECOND DATA BASE z lt MODEL SELECT q lt Ae ema cl c E fis Bicioje H J Hli M oO M N R D Ris w Y wix A F K P u z MY fcir por This in itself will set the specific performance data in the type txt reference file that is located in the MCDU Types folder of the Main MCDU folder 45 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Step 3 Airbus MCDU IRS Position The MCDU needs to know where it is in the world just like the MCDU on the actual aircraft If you do not set the MCDU position then parts of the Glass Cockpit Displays will be blanked out from view with Amber warning flags ATT and MAP To set the MCDU position press the LSK key that is next to the INDEX option bottom right Then select the LSK opposite the POS option Now the position page will appear ACTIVE DATA BASE SECOND DATA BASE MODEL SELECT PERF FACTOR CO 5 ooann 4 SS IA oe ae Gare Gar EM res rr mr Jom aS Press the LSK next to the ALIGN IRS and this will set the IRS position and the ABGC displays will display normally Step 4 Airbus Additional Settings The MCDU has additional settings that can be selected from the settings page The following are required to be set for your own preference This only needs to be done once unless you decide to change these opt
33. position irinse oernaem FRONT LEFT RIGHT BACK vies VPATH HENU FLT FREEZE SLEW Instructor Approach in the View Screen The View Screen can display general airport layout as well as terrain files these can be found on our website in the Documentation section It is intended for approach and landing not as an enroute display as this point posrtton ENVIRONMENT LOAD FUEL svystens FaIL B vien conTROL APPROACH LOGGER INSTRUMENTS HAP FLT FREEZE FREEZE Instructor Aircraft Attitude 91 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 NAV1 109 90 NAV2 109 90 EHS FATI TUDE VIEW MENU FLT FREEZE Instructor Instrument Screen 92 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Instructor CONTROLS and SYSTEMS FAIL Screen The CONTROLS screen much like the SYSTEMS FAIL screen allows for several changes by the user depending on the needs First the basic options on the main page pminctructor Project Magenta Ele KAKE TOLD EXT SIM ENGI ENG2 EN63 ENG4 DARK PWR RATE STOP STOP STOP STOP NORMAL SPEED FLAPS GEAR SPLRS ELE ACCELERATE X2 PITOT INHIB INHIB INHIB OFF ACCFI FRATE X A FAIL ACCELERATE X 8 PREV PAGE NEXT PAGE EDIT FILE POSITION ENVIRONMENT LOAD FUEL SYSTEMS FAIL ATTITUDE VIEH y MEW CONTRO APPROACH LOGGER INSTRUMENTS MAP FLT FREEZE SHUTDOWN Opens the EXIT page allowing you to shutdown the simulator and connected programs for t
34. program will automatically search for the BNI file and create a new main program ini file using the back up information in the BNI file The reason why the BNI file is a useful tool is that it will help to avoid an interruption of your software usage if the ini file is for some reason lost You need to remember to perform the above process regularly especially if you are making changes to the ini files on a regular basis and making program updates 123 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Navdata Updates Navdata is available for update from the website usually on monthly cycles Please see the website for specific details of how to update and how to obtain new data http www projectmagenta com downloads navdata html The navdata latest updates are not free of charge you will be directed to the company providing the source and you need to follow their instructions to download them Generally once you have downloaded the new data you have to unzip install the file contents of that data into the main program folders of either the CDU or GC Once that is done start the respective programs and the program itself will sort the new navdata and put the files in the correct folders Note that when the CDU MCDU starts you need to navigate to the IDENT page and select the new nav data using the LSK keys You will see the current cycle indicated and either the new one or previous cycle available in the IDENT page You
35. provided via WideFS FSUIPC a free license is included as part of the package The Project Magenta instructor station is compatible to FS2004 some features may not work with previous versions of flight simulator We do rely on feedback from our customers regarding this and other products please do not hesitate to contact us with your questions or requirements support projectmagenta com There are two core modes of operation full screen with a map menu or in map mode with the instructor interface as an inset To allow the map to be discernable the interface is made transparent LAT 432055N LON 0122814E IAS 344 AGL 5558 MSL 7461 ALT 7461 HDG 079 9 SLEW AIRCRAFT BOEING 737 400 PAINTI FLIGHT CONTROLS GEAR UP FLAPS UP MAP SCREEN MODE BLACK DISPLAY POSITION ENVIRONMENT LOAD FUEL een ATTITUDE VIEW veram C CONTROL APPROACH LOGGER INSTRUMENTS MAP FLT FREEZE SLEW Instructor Station Full Screen Mode Map Screen Mode is accessed via the command on the Main Instructor Menu page The operation of the Instructor Interface is identical in both modes although some options might not be available in one or the other mode 81 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 ANC18 ES A me 2 4 J 15 Pa N f GATE 64 NTB SLEW AIRCRAFT BC o FARY NC A ANC10 TOR AIRHORK 10000 FT 15M 40 Nt am Ruay A Ta E e pe x an C SYSTeNseaTL arrtmune view eatw enema arranot toteer esters ori
36. then you will have to re define those entries which might lead to simulator FTD downtime Because of the way Windows works it is possible for some files to be held in the disk cache and if a system failure happens or a shutdown of a computer whilst a program is still not fully closed then it is also possible even though very unlikely for windows to drop a file from your system This can cause particular problems if it happens especially in relation to the main program ini files which hold not only user entered information but also specific information about your install For this reason we advise two key things that should help to prevent problems e You can disable the disk cache in the device manager HD properties policies tab this will help prevent files being lost in the cache e On regular intervals copy the contents of your for example mcp ini file into the special BNI file which resides in your main program folder o Todo this open your for example mcp ini file with the windows notepad editor Copy the contents of the file o Open the mcp bni file again with the windows notepad editor you may have to select it as the program of choice to edit open this file o Past in the information that you copied from the original mcp ini file o Close and save the mcp bni file O e Now the information is saved as a back up in the BNI file If for whatever reason your system should drop or delete the main program ini file then the MCP
37. to INIT REF MESSAGES to read them With this option enabled when the EXEC light is on then the keyboard CAPS LOCK light comes on if the MSG light is on then SCROLL LOCK comes on Defines the layout of the CDU keys where NR is NAV RAD N1 is N1 LIMIT DI is DIR INT these options can be set in the MENU DISPLAY menu as well Defines the colour of the CDU case it can be brown or gray 36 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Keyboard Commands CDU This is the set of keyboard commands for the CDU Alt W Alt Q A Z 1 0 F1 F6 F7 F1i2 Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 Ctrl F10 Ctrl Fi1 Ctrl F12 PgUp PgDn Delete Backspace Enter CR CtrI R Ctri L Ctrl A Toggles Title Bar Exits Program Corresponds to A Z on the CDU keyboard Corresponds to the same keys on the CDU keyboard LSK line selection key 1L to LSK 6L LSK line selection key 1R to LSK 6R INIT REF key 1st key top row RTE key 2nd key top row CLB key depending on key configuration this can also be DEP ARR CRZ key ALTN 777 or ATC 747 DES key VNAV 777 and 747 MENU key ist key second row also FIX 777 747 LEGS key DEP ARR key HOLD 777 747 HOLD key FMC COMM 777 747 PROG key NiLIMIT NAV RAD or MENU 777 747 key FIX key NAV RAD 777 747 PREV key NEXT key DEL key CLR key EXEC key Resize CDU to default Toggles LNAV On Off only available when the M
38. ur rrr f a ae DNs HAS I D BOL Instructor Station Map Screen Mode Instructor Station Connectivity The instructor station talks to the flight simulator via WideFS FSUIPC Once the connection is made it can be verified with the pmFileCheck Program in the root folder of the Instructor Station pmInst Some conventions which are also applicable to our other software are shared folders which allow the communication to the other software NetDir Communication with the Project Magenta FMC FSPLANS Main FS Flight Plan Folder if no FMC is used Please use pmFileCheck to verify the connection is as expected make sure FS as well as any other programs FMC Autopilot are running when you make this test The program will report and suggest changes if necessary Instructor Station Conventions Both the Options Menu screen Esc key and the INI file pmiInst ini are subject to change and will most probably be expanded The INI File is self documenting thus you should find a description of each setting next to the particular entry If something is unclear please let us know and it will be changed accordingly The Options menu is accessible at all times it allows you to control both map and instructor station options as well as the appearance of the software 82 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 PROGRAM OPTIONS QISHOW COMMAND BAR OGREEN BACKGROUND QAUTOHIDE COMMAND BAR WHITE BACKGROUND OODISA
39. you select in the CDU types IDENT page see CDU section NCP Unhanced Autopdet by Enrico Schiratti Daki I S er o oea i CDU The CDU main user interface is entered by pressing the MENU key twice on the CDU software graphic or your CDU hardware For the display setting these can be entered here or by editing the ini file 17 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 oF 9800000 ce Press the MENU key twice now various options are available If for example you want the display settings select the LSK Line Select Key by that option Now a new screen will present the various display modes By selecting full screen mode the CDU bitmap will disappear and just the CDU display will be shown This is usually the option when using hardware The display can then be resized via your hardware LSK keys as shown or via your keyboard using the sizing positioning keys 18 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 About INI Files Each Project Magenta program has an ini file This file resides in the main program directory for example mcp ini or GAIFR ini The ini file has many of the same options that the ESC menu function offers but it also has additional ones that are being updated on a more regular basis for different customer requirements The ini files can be edited via the normal windows Notepad text editor The files are self documenting The function is listed on the left and a
40. 1 78 0 79 0 79 8 80 7 81 1 81 5 82 1 82 5 82 8 end N1 Climb Table Similarly a table for N1 Climb values again it has to be from the highest to the lowest temperature nlclbtable C 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 37000 41000 60 83 7 83 8 83 7 83 7 86 9 91 3 92 9 94 3 94 4 92 7 55 84 7 84 6 84 6 87 3 90 6 92 3 93 6 93 7 92 0 84 50 85 2 85 5 85 5 85 5 88 2 90 7 91 6 92 9 93 0 91 45 86 0 86 3 86 3 86 3 89 1 91 6 91 6 92 2 92 3 90 OW Ul 114 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 40 86 9 87 0 87 1 87 1 89 9 92 4 92 4 91 5 91 6 89 9 35 87 8 87 9 87 9 90 7 93 2 93 2 92 3 91 6 90 0 87 5 30 86 8 88 5 88 6 88 7 91 5 94 0 93 9 93 1 92 5 91 0 25 86 1 88 6 89 4 89 4 92 3 94 8 94 6 93 9 93 3 92 0 20 85 4 87 9 90 2 90 1 93 0 95 5 95 3 94 6 94 1 92 9 15 84 7 87 1 89 6 90 9 93 8 96 2 96 0 95 4 94 9 93 9 10 84 0 86 4 88 8 91 1 94 6 96 9 96 6 96 1 95 7 94 8 5 83 2 85 7 88 1 90 3 95 5 97 8 97 3 96 9 96 5 95 7 0 82 5 84 9 87 3 89 5 94 8 98 9 98 3 97 8 97 4 96 6 5 81 8 84 1 86 5 88 7 94 0 98 8 99 3 98 5 98 2 97 7 10 81 0 83 4 85 7 87 9 93 2 98 0 99 6 99 4 99 1 98 6 15 80 3 82 6 85 0 87 1 92 4 97 3 98 8 100 4 100 1 99 6 20 79 5 81 8 84 2 86 3 91 5 96 5 98 0 100 1 100 6 100 2 25 78 7 81 0 83 3 85 5 90 7 95 7 97 2 99 2 99 8 99 4 30 78 0 80 2 82 5 84 7 89 9 94 9 96 4 98 4 98 9 98 6 35 77 2 79 4 81 7 83 8 89 0 94 0 95 5 97 6 98 1 97 7 40 76 4 78 6 80 9 83 0 88 2 93 2 94 7 96 7 97 2 96 9 end Climb 1 and 2 thrus
41. 344 GATE 64 AGL 5558 MSL 7461 ALT 7461 HDG 079 9 SLEW AIRCRAFT BOEING 737 400 PAINT1 FLIGHT CONTROLS GEAR UP FLAPS UP MAP SCREEN MODE BLACK DISPLAY POSITION ENVIRONMENT LOAD FUEL ae ATTITUDE MENU CONTROL APPROACH LOGGER INSTRUMENTS MAP rT FREEZE _ SLEW EXIT Instructor Main Menu Clicking on items such as the latitude longitude altitude etc will take you from this to the POSITION page SLEW and FLIGHT CONTROLS will take you to the respective pages MAP SCREEN MODE will switch to that setting BLACK display will allow you to change the background appearance of the full screen mode KJFK CO ROUTE N A RWY O4R F PLAN KJFK KMIA GATE 64 CRZ 24000 CDU NETDIR ALT 8000 HDG 80 SPD 130 pminst will also list the programs it detects in the network together with some basic information as well as the reference airport This airport can be set in the POSITION menu and will automatically be the nearest airport once the program starts up In the bottom row of the instructor screen you will find a list of the main screens that can be accessed in this program as well as some options for pausing or positioning the screen The currently selected page is 84 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 highlighted in green the current pause mode is highlighted in red The three pause modes that can be selected are SLEW Flight Simulator Re Positioning mode FREEZE Flight Simulator Pause Mode
42. 4 most common if a little fiddly is with the mouse positioning it over the actual numbers themselves The second and what we would recommend for those without hardware is to use one of the predefined keyboard hot keys FREQU SELECT SWITCH 1 Comms 2 Navs 3 ADF In this fashion a menu pops up indicating the current navaids or com stations in your immediate locality These can be selected by pressing the corresponding key next to the station The frequency in the standby box will be updated ready for use All of the avionics have separate on off switches There is no Master Avionics switch in the PA28 thus each radio must be switched on according to the checklists All radios have an IDENT button on the radio itself and there is no separate audio panel on this version of the GAIFR 72 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 73 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Regional Jet Glass Cockpit The Glass Cockpit set up with regard to positioning and sizing has already been discussed in the GENERAL section of this document Here we will discuss a little bit about how the Glass Cockpit functions and what further options are selectable by you and what you must set in order for the Glass Cockpit to function properly RJ Step 1 Aircraft Type The Glass Cockpit will detect from MSFS the number of engines your specific flight Model has This will automatically change the engine display on
43. BLE MAP OSHOW ALT CAPTURE POINT QIDISABLE TCAS SMOOTH LAT LON QDISABLE TCAS CALLSIGNS OODISABLE TITLEBAR POLYGON SMOOTHING oQSET FS FREQ CLICK REPOSITION SETS FLIGHT FREEZE COOCHECK FS FLIGHTPLANS gt NAVAID RANGE gt ATC AIRPORT LIMC OOSHOW AIRCRAFT AS TARGET OPTIONS QISHOW AIRCRAFT SYMBOL ROTATE OFF OSHOW AIRPORT CIRCLE ROTATE LEFT ROTATE RIGHT When you see the startup Project Magenta logo and the Instructor Station text you can click with the mouse to make it go away faster Instructor Station Keyboard Commands Q Quit Program Esc Menu Ctrl W Full Screen Mode Instructor Station Instructor Mode Cursor Keys Screen Position Numeric Screen Size Instructor Station Map Mode Cursor Keys Lat Lon Position Numeric Zoom Level Shift Cursor Keys Command Bar Position Ctrl F Find Navaid Airport V VOR Toggle N NDB Toggle I ILS Toggle W Fix Waypoints Toggle A Airport Toggle F Frequency Toggle 83 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Instructor Main Screen This page gives you an overview of the connections pmInst can make to the simulator and other software As a general rule white text items can be clicked on blue or magenta text is for information only The following screenshots are made in full screen instructor mode to set the program in a Windows full screen mode press W LAT 432055N LIRZ LON 0122814E RWY 19 IAS
44. CP isn t running Toggles FS A P only available when the MCP isn t running 37 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Ctrl Shift L Discreet LNAV switch Ctrl Shift L LNAV On Alt L LNAV Off only available when the Alt L MOP isn t running Ctrl X Ctrl Z Brightness Increase Decrease Flight Plan Display CDU When you are not using the CDU FMS you can use SBP files based on the Joe Jureckas SquawkBox Flight Plan Format to display your active route in the Navigation Display s MAP MAP CTR and PLAN modes It can also automatically read any FS Flight Plan once it has been saved The last saved flight plan will then be displayed in the ND For this you have to share your FS Flight Plan folder normally under My Computer XXX s Documents Flight Simulator for read write access as FSPLANS and it will be recognized To load them into the CDU press the RTE key twice and select FS Flight Plan Navaid Database CDU The CDU included a world wide database of navaids fixes airports departures and arrivals This database has not been extracted from the Flight Simulator database Some discrepancies are possible If you want to add your own data to the database please edit USERDATA TXT which you will find in your CDU folder You can also find the latest navdata updates on www projectmagenta com navdata html 38 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Boeing Type MCP The Boeing MCP can be run on you
45. EM The pitot supplies dynamic pressure to the ASI The VSI and ALT measure changes in static pressure STATIC FAIL STATIC VENT 0000fF ALTERNATE 7 ALTERNATE STATIC SOURCE STATIC SOURCE OPEN not simulated On this a c there is no warning indication that supplies information directly to the pilot on the integrity of the Pitot or static system In normal operations the Pitot tube and static vents should be checked prior to flight that they are clear of ice and debris If possible icing conditions are encountered note that the PA28 is not licensed to fly in known icing conditions the Pitot Head is fitted with a heating element which can be activated by the pilot via the Pitot Heat switch Note when operating it that on the Amps meter at the bottom of the panel you should see a gain in the amps being drain this is a good pre flight check perhaps prior to take off to ensure that both the Pitot heater is in working order and that indeed the ammeter is charging and operating PITOT FAIL STATIC VENT On the simulator by pressing the Pitot fail button the pitot static system will fail and the ASI will read zero However if icing is encountered during flight regardless of whether the failure mode is active or not then the pitot might become blocked with ice if the Pitot heat is not used In which case the ASI will remain static and not move until the ice has been aN cleared relieving the system of the blocked pressure E m
46. FIS On Will switch to EFIS mode if a 737 757 or 767 is in the AircraftType entry but not for the 767 400 as it has a PFD ND layout EADI On With the 75 767 it will switch to the more modern horizon with the speed tape instead of the fast slow indication RAGauge On With the 75 767 it will display the radio altimeter gauge to the right of the horizon and move the altimeter further to the right if EFIS On HideN2 On With the 747 400 inhibits the display of N2 on the upper EICAS RunwayLength 6000 Will force the Glass Cockpit ND and FMC Alternates to load only airports with runways longer than that value EGT On Indicates whether you want EGT to be displayed in the Eingine page of this aircraft vertical instruments only 109 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 NetWeight 88000 Payload 20000 Fuelmax 40000 These weights are in pounds where the payload is a fixed value which should be taken into account within the AIR file of the type flown please check the flight model s documentation as well as the weight The setting Fuelmax is only used when FS is not connected Engines CFM56 7B20 The name of the engine type used this is for display in the IDENT page EnginesRate 20K The rating of the engines which is used on some pages of the CDU FFFactor 1 1 You can change the actual fuel flow display by entering a factor for each type of aircraft The fuel flow displayed in this case w
47. PENGL sanoaren enon an ainai 13 ODUTNZAU ON Ea iai E RE ARR RARO ERREEN 10 Other Required Shares cccccssssssssseeeeeeeeaeenees 11 Other Settings Restrictions sss 102 PITOT and STATIC PRESSURE SYSTEM 70 PITOT FAIL oi sc roisisccct acs datteasieeitiheniss ieee 70 Pm systems GEN ral tees 51 PMFIECHECK oiiire inoaii 12 pmGetweather s ssssssesrssrrsesssernnrrnsessnerrnne 118 PINSYSLEMS aadi er aiia e EAAS ETEA 49 pmSystems Check Connections 50 pmsystems Finding Variable NaineS ciiscccees 52 pmSystems INSTALL 50 PmSystems Introduction 49 pmSystems Navigating around the panel 52 pmSystems Program Options 50 pmSystems Runtime amp Development Mode E A L A TTE 52 POSIUOINAG a nE EN EE E decals adetats 16 Positioning Black Panel GAIFR ccccc0 67 PRIMER 8 ataei laine a ieaiao 71 REQUIREMENTS cccecsecssssseeeeeeeeeeeeaeaaeaeeeeeeeeees 5 132 Revision 16 November 2011 RJ Selecting displays 76 RJ Step 1 Aircraft Type 74 RJ Step 2 Type Selection c000ccccccceees 75 Selecting displays 23 Setting Server Name or Static IP as 8 Settings RIINI 79 Sharing In General sssrin 10 Sid Star Structure 100 SID STAR APPROACH DAT A ceecee 100 STATIC FAIL iaiia aeai 70 Step 1 CDU connected 30 Step 2 Setting Aircraft Type essees 30 Terrain Data Files ccececssseeeeeeeeeeeeasaeeeeeees 116 Type Selection 22 V Sp gdS hariei atine nadia 109 Wayp inl
48. Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 project USER MANUAL Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 CONTENTS Section Page TPTFOGUCTION iiaia aa a aaaea AE ces gate AE EE AEA EA AE AA A teins sustilens dual nendetitenldvecuhl N a aa 4 REQUIREMENTS i aeaoe aa e ade e a e aa scan a a ada aa tie dete a a aa aaa a daaa Aa a dE 5 Install Se Set Upea inai aeia ara aa a eaa iaa 5 Network Setup 7 OPtimiZatiOn sieri aaa annaa e ae be eaddanchtesaviadsusdandecssecilesedeandesesadibesescandeeredsitesed 6 PMFIECHECK TOON ss reii ni etaee ee aa aA edue Sug a Aaaa uusmedeuded vans aa aa a a a Ta Eaa 12 8 a S AE A E AN A E E TAE E E ei Bee Sele eh A E ET 13 Gen ral Common to all SoftWare sssrinin iensen aiaa aena aa aai aaia aia aaa 15 About INI Files isisisi aaa aa anaa aa aa aaaeaii aa anaa Aaaa 19 Checklist isigi a aa aaa A a a a a a a a a a a a a a aaia 20 Boeing Type Glass COCKD ity suis ic iarsi tionnant cas cadecuadaswes caveat ccbissuavdeaeees ccudeveesde uctscctiesseededieatecnadsastecvaneste 21 Boeing Type CDU 8 REDU reran poss Ran EEE EEEE ARETOA REE ATAA EAEEREN ARES EEA 29 Boeing Type MCPinnerisnientaenii ena e a a ER E E EENAA ETES icine EEN AENEAS 39 Airbus Type Glass Cock pit sismi tunane e eE a a EE A RT 40 Airbus Type MCD srren a a e aa a aaa ag aaar eae 44 Ea o FCQUs A E E T E 48 PIMSYSLOMS cerite E E a E T A A E A R at EA AA 49 General Aviation IFR Panels ira a a a a aaa a a aa aa
49. R panel to operate and communicate with MSFS a fully registered version of this software must be installed 64 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 a Download and unzip FSUIPC from the Project Magenta website b Copy the FSUIPC dlIl file into MSFS Modules folder That is all that needs to be done WIDEFS Like FSUIPC you also need to download and install a fully registered version of WideFS WideFS is a program that allows the GAIFR panel and MSFS to communicate over the network The program itself comes with further detailed documentation but for the most part installation should be very simple a Download and Unzip WideFS In your unzipped folder you will see a number of files b Copy the Wideserver dll amp Wideserver ini files into the MSFS Modules folder c Copy the WideClient exe and the WideClient ini files into your GAIFR panel directory A registered version of FSUIPC must be installed in your MSFS Modules folder A registered version of WideFS is also required for network communications and the installation is as follows WIDESERVER SERVER WIDEFS WIDECLIENT CLIENT WideFS is split into two main components as illustrated above The Wideserver component Wideserver dll and Wideserver ini are placed in your MSFS Modules folder That is all you need to do for the Sever component installation The Wideclient component Wideclient exe and Wideclient ini are placed on your client computer
50. Rs KEA and DDM Procedure TEST2 Runway 34 part 1 gt maintain present heading until 500 ft turn to intercept heading 090 fly to VOR MIL at 7000 ft then on to VORs KEA and DDM Procedure TEST3 All runways part 1 gt maintain present heading until 800 ft then direct KEA ICAO Code 4 letter ICAO code of the Airport procedure name Name of the procedure runway used Runway Number e g 33R 33L 33C ALL all runways or 33B for runways 33L and 33R part indication indicates what portion of the procedure is being described description of waypoints commands List of waypoints commands to be flown part indication 1 gt initial e g starting from runway 2 gt or 3 gt continuation of that procedure A gt approach I gt ILS approach N gt NDB approach V gt VOR approach Waypoints altitude indicates an altitude in feet or a flight level FL is required navaid indicates a navaid name is required course indicates a course is required always course TO the waypoint heading indicated an aircraft heading is required magnetic waypoint name e g VOG BAMBI etc waypoint radial distance e g VOG270 15 Defines a point on radial XXX YY NM from the waypoint will create the waypoint VOG1 etc waypoint radial waypoint radial e g VOG180 LIN280 Defines a point on the intersection of radial XXX from waypoint 1 with radial YYY from waypoint 2 latitude longitude e g N13E020 S1530W01545 etc ARC command
51. SDPanel can now be used both in the elements and the logics section e g elements if not HideSDPanel draw graphics here else do nothing endif The value of this variable is either 1 or 0 and is also reflected in the logics section This allows you to make changes to the display and operation of the panel for various aircraft sub types or whatever else you see necessary These useroption commands and values are stored in a pmsysXXXXx ini file for each selected pmsysXXXXxX txt file Section bitmaps pmSystems loads a file called pmsystems img into memory and extracts the bitmap graphics for single elements or units from it This part is not documented initially but examples can be found inside the configuration files themselves bitmap element name position x1 y1 x2 y2 offsetx offsety sizefactor The element name can be anything like Switch MySwitch SmallKnob Position defines the various positions the bitmaps reflect of one particular switch starting from 0 I e if you have a knob with three positions they have to be defined sequentially 0 1 2 The x1 y1 x2 y2 coordinates are used to extract the image from the bitmap file The offsetx offsety can be used to correct possible pixel imprecisions relative to the anchor point of the element sizefactor 1 0 for 1 1 size or 0 5 for half size Section variables or vars and sysvar txt pmSystems can read and write various types of FSUIPC variables
52. The ARC command defines an ARC over a series of radial distance waypoints based on a VOR beginning radial ending radial and distance e g ARCO90180 005ABC draws an arc from 090 degrees to 180 degrees distance 5 NM around the ABC VOR 105 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Subsequent operations are made on these waypoints I e to set a speed course to a waypoint it has to be defined first Conditional Waypoints altitude e g 1 gt 500 INTCO90 MIL 7000 KEA DDM This command sets a condition to step to the next waypoint only when the aircraft is above 500 ft in the example Normally used right after take off but it can be used enroute as well This waypoint would be displayed as 500 in the CDU INTC heading e g 1 gt 500 INTCO50 ABC This condition means that after passing 500 feet the aircraft should turn to the heading of 050 degrees Assuming you are on runway 36 taking off heading 360 the INTCO50 would force a right turn to waypoint ABC which would lie to the south of the runway The aircraft won t fly to ABC unless it reaches the heading of 50 degrees To force a left turn to ABC you would have to use INTC340 Other Settings Restrictions O the letter 0 not the digit 0 e g 1 gt 500 INTCO50 ABC DEF O GHI Sets cancels flyover waypoint By default all waypoints read from the SID STAR are flyover waypoints i e ABC would be flown over the turn to the next waypoin
53. V Tab Ctrl S Ctrl B Y U Ctrl E Move to previous next waypoint in PLAN Mode Toggle TRU MAG display in ND Switches TCAS Mode Overview Page Weather Radar On Off Terrain Display On Off Terrain Mode Display Lines Grid Triangles Terrain Colour Display Altitude Green Delta Altitude Terrain Map Size Small Step2 Large Step2 Small Stepi Large Step2 Primary Flight Display Increase Decrease Decision Height DH Ctrl Shift V resets DH to default Switches display from hPa to Inches and back Sets QNH to STD 29 92 1013 Increases decreases QNH Flight Director Type Switch Crosshair Inverted V Flight Director On Off Metric display On Off Engine Page Toggles the display of the controls Extra Information Elevator Aileron position etc Toggles MCP value indication above EICAS display Switches from Vertical Gauges to Round Gauges and back Switches to the next Engine display page Toggles No Smoking indication Toggles Fasten Seatbelts indication To change distance between PFD and ND ND position Resets Messages 27 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Flight Plan Display When you are not using the CDU FMS you can use SBP files based on the Joe Jureckas SquawkBox Flight Plan Format to display your active route in the Navigation Display s MAP MAP CTR and PLAN modes While the route generated by the CDU FMS is much more detailed i e SID STAR curves etc and also displays the top
54. VIRONMENT Screen 88 Instructor LOAD FUEL SCr CD ssassn 90 Instructor Main MOU cc cccecccceeceueceeeseeeeeueeeeeenes 84 Instructor Main SCre e n 0 cccccccccccctsecceees 84 Instructor MAP MOC wicceccsscccuececuuvesuueesaueesnans 98 Instructor POSITION Screen sesen 86 Instructor Station Instructor Mode 83 Instructor Station Map Mode 83 Instructor Station Connectivity 82 Instructor Station Conventions 0 82 Instructor Station Full Screen Mode 81 INSTRUCTOR STATION INTRODUCTION 81 Instructor Station Keyboard Commands 83 IRS POSION sissiccsivsiiuciuis vauviade dus vaedavesndiaadeawdains 32 Keyboard Commands RJ 79 Keyboard Commands CDU vicccccccsccccessvceesessneees 37 Keyboard Commands GAIPR 0 0c00000 68 Keyboard IAVOUE ss 31 LOWER PANEL GAUGE INDICATORS PA28 E E EE OE E E N E E 71 MCDU connected eessseessieseeereneeernrenerr nnne 45 Method A NO CDU SOFTWARE 22 Method B WITH CDU SOFTWARE 008 22 M li MOntOr seias n aii a aaa ae ini 7 N1 Climb Table ccccsssssssssseeseeeesesseeeeesenaaees 110 Navaid Database CDU ccccccccccccsecceceseeeeeeesnaaees 38 NAVDATA UPDATEG 00ccccceesseeeseeseeeeeeaeees 120 Ne PPE ECE ROPER PEER ETTTE ERT EER TERETE iaid 9 Network Setup Optimization 6 NO MCDU SOFTWARE cccccccssseeeseeseeeeeeaeees 41 Project Magenta Manual V18 NOUAINS E A E E P coves Saccnciteedeetees 125 O
55. a a a aaa aa aaa a aaa a ia 62 Regional Jet Glass COCKDIE irinin a a a a a a a at aveet 74 Project Magenta Instructor Station isien a ene Oeae adaa teedeeccueceetencueceessdedeeresseedeeuseendereiaed 81 General Aviation Glass Cockpit miissen naa araale a a eiai iaaa naisi 99 to be added aie stvceteseve aeo aaa eaaa Eau aaaea ta aani aaa tote ative Error Bookmark not defined PIMSOUNAS aean a T a a a aa a a a aaa a leek a aa A A EA ENES 102 SID STAR APPR Data Srna a E a A aa 104 Aircraft Configuration Files iics sinuses anieri e ia ae aa a aa aiaa ea iaia aaa aai 108 Tettain Data FICS van sccsteadeacevanenerd aa ia aa aaa aa raa bdnwetedvanatenanenaeeratanenetsinue 120 Weather Radali ie nnee aa aa aa a a Taaa a a a aaa a a a aa aaa aa aa aAa a aaa 122 BaCk Wp EE TEE A A T E T 123 Navdata Updates ornen a aa aa a aA E A A A a a A EEEa 124 O A EE E E E A E GS A T 125 NOLAN e A E E E O ad chau T E T A E T E T E O EE E TE 129 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Project Magenta Internal and Interfacing Offsets 0 0 eee eee eee ene rene ee sena naan eeeeeeenaes 129 FSUIPC OfS tS toisia rere il Reet aa ioe Meee Pen eta ied etter ce 130 AlphabeticaliImd ens ces fo E TETT dance sede tua stance aueess E aeveussvaaseume caeves 131 Always check the NOTAMS pages for important up to date changes regarding software issues http www projectmagenta com notams html Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 Nove
56. ad more of these files from the Updates section of the PM website If you wanted to fly the 737700 in the above example you would enter the name of that txt file AircraftType B737700 txt The Glass Cockpit is now set to read the information in the aircraft specific text file Method B WITH CDU SOFTWARE If you have the CDU software as part of your Project Magenta system highly advisable then the above entry must be set as follows in the pfd ini file Type CDU AircraftType the entry above is intentionally left blank This forces the Glass Cockpit not to read aircraft txt files in its own local directory but from the CDU programs types subfolder This has one main advantage from the CDU program you can select your aircraft type automatically and very quickly without having to manually edit each Glass Cockpit ini file on your system jes b IDENT 00 g G If you are running the CDU software in combination with 5 E f the GC select the LSK next to the aircraft Type on the ate IDENT page usually the first page you see after the CDU SANS S Bp S starts and here after selecting this LSK further aircraft ikg types that are stored in your Types subdirectory in the oooo0 D Main CDU program folder are shown as selectable options es Once selected the new type will be shown on the Ident 0o00 agaaa ahs ooo og0ooo0o0o0 Note it is not a good idea to select a 747 400 type txt file
57. and Copilot display you should register it twice All modules of the Glass Cockpit can be used stand alone they don t have to run all at once on one computer I have really special needs can you help Yes certainly If you have a specific problem you would like to see solved you can count on our flexibility What can be done will be done as quickly as humanly possible Some custom development may be subject to additional cost it depends on the extent and the useability by others What will the Upgrade costs be The Glass Cockpit is in constant evolution so there are no Upgrades planned right now just free Updates Are the CDU MCDU FMS and the MCP FCU Enhanced Autopilot part of the Glass Cockpit Package No The Glass Cockpit is one thing the CDU and the MCP Autopilot are another With the exception of the Regional Jet Glass Cockpit we currently only sell packages which include all components for the flight management part This is then separated into the Captain Side and the First Officer Side components General Software Questions FS pauses when I set focus to one of the Project Magenta Programs why Go to the FS Menu Options Settings General and set Pause On Task Switch off and it will continue running What is a NetDir and why do I need it The NetDir is only required when you use our CDU MCDU software i e when you are using the Flight Management System It is needed to have a reference for the files created by the
58. and the RCDU can be run as standalone CDU software solutions or in conjunction with CDU hardware The only difference to the two types of operation is that with hardware you will need to run the CDU in full screen mode as you will no longer need to see the CDU Bitmap graphic You can do this in two ways one by editing the CDU ini file and also through the user menu by pressing the MENU key twice on the CDU graphic as outlined in the General software section You need to decide how you will use the CDU For this section we will assume a pure software usage when discussing the user options Step 1 CDU connected Make sure MSFS is running and the CDU is connected to it No FAIL or ERROR messages are appearing You have performed the actions in the NETWORK and GLASS COCKPIT sections of the manual Step 2 Setting Aircraft Type When the CDU starts you will be presented with an IDENT page This gives information about the current status We will assume that MSFS is running and the Glass Cockpit is also running e Set the aircraft type by pressing the LSK next to the type of aircraft listed top right of the CDU screen e From the list shown select the type of aircraft you will be using this should match the type you have already selected in MSFS e Once you have selected the aircraft type the you do not need to do this again unless you wish to fly a different type with different performance data
59. ard as well as the OpenGL acceleration status This can be e Emulated No OpenGL Acceleration e Partial MCD acceleration e Full ICD Acceleration 99 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 What you want it Full ICD Acceleration and here is how you can get it if the drivers allegedly support it and the PFD doesn t report it Some cards don t have enough memory and or won t accelerate certain modes e Reduce the color depth to 16 bit e Reduce the resolution to 800x600 If the driver has an ICD driver for OpenGL it should accelerate now The next step would be to increase the resolution Please check the PFD INI entry Quality for ways of changing your display quality with OpenGL Settings GAGC INI There are various items you can customize both within the program and in the program s INItialization file gagc INI The GAGC INI file is self documenting please check it for comments of all settings Keyboard Commands This is the set of keyboard commands for the various panels Please Note Some commands will not work with some panels especially the Black panel General Exits Program Alt Q shuts down the PC without a prompt watch out F displays hides frame rate and OpenGL acceleration type W Toggles Title Bar display Full Screen Instruments Pages Cursor Keys Move displayed Instruments Left Right Up Down Ctrl Cursor Keys Move displayed Instruments Left Right Up Down NumPad Plus Zo
60. ator Running Testing Framerate Avg Min Max 29 6 24 5 30 7 OK GC Detected GC Build 84 OK FMC Detected CDU or MCDU FMC Build 77 OK A P Detected MCP or FCU A P Build 77 Local DLL Files Found pm dll dated 1 17 2006 9 22 27 AM Checking FS Path OK Reported FS Path FS2004 Flight Simulator 9 Trying to access FS Path OK Read access to FS Path OK Read Write access to FS Path OK Read Write access to FS Path Wide Server reports 788687 Connected to computer COPILOT running WideClient version 6 510 skt 1192 788812 Connected to computer CAPTAIN running WideClient version 6 510 skt 1204 Looking for NETDIR from CDU Reported NetDir is fmc netdir Checking PMNETDIR Path FMC Generated Path 9 File s found in NetDir last date is 3 2 2006 6 52 02 PM Checking FSPLANS Path To Load Save FS Flightplans OK Read Write access to FSPLANS Shared Folder 29 File s found in FSPLANS last date is 3 2 2006 10 23 55 AM last flight plan file is IFR Denver Intl to Rapid City Regl PLN Closing Everything 12 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 OpenGL We have chosen the OpenGL API Graphics Programming Interface over DirectX because we see it as the way to go with precise high quality graphics SGI s Silicon Graphics OpenGL has been the standard for the high end applications for many years now and finally this cross platform standard has found its way onto
61. aw In both scenarios the pilot can practice the relevant STATIC SOURCE limited panel operations In such an instance in OREN straight and level flight perhaps in the cruise if the pitot becomes blocked the AIS indicator will give constant inaccurate information to the pilot The a c could in fact be going much faster than indicator or worse much slower Constant reference to the temperature gauge with a period airframe ice check are essential to ensure that pitot icing is avoided 70 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 LOWER PANEL GAUGE INDICATORS PA28 amp OIL TEMP AMPS 75 245F Normal Op Range MAX 245 RED LINE OIL PRESS OIL TEMP ALT AMPS n MM m mr Nee l 4 o sle 1al 75 180245 0 30 60 100psi MAX RED LINE CAUTION RANGE 60 90psi Normal Op Range The fuel tank you are using and the position of the throttle and mixture can be selected via the Sub Panel Although not type specific we have added an option for retractable Gear here as well but for obvious reasons this option should not be selected when operating fixed gear a c On the PA28 there are only two fuel tanks in each wing There is not cross feed or Both option However again in the Options menu we have added an additional switch position marked Both for people wishing to use the panel with different a c types FUEL PRESS PRIMER The PA28 is fitted with a fuel primer We have simulated
62. both normal ones used by FS special ones for pmSystems and any variables used by other programs To learn more about FSUIPC please go to www schiratti com dowson html and check the program itself as well as the FSUIPC SDK The variables section should be in the file before the variables are actually used in the logics or element section The variable names used within pmSystems can be sequences of alphanumeric characters in one word The variable offsets themselves are always understood as hex values i e 0x1234 57 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Various types of variables can be defined Single bytes word double words and bits Syntax offset length variable_name factor 3102 1 fsBattery the variable fsBattery is defined by offset 0x3102 and is one byte long the value can be 0 to 255 04F4 2 pm4F4 this would be an example for a WORD 2 bytes 0808 4 fsYawDamper this doe a DWORD 4 bytes 5600 0 APUMasterFault 0x5600 to Ox56FF are internally reserved for pmSystems variables in this case a bit 0 of 0x5600 bits would be defined 0 1 2 7 and would always be 8 maximum thus no bit 11 the values are of course 0 and 1 Section constants This section is used to define constants that can be used in the logics section The syntax is simply constant_name value E g constants APUEGTLimit 560 logics if APUEGT gt APUEGTLimit APUEGTLimitLight 1 e
63. ccess WhazzUp e it needs an internet connection to download the weather data e you can run it minimized if you feel it is taking performance away from your computer it is confirmed that the nVidia 40 XX beta drivers cause problems with OpenGL on the FS computer e you can add the line AskConnect On to the WhazzUp INI file then a message box will come up in WhazzUp asking you whether you want to connect and you say no then it will not connect to VATSIM or IVAO e it doesn t generate winds rain etc for that you still need specialized programs or the FS weather download option for the time being e the NetDir can be empty for the time being e if the WXR is enabled in the Glass Cockpit then WhazzUp should be downloading weather data every 10 minutes or every time the FS reports a position which is more than 500 NM away from the last download e WhazzUp needs to be connected to FS in order to inform the Glass Cockpit that it has downloaded data for that it has to be either on the FS computer or on a WideClient Computer and you should see a magenta symbol for the positons of FS in the world map pmGetweather e pmGetWeather replaces WhazzUp for the weather bitmap generation e it is easy to use you essentially run it on any computer in the network which has internet access Glass Cockpit weather e if there is no weather in the area you are in then nothing will be displayed in the ND e if the WXR text in the ND is barely readable
64. d Operating System can be tricky though If you are using WideFS please make sure you read WideFS TXT and apply all the necessary changes for XP and Windows 2000 For XP just pretend it is talking about that OS with every hint concerning W2000 Must I use a network No you don t have to For best performance and functionality the ancilliary software should be run on a networked system with the Glass Cockpit Full Screen the Flight Simulator with only the outside view and full frame rate some users run all of our software on one computer they are happy other people wouldn t be It is a matter of what you want to do and what you expect I am not building a cockpit is this software still interesting for me Yes it certainly is You know how small the instruments are in a normal Flight Simulator Panel Well we allow you to size the things as they are in a real cockpit so if you want to boost the realism of your flying experience this is the way to go Ever tried flying the correct pitch following a really good flight director a proper flap retraction schecule Can I run the Glass Cockpit on a second monitor Yes you can but it depends on the operating system and the hardware you are using please check your Operating System and Graphics Card manufacturer software for Multiple Monitor Setup with Accelerated Graphics Our Demos should also be able to tell you whether your hardware can handle it Why on earth are you doing this I hav
65. derstood as follows flppos flpset vmax 3 vret 0 vext 2 vmin 1 flppos flpset vmax vret vext vmin flppos flpset vmax vret vext vmin flppos flpset flppos FS flap setting scaled from 0 to 40 where 0 is flaps up 40 is full flaps Note in this example the real flap setting of 25 is equal to flppos 20 but only because it is defined that way in the aircraft cfg fiile flpset Real flap setting i e what the current flap setting s denomination is next to the flap lever in the cockpit vmax Maximum speed for the particular flap position in this case for flaps up 340 IAS This is where the upper part of the barber pole in the PFD speed tape will end It will be translated to mach at high altitudes you can also use values such as vref40 70 meaning the Vref for flaps 40 plus 70 knots vret Flap retraction speed for the flap bugs in the speed tape At this speed the flaps must be retracted to the next higher setting not possible when flaps are up thus 0 for flpset 0 but set to 190 IAS for flpset 1 i e flaps should be retracted when passing this bug vext Speed at which the flaps have to be set to the next lower setting For flpset 0 it is 210 IAS thus we have to extract flaps 1 when we are about to pass the bug vmin Minimum manoeuvering speed for the particular flap setting 0 0 40 10 90 5 1 230 190 vref40 60 170 10 3 227 180 180 165 15 5 vmax 225 111 Project Ma
66. description of the action on the right You only need to start editing ini files for specific types of application generally most options are available in the ESC menu A common example of ini file editing requirements is when connecting hardware via a serial interface In the ini file you will see an entry for that specific hardware if we have supported it and you may have to enter the specific comm Port number that your hardware is connected to In the example below MCP hardware is connected to the Comm port number one on the computer AMPU Lari Lie rruvyovy 1 ay vrmuiu be set to OFF for normal use currently it is just for testing purposes For CPFlight 737 mcP hardware www cpflig CPFlightComm 1 CPF lightro 0n Set CPFlightio off to disable digital and analog input output For FOS Gl rdware Communication FOS_G1_ m 0 For Daken I Hardware Dakensk IFS_Comme 0 ELAN MCP haware Elancomm 0 Elansau te Please leav elansaudrate empty unless you Wow what you are doing w mcp747 com FUNCTION DESCRIPTION x4F4 r OH CTR You can define the action offset Ox4F4 of each of the 10 FTCAS For further information on specific ini file settings please contact support projectmagenta com 19 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 CheckList FS Server Install update and register FSUIPC and WIDEFS wideserver Check IP settings file sharing services and if needed IPX protocol installation Cr
67. ding to the airport s pressure altitude OAT nltotable C 2000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 60 84 0 84 7 86 1 87 3 88 1 89 1 89 3 89 5 88 8 88 2 87 9 55 84 8 85 8 87 0 88 1 89 0 90 0 90 1 90 3 89 6 88 8 88 1 50 85 8 86 8 87 9 88 9 89 8 90 8 90 9 91 0 90 3 89 6 88 7 45 86 8 87 7 88 8 89 7 90 7 91 7 91 7 91 7 91 1 90 4 89 5 40 87 7 88 6 89 7 90 6 91 6 92 5 92 4 92 4 91 8 91 2 90 3 35 88 4 89 5 90 6 91 5 92 4 93 4 93 3 93 2 92 6 91 9 91 0 30 88 2 90 1 91 1 92 1 93 0 94 0 94 0 94 0 93 4 92 7 91 8 25 87 5 89 7 90 7 91 8 92 7 93 7 94 2 94 3 94 1 93 5 92 6 20 86 8 89 0 90 0 91 1 91 9 93 0 93 4 93 9 94 5 94 2 93 4 15 86 0 88 3 89 3 90 3 91 2 92 2 92 6 93 1 93 7 94 2 94 0 10 85 3 87 5 88 5 89 6 90 4 91 4 91 9 92 3 92 9 93 4 93 7 5 84 6 86 8 87 7 88 8 89 6 90 7 91 1 91 6 92 1 92 6 92 9 O 83 8 86 0 87 0 88 0 88 9 89 9 90 3 90 8 91 3 91 8 92 1 5 83 1 85 2 86 2 87 2 88 1 89 1 89 5 90 0 90 5 91 0 91 3 10 82 3 84 5 85 4 86 4 87 3 88 3 88 7 89 2 89 7 90 2 90 5 15 81 6 83 7 84 6 85 6 86 5 87 5 87 9 88 3 88 9 89 3 89 7 20 80 8 82 9 83 8 84 8 85 7 86 7 87 0 87 5 88 1 88 5 88 8 25 80 0 82 1 83 0 84 0 84 8 85 8 86 2 86 7 87 2 87 7 88 0 30 79 2 81 3 82 2 83 2 84 0 85 0 85 4 85 8 86 4 86 8 87 2 35 78 4 80 5 81 4 82 4 83 2 84 1 84 5 85 0 85 6 86 0 86 3 40 77 6 79 6 80 5 81 5 82 3 83 3 83 7 84 1 84 7 85 1 85 4 45 76 8 78 8 79 7 80 7 81 5 82 4 82 8 83 3 83 8 84 2 84 5 50 76 0 78 0 78 9 79 8 80 6 81 5 81 9 82 4 82 9 83 3 83 7 55 75 2 77
68. e adjusted via the on screen menu pressing ESC key once the software is up and running 13 Project Magenta Manual V18 FONT QUALITY HIG BEONT SMOOTHING FONT SMOOTHING VIA POLYGON OBITMAP FRAME IOLOWER ECAM ON F3 T BETMAP FRAME OBITHAP SMOOTHING HORIZON BROWN GHI SLUE STANDI QUNjEGRATED 14 Revision 16 November 2011 HIGH Res Bitmap Bitmap Smoothing ON Select Active Panel Reload Font Quality HIGH Font Smoothing ON Font Smoothing via Polygon Shadows ON Altimeter hPa Extra Options OFF Display Indicated Airspeed Use local NAV mati PR Panel makes NAY caics POS available Leave FS QNH unchanged Exit Program Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 General Common to all Software The following section is relevant for the following software Boeing Glass Cockpit Airbus Glass Cockpit RJ Glass Cockpit pmSystems Instructor Station GAIFR QuickMap The CDU MCDU and MCP type software are discussed at the end of this section By its nature the software is designed to be as versatile as possible We cater for many different types of application For this reason it is necessary to spend time familiarizing yourself with the basic concepts of configuration This section deals with the first level getting started From there on much of the customisazion techniques and options that are available to you will become self evident by experimentation To avoid confusion later it i
69. e become very heavily involved with a great project building a cockpit from scratch learning more each day and still not seeing limits of what can be done using PCs check out the Cockpit Page for more information We re in the same boat Buying our Software Do you have References Yes and good ones too We have found our customers to be very satisfied and cooperative with the development of the many features of this project It is a joint effort and very enjoyable for all sides Please check some of our user s setups on the User Pages and feel free to contact them if an e mail address is listed How does the Registration Process work Once you have ordered the software you download and istall it it generates a specific Computer ID which you send to us you will then receive a registration key which we send back to you If you change computers or certain components of your PC may get a new computer ID and you will get a new 127 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 registration key free of charge The Computer ID is generated by us it does not contain any unique information about you There is no way we can trace the ID back to the original computer I am using the PFD the ND and the Engine Display on three different computers do I need to buy the software three times Certainly not If you buy the full glass cockpit you will get all the registration keys you need but if you use the PFD and ND twice Captain
70. e continuation of a flight may be unstable after re positioning For this the flight freeze mode can be used to set the desired configuration and speeds Under some circumstances you may have to force another repositioning command Normally positioning the aircraft on the ground will force the gear to be extracted 87 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Instructor ENVIRONMENT Screen pminctructor Project Magenta COVER 8 CLEAR WEATHER SET WEATHER 12432 AUTUMN 5 UNDO CHANGES GMT 5 DIR DEG SPEED KTS 1013 HPA 29 92 INHG TOP FT 15000 ALTITUDE FT TEMPCC TOGGLE DENSITY CATI CATII CATIL CATIIIA CATIIIA CATIIIB CAVOK RVR600M RYR3 R200M RYR200M RYR1 R150 200FT DH T DH 100FT DH NO DI T DH omru steven armoe view foe few C E G A E The ENVIRONMENT screen is used to set weather and other options that affect the simulator All these options are always to be used within the limitations of Flight Simulator White text items such as TIME PRESSURE and TRAFFIC allow you to set those options by clicking on them Some settings are not immediate after entering the desired values SET WEATHER has to be selected The entries that differ from the current flight simulator setting are shown in blue once SET WEATHER is clicked pminst will negotiate with FS which settings can be performed If a setting is not possible it will either remain blue or change to another setting dictated by FS Some values
71. e to be connected Please note that some operating systems will not work well together using a crossover cable e g XP and Win2000 For new Network installations after installing the Network cards you have to establish that the network is able to see all the computers GAIFR Workgroups Both computers must have the same Workgroup This can be set via the Network Icon under the Windows Control Panel By clicking on the Identification tab you can enter the name of the Workgroup for example FlightTraining This has to be done on both computers GAIFR Computer Names You can give each computer a different name one could be called MSFS the other GAIFR or whatever Giving the computers names makes it easier to identify them on the network GAIFR Protocols Under the same Network box you should be able to see which protocols are installed for your computer Project Magenta software now uses the TCP IP network protocol as standard Usually you will find that this protocol is already installed If not please select Add Service and select the TCP IP under Microsoft Services GAIFR Sharing The last thing to do is to make sure that File Sharing is enabled on both of your computers under the same Network tab GAIFR Step 2 Installation of WideFS and FSUIPC FSUIPC FSUIPC is a powerful program which has been developed by Peter Dowson over many years for MSFS Please see his extensive documentation for the more advanced features For the GAIF
72. eate FS and FSPLANS shares Install and run pmcheckver Each of Your Clients install update WideFS wideclient configure wideclient check IP settings file sharing service and if needed IPX protocol installation install latest version of pmfilecheck and pmcheckver install and register PM programs run pmcheckver update programs and navdata if needed create NetDir share install aircraft type file if needed run pmfilecheck with all programs running check log output and make any corrections 20 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Boeing Type Glass Cockpit The Glass Cockpit setup with regard to positioning and sizing has already been discussed in the GENERAL section of this document Here we will discuss a little bit about how the Glass Cockpit functions and what further options are selectable by you and what you must set in order for the Glass Cockpit to function properly Step 1 Aircraft Type The Glass Cockpit will detect from MSFS the number of engines your specific flight Model has This will automatically change the engine display on the EICAS to the number of engines the flight model has But the Glass Cockpit still needs more information from you which will be discussed shortly 737 777 767 757 If you selected a three engine aircraft such as the 727 it will also display the appropriate number of engines This is an automatic function of the Glass Cockpit Software Please note that primary d
73. ected and running the primary goal of pmSystems would be to provide the logics and be a visual reference when testing those logics against your hardware Once your hardware was up and running pmSystems could reside on the network as a background program or perhaps as part of information available to an instructor in training scenarios on a client PC pmSystems Runtime amp Development Mode 1 0 Hardware Active Re Initialize Start Minimized Start Cold and Dark Bit From the user option Menu by selecting Development Mode enables a sub menu at the bottom of the pmsystems screen In development you can call up text menus and directly edit System Logics assign I O hardware to specific variable names in pmsystems pmSystems Finding Variable Names Select Show Variable Name from the user interface The mouse pointer over a specific switch or output and the name of the viable together with the offset and value will be shown 52 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Variable names are stored in a file within the main pmSystems folder Sysvar txt You can use these names to set specific functions for your hardware Runtime Mode This would be the normal mode of operation in your simulator environment When pmSystems starts Keyboard Commands Mouse Esc Activates Menu Q Exit Quit Program 1 Run Variable Initialization i e initialize variables as defined in the configuration file F1
74. eps you see on the screen the program will create its own folder and a subfolder containing the sound files e pmSounds might not run with some sound cards when used on the same PC as FS e pmSounds should not be installed within any of the FS folders it runs independently from FS on the FS computer or on a computer in a network using WideFS e pmSounds requires FSUIPC Make sure any additional WAV files are unzipped to a subfolder called Sounds This is not the FS Sounds subfolder but a folder within the folder in which you have placed PMSounds EXE E g C PMSounds Sounds This program can be run on any computer on the network using WideFS You can replace all the sounds in the subfolder with other such as the ones from GPWS98 can be found on www flightsim com If you want to remove a sound uncheck it from the left hand menu or delete the sound from the Sounds subfolder Custom sounds can be inserted and edited using entries in the soundslist txt file They can be triggered by offsets and by some other programs like the GPWS callouts generated by the Glass Cockpit 103 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Additional Information Section SID STAR APPR Data Sid Star Introduction This document will explain the system with which you can build your own SID STAR entries for the Project Magenta CDU The CDU comes with two very large files SIDDATA TXT and STARDATA TXT Those files include a world wide set
75. estore Automatic Updates Remote Generel Computer Name Hardware Advanced Lig Windows uses the following infomation to identify your computer 433 on the network Computer description name from by opening Control Panel Opening Network For cme Wichn Comer Connections select Advanced option from the top list then gjcssenne cum select Network Identification The Computer name is indicated Worses WORKGROUP This will be required unless you intend to use set a Static IP mee E o Address e Take note of either your SeverName or Server IP Address as it will be required for the WideFS set up Step 1 Set up your network for Project Magenta The following is a quick step guide to installing the components necessary for our software to communicate across the network with MSFS We recommend that you undertake further reading with Peter Dowson s WideFS amp FSUIPC documentation which provides details and additional features of his programs that you may well require if not now but at a later date A typical network layout comprises of one Server computer usually the most powerful and several Clients as illustrated 1D To rename this computer or join a domain click Change Change cnet A VISUAL MSFS SERVER MCP amp EFIS HARDWARE PFD ND EICAS PFD ND CLIENT CLIENT CLIENT LOWER RCDU EICAS CLIENT CLIENT CLIENT INSTR STATION CLIENT PM SYSTEMS CLIENT Project Magenta Man
76. evelopment of the Boeing Glass Cockpit is aimed at the 737 Secondary development covers to a slightly lesser degree the 767 777 and 747 types This is because due to the generic nature of the Glass Cockpit we can extend features to cover these other aircraft We also cover the EFIS modes of the 737 and usually this is an airline specific option examples shown later These various options are selected by the ESC menu Apart from detecting the number of Engines your aircraft has the Glass Cockpit also needs to know a great deal of other parameters These are generated through text files These files are associated by aircraft type Because sometimes the Glass Cockpit is run alone without the CDU software there are two ways of setting the specific aircraft type so that the Glass Cockpit knows the various performance characteristics and FMA modes to display 21 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Step 2 Type Selection Method A NO CDU SOFTWARE You will need to open the Glass Cockpit ini file pfd ini located in the main program folder GC Open this file with NotePad Find the following entry AircraftType As you are not running the CDU software you must specify the aircraft type you want to fly here In the Glass Cockpit folder are a number of aircraft type files For example B737700 txt The files are all in a plain text format and thus have the aircraft type followed by the file extension txt You can also downlo
77. f the cursor is then shown below the graph The X Axis is always shows the elapsed time in seconds 96 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Instructor APPROACH Screen SCALE 15 NM SCALE 10 NM SCALE 5 NM 15 14 13 12 11 109 8 7 6 POSITION V S 20 REPORT RESET DATA MAIN POSITION ENVIRONMENT LOAD FUEL SYSTEMS FATL ATTITUDE VIEW vear MENU CONTROL LOGGER INSTRUMENTS MAP FLT FREEZE FREEZE SLEW EXIT This screen will display the path during an approach with an inset instrument display wind speed and component information as well as some other basic values A report of the approach can be generated by clicking on REPORT To use this feature please install the software SVGView exe which can be found in the Reports subfolder An Internet Explorer session will be opened and the HTML file contains the graphics of the approach The HTML file is only a background it can be changed in any way you wish using an HTML editor Bx This Report is generated to an HTML ffe and it can be edited in any way you wish e If no image is shown below please install SVGView eme from the Reports subfolder I your Browser warns you that you cant run active content please enable the option to run it normally under Tools Internet Options Advanced Security allow active content to ren files om my i ILS Report a m Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Instructor MAP Mode The map
78. g X 1 0 Hardware Active Re Initialize Start Minimized Start Cold and Derk Exit 50 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Select system File Aircraft type Panel Development Mode Use this advanced mode for setting hardware programming logics and adjusting panel layouts you need to develop your own knowledge in this area this is advanced usage of pmsystems contact Project Magenta support for further information Font Quality Sets to a High or Lower value Font Smoothing via Polygons ON OFF Some graphics cards may require that this setting is OFF Bitmap Smoothing ON OFF Some graphics cards may require that this setting is OFF Smooth Scrolling ON OFF Scroll Smooth simply makes the scrolling action smooth rather than in steps when panning and zooming into the panel Enable Keyboard Handling Enables the use of a keyboard or Keyboard Encoder for certain types of application for example the IRS SET position keyboard on the Aft overhead of the 737 panel Slave Mode Allows you to run x2 copies of PMsystems one as a master and one as a slave perhaps for an instructor Normally this should be set OFF if there is no Master running otherwise in slave mode it will not communicate with MSFS Cycle Time Various program timing options to set the timing of processing logics and cycle times of hardware Phidgets Menu Enables direct setting and set up of Phidget Controller cards For all
79. genta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 170 vext 170 160 flppos 20 flpset 15 195 160 150 140 lt o pa ct E a wu flppos 25 flpset 20 vmax 190 vret 150 vext 140 vmin 135 flppos 30 flpset 25 vmax 190 vret 150 vext 140 vmin 130 flppos 35 flpset 30 vmax 185 vret 140 vext 125 vmin 120 flppos 40 flpset 40 vmax 158 vret 120 vext 0 vmin 120 Note Any flap speeds can also be defined in reference to a vref speed of a given flap setting plus a value e g vext vref30 20 i e vref of flaps 30 for a particular weight plus 20 knots The following two entries add the respective speed in the first case 10 knots to the speeds for the flap settings above when the gross weight of the aircraft passed the value specified in flpadd1 I e the vmin of 120 IAS for flpset 40 is increased to 130 when the gross weight is above 116700 Ibs flpadd1 116700 flpkts1 10 flpadd2 138200 flpkts2 20 112 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 V Speeds The table for the V1 V2 and VR speeds that follows is interpreted for a take off at flaps 10 vr 10 If no other flap values are specified then they are applied to the present flap setting Each line starts with a weight in pounds the V1 speed VR and finally V2 You can have as many entries as you wish the values are calculated linearly from one weight to the next The table must be concluded with the line vrend The values have to go from t
80. going to the INDEX page of the MCDU and selecting MAINT Then select the NETDIR option Step 5 Airbus MCDU Flare Altitude If running the MCDU the flare altitude must be set If you do not change a c types then this only needs to be set once The flare altitude will determine at what point on an Auto Land the aircraft will start the Flare The flare altitude will probably be set at 30 by default you may want to change this value depending on what a c type you are using The flare altitude can be set by entering a new value in the MCDU ini file 47 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Airbus Type FCU The Airbus FCU can be run on your system connected to specific FCU hardware and can then reside minimized as a background process or it can run as a point and click devise using the software graphic If you are intending to run the FCU connected to hardware you need to set the hardware connection via the mcp ini file in the main FCU program folder Please look at the mcp ini file to see if your hardware is supported or contact Project Magenta for further information about specific connections The Airbus FCU currently covers the following aircraft types A319 A320 A321 A330 A340 By pressing the ESC key whilst the FCU is the active program a user Menu of basic options will appear This includes FCU type and some basic specific mode options There are other options in the FCU ini file which is self documenting To al
81. hat pertain to the graphics quality can be set Also in the EXTRA OPTIONS setting you can select either the Piper Seneca or Engine Baron Instrument and various options for type of instruments Leave FS QNH unchanged GAIFR Positioning Black Pane 67 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 When using the black panel option to position each gauge right click it with the mouse and move it to your required position and use the keys to re size the gauges Pressing CTRL R will reset all gauges to default Keyboard Commands GAIFR Please Note Some commands will not work with some panels especially the Black panel Cursor Keys Ctrl Cursor Keys NumPad Plus NumPad Minus F1 to F10 CtrI R Esc Ctri M P 1 2 3 4 5 6 R Num Keypad 7 amp i G Home End General Exits Program Alt Q shuts down the PC without a prompt watch out displays hides frame rate and OpenGL acceleration type Toggles Title Bar display Full Screen Instruments Pages Move displayed Instruments Left Right Up Down Move displayed Instruments Left Right Up Down Zoom In Increase Size Zoom Out Decrease Size Access view modes directly these are saved on program exits This way you can define various views of the panels for your convenience Resets positions of Black Panel Gauges Modes Menu Displays the position of the aircraft with regard to the currently selected na
82. he LSK next to the FLARE AGL setting The new value will be added 34 MAINT BITE INDEX NAV DATA gt A P gt DEF LSK gt NETDIR gt MONITOR gt IPC gt e000000 Ge D fz A T FACTORS SPDZ lt 11000FT THR SYNC gt SPDZ gt 11000FT AUTOCOORD Q THR LIMITZ FLARE AGL 100 30 LVL CHNGZ Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 CDU INI settings Update Please check the CDU INI file for updated information There are various items you can customize both within the program and in the program s Initialization file CDU INI here are some samples of the settings which can be made DISPLAY Title On WindowName COMPUTER1 TopMost Off FSWindow Off FSFocus Off Network DisableAutoNetDir NetDir SBPPathr Flight LimitMCPSpeed Sets Title Bar Display on Startup On Off see Ctri W key below Interesting for EPIC programmers who want to send Keyboard Commands to a specific window Changing this option to Topmost On will force the system to keep the CDU as the topmost window You can switch to other tasks such as FS if it is running on the same system but they won t be visible if the PFD is running full screen or the PFD will hide programs behind it This command can be used when you want to set the focus to another program or when you are running the PFD in a windowed mode and you want to have it always on top As an example you can star
83. he smalles weight to the highest vl vr v2 for flaps 10 vr 10 88200 113 114 130 93700 117 119 133 99200 121 123 136 104700 125 127 139 110200 129 131 142 115800 133 135 146 121300 137 139 149 126800 141 144 152 132300 144 148 155 137800 148 152 158 143300 151 155 161 148800 155 159 165 154300 158 163 168 vrend The table for the Vref is similar to the table above In this case the flap setting is 40 vref 40 If no other flap values are specified then they are applied to the present flap setting Each line starts with a weight in pounds followed by the Vref You can have as many entries as you wish the values are calculated linearly from one weight to the next The table must be concluded with the line vrefend vref for flaps 40 vref 40 77200 109 82700 113 88200 116 93700 120 99200 124 104700 127 110200 130 115800 134 121300 137 126800 140 132300 143 137800 146 143300 149 148800 152 154300 155 vrefend The stick shaker speeds can be set as well using the same system as the other speeds Stick shaker speeds for flaps up vss 0 90000 137 100000 144 113 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 110000 152 120000 157 130000 165 132500 167 vssend vss 1 vss30 1 12 vssend N1 Takeoff Table The following is a table for the takeoff thrust N1 limit The table goes from the highest to the lowest temperature in the first column then the various N1 settings are listed in columns accor
84. his fashion Thus you might choose to run it on a J r rt PEE laptop or spare PC Conversely it may be used as UPPER EICAS software alone without hardware then of course CLIENT LOWER FICAS ip you will need a screen to see it VGA so A Note about Multi Monitor VGA REDU Because multi monitor is entirely dependent on what particular video hardware you have on your VGA INSTRUCTOR STATION system we cannot support this type of application Experimentation is required on your behalf to achieve this Generally we only recommend networked solutions and thus we can be of little assistance in software set up in environments that we don t fully support This applies to all PM programs You can not run MSFS on one screen and a PM program on another Generally this won t work because only one program can be the active program at one time and thus graphics acceleration is limited to the active program Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Step 2 Installation of WideFS and FSUIPC To connect MSFS and Project Magenta programs together across a computer network you need an intermediary program called WideFS Full docs are enclosed with these programs and are the most up to date and thorough source of information Below is really just a quick start summary A registered version of FSUIPC must be installed in your MSFS Modules folder A registered version of WideFS is also required for network commun
85. his option the INI parameter AllowShutdown Yes must be added to your WideClient INI files in the User section DISPLAY ACTIVE Allows the enabling disabling of individual screens of the PM Glass Cockpits depending on how your pmSystems file is programmed these may be overridden by that program ENGX START or STOP allows a quick start of the engines the number of engines is defined by the currently loaded flight model in FS COLD DARK EXT PWR can be linked to your pmSystems setup SIM RATE opens a menu which allows you to set the simulation rate within FS From here on user defined commands are added on the first and following pages These definitions can be found in the controls txt file in the pmInst Sub Folder Configs The structure is as follows text_upper text_lower offset length value on value off LAPS INHIB 32F8 0 1 0 EAR INHIB 32F8 1 1 O0 PLRS INHIB 32F8 2 1 O ELEC OFF 510 2 1 0 PARK BRKS BC8 2 32767 0 FAIL AVIO 2E80 4 0 1 PITOT FAIL B71 1 1 O vn Q Aa The buttons added in this way must always contain a text for identification the format is for instance YAW DAMPER which creates a box with YAW in the upper part DAMPER in the lower part The offsets for these features can be found on www projectmagenta com pmoffsets html for the Project Magenta offsets the FSUIPC SDK for the FS offsets and sysvar txt pmSystems offsets 93 P
86. i e grey that means that either no weather file has been found or that it isn t valid for the area i e the communication to WhazzUp isn t working e What you see is a processed infrared sat image i e the lighter the colour the cooler the weather system is Grey would be your run of the mill overcast blue slightly cooler systems at lower altitudes going all the way to red which would be tall and very cold clouds possibly thunderstorms Weather All other programs e yes the WXR button in the MCPs will activate the weather in the Glass Cockpit e yes the CDU MCDU will allow to set it as well e yes an option to display METAR reports has been added to the FMCs 122 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Back Up Reasons for backing up It is important to back up all important files in relation to your simulator or Project Magenta software There are certain user files within the program folders that are or become user specific meaning you are entering information into them that is specific to your system as such it is highly advisable to develop a methodical system of back up for these files Typical User files that should be backed up pfd ini cdu ini mcp ini and all files where you have entered specific information usually with the file ending ini or txt for example in pmSystems you might have file like phidget txt and flightillusion txt these txt files hold specific information regarding your set up if lost
87. iated by aircraft type Because the Glass Cockpit is sometimes run without the MCDU there are two ways of setting the specific aircraft type so that the Glass Cockpit knows the various performance characteristics and FMA modes to display 40 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Step 2 Aircraft Type Selection Method A NO MCDU SOFTWARE You will need to open the Glass Cockpit ini file abpfd ini located in the main program folder ABGC Open this file with Notepad Find the following entry AircraftType As you are not running the MCDU software in this example you must specify the aircraft type you want to fly here In the Glass Cockpit folder are a number of aircraft type files For example A320 txt The files are all in a plain text format and thus have the aircraft type followed by the file extension txt You can also download more of these files from the Updates section of the PM website If you wanted to fly the A320 in the above example you would enter the name of that txt file AircraftType A320 txt The Glass Cockpit is now set to read the information in the aircraft specific text file Method B WITH MCDU SOFTWARE If you have the MCDU software as part of your Project Magenta system highly advisable then the above entry must be set as follows in the ABGC ini file Type CDU AircraftType the above entry is intentionally left blank This forces the Glass Cockpit not to read aircraft tx
88. ications and the installation is as follows WIDESERVER SERVER WIDEFS WIDECLIENT CLIENT WideFS is split into two main components as illustrated above The Wideserver component Wideserver dll and Wideserver ini are placed in your MSFS Modules folder That is all you need to do for the Sever component installation The Wideclient component Wideclient exe and Wideclient ini are placed on your client computers computer that you wish to connect to MSFS You can create a folder perhaps called WideClient or copy them into the PM main program folders it actually does not matter Each time you want communication across the network with MSFS Wideclient exe must be running Step 3 Setting Server Name or Static IP WideFS can use either the IPX network protocol for communication or TCP IP TCP IP is now the standard and we recommend its use on most systems For IPX usage please refer to Peter Dowson s documentation included with the WideFS package There is also a new protocol in use called UDP This is a faster protocol but there is no error checking It is purely system dependent as to whether this can be used As a general rule most computer systems will run well using TCP IP Generally after installation as above of the various files included in WideFS as a basic rule you should not actually have to do anything more but we also like to at least edit the wideserver ini file use a text editor like Window
89. ill be 10 higher than the one calculated by FS FFMax 15 The maximum expected fuel flow in 1000s of pounds per engine N1StartupDelay 25 Delay in seconds for N1 to reach full spool time upon starting up In FS this N1 value jumps far too drastically far too soon this will make it climb slowly N2StartupDelay 27 Same as Nistartupdelay just for N2 N1iInit 3 2 N1Stable 23 4 N2Stable 55 5 The three values above have to be set for the Startup Delay sequence NiInit is the N1 value at which the Startup delaying sequence is started i e when on startup N1 passes 3 2 it will switch into the startup sequence N1 Stable and N2 Stable are the target values after completion of the spooling up and both values are stabilized This will get rid of the discontinuity of the values as both N1 and N2 jump quite a lot in FS MaxMach 0 84 or MaxMach 84 The cruise mach limit for barber pole Ceiling 45000 or Ceiling 450 Maximum cruise altitude defaults to 45000 ft FL450 110 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 TrimMi TrimMa TrimSc TrimSc n 6 x 16 aleMin 40 aleMax 40 Min Max values for trim value for takeoff and maximum minimum value of trim scale Flap Definitions The next blocks of entries in this particular case represent the nine flap positions of the default B737 400 These are 0 translated to UP 1 3 5 15 20 25 30 40 in this particular case The values are to be un
90. ind B737400 TXT and B747400 TXT In this particular example are some annotations for the B737400 TXT file if you want to change the settings but you will surely soon find more aircraft types made by us or others online These files will be transferred from the CDU FMS to all other client PCs at a later stage allowing you to change the type you are using on the fly To use the aircraft type selected in the CDU edit your PFD INI and set Type CDU General Data Type CDU AircraftType 108 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 This is simply the name of the aircraft This value can be empty if you don t want it to appear on the Engine page TOGAPitch 15 The TOGAPitch entry defines the fixed pitch the Flight Director goes to when the throttles are in TOGA mode either via the MCP Autopilot or the defualt FS98 TOGA mode Nlref 93 When you are not using the CDU and the MCP Autopilot the reference N1 value is fixed and is more of an optical thing than a real feature The N1 limit can be set via the CDU and is then sent to the MCP Autopilot program limiting the trhottles according to the particular phase of flight as wet in the CDU or in the MCP INI file Flare 20 AGL in feet where you want the flare to be initiated for this particular aircraft RadioAlt 18 When you have a non zero indication for the radio altimeter in the PFD and enter this value for the radio altimeter on the ground it will display 00 E
91. initialize variables as defined in the configuration file In Graphics Mode Ctrl F Find first instance of variable in the elements section Ctrl L Find first instance of variable in the logics section Ctrl C Copy Graphics Element Ctrl V Paste Graphics Element Ctrl xX Cut Graphics Element qo Slide Move Graphics Element preferred to Cut amp Paste Ctrl D Change text description R Get radius box coordinates and place into clipboard click move click D Get box coordinates and place into clipboard click move click C Get current coordinates and place into clipboard Ctrl x Cut Graphics Element Ctrl D Change text description Ctrl R Get radius box coordinates and place into clipboard Ctrl A Analysis mode generates a TXT file of the logics section and lists current variable values and the processing of the logics loop Menu Options The menu allows you to set the aircraft configuration file the running mode Runtime Development the graphics options and the cycle speed of the application An important option is Slave Mode On Off This allows you to run multiple copies of pmSystems over a network one always has to be set to Slave Mode Off otherwise the variables will not be processed If you are running only one copy of pmSystems the Slave mode should be OFF i e Master Mode The second third or any other instance of pmSystems should have this mode set to On If you have more tha
92. ions at a later date Press the MENU key twice and then select the SETTINGS LSK 46 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 MCDU MENU SETT INGS IDENT gt AUTO TUNE NAVS DATA LINK POS gt 4 AIDS EXIT PRG gt FAF MILES IN AGL LAT aw KL F EFIS L lt EFISR DISPLAY gt quem e See awe eee ue pm ama an ee DIR PROG PERF INIT DATA DIR INIT anv Gace aa Gea mum awa iice aqua aus RAD FUEL SEC ATC COU E ce DEJ ESEVEs Ce Auto Tune NAVS this will tune the NAV radios automatically this can be a ON OFF selection FAF the range of the Final Approach Fix can be entered here MIN AGL LNAV the minimum altitude for LNAV engagement TIME select either system or MSFS Zulu time QNH select your preference FUEL select your preference Autobrakes enables you to set AB from MCDU PREFLIGHT if set to on will require a full Pre Flight Set up of the MCDU FLUSH will flush all data from the MCDU after the aircraft has landed or upon each re start of the MCDU The MCDU is now in a basic configuration for use Other user settings that can be select are self explanatory NAV COM XPDR you can enter radio frequencies EFIS selectors can alter GC displays via the MCDU SPD PROTECT artificial simulated flap and speed protection EXTRAS simulator rate and freeze modes If you require resetting or gathering information about your current NETDIR status this can be done by
93. just put the de1 files into the glass cockpit folder and it will move them to the terrain subfolder If it is not there then that folder will be created In addition to these files you can also create your own files using WhazzUp Plus see Products Page CtrlI R switches the display ON or OFF one keystroke NEW Ctrl G switches the various modes Off Lines Grid Triangles Ctrl H the colour modes altitude colours plain green delta altitude Ctrl A will enable disable the 3D display of elevations Alt G will select the large small map Normally on a slower PC you would use Lines small map on a faster one triangles and then it is a matter of taste anyway Green Grid display Hong Kong 120 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 TA ONLY TA ONLY Grid display Kathmandu Nepal green are obstacles above the aircraft s altitude grey below it Triangle display around Kathmandu 121 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Weather Radar General Our weather radar handling was implemented quite some time ago it was first implemented using WhazzUp FS e the weather generated within FS has nothing to do with WhazzUp the weather radar in the ND and what is displayed If there is major downpour that you set FS sitting in Port Au Prince and in real world the skies are blue you won t see anything in the ND e the main FS folder has to be shared for read and write a
94. l weight Note that a common error is not to allow for the differences of Ibs and weights in kgs Once you are certain that you are happy with your weights then you can as an option removed the secondary bracketed weight indication ini file option This is not an indication seen on the real a c and is there as a cross reference you should consider removing it if it is likely to cause confusion to pilots operating your simulator To re cap and for the avoidance of doubt the bracketed xxx weight after the indicated weight is measuring the 125 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 actual weight of the MSFS airfile But the computations of the FMC are not based on the bracketed weight they are based on weights entered into the CDU Balance At the same time that overall weight is considered the balance of the load is also to be considered and is equally important The centre of lift will effect the flight characteristics and the normal Centre of Gravity is usually 25 aft of the leading edge of the wing it is more complex than this for swept wing a c but it is enough to work on this theory in the bounds of MSFS at this time This should provide good longitudinal stability If the CofG is too far aft or too far forward then you can end up with a flight model that is difficult to control especially with the elevator this can result in having to apply larger than normal trim inputs and in worst case scenarios even
95. llow sharing over the network and set the share name to NetDir Make sure you have selected full read right access and that it is not a private folder Click OK and close c Now run the CDU program It will detect automatically the NetDir and should set the software for its use Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 d To check that everything is working download and install the latest version of the pmFileCheck program from the Project Magenta website When you run it with the CDU software running as well and a connection to MSFS via wideclient it will produce a test report indicating any problems Step 6 Sharing In General Check that there is no network or firewall restrictions between folders that need full sharing read and write access Typical symptoms of incorrectly set NetDir Red display FAIL in the CDU bottom right of graphic or on your CDU hardware Receiving a Network Error message in the CDU scratch pad Seeing no vspeed once set flaps flight plan in the PFD ND and EICAS respectively when running the Glass Cockpit programs If any of the above occur something is not correctly set Check File amp Printer Sharing Services installed and active for the network All computers see each other and can exchange files You have created and shared the NetDir folder with full read write access When looking at the cdu ini file using Notepad text editor you can see an entry in the
96. logics for custom hardware Switch positions indicator lights are given offsets and variable names to give users full flexibility when implementing their hardware requirements It is also fully expandable and almost anything within the systems can be defined by users themselves Offsets and varibles are listed within the system file sysvar txt in the main program folder and will allow users to connect and control their own hardware with the appropriate I O board It is important to understand that pmSystems becomes the central interface for control of what aircraft systems there are in FS and not FS itself Once pmSystems is in the loop you must use it as your central interface to start engines etc and your hardware must be talking directly to pmsystems if you are using hardware Otherwise unpredictable results may occur even though pmSystems will try to interpret what MSFS has been set to pmSystems requires a reasonably fast PC Anything above 1 2ghz should be adequate Full openGL compliance is very important A system with a graphics card that is not fully compliant can effect the processor timing for critical computations inside pmSystems If you notice slow response times to switches inputs and outputs it is likely that either the system is running too slow or you have a problem with your graphics card drivers pmSystems uses FSUIPC to communicate with MSFS If running pmSystems on a client PC advisable then WideFS will also be re
97. lse APUEGTLimitLight 0 endif Or of course logics APUEGTLimitLight APUEGT gt APUEGTLimit Section elements pmSystems itself is not aircraft type specific All the graphics and buttons and switches are defined inside the aircraft configuration files with the exception of some very particular gauges 58 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 In development mode you can press Ctrl F and the element closest to the mouse pointer is highlighted in the configuration file a text editor will then pop up and show it to you section mySection this is a section name that will later be used for bookmarking or fast access colour 255 RedComponent BlueComponent GreenComponent colour255 60 113 143 definition of a colour via Red Green Blue with values from 0 to 255 thus white is 255 255 255 in addition to that predefined values are there such as colNGnorm col747 etc white or red green blue black orange etc defines the current colour used for simple graphics elements and texts text String X Y FontSize text hello world 333 23 6 will write hello world on the coordinates X 333 and Y 23 6 vtext hello world 333 23 6 2 2 2 will write hello world vertically on the coordinates X 333 and Y 23 6 with corrected spacing of 2 vertical and 2 2 central difficult to explain just try it line X1 Y1 X2 Y2 line 10 20 44 5 33 will draw a line from 10 20 to 44 33 moveto 10 20
98. mber 2011 Introduction Project Magenta produces Flight Simulation software designed to be run across a computer network The software is not intended to be used on a single computer Primary usage is for flight simulators or flight training devices The software is available under two separate license schemes Professional and Home User Please contact Project Magenta sales for any form of professional usage application If in any doubt it is better to check first rather than run into a licensing problem at a later date All of the Project Magenta software follows very similar install and set up procedures In order to use the software some knowledge of flying or appropriate training manuals will be required further to this software set up manual This manual will not in anyway discuss aircraft operations or training It won t for example teach you how to operate a CDU or MCP The software is highly detailed and requires that the user must either have prior knowledge of a specific area or use the software in conjunction with appropriate training manuals This manual has been split into various sections with new and advanced users of the software in mind It covers Install procedures network and common software operation In the later sections software function specific to each software type is discussed It is recommended that special attention is paid by new users to the first sections as it can lead to serious set up problems later on if these
99. n 16 November 2011 Instructor DATA LOGGER RESET DATA PAUSE 60 SECONDS SAMPLE TIME EDIT DATA SAVE LOG LOAD LOG ONMENT LOAD FUEL SYSTEMS FAIL ATTITUDE conTROL APPROACH INSTRUMENTS n FLT FREEZE The instructor station allows logging of data of various composition and in various intervals The logged data can be saved and loaded for later review A wide array of data is logged as soon as you click on the PAUSE command it will switch into logging mode The data is logged whether it is visible or not To select which colour coded data is displayed click on the NONE entry on the left side of the graph and select which value you want to be assigned to a particular colour You can re assign the value at all times The first three selected values are also displayed in their absolute value to the left and right of the graphs In some cases such as current speed altitude etc the target value is shown as a dotted line e g 243 knots current speed 250 selected speed The sampling time can be changed by clicking on SAMPLE TIME the choices are 5 seconds 2s 1s 500 ms 250 ms 200 ms You can display the complete data over time or the last 60 120 180 or 300 seconds Please note that a large period with a high data rate may slow your system down Data can be saved and re loaded via the commands you will also be able to RESET the DATA The vertical line inside the graph can be seen as a cursor the momentary value at the position o
100. n one set to Master mode then there will be conflicts in the handling of the variables and the switches Re Initialize resets the variables to the states described in the INIT section of the configuration file 54 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Configuration File Sections General The configuration files are located in the main pmSystems Folder and need to have at least one txt file The naming convention of the file is pmsys txt e g pmsys320 txt In addition to that the elements of the file can be split up into several files the default files that come with pmSystems are pmsys txt graphics base and pmsys Igc Logics You can also include user defined files by adding the line include myfile txt this would load myfile txt to define variables or add logics to the default files init initialization sequence with variable and offset values this can be at the beginning of the file batti 1 ollpress3 44 bitmap definition of bitmap images in pmsystems img e g bitmap element name position x1 y1 x2 y2 offsetx offsety sizefactor variables Any variable you wish to use in addition to those listed in SysVars txt e g offset variable_size varieble_name factor Also there are system specific variables such as elapsed will return the number of seconds since the logics loop was called last time iohardware will return true if IOHardware is selected in the Menu I
101. n this area to fully realize the potential of the simulation It should be stressed this is not a limitation of MSFS in fact the simulation platform has a very powerful flight model engine it is more that this needs to be fully realized by the end user whether the end user is editing these characteristics themselves or has chosen third party add on flight models Having found a good flight model the second and equally important factor to effective and realistic operation of your simulation platform is weight amp balance Weight amp Balance The weight and balance of your flight model is fundamental to effective performance and operation of your simulator An overweight or a flight model that has a Centre of Gravity outside the flight model limitations is inefficient and possibly will degrade all sorts of flight performance characteristics relating to effective simulated flight Weight Overweight aircraft will have many side effects some of which are e Higher Vspeeds inaccurate take off distances and landing e Stalling speeds effected e Rate and angle of climb e Engine performance e Maneuvering impaired in both automatic and manual flight So when establishing the load of your air file pay attention to the station loads and also the fuel load The actual airfile weight is read by the CDU and shown in brackets xxx The pilot entered weight via LSK CDU entry and resultant GW should generally match the bracketed actual air mode
102. ni random returns an ever changing value between 0 and 1000 mainpwr governs whether lights and light based outputs like text boxes are operative can be based on battery switch position 55 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 basepwr governs whether digital texts and gauges are operative can be based on battery switch position constants Any constant that needs to be defined e g UpperLimitTemp 200 elements definition of graphics elements text color settings etc text HELLO WORLD 142 4 170 6 linewidth 4 element tswitch2 169 1 161 1 LandLightLOut logics definition of logics i e how variables react to offsets and user inputs if batteryon and batteryrunning lt 100 then batteryrunning batteryrunning 1 endif script user defined scripts to display texts and movements of the screen more soon Section init You can set the initialization of variables here The first set of variables are applied whenever pmSystems connects to FS the ones in the Engi Eng2 Eng3 Eng4 sections are only applied if the particular engine is running variable name value To add options that can be changed by the user via the pmSystems Menu you can also add the following command useroption variable name description useroption HideSDPanel Hides System Display Panel from the Overhead 56 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 The On Off variable Hide
103. of departure and arrival procedures which have been created for you To add your own procedures the CDU is able to read two other files which will obviously be smaller SIDDATA2 TXT and STARDATA2 TXT The approach procedures are described in the same way as the SID STAR and they can be saved in APPDATA TXT or APPDATA2 3 etc Flying a procedure can be quite complicated explaining it to a computer is at least as difficult This means that trying certain combinations may result in a very confusing line on your ND and may even generate strange results in the CDU itself Sid Star Structure Both the SID and the STAR lists follow this general structure ICAO Code procedure name runway s used part indication gt description of waypoints procedure name runway used part indication gt description of waypoints procedure name runway used part indication gt description of waypoints procedure name runway used part indication gt description of waypoints ICAO Code procedure name runway used part indication gt description of waypoints Example LGMK TEST1 16 1 gt 500 MIL 7000 KEA DDM TEST2 34 1 gt 500 INTCO90 MIL 7000 KEA DDM TEST3 ALL 1 gt 800 KEA 104 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 meaning Mykonos Airport in Greece Procedure TEST1 Runway 16 part 1 gt maintain present heading until 500 ft fly to VOR MIL at 7000 ft then on to VO
104. oftware Press the LSK key next to DISPLAY Then select the LSK key next to the option KEY CONFIG This will then switch to AUTO from MANUAL or vice versa si Je 0000COO Navigate back to the IDENT page INIT REF gt INDEX Now re select your aircraft type from the Ident LSK option The CDU will be refreshed and the new keyboard layout will be shown In this example the 747 400 CDU key layout has been generated This is more than just a graphical adjustment Some keys are different and will offer different navigation functions If you are likely to switch between aircraft types often you may wish to leave the above display option in AUTO If you are using hardware with your CDU and your hardware is unlikely to change then you should set the function to MANUAL again once you have the keyboard layout that you require for RE REE arc way m D your specific layout This will reduce the chances of a hardware software Lees WOLD Eu PROG keyboard miss match in the future operation of the CDU 31 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Step 3 IRS Position The CDU needs to know where it is in the world just like the CDU on the actual aircraft If you do not set the CDU position then parts of the Glass Cockpit Displays will be blanked out from view with Amber warning flags ATT and MAP This is a safety feature of the GC if a position uncertainty occurs whilst the aircraft is on the ground
105. om In Increase Size NUumPad Minus Zoom Out Decrease Size F1 to F12 Bottom row function keys Modes Esc Menu 100 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Actions Num Keypad 7 amp 1 Trim Up Down Num Keypad 9 amp 3 Flaps Up Down G Gear Up Down Home End Increase Decrease selected altimeter pressure Ctrl Z X Decrease Increase Panel Brightness E R Ctrl R Decrease Increase Heading Heading Set T Y ShiftT Y Decrease Increase Altitude 100s 1000s U I Decrease Increase Selected OBS CRS O P ShiftO P Decrease Increase VOR1 VOR2 Frequency decimals J K Toggle Swap VOR COM standby frequencies G H Decrease Increase Map Display Range Z X ShiftZ X Decrease Increase COM1 COM2 Frequency decimals A S Select NAV1 NAV2 and Select Comi Com2 Volume Knob U S D with arrow MENU FPL PROC CLR ENT 101 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 pmSounds Freeware program delivered as is for the time being pmSounds is a program that generates sounds and callouts depending on various flight situations This software was made to run with our other flight management software but it can also be used without other Project Magenta components This is not an adventure not an FS module it can be run in parallel to FS on the same PC or on a networked system You can switch certain sounds on and off at any time More Project Magenta Products can be found here This softwa
106. or interface to in your system can be found on www projectmagenta com pmoffsets html 129 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 FSUIPC Offsets A list of FSUIPC offsets can be found on in the FSUIPC SDK or on our web site under the link www projectmagenta com FSUIPCOffsets html 130 Project Magenta Manual V18 Alphabetical Index ABOUT INI FILES ccccccececeeesesssseeeeereeeeeeanaes 19 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SECTION 100 Additional Settings CDU 33 Additional things to do Sharing sese 9 Airbus Additional Settings 46 AIRBUS FOU aiaa a atraia A ia aii 48 AIRBUS GLASS COCKPIT seeen 40 AIRBUS MCD U ie ccisccccedescestcctscsnetickdeeeccestereesae 44 Airbus MCDU IRS Position 46 Airbus MCDU Flare Altitude 47 Airbus Setting Aircraft Type sesse 45 Airbus Systems n 43 AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION FILES 00088 104 Aircraft TY DC ai paien a 21 40 AVIONICS PA28 uo icici 72 Battery amp Alternator 72 BOEING CDU amp RODU serrer 29 Boeing Glass Cockpit Keyboard Commands EAP P E E E A ohana 25 BOEING MCP ivisccutsisteidsscesdeeiaveteeriteaseestavieten 39 CBU E E E E E ca ovideaa tobe 20 CDULINI SettingS sssssssssseeeneerrrrrrrnnrenrerrrrrnnns 35 Conditional WaypointS sesssssssseeeeessrern 102 Cost Index Data Experimental s 111 Differences aeina i a 17 Differences MCP amp CDU 17 ECAM display cccccccecesssssseseeeeeeeeasaseeeseeeeenees 40 FAQ eaa ia a ara e lobe aviv
107. or setting the Flare Altitude To set the Flare Altitude in the MCP ini if you are not using the CDU software edit height above ground you wish the AP to commence the flare on an AutoLand any value 20 30 35 40 52 etc Flare 40 There are many self documenting other settings in the MCP ini file which can be set by the user if required 39 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Airbus Type Glass Cockpit The Glass Cockpit set up with regard to positioning and sizing has already been discussed in the GENERAL section of this document this is the same system as for Boeing and Airbus software Here we will discuss a little bit about how the Glass Cockpit functions and what further options are selectable by you and what you must set in order for the Glass Cockpit to function properly Step 1 Aircraft Type The Glass Cockpit will detect from MSFS the number of engines your specific flight Model has This will automatically change the engine display on the upper ECAM to the number of engines the flight model has But the Glass Cockpit still needs more information from you which will be discussed shortly The number of engines is shown on the ECAM display Apart from detecting the number of Engines your aircraft has the Airbus Glass Cockpit also needs to know a great deal of other parameters These are generated through text files developed by Project Magenta and feed the GC with further data These files are assoc
108. or the high end applications for many years now and finally this cross platform standard has found its way onto our desktop PCs Microsoft and SGI have formed an alliance to join their forces in a phased approach making OpenGL part of the Windows platform Windows 98 and Windows NT has been delivered with the OpenGL DLLs Dynamic Link Libraries and you can see both the serious CAD world and the more enthusiastic gaming world has been forcing the graphics card vendors to develop good implementations of the OpenGL drivers ICD So far they mainly concentrated on DirectX As the hardware is always ahead of the software in this particular case the OpenGL drivers for your graphics card what you have on your PC isn t necessarily the newest implementation of the OpenGL ICD As the true driver situation is changing daily we suggest you visit the site of your graphics card vendor sometimes even better check with the chipset manufacturer and search explicitly for the OpenGL ICD drivers Important Look for the ICD drivers miniGL drivers won t do they are developed only for certain games The driver people are catching up rapidly To see how your card is performing with the current drivers run WPFD EXE or PFD EXE and make sure FS98 is not running and the PFD INI file has the entry Benchmark Yes The program will initiate a benchmark cycle and report a benchmark value anything above the value of 200 is good depending on your hardware and graphics c
109. our desktop PCs Microsoft and SGI have formed an alliance to join their forces in a phased approach making OpenGL part of the Windows platform Windows 98 Windows NT and XP have been delivered with the OpenGL DLLs Dynamic Link Libraries As the hardware is always ahead of the software in this particular case the OpenGL drivers for your graphics card what you have on your PC isn t necessarily the newest implementation of the OpenGL ICD Any PM program that requires OpenGL will initiate a benchmark cycle and report a benchmark value anything above the value of 200 is good depending on your hardware and graphics card as well as the OpenGL acceleration status This will happen when you first run the software you can also turn this test off via the user options discussed later This can be e Emulated No OpenGL Acceleration e Partial MCD acceleration e Full ICD Acceleration What you want is Full ICD Acceleration and here is how you can get it if the drivers allegedly support it and the PFD doesn t report it Some older TNT cards with only 16 or 32MB of memory don t have enough memory and or won t accelerate certain modes e Reduce the colour depth to 16 bit e Reduce the resolution to 800x600 If the driver has an ICD driver for OpenGL it should accelerate now The next step would be to increase the resolution Please check the PFD INI entry Quality for ways of changing your display quality with OpenGL and also these settings can b
110. quired These are two independent programs written by Peter Dowson and full registered versions must be used to run pmSystems You must also read the documentation for both WideFS setup and FSUIPC thoroughly if you are not familiar with this software Please read the FSUIPC WideFS and also the FSUIPC SDK 49 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Step 1 pmSystems INSTALL WIDEFS FSUIPC MSFS CLIENT SERVER Install pmSystems on a client PC and run it for the first time Send in the registration code to project magenta and a unlock code will be sent to you Always send to register projectmagenta com to ensure fastest response time to your code requests Step 2 pmSystems Check Connections Once registered make sure it is connected to MSFS using Peter Dowson s WideFS and FSUIPC see GC set up sections of this manual for WideFS set up and or Peter Dowson s documentation Pmsystems needs to be connected to MSFS for it to work Step 3 pmSystems Program Options Upon first boot up the default 737 a c overhead systems panel will appear full screen showing the entire panel Depending on how good your graphics card driver is there are a number of options by pressing the SC key that you can change Pressing the ESC brings up the user menu Program Options gt Select Systems File Slave Mode gt Select User Options Development Mode General Cycle Time 100 High Font Quality Font Smooth Via Polygons Bitmap Smoothin
111. r aircraft type It is assumed that as the CDU is not of any valued use without an ND display you have performed the necessary tasks in the Network section and the Boeing Glass Cockpit of this Manual To re cap e File Sharing and the NetDir subfolder of the CDU must be shared e The Glass Cockpit pfd ini file must be edited and the text entry AircraftType CDU must be set if using the CDU software e No CDU ERROR messages are appearing NETDIR ERROR in the scratch pad or a FAIL light The CDU software effectively is the main Flight Management Computer in the Project Magenta Glass Cockpit System We do not for simulation purposes at this time employ a redundant system Within the extended First Officer Glass Cockpit license it is possible to run a Remote CDU RCDU The RCDU provides the First Officer with an independent display and input device exactly like on the real a c It operates independently of the Main CDU but as the Main CDU still performs the actual FMC computations the Main CDU program must be running for the RCDU to function REQUIRED OPTIONAL CDU RCDU CAPTAIN S Co Pilot s CAPTAIN s INDEPENDENT Keyboard Check Co Pilot s amp Update INDEPENDENT 4 Keyboard FMC computation The RCDU is run on a separate client computer to the CDU This is networked in the same fashion as the rest of the PM software 29 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 The CDU software
112. r system connected to specific MCP hardware and can then reside minimized as a background process or it can run as a point and click devise using the software graphic If you are intending to run the MCP connected to hardware you need to set the hardware connection via the mcp ini file in the main MCP program folder Please look at the mcp ini file to see if your hardware is supported or contact Project Magenta for further information about specific connections The Boeing MCP currently covers the following aircraft types e Boeing 737 600 700 800 e Boeing 777 xxx e Boeing 747 400 NetOr Not Commected By pressing the ESC key whilst the MCP is the active program a user Menu of basic options will appear This includes MCP type and some basic specific mode options There are other options in the MCP ini file which is self documenting To alter the size of the MCP graphic simply drag at the sides or corners with the mouse There is an option in the user interface to reset the size or press CTRL R Generally the Glass Cockpit is designed to run as a whole system with every element of the PM software running For accurate Autoland the AP needs to know the specific Flare altitude Normally this is defined by the CDU program if it is running If it is not going to be used then you must define your Flare Altitude in the mcp ini file Note that if you run the CDU at a later date what is set in the CDU will become valid data See CDU section f
113. re was written for Microsoft FS98 FS2000 FS2002 FS2004 FSX ESP Prepar3D and X Plane Please make sure you have FSUIPC installed to run this software in a network you also need WideFS Both can be found on www schiratti com dowson Features e Co Pilot callouts 80 knots Vr Transition Altitude from PM Software flap and gear position 10000 ft GPWS Warnings Announcements Callouts Waypoint Switching Altitude alerts in connection with PM FMS software Sounds can be selecctively disabled at any time A good number of sounds is by Wilco Van Deijl with his permission of course project Press P to play sound uncheck disable it Enabled Filename crj 10 wav CDU Vr 0 Transition 0 _ crj 30 wav 7 Minimize on Startup double click to minimize _ aj 50 wav _ crj antiiceduct wav _ orj apu wav crj apu_horn wav ra Edit INI File T erj auraltest wav vionics z erj bank_angle wav 7 APU _Reload INI Fie _ orj bleedairduct wav SpeedBrake jorj brakes wav 7 WiperL _ crj cabinpressure wav T WiperR crj caution wav crj caution_terrain wav _ orj cavalrycharge wav a _ crj cchord wav erj dacker wav arj configautopilot wav crj configbrakes wav crj configflaps wav xi l Enabled Type main Volume default Last Sound 102 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Please note e to install pmSounds simply run the Setup program and follow the st
114. reived from the aircraft configuration table as a reference the actual value is in brackets flpset FLAP RELATIVE POSITION 0 is Flaps UP 40 is Flaps Full If you press F7 flaps one notch down It might say the following depends on the flight model here the default 747 400 in FS2004 CURR FLAP Position FLAPS REL The flppos POS actual the text flpset Comment flap in the the sequence Glass value Cockpit from 117 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Flaps Up would display UP in the Glass Cockpit Here we want the flap text to be 1 and something is undefined in FS ist notch UP E 00 2nd 1 19 block to cover this 3rd 1 7 7 4th 5 13 13 5th 20 27 27 The rest is OK 6th 25 33 33 7th notch FULL 30 40 40 Current please note that the vmax vret vext and vmin are unchanged refer to the description at the beginning of the document Important note that there are seven flap positions but only 6 blocks of information flppos 0 flpset 0 vmax 340 vret 0 vext 210 vmin 190 flppos 1 flpset 7 vmax 227 vret 180 vext 180 vmin 165 flopos 5 flpset 13 vmax 225 vret 170 vext 170 vmin 160 118 7 1 the configuration file FS reports a flpset of 1 but 7 is defined and 1 looked up the intermediate 1 is missing We need to insert a flap Here we would want a flap text of 5 not 1 you see the 1 is doubled so something is wrong
115. roject Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 An offset is a memory location for a given variable option or feature that can be changed to have an effect on any of the connected programs These offsets can have various lengths bits bytes words dwords To find out what the length of a given offset is check it in the documentation Offsets are always to be understood as a hexadecimal value For instance from the FSUIPC SDK the FS Yaw Damper is defined as offset 0x808 and as a WORD has a length of 4 bytes It is 1 when it is on and 0 when it is off A new button would thus look as follows YAW DAMPER 808 4 1 O0 When the defined value is switched on a box is drawn around the text To display a value you can use this format YD 808 4 Then no action will be performed as no on off value is defined Bits are defined as a period sign follow by the number of the bit you want to manipulate thus an offset you want to use e g 0x5627 bit 4 is defined as MY OFFSET 5627 4 1 0 Bytes have a length of 1 WORDs of 2 and DWORDs of 4 The positioning of these commands can be controlled by additional entries such as page TEST PAGE 1ST COMM 56F8 0 1 O 2ND COMM 56F8 1 1 O0 space 3RD COMM 56A3 1 5 O return 4TH COMM 56A4 1 7 2 In this case on the page with the name TEST PAGE you would have a first row with the 1 and 2 commands an empty space and then the third command
116. rrently the following commands are supported CB cloud base e g CB5000 for 5000 ft CT cloud tops e g CT17000 CC cloud cover e g 7 for 7 8 The first layer is defined by the first CB command thus the logical sequence would be CB CT CC WT wind tops e g WT5000 WD wind direction e g WD270 or WD90 WS wind speed e g WS80 89 Project Magenta Manual V18 Instructor LOAD FUEL Screen Revision 16 November 2011 This page is used to set the individual or general fuel load for the selected aircraft The values are displayed depending on the fuel tanks available for the current aircraft within FS ALL CENTER LEFT MAIN LEFT AUX LEFT TIP RIGHT MAIN RIGHT AUX RIGHT TIP CENTER 2 LOAD PAGE WEIGHT LB POSITION ENVIRONMENT CONTROL 100 0 100 0 100 0 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 89 6 114985 84048 30025 0 84048 30025 0 0 EVESET CENTER LEFT RIGHT IMMEDIATE 114985 84048 30025 8856 84048 30025 8856 22107 382950 SYSTEMS FAIL ATTITUDE vieu vam new APPROACH LOGGER INSTRUMENTS MAP FLT FREEZE sen EXIT The display of the unit for the fuel load weight can be set by clicking on WEIGHT LB or KG and it will be reflected in the tables To select the LOAD page passenger and cargo weights click on the command in white Fuel can be set in percentage or absolute amounts per tank or as a total value When selecting the total percentage entry the f
117. running out of elevator and elevator trim authority So making turns with an out of balance a c can result in abnormal pitch tendencies making flight in instrument conditions perhaps trying to follow the FD much more difficult due to the induced instability So the longitudinal stability mainly refers to the station loads of your selected flight model you should aim to get the CofG within the limits If you re a c has fuel loading capability in the main a c fuselage this should also be considered Lateral Stability can be affected by incorrect loading of fuel in the wing tanks If you have a fuel imbalance your flight model may tend to fly wing down on the heavy side Again this can effect many things like instability in level flight and in turns If the balance is sufficiently great it may even no longer be possible to maintain lateral control of your aircraft FAQ can t find an answer to my question Just write an e mail to support projectmagenta com or go to our newsgroup listed here Testing our Software Will the Glass Cockpit and the other programs be compatible to Microsoft Flight Simulator Absolutely yes We have been compatible to the last six versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator and any new release is considered to be our current version Can I try before I buy Where is the Demo Yes please try our software first you can find it And you can find the current version of the instructions in our documentation sec
118. ry Type B737400 TXT to reference the file for the B737 400 This file is loaded only once when the Glass Cockpit is started Glass Cockpit with CDU FMS If you use the CDU FMS software things are different First of all edit PFD INI and enter Type CDU instead of Type B737400 TXT This will load the aircraft type file that is provided by the CDU The file will be retreived from the NetDir Folder For more information about that please check the Glass Cockpit instructions The Aircraft Configuration Files go into a Folder Types within the main CDU folder you should find several TXT files there If you want to create your own TXT file just copy one of the existing ones and use it as a template The Aircraft Type used by the CDU and subsequently by the Glass Cockpit can be selected on startup pressing LSK 1L or later on by going to the INIT REF IDENT page Every time you select a new aircraft type the data is re loaded put into the NetDir folder and the Glass Cockpit is instructed to load it as well The name of the selected aircraft should show up in the Engine Page To see a sample TXT file please go here www projectmagenta com downloads aircraft html Aircraft Configuration File Each aircraft type has its own set of data which can be currently set via entries in a file which is referenced in the PFD INI see above entry Ttype FILENAME EXT e g Type B737400 TXT In the default Setup of the Glass Cockpit software you will f
119. s computer that you wish to connect to MSFS You can create a folder perhaps called WideClient or copy them into the PM main program folders it actually does not matter Each time you want communication across the network with MSFS Wideclient exe must be running Step 3 GAIFR Setting Server Name or Static IP WideFS can use either the IPX network protocol for communication or TCP IP TCP IP is now the standard and we recommend its use on most systems For IPX usage please refer to Peter Dowson s documentation included with the WideFS package Generally after installation as above of the various files included in WideFS as a basic rule you should not actually have to do anything more but we also like to at least edit the wideserver ini file use a text editor like Windows Notepad Add the following entries in the first Section of the Wideserver ini file ServerName your Server s Name Or 65 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 ServerIPAddr your Server s IP address You only need to set either the ServerIPAddr or ServerName not both It is recommended that you use the ServerName option Then add to the same ini file ProtocolPreferred TCP or whatever protocol you prefer we recommend TCP at least to start with If you do not know how to find your ServerName or IP address please contact Project Magenta support or refer to the WideFS documentation WideClient F598 Eliminator Waiting for a
120. s Notepad Add the following entries in the first Section of the Wideserver ini file ServerName your Server s Name Or ServerIPAddr your Server s IP address You only need to set either the ServerIPAddr or ServerName not both It is recommended that you use the ServerName option Then add to the same ini file ProtocolPreferred TCP or whatever protocol you prefer we recommend TCP at least to start with Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 If you do not know how to find your ServerName or IP address please contact Project Magenta support or refer to the WideFS documentation WideClient F598 Eliminator Waiting for a connection When you first try to connect wideclient to MSFS you may need to allow access for this program by any Firewalls you have enabled Otherwise they may block communication Will indicate Connected and the number of clients To check you have correctly set WideClient to communicate with MSFS run MSFS on the Server then start WideClient on your client PC by clicking on wideclient exe In the menu bar at the top of the Wideclient program you should see the number of clients that are connected If it is indicating that nothing is connected then you need to refer to the network checklist to make sure you have set everything correctly Step 4 Additional things to do Sharing A Share your default MSFS folder and give it full read write access i in KE Right click on
121. s important to understand these basics first Whether you are running the demo software or the actual software for the first time this still applies A note about the demo software it is the same as the actual software only that it is time limited It can be connected to MSFS but requires the same set up and configuration as discussed previously Generally the software will go into a demo mode when it is not connected to anything whether it is the demo software or full version It won t revert to a demo mode if it is connected to MSFS In demo mode the software will create an artificial situation the instruments will appear as though they are flying and screen my change to show all the different modes This is designed to give an overall impression for pure demo purposes But for set up and configuration it is best to turn it off in the following way Through this you will also get an insight into the software main user interface Basics When the software is up and running by pressing the ESC key on your keyboard a default menu will appear superimposed on the screen This is the main first level user selectable options interface The second level is the program ini files that reside in the main program folders A text editor can be used to change these the ini files are self documented by each option but generally the options there are for a more advanced stage of use The Program Options Menu has further pages that you can navigate to
122. s nature you have to set and position the instruments Once this is done the software will remember the positioning If you change monitor re install or alter the resolution then you will have to perform this process again First please navigate through all the various instrument display modes available This mainly refers to the Glass Cockpit type software With other software like Quickmap pmSystems and the GAIFR there are no multiple screens to deal with but much of the sizing and positioning is common across software platforms By pressing the Function keys F1 through to F10 you can cycle through each display mode on the Glass Cockpits Whilst on the selected page you can position and size the instruments Cycling through the pages will give you different instrument views The surrounding Bitmap Frames can be turned on off via the ESC menu options As an example here is the F4 page most commonly used for the Captains PFD and ND display run on a single TFT display At present the sizing is not correct Both the PFD and ND have to be re positioned and re sized Positioning can be achieved either via the keyboard or the mouse By placing the mouse over any instrument you can move the combination around To move individual instruments you can use a combination of the CTRL SHIFT ALT and arrow keys Please try this It is first best to get a rough sizing using the keys on the numeric keypad and from there on introduce the ALT
123. s sisien aaea 101 Weather All other programs sssr 118 Weather Radar eneee 118 120 WAZZU o EAP E EAE A PR A ETT 118 WideFS and FSUIPC sssseeesessseeeeereernrenenn 8 WITH MCDU SOFTWARE scseceeeeeeeeesnsseeeeees 41
124. se to select for positioning Accessing Page Modes Access modes directly F1 PFD F2 ND F3 Engine F4 Captain PFD ND F5 PFD ND Engine F10 Standby Instruments 77 Project Magenta Manual V18 N PgDn L PgUp BackSpace Ctrl I V B Insert Delete Home End D Ctrl 5 6 7 Ctrl 8 9 0 I G hWN FS I 5 6 7 8 9 0 Ctrl C Ctrl Shift Z Ctri O O Revision 16 November 2011 Switch to next Mode PFD ND Engine Captain PFD ND Copilot PFD ND Captain PFD ND ENG Copilot PFD ND ENG Switch to previous mode Enable Disable Bitmap frame around instruments Ctrl Backspase to select for positioning Switches off displays pressing it a second time makes them light up again Primary Flight Display Increase Decrease Decision Height DH Ctrl Shift V resets DH to default Switches display from hPa to Inches and back Sets QNH to STD 29 92 1013 Increases decreases QNH Flight Director On Off Shift A Flight Director bar toggle ND Modes Distinct OFF VORL ADFL inop if MCP is active Distinct OFF VORR ADFR inop if MCP is active Toggles Waypoint information ETA and Distance in the ND for flight plan points DATA Decrease Increase MAP range VOR toggle On Off in MAP Mode Ctrl 1 Off only NDB toggle On Off in MAP Mode Ctrl 2 Off only WPT toggle On Off in MAP Mode Ctrl 3 Off only ARPT toggle On Off in MAP Mode Ctrl 4 Off only MAP Range 7 5 12 5 25 50 100 200 NM Switches TCAS Mode O
125. self commenting Boeing Glass Cockpit Keyboard Commands This is the set of keyboard commands for the various PFD and ND screens Ctri M Cursor Keys Ctrl Cursor Keys Alt Cursor Keys NumPad Plus NumPad Minus Z X Ctrl Z X F1 to F10 General Exits Program Alt Q shuts down the PC without a prompt watch out displays hides frame rate and OpenGL acceleration type Toggles Title Bar display Toggles Menu display Instruments Pages Move displayed Instruments Left Right Up Down Move displayed Instruments Left Right Up Down Move Navigation Display Left Right Up down only on 2 Element display PFD ND Move Engine Display Left Right Up Down only in 3 Element Display PFD ND and Engine When on the Standby Gauge page F10 you can position the single items by pressing the Tab Key to select which instrument to move moving it with Alt Cursor or Ctrl Alt keys afterwards You can also change the space between the ND and the PFD by pressing the Y and U keys Zoom In Increase Size Zoom Out Decrease Size Decrease Increase Blue Component in Background Decrease Increase Brightness of the Bitmap Frame Access modes directly F1 PFD F2 ND F3 Engine F4 Captain PFD ND F5 Copilot PFD ND F6 Captain PFD ND Eng F7 Copilot PFD ND ENG F8 Captain ND Eng F9 Copilot ND Eng F10 Standby Horizon Altimeter Speed indication 25 Project Magenta Manual V18 N PgDn L PgUp or Ctrl G H
126. setting Refer to the WideFS documents for further information on setting different network protocols Other Required Shares Other required shares for our programs to communicate properly with FS and display or save FS flight plans share the FS folder with read write access for FS9 and FSX share the My Documents Flight Simulator Files folder with the share name FSPLANS if using XP make sure that this folder is not private Note share name does not mean renaming an existing folder this is the name given to the share that you are creating 11 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 pmFileCheck Tool As mentioned before pmFileCheck is a very helpful tool to check everything is OK with your PM setup You can find it in the main folder of practically all programs Glass Cockpit FMC IFR Panels etc It will check the connection to flight simulator and its frame rate show the detected WideFS versions inspect the NetDir settings and so forth It will help you identify any problems and will suggest solutions should any issues appear to be the case It is possible to copy the result to the clipboard and send it to PM support should you need any help pmFileCheck Build 36 Opening Connections Local Path C NonSim pmFileCheck Checking Computer and User Name Local Computer Name FSN Local User Name Owner FSUIPC WideFS found FSUIPC Version 3 53 WideServer Version 6 51 WideClient Version 6 51 Flight Simul
127. sition the aircraft holding left of runway 04R at John F Kennedy airport in New York OA KJFK RWY 04L ILS 110 90 KJFK RWY 04R ILS 109 50 4 KJFK RWY 31L ILS 111 35 KJFK RWY 31R ILS 111 50 KJFK RWY 22E ItS 110 90 l KJFK RWY 13R l KJFK RWY 22R q KJFK RWY 13L ILS 111 50 v For instance to position the aircraft 7 NM from the touchdown zone of runway 31R at KJFK click on the runway text then select it from the list that is presented to you As an option you can also force the setting of the ILS frequency by clicking on it If the ILS for a given runway is not active it will be indicated by a blinking text Once the runway has been selected click on the text 7 NM This will instruct the flight simulator to position itself at the given distance and respective altitude for the current reference runway Depending on how far the new position is from the present location of the flight simulator and the speed of the main FS 86 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 computer this action may take several seconds You should see the text SETTING POSITION in the center of the screen Once the re positioning is completed the scenery is re loaded and the simulator is paused The precise type of pause FREEZE or FLIGHT FREEZE can be set in the options menu The message POSITION SET FREEZE ON appears if FREEZE is selected as a mode Please note that depending on the settings of your flight simulator th
128. t FS98 minimize it and run the PFD maximized and then press Alt Tab and select FS98 FS2000 You can now run the sim but the PFD stays on top You now have a pure IFR simulator When you set FSWindow On the CDU Cockpit will look for the Flight Simulator and become part of that window i e it is maximized and minimized together with FS This is only interesting for One PC operation When you use FSWindow On you can force the focus back to FS every time you have clicked on a key within the CDU On disables the automatic creation of the NetDir entry by the CDU when it is enabled you can allow the CDU to force the NetDir onto the other programs by going to the INIT REF MAINT NETDIR menu Network directory that will be used for the exchange of files between the PFD ND the MCP and the CDU Entries could be NetDir E Data NetDir SERVER1 C please check the correct path on your system Here you can define a location for your SBP files SquawkBox flight plans anywhere on your network or locally This is for those who use flight planning programs SBP is a very popular export format Limits the speed that can be selected on the MCP depending on the current flap limiting speeds 35 Project Magenta Manual V18 AutoFlapRetract AutoFlapExtract User Serial 0 Font Arial FontBold Off FontFactor 1 Text Default Full Off InvertFull Off Log Off Preflight Off Flush Off Messages On KeyboardLights Off Ke
129. t files in its own local directory but from the MCDU programs types subfolder This has one main advantage from the MCDU program you can select your aircraft type automatically and very quickly without having to manually edit each Glass Cockpit ini file on your system 41 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 If you are running the MCDU software in combination with the GC select the LSK next to the aircraft Type on the IDENT page Press the MENU button and then select IDENT The aircraft types that are stored in your Types subdirectory in the Main MCDU program folder are shown as selectable options Once selected the new type will be shown on the Ident page EES Var gt F lt CFDS lt EFIS L E EFIS R E lt DATA LINK G GA Gan Gree Ge S DIR PROG fliper fi INIT DATA L eri e GETEA i NAV ae F PLN CO ongoa ws 0000n pms Gad G G G Gred DIR PROG PERF INIT DATA oir PROG PERF INIT DATA F PLN FUEL SEC I arc cou PRED F PLN COMM Please note it is not a good idea to select an A340 type txt file when you only have an A320 or two engine flight model connected to MSFS For obvious reasons you should match the type file to the type of aircraft you intend to fly in MSFS TYPES NETDIR Route data The diagram illustrates the data exchange between the MCDU program subfolders and the Glass Cockpit Number Of Eng
130. t reduction sequence E g reducing by 3 N1 until 10000 ft gradually increasing to full climb N1 until 15000 ft clb1 reduction 3 10000 15000 clb2 reduction 6 5000 15000 For Take Off thrust reduction use the following tol reduction 10 10000 15000 to2 reduction 15 10000 15000 Note The reduction entries should be made after the tables Cost Index Data Experimental costindex 0 271 72 270 71 330 78 3 2 20 283 74 282 74 266 73 2 7 200 335 78 320 78 330 78 2 1 end Example 20 is cost index clbias clbmach crzias crzmach desias desmach descent angle in degrees Note Descent IAS first then MACH normally it is spoken written as mach ias high cost index should have a higher descent angle for path descent 115 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Flight Mode Annunciators Most Aircraft types follow the same rules as far as the FMA Flight Mode Anunciators are concerned but the texts can differ greatly These Texts can be changed in every single TXT file and you only have to enter the ones you want to change The following is a listing of the DEFAULT settings Speed Modes Boeing Type ASPD1 ARM ASPD2 THR ASPD3 SPD ASPD4 RETARD ASPD5 THR HLD ASPD6 FMC SPD ASPD7 MCP SPD ASPD8 IDLE ASPD9 SPD VNAV SPD ASPD10 THR REF Heading Modes AHDG1 HDG SEL AHDG2 LOC ARM AHDG3 VOR LOC AHDG4 APP LOC AHDG5 LOC ARM AHDG8 LNAV AHDG9 ROLLOUT AHDG10 HDG HOLD Altitude
131. t registering it the Glass Cockpit will run into communication conflicts on the ND display modes amongst other things 76 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Keyboard Commands RJ Ctrl M or Esc Q F WwW Zor xX Cursor Keys Ctrl Cursor Keys Alt Cursor Keys Alt Shift cursor Keys Y U NumPad Plus NumPad Minus BackSpace F1 to F10 General Options Opens Options Menu Screen Exits Program Alt Q shuts down the PC without a prompt watch out displays hides frame rate and OpenGL acceleration type Toggles Title Bar display Toggles Background Grey Moving of Instruments and Pages Move displayed Instruments Left Right Up Down Move displayed Instruments Left Right Up Down Move Navigation Display Left Right Up down only on 2 Element display PFD ND Move Engine Display Left Right Up Down only in 3 Element Display PFD ND and Engine When on the Standby Gauge page F10 you can position the single items by pressing the Tab Key to select which instrument to move moving it with Alt Cursor or Ctrl Alt keys afterwards You can also change the space between the ND and the PFD by pressing the Y and U keys Move Engine Display Left Right Up down only on 2 Element display PFD Engine Display To change distance between PFD and ND ND position Zoom In Increase Size Zoom Out Decrease Size Enable Disable Bitmap frame around instruments Ctrl Backspa
132. t would not be initiated until the aircraft has reached that waypoint ABC O would allow the aircraft to fly to the next waypoint as soon as it has to turn to be able to intercept the proper inbound course MIL 220 O KEA MIL 220 KEA speed e g 1 gt 500 INTCO50 ABC 220 DEF O GHI Sets the speed restriction for the waypoint ABC in this case 200 knots Important speed has to be followed by a slash 106 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 altitude e g 1 gt 500 INTCO50 ABC 220 7000 DEF O GHI Sets the altitude restriction for the waypoint ABC in this case 7000 feet flight level e g 1 gt 500 INTCO50 ABC 220 7000 DEF O FL220 GHI Sets the altitude restriction for the waypoint DEF in this case flight level 220 DIS distance To describe a distance from the previously defined waypoint CRS course To describe a course from the previously defined waypoint e g DUMBA CRSO70 V Radar vector shown as VECTOR in the LEGS page 107 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Aircraft Configuration Files Basics The Aircraft Configuration Files are used by the CDU FMS and the Glass Cockpit They have the extension TXT for your convenience and they can be edited with any text editor Glass Cockpit Only If you do not have the CDU FMS software the Aircraft Configuration file is referenced within PFD INI I e you would have an ent
133. ter the size of the FCU graphic simply drag at the sides or corners with the mouse There is an option in the user interface to reset the size or press CTRL R Generally the Glass Cockpit is designed to run as a whole system with every element of the PM software running For accurate Autoland the AP needs to know the specific Flare altitude Normally this is defined by the MCDU program if it is running If it is not going to be used then you must define your Flare Altitude in the FCU ini file Note that if you run the MCDU at a later date what is set in the MCDU will become valid data See the MCDU section for setting the Flare Altitude To set the Flare Altitude in the FCU ini if you are not using the MCDU software edit height above ground you wish the AP to commence the flare on an AutoLand any value 20 30 35 40 and 52 etc Flare 40 There are many self documenting other settings in the FCU ini file which can be set by the user if required 48 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 pmSystems Typical System Requirements 1 2ghz PC amp Above Fully Compliant OpenGL Graphics Card Colour Depth 16mb WideFS and FSUIPC full version Registered Windows Operating System MSFS Flight Model of your choosing with default MSFS panels PmSystems Introduction pmSystems can simulate the complex system logics found in heavy transport aircraft It can be used both as a pure software interface and or to provide
134. the EICAS to the number of engines the flight model has But the Glass Cockpit still needs more information from you which will be discussed shortly For Regional Jet Type a c then two engines will be the typical engine display mode Apart from detecting the number of Engines your aircraft has the Glass Cockpit also needs to know a great deal of other parameters These are generated through text files These files are associated by aircraft type Because sometimes the Glass Cockpit is run alone without the CDU software there are two ways of setting the specific aircraft type so that the Glass Cockpit knows the various performance characteristics and FMA modes to display 74 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 RJ Step 2 Type Selection Method A NO CDU SOFTWARE You will need to open the Glass Cockpit ini file pfd ini located in the main program folder GC Open this file with NotePad Find the following entry AircraftType As you are not running the CDU software you must specify the aircraft type you want to fly here In the Glass Cockpit folder are a number of aircraft type files For example type txt The files are all in a plain text format and thus have the aircraft type followed by the file extension txt You can also download more of these files from the Updates section of the PM website AircraftType RJ txt The Glass Cockpit is now set to read the information in the aircraft specific text file
135. the primer option for this type of a c It should be noted that there are different techniques used to start a c engines and it is possible to start them without any primer we offer this as a guide only Winter time cold start in temperatures below 15 degrees c x6 Primes Summer time start in temperatures above 15 degrees x4 Primes Hot start after engine has been recently run priming may not be necessary 71 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Battery amp Alternator The Battery switch and alternator switch are usually operated as one single switch The battery switch is required for all electrical services and to operate the engine starter motor The alternator is required to ensure the constant charging of the battering when the engine is running AVIONICS PA28 We have provided a set of radios which are on by default at the top of the GAIFR panel Ideally to get realistic use of complex communication and navigation radios the panel should be used with appropriate hardware If hardware is being used the graphic radios can be switched off via the Options menu The radios in graphical form have been positioned in such away that maintains adequate size of the IFR instruments To position them in their correct physical place would make the instruments as much as 20 smaller AVIONICS We have developed a number of ways to select and com1 NAV1 ADF TRANSPONDER change frequencies on the radios The first and 4 4 4
136. tion The demo doesn t work What can I do Easy fix send us an e mail Support projectmagenta com with the problem and we will help as if you were already our customer A more interesting solution go to our documentation section and check our PDF Format User Manual What hardware do I need for the Glass Cockpit A difficult question to answer it depends on the performance you expect Some might be happy with one solution others would never accept it Please check out our Demo to see whether the hardware you want to use is acceptable to YOU As a general advice we would like to see the Demo Benchmark test to score 126 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 better than 120 and the graphics card on your system to be able to accelerate OpenGL the Demo will tell you if it does Still what are your Hardware Requirements For the Glass Cockpits we recommend a PII 300 or better with a graphic card able to accelerate OpenGL Currently Very good nVidia some ATI cards bad Matrox S3 Voodoo the CDU MCDU MCP FCU do not need OpenGL acceleration the CDU might need a computer with more than 64 MB RAM because Windows doesn t leave a lot of free memory for the MetWork 10M network is perfectly sufficient you don t need a 100M system Will your software run under Win2000 NT XP Yes it will we monitor our customer s feedback and so far no problems were reported Setting up the network especially with a mixe
137. to have a reference for the files created by the CDU so the other programs can read and use them You don t need to set it up if you are not using the CDU What is the easiest way best place to set up the NetDir The best place seems to be to have it on the CDU computer the easiest way to set it up is going into the CDU page INIT REF MAINT NETDIR and press the LSK next to the recommended solution LSK 3L The MCP FCU doesn t follow the lateral path what is wrong This is a known issue on some systems to fix it please exit the CDU MCDU program and delete the CDU SET file Then start the program again Specific Questions MCP FCU My flaps settings in FS don t match with what is displayed in the EICAS ECAM Engine Display Please go here and check the Flap Setting confioguration i e compare the notches in your FS setup with the one specified in the aircraft configuration file I want to use the 777 747 737 MCP where do I download it The Boeing Type MCP includes the interface for all three versions of the MCP just download the MCP software and select the one you want to use in the MCP menu I have additional questions Please contact support projectmagenta com and we will do our best to help you Notams We regularly post NOTAMS to our website www projectmagenta com notams html about particular new features or program updates Project Magenta Internal and Interfacing Offsets A list of Project Magenta offsets you can use
138. ual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 SERVER CAPT PFD amp ND NETWORK UPPER EICAS HUB or SWITCH LOWER EICAS CoPILOT PFD amp ND lt O gt O o Cc RCDU INSTRUCTOR STATION E l lt Q gt MCP OFTWARE In the schematics you can see how each client is connected together via a switch hub to the Server Each client has a VGA output to drive respective flight displays Note how in this example pmSystems and the MCP has been left out of the loop this is simply because you can choose where to run these as with any of the other pm software like pmSounds etc Generally the rule of thumb is if you eventually won t need to actually see the software graphic as you will have hardware as the main input output device then that particular control program can run minimized You may choose in this example to run the MCP on the Server or perhaps the EICAS computer With the CDU program you still need to see the output of the screen so if you have CDU hardware then we have an option so that just the full screen output of the CDU is shown You should build a schematic of your set up the schematic shown here is merely one example As a further note with a program like pmSystems whilst it will control you re a c systems in a minimized state so you don t have to see it it will be a requirement to see MULTI MONITOR CONES it full screen during the test phases of your set up A as you connect your hardware if used in t
139. uel will be evenly spread amongst the tanks You can also enter a total amount of fuel and have the Instructor station fill the tanks according to your preference Center tanks first or Left Right tanks first If a fill rate is entered this will be used to fill the tanks at a gradual rate but only if you enter a total fuel amount The filling of individual tanks is immediate Additional features for this page will be added depending on user requests PILOT CO PILOT CREW FIRST CLASS BUSINESS CLASS UPPER DECK COACH 1 7 COACH 8 18 COACH 19 34 FORWARD BAGGAGE AFT BAGGAGE IMMEDIATE FUEL PAGE WEIGHT LB POSITION ENVIRONMENT SYSTENS FATL ATTITUDE CONTROL APPROACH LOGGER INSTRUMENTS HAP FLT FREEZE view vam ew 90 _ s x Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Instructor ATTITUDE VIEW and INSTRUMENTS Screens These pages can be seen as experimental but already have a very practical use depending on your simulator The Attitude screen allows you to view the current aircraft s behaviour in real time from four different angles The view screen can be seen as a simple real time outside view if the instructor s direct view to the pilot s display is obstructed If available in the Terrain subfolder terrain data will be displayed together with runways and taxiways We are open to suggestions for additional features for these screens in any case they have all proven very useful on the Instructor s
140. ur original Order Confirmation e mail Once we have this code we then send you an Activation Code and the software is activated but not ready to use just yet Please read further for how to set up your systems so that the software can communicate with MSFS 63 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Step 1 GAIFR Network Set up The main advantage of a Networked solution when running the GAIFR panel is that you can maintain an outside visual environment without any loss of computer performance This solution is ideal for any individual or training organization who decides to have two computers running together with two monitors The principle is very simple One computer usually the SERVER runs MSFS and the second computer the CLIENT runs the GAIFR software In this way you can run MSFS in Full Screen Mode just the full scenery screen view and have the flight instruments displayed in very high resolution on the second display driven by the second computer CLIENT The two computers and simulation programs are connected together via a network and a program called WideFS For networking you will require that each of your PC s has a Network adaptor card These are usually PCI 10 100base Ethernet cards Once these are installed in each machine as per manufacturers guide lines you need either to connect them together via a Hub or switch or the cheapest solution would be a simple crossover Cable if only two computers ar
141. vaids Displays a list of Available VORs click on them to select a given VOR for NAV1 Displays a list of Available VORs click on them to select a given VOR for NAV2 Displays a list of Available NDBs click on them to select a navaid for the ADF Actions Stopwatch Mode Select Start Stop Reset Show Hide Radio Stack Trim Up Down Gear Up Down Increase Decrease selected altimeter pressure 68 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Z X Decrease Increase Panel Brightness Shift Z X Decrease Increase Instrument Lighting Ctrl X Instrument Lighting Red GAIFR SYSTEMS amp FAILURES Various system failures are possible with the GAIFR panels The following below only refers to the PA28 Piper Warrior Different a c models will have different systems and thus effects of failures could be different The following is only to illustrate the concept and should not be treated as any form of official type specific guide whatsoever By pressing the VAC button the VAC fail light will illuminate on the indicator panel indicating a fault in the vacuum system This is the first clue to the pilot that there is a fault Soon afterwards the AI and HI will run down and the pilot must switch to the correct limited panel flying procedures as laid down by his instructor or instrument flying course book FILTERS ELECTRIC 69 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 PITOT and STATIC PRESSURE SYST
142. various tasks are not performed and found to be working before the software is put into use As a general rule none of the information herein and none of the software can be used for real world aviation or navigation The software is by no means to be considered complete concerning any of the respective aircraft s real systems and operation The software is designed to give familiarization of those a c modeled Unless otherwise stated the diagrams in this document refer to Windows XP Note that depending on your desktop style and theme differences may be apparent in your particular set up Printing Information This manual has been designed to be printed with a B W printer No colour printing is necessary If you find technical errors in this manual please e mail support projectmagenta com Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Requirements MSFS various versions are supported but we maintain support for the most current version At time of print we support FS2004 FSX ESP Prepar3D and X Plane Win98 and above We currently recommend WinXP and Windows 7 Fully compliant OpenGL Graphics Card Typically nVidia Gforce Cards Colour Mode of 16bit and above 450Mhz amp above depending on program Full registered version of FSUIPC Full registered version of WideFS both FSUIPC and WideFS are free of charge for our customers Computer Network 10Mbs TCP IP or IPX TCP IP and 100MB recommended For X Plane please use
143. verview Page Weather Radar On Off 78 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Ctrl R_ Terrain Display On Off Ctrl G Terrain Mode Display Lines Grid Triangles Ctrl H_ Terrain Colour Display Altitude Green Delta Altitude Alt G Terrain Map Size Small Step2 Large Step2 Small Step1 Large Step2 T Changes the bottom of the ND from Fuel to Controls and vice versa Engine Page Ctrl C Toggles the display of the controls Extra Information Elevator Aileron position etc Ctrl V Toggles MCP value indication left of Engine display If MCP is present Tab Switches to the next Engine display page Ctrl S Toggles No Smoking indication Ctrl B Toggles Fasten Seatbelts indication Settings RJ INI There are various items you can customize both within the program and in the program s INI file RJ INI Please check the RJ INI itself for the latest entries they are self commenting 79 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 80 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Project Magenta Instructor Station INSTRUCTOR STATION The Instructor Station software is based on our experience with several of our other products and particular requirements we would have to such an application The system requirements are identical to our Glass Cockpit software and the software can be used on a single or dual monitor configuration as well as networked on several computers The network interfacing is
144. vision 16 November 2011 General Aviation IFR Panels GAIFR System Requirements 850mzh and above Fully compliant OpenGL graphics card Colour Depth 16mb and above ideally 32mb 1024x680 and above WideFS amp FSUIPC Registered full version Network PC to MSFS Windows Operating System Win98 and above MSFS Single or Twin Engine Flight model of your choosing Default MSFS panels The GAIFR panel has been designed to operate at extremely high screen resolutions as well as lower resolutions If using the very high resolutions then system spec may need to be increased considerably GAIFR Introduction The General Aviation Instrument Flight Rules GAIFR panel is aimed at instrument rated pilots wishing to maintain proficiency or for pilots undergoing instrument flight Training within a flight school The panel of course can be used for VFR flight as well The panel has been designed with a basic set of instruments which should be sufficient for most IFR procedures Actual aircraft instruments may differ slightly due to the various manufacturers The quality and resolution of the instruments is such that pilots should be able to fly accurate approaches radials and all the necessary instrument procedures with a high degree of accuracy required for this type of training Advanced features to aid in training have been implemented such as failure modes This will enable pilots to practice typical flight procedures like simulated Gyro F FS
145. whether it is operating as a Captains Display or a Co Pilots display This is selected under the user options in the ESC menu Note that the Co pilots display requires a special second GC license If you selected without registering it the Glass Cockpit will run into communication conflicts on the ND display modes amongst other things On some airline 737 aircraft configs only a four type ND mode selection display is possible rather than the full modes This is selectable as an option in the ESC menu Generally the norm is to use the full mode selection If you fly any aircraft that is reliant to a lesser or greater degree on a lower EICAS display like the 777 or 747 400 then whilst these displays are available within the Glass Cockpit package in order to send them valid data you will need to run pmSystems Without pmSystems the displays will just indicate place holders but no data ill be displayed Note that the 737 does not have system information on the lower EICAS and as such to display the secondary EICAS information you do not need pmSystems for the 737 Most of the system status on the 737 is indicated to the pilots via the Glare Shield Warning lights and the overhead panel itself 24 Project Magenta Manual V18 Revision 16 November 2011 Glass Cockpit INI Settings There are various items you can customize both within the program and in the program s INI file PFD INI Please check the PFD INI itself for the latest entries they are
146. ylayout NR Case Brown Revision 16 November 2011 Automatically retracts flaps according to the flap limiting speeds Automatically extracts flaps according to the flap limiting speeds Sets the communication port if you have hardware which can connect serially to the CDU software Allows you to set the Font used in the CDU Please note that some fonts may produce strange effects These will be compensated wherever possible The default Font is Arial Sets the font display to normal or bold Allows you to set the font factor where the entry 1 2 would be 20 larger font The CDU can display color text pure green text or pure white text To change it set Text green or Text White Enables full screen keyboard less CDU display This is interesting for cockpit builders who have special hardware for the CDU Allows you to invert the colors on the full text display I e if you set the Text Green option the text will be displayed Black on a Green background Enables logging of the route calculation to be made Slows down operation of the CDU considerably and should only be used for tests Please keep this option off When set to On the PERF and TAKEOFF pages are reset requiring manual entry of weights etc This option will re set those values every time the CDU is re started When set to On the current route is deleted every time you start up the CDU Disables the display of messages Off in the scratch pad You have to go
147. your MSFS main program folder select properties and S7 S ison then look for the sharing options typically on a sharing tab in winXP S J To aetas ade th ater uson ot i congue Select the option to share the folder and give it a share name with full E E OR Fee read write access a hee ee Network sharing and sex B For FS9 FSX you need to share where the Flight Simulator Files sf incr comper sot ie cb are stored Go to your MyDocuments folder and find the sub folder FZ Share this folder on the network Flight Simulator Files Right click on this folder and enable full _ sl IV Allow network users to change my files sharing as outlined above The share name of this folder must be set Leam more about shai and security to FSPLANS Write in FSPLANS where it indicates the share name 1 Windows Frenaliscorfguedio slow this folder to be shared When using WinXP make sure the option for it to be a Private Folder Seca is not selected Cancel Aen Step 5 NetDir The NetDir setting is required if you own a copy of the PM CDU or MCDU program There are various ways to set the NetDir it is important to ensure it has been set correctly for correct operations between the CDU MCDU and the Glass Cockpit a Go to the program folder of the CDU or MCDU where you installed this software b Open this folder There is a subfolder called NetDir Right click Properties and select the sharing tab or option Now a

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