With the transition of the PMDG to ProSim737 I have some problems encountered in the use of my RSP Throttle Quadrant :

• Trimwielen turning in the wrong direction;
• Trimindicators on the TQ are not the same with the soft trimindicator of ProSim737;
• Both of the N1-values are not the same with manual inputs.

To these ‘imperfections’ to resolve is the normal procedure of a session to make an appointment with Oral Barkay (Revolution Simproductsand this via Skype and Crossloop. Since Oral a very busy person, make an appointment with him is not very evident.
Therefore, enlisted the help of René Hoep because I know René very well aware of the SIOC-language.

On the day of his visit to my cockpit, René, and with the assistance of Fred Smith, of the opportunity to the Sioc-script under our hands and the existing problems, an excellent and professional way to solve the problem.

For which my thanks.

Today I have a very interesting visit on the floor received namely René Hoep and Fred Smith, both members of the FS Club Friesland.
These gentlemen have 6 hours of driving stood up from the far north of the Netherlands a visit to my cockpit.

René has an extensive and thorough knowledge of the ins and outs of Microsoft Flight Simulator and is also a specialist in the SIOC language (this has he happened to that day, proven by my TQ script to adjust to my own liking).
Fred, a gepensionneerd Crew Chief of the Royal air Force and ex-pilot with the necessary experience, in my cockpit a proefvluchtje can run. What struck me most, a seasoned pro in the box with the fly in the fingers ...

René and Fred are also experienced 737-cockpitbouwers each with it's own cockpit. They have given me the necessary advice and tips given to my 737 project still better to build.

They also had a lot of praise about the quality of my TQ of Revolution Simproducts.
The two TQ's of the FSC (Flight Sim Center) that they had purchased at the Aviation Hobby Shop for their cockpit was not a success story ...

Not only did our neighbors a lot of interest in the cockpit but they were also curious about the possibilities of ProSim737.
They use this software package not yet and they were coming, so what a look or ProSim737 the necessary ‘features’ in the house has to be in the future possibly also the transition to venture.
René and Fred (René especially as a programmer) were also very enthusiastic about this Boeing 737-suite from Marty Bochane.

A thick thanks to these experienced flightsimmers and cockpitbouwers René Hoep, and Fred Smith.

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René Hoep

Fred Smith

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This week I have the Pokeys 55 USB Interface cameras. This map is already a start for the construction of the FWD and AFT Overhead Panel at the end of this year.

This card has several possibilities but I want to first and foremost use for the control of the switches on the OVH.

Currently, you can in ProSim with this map the following to connect:

• Switches;
• Leds;
• Potentiometers (e.g. For the brightness of the DU's to arrange).

The story of a first test is to find on page Hardware/FWD-AFT Overhead/Interface.

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My brother Pierre is me also came for a visit in the cockpit. He found me a bit strange that I have such a thing to the build am but he was very impressed by the whole process.

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The handles with ones made of empty garenklosjes are now replaced by twisted handles with plastic (Ertalon).

With thanks to Jan Eekels to this job for me to refurbish.

More info on page Hardware/Rudder Pedals/Stands.

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This week I put the finishing touches with the installation of the MIP-lighting.

This MIP-lighting is divided into AFDS FLOOD, BACKGROUND MIP and BACKLIGHT of the dummy instruments. The lighting is done with led strips and this is in collaboration with the backlight controller.

More info on this can be found on page PC SETUP/Electronics/MIP lighting.

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With the purchase of the Lower subpanels, I have at FlyEngravity also a backlight controller bought this for the lighting in the cockpit to close, and to regulate (dim).

More info on this can be found on page PC Setup/Electronics/Backlight Controller.

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In ‘SOFTWARE’ I have a presentation on the software that I use in and around the cockpit. First a summary of my first cockpit setup with the PMDG and then the switch to PROSIM737-setup.

There is also a brief discussion of the general software in use on various pcs.

Further info can be found on page PMDG Setup – PROSIM737 Setup – Software General.

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After installation and some testing with ProSim737, it was the turn of the Revolution Simproducts TQ to work with the ProSim737 software.

The originally configured PMDG script, it was back to Revolution Simproducts (Oral Barkay) will be sent for adjustment and re-branded as the PROSIM script.

After that is was still a manual adjustment (Throttle Levers, Speedbrakes, Flaps) necessary via Skype and Crossloop by Oral Barkay.

After the annoyances and disappointments in the test of certain Boeing737-software I have from the start of this project, at the beginning of last year, my cockpit to rest with a PMDG-setup. A reliable add-on aircraft with many possibilities and especially the available hardware drivers for all components in the cockpit to make it work (FSLabs driver for the MIP, MCP and Efis, PMDG driver for the FlyEngravity CDU and the PMDG Sioc script for the TQ).

However, I had last year with a number of tips from Robert Van Triet (FlyEngravity) and Gert van der Winden (Aviation Megastore) that one of their countrymen Marty Bochane was busy with the programming of a Boeing737-suiteProSim737) and that with high expectations.

Now a year and a half later, I'm in the cockpitbouwwereld more and more ProSim737 against this laudatory criticism. So the time is ripe for the whole trade agree download and on the bench. In a few hours time I had all the modules installed, connected to the hardware and configured. It's very simple. The testing could begin.

After a number of test flights, I was already completely sold. Nice finished displays, few or no delays in the network, a good autopilot, compatible with all standard hardware and furthermore a laundry list of possibilities. And this time, no annoyances.

PMDG will be in the cabinet end and the transition to ProSim737 a fact can be...

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