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Installing and using WideFS
The product “WideFS” is made up of two primary elements: A flight
simulator module called “WideServer”, and an external application
called “WideClient”. You will receive both components together in
one ZIP-Archive from the Author, or via download from several flight
simulation file archives on the Internet. Before WideFS may be used,
it has to be registered using the serial number provided with the
purchase. This is done from a dialog window of FSUIPC. In order to
use WideFS you need to own a registered version of FSUIPC. Both
products are available for a combined purchase at a reduced price.
WideFS uses the TCP/IP protocol for communication. Please ensure
that both computers (network PC and FSX PC) are configured correctly
to use the TCP/IP network protocol. For details consult your Windows
documentation.
WideFS installation for FS2004
From the WideFS ZIP archive, copy the two files named WIDESERVER.
DLL and WIDESERVER.INI to your MODULES directory, located directly
below the main FS2004 directory. Thereafter, create a folder named
“WideClient” on your network PC in the “Program Files” folder. Copy
the two files named WIDECLIENT.EXE and WIDECLIENT.INI from the
WideFS ZIP archive to this new folder.
WideFS installation for FSX
You can also use WideFS to establish a network connection between
your FSX-PC and your network PC. But as SimConnect is the new
standard interface of FSX we recommend to use SimConnect (read the
chapter „Installing and configuring SimConnect“).
If you still want to use WideFS with FSX please follow the next steps:
WideServer is integrated into FSUIPC version 4, and need to be
activated through FSUIPC. Register WideFS first (see above), then
restart FSX. Thereafter, create a folder named “WideClient” on your