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Announcement Panel v1.0
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
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© 2005 Harrier Panels, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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This panel uses the announcement gauges extracted and recompiled from the Boeing
737-400 Panel by Bruce Benaway. The panel is designed to make Crew announcements
while in flight and on the ground.
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USER MANUAL

Contents:
1. Installation
2. Uninstall Information
3. Usage Instructions




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1. Installation

1.1 Run SETUP.exe and follow the instructions of the installation program.
The program will install the following files:

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\Aircraft\YourAircraft\Panel\
Panel_Ann.bmp
Panel_Ann_.bmp
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\Gauges\
announcement.cab
ann_soundsw1.gau
ann_soundsw2.gau
ann_soundsw3.gau
ann_soundsw4.gau
ann_soundsw5.gau
ann_soundsw6.gau
ann_soundsw7.gau
ann_soundsw8.gau
ann_soundsw9.gau
ann_soundsw10.gau
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\Modules\
FSSound.dll
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\Sound\
dfd_wav1.wav
dfd_wav2.wav
dfd_wav3.wav
dfd_wav4.wav
dfd_wav5.wav
dfd_wav6.wav
dfd_wav7.wav
dfd_wav8.wav
dfd_wav9.wav
dfd_wav10.wav
dfd_wav11.wav
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1.2 Locate aircraft folder that this panel is to be used with.

1.3 You can find in the Panel folder of your aircraft 2 bitmaps already installed by SETUP.exe -
Panel_Ann.bmp and Panel_Ann_.bmp. The original Panel_Ann.bmp is a short version of the panel.
If you would like to use an extended panel version that contains a switch reminder you have to rename
Panel_Ann_.bmp to Panel_Ann.bmp. You can use either panel of your choosing.

1.4 You have to configure the panel.cfg of your aircraft to install the Announcement Panel guage - a 19x19 pixel
icon with a speaker on it:

a. Add the following string to [Window Titles] section:

Window**=Announcement Panel

** - a sequence number of the Announcement Panel in the Instrumental Panel menu

b. Add the following string to [Window00] section

gauge**=announcement!Icon_Announcement, aaa,bbb,12,12

** - a sequence number of the guage, ààà & bbb - are the coordinates for the
Announcement Icon on your aircraft's main panel and 12,12 is the size in pixels. For the default
MS2004/MS2002 Boeing 737-400 the string is as follows:
gauge41=announcement!Icon_Announcement, 167, 10, 12, 12 (Please refer to d737_panel.cfg -
the modified default Boeing 737-400 file included in this package)

c. Add a new window section (see 1.4.a) after the last default [WindowXX] section of your aircraft:

//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window**]
file=Panel_Ann.bmp
size_mm=200 // The relative window size in pixels.
window_size_ratio=1.000
ident=11111 // The ident used by Icon_Announcement.
visible=0 // 0: hidden when aircraft is loaded.
position=4 // 4: the panel opens in the middle of the screen.
background_color=16,16,16
gauge01=ann_soundsw1!snd_sw1, 66,33 ,6,12
gauge02=ann_soundsw2!snd_sw2, 77,33,6,12
gauge03=ann_soundsw3!snd_sw3, 88,33,6,12
gauge04=ann_soundsw4!snd_sw4, 99,33,6,12
gauge05=ann_soundsw5!snd_sw5, 110,33,6,12
gauge06=ann_soundsw6!snd_sw6, 121,33,6,12
gauge07=ann_soundsw7!snd_sw7, 132,33,6,12
gauge08=ann_soundsw8!snd_sw8, 143,33,6,12
gauge09=ann_soundsw9!snd_sw9, 154,33,6,12
gauge10=ann_soundsw10!snd_sw10, 165,33,6,12

** - a sequence number of the Announcement Panel


1.5 Save your panel.cfg file.

1.6 See Modules.txt for additional information.

1.7 That is it, you should be ready to fly.

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2. Uninstall Information:

2.1 Run APuninstall.exe from within the main FS9 folder or from the Programs Menu.

2.2 Open in the notepad the panel.cfg file of the aircraft you used the Announcement Panel v1.0 with.

2.3 Follow the steps 1.4-1.5 to manually delete the entries you added during the installation.

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3. Usage Instructions:

To display/hide the Announcement Panel window click on the guage button installed on your aircraft's main panel
(please refer to INSTALL.TXT). The Panel contains 10 switches:

1. At Gate, loading passengers
2. Taxi to runway (2 min announcement)
3. Ready for takeoff (prior to runway)
4. Several minutes after takeoff
5. Midway thru climb
6. Cruising Altitude announcement
7. Beginning decent (15 min from landing)
8. Final landing preparations
9. After landing, taxi to gate
10. Just prior to gate docking

When you switch a switch button, then leave it in that position, so you can tell which switch you last activated. Once
a switch is activated, you must listen to the complete announcement, in otherwords, there is no way to stop and reset it.
A reactivation of the switch will start the announcement again.


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Have a nice flight!

Harrier
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