LXSIM problem

Has anyone mastered the LXsim program? I have loaded the North American
database but can't get the simulator aircraft to leave Slovakia. I loaded
Perry TPs and a task, have tried "starting" the task, but get nothing but a
flight near Celjic(?). Any pointers would be appreciated.

Maybe getting a local GPS fix which will be stored in your initialization
file(s). At least that's how it (looks like it) works with XCSoar.

I found, with XCSoar, that it started off somewhere in Europe. Running it
on my PC, I boosted the speed to about 7,000 Kts and "flew" it to New
Mexico. Pretty tedious! But, I found that, when I ran it on my Streak with
a GPS fix, it flew locally. I transferred my data files to my PC (IIRC) and
it worked in the states.

I don't know if you can do likewise with your LX, but it might be worth a
try.

"Sam Zimmerman" wrote in message
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Has anyone mastered the LXsim program? I have loaded the North American
database but can't get the simulator aircraft to leave Slovakia. I loaded
Perry TPs and a task, have tried "starting" the task, but get nothing but
a flight near Celjic(?). Any pointers would be appreciated.

At 16:42 24 March 2013, Dan Marotta wrote:
Maybe getting a local GPS fix which will be stored in your
initialization
file(s). At least that's how it (looks like it) works with XCSoar.

I found, with XCSoar, that it started off somewhere in Europe.
Running it
on my PC, I boosted the speed to about 7,000 Kts and "flew" it
to New
Mexico. Pretty tedious! But, I found that, when I ran it on my
Streak
with
a GPS fix, it flew locally. I transferred my data files to my PC
(IIRC)
and
it worked in the states.

I don't know if you can do likewise with your LX, but it might
be worth a
try.

"Sam Zimmerman" wrote in message
om..

On Sunday, March 24, 2013 3:06:13 PM UTC, Sam Zimmerman wrote:
Has anyone mastered the LXsim program? I have loaded the North American

database but can't get the simulator aircraft to leave Slovakia. I loaded

Perry TPs and a task, have tried "starting" the task, but get nothing but a

flight near Celjic(?). Any pointers would be appreciated.

Hi

Go to Program Files/LXNAV/LXSim/Data

rename the earth.cit file into something like oldearth.cit

copy the .cit file from your region into this same location and
rename it earth.cit

That is the way i got my simulator to work on my own local area (Ireland)
to fly tasks etc.

Mottley

I was not able to make it work in portrait mode - the bottom row of buttons is not available. Have others had this problem?

On Sunday, March 24, 2013 9:39:08 PM UTC, waremark wrote:
I was not able to make it work in portrait mode - the bottom row of buttons is not available. Have others had this problem?

I have the same problem but solved it by rotating the laptop screen 90 degrees, not very elegant, but at least you get the full portrait screen, which if you are going to have a portrait setup in your glider, you need.

The latest version if LX Sim has a "screen scale" menu item where you can now shrink the LX9000 portrait layout to fit your PC screen.

Dave Springford
www.foxonecorp.com

The latest version of LX Sim has a "screen scale" menu item where you can shrink the LX9000 portrait layout to fit your PC screen and see all of the buttons.

Dave Springford
www.foxonecorp.com

Have you tried naming a local glider port as "home". In most sims this gets you to familiar territory on start up.

Lane

where would I find a .cit file for my region?

"Muttley" wrote in message
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On Sunday, March 24, 2013 3:06:13 PM UTC, Sam Zimmerman wrote:
Has anyone mastered the LXsim program? I have loaded the North American

database but can't get the simulator aircraft to leave Slovakia. I loaded

Perry TPs and a task, have tried "starting" the task, but get nothing but
a

flight near Celjic(?). Any pointers would be appreciated.

Hi

Go to Program Files/LXNAV/LXSim/Data

rename the earth.cit file into something like oldearth.cit

copy the .cit file from your region into this same location and
rename it earth.cit

That is the way i got my simulator to work on my own local area (Ireland)
to fly tasks etc.

Mottley