Bonanza NAV mode problem
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I've had one report of this from one of my beta testers on the Dukes, but I have been unable to reproduce it myself. I'm waiting for his troubleshooting efforts right now. In the meantime, can you answer a couple of questions?
Are you using SU15 Beta?
What version of the TDS software are you running?
Did you make any of the modifications to the WT GNS 530 from this post? (this is no longer necessary with Sim Update 15)
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@Black-Square Apologies for the late reply, I didn't get a notification about your answer.
No, I'm not using any beta.
I was using the latest TDS version at the time (of course I've updated it since then).
I didn't hack the GNS.
However, I was able to solve the problem in flight by cycling the cockpit switch that selects the NAV1 avionics (which of course restarted the TDS). After doing that, it started working normally.
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Thanks for the response! Glad to hear that you sorted it out. Hopefully you really won't have any more problems after the next update to the simulator. Let me know if you have any more concerns!
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I am also having a similar issue, reported to PMS50 (I'm using Bonanza w/ WTT-Internal for PMS50 GTN750). Take off KSNA hdg 175, pass over V23 then turn hdg 100 to intercept. GPS mode, active leg is selected appropriately, press NAV, and the plane flies through V23. This does not occur every time. PMS50 indicated that it was a known issue w/ some BKSQ planes, and the workaround is to cycle from GPS to VLOC to GPS before takeoff. So I'm following up here to engage on the matter. Yes, I'm using SU15 beta, PMS50 GTN750 version 2.2.29, and Bonanza 1.1. No WT add-ons other than the one for PMS50 GTN750.
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Thanks for the extra information. I was unaware of any such issue. While it very well may be an issue with how my aircraft interact with the PMS50 GTN, it's unlikely that it's in my power to fix, unless I could find some workaround, like automatically toggling the navigation source after switching GPS units.
This almost certainly stems from the hot-swapping features used in my aircraft, but I've gone to great lengths to work with all the GPS developers to make sure I'm doing everything correctly for their specific avionics. If there is anything that can be done to fix this on my end, I would do it as quickly as possible. Hopefully the PMS50 developer might know exactly what's going on and either fix it on their end, or let me know if there is something I can do on mine.
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@Black-Square If you're able to do an automatic CDI toggle after the unit comes up, that would be a desirable workaround. This avoids the scenario of flying on live ATC (Pilotedge, VATsim) and forgetting to do the manual flip/flop, and then having to scramble when it does not operate properly in GPS mode. The PMS50 folks clearly are not intending to make any changes around this, but they also clearly are aware of the issue based on their feedback in their discord msg that I posted to inquire about the issue.
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@Black-Square One other note - I really would like to congratulate you on a fantastic product. After doing a lot of glass cockpit flying (G1000, G3000), I decided to search out what the best steam gauge piston single w/ retract, and although I used to fly the Arrow in real life, your Bonanza is just superior. So while I'm cheating a bit w/ the GTN750, you make it so easy to switch configurations for when I want to go all the way back to how I flew in the late '80s and '90s in the PA28.
Wonderful job, I will eventually bring in your Baron as well.
Kirk