External EasyFMC - Introduction

What is EasyFMC?

As its name says, EasyFMC is a simplified Flight Management Computer that can be easily used with any aircraft in Flight Simulator (FSX, Prepar3D or FS2004). As it uses the internal navigation database in FSX/P3D/FS2004, it does not require any additional database. A complete description and documentation is provided to described and explain all the features of this Flight Management Computer, which is provided with 2 different look-and-feel: Airbus and Boeing.

This documentation is dedicated to the specificity of the External EasyFMC product as a standalone application. it works exactly the same as the EasyFMC gauge, so the usage of the Flight Management Computer is explained in the EasyFMC documentation.

External EasyFMC is a specific product that offers EasyFMC as a standalone application, an independent executable that can run on the same computer as Flight Simulator or on a different computer on the same network.

External EasyFMC is a separate and independent product. It just requires FSUIPC to establish the communication between FSX/P3D/FS2004 and the External EasyFMC application, and optionally requires WideFS for network communication if you want to have FSX/P3D/FS2004 and External EasyFMC running on 2 different machines (remote mode).

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How does it work?

In order to install and properly use External EasyFMC, you need to understand how it works. This FMC uses the simulator (FSX/P3D/FS2004) internal navigation database so it needs to have a gauge running into the simulator to collect the navigation information and provide to the External EasyFMC application using FSUIPC. This gauge is called a Data Collector Gauge (or DCG).

This images illustrates the way it works with a single computer:

Single Computer Usage

Dual computer mode (remote mode) :
Dual Computer Usage (remote mode)

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