SA_WXR Version 1.6

[flightdeck]

I absolutely second that! Would be a great feature!
The easiest way could be that the program suppresses the export of the pmwx.dat (from Wazzup) or saves a file with a different name to the NetDir.

[flightdeck]

Gents, I've tried the following:
Choosed "disabled" in pmGetWeather (Sat Info disabled) and ran SA_WXR 1.7 too!
Works like a charm! Weather radar image comes via FS2004 (Active Sky) and I've got METAR informations via ACARS/METAR in the CDU as well!

[Peter Nielsen]

Gents, I've tried the following:
Choosed "disabled" in pmGetWeather (Sat Info disabled) and ran SA_WXR 1.7 too!
Works like a charm! Weather radar image comes via FS2004 (Active Sky) and I've got METAR informations via ACARS/METAR in the CDU as well!

You did what? where?

this is my PM Getweather config file
//pmGetWeather Build 10
ProxyAddress=
ProxyPort= 0
Interval= 3
DefaultDirectory=
//Directory/Folder to be used when no FMC is running
Log=On
Minimized=Off

So where/what did you enter here?
Peter

[sas550]

Works for me. In the little pmGetWeather window I choosed "Disable" instead of the time choices. In the .ini I choosed Minimized=on.

Tnx for the tip. Great finding.

[frans]

Rene,

Thanks for the tip

1.7 + getweather (no sat) works fine.

Frans Spruit EHAM

[phil.]

hello,
can someone tell me what the difference is between version 1.4 and 1.7. I still have 1.4 and it is working fine in FS9.
Phil.

[sas550]

hello,
can someone tell me what the difference is between version 1.4 and 1.7. I still have 1.4 and it is working fine in FS9.
Phil.

It's allready been answered in this thread.


The only difference seems to be that you doesn't need a mac adress and new license to reinstall anymore.

[michelmvd]

Gents, I've tried the following:
Choosed "disabled" in pmGetWeather (Sat Info disabled) and ran SA_WXR 1.7 too!
Works like a charm! Weather radar image comes via FS2004 (Active Sky) and I've got METAR informations via ACARS/METAR in the CDU as well!

By the disable option, you got indeed the FS2004 weather what every source it is. Very good results of course with Active Sky.
What the Metar concerns, this is still the PMsource, whatever this is, and it is not necessary the same metar (hr) Active Sky use.

I don't know if it is possible for PM to refer to the actual Active Sky source?

B. rgds
Michel

[phil.]

i use Active sky for weather, should i upgrade to 1.7 to let it work with Pm getweather. The problem with version 1.4 i somethimes have is that when decending from cruise and coming into some clouds it does not show the clouds on the ND. When turning the program (1.4) off an starting it back on it shows again the clouds. It seems that it stops working when i'm in cruise.
Phil.

[JBaymore]

Phil,


One thought...... remember that the tilt angle is VERY well modeled. If you are about to descend, make sure that the tilt angle is run to the negative side enough to "see" where you are going to be headed. Also read the docs as to what the WX radar actually picks up. Many simple clouds are NOT detected...... by this emulation or the real unit.

More likely you might be experiencing the issue of the SA_WXR inherent default "scan rate" when there is a sudden change in the weather or a sudden change in the tilt angle or aircraft pitch. The Collins 2100 radar it is modeled after is multi-scan, so in the real unit it takes a number of passes to build the image and is not an instantaneous update. But it is pretty fast.

However, within the limits of FS and the programming SA_WXR only refreshes the "weather image" that it "shoots" every so often. If I remember correctly this defaults to many minutes between updates. Between one simulated multi-scan update and another, the stored weather image from the LAST scan is displayed and rotated to match the direction of flight of the aircraft as that changes due to navigation, but the image is not updated as to the the actual weather until the next "multi-scan" sweep. The continuous apparent "sweep" of the beam on the display is merley a simulated radar updating..... not an actual one that relates to taking an new reading.

The real update is a fixed screen "snapshot" of the weather every X minutes. That "screenshot" is then stored in a temporary location for use by the display until the next "shot". You can vary the "X" minutes in the ini file.

Read the docs on the program. You can up the scan rate in the ini file... but it then taxes the computer that the ND is located on..... and Florian says it can cause "stutters" in the ND display. Try increasing it as high as you can (shorter intervals) until it screws up the refresh rate on the ND unacceptably. The beefier the machine that you are running it on, the faster you SHOULD be able to run the updates.

best,

....................john