FDSFX sound panel

[BlueAero]

I knew some extra eyes would help find some errors so I fixed the "WindowXX" issue but the installation instructions say to dump those 42 *.gau & *.dat files into the gauges folder (as individual files, not a subfolder).

Anyway, I tried it both ways (putting them in the CRJ's panel folder and FSX's gauges folder) to no avail. The FDSFX.bmo file is in the CRJ's panel folder. Still no good.

Thanks for the help il88pp but I'm still stuck. Appreciate your effort. sir.

[il88pp]

Compared now also to my own panel.cfg.
there it looks like this.

file=FDSFX.bmp
size_mm=500
position=0
windowsize_ratio=0.4
visible=0
ident=122757

I may have changed it to that. Not sure. But it works that I',m sure of.
(can't find the download on my system to check. May check later.)
On that note, what site did you download the gauge from?

(-Note--> add: widowsize_ratio=0.4
to your section)

Putting Gauges in the gauges folder is fine too. THe .bmp (bitmap) file does need to be in the panel folder.

The sound files should be inside folder:
...\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Sound\FDSFX
Those are .Mp3 files.

[BlueAero]

Thanks again. Weird, but I just copy-and-pasted the OP's panel.cfg into by B-737-800 and it works like a champ so it must be something funky with the cfg file in the CRJ. I'll figure it out.

BTW, playing around with the coordinates and size of the hot button for it I found that 412,448,20,20 fits quite nicely into your panel.

[il88pp]

is that perhaps an fs2004 only aircraft?

[il88pp]

Nevermind that.
I did a test
I have the gauges iand panel bitmap in my panel folder. (using the b737)
I removed them, started fsx and loaded the 737. I got the same black rectangle you showed earlier.

The gauge files, like fdsfx_01_gate.dat FDSFX_01_gate.gau etc, must be either in
the panel folder or in:
..\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Gauges

and the bitmap must be in the panel folder.

are you ure you installed them? and in the correct plane.
You say the 737 works, I know. But what you I'm seeing is the defined 2d-panel area, and no gauges or bitmap.
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Apart from that your panel.cfg section for this (14) looks fine as far as I can see. And I don't think that's the issue.
Just in case, maybe attach what the panel.cfg looks like now.

[CRJ_simpilot]

I have FS Panel Studio and I can add it to the CJR and paste the .cfg here if you want. I need to reinstall FS Panel Studio though. Come to think about it, I may have manually added the gauge though. You really don't need the background at all, I can embed the switches and size them on the overhead if you want. You just won't have the text to know which is which, but just playing with them and go from left to right as the flight progresses should be good enough.

I did precisely this in the PMDG 737 in FS2004. I embedded the switches in the overhead.

[CRJ_simpilot]

Okay, I have it working in the CRJ-700.

Make sure the gauges are in the gauge folder of the FSX directory.

Make sure the FDSFX.bmp is in the panel folder.

Adjust to your window number. In this case it's 10 for the default panel.


[Window Titles]
Window00=Main Panel
Window01=Radio Panel
Window02=GPS
Window03=Throttle Quadrant
Window04=Overhead
Window05=Standy PFD
Window06=PFD
Window07=MFD
Window08=EFIS
Window09=Mini Panel
Window10=FDSFX <--- Add this line











[Window00]
file_1024=bombardier_CRJ700_panel_background.bmp
file_1024_night=bombardier_CRJ700_panel_background_night.bmp
size_mm=1024
position=7
visible=1
ident=MAIN_PANEL

gauge00=Bombardier_CRJ_700!compass, 923,0,101,128
gauge01=Bombardier_CRJ_700!annunciator_panel_1, 139,324,267,97
gauge02=Bombardier_CRJ_700!autopilot, 421,329,542,92
gauge03=Bombardier_CRJ_700!annunciator_panel_2, 974,326,50,95
gauge04=Bombardier_CRJ_700!clock, 21,492,102,119
gauge05=Bombardier_CRJ_700!pfd_screen_bezel, 206,478,251,290
gauge06=Bombardier_CRJ_700!pfd, 221,494,222,262
gauge07=Bombardier_CRJ_700!mfd_screen_bezel, 469,478,251,290
gauge08=Bombardier_CRJ_700!mfd, 484,492,260,338
gauge09=Bombardier_CRJ_700!efis_screen_bezel, 747,430,251,312
gauge10=Bombardier_CRJ_700!efis, 763,446,221,252
gauge11=Bombardier_CRJ_700!pfd_mfd_select_panel, 0,579,168,189
gauge12=SimIcons1024!ECU Icon, 270,453,19,19
gauge13=SimIcons1024!Overhead Icon, 292,453,19,19
gauge14=SimIcons1024!Kneeboard Icon, 314, 453 ,19,19
gauge15=SimIcons1024!ATC Icon, 336,453,19,19
gauge16=SimIcons1024!Map Icon, 358,453,19,19
gauge17=SimIcons1024!GPS Icon, 380,453,19,19
gauge18=SimIcons1024!Radio Icon, 402,453,19,19
gauge19=SimIcons1024!Other Controls Icon, 424,453,19,19
gauge20=n_number_plaque!n_number_plaque, 80,398,57,17
gauge21=FlightDeckSFX!Icon_FlightDeckSFX, 248,453,19,19 <--- Add this line








Add all this.




[Window10]
file=FDSFX.bmp
size_mm=500
window_size_ratio=1.000
position=5
visible=0
ident=122757
window_size= 0.488, 0.597
window_pos= 0.000, 0.000

gauge00=FDSFX_01_gate!switch, 49,89,30,51
gauge01=FDSFX_02_airport!switch, 111,89,30,51
gauge02=FDSFX_03_muzak1!switch, 174,89,30,51
gauge03=FDSFX_04_muzak2!switch, 235,89,30,51
gauge04=FDSFX_05_muzak3!switch, 295,89,30,51
gauge05=FDSFX_06_turbulence on!switch, 357,89,30,51
gauge06=FDSFX_07_turbulence off!switch, 419,89,30,51
gauge07=FDSFX_08_gate departure!switch, 49,190,30,51
gauge08=FDSFX_09_pushback!switch, 111,190,30,51
gauge09=FDSFX_10_safety message!switch, 174,190,30,51
gauge10=FDSFX_11_safety video!switch, 235,190,30,51
gauge11=FDSFX_12_takeoff!switch, 295,190,30,51
gauge12=FDSFX_13_climb!switch, 357,190,30,51
gauge13=FDSFX_14_cruise!switch, 419,190,30,51
gauge14=FDSFX_15_meal service!switch, 49, 298 ,30,51
gauge15=FDSFX_16_movie!switch, 111,298,30,51
gauge16=FDSFX_17_begin descent!switch, 174,298,30,51
gauge17=FDSFX_18_on approach!switch, 235,298,30,51
gauge18=FDSFX_19_on final!switch, 295,298,30,51
gauge19=FDSFX_20_taxi to gate!switch, 357,298,30,51
gauge20=FDSFX_21_gate arrival!switch, 419,298,30,51





[Vcockpit01]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=1024,1024
visible=1
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$CRJ_1

gauge00=Bombardier_CRJ_700!popup_overhead, 4,4,673,315
gauge01=Bombardier_CRJ_700!efis_screen_bezel, 4,323,310,388
gauge02=Bombardier_CRJ_700!efis, 23,340,274,324
gauge03=Bombardier_CRJ_700!autopilot, 4,715,542,92
gauge04=Bombardier_CRJ_700!annunciator_panel_1, 5,811,267,97
gauge05=Bombardier_CRJ_700!annunciator_panel_2, 5,912,50,95
gauge06=Bombardier_CRJ_700!mfd, 609,325,321,418
gauge07=Bombardier_CRJ_700!compass, 275,811,101,128
gauge08=Bombardier_CRJ_700!clock, 382,813,102,119
gauge09=Bombardier_CRJ_700!popup_radio, 681,4,225,320
gauge10=Bombardier_CRJ_700!pfd, 324,333,274,324
gauge11=Bombardier_CRJ_700!backup_pfd, 549,748,237,239
gauge12=Bombardier_CRJ_700!pfd_mfd_select_panel, 790,749,169,190
gauge13=n_number_plaque!n_number_plaque, 58,912,89,25
gauge14=FlightDeckSFX!Icon_FlightDeckSFX, 649, 749 ,25,19 <---- Add this line.



The pop up icon will show up in the 2D and virtual cockpit. In 2D It's there next to the other Sim icons. In the virtual cockpit it was harder to add as other gauges covered it. Look at this image at the arrow where the icon is at.









https://imgur.com/Z4TLWdN

[BlueAero]

Thanks guys....so here's what I got. I'm STILL doing something wrong although now I do have something in the window. However, the icons for the panel are WAY too big for some reason. Is there some other setting for sizing the icons that I have omitted? Feel dumb cuz I add stuff like this all the time with few unsolvable issues but this one has got me scratching my head!

[CRJ_simpilot]

If you copy off my panel correcting the order of gauge numbers and the window= number you shouldn't have any issues.

See this:

gauge00=FDSFX_01_gate!switch, 49,89,30,51
gauge01=FDSFX_02_airport!switch, 111,89,30,51
gauge02=FDSFX_03_muzak1!switch, 174,89,30,51
gauge03=FDSFX_04_muzak2!switch, 235,89,30,51
gauge04=FDSFX_05_muzak3!switch, 295,89,30,51
gauge05=FDSFX_06_turbulence on!switch, 357,89,30,51
gauge06=FDSFX_07_turbulence off!switch, 419,89,30,51
gauge07=FDSFX_08_gate departure!switch, 49,190,30,51
gauge08=FDSFX_09_pushback!switch, 111,190,30,51
gauge09=FDSFX_10_safety message!switch, 174,190,30,51
gauge10=FDSFX_11_safety video!switch, 235,190,30,51
gauge11=FDSFX_12_takeoff!switch, 295,190,30,51
gauge12=FDSFX_13_climb!switch, 357,190,30,51
gauge13=FDSFX_14_cruise!switch, 419,190,30,51
gauge14=FDSFX_15_meal service!switch, 49, 298 ,30,51
gauge15=FDSFX_16_movie!switch, 111,298,30,51
gauge16=FDSFX_17_begin descent!switch, 174,298,30,51
gauge17=FDSFX_18_on approach!switch, 235,298,30,51
gauge18=FDSFX_19_on final!switch, 295,298,30,51
gauge19=FDSFX_20_taxi to gate!switch, 357,298,30,51
gauge20=FDSFX_21_gate arrival!switch, 419,298,30,51



30,51 is the size of the gauge, or switch in this case. The first two numbers are x and y coordinates.

[BlueAero]

My panel.cfg for entry for these gauge placement and sizes looks identical to yours. I have been back over this thread a number of times and everything looks right but it still not working properly. I don't know what to try from here. It is doubly baffling since I did get the installation to work correctly on the 737-800. No big deal, thanks again to everyone for their advice and assistance.

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