Installing It's Your Plane is Easy
IF You Follow the Instructions!

The following installation instructions are applicable for XP, Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.


With the latest release of It's Your Plane, you can install the IYP programme on the same computer as your flight simulator, or on a different computer that is interconnected to the flight simulator over a Private Network using Pete Dowson's WideFS.

    Installing It's Your Plane on the same computer as your Simulator

    Installing It's Your Plane in a Network Configuration

Installing It's Your Plane on the same computer as your Simulator
IMPORTANT NOTE:

    The extremely powerful ClickOnce technology employed by IYP, requires the use of Internet Explorer or Firefox with the Add-On that supports the ClickOnce technology.

XP USERS ONLY:

VISTA USERS ONLY:

  • Vista Users please READ THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION, and ensure that you have selected   US ENGLISH   in the Speech Recognition area.

Install FSUIPC (if not already installed)
Install It's Your Plane Version 4.1 by CLICKING HERE
If you experience problems installing It's Your Plane (IYP), CHECK THESE THINGS
Installation in Detail
ClickOnce Deployment for Windows Applications
ClickOnce is a new deployment technology that offers self-updating Windows-based applications that can be installed and run with minimal user interaction.

ClickOnce overcomes three major issues inherent in deployment:

  1. Difficulties in updating applications. With traditional Microsoft Windows Installer deployment, whenever an application is updated, the user is required to reinstall the entire application; with ClickOnce deployment, the updates are provided automatically. Only those portions of the application that have changed are downloaded, then the fully cached and updated application is installed at run time.

  2. Impact to the user's computer. With Windows Installer deployment, applications often rely on shared components, with the potential for versioning conflicts; with ClickOnce deployment, each application is self-contained and cannot interfere with other applications.

  3. Security permissions. Windows Installer deployment requires administrative permissions and allows only limited user installation; ClickOnce deployment allows non-administrative users to install and grants only those Code Access Security permissions necessary for the application.
In the past, these issues sometimes caused developers to decide to create Web applications rather than Windows-based applications, sacrificing the rich user interface and responsiveness of Windows Forms for ease of installation. With applications deployed using ClickOnce, we can utilise the best of both technologies.
FSUIPC FOR FS2002 and FS2004 USERS:
Before using It's Your Plane, you MUST have FSUIPC VERSION 3.85 INSTALLED. If you do not have FSUIPC installed, please go to:
http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.html
then scroll down and refer to the section entitled:
NEW FSUIPC.DLL replaces FS6IPC.DLL for use with
FS98/FS2000/FS2002/FS2004 (reverse
compatibility for FS98 add-ons) November 14th 2008 (2.1 MB)
Click HERE for detailed instructions on how to install FSUIPC for FS2002 and FS2004.

FSUIPC 4 FOR FSX USERS:

Before using It's Your Plane, you MUST have FSUIPC VERSION 4.40 INSTALLED. If you do not have FSUIPC installed, please go to:
http://www.schiratti.com/dowson.html

then scroll down and refer to the section entitled:
NEW Full release of FSUIPC 4 (incorporating
WideFS 7) for use with FSX April 28th 2008 (3 MB)
Click HERE for detailed instructions on how to install FSUIPC 4 for FSX.

http://www.itsyourplane.com/iyp314/publish.htm
Once you are past the IYP LOGIN SCREEN, restore your flight simulator and bring it out of the PAUSE mode. The IYP application window remains in the background until you want to close the IYP program. To close IYP, minimise your flight simulator once again and click on the Exit Program button, or simply say, "Goodbye Michele and thank you", or "Goodbye Mike and thank you".
Vista Users - Please Read This!

By default, Windows Vista has a lot of security features turned on. So if you are having problems running It's Your Plane ("IYP") on Vista, chances are the User Account Control ("UAC") is the problem. UAC is really intrusive, and even if you are using an Administrator account, it will limit the usage rights to the system.

UAC requires that you give permission to any software programme that needs access to your system. This is an annoying feature. If you are running FS9 as an Administrator, UAC will not grant IYP access to FSUIPC; running FS9 as a "normal user" in Vista, could cause problems accessing installation areas that require "Administrator rights" – thus creating a "catch 22".

  1. Give yourself user administrator rights on the folder you want to use in Flightsim.
  2. Locate your Flight Simulator 9 directory and right click on "Flight Simulator 9" and click on Properties.
  3. Up comes a popup - click on Security.
  4. Now highlight your user and click on edit. A new popup with permissions comes up.
  5. Again highlight your user and click on "Full control" then OK.
  6. A new Popup advises you that you are changing the permission settings. Just click YES.
If you Want to Turn off User Account Control, do this:
Under the "Windows Button" right-click "User Accounts" and in the search window, click on "User Accounts".   You should now have a popup window where you can choose "Turn User Account Control on and off". Press this menu link and you should be presented with a new screen with a Check Box. Un-check this box and click on OK. The computer will want to restart at this point. Restart and you should now be able to use IYP.
Speech Recognition on XP
Download the Microsoft Speech Engine SDK

Please UNZIP and install the SDK by running the SETUP file.

After Installing the Microsoft Speech Engine SDK

It is easy to find out whether or not you have the Microsoft Speech Engine properly installed on your PC. Simply open up your computer's control panel by left clicking on the desktop Start button and selecting Control Panel from the menu. On the Control Panel, select Sound, Speech and Audio Devices.

Double click the Speech icon from your control panel and open up the Speech Properties dialog box.

NOTE: If you do not have this icon you do not have the Speech Recognition engine installed.

Speech Icon

Speech Panel

In the Language section on the Speech Recognition tab of the Speech Properties dialog box, you will see a drop down box.

NOTE: If you do not have a Speech Recognition tab you do not have the Speech Recognition engine installed properly.

Speech Panel Engine

If the drop down box contains the value Microsoft English Recognizer V5.1, then you have the correct speech engine installed for proper operation of the It's Your Plane application.

NOTE: If the Microsoft English Recognizer V5.1 is in the drop down list but is not the current value, make sure that you select it and press the Apply button.

Unless you are going to have more than one person using the speech application, leave the Default Profile selected.

Set up the Audio Input, then use the Configure Microphone option to set your levels.

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOTE: USE A HIGH-QUALITY MICROPHONE.

A high-quality headset microphone can dramatically improve the accuracy of speech recognition by your computer.

TRAINING

It is highly recommended to do multiple training sessions.   Click the "More Training" button and select a session for training (you can do more training at anytime). The more training sessions you perform, the better the system will operate!

In Summary:

DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer

Brief Description - April 2007
The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime provides updates to 9.0c and previous versions of DirectX — the core Windows® technology that drives high-speed multimedia and games on the PC.

Installation Errors

If you have this folder:
    C:\Documents and Settings\[YOURUSERNAME]\Local Settings\Apps\
please DELETE IT and everything under it.

Then, go to your Control Panel and select Add or Remove Programs

See if there are entries entitled:

    It's Your Plane
    It's Your Plane-1
    It's Your Plane Base Pack
If so, then please REMOVE THEM.

Then reinstall the application by clicking:

If that doesn't work, then please go to: and report your problems.

Thank you.

Robert Cezar
IYP Developer

Detailed Instructions for Installing FSUIPC for FS2002 and FS2004

RIGHT CLICK on Start (bottom left) and select   Explore. Then, LEFT CLICK on:
    [your drive name] (C:)
near the top, under My Computer.

RIGHT CLICK anywhere in the RIGHT PANE, and pass you mouse over: New

Then, slide you mouse over to select  Folder and LEFT CLICK the item.

This will create a folder called   [New Folder] with the name highlighted to permit you to RENAME the folder.

Type in FSUIPC and press your   ENTER key.

This will create a folder called:

    C:\FSUIPC
Then, click the link below: This will ask you to download a file called: FSUIPC.zip

Click Save to save this file to the folder previously created per above: C:\FSUIPC

Since this is a ZIP file, the operating system will likely ask you to UNZIP the contents of the file.

UNZIP the file to the folder created above: C:\FSUIPC

After you've done that, RIGHT CLICK on Start (bottom left), and once again, select   Explore.

Navigate to the C:\FSUIPC folder.

RIGHT CLICK on the file called: FSUIPC4, and select Copy

Then, RIGHT CLICK on Start (bottom left) and select   Explore.

Navigate to your simulator's ROOT FOLDER; likely:

    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Modules\
RIGHT CLICK on the RIGHT PANE, and select  Paste to copy the FSUIPC file to this folder.

The installation is complete. If you experience any problems, please go to our Support Forum.


Detailed Instructions for Installing FSUIPC 4 for FSX

RIGHT CLICK on Start (bottom left) and select   Explore. Then, LEFT CLICK on:
    [your drive name] (C:)
near the top, under My Computer.

RIGHT CLICK anywhere in the RIGHT PANE, and pass you mouse over: New

Then, slide you mouse over to select  Folder and LEFT CLICK the item.

This will create a folder called   [New Folder] with the name highlighted to permit you to RENAME the folder name.

Type in FSUIPC4 and press your   ENTER key.

This will create a folder called:

    C:\FSUIPC4
Then, click the link below: This will ask you to download a file called: FSUIPC4.zip

Click Save to save this file to the folder previously created per above: C:\FSUIPC4

Since this is a ZIP file, the operating system will likely ask you to UNZIP the contents of the file.

    UNZIP the file to the folder created above: C:\FSUIPC4

After you've done that, RIGHT CLICK on Start (bottom left), and once again, select   Explore.

Navigate to the C:\FSUIPC4 folder.

Double click the file called: Install FSUIPC4

After the installer runs, it will pop up a REGISTRATION page. (Click CANCEL if you do not wish to register)

Finally, let's verify the installation:

RIGHT CLICK on Start (bottom left) and select   Explore.

Navigate to your simulator's ROOT FOLDER; likely:

    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\
and verify that there is a folder called Modules containing a file called FSUIPC4; as in:
    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\FSUIPC4
If this is the case, then the installation was successfully executed. If not, please go to our Support Forum.


Installing It's Your Plane in a Network Configuration

  1. Install FSUIPC on the computer hosting the Simulator (if not already installed)
  2. Install WideFS on the computer hosting the Simulator (if not already installed)
  3. Install Microsoft's Speech SDK on an XP Client computer (if not already installed)   (Not required for Vista)
  4. Install Microsoft's DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer on an XP Client computer (if not already installed)   (Not required for Vista)
  5. Setup Private Network Sharing
  6. Setup Launch WideClient and ensure it is connected to the Server.

    IMPORTANT NOTES:

    1. The extremely powerful ClickOnce technology employed by IYP, requires the use of Internet Explorer or Firefox with the Add-On that supports the ClickOnce technology.

    2. Vista Users please READ THIS and ensure that you have selected   US ENGLISH   in the Speech Recognition area.

    Install It's Your Plane Version 4.1 by CLICKING HERE

  7. If you experience problems installing It's Your Plane (IYP), check these things:

Setup Private Network Sharing

There are two folders on the computer that is hosting the Microsoft Flight Simulator, that MUST be shared on the Private Network:
  1. The ROOT folder of your simulator. e.g.,

      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\   ,or
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator X\

    This path is REQUIRED so that the IYP application can obtain important information from the AIRCRAFT.CFG file.

  2. The folder where you save your flights e.g.,

      XP: FS9: C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\My Documents\Flight Simulator Files\
      XP: FSX: C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\My Documents\Flight Simulator Files X\

      Vista: FS9: C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\Flight Simulator Files\
      Vista: FSX: C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\Flight Simulator Files X\

    NOTE: You will be asked to point to this folder during the installation process.

    Microsoft HELP in setting up your Sharing.

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