How to find Variable names in pmSystems

To connect hardware via offsets if you are building your own overhead panel or for any other reason you need to see which variable does what and which offset it is connected to, you can do the following: Press [Esc] for the Menu Enable “Development Mode”...

Project Magenta Registration Process

[purchase] [website registration] – [status set to ‘customer’] [product request with computer ID generated by the software] – [response with registration keyvia e-mail] When you have purchased a Project Magenta Product, we will be notified by...

Running MCDU or CDU full screen

The Airbus Type MCDU and the Boeing Type CDU can both be run full screen without the bitmap for the keyboard and line selection keys (LSKs). Some basic commands are: [Ctrl-O] Toggles OpenGL and Normal Text Mode The normal text mode is just there for backward...

What is a “Flight Simulator Offset”?

To communicate with a Flight Simulator,  Project Magenta and other software uses the resources offered by FSUIPC (Peter Dowson) and XPUIPC (Torsten Spiering). For instance, to read the MSL altitude of the aircraft, a request is sent to the respective program and it...

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