GoFlight Directory: If the software is struggling to connect to GoFlight (Red or Flashing Red LED), try specifying the location of the GoFlight Directory that contains GFDev.DLL.
Aircraft Short Name: Once you have configured an aircraft, it would be nice to be able to use the configuration with aircraft of the same type or the same aircraft with a different livery. To do this, you need to change the Aircraft Short Name so that it is recognisable for all the aircraft of the same type. I.e. most developers just add the livery name to the end of the aircraft name, so by removing the livery specific parts of the name you create a generic name that will apply to all the aircraft variations. E.g.
The Aerosoft Catalina has two variations, military and civilian. They are represented by the names:
Aerosoft_PBY-5A_Civ
Aerosoft_PBY_5A_Mil
So if we have the civilian variation loaded with a configuration we would change the name to Aerosoft_PBY-5A. Now when either variation is loaded, the one single configuration will be used because the characters "Aerosoft_PBY_5A" appear in both variations names.
Remember, that you must click the OK button after changing the text in the Aircraft Short Name text box.
Button Hold Time: The amount of time the Interface will use to determine if a button has been Held instead of simply pushed. It allows switches to provide dual functions such as on the EFIS. E.g. push and let go of a button in under 300 milliseconds, the action will not be considered a button hold activity.
Write Delay and Cmd Delay: Applicable to GF166, GF46 and GF45 devices. Increase these values if these device types lock up during use. Increasing the Write Delay normally resolves the problem.
Bespoke Event Time: The slider value represents the maximum number of tasks a Bespoke Event can execute before it is forcibly terminates.
Device Update Time: The slider value represents how often the Goflight hardware has its LED's and displays updated. The time is in milliseconds. The Goflight Interface Tool needs to be restarted for the change to take effect.
Polling Time: The slider value represents how often the Goflight Interface Module checks to see if Local Variables (Lvars) have changed and if they have, notify the Goflight Interface Tool. The time is in milliseconds. The Goflight Interface Tool needs to be restarted for the change to take effect. Note this polling time is for normal flight operations. Detective has its own Polling Interval slider.
Restart After Pause: This is for those systems that experience a non-responsive situation with the hardware after FSX has been paused. It is off by default because it only occurs on a very small number of systems.
Multithreading Support: Forces the interface to create separate threads for each hardware type when updating displays and lights. This may improve performance on some systems, particularly if many devices are configured and enabled. Note that it can also have a negative effect on performance, so test it out.
GF45/46: – Display Leading Zeros: Forces the display of zeros instead of blanks for whole number values. E.g. a transponder code of 0403 would display as 000403 instead of 403.
Start Minimised to Notification Area: Forces the interface directly to the notification area so no interface is displayed until its icon is double clicked in the notification area.
Enable for FSX: Enables checks to configure the PMDG Options file within FSX.
Enable for Prepar3D: Enables checks to configure the PMDG Options file within Prepar3D.
Enable Joysticks: Controls whether Joystick support is enabled. By default it is disabled because some Joysticks are not compatible. If turning it on causes problems, please log the fault in the forum. This setting is now aircraft specific from version 2.1.18.8.
Save Settings: All settings are saved automatically when the Interface closes or the aircraft changes, however any changes made before then will be lost if the Restart button is pressed. The Save Settings button allows you to force all the settings on all the tabs to be saved.