GTN750/650 (and more) for XP10!!
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 8:14 am
Who even runs 32 bit anymore? That's out of memory central!!
So - DO NOT buy if you're on 64 bit XP10.
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Re: GTN750/650 (and more) for XP10!!
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2016 12:08 pm
Well after dropping 50 bucks on it, I missed the fine print.... 32 bit XP10 only!
Who even runs 32 bit anymore? That's out of memory central!!
So - DO NOT buy if you're on 64 bit XP10.
Who even runs 32 bit anymore? That's out of memory central!!
So - DO NOT buy if you're on 64 bit XP10.
Re: GTN750/650 (and more) for XP10!!
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:44 pm
It's now out for 64 bit XP10 as well - sweet!
Re: GTN750/650 (and more) for XP10!!
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 12:40 am
Strange how one could even develops a 32bit first lol
Re: GTN750/650 (and more) for XP10!!
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:26 am
That's almost certainly because this product and others like it (Flight1 GTN) are basically just proxies to the official Garmin GTN Trainer software, which is a 32-bit application, so it was likely substantially easier to do the interprocess communication 32-bit to 32-bit first. This also means it'll remain Windows-only for the indefinite future. Good thing they got it working for 64-bit as it was announced that X-Plane 11 will be 64-bit only in the announcement presentation.Kyle.Sanders wrote:Strange how one could even develops a 32bit first lol
Nice to have products like this in X-Plane but I'm wary of their support reputation in the FSX world.
Re: GTN750/650 (and more) for XP10!!
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 7:07 am
True
Re: GTN750/650 (and more) for XP10!!
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 9:11 am
I only had positive results from using their FSX products over the years. I keep seeing posts about how bad things were - guess I was a lucky guy.
Used the product last night - the most powerful avionics in XP to date for sure.
Used the product last night - the most powerful avionics in XP to date for sure.
Re: GTN750/650 (and more) for XP10!!
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 1:44 pm
The latest build has TX/RX light support for PilotEdge, too.
The next build will be radio-specific (com1 or com2 rather than lighting up regardless which radio is receiving/transmitting)
The next build will be radio-specific (com1 or com2 rather than lighting up regardless which radio is receiving/transmitting)
Re: GTN750/650 (and more) for XP10!!
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:37 pm
The RXP GTN-750 also shows traffic from PE, see the picture here: https://twitter.com/pilotedgeATC/status ... 8018100224. Just make sure your 'other aircraft' is set to a number 1 greater than the number of targets you want to see on your TCAS.
Re: GTN750/650 (and more) for XP10!!
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:18 pm
I'm thinking of buying the GTN, seems like a very good addition for situational awareness. And when XP11 adds the ability to move the panels to a second monitor, it will even become more useful.
Does the GTN have a noticable impact on performance when in use?
And if a plane already has the stock GPS but I turn that off (or have it fail on purpose), will the GTN still work? I.e.: is it's power triggered seperately in the sim?
Also, as it's more or less an interface to the Garmin trainer, I guess that also means I would be bound to the North-America database which comes with the free trainer (or would need to buy updates and additional regions from Garmin) and I won't be able to update procedures, fixes etc. with my navigraph subscription? That would probably be the biggest downside for me, as the stock 530/430 has worldwide coverage, is always up to date through Navigraph and will also get support for directly selecting SIDs and STARs in XP11.
Does the GTN have a noticable impact on performance when in use?
And if a plane already has the stock GPS but I turn that off (or have it fail on purpose), will the GTN still work? I.e.: is it's power triggered seperately in the sim?
Also, as it's more or less an interface to the Garmin trainer, I guess that also means I would be bound to the North-America database which comes with the free trainer (or would need to buy updates and additional regions from Garmin) and I won't be able to update procedures, fixes etc. with my navigraph subscription? That would probably be the biggest downside for me, as the stock 530/430 has worldwide coverage, is always up to date through Navigraph and will also get support for directly selecting SIDs and STARs in XP11.