Start I/O Configuration
Since you have just installed SimVimX 3, you have no saved data for any aircraft models and no I/O hardware configuration.
- You may already have the master board with all connected I/O hardware.
- It is not necessary to have the master board connected when you are going to work with a configuration.
- However, it’s better to have it connected and the firmware loaded – this allows you to see the result in live.
Configurator
After launching X-Plane and loading an aircraft, open the SimVimX Configurator from the X-Plane menu –> SimVimX.
Since the loaded aircraft is not included in the list of assigned planes in SimVimX v.3 yet the main configuration window will open in the START mode.
On the left side of the window, you can see that there is no I/O hardware connected to the master board yet (although the master board may have physically connected devices).
Also, when you first open it, the config window displays a description of the 3 options you can choose to start working (described below).
1. No Configuration needed for this plane
f 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).
2. Continue to start new configuration for this plane
To start creating a first aircraft configuration from scratch based on physically connected hardware, click the button to start connecting I/O devices
If you have already connected any devices to the Mega2560 master board, you need to properly “connect” all the same devices in the SimVimX configurator, carefully checking the pin numbers and selecting right device types.
The physical connections and assigning hardware in the configurator can be made in any order and you can gradually add or disconnect different devices as needed for work or testing.
See the related page about hardware setting.
Every device you have connected can be then configured for the plane model using either predefined mappings or standard and custom datarefs and commands for this plane in the .
3. Use the configuration data from the old data.cfg file
! Before selecting this option, make sure the plugin folder contains the old SimVimX v.2.2 configuration file (data.cfg) suitable for the selected aircraft, then click the button CONVERT FROM OLD DATA.CFG (it will do nothing if the data.cfg file is missing). The plugin will use the data from this file to create an aircraft configuration for the new version 3.**
**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.
For the first aircraft you are going to create a configuration for in SimVimX v.3, the entire configuration from the old data.cfg file will be converted and saved in the global configuration file, all I/O connections will be generated for display in the user interface.
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.
If the loaded aircraft is not the first one you have configured in SimVimX v.3 and 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.
