ekezz
04-01-2007, 02:14 PM
Friday my friend Leonard helped me out and we soldered a lot of wires for the MIP. As I have the CPflight MIP board it's a pretty straightforward process, although its hard to keep track of the wires. I use the Cat5e wire so there are enough colors. I use orange for the common/ground.
After adding the wires and connecting them to the terminals we started the sim for a short flight EHAM 36R departure to SPY and landing on the EHAM 18C with 7 nm runway extension point in the FMS. But into the flight I experienced some issues where the EFIS did not respond and the NAV went dark. Also the indicators did not work. Bummer.
The next day I decided to get the CPflight MIP board its own power source, and this was a great remedy. All went ok this time.
The only thing I still do not understand is the MAIN DU rotary. It should change whats on the display, but I see no change. It only switches to off when I select a pole that is not connected (yet). Anyway. Something to do. I'm getting a good vibe from doing all this.
Next steps are not clear yet. I need to get some pushbuttons for the MIP.
And I want to find out how to setup PM Systems with all systems running so I can do a quick flight (overhead is far from completed)
Other choices are where to spend the $$$ on, A triplehead to go and a new graphics board, or an Engravity Overhead panel.
Choices, choices....:roll:
After adding the wires and connecting them to the terminals we started the sim for a short flight EHAM 36R departure to SPY and landing on the EHAM 18C with 7 nm runway extension point in the FMS. But into the flight I experienced some issues where the EFIS did not respond and the NAV went dark. Also the indicators did not work. Bummer.
The next day I decided to get the CPflight MIP board its own power source, and this was a great remedy. All went ok this time.
The only thing I still do not understand is the MAIN DU rotary. It should change whats on the display, but I see no change. It only switches to off when I select a pole that is not connected (yet). Anyway. Something to do. I'm getting a good vibe from doing all this.
Next steps are not clear yet. I need to get some pushbuttons for the MIP.
And I want to find out how to setup PM Systems with all systems running so I can do a quick flight (overhead is far from completed)
Other choices are where to spend the $$$ on, A triplehead to go and a new graphics board, or an Engravity Overhead panel.
Choices, choices....:roll: