Add New Aircraft
! It is assumed that you already have at least one aircraft added to your configuration.
After loading a new aircraft that you want to add to the configuration, open the SimVimX configurator from the X-Plane menu –> SimVimX.
*** If the aircraft you loaded is already has at least one assigned I/O data in SimVimX v.3, the main configuration window will open either in the Hardware assignment mode or in the Data Entry Mode.
Else, if the loaded aircraft has not yet been configured in SimVimX v.3, the main configuration window will open in the START mode with all hardware connections:
Since this is not the first plane you want to add, and the I/O device set is fixed for a single Mega2560 master board, you already have the same I/O hardware configuration for any aircraft model you load as new.
However, the data configuration is specific to each aircraft you load, and you can create configuration for any aircraft based on the same hardware mapping.
The master board may have different devices connected to it, with some of them used only by certain aircraft models. Only those I/O hardware devices will be working that are assigned for the currently loaded airсraft.
If you don’t plan to include the loaded aircraft model in the SimVimX3 aircraft configuration list, do nothing; simply close the configuration window (you can add this aircraft later).
I. Continue to start new configuration for this plane
Every connected device can be selected and configured for the plane model using either predefined mappings or standard and custom datarefs and commands for this plane in the .
Also, besides existing, physically connected hardware you can add new I/O devices specifically for this aircraft, using available (free) pins in the .
3. Use the configuration data from the old data.cfg file
Put the old SimVimX v.2.2 configuration file (data.cfg), either the same you used before for other planes, or specific for the selected aircraft, then click the button CONVERT FROM OLD DATA.CFG. The plugin will use the data from this file to create configuration for currently loaded aircraft.
**If you have an old file for this aircraft named differently (something like “Your Plane v1.cfg”), rename it to data.cfg and place into the SimVimX plugin folder.
All input/output data for the aircraft itself will be automatically assigned in the form of commands, datarefs, including custom ones for the selected plane, and all necessary parameters which you later can easily edit or change if necessary.
Since the loaded aircraft is not the first one you have configured in SimVimX v.3 and if it uses a different (“dedicated”) data.cfg file, then only those I/O devices from that data.cfg file that match previously assigned equipment or those that match available free pins will be configured for this aircraft.
