No SB widget appearing with P3Dv4

Post Reply
ChuckOman
Posts: 44
Joined: Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:55 pm

No SB widget appearing with P3Dv4

Post by ChuckOman »

Have been running the latest PE client 1.0.3 pilotedge_p3d.exe for more than a month with P3Dv3.4 under Win7, and it works fine. When I connect the SB widget with ident button and receive/transmit light appears as in all previous versions.

Tried to connect my new P3Dv4 using the same p3d version of the PE client. I can connect to both network and voice servers, but the SB widget doesn't appear. It isn't hidden behind the SB window or elsewhere on my screen.

Has anyone else encountered this ? Realize I can use the menu to ident, but the widget is much easier and the comm radio status lights are so useful.

Chuck
Dean33
Posts: 84
Joined: Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:23 am

Re: No SB widget appearing with P3Dv4

Post by Dean33 »

I've not seen the widget for ages using P3D v3 or v4.
Dean33

UK P3DV4 Simmer
Pilotedge - I11, CAT11, A-Z (ZLA), A-Z (WUS)

Gigabyte P57v7 CF2 17.3" laptop. Kaby Lake i7 7700HQ CPU (average 3.4mhz). GTX 1070 8mb, 16 GB of DDR4-2400 RAM, SSD Samsung 970 Evo 500GB M.2 NVMe, 1TB HDD 7200.
ChuckOman
Posts: 44
Joined: Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:55 pm

Re: No SB widget appearing with P3Dv4

Post by ChuckOman »

Widget appears in my P3Dv3, but is missing in P3Dv4

Subsequently found Keith's post on the P3Dv4 missing widget issue.
viewtopic.php?f=45&t=7291&p=48169&hilit=fsuipc#p48169.
Apparently not easy to restore for the 64 bit platform.

An IDENT key or JS button is easy to program in FSUIPC - see viewtopic.php?f=45&t=3867&p=44317&hilit=widget#p44317.

But I'll still miss the widget's COM1/COM2 transmit display.

Chuck
Keith Smith
Posts: 9939
Joined: Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:38 pm
Location: Pompton Plains, NJ
Contact:

Re: No SB widget appearing with P3Dv4

Post by Keith Smith »

Once you know your TX button is working, the TX light really isn't that important IMHO. We haven't had one in most xplane panels since the outset and nobody seems to mind.
sidfadc
Posts: 74
Joined: Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:38 am

Re: No SB widget appearing with P3Dv4

Post by sidfadc »

I agree the widget is super useful for IDENT alone. Having to go into the client and then fiddle through the drop down menu is cumbersome. Particularly when hand flying through the LA Bravo during multiple transitions when workload is high. I've seen another thread where you can make the aircraft ident button work but it looks a bit fiddly and I've not had time to look at it yet.
Post Reply