GNS530 issue after latest MSFS2020 SU16
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I have the same and just posted on this without noticing this post. Eagerly waiting for a reply
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Giving this a bump as well. I'm experiencing the same thing with a TDS GTN 750 as primary and the GNS 530 as secondary. None of the data fields are active on the GNS.
This is the only plane I use the WT GNS in, as all the other planes I fly (including Black Square's) support multiple GTNs, so I've no idea whether this is a TBM850 issue or an MSFS/WT issue with the GNS as a second GPS unit.
Any help would be appreciated. Not a major issue, but an annoying one.
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Giving this a bump as well. I'm experiencing the same thing with a TDS GTN 750 as primary and the GNS 530 as secondary. None of the data fields are active on the GNS.
This is the only plane I use the WT GNS in, as all the other planes I fly (including Black Square's) support multiple GTNs, so I've no idea whether this is a TBM850 issue or an MSFS/WT issue with the GNS as a second GPS unit.
Any help would be appreciated. Not a major issue, but an annoying one.
@tttocs Funny you should mention this. When I started working on the avionics in my next (unannounced) aircraft that makes use of dual GNS 430's and 530's, I immediately started seeing this intermittent behavior again. I've tracked it deep into the code with the debugger, and I have still yet to find the issue. I was planning on bringing it up with WT before I release that new aircraft, because it's been years that I've been trying to track it down.
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@tttocs Funny you should mention this. When I started working on the avionics in my next (unannounced) aircraft that makes use of dual GNS 430's and 530's, I immediately started seeing this intermittent behavior again. I've tracked it deep into the code with the debugger, and I have still yet to find the issue. I was planning on bringing it up with WT before I release that new aircraft, because it's been years that I've been trying to track it down.
@Black-Square said in GNS530 issue after latest MSFS2020 SU16:
@tttocs Funny you should mention this. When I started working on the avionics in my next (unannounced) aircraft that makes use of dual GNS 430's and 530's, I immediately started seeing this intermittent behavior again. I've tracked it deep into the code with the debugger, and I have still yet to find the issue. I was planning on bringing it up with WT before I release that new aircraft, because it's been years that I've been trying to track it down.
I don't suppose you can also push the WT to put in the few hooks you make use of in your various engine computers, such as the TBM8 one? Last time I flew it there was still some missing integration regarding time and fuel to waypoints.
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@tttocs Funny you should mention this. When I started working on the avionics in my next (unannounced) aircraft that makes use of dual GNS 430's and 530's, I immediately started seeing this intermittent behavior again. I've tracked it deep into the code with the debugger, and I have still yet to find the issue. I was planning on bringing it up with WT before I release that new aircraft, because it's been years that I've been trying to track it down.
@Black-Square said in GNS530 issue after latest MSFS2020 SU16:
I was planning on bringing it up with WT before I release that new aircraft, because it's been years that I've been trying to track it down.Hopefully it's something that WT can fix going forward. Thanks for the information!
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this is the part where I slip and and say "buy the TDS and all your problems will be solved"
@SadBucket said in GNS530 issue after latest MSFS2020 SU16:
this is the part where I slip and and say "buy the TDS and all your problems will be solved"
Except... I have the TDS, but the TBM 850 only supports TDS for the first GPS unit - the second will always be the WT GNS530, and it's the second unit where the problem occurs. So, no. The TDS doesn't solve the issue.
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@SadBucket said in GNS530 issue after latest MSFS2020 SU16:
you can select the KX155B as secondary with the 750. That is what I have been doing.
Of course, but IRL I wouldn't file RNAV IFR routes without a backup GPS unit. And since I fly mostly to smaller airports where RNAV approaches are far more common...
The best solution, of course, would be to have support for a backup 650 or even dual 750s. I note there's an active topic discussing just that.
