Transponder not turning on

[Otto Eijkman 0]

All radios etc. turn on except for the transponder. What am I not doing? Thank you for your help.

[Otto Eijkman 0]

As well, some knobs on the GPS are not working e.g. can't turn to the next navigation page etc.

 

[Mathijs Kok 31325]

In what simulator?

[Otto Eijkman 0]

Prepar3d V4.

[Mathijs Kok 31325]

Could it be you moved some default aircraft out of the sim?

 

And are you sure those buttons are active in default aircraft? We used default gauges for some things.

[Otto Eijkman 0]

Thank you for your reply Mathijs. No, I have not removed any default aircraft.

When I start the system automatically through the checklist the transponder does turn on. But the knobs still don't work.

For the first time in my life I am devoting serious effort to flying an aircraft I like from scratch without automation - which is the whole idea, especially to purchase an aircraft rather than use a default vehicle.

So, I really appreciate you taking the time to help me have a fully functional aircraft I can enjoy to learn to fly with.

How can I make that happen?

[Otto Eijkman 0]

i've discovered that I cannot change the radio frequencies on both the gPS and radios. Very frustrating.

 

[Mathijs Kok 31325]

You are using the mouse wheel right?

[Otto Eijkman 0]

I'm using the mouse button.

[Herman 922]

Have you checked the manual? It's been a while, but I recall that you use the mouse wheel to rotate the knobs on the control head.  One way to tell is if the mouse cursor turns into a little hand curled around the mode control or the four code (0-7) knobs. If so, you rotate the wheel one way to increase and the other way to decrease the setting.

[Otto Eijkman 0]

All solved. Thank you Mathijs and Herman. The mouse wheel turns the transponder on and also changes the pages and radio frequencies.

Thanks heaps for your help. :)

[Mathijs Kok 31325]

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