IMPORTANT NOTES BEFORE YOU START!

This add on, as well as the sextant gauge, will only function with aircraft in the fs9 Flight Simulator program.

This is an add-on program. You must have already installed the Sextant Gauge for this add on to function properly. If you have already installed the sextant gauge in your aircraft, skip to paragraph 2 below and continue from there.

1) For those who have not yet installed the Sextant Gauge that file can be downloaded from AVSIM.com. It is named

dc3_bbsx.zip

Unzip it and install it per the instructions included within that zip file.

2) At this point you have already installed the original BB_sextant and also have an icon on your aircraft panel to "make it visible."

Although you won't use the gauge itself the panel icon and documentation are required and pertinent.

3) Unzip the 'dc3_bbsxa.zip' file to a folder where you save manuals, operation instructions etc. for future reference. The "_Sextant Manual" folder in the "Aircraft" folder would be a good place to put the "dc3_bbsxa" folder. Placing a shortcut to "operation.htm" on your desktop will give you quick access to all the chart documentation via links.

4) Move the file 'BB_Sextant4.CAB' from the "dc3_bbsxa" folder to the "flight simulator 9\gauges" folder.

5) Edit the aircraft's 'panel.cfg' file next.
You should have something akin to the following lines in the 'panel.cfg' file in the aircraft that you plan to add this gauge to.

//-----------------------------------------------
[Window02] 
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=386,273 
visible=0 
window_pos=0.000, 0.050 
ident=18 
gauge00=BB_sextant!sextant, 0,0,386,273 

//-----------------------------------------------

After carefully backing up this 'panel.cfg' file, you should change these lines to the following, EXCEPT:
a. Your window number may not be 02. Leave the number the way it was.

b. If the ident is other than 18, that is OK as well. If the icon worked with the original BB_sextant, it will still work with the new one.

//-----------------------------------------------
[Window02]
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=650,277
position=0
visible=0
ident=18

gauge00=BB_sextant4!sextant, 261,3,386,270
gauge01=BB_sextant4!CH, 1,3,270,270

//-----------------------------------------------

Save the modified 'panel.cfg'

To uninstall, just:

1. delete the modified 'panel.cfg' file, and rename the old 'panel.cfg' file you backed up.

2. delete the 'BB_sextant4.cab' that you added to the Gauges folder. (Or leave it alone. It won't hurt anything.)

If you are in doubt about these instructions, please email me at bitzer7@comcast.net.

Dave Bitzer
DCA910
March 2008