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Longlive757 Full Member Offline Posts: 5 Joined: Oct 23^rd, 2018	Overhead view adjustments Jan 16^th, 2019 at 11:08pm	Print Post
	The available switches and knobs in the Lights Panel option and in the VC panels do not extend high enough on the Overhead panel to allow access to the IRS switches, the Engine Select switch or the Window Heat switches (so I have an EICAS warning of Window Heat with no way to turn them on) or the Passenger Signs switches . Basically anything in a line above the fuel pumps is not visible. I am also seeing above the Position Light switches an orange disc with the lettering "DMI 21801C partially blocking the identifier for the red beacon light. One last question- I am assuming that there is not a way to set the pax load and weights via ACE...I have seen a reference to such a function in a checklist someone made for this aircraft but find nothing in the ACE that allows such a function.


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12368 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Unable to Access some Overhead Panel Functions FSX Reply #1 - Jan 17^th, 2019 at 1:43am	Print Post
	Longlive757 wrote on Jan 16^th, 2019 at 11:08pm: The available switches and knobs in the Lights Panel option and in the VC panels do not extend high enough on the Overhead panel to allow access to the IRS switches, the Engine Select switch or the Window Heat switches (so I have an EICAS warning of Window Heat with no way to turn them on) or the Passenger Signs switches . Basically anything in a line above the fuel pumps is not visible. I am also seeing above the Position Light switches an orange disc with the lettering "DMI 21801C partially blocking the identifier for the red beacon light. One last question- I am assuming that there is not a way to set the pax load and weights via ACE...I have seen a reference to such a function in a checklist someone made for this aircraft but find nothing in the ACE that allows such a function. You can use the NUM 8 key (default), or your joystick/controller POV hat switch, for moving the view up until the Window Heat and IRS buttons become visible (pressing CTRL+Space, or the NUM . will reset the view). You do realise that the orange sticker only covers the letters RE of the word RED for the Beacon light switch? It's not like it prevents the function of the switch itself. Passengers are no longer done using the ACE, but using the CDU. Fuel can also be changed using the CDU:Click on the MENU button > SETUP > FUEL AND PAYLOAD. There are 3 pages FUEL, PAYLOAD, and PAX/CARGO.

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Longlive757 Full Member Offline Posts: 5 Joined: Oct 23^rd, 2018	Re: Unable to Access some Overhead Panel Functions FSX Reply #2 - Jan 17^th, 2019 at 5:55am	Print Post
	Thank you for the quick response. I had tried the yoke POV Hat and it did not pan up enough. However, using the 8 key works just fine...thank you. As for the disc-I was aware that it did not affect the functionality of the switch-I just thought it a bit odd to see it there but after my question post I was viewing a You Tube video on CS 757 and saw the same sticker on his panel so now I don't have to call maintenance about my plane! And I see all the load functions in the CDU now. Once again-big thank you.


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12368 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Unable to Access some Overhead Panel Functions FSX Reply #3 - Jan 17^th, 2019 at 7:08am	Print Post
	IF I ever get around to changing the overhead view, so that you can view more, and there will be no need to pan the view to access buttons/knobs/switches, I'll provide a link for the modified view.

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Colvale Senior Member Offline Posts: 253 Joined: Jun 23^rd, 2011 Gender:	Re: Unable to Access some Overhead Panel Functions FSX Reply #4 - Jan 19^th, 2019 at 10:04am	Print Post
	Is there a way to get the Overhead Panel to slope towards my viewpoint i.e. angled towards me rather that angling away from me? Like this?

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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12368 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Unable to Access some Overhead Panel Functions FSX Reply #5 - Jan 19^th, 2019 at 4:26pm	Print Post
	In the aircraft.cfg, under [CameraDefinition.002], Title="Lights", you can mess with the InitialXyz numbers: InitialXyz=0.52, -0.13, 0.30 X = Left & Right Y = Up & Down Z = Forward & Backward and InitialPbh numbers InitialPbh=-67.00, 0.00, 0.00 P = Pitch (Up & Down) B = Bank (Left & Right) H = Heading (yaw Left or Right) I think the range is from 0 to 180, and -1 to -179 All I'm thinking of doing, is to move the view forward a bit, then adjust the height (up or down) so the whole OH panel is visible). See attached image (image from FSX-SE). Edited: To have the OH view ([CameraDefinition.002]) like they appear in the attached image, these are the setting I used: InitialXyz=0.52, -0.057, 0.07 InitialPbh=-67.00, 0.00, 0.00

	2019-1-20_3-30-55-989.jpg ( 235 KB \| 109 Downloads ) Mark Fletcher PC: i7 10700K @3.8/5.1GHz \| 64GB DDR4 3200 \| 12GB RTX 4070 Super \| 32" LCD Monitor \| 1TB SSD & 2x2TB SSD \| Win 11 Pro - FSX/FSX-SE/P3D3/P3D4/P3D5/P3D6/MSFS2020 15.6" Gaming Laptop: i7 7700HQ \| 32GB DDR4 \| 6GB GTX 1060 \| 256GB SSD & 1TB HDD \| Win 10 Pro 64bit - FSX-SE/P3D4
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Colvale Senior Member Offline Posts: 253 Joined: Jun 23^rd, 2011 Gender:	Re: Unable to Access some Overhead Panel Functions FSX Reply #6 - Jan 19^th, 2019 at 8:23pm	Print Post
	That's precisely as per your attached image I am looking for. Can't wait for your Fix to come out for P3Dv4.4.


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12368 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Unable to Access some Overhead Panel Functions FSX Reply #7 - Jan 20^th, 2019 at 4:04pm	Print Post
	All you need to do is edit the aircraft.cfg file. Open it with Windows Notepad, scroll down until you find this: [CameraDefinition.002] Title="Lights" Guid={C830BED3-FE60-49f1-B43F-FE6F5BD4BBEC} Origin=Virtual Cockpit MomentumEffect=NO SnapPbhAdjust=Swivel SnapPbhReturn=False PanPbhAdjust=Swivel PanPbhReturn=False Track=None ShowAxis=YES AllowZoom=TRUE InitialZoom=0.30 SmoothZoomTime=2.0 ZoomPanScalar=1.0 ShowWeather=Yes XyzAdjust=TRUE ShowLensFlare=FALSE Category=Cockpit PitchPanRate=30 HeadingPanRate=75 PanAcceleratorTime=0 InitialXyz=0.52, -0.13, 0.30 InitialPbh=-67.00, 0.00, 0.00 xyzRate=0.5 HotkeySelect=2 And change the lines in bold letters above, to this: InitialXyz=0.52, -0.057, 0.07 InitialPbh=-67.00, 0.00, 0.00 And then you will have the full view of OH panel.

	Mark Fletcher PC: i7 10700K @3.8/5.1GHz \| 64GB DDR4 3200 \| 12GB RTX 4070 Super \| 32" LCD Monitor \| 1TB SSD & 2x2TB SSD \| Win 11 Pro - FSX/FSX-SE/P3D3/P3D4/P3D5/P3D6/MSFS2020 15.6" Gaming Laptop: i7 7700HQ \| 32GB DDR4 \| 6GB GTX 1060 \| 256GB SSD & 1TB HDD \| Win 10 Pro 64bit - FSX-SE/P3D4
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Colvale Senior Member Offline Posts: 253 Joined: Jun 23^rd, 2011 Gender:	Re: Unable to Access some Overhead Panel Functions FSX Reply #8 - Jan 21^st, 2019 at 9:01am	Print Post
	Thanks for that. Edited as you posted that .cfg fikle, and it all worked. Now I can see the OH in a more or less perpendicular view, thus easier to get to. One small question please, and I am done asking questions then. Why am I getting Stab Config alarm on take-off, despite the Stab Trim line(white) matching the green marker? Is there another place to set the Stab Trim?


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Markoz CS Team Offline Posts: 12368 Location: Victoria, Australia Joined: Apr 24^th, 2009 Gender:	Re: Unable to Access some Overhead Panel Functions FSX Reply #9 - Jan 24^th, 2019 at 3:19am	Print Post
	After having changed the overhead "Lights" ([CameraDefinition.002]) view to the above, in quite a few of the 757-III PW/RR models, I sat back and took a good look at it, and wasn't that happy about the results. So I started messing with the numbers again. Below are the settings I have finally decided on, and am happily in the process of changing in all the PW/RR/Freighter models as of now. InitialXyz=0.52, -0.057, 0.095 InitialPbh=-67.00, 0.00, 0.00 The default settings: InitialXyz=0.52, -0.13, 0.30 InitialPbh=-67.00, 0.00, 0.00

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Colvale Senior Member Offline Posts: 253 Joined: Jun 23^rd, 2011 Gender:	Re: Overhead view adjustments Reply #10 - Jan 24^th, 2019 at 6:11pm	Print Post
	Great. Just re-adjusted as per your latest modification. Will post a pic later.


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Longlive757 Full Member Offline Posts: 5 Joined: Oct 23^rd, 2018	Re: Overhead view adjustments Reply #11 - Feb 7^th, 2019 at 7:59pm	Print Post
	Markoz- Thank you for this tweak. It works perfectly and eliminates a great deal of frustration.


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