This is my first post (or relpy) to the forum. I'm glad the forum is here.
I, too have a problem that looks like GSX doesn't recognize GSX 2 as active, when both GSX and GSX 2 show as active in the Add-On Manager. For me symptoms on boarding request are that a separate van for pilot/crew and passengers come (this didn't happen with old GSX - just one van), but no passengers are visible, and the green status bar counts passengers as they board. Also, in timing settings, the new GSX 2 options don't show up.
I had one oddity when first installing and activating GSX 2. I bought the product on SimMarket, and downloaded the integrated installer from the FSDreamTeam website. I ran the installer, and checked activation for GSX in the Add-On Manager, and it was active. I activated GSX 2, and it showed up as active. However it crashed when I tried to run it. I restarted FSX (boxed Gold), and no GSX options were available through the add on drop down in FSX. All evidence of GSX had disappeared. I re-installed, and now both show up in add-on manager as active, but in product use, only GSX is active.
What I tried to fix are disabling anti-virus for activation, uninstalling and re-installing with no anti-virus active, and updating the product. None of that helped.
I saw references to "permissions" in the above discussion. I checked the files I could find to see permissions were set to "run as administrator." I also added what files I could find to the firewall exception list.
It occurs to me, my search for files for changing permissions and for adding to firewall exceptions was haphazzard. Is there a list of files you recommend as set to "run as administrator?" Also, is there a list of files that need firewall exclusions? The surmise permissions are an issue seems logical. Maybe I'm missing checking on a key file or two?
May I say that I've found every penny I spent on GSX well more than worth it. Thanks for the excellent effort and results! I'm confident I will feel the same about GSX 2 once it's working on my machine.
