In trying to figure out the connection issues I've had, just noticed to get vLSO to connect everytime and run perfectly I start FSX and set everything up, aircraft (Sludge Hornet, Dino's T-45 or Tomcat, I don't have the VRS SH) location, time date, start AI Carriers, set up the Nimitz configuration and location, ESC out of FSX, start vLSO, go back into FSX, I will then get the green Case I or III bar at the top of my screen depending on the time of day, then vLSO will work perfectly, at least for me, hope this helps, just passing along info for development.