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1. FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 19 of 24 In this panel is possible to Default COM select the MS FS COM to match during the game Stream info t the value in minutes of the info window in MS FS that display wich is the current IDENT stream playing Enable AIT Enable Automatic Ident Tuning mechanism see below Allow WAV on failed stream allow the play of the wav files just after the streaming failed for a certain IDENT otherwise if the wav files is defined in the field but the flag here is not checked the file wav will be played only if also the BACKIDENT will fail Allow loop for wav file checking this will simply play forever the wav file with no interruption 6 4 3 1 Automatic IDENT Tuning AIT The AIT permits FSSC when a GPS plan is loaded into MS FS to automatically tune the COM radio when a GPS ident is found in the FSSC database The range to play the streaming is defined into the spin edit field from 30 to 50 miles of radius When the aircraft is out of the range the player will stop otherwise is possible to check the Extend Coverage flag this will maintain on the stream related to the last founded GPS IDENT until a new one in the range will be available Media Player FS2004 General Config Media Player F52004 General Config m Default COM r Default COM C COMI COM2 C COMI C COM2 COM1STBY COM2STBY COM1STBY COM2S5TBY AV Enable AIT radius HY Enable2. IDENT STATUS COM STREAM SBBR center 121 39 http www liveatc net get_ lt SBG Twr App 2 121 38 http www liveatc net get_z Stockholm Appr 2 121 22 http www liveatc net get_z TNCA oE a 121 35 http www liveatc net get_z UKBB Warning lessee W liveatc net get_ lt UUEE V liveatc net get_ lt UUWW v iveatc net get_ Are you sure to delete this row re M NAV Freg controller iaa Display options FS Streaming COM telease 1 3 0 In order to delete a particular record first select it by clicking on a row next press the lt Del gt or lt Canc gt on the keyboard A confirmation box will appear in order to get your chose 6 3 Outsider controls The outsider controls are e Display options list that performs a full check of the whole urls in the datastream this is enabled only in there are no active streaming e Volume control that permits to control the volume output during the play e Print list of the grid button that send the whole list of resources to the printer e NAV Freq controller buttons they drives the FSSC playing when the play button is pressed FSSC will interact with MS FS and no editing is allowed in the grid the same for the pause state When clicking on the stop button the editing is allowed again as long as FSSC stops A pause button is provided too FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 17 of 24 6 4 FSSC display options I
3. FSUIPC The FSUIPC dll is corrupted Sim is not version requested The MS FS version is not supported Call cannot execute link not Open An FSUIPC operation is executed but the link too FSUIPC is down Call cannot execute no requests accumulated An FSUIPC operation is executed but no data are available IPC timed out all retries All retried requests to FSUIPC are gone in timeout IPC sendmessage failed all retries All retried requests to FSUIPC gives a failure code IPC request contains bad data Last request to FSUIPC contains bad data Maybe running on WideClient but FS not running on Server or wrong FSUIPC The FSUIPC instance is not valid maybe WideFS error to connect to MS FS2004 Read or Write request cannot be added memory for Process is full Internal FSUIPC problem FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 24 of 24
4. Microsoft Windows Media Player Portions of FSSC utilize Microsoft Windows Media Technologies Copyright c 1999 2014 Microsoft Corporation All Rights Reserved FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 8 of 24 4 4 System Operations FSSC normally should be started after the starting of FS 2004 anyway FSSC has some capabilities that permits to link with FS 2004 also if itself was started without FS2004 running see further in this manual FSSC works as an tray icon program i e it minimize into the tray area of MS Windows nas E 3 og Fig 1 The orange FSSC icon on the Windows System Tray Area During the play pointing with the mouse on the FSSC icon the actual stream IDENT is showed A pop up menu is showed when clicking left or right mouse button on the FSSC icon Play FSSC Stop FSSC Resyne with F5 COM1 e COMI STBY COMZ COM2 STBY Exit D Oa Fig 2 FSSC pop up menu Below the screenshot of the main form of FSSC that shows immediately the program run FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 9 of 24 E FS Streaming COMM Sa IDENT STATUS COM STREAM lt AFRICA 128 35 bip hete neget Azores we 128 4 http www lveatc net get Bruxelles Ctrl 128 36 http www liveatc net get CYUL 128 08 http www liveatc net get EFKU L 128 06 http www liveatc net get EHAM Appr Dep 124 00 http www lveatc net get EHAM Appr Rdr 124 10 http www lveatc n
5. and its fsuipc ini configuration file This guide assumes that you have some knowledge of the operating of the above programs and applications For more information see the appropriate related documentation FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 3 of 24 2 Introduction 2 1 Purpose FS Streaming COMM FSCC is a software application that interfacing FS2004 FSX through P Dowson FSUIPC dIl permits hearing Internet streaming while in flight and not only simply associating FS comm frequencies to a certain url However the program can be used also stand alone or disconnected from MS FS Purpose of this document is to provide all information on how interact with the program 2 2 Scope Scope of this guide is to provide a panoramic view of how to play with FSSC Further some mandatory prerequisites are listed in order to run the program 1 FSSC is not tested with MS Windows Windows 8 7 Different fsuipc release for different MS Flight Simulator FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 4 of 24 3 System Organization This document applies to e FS Streaming COMM e Version 1 3 x s All releases 3 1 History Rel 1 0 e First official release Rel 1 0 1 e the FS2004 TAB become FSX according to the MS Flight Simulator version running e correct the pop up menu COMM indication at the startup that was misplaced respect the current COMM configuration e the Pause item in the pop up ment is present onl
6. gt SSD software geniX Software Development User Guide FS Streaming COMM Date 7 3 2015 Table of Contents Le ABOUT THIS GUIDE iecsssccssssensessssivcsdssasecsacdesestsascevesecsssvsnsesesvscsecesesbeesisvstessssvestessevecelesivetessesessecsssvestesedes 3 1 1 WHO SHOULD USE b TTT 3 Z INTRODUCTION issessisscssiscessdcesssonssesescesossasascotsceseubeteosectutsosenteassssedesssectesesiecssecscess sensoesesessosisveesssdescesoess 4 2 1 11 521270 So Euer L E L A IEA E E EA E AN 4 2 2 SCOPE oa a E EAT A A E A H 4 3 SYSTEM ORGANIZATION wissssssscssssisecsssossesssssescssesoassessseascesesssssnsanssdesscsosssenabeidesessasbecessssdesssiesosssssveceeosss 5 3 1 lE IRAKO a AAE E E EE E E E 5 4 DESCRIBING THE SYSTEM wiscscscssscccicssescssccsecceissssssossesucssscovecsssestecsssacioessosesesssbensesneecseessacbinsosssesucesccess 7 4 1 IE YAREATURES 3 30753 28s es MEE Aste ate nt eke od ene ke IAL E ML Aste ate nt ee ed 7 4 2 PROGRAM INVENTORY s seseseseserererererererirtrtrtrtrtttttttttttrttttt t ttt ttt tte t e e e e e e e e e e EEP EEE EEE EEEEEEEEEEE rere 7 4 3 ENVIRONMENT MIA EE E A N E a A E E ea es Hees 8 4 4 SYSTEM OPERATIONS a A E E Las RL ERR 9 5 STARTING FS STREAMING COMM eessesessseoessseessoceesseceessecescceessoocesseceecoecsscocesseceesseceeeseessoseesseoeesse 11 5 1 FIRST TIME USERS heverte annie reaa eea eie n e e ea e ee e aie denei 11 5 2 REGISTER eTo O A E A E E E EE O EE E S A O EEE 12 5 3 EX
7. 5 Page 11 of 24 5 2 Register FSSC FSSC is first released as shareware form with the following limitation e Only one couple of freq stream is allowed backup ident not functional In order to unlock the above limitation you must have registered the programs buying a personal license from the vendors Once you have collected these data go in the Option area and click on the tab ABOUT Here there is the Register button Clicking on it the following dialog will appear T Registration data Fig 5 Inputs for the registration Type the user id and serial number you get into the appropriate fields and then click on the OK button if the data are valid your copy of FSSC is well registered Thank you 5 3 Exit FSSC To exit FSSC program you must first bring up the main application windows clicking twice on the FSSC tray icon Next clicking on the standard Windows close button on the upper left corner of FSSC main FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 12 of 24 6 Step by Step Instructions for using FSSC In the following chapter we ll assume that s P Dowson FSUIPC dIl is in the Modules folder of your main FS folder the FSX one is installed using a P Dowson provided application e MS FS2004 or MS FSX is up and running e An internet connection is live and enabled e Microsoft Windows Media Player series 9 and early version is installed on your machine So before to go down please STAR
8. AIT radius IV Extend coverage jo 72 uc a When the IDENT is locked by FSSC its name and distance in miles is displayed into the frame In the case of multiple airport streaming sources i e IDENT like LSZH Tower LSZH Ap proach actually FSSC play nothing as the whole string isn t found in a GPS list at last you ll find LSZH A workaround could be to assign different airport control sectors to IFR points in the area next to the desired airport FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 20 of 24 Wa rar E rren apply IDENT radius and will not check the previous IDENT into GPS 6 4 4 About info Media Player FSIM General Config About Copyright Portions utilize Microsoft Windows 6 Media Technologies Copyright c gem xe 1999 2008 Microsoft Corporation All faking janes As Rights Reserved FS Streaming COM release 1 3 0 WMP release 12 0 7601 18741 Registered to geni lt Media Player Privacy Statement gen is not responsible in any way of streaming resources availability Fig 9 About options This page contain the Copyright information and the Register button Other than the release info a most important link to Microsoft Media Player Privacy Statement is included and the statement of no responsibility about available of free streaming on the web 6 5 Items in the pop up menu The pop up menu of FSSC is enabled by the left mouse button clic
9. ITEM IN THE LIST D FS Streaming COMM IDENT STATUS COM STREAM a SBBR center e 121 39 http www liveatc net get_ lt SBGR Twr App 2 121 38 http www _liveatc net get_ lt I Stockholm Appr 2 121 22 http www liveatc net get_ lt TNCA 2 121 35 http www liveatc net get_ lt UKBB gt 121 37 http www lveatc net get_z UUEE 2 121 4 http www lveatc net get_ UUAA 1121 45 http www liveatc net get_e Once selected an item in the list press lt Enter gt and the cell will goes in edit mode Only the Windows Media Player formats are playable FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 15 of 24 Only for the ALTWAVE field the procedure is once clicked into the field to click on the button in the field BACKIDENT ALTWAYE EHAMZ Lses LSGG iLSGG Feed LSZH A LSZH3 Next a dialog will appear Sd weve Fics T mor Amia It s a standard Windows dialog for selecting file plus the capability of an info amp test panel on the right click on the button on top of the info panel to hear the wave before confirm it Note In the editing mode if you need to delete a wav file reference simply use the lt BackSpace gt and lt Enter gt to confirm Once you ve located the wav file FSSC will copy it into the Wav folder in the main FSSC directory FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 16 of 24 DELETE AN_ITEM FROM THE LIST lvl FS Streaming COMM
10. ITESS reoeo ier e eea e re TTT 12 6 STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING FSSC u cssscccssssscesssscccssssccccssssccessscccesssccscssseecees 13 6 1 TENSA 3 Bla N LOIN AE EE E E E E E E E 13 6 2 MANAGING DATA IN DATASTREAM CDS see 14 6 3 OUTSIDER CONTROLS EEE EE EE E EE EEE E EE 17 6 4 FSSC DISPLAY OPTIONS E E E A EEE OEE OE EE 18 6 5 ITEMS IN THE POP UP MENU sese eee eee 21 6 6 ERRORS AND MALFUNCTIONS 0 c cssssssssssssssssssssssssscssssscssssscssssssseesssesssessseesesesesessessseeseeeesseeeeeeeeeess 22 FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 2 of 24 1 About this guide This document is divided into the following chapters s Chapter 2 Introduction e Chapter 3 Describing the system e Chapter 4 Starting FS Streaming COMM e Chapter 5 Step by step instructions for using FSSC e Chapter 6 Enriching infos for FSSC e Chapter 8 Printing streaming list Note In this document Microsoft A Century Of Flight Microsoft Flight Simula tor X Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Windows Media Player series are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation In the document MS FS is related to the above flight simulator products 1 1 Who Should Use It This guide is intended for users of different degrees of knowledge and experience with the following applications e MS Windows Operating Systems e MS FS2004 FSX e P Dowson FSUIPC dIl
11. T FSSC BY DOUBLE CLICKING THE DESKTOP ICON 6 1 Instructions The first thing we do is to observe the main FSSC window in the Fig 3 This windows actually uses a list derived from one of the major live atc site in the web and some other for testing purposes The upper side is related to the datastreaming database and the buttons available to manage it In the down side area there are the configuration tabs e Media Player are the infos about Windows Media Player portions embedded into FSCC e FSIM FS2004 or FSX are the infos settings related to the P Dowson fsuipc inter face s General config are the configuration related to FSSC e About contains copyright infos and the Registration button FSSC could be iconized but will continue to work 4 Also this is not mandatory FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 13 of 24 6 2 Managing data in datastream cds The upper side of the main windows is covered by the data displaying this is a very simple interface to work with especially with people familiar with data sheets INSERT A NEW ITEM led FS Streaming COMM ESIET IDENT STATUS COM STREAM lt SBBR center 2 121 39 http www liveatc net get_ lt SBGR Twr App 5 121 38 http www liveatc net get_ lt Stockholm Appr 2 121 22 http www liveatc net get_ lt TNCA 2 121 35 http www liveatc net get_ lt 121 37 http www lveatc net get_ lt 121 4 http www l
12. et get EM AK4 Rime f aS er ee rae ee ee OIRR gt M al L NAV Ered controller Diol i l Vol isplay options Te DO amp FS Streaming COM release 1 3 0 Fig 3 Main FSSC window with the main configuration screen FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 10 of 24 5 Starting FS Streaming COMM 5 1 First time Users As for the Installation Guide to start FSSC click twice with the mouse on the program desktop icon The first thing to note is the balloon appearing above the program tray icon FSSC briefing gt FSLink OFF COM COM2 MP ON Z He dk al Fig 4 The ballon infos ee ee The ballon will be available for 30 seconds and will display the following status info e FSLink status On Off is related to P Dowson Fsuipc communication If OFF it means that MS FS is not available running e COM COM1 COM1 STBY COM2 COM2 STBY identifies wich MS FS COMM will be used to match the frequency stored into the datastream database e MP Windows Media Player status On Off If Off this means that MP is not connected to internet connection down After this clicking on the Play icon of the front end button Yow FSSC will get the defined COM frequency and try to locate an ident that have that COM frequency value If found the streaming will start ie ea ae mouse button on the green FSSC icon then select Play FSSC User Guide Copyright 201
13. ility FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 22 of 24 6 6 1 Error Messages The error message visible to the program are the following Message Where Why FSSC Shareware No more records to add Pop up window main FSSC application Shareware release only one record in the datastream Datastream cds not found Exiting Pop up window main FSSC application FSSC not found the datastream cds Not a valid registration Pop up window main FSSC application The data entered for registering FSSC aren t valid at list one FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 23 of 24 6 6 2 FSUIPC specialized messages Below the table the display FSUIPC error messages that can appears in the status bar of FSSC main window Attempt to Open when already Open FSUIPC Connect button was clicked when an FSSC connection is already active maybe in a Waiting to reconnect status Cannot link to FSUIPC or WideClient Maybe FS2004 is not in running mode so clicking on the FSUIPC Connect button give this message Failed to Register common message with Windows Problem with MS Windows communication Failed to create Atom for mapping filename Internal FSUIPC error Failed to create a file mapping object Internal FSUIPC error Failed to open a view to the file map Internal FSUIPC error Incorrect version of FSUIPC or not
14. iveatc net get_ A new row is inserted in the list at this point double clicking on the light cyan area the edit cursor will appear Using the TAB is possible to step over each field except the STATUS one in order to set the proper infos Windows cut amp paste behaviour is available FIELD VALUE IDENT Contains the identifier used to display in MS FS when the COM frequencies is matched in STATUS A button indicating the status of the stream d Last playing gives an error ro LEA You can play this stream 5 It is possible to play also with local wav files FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 14 of 24 a 4 The stream is playing you can stop it COM The COM frequency to set into MS FS to start that streaming url STREAM The url in the form http of the streaming to play BACKIDENT The IDENT row and COM setting to play if the IDENT is off line ALTWAVE The wav files associated to the IDENT Click in the field to discover a button that will open a dialog to select a wav files and test it too It is possible to walks in the field using the lt Enter gt keyboard button shifting on the upper rows simply confirm the editing Warning FSSC have the control of the unicity of COM frequencies If a COM frequencies is al ready in the FSSC DB the field will be canceled and you need to input a new fre quence EDIT AN_
15. ked on the FSSC system tray icon When done the following items will appears Play FSSC Stop FSSC Resyne with F5 COM1 e COMI STBY comz COM2 STBY rE L FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 21 of 24 ITEM ACTION Play FSSC Start playing pausing FSCC with MS FS Pause FSSC Stop FSSC Stop the current streaming and the FSCC playing with MS FS Resync with FS Useful when for some reason the communication with MS FS is lost or never started COMx STBY Select the COM frequencies on MS FS to match with data in datastream cds EXIT Exit from FSSC 6 6 Errors and Malfunctions FSSC in the majority of cases can continue working also if some data are not arriving from FSUIPC interface In particular if it detect a lost of communication between fsuipc and MS FS it ll continue to play the current streaming Notice that in the case of not availability of a stream IDENT the STATUS button becomes d and that stream will be not available to play Note FSSC keeps the stream status in memory if restarted it don t remember anything Note The lt Resynch with FS gt pop up menu item is always enable in order to recon nect with MS FS In this manner it is not necessary to shut down also FSSC but simply wait for FS2004 to be live again and next click on this menu item 7 Clicking more than one time on Play may produce strange effects on the FSSC stab
16. n this chapter we are going to explain the various settings of FSSC The options tab are available directly on the main FSSC screen clicking in the related listbox 6 4 1 Media Player options Click here for options Media Player FSIM Generalconng RUO Status ONLINE Stream timeout 20 secs Last error Fig 6 Media Player options This options display the Status ONLINE offline of the embedded in FSSC Windows Media Player Together with the status there is the last error messages collected from the last IDENT played It is possible to define the timeout that FSSC will wait until declare the current stream offline FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 18 of 24 6 4 2 FSIM options Media Player Fsim General Config About Status disconnected Poling every 60 seconds Last error Cannot link to FSUIPC or WideClient 1 L E N Fig 7 FSIM config This options display the Status ONLINE offline of the P Dowson FSUIPC link versus MS FS Together with the status there is the slider setting the polling interval to MS FS to get the COMM frequencies 6 4 3 General config options Media Player FSIM General Config About Defaut COM C COMI COM2 C COM1STBY C COM2STBY Stream info each 25 gt minutes mU Att anche Allow Way on failed stream T P Extens erae 30 l Allow loop for way file Cj Fig 8 General config options
17. r on editing during playing with MS FS simulator e Aconversion routine is embedded to provide a silent FSSC DB conversion from 1 1 x releases Rel 1 2 8 e The volume control is now again in the main window of FSSC e During the global check routine no more annoying pop up from the tray icon e The tray icon now correctly shows IDENT information during play simply put the mouse pointer on it Rel 1 3 0 Now each stream entry has its own play stop button The editing come through Ins Del keys ONLY when no streaming is playing Changes to GUI are provided A timeout can be set in order to declare a streaming be off line 3 Only wav files playable by MS Windows Media Player FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 6 of 24 4 Describing the System 4 1 Key Features FSSC is a program that permits to associate streaming url like radios atc chatter etc toa certain particular frequencies of Microsoft FS COMM The streaming if available is played according to the frequency set based on a simple visual editable list Is possible to elige a backup identifier that will be played if the chosen streamin gives error maybe a wav files on your own However a special mode AIT Automatic Ident Tuning let FSSC to tune in the appropriate COM frequency to play the IDENT that is in the range of the aircraft and is in the GPS flightplan All information are displayed in a window directly in MS FS The program can be runned di
18. sconnected from MS FS just selecting and clicking the chosen IDENT from the list 4 2 Program Inventory FSSC application is composed by the following files File s Note Datastreaming cds Internal database of FSSC user editable Midas dll Internal library of FSSC FSSC exe Main executable FSSC13 ico Main icon FSSC ini Main FSSC configuration file Release notes Release notes User Manual User manual FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 7 of 24 That must be all together into the destination folder selected by the original setup 4 3 Environment To run FSSC is necessary MS Windows Me XP 2000 Vista 7 x Operating system with Windows Media Player Series 9 minimum P Dowson fsuipc dll version 3 82 minimum for FS2004 or version 4 25 minimum for FSX A running MS Flight Simulator A live internet connection with a sufficient bandwidth to have a streaming connection A default printer assigned into MS Windows About 4 Mb of free disk space About 10Mb of free RAM memory 1024x768 is the best monitor resolution usable We assume also that the system hardware configuration where FSSC will run are adequate to run MS FS2004 first 4 3 1 Special considerations for FS2004 In order to get the best from FSSC below some settings to consider in FS2004 From General Options unflag the item Pause between applications 1024x768 pixels of resolution is best suited 4 3 2
19. y when a streaming is started Rel 1 0 3 s A ballon tray message is issued when a stream IDENT is not available e When in the manual mode if the stream IDENT is not available the session is stopped automatically and the button return to Play current sel e The volume slider now is placed on the main FSSC form Rel 1 0 4 s A bug that prevents play manually the same stream after stopping it is resolved FSSC User Guide Copyright 2015 Page 5 of 24 Rel 1 0 5 s A bug related to item deletion in the grid is resolved Rel 1 2 0 e Anew field ALTWAV now is available to select a wav file on your system to be associated to IDENT This file can be played only if the streaming fails one or double fails s The files wav can be played in loop mode by configuration panel s Anew mode to play with streams is the Automatic Ident Tuning system it is used when fly in GPS mode only and let FSSC auto tune the COM if the IDENT is in certain range 30 50 miles Is it also possible to lock the IDENT also out of the range until a new IDENT is found in the aircraft range e The column IDENT and COM now can be sorted Ascending Descending simply clicking on the column header e A better control is implemented to avoid the same COM frequencies for different IDENT Rel 1 2 5 e Amore simple interaction on editing grid now much more like MS Excel sheet e Play Stop Pause button for FSSC application in order to work bette
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