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Requirements
• MSFS (various versions are supported but we maintain support for the most current version)
• Win98 and above. We currently recommend WinXP
• Fully compliant OpenGL Graphics Card (Typically nVidia Gforce Cards)
• Colour Mode of 16bit and above
• 450Mhz & above (depending on program)
• Full registered version of FSUIPC
• Full registered version of WideFS (both FSUIPC and WideFS are free of charge for our customers)
• Computer Network 10Mbs TCP/IP or IPX (TCP/IP and 100MB recommended)
• File & Printer sharing Services installed and active for the Network protocol procedure. (Typically
this is TCP/IP)
Install & Set-Up
• Software is delivered by download only
• You chose which computer you want to install the software on. Every time you install the software
on a new PC a new code will be requested.
• Unzip and run the executable install program
• Run the software for the first time
• It will present a code
• Send this code to: register@projectmagenta.com
• We will send you an unlock code
• The software will now run, you still have to configure your network, WideFS, Sharing and NetDir to
be able to use it. This is covered in the next section.
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Network Setup / Optimization
The Project Magenta software is designed to be run over a computer network. The software is flexible and
has many different applications. No one set-up is the same and as such we will talk in general terms
throughout this section.
• Please note, you are responsible for setting up your computer network. File & Printer sharing
Services installed and active for the Network protocol procedure. (Typically this is TCP/IP). All
computers must “see” each other across the network and be in the same workgroup. You will
either have to know your computers Name or static IP address.
• In Windows XP the network you can find out your computer
name from by opening Control Panel, Opening Network
Connections, select Advanced option from the top list, then
select Network Identification. The Computer name is indicated.
This will be required unless you intend to use / set a static IP
Address.
• Take note of either your SeverName or Server IP Address as it
will be required for the WideFS set-up.
Step 1 Set-up your network for Project Magenta
The following is a quick step guide to installing the
components necessary for our software to communicate
across the network with MSFS. We recommend that you
undertake further reading with Peter Dowson’s WideFS &
FSUIPC documentation which provides details and
additional features of his programs that you may well
require if not now, but at a later date.
A typical network layout comprises of one Server
computer (usually the most powerful) and several Clients
as illustrated.
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In the schematics, you can see how each client is connected together via a switch/hub to the Server. Each
client has a VGA output to drive respective flight displays. Note how (in this example) pmSystems and the
MCP has been left out of the loop, this is simply because you can choose where to run these (as with any
of the other pm software), like pmSounds, – etc. Generally, the rule of thumb is, if you eventually won’t
need to actually see the software graphic (as you will have hardware as the main input / output device)
then that particular control program can run minimized. You may choose in this example to run the MCP on
the Server, or perhaps the EICAS computer. With the CDU program, you still need to see the output of the
screen, so if you have CDU hardware then we have an option so that just the full screen output of the CDU
is shown.
You should build a schematic of your set-up, the schematic shown here is merely one example. As a further
note, with a program like pmSystems, whilst it will control you’re a/c systems in a minimized state (so you
don’t have to see it) it will be a requirement to see
it full screen during the test phases of your set-up
as you connect your hardware (if used in this
fashion). Thus you might choose to run it on a
laptop or spare PC. Conversely, it may be used as
software alone without hardware, then of course
you will need a screen to see it.
A Note about Multi-Monitor
Because multi-monitor is entirely dependent on
what particular video hardware you have on your
system, we cannot support this type of
application. Experimentation is required on your
　
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