Vatsim traffic on TCAS with PSX.net

[George]

Hi all

Ive been doing a few flights on Vatsim PSx Fs2020 with PSX.NET MSFS WASM_V10 recent Vpilot.  When connecting to the vatsim network i see other aircrafts outside the window but nothing showing on my TCAS.  Whatam I missing?

Thanks
Going744

[Gary Oliver]

You need another addon... psx.net.vpilot.

This sends TCAS data and private messages to hoppies.

[macroflight]

The latest version of PSX.NET.vPilot is available from this thread: https://aerowinx.com/board/index.php/topic,4586.msg48469.html#msg48469

The first post is old but the link in that post seems to be updated to the latest version.

Things that often cause problems:

- The DLL is not in your vPilot plugin folder
- The DLL is blocked by Windows because it was downloaded from the Internet. Right click the DLL and unblock it!
- To verify the plugin is active and sending data to PSX you can enter ".debug" into the vPilot chat window, a debug window should then popup. Look for data mentioning PSX and containing a lot of semicolon-separated numbers
- PSX needs to be configured for external control of traffic. Instructor station > Situation > Human > Traffic > External control
- You forgot to push the TFC button in the cockpit

[George]

Hi

Thank you for you replies.

I have download and placed the DLL in to my vpilot plugin folder and still unable to see tcas traffic in PSX.
DLL is placed here: C:\Users\F*****\AppData\Local\vPilot\Plugins.
Ive checked TA/RA is on TFC pushed.
DLL is unblocked.
.debug sends out lots of letters numbers but nothing to to with PSX

Going744

 

[macroflight]

The .debug output from vPilot should look something like this:

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[07:07:24.263] From plugin: "PSX.NET.vPilot": STD SET = TRUE
[07:07:24.263] From plugin: "PSX.NET.vPilot": OAT: -22.3 °C
[07:07:25.103] From plugin: "PSX.NET.vPilot": PSX.NET.vPilot transmitted to PSX. (0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;)
[07:07:25.270] From plugin: "PSX.NET.vPilot": cachedPiBaHeAlTasModel.Model.AltitudeMslFt:16523.8 ft

The third line "transmitted to PSX" is the traffic data sent to PSX (in this example there were no aircraft within range).

If you don't see the "transmitted to PSX" line, there's something wrong with the DLL (e.g still blocked) or where it's placed (not in the Plugins directory of the vPilot installation).

This is what it looks like for me (vPilot installed in C:\fs\vPilot) ignore the Pushover files, those are for another plugin):


If the DLL is still blocked, it will look something like this:



Apart from bringing up DLL blocking again, I don't have a lot of other ideas, sorry...

Did you restart vPilot after installing the plugin?

Do you have a config file in %appdata%\PSX.NET\PSX.NET.vPilot? It should be there if the plugin has been loaded at least once. If your PSX main server is not on the same computer as vPilot, you also need to edit that file.

Anything related to plugins mentioned in the latest logYYYYMMDD.txt file in your vPilot installation directory?

[George]

Hi

This is what my .debug is showing

[09:53:28.198] vPilot version 3.12.1
[09:53:32.827] Attempting simulator connection...
[09:53:32.839] Error loading plugin from file "C:\Users\Freig\AppData\Local\vPilot\Plugins\PSX.NET.vPilot.dll": Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Users\Freig\AppData\Local\vPilot\Plugins\PSX.NET.vPilot.dll'; or one of its dependencies. Operation is not supported. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131515)
[09:53:33.268] Connected to simulator: Microsoft Flight Simulator (11.0.282174.999)
[09:53:33.270] Reevaluating model selection for all aircraft
[09:53:33.280] Radio state changed

My Dll file is located in vpilot/plug in folder and it unblocked like yours.
No cfg file in my psxnet folder only the Clent and router xml are in there.

Thanks for your help

[Gary Oliver]

Ah! You could try installing all the c++ runtime libraries if you have definitely unblocked the DLL.


https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistributable-runtime-package-all-in-one/

[George]

Hi Gary

Installed but didn't help. Ive most likely missed something or havent installed something but not sure what.

thanks

[George]

Hi

I reinstalled Vpilot on a different drive and seems to be working fine now.

thanks for the help guys