SIDs and STARs procedures on the GPS unit in C172

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dwain
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SIDs and STARs procedures on the GPS unit in C172

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Hello everyone,

I updated the Airac data with FSAerodata. I saw the following question in FSAerodata support page and wanted to ask if I could do the same thing with A2A C172. By the way, I can't find the panel.cfg file for C172. It doesn't exist in Simobjects/Airplanes folder. I'm using P3D V4.

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How can be simulated SIDs and STARs procedures on the GPS unit?
(only Prepar3D)
The GPS with SIDS/STARS support is named p3dgps.cab and is located on Prepar3D subfolder \Prepar3D v3\gauges.
To enable it on any default aircraft, replace default GPS named fs9gps.cab,located on airplane panels, by p3dgps.cab.
As example, to activate the new GPS on default Beech Baron 58 aircraft, go to folder \Prepar3D v3\SimObjects\Airplanes\beech_baron_58\panel, and open file panel.cfg.
Search for line with text:
gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0

and replace by:
gauge00=p3dgps!gps_500, 0,0

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Re: SIDs and STARs procedures on the GPS unit in C172

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Hello,

not sure but it would depend on which GPS you use in the simulation I guess. If using the default I find no reason it wouldn't work.

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Re: SIDs and STARs procedures on the GPS unit in C172

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Yes for now I'm using the default GPS. But where is panel.cfg file located? I can't find any file related to C172.

Thanks.

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Re: SIDs and STARs procedures on the GPS unit in C172

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Hello,

its installed in either the default P3D Add-ons location of your documents or in your custom add-on installation dependant on how you have your system setup.

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