Thank you. I will try that.
Is the fmc independent of each other
Thank you @DownLow70.
It worked! The ILS FREQ was shown in the PFD display when switched on approach even if the Approach Data continued showing NAN with NAV1 tuned.
Appreciate your guidance.
I also just learnt an important lesson from Chris:
I have the same problem!
Sorry for the unclear post. Its difficult to explain what excatly I mean.
The problem is that clicking would need the courser to be exactly over the specified area and when flying (espacially with trackir) its a lot harder to do that. Thats why I only use scrolling for changing certain values. But its not like one scroll will increase the altitude for example by 100ft but rather after a few scrolls increase the altitude by 1000ft and so on. This problem is not just with the CJ4 but all planes. I would rather prefer a normal scrolling behavior where one scroll would also mean 100ft/1Ā° HDG etc. change without the rate of change increasing with more scrolling.
I hope you now know what I mean 
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Unfortunately, no. The aircraft code is not in any control of the scroll rates or scroll acceleration for knobs. Itās just baked into the sim.
-Matt
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Thank you for your answer, but unfortunately, no. It is not the problemā¦ 
Are you running any other mods at all or even any other MSFS software at all (FSUIPC, Spad.next, LittleNavMap, SimToolKitPro, anything)?
-Matt
Does this only happen with the CJ4?
Does this happen as soon as the aircraft is loaded, or only occasionally during flight? Then the problem could possibly be the Engine Antiice not being switched on in icing-conditions.
Is anyone using this mod together with Logitech/Saitek panels and spad.next?
Iād love to try this out (currently only flying the TBM) but before I delve into this Iād like to get a feel of what can be mapped via SimConnect / MSFS vars and what has to be operated exclusively with the mouse? Is standard stuff (AP modes, nav frequencies, radios etc) still accessible via SimConnect, or is all of this now custom implemented?
Thanks!
Dirk
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Love to hear the answer to this since Iām considering getting a Class Echo.
I took the plunge and installed the mod, read the manual and went through the 2 hour āHow to flyā video on YouTube, and then tried a few flights.
Although stuff like radios and frequencies still operate fine with the Logitech panels, nothing AP-related on the multipanel works any more (switching AP modes, changing altitudes, etc), everything needs to be done with the mouse. I had a feeling this would be the case, and I understand why this is, but unfortunately this is a real dealbreaker for me. Iām blown away by the implementation and functionality of this mod, but Iām not going back to mouse clicking in the cockpit (I can fully operate the TBM with my panels alone, the inertial sep might be the only thing that I wasnāt able to map).
My hope is that maybe thereāll be a solution at some time in the future, until then I think Iām going to pass.
Iām sorry to hear that. Unfortunately at the moment SimConnect does not support LVars or HVars and as such any third party plane that has customized the autopilot at all is going to suffer the same fate. As it was in simulators past, all hardware integration for third party aircraft canāt always use the stock keys and mode variables because they arenāt allowed to write them, so LVars are what have been used. Once LVar support is added back to the SDK this situation will improve.
As it stands right now, all the lateral and vertical AP mode buttons on the AP panel are unavailable Iām hardware.
-Matt
Off topic, but maybe of some help. This post suggests that mapping Toggle Engine 1 Anti Ice turns on/off the TBM Inertial Separator, but it doesnāt move the cockpit switch. Iāve tried this and it does switch off the caution warning (and doesnāt move the switch), but no idea if it is actually turning on/off the inert sep.
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I cannot get the PFD and MFD to show VOR1 and VOR2. This is very frustrating as when trying to navigate to an intersection I keep having to switch to HDG mode on AP, then switch to see if Iām intercepting other radial.
Additionally, the AP does not seem to want to track via VLOC. It only wants to follow what is in the GPS.
Pretty hard to tell what is happening here but youāll need to change the nav source to switch to green needles and follow what is tuned on the radio. You can do that with the NAV button above the PFD. If the needles are magenta you havenāt selected the correct nav source. We havenāt had any reports of not being able to select the nav radios as a nav source.
You can also get bearing pointer overlays for your nav radios by selecting them in BRG SRC on the PFD menu.
-Matt
I will try the bearing source, but I am still confused about the PFD/MFD. Is it SUPPOSED to show VOR1 on PFD and VOR2 on MFD if you select as such? I can get the MFD to say VOR2 but it still shows the CDI from whatever is on the PFD.
Thanks for the explanation Matt! I suspected something like that and didnāt have my hopes up to begin with. I believe spad.next can read/write LVARS so hopefully the SDK support will come back soon.
Having said that, Iām still at awe what you guys accomplished here, the functionality is fantastic and fixes so many shortcomings that come with the stock MSFS capabilities. I couldnāt resist doing one more flight in the CJ4, and it was pretty awesome, even though I wasnāt able to use my hardware panel. So maybe I will revise my statement and Iām not going to completely pass on this for now, but off and on will do some flights with the CJ4 besides the TBM (which will remain my āmainā and first choice as it is a fine plane too and integrates fully with the hardware).
Again, thanks for all your hard work, this mod is stellar and I hope I (and everyone else) can enjoy it some day together with hardware integration.
Dirk
Yeah this does actually work and it will indeed enable / disable the inert sep, but besides not moving the switch in the cockpit it also does not behave like the switch - itās an instantenous on/off, whereas when triggered via the cockpit switch its effect slowly ramps up over 30 seconds (like in the real thing).
In any case, thanks for the suggestion!
Dirk
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Yes, only with the CJ4, and as soon as the aircraft is loadedā¦ 