Not able to set up a printer

[PiotrPokornowski]

I can't select a printer in the installer, becase drop-down menu is empty, despite having a printer connected.
Adding a printer manually in the properties.json also didn't help.
Issue exists with running simbridge normally and as admin.
Windows correctly sees the printer, I was able to print a test page.
The rest of simbridge works correctly.

Simbridge release: 0.5.4
A32NX release: Development build 29c52a9
Windows version: 23H2 (OS Build 22631.4112)

fbw-simbridge-2024-10-10-00.log

Log from console:

[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [RoutesResolver] TerrainController {/api/v1/terrain}: +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [RouterExplorer] Mapped {/api/v1/terrain/renderingTimestamp, GET} route +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [RouterExplorer] Mapped {/api/v1/terrain/renderingThresholds, GET} route +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [RouterExplorer] Mapped {/api/v1/terrain/renderingFrames, GET} route +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [RouterExplorer] Mapped {/api/v1/terrain/verticalDisplayPath, POST} route +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [RoutesResolver] HealthController {/health}: +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [RouterExplorer] Mapped {/health, GET} route +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [RouterExplorer] Mapped {/health/kill, GET} route +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [NestApplication] Nest application successfully started +1ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [NetworkService] Local IP is 192.168.0.94 +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [NetworkService] mDNS server started, simbridge.local is available +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [NestApplication] FlyByWire SimBridge started on: http://192.168.0.94:8380 +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [McduGateway] Initialised websocket gateway on ws://192.168.0.94:8380/interfaces/v1/mcdu +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [PrinterService] Current Printers: POS-80,OneNote (Desktop),Microsoft Print to PDF,clawPDF +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] warn    2024-10-10 10:54:37 [PrinterService] Printer disabled or null printerName +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:39 [TerrainService] Connected to MSFS - KittyHawk - v11.0 +1ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:39 [TerrainService] Read MB of terrainmap: 231.57 +1ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:40 [McduGateway] Client connected +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:43 [McduGateway] Client connected +1ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:43 [McduGateway] Simulator connected +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:47 [TerrainService] Initialized the map handler +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:50 [TerrainService] Initialized the ND renderers +0ms
[FBW-SimBridge] info    2024-10-10 10:54:50 [TerrainService] Terrainmap worker initialized +1ms```

[Lucky38i]

Can you post your properties.json file please?

[alepouna]

Seems like the issue might be related with the Installer rather than SimBridge

[Saschl]

Could be the same in the installer that was solved in simbridge here: dbddf3e

[PiotrPokornowski]

Can you post your properties.json file please?

Here is original file:

{
    "server": {
        "port": 8380,
        "hidden": true,
        "closeWithMSFS": false
    },
    "printer": {
        "enabled": true,
        "printerName": null,
        "fontSize": 19,
        "paperSize": "A4",
        "margin": 30
    }
}

And here is the one I updated manually:

{
    "server": {
        "port": 8380,
        "hidden": true,
        "closeWithMSFS": false
    },
    "printer": {
        "enabled": true,
        "printerName": "POS-80",
        "fontSize": 19,
        "paperSize": "A4",
        "margin": 30
    }
}

Turns out setting printer name manually actually works. I don't know why it didn't work earlier, either it didn't update properly or I didn't save changes.
So the issue is indeed with the installer and not simbridge. Also even though printer is set to "POS-80" in the config, value in the installer is still "none".

[Saschl]

I have created flybywiresim/installer#480 to fix the selection issue in the installer 👍 Glad to hear it works with the manual selection at least.