Home-built simulation appliances have evolved to a point where most of them have their instrumentation seperated from the main flight model. In most cases, a separate, dedicated PC runs the MIP instrumentation – the Capt PFD/ND and Copilot PFD/ND. In many cases, the EICAS is also run by a dedicated PC.
Project Magenta started this seperation back in teh early 2000s. Since then there have been many more of these software packs.
2011 saw the launch and development of yet another one of these software packs – Marty and Hanne launched Prosim737. I must say i was initially skeptical. However, in following their forum, i was finally convinced that i had to try it myself.
I am glad i did. It turned out to be one of the finest pieces of software i have used. It does what it claims and even more. Most importantly, its reliable. Hardly fails. Fault tolerant. Its easy to configure. Most importantly, thier support is awesome and the software is constantly evolving. There is a release almost every two weeks with additional functionality.
The software interfaces with FS via FSUIPC. The server and clients are divided. This means that you can run them seperately. This allows load to be split across different PCs.
Overall, Prosim737 is a stable piece of software. I have tried it out with my setup and it works well. I have some work to do before i can configure all of he OVHD, the MIP and TQ to Prosim737 directly.
CPJ
