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Here is what I did to get Plan G working on a netbook/laptop with Windows 7 and on a desktop with Windows 7 and FSX. I used SimConnect to connect Plan-G from my netbook/laptop to FSX on my desktop.
After you have Plan-G loaded on your netbook/laptop and have built the FSX data base you will need to access FSX to do this, left click the yellow plane (top left), left click options, and left click FS Connection tab. In this window I have chosen SimConnect and SimConnect Settings, Network Mode = IPv4, FSX Computer = 192.169.0.5 and Server Port/Pipe = 4506.
You can find your FSX computer address by going to your desktop FSX computer and clicking on
Start/All Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt then type ipconfig and hit Enter. In here you should see your IPv4 Address something like 192.168.0.5. Write it down you need it in the options above and two more times in the SimConnect.xml file below.
Next on your desktop FSX computer you need to create or modify the SimConnect.xml file. The SimConnect.xml file on my desktop FSX computer was in C:/Users/Bill/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/FSX. Right click on this file and use open with, notepad. I made the required change with notepad so it looked like this when I was done.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="SimConnect" version="1,0">
<Descr>SimConnect</Descr>
<Filename>SimConnect.xml</Filename>
<SimConnect.Comm>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Protocol>Auto</Protocol>
<Scope>local</Scope>
<Address>192.168.0.5</Address>
<MaxClients>64</MaxClients>
<Port>4506</Port>
<MaxRecvSize>4096</MaxRecvSize>
<DisableNagle>False</DisableNagle>
</SimConnect.Comm>
<SimConnect.Comm>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Protocol>IPv4</Protocol>
<Scope>global</Scope>
<Address>192.168.0.5</Address>
<MaxClients>64</MaxClients>
<Port>4506</Port>
<MaxRecvSize>4096</MaxRecvSize>
<DisableNagle>False</DisableNagle>
</SimConnect.Comm>
</SimBase.Document>
Save this file and close note pad. If you had FSX running you will need to restart it.
Start FSX on your desktop and Plan-G on your netbook/laptop. In Plan-G left click the Connect icon and your plane and the airport it is located at should show up with a yellow plane symbol.
Hope this helps et you going,
Bill
Here is what I did to get Plan G working on a netbook/laptop with Windows 7 and on a desktop with Windows 7 and FSX. I used SimConnect to connect Plan-G from my netbook/laptop to FSX on my desktop.
After you have Plan-G loaded on your netbook/laptop and have built the FSX data base you will need to access FSX to do this, left click the yellow plane (top left), left click options, and left click FS Connection tab. In this window I have chosen SimConnect and SimConnect Settings, Network Mode = IPv4, FSX Computer = 192.169.0.5 and Server Port/Pipe = 4506.
You can find your FSX computer address by going to your desktop FSX computer and clicking on
Start/All Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt then type ipconfig and hit Enter. In here you should see your IPv4 Address something like 192.168.0.5. Write it down you need it in the options above and two more times in the SimConnect.xml file below.
Next on your desktop FSX computer you need to create or modify the SimConnect.xml file. The SimConnect.xml file on my desktop FSX computer was in C:/Users/Bill/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/FSX. Right click on this file and use open with, notepad. I made the required change with notepad so it looked like this when I was done.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="SimConnect" version="1,0">
<Descr>SimConnect</Descr>
<Filename>SimConnect.xml</Filename>
<SimConnect.Comm>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Protocol>Auto</Protocol>
<Scope>local</Scope>
<Address>192.168.0.5</Address>
<MaxClients>64</MaxClients>
<Port>4506</Port>
<MaxRecvSize>4096</MaxRecvSize>
<DisableNagle>False</DisableNagle>
</SimConnect.Comm>
<SimConnect.Comm>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Protocol>IPv4</Protocol>
<Scope>global</Scope>
<Address>192.168.0.5</Address>
<MaxClients>64</MaxClients>
<Port>4506</Port>
<MaxRecvSize>4096</MaxRecvSize>
<DisableNagle>False</DisableNagle>
</SimConnect.Comm>
</SimBase.Document>
Save this file and close note pad. If you had FSX running you will need to restart it.
Start FSX on your desktop and Plan-G on your netbook/laptop. In Plan-G left click the Connect icon and your plane and the airport it is located at should show up with a yellow plane symbol.
Hope this helps et you going,
Bill