Simfest Technology Centre - Massive Software Updates

[Gary Oliver]

Have you tried setting the navdata source in the EFB to Simfest navdata, otherwise it tries to talk to MSFS to get gate data and that doesn't work over a network.

Cheers
G

[GodAtum]

Wow Gary this is amazing. I had plans with the family over the bank holiday but had to cancel them to upgrade all your apps 

I'm a bit stuck with BARCARS. I've created a plane in the Fleet page of the planning portal. Then planned a flight. In BACARS when I try and check out the aircraft it says "a model file must be configured".

I also read somewhere we can now use GSX to pushback or the EFB pushback uses GSX vehicles?

[samer747]

Have you tried setting the navdata source in the EFB to Simfest navdata, otherwise it tries to talk to MSFS to get gate data and that doesn't work over a network.

Thanks Gary,
I did select navdata to "SimFest API" and it did work    but the area/airport map stays in blue screen with error "Exception: The remote server returned an error:404 Not Found, no imagery at this zoom level for this region"

I have seen this happened before and went away but I can't determine if this is something on my machine or a wrong setup.

Cheers

[Gary Oliver]

You wouldn't happen to be using , as a decimal seperator?

[PanosI]

Thank you Gary. It's great convenience to have all programs gathered in one place/page.

[samer747]

You wouldn't happen to be using , as a decimal seperator?

I'm not so sure if I mistakenly had, just to be exact where are we looking at, which config, which line ?

[macroflight]

I'm not so sure if I mistakenly had, just to be exact where are we looking at, which config, which line ?

It's in your Windows settings. Several PSX addons have problems if you have the decimal separator set to anything other than "." ("dot").

See e.g https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4872229/changing-decimal-separator-from-comma-to-dot

[GodAtum]

In BARCARS on the planning portal connection it keeps flickering between yellwo text "The PSX aicraft is not available in the selected workspace" and green text "Connect tech log synchronised".

[Gary Oliver]

Do you have an aircraft setup in your personal or team workspace with the same registration as the one in your psx situation.

[GodAtum]

In my personal workspace I have G-CIVZ and am using the same ICAO code in the PSX airframe tab.

https://ibb.co/zVBTg2Pw

It says model missing but I'm not sure what that means.

[PSX747atlas]

in BAcars click the Settings button, and where it asks Portal Aircrafts Files, you put the location of your PSX models i.e E:\psx747\Aerowinx\Models

[GodAtum]

in BAcars click the Settings button, and where it asks Portal Aircrafts Files, you put the location of your PSX models i.e E:\psx747\Aerowinx\Models

Thanks, that's already set that along with the PSX Situations folder.

[Gary Oliver]

Another very productive weekend has published new versions of nearly every App.

This update focuses on Turnaround Operations and makes the turnaround feel much more alive, lots of vehicles buzzing around doing things.  All set based on the aircrafts location. 

I have also made lots of changes to the charts pages on the EFB, with proper LIDO integration and position overlays (unless you are being GPS jammed of course).  Charts are automatically ordered based on your flight plan or selected RWY/SID/STAR in the FMC.

Theres also lots and lots of stability updates, including finally fixing any fueling bugs.

Full change log on the website in downloads.

I also started some draft documentation.

Vehicles in MSFS require GSX models in the community folder, but no GSX is used.

Cheers
G

[Gary Oliver]

I have now added Manually Triggered Automatically updating of the MSFS Client and WASM package.

I have also now provided a single package with settings in the MSFS to client to choose light brightness and whether to override the 748 in MSFS.

You no longer need to download the WASM Aircraft manually, if there is not one found in your MSFS community folder the client will prompt you to download it and install automatically.

[GodAtum]

Amazing work again Gary! I'm still having trouble with BACARS. I have in my personal fleet G-CIVZ. In my PSX situation model it's G-CIVZ. In my Simbrief flight plan it's G-CIVZ. In BACARS both models and situations are pointed to the correct folder. I plane is located at EGLL in the Portal and in PSX. Any advice is greatly appreciated 

Log:

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PSX BACARS diagnostics 2026-09-08 19:50:40Z
Authorization: Authorized
Portal username: ***
Portal: Cloud synchronized
ACARS communications: DATA · management unit 1
Stored downlinks: 0
FMC callsign: Unavailable
Connected Hoppie callsign: Not connected
Last PDC result: Not requested
Active PDC address: None
Active PDC state: None
Last PDC receive: No PDC request
Current workspace: Personal
LH-style final loadsheet: Disabled
Final loadsheet state: Flight reset
Active-flight sync: Waiting for an active portal flight
EFB flight selection: Idle — no INIT flight queued
EFB flight queued: Not yet | confirmed: Not yet
Pending operations: 0
Last successful sync: 2026-09-08 19:50:37Z
Position telemetry: Idle — waiting for an active flight
Position queued: Not yet
Position transmitted: Not yet
Turnaround source: Idle — waiting for an active portal flight
Turnaround telemetry: Idle — run INIT DATA REQ to associate turnaround telemetry
Turnaround queued: Not yet | sent: Not yet | failed: Never
Turnaround debug: request Not yet | HTTP — | portal flight — | stored —
Situation load: Not requested
PSX variables: Not loaded
Captured situation: Not captured
Configuration: Loaded XML configuration.
Configuration file: C:\Users\psx\Documents\PSX.NET\PSX.NET.BACARS.xml
Configuration schema: 3
UI mode: Modern
Version: 10.7.2.0

Registration: G-CIVZ · Workspace: Personal
Conditions: ground yes · engines off yes · parking brake set · parked timer 00:00:15
Configured parked wait: 1 minute
PSX fuel: 16364 kg · fuel truck: disconnected
Local INIT PRES FLIGHT session: inactive · target: not set kg · started UTC: not started · last completion: Flight reset
Order: none
All parked conditions are continuously satisfied.
Updated UTC: 2026-09-08 19:50:37Z

Portal synchronization: Idle — no fuel-order operation queued
Portal write pending: no
Last queued UTC: not yet
Last confirmed UTC: not yet
Last failure UTC: not yet

TECH LOG SYNC
Aircraft: G-CIVZ (GCIVZ)
Workspace: Personal (matched) | Fleet: 2039 | Owner: Personal
Resolution: ActiveFlight | Active: 0 | Automatic: 0 | Manual: 0
19:50:37 UTC | Status: Synchronized

GPS Interference: disabled

OBS WebSocket: Disabled in Settings.

Sensibo: Disabled (no API key).

[Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers]

FMC callsign: Unavailable
Connected Hoppie callsign: Not connected

This is related. Next to your tail number, you need to have a flight ID, callsign, or whatever ATC needs to talk to you.  This is one of the differences between Hoppie's ACARS and the real-world ACARS. For practical online flying, you need your callsign. ATC does not know your tail number in most hobby cases.


Hoppie

[GodAtum]

Thanks, so I've added the Hoppie logon to BACARS, then initialised the flight using the centre FMC and and added the ATC callsign in Simbrief and the FMC route page.

But I'm still getting "A model file must be configured before this aircraft can be synchronised" when trying to check out the aircraft.

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PSX BACARS diagnostics 2026-09-08 21:07:15Z
Authorization: Authorized
Portal username: ***
Portal: Cloud synchronized
ACARS communications: DATA · management unit 1
Stored downlinks: 0
FMC callsign: BAW33
Connected Hoppie callsign: BAW33
Last PDC result: Not requested
Active PDC address: None
Active PDC state: None
Last PDC receive: No PDC request
Current workspace: Personal
LH-style final loadsheet: Disabled
Final loadsheet state: Standard engine-runtime mode
Active-flight sync: Aircraft registration matched · GCIVZ
EFB flight selection: Confirmed · FlightBoard 29510 · 33 · BACARS
EFB flight queued: 2026-09-08 21:05:14Z | confirmed: 2026-09-08 21:05:14Z
Pending operations: 0
Last successful sync: 2026-09-08 21:07:13Z
Position telemetry: Transmitted
Position queued: 2026-09-08 21:07:13Z
Position transmitted: 2026-09-08 21:07:13Z
Turnaround source: Flight 29510 · Fleet 2039 · workspace b732723d-33c6-4060-9d5e-25c115522d48
Turnaround telemetry: Transmitted · portal flight 29510
Turnaround queued: 2026-09-08 21:07:13Z | sent: 2026-09-08 21:07:13Z | failed: Never
Turnaround debug: request 2204053d-bad4-4194-a125-e294ea665a3e | HTTP 200 | portal flight 29510 | stored 2026-09-08 21:07:13Z
Turnaround portal: Turnaround telemetry associated with the active flight.
Situation load: Not requested
PSX variables: Not loaded
Captured situation: Not captured
Configuration: Loaded XML configuration.
Configuration file: C:\Users\psx\Documents\PSX.NET\PSX.NET.BACARS.xml
Configuration schema: 3
UI mode: Modern
Version: 10.7.2.0

Registration: G-CIVZ · Workspace: Personal
Conditions: ground yes · engines off yes · parking brake set · parked timer 00:03:45
Configured parked wait: 1 minute
PSX fuel: 16364 kg · fuel truck: disconnected
Local INIT PRES FLIGHT session: inactive · target: not set kg · started UTC: not started · last completion: Flight reset
Order: none
Portal query completed; no pending order exists for this workspace and registration.
Updated UTC: 2026-09-08 21:07:13Z

Portal synchronization: Idle — no fuel-order operation queued
Portal write pending: no
Last queued UTC: not yet
Last confirmed UTC: not yet
Last failure UTC: not yet

TECH LOG SYNC
Aircraft: G-CIVZ (GCIVZ)
Workspace: Personal (matched) | Fleet: 2039 | Owner: Personal
Resolution: ActiveFlight | Active: 0 | Automatic: 0 | Manual: 0
21:07:13 UTC | Status: Synchronized

GPS Interference: disabled

OBS WebSocket: Disabled in Settings.

Sensibo: Disabled (no API key).