Thread: Digital FX 2.0 Transparent Released

Originally Posted by Buggy-G

No the gps used to work, however the GPS data screen (in fx and blue devil never worked) Maybe they are conflicting now?

Yes, they are conflicting but at least one of them (GPS or Speedo) should work in DigitalFX. You need to do the following:

1. Download Xport3 (attached).

2. Open iGuidance outside of RR. Go to Tools/GPS Options/Autodetect. This will tell you what port your GPS Receiver is using.

3. Load Xport3. Go to the input section and choose the com port determined in 2 above. Then go to the output section. In the first output block choose any available com port from the list. Remember the number because it will be the com port setting that you use in iGuidance. In the second output block pick any other available com port. Remember the number because this will be the GPS setting that you choose in RRConfig. Click the enable service box. Leave Xport running (you should include Xport.exe in your startup folder so it always loads upon startup).

4. Open iGuidance outside of RR. Go to tools/GPS options/Com Port. Designate the com port number that you chose in the first output box of Xport. Exit iGuidance.

5. Open RRConfig. Hit the GPS tab and in the box labeled "GPS Port" type in the number of the com port that you chose in the second output box of Xport. Save and exit RRConfig.

In a typical scenario you should now be able to run iGuidance and the speedo in any RR skin. I have found Xport to be finicky at times so you may have to open Xport and just make sure it is shown as enabled and everything seems to be working. If Xport is receiving the information from your GPS receiver the NMEA data will be shown scrolling at the bottom.

If the above doesn't work then it might take a better brain than mine to figure it out.

I'm going to try this tonight, I think thats what it is, because on this last trip I made (10 minz ago) the speedo worked but not IG. Thx a ton for the help and information. And as always Thx for the great Skin.

I'm getting an error when trying to install the Red or BM DigitalFX. After some searching, i found reference to the problem and i seam to understand that by downloading the latest archives the installer would be fixed..well, i just downloaded and tried to install but the problem still persist.
The DigitalFX Red folder appears in the RR skin directory but there's only a temp folder within it.

I saw where it mentioned to install a beta version of RR but i didn't since the version i have now is newer..maybe i should!

I also saw where you had to "comment-out" a couple lines but i don't think it applies.

I also downloaded and installed the VB runtimes from Microsoft.

Instead of going through all 40 pages in this thread, i figured i take the heat and hope somebody would feel sorry for me and eventually point me to the answer..

Thanks for any help.

Originally Posted by treetop777

Instead of going through all 40 pages in this thread, i figured i take the heat and hope somebody would feel sorry for me and eventually point me to the answer..

As much as I'd like to help, John is probably the only person who can address this one.

By the way, for all of you who love this skin please show your appreciation by making a small donation to John as shown in the first post. He has put literally hundreds of hours into this and goes out of his way to help people with their issues. Not only that, he uses donations he receives to help purchase additional equipment that he needs to add capabilities to the skin.

(Sorry, John, I know you'll be aggravated with me for posting this. )

kbreeden - you seem to be really knowledgeable and helpful regarding this skin. Do you have any thoughts on the questions I posted in 646?

Originally Posted by ckny

kbreeden - you seem to be really knowledgeable and helpful regarding this skin. Do you have any thoughts on the questions I posted in 646?

Well, I don't know how knowledgeable I am, but I'll tell you what I know. I use XM and had the very same issue with XM a while back. I recall John doing some kind of a fix that solved the problem. I use the blue skin. The blue skin has been the flagship of DigitalFX and my sense from reading through the posts is that blue is the most up-to-date. If I were you I would try Sirius with the blue and see if it works. If so, the issue is peculiar to the copper skin. If not, it it related to the Sirius skin in general. Please post the result so John will know how to address the issue.

Originally Posted by JohnWPB

It's possible that you have 2 instances of iGuidance running. I added some code in the autoexec.tbl file for personal use, and forgot to take the line out before releasing the latest version. Look a couple of pages back in this thread, and there are instructions to fix it.

Ok, I've looked back quite a few pages and no sign of adjusting autoexec.tbl, even tried a search for autoexec.tbl and all it found was this instance.
I think I have getting extra copies of iguidance popping up and it'd be nice to stop the clones before they overrun the system

Great new skin BTW, just rebuilt the car computer and it's a perfect addition.

Sky

Treetop - try extracting all the files in the ZIP to a temp directory and then running the installer.

Or read the included help file and follow the manual install process. It isn't difficult or that many steps.

Originally Posted by treetop777

I'm getting an error when trying to install the Red or BM DigitalFX. After some searching, i found reference to the problem and i seam to understand that by downloading the latest archives the installer would be fixed..well, i just downloaded and tried to install but the problem still persist.
The DigitalFX Red folder appears in the RR skin directory but there's only a temp folder within it.