IPad Installation

iPad

This section describes how to install Air Manager on the iPad. Air Manager supports iOS 9 and up.

Download and install

Go to the App store to download and install Air Manager. Once in the application please read the walkthrough carefully.

Install the plugin(s)

Air Manager uses plugins to communicate with the flight simulator. This section describes how to install the plugins.

Download the plugins

Click here to download the plugins for X-Plane, FSX and Prepar3D as a package (.zip). The package is divided in 3 operating systems, 'LIN' for Linux, 'MAC' for Mac OSx, and 'WIN' for Microsoft Windows.

X-Plane plugin installation

The X-plane plugin supports X-Plane 9, 10 and 11. For Microsoft Windows there is an automatic installer, for Mac OSx and Linux you'll find the plugin(s) in the folder called "Air Plugin". Below you see the installation instructions for each operating system.

Microsoft Windows

X-Plane 9, 10 and 11: Run the 'flightsim_plugin_setup.exe' executable in the WIN folder. The plugin installer will check the system for a X-Plane 9, 10 and 11 installation. It shows what simulator software was found and if the plugin(s) is/are installed successfully.

Mac OSX

X-Plane 10 and 11: Copy the 'Air Plugin' folder to your X-plane installation folder: 'X-plane folder'/resources/plugins/'

Example folder structure:

./X-plane/resources/plugins/Air Plugin/32/mac.xpl
./X-plane/resources/plugins/Air Plugin/64/mac.xpl

X-plane 9: When using X-plane 9, move the .\Air Plugin\32\mac.xpl file to .\Air Plugin\mac.xpl'

Example folder structure:

./X-plane/resources/plugins/Air Plugin/mac.xpl

Linux

X-Plane 10 and 11: Copy the 'Air Plugin' folder to your X-plane installation folder:'X-plane folder'/resources/plugins/'

Example folder structure:

./X-plane/resources/plugins/Air Plugin/32/lin.xpl
./X-plane/resources/plugins/Air Plugin/64/lin.xpl

X-plane 9: When using X-plane 9, move the .\Air Plugin\32\win.xpl file to .\Air Plugin\lin.xpl'

Example folder structure:

./X-plane/resources/plugins/Air Plugin/32/lin.xpl

FSX and Prepar3D plugin installation

Install the plugin (Microsoft Windows only)

Run the 'flightsim_plugin_setup.exe' executable which is in the plugins zipfile 'WIN' folder. The plugin installer will check the system for all FSX and Prepar3D installations. It shows what simulator software was found and if the plugin(s) is/are installed succesfully.

Disable or enable the plugin manually

This information is optionally. Normally you wouldn't have to enable or disable the plugin manually.

Navigate to the FSX/Prepar3D AppData folder, and search for the dll.xml file.

Full path could be:

C:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\dll.xml
C:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX-SE\dll.xml
C:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D\dll.xml

Note that the AppData folder is hidden, so make sure to show hidden files

The dll.xml file will look something like this, but with more items listed.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
  <Descr>Launch</Descr>
  <Filename>dll.xml</Filename>
  <Disabled>False</Disabled>
  <Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
  
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  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>Air Manager</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <Path>C:\Program Files\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FSX\Modules\Air Manager\AirManager.dll</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  </SimBase.Document>

Change False to True to disable the plugin, or True to False to enable it.

The plugin (AirManager.dll) is installed in the Modules folder of your simulator software. For example:

C:\Program Files (x86)\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FSX\Modules\Air Manager\AirManager.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\Air Manager\AirManager.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\Modules\Air Manager\AirManager.dll