Created a gauge. Popup Icon. For use with your FMC. Icon gauge only. No FMC included.

Created a gauge. Popup Icon. For use with your FMC.

Icon gauge only. No FMC included.

Next post will contain instructions on how to make the icon gauge, and how to install it.

Plus a few pointers at the end about the use.

il88pp.

FSX icon gauge. You can use it to make the FMC pop up. (FMC not included).

Tested in FSX-Gold-Acceleration. (disk edition).

Not tested in other FSX versions or FS2004, but could well work there too.

I will explain how to make it, and then how to install it.

Plus a few pointers at the end.

---- How to put this gauge together: ----

Create an empty folder on your desktop.

Name the folder:

FMC_icon_v1_il88

Open the folder.

Create a blank Notepad file in the folder.

Use Notepad, and no other text editors.

Open the blank .txt file with Notepad.

Use the mouse to select everything that is inside the following Code box.

Right click and select "Copy". Then paste the text in your text file.

17348 (>K:PANEL_ID_TOGGLE)
FMC

Close and save the text file.

Rename the text file from:

new document.txt

to

FMC_icon_v1_il88.xml

(Windows will warn the file type may become unusable when you

change the name. It won't become unusable, So click OK to that.)

By doing that it is no longer a text file (FMC_icon_v1_il88.txt) but an XML file (FMC_icon_v1_il88.xml) and that makes it a gauge.

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Now right click the image below and select: "Save Image As".

Then save it in the folder you created earlier.

It will be called: FMC_icon_v1_il88.jpg

You will then need to change the Image into a .bmp file. (bitmap file.)

The image:

To turn the Image into a .bmp (bitmap) file, open it in the editor "Paint" (or another image editor).

Then select: "File"--"Save As"--and select "Save As Bitmap". Save it as a 24 bit bitmap file if you get that choice.

You will then have two image files. One called:

FMC_icon_v1_il88.jpg

and

FMC_icon_v1_il88.bmp

You only need the bitmap file, so if you want you can delete the .jpg file.

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OK, you now have on your desktop:

folder: FMC_icon_v1_il88

with inside the folder the file:

FMC_icon_v1_il88.xml

and the Image file:

FMC_icon_v1_il88.bmp

Done. That's the whole gauge.

------------- How to install it: -----

***Step 1:

Copy the folder: FMC_icon_v1_il88

Paste it in the panel folder of the aircraft you want to install it in.

***Step 2:

"Grab" the panel.cfg file with the right mouse button. Drag it slightly down and release. Then select: "Copy here".

That new file will be called "panel - copy.cfg

Rename it to: panel -0- orig copy.cfg

(always good to have a backup, just in case.)

Then it is safe to open file: panel.cfg

Open panel.cfg with Notepad. (No other editors!!!)

First to add the Icon gauge itself.

Scroll down to the bottom of the section that starts with [Window00].

You will see a list of the gauges in the main panel. gauge00, gauge01, etc.

You need to add a line below that section to add the icon gauge.

In the following line you need to change XX in "GaugeXX" - into the next number in the list of gauges.

The HH,VV, and such after the gauge you will need to change into its position on the panel and its size.

gaugeXX=FMC_icon_v1_il88!FMC_icon_v1_il88,     HH,VV,ww,hh  //

HH larger is further to the right. (H for Horizontal)

VV larger is further down. (V for Vertical)

ww larger is larger in width.

hh larger is in height.

To find a good position and size, look at the other icons in the aircraft.

Have a look at the 2D panel in FSX.

Then look in the panel.cfg file at the other "icon" gauges. Use their size, and use their position as a guide.

If no sizes are shown for the other icons as a guide, start with 20,20 for hh,vv size.

You can adjust it later if the icon shows as too small or too large.

As an example, the new line to make the icon show next to the original icons in a fully default B737-800

would be:

gauge35=FMC_icon_v1_il88!FMC_icon_v1_il88,         609,448,19,19  //

***Step 3:

Then to connect the icon to your already installed FMC popup window.

Find the FMC [Window**] section in the file.

In the section you will see a line such as:

ident=FMC

change that to:

ident=17348 //FMC

(The // makes the rest of the line a comment.

So //FMC is just to help you remember what it said there originally.)

Now the FMC will appear when you click the icon. (It disappears again when the icon is clicked again.)

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Install complete.

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You can use this icon with whatever FMC you may be using.

After you installed it in one plane, you can also install it in another plane and use it for the FMC that you have in that plane.

The FMC in the second plane can be a different FMC gauge if you want.

Add it to as many planes as you want. (Install instructions are completely the same.)

Enjoy!

il88pp

Here's a screenshot of what the icon looks like.

This is the default fsx b737-800 2D panel.

The FMC you see in the image is a freeware Honeywell FMC by Garrett Smith.

From the Flightsim.com file Library.

Filename: fmc-1.zip

Enjoy,

il.

Here's a screenshot of what the icon looks like.

 

This is the default fsx b737-800 2D panel.

The FMC you see in the image is a freeware Honeywell FMC by Garrett Smith.

From the Flightsim.com file Library.

Filename: fmc-1.zip

 

 

[ATTACH=CONFIG]198584[/ATTACH]

 

Enjoy,

il.

Uh.....not much of a screenshot, il! Odd, it just popped up when I wanted to place a ?face. OK, I see you came back to fix it! Good work:D

This gauge I made...

If and when you tried it out, please give some feedback. I am especially interested in:

*Did you get it to work by following my instructions exactly.

(I want to know if I made no errors when writing that.)

**If it just worked right away, what Simulator was that, and what version of that Simulator was it exactly?

(So we know where it works and where it doesn't. I only have FSX Acceleration, so I can't test it in others.)

***What specific version of Windows did you do that on, and is that a 32bit vrsion, or a 64bit version of Windows?)

Thank you in advance.

PS: If it didn't work by following my instructions, or if it only worked after a little editing, don't hesitate to mention that as well.

The reason I ask for feedback is, if there's an error I would like to be able to correct it now, early, to save people from disappointment. (I did test by following the instructions myself, and that worked.)

Thank you,

il88pp.:)

well i tried and tried again. i cant seem to get it to work.

ok here's the info. i need to make a icon, on my defaut Lear 45. that well open my WX Advantage Radar. i am able to get an icon on the panel, i just copied the Engine icon and moved it over. that icon is fine for me. How do i attach it to the radar which has two windows?

FSX gold sp2, windows 10.

here is the gauge i want make an icon for.

And here is my panel cfg.

/// This Panel.cfg file created by FS Panel Studio panel editor utility - http://www.fspanelstudio.com

/// Built Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 14:20 FSPS Build:22900

[Window Titles]

Window00 = Main Panel

Window01 = GPS

Window02 = Throttle Quadrant

Window03 = Trim

Window04 = Fuel

Window05 = APU

Window06 = Electrical

Window07 = Mini Panel

Window08 = WX Advantage Radar

Window09 = WX Advantage Radar

[VIEWS]

VIEW_FORWARD_DIR = -1.000, 0.000, 0.000

///--------------------------------------------------------

[Window00]

file = Forward_1024.bmp

file_1024_night = Forward_1024_night.bmp

size_mm = 1024

position = 7

visible = 1

ident = MAIN_PANEL

gauge00 = Lear_45_XML!angle_of_attack, 16,662,98,98

gauge01 = Lear_45_XML!Clock, 34,542,102,103

gauge02 = Lear_45_XML!Compass, 829,1,83,66

gauge03 = Lear_45_XML!PFD, 141,390,265,374

gauge04 = Lear_45_XML!yaw_indicator, 251,390,44,17

gauge05 = Lear_45_XML!EICAS, 413,391,266,373

gauge06 = Lear_45_XML!Radio, 686,563,169,198

gauge07 = Lear_45_XML!Asi, 691,393,102,102

gauge08 = Lear_45_XML!Attitude, 799,391,108,107

gauge09 = Lear_45_XML!Altimeter, 911,393,102,102

gauge10 = Lear_45_XML!annunciator_panel, 683,497,335,63

gauge11 = Lear_45_XML!autopilot, 507,294,511,85

gauge12 = Lear_45_XML!gear, 866,561,148,200

gauge13 = Lear_45_XML!pfd_mfd_swap_panel, 177,325,122,56

gauge14 = Lear_45_XML!source_select_panel, 300, 294 ,203,85

gauge15 = SimIcons1024!ATC Icon, 108,423,19,19

gauge16 = SimIcons1024!GPS Icon, 86,445,19,19

gauge17 = SimIcons1024!Kneeboard Icon, 108,445,19,19

gauge18 = SimIcons1024!ECU Icon, 86,467,19,19

gauge19 = SimIcons1024!Map Icon, 108,467,19,19

gauge20 = SimIcons1024!Electrical Panel Icon, 86,489,19,19

gauge21 = SimIcons1024!Fuel Icon, 108,489,19,19

gauge22 = SimIcons1024!Engines Icon, 86,511,19,19

gauge23 = SimIcons1024!Other Controls Icon, 108,511,19,19

gauge24 = n_number_plaque!n_number_plaque, 245,730,57,17

gauge25 = MV_WX!WX, 1033,509,512

gauge26 = MV_WX!WX, 1033,509,512

///--------------------------------------------------------

[Window01]

Background_color = 0,0,0

position = 7

visible = 1

ident = 10

///--------------------------------------------------------

[Window02]

Background_color = 0,0,0

size_mm = 456,378

position = 8

visible = 0

ident = GPS_PANEL

gauge00 = fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0

///--------------------------------------------------------

[Window03]

Background_color = 0,0,0

size_mm = 339,499

position = 0

visible = 0

ident = THROTTLE_PANEL

gauge00 = Lear_45_XML!ECU, 0,0

///--------------------------------------------------------

[Window04]

Background_color = 0,0,0

size_mm = 230,86

position = 1

visible = 0

ident = MISC_POPUP_1

gauge00 = Lear_45_XML!popup_trim, 0,0

///--------------------------------------------------------

[Window05]

Background_color = 0,0,0

size_mm = 278,113

position = 2

visible = 0

ident = FUEL_PANEL

gauge00 = Lear_45_XML!popup_fuel, 0,0

///--------------------------------------------------------

[Window06]

Background_color = 0,0,0

size_mm = 231,85

position = 7

visible = 0

ident = 200

gauge00 = Lear_45_XML!popup_apu, 0,0

///--------------------------------------------------------

[Window07]

Background_color = 0,0,0

size_mm = 376,125

position = 6

visible = 0

ident = 125

gauge00 = Lear_45_XML!popup_electrical, 0,0

///--------------------------------------------------------

[Window08]

Background_color = 0,0,0

size_mm = 1024,374

position = 6

visible = 1

ident = MINIPANEL

///--------------------------------------------------------

[Vcockpit01]

file = Lear_Gray.bmp

Background_color = 0,0,0

size_mm = 512,512

visible = 1

pixel_size = 512,512

texture = $Lear_45

gauge00 = Lear_45_XML!EICAS, 2,2,266,373

gauge01 = Lear_45_XML!popup_electrical, 2,377,376,125

gauge02 = Lear_45_XML!source_select_panel, 270,2,203,85

gauge03 = Lear_45_XML!Attitude, 270,90,108,107

gauge04 = Lear_45_XML!Altimeter, 270,199,102,102

gauge05 = Lear_45_XML!angle_of_attack, 381,90,98,98

gauge06 = Lear_45_XML!Asi, 381,191,102,102

gauge07 = shockwave_lights!SW Lights_gear, 1,1,1,1

///--------------------------------------------------------

[Vcockpit02]

file = Lear_Gray.bmp

Background_color = 0,0,0

size_mm = 512,512

visible = 1

pixel_size = 512,512

texture = $Lear_45_2

gauge00 = Lear_45_XML!PFD, 2,2,265,374

gauge01 = Lear_45_XML!annunciator_panel, 2,378,335,63

gauge02 = Lear_45_XML!Compass, 2,444,83,66

gauge03 = Lear_45_XML!pfd_mfd_swap_panel, 88,444,122,56

gauge04 = Lear_45_XML!Radio, 269,2,169,198

gauge05 = Lear_45_XML!popup_trim, 269,202,230,86

gauge06 = Lear_45_XML!popup_apu, 269,291,231,85

gauge07 = Lear_45_XML!Clock, 339,378,102,103

gauge08 = Lear_45_XML!popup_apu, 269,291,231,85

gauge09 = Lear_45_XML!yaw_indicator, 443,378,44,17

///--------------------------------------------------------

[Vcockpit03]

file = Lear_Gray.bmp

Background_color = 0,0,0

size_mm = 512,512

visible = 1

pixel_size = 512,512

texture = $Lear_45_3

gauge00 = Lear_45_XML!gear, 1,2,148,200

gauge01 = Lear_45_XML!autopilot, 1,204,511,85

gauge02 = Lear_45_XML!popup_fuel, 152,2,278,113

[Default View]

X = 0

Y = 0

SIZE_X = 0

SIZE_Y = 0

[Window09]

ident = 71

visible = 0

sizeable = 1

size_mm = 419,381

position = 0

window_size = 0.343511450381679,0.556719107690809

window_pos = 0.655216284987277,0.442176870748299

gauge00 = MV_WX!WX2D,0,0,419,381,1

gauge01 = MV_WX!WX,64,121,291,205,1

ok for get the

/// This Panel.cfg file created by FS Panel Studio panel editor utility - http://www.fspanelstudio.com

/// Built Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 14:20 FSPS Build:22900. lol

The first thing you should change is the [Window Titles] section, you have altered it without changing the [Windowxx] titles, by default the LR45 panel.cfg does not use [Window01] so you could use this window for your WX, so change your [Window09] to [Window01] & place it & the data between [Window00] & [Window02]. Delete the gauge25 = & gauge26 = entries under [Window00] & add an entry for the WX icon, something like:

gauge25=WX_icon!WX_icon, 66,511,20,20

You will have experiment with the position (66,511) & size (20,20) of the icon.

Now to make the icon gauge:

1> Create a new folder & name it "WX_icon".

2> Create an xml file, open notepad & copy & paste the following code:

Display/Hide WX window


        10001 (>K:PANEL_ID_TOGGLE)

Save the notepad file as WX_Icon.xml ( you will need to save as "All" instead of as "text" & the Encoding needs to be changed to UTF-8 )

3> Create your icon image & name it "WX_Icon" & save it in 32bit bmp format.

4> Copy both the WX_Icon.xml & WX_Icon.bmp into the WX_Icon folder & place into required panel folder.

5> Update panel.cfg with the following:

[Window01]

ident = 10001

visible = 0

sizeable = 1

size_mm = 419,381

position = 0

window_size = 0.343511450381679,0.556719107690809

window_pos = 0.655216284987277,0.442176870748299

gauge00 = MV_WX!WX2D,0,0,419,381,1

gauge01 = MV_WX!WX,64,121,291,205,1

Make sure you change the ident = to 10001.

This should work OK,as I don't have the WX radar, I can't test it.

Paul Thankyou very much it Works. You earned your wings. lol, Fly to Live, Live To FlY, God Speed.

Thankyou!