Richard Probst's B-727 Panel

[Novatar]

Has anyone been successful in getting this panel to work in FS2004 or have any information on how to get it to work?
I get errors when trying to load the RP727.gau file. This is one of those guage files that contain a whole series of gauges.
Thanks
Vern

[pretend pilot]

i don't remember if this was the prob i had or not, and i am on the road now, so i don't have to check, but, make sure you have fssound.dll in your modules folder.

[Novatar]

Thanks a bunch. That was the problem. I remembered to add the [Old Modules] in the FS2004.cfg file but forgot to tranfer the fssound.dll file to the modules folder.
Best
Vern

[pretend pilot]

no prob, glad to help.

[kc10]

Hi Vern,
so are you saying the panel works now? :-)

[scubajuan]

I have de fssound.dll in place, oldmolules section of the cfg ok, the panel loads and work ok except for the autopilot portion of the radio panel which just doesnt show. I guess that this part of the multigauge is not compatible whit fs2004, a shame , cause is the nicest 727 panel on the net and would love to keep using it in fs2004, if there is something i can do to make it compatible let me know

[Novatar]

Hi KC
Yes the panel works for me except for the autopilot not showing. I just substituted the B737-400 autopilot in place of the RP727!autopilot as below in {Window03}

gauge00=737-400!Autopilot, 0 ,197, 400, 100

I also changed the GPS as below the show the Garmin 500:

{Window02}
Background_color=16,16,16
size_mm=120,200
window_size_ratio=1.000
position=8
visible=0
ident=GPS_PANEL
window_size= 0.195, 0.387
window_pos= 0.806, 0.410

Gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0,120,200

Both could probably use a little re-sizing but work for me.
Best
Vern

[kc10]

Great! Now my entire FFX fleet is officially operational again :-)

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[sidneyschwartz]

Here's how to get the autopilot to display correctly. Open the panel.cfg file and find the following line:

gauge00=Rp727_2!ap ,0 ,197, 400, 103

Delete the space between "ap" and the comma, like so:

gauge00=Rp727_2!ap,0 ,197, 400, 103

That should do it. Apparently fs9 is more fussy about extra spaces than fs2k2.

Even with the autopilot displaying correctly, however, I found that it worked only partially. Engaging the "paddles" would hold pitch and bank, but the heading sel and alt hold switches didn't work.

Sidney Schwartz
KPDX