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Title: No Autopilot (SORTED)
Post by: idj4 on December 24, 2015, 09:49:55 AM
Hi all.

I have been in touch with ProSim support, but haven't really got definitive answer. I have (almost) finished setting up my SSTD from Opencockpits (pictured) but I haven't got the AP to work yet. I have done a couple of basic flight set ups & taken off, but when I select AP CMD nothing happens. My MCP is OC V3 & I am using a trial of ProSim 737. I have downloaded the ProSim SIOC script and XML file from the OC site. Everything seems to work fine, except the AP function. I know the physical side of the AP is working. In SIOC monitor I am getting a signal reading for the CMD A & B/ CWS A & B, but is doesn't work in ProSim. Their support basically said.."The solution is in the SIOC script". (Thanks, that helps). I have imported the XML file into ProSim, which contains code for the MIP but not the MCP, so I am guessing that ProSim gets its coding for the MCP from the SIOC script. Does the AP only activate with specific FMC input? Maybe I'm missing some input  :huh:  Thanks.
Title: Re: No Autopilot (SORTED)
Post by: daveaust on December 24, 2015, 08:41:00 PM
FMS not necessary. You need to make sure all AP/MCP switches are mapped to Prosim buttons. You look at Prosim and see if buttons are mapping correctly and if a given Prosim "button" has been "clicked". I know not a very good answer but that is the basic troubleshooting pattern. I have OC overhead and had to twiddle the SIOC script to get it all sync'd up.