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PMDG data broadcast not active

This message is displayed when the SimBox app can't fetch data from the PMDG aircraft.

How to fix it?​

1. Press any key on the PMDG CDU keyboard​

This should "refresh" the data. If it doesn't help, and you still see the message, proceed to the next step.

2. Check if PMDG data broadcast is enabled​

SimBox automatically should append the config for PMDG data broadcast. If it's not enabled, you can do it manually.

Go to the following file:

For Store version:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\packages\pmdg-aircraft-738\work\737_Options.ini

For Steam version:

%APPDATA%\Microsoft Flight Simulator\packages\pmdg-aircraft-738\work\737_Options.ini

And make sure that the following lines are present:

[SDK] 
EnableDataBroadcast=1 
EnableCDUBroadcast.0=1 
EnableCDUBroadcast.1=1

If they are not present, add them at the end of the file.

3. Restart the simulator​

Make sure to restart the simulator after making changes to the aircraft configuration files.