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[204] | 7 | <div align="center"><h1>MAVA Logger X User's Manual</h1></div>
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[194] | 8 |
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[228] | 9 | <h2><a name="overview">Overview</a></h2>
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[194] | 10 |
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| 11 | <p>
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| 12 | MAVA Logger X is an application that monitors the execution of a
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[251] | 13 | Malév Virtual flight, and collects data that can be sent to
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| 14 | the <a href="http://virtualairlines.hu">MAVA website</a> for further
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| 15 | evaluation. This manual describes how to use this program. To be
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| 16 | able to use all features of the program, you need to have a working
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| 17 | Internet connection, even if you don't fly on-line on VATSIM or
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| 18 | IVAO. However, it is possible to perform a flight completely offline
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| 19 | as well.
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[194] | 20 | </p>
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| 21 |
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[251] | 22 | <p><a name="flightRating"/>
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[219] | 23 | While monitoring your flight, the program continuously checks if your
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[194] | 24 | airplane's configuration is always within the parameters prescribed
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| 25 | by the airline's operating procedures. For example, you have to turn
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| 26 | on or off the various lights of your aircraft according to rules,
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| 27 | you cannot exceed certain weight or speed limits, and so on. Any
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[219] | 28 | deviation from the expected parameters, also known as a fault, can
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[194] | 29 | result in points subtracted from the initial 100 points (or
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| 30 | percentage). The result is your <i>flight rating</i>. Some
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| 31 | deviations are so serious, that they are deemed <i>NO GO</i> faults
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| 32 | and result in the rejection of your flight.
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| 33 | </p>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <p>
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| 36 | Besides the faults the program also monitors many other parameters,
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[460] | 37 | which are recorded in a textual <a href="#logTab"><i>log</i></a>.
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[251] | 38 | This log is sent as a part of your PIREP
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[460] | 39 | (<b>PI</b>lot's <b>REP</b>ort), and will be analyzed, and possibly
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[251] | 40 | commented on by more experienced pilots of Malév Virtual. This way
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| 41 | you can perfect the way you execute your flights.
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[194] | 42 | </p>
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| 43 |
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[251] | 44 | <p><a name="flightStages"/>
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[194] | 45 | The application breaks up your flight into
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[460] | 46 | several <i>stage</i>s. The advancement from one stage to another is
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[194] | 47 | detected automatically. These stages and the conditions under which
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| 48 | they are entered are as follows:
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| 49 | <ol>
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| 50 | <li><b>boarding</b>: This is the initial stage when you start the
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| 51 | flight.</li>
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| 52 | <li><b>push-back and taxi</b>: If you release the parking brakes
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| 53 | or your ground speed becomes 5 knots or greater during the
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| 54 | boarding stage, your flight enters this stage.</li>
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[725] | 55 | <li><b>takeoff</b>: If your ground speed exceeds 50 knots
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| 56 | during taxi or after a rejected takeoff (RTO), and then you lift-off in at
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| 57 | most 60 second, your flight enters the takeoff stage. The takeoff
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| 58 | configuration, however is saved at the time of exceeding 50 knots GS, but
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| 59 | will be checked and logged when leaving the ground. If you do not lift-off
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[730] | 60 | within 60 seconds of exceeding 50 knots GS, a speed fault will be
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| 61 | logged. The same occurs, if your GS decreases to or below 50 knots after
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| 62 | having exceeded it earllier. If, however, you check the
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| 63 | <i>Rejected takeoff</i> checkbox on the
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| 64 | <a href="#takeOffPage"><i>Takeoff</i></a> page, the fault will
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[725] | 65 | disappear and your flight will enter the <b>RTO</b> (rejected takeoff)
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| 66 | stage.</li>
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[194] | 67 | <li><b>climb</b>: When you retract the gears or you reach 3000
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| 68 | feet altitude AGL with a positive climb rate after takeoff.</li>
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| 69 | <li><b>cruise</b>: When the aircraft's altitude is within 2000
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[725] | 70 | feet of the cruise altitude and you are climbing either after takeoff or an
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| 71 | aborted approach or landing.</li>
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[194] | 72 | <li><b>descent</b>: If the altitude decreases to more than 2000
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| 73 | feet below the cruise altitude during cruise.</li>
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| 74 | <li><b>landing</b>: If the gears are lowered and the altitude is
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[725] | 75 | less than 2000 feet AGL during descent or go-around. Also when you start
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| 76 | to descend during a climb and the previous conditions also hold.</li>
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[194] | 77 | <li><b>go-around</b>: If you retract the gears during landing.</li>
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[730] | 78 | <li><b>taxi after landing</b>: When the aircraft is on the
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[725] | 79 | ground and its ground speed is below 25 knots after landing.</li>
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[194] | 80 | <li><b>end</b>: If the N<sub>1</sub> of the turbines becomes
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| 81 | less than 0.5, or the RPM of the piston engines becomes 0 during
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[725] | 82 | the parking brakes are set. This is the final stage.</li>
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[194] | 83 | </ol>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <p>
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[460] | 86 | To enhance the simulation, the program can play various
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[251] | 87 | <a href="#prefsSounds">sound</a> files
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[194] | 88 | during the various stages of your flight, such as the announcements
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| 89 | made by the flight attendants. These files are supplied with the
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| 90 | application, and they can be played automatically, or when you press
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| 91 | a certain hotkey in the flight simulator. You can also organize
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[251] | 92 | pre-recorded sound files
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[460] | 93 | into <a href="#checklistEditor">checklists</a> for the each aircraft
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[194] | 94 | type, and these files can also be played back one-by-one when you
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[460] | 95 | repeatedly press a key combination in the simulator. See
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[251] | 96 | <a href="#prefsSounds">below</a> for more information on this.
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[194] | 97 | </p>
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| 98 |
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[251] | 99 | <p><a name="onlineACARSSystem"/>
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[219] | 100 | Malév Virtual have implemented an <i>Online ACARS System</i>, which
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[194] | 101 | displays the status of the flights in progress. The data appears on
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[258] | 102 | the front page of the <a href="http://virtualairlines.hu">MAVA
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[460] | 103 | website</a> and also on a
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[730] | 104 | <a href="http://virtualairlines.hu/acars2/show.html">map</a>. This map is
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| 105 | also <a href="#acarsTab">displayed</a> by the program.
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[194] | 106 | </p>
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| 107 |
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[251] | 108 | <p><a name="onlineGateSystem"/>
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[219] | 109 | Malév Virtual have also implemented an <i>Online Gate System</i>
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[194] | 110 | which maintains a database of the aircraft in the airline's fleet
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| 111 | and their location. An aircraft may be parked at the Budapest
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| 112 | Ferihegy Airport, in which case the number of the gate or stand it
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| 113 | is located at is recorded in the database. If so, this number is
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[258] | 114 | <a href="#connectPage">displayed</a> to you when starting your
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| 115 | flight from Ferihegy, and you are recommended to place your aircraft
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| 116 | at the indicated gate or stand in the simulator. If your flight
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| 117 | begins at Ferihegy and the aircraft is away (usually due to someone
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[460] | 118 | else's flight), you can <a href="#gateSelectionPage">select</a>
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[258] | 119 | from which gate or stand you start your flight. The database of the
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[460] | 120 | Online Gate System can also be <a href="#gatesTab">displayed</a>
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[258] | 121 | by using the application.
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[219] | 122 | </p>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <p>
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| 125 | These online systems can only be used when flying online.
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[194] | 126 | </p>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <p>
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| 129 | The program can automatically update itself. When it starts up, it
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| 130 | checks if there is a newer version available. If so, it downloads
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| 131 | its files and replaces the program's current files with the new
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| 132 | ones. Then the program is restarted so that you can use the new
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| 133 | version. Besides acquiring bug fixes, updating is also important,
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| 134 | because the program can be extended with new checks or more refined
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| 135 | checks, and if you are using too old a version, the PIREP reviewers
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| 136 | may refuse your flight.
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| 137 | </p>
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| 138 |
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[493] | 139 | <p>
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| 140 | The program also includes a built-in <a href="#bugReportWindow">bug
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| 141 | reporting</a> facility, which can be used to report any trouble
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| 142 | encountered while using it.
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| 143 | </p>
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| 144 |
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[228] | 145 | <h3><a name="gui">Graphical User Interface</a></h3>
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[194] | 146 |
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| 147 | <p>
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| 148 | The GUI of the application is made up of traditional building blocks
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| 149 | (buttons, checkboxes, lists, text entry boxes, etc.) found in other
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| 150 | applications as well. Many such controls have informative tooltips
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| 151 | that supplement the contents of this User's Guide in helping you
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| 152 | using the application. Many controls are also accessible by pressing
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| 153 | the <b>Alt</b> plus the underlined letter in the control's label.
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| 154 | </p>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <p>
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| 157 | The most often used part of the program is the main window, to be
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| 158 | described in detail below. When you minimize or close the window, it
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| 159 | disappears by default, but the program continues to run. You can
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| 160 | redisplay the window by clicking on the tray icon of the program,
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| 161 | which looks like the one on the picture below.
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| 162 | </p>
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| 163 |
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[228] | 164 | <div align="center">
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| 165 | <table>
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| 166 | <tr>
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| 167 | <td>
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| 168 | <img src="statusIcon1.png" alt="The status icon" hspace="20"/>
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| 169 | </td>
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| 170 | <td>
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| 171 | <img src="statusIcon2.png" alt="The status icon menu" hspace="20"/>
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| 172 | </td>
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| 173 | </table>
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| 174 | </div>
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| 175 |
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[194] | 176 | <p>
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| 177 | If you click on the tray icon when the program's window is hidden,
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| 178 | the window will be displayed. If you hover the mouse pointer over
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| 179 | the icon, the flight stage and the current rating will be
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| 180 | displayed. The tray icon has a right-button menu as well with the
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[460] | 181 | following items:
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[194] | 182 | <ul>
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| 183 | <li><b>Show main window</b>: displays or hides the main window.</li>
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[460] | 184 | <li><b>Show monitor window</b>: displays or hides the
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[265] | 185 | <a href="#monitorWindow">monitor window</a>.</li>
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[194] | 186 | <li><b>Quit</b>: quit the application. A confirmation window will
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| 187 | be displayed.</li>
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| 188 | </ul>
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| 189 | </p>
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| 190 |
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| 191 | <p>
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| 192 | You can also quit the application by selecting the <b>File/Quit</b>
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| 193 | menu item, or by pressing <b>Ctrl+Q</b>.
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| 194 | </p>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <p>
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| 197 | If you start the application, when it is already running, the main
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| 198 | window of the already running instance will be displayed instead of
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| 199 | starting a new instance of the program.
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| 200 | </p>
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[460] | 201 |
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[774] | 202 | <p>
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| 203 | When the program is first started on your computer, you will be presented
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| 204 | with the dialog below:
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| 205 | </p>
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| 206 | <div align="center">
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| 207 | <img src="registrationDialog.png" alt="The registration query dialog"/>
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| 208 | </div>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <p>
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| 211 | If you have not registered with MAVA yet, click on <b>Register</b>. The
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| 212 | registration process is described <a href="#registration">here</a>.
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| 213 | If you have a pilot ID and a password already, click <b>Cancel</b> and
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| 214 | continue as below.
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| 215 | </p>
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| 216 |
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[228] | 217 | <h2><a name="mainWindow">The Main Window</a></h2>
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[194] | 218 |
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| 219 | <p>
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| 220 | The figure below depicts the main window of the application. The top
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[219] | 221 | of it contains the usual menu bar, which will be described in more
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| 222 | detail later. The content area consists of several tabs the use of
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| 223 | which is described below.
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[194] | 224 | </p>
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[460] | 225 |
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[251] | 226 | <a name="mainWindowShot"/>
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[228] | 227 | <div align="center"><img src="mainWindow.png" alt="The main window"/></div>
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| 228 |
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[194] | 229 | <p>
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[219] | 230 | The bottom of the window is a status bar. Its left side contains the
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[194] | 231 | icon indicating the status of the connection to the simulator. Since
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| 232 | the application continuously monitors the parameters of your
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| 233 | aircraft, it needs to communicate with the simulator. The icon's
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| 234 | colour indicates the health of this communication channel.
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| 235 | </p>
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[460] | 236 |
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[194] | 237 | <p>
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| 238 | If it is grey, the program is not connected. This is normal before
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| 239 | and after the flight. If it is green, the connection is alive and
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| 240 | working properly. If it is red, the connection is broken. In this
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| 241 | case a dialog window is displayed. The most likely cause for such a
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| 242 | disruption is the crash of the simulator. If this is the case,
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| 243 | restart the simulator and try to restore the flight to a state as
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| 244 | close to the one before the crash as possible. Then click
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| 245 | the <b>Reconnect</b> button, and the program will try to
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| 246 | re-establish the connection to the simulator. It preserves all data
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| 247 | of your flight, so you can continue where you left off easily.
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| 248 | </p>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | <p>
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| 251 | If the reason for the failure of the connection is something else,
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| 252 | do whatever is needed to be done to restore it. Of course, it is
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| 253 | possible that the logger application itself fails, in which case
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| 254 | you, unfortunately, have to restart the flight. Do not forget to
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[228] | 255 | notify the author if this happens. In this case, try to copy and
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[251] | 256 | save the <a href="#debugLog">debug log</a> and send it with your bug
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[725] | 257 | report. You can use the <a href="#bugReportWindow">bug
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| 258 | reporting</a> facility as well for this purpose.
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[194] | 259 | </p>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | <p>
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| 262 | If you click the <b>Cancel</b> button in the reconnection dialog,
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| 263 | the logger will be reset as if it were stopped and restarted.
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| 264 | </p>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <p>
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| 267 | To the right of the connection status icon, you can see the current
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[251] | 268 | <a href="#flightStages">stage</a> of the flight, if the monitoring
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| 269 | has begun. Otherwise it is a single dash. It is followed by the
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| 270 | simulator time, if the program is already connected to the
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| 271 | simulator. Then comes the current <a href="#flightRating">flight rating</a>.
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[194] | 272 | </p>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <p>
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[219] | 275 | The right of the status bar is normally empty, but if there is some
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[194] | 276 | potentially long operation going on (typically communicating with
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| 277 | the MAVA servers), information about the operation is displayed
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| 278 | here. This is accompanied by the cursor becoming that of signaling
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| 279 | a busy state and most parts of the main window becoming
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| 280 | unresponsive.
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| 281 | </p>
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| 282 |
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[228] | 283 | <h3><a name="tabFlight">The Flight Tab</a></h3>
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| 284 |
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[194] | 285 | <p>
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[228] | 286 | The flight tab is the most important tab. It consists of a sequence of
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[194] | 287 | pages similar to wizards found in many programs. The first several of
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| 288 | these pages guide you through the various steps of the preparations
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| 289 | for your flight, while the last pages allow you to enter some
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| 290 | information about your flight necessary for its evaluation and to
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| 291 | send the PIREP (Pilot's Report) assembled by the program to the MAVA
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[255] | 292 | server.
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[194] | 293 | </p>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | <p>
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| 296 | Each page has a title at the top indicating the purpose of the
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| 297 | page. There is a short text below this, which describes what the
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| 298 | page contains and/or what is expected from you to do with the page.
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| 299 | Below the text you can find the main information and possibly data
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| 300 | entry areas for the page. Finally, you can find the button row at
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| 301 | the bottom.
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| 302 | </p>
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[460] | 303 |
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[194] | 304 | <p>
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| 305 | Most of the pages contain two buttons: <b>Next</b> and
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| 306 | <b>Previous</b>. These help in navigating between the pages. In most
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| 307 | cases you can go back to previously visited pages by using
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| 308 | the <b>Previous</b> button, although you cannot edit the contents of
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[255] | 309 | some of the pages once finalized by moving to the next page using
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[194] | 310 | the <b>Next</b> button. There are a few exceptions though, as
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| 311 | detailed below.
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| 312 | </p>
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| 313 |
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[219] | 314 | <p>
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| 315 | Many of the pages also contain a <b>Cancel flight</b>
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| 316 | button. Clicking this button will allow you to cancel the flight and
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[460] | 317 | go back to the <a href="#flightSelectionPage">flight selection</a>
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[255] | 318 | if you have logged in to the MAVA server, or to the login page, after
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[251] | 319 | a confirmation of your intent.
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[219] | 320 | </p>
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| 321 |
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[228] | 322 | <h4><a name="loginPage">The <i>Login</i> Page</a></h4>
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[194] | 323 |
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| 324 | <p>
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[460] | 325 | The program starts with the Login page (see the
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[251] | 326 | <a href="#mainWindowShot">picture</a> above) where you can enter the
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| 327 | your pilot's ID and password for the MAVA website. Both data are
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| 328 | given to you when joining Malév Virtual. The pilot's ID usually
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| 329 | starts with the letter <q>P</q> followed by three digits.
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[194] | 330 | </p>
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| 331 |
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| 332 | <p>
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| 333 | If you check <b>Remember password</b>, the password will be saved by
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| 334 | the program, so you don't have to enter it all the time. Note,
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[255] | 335 | however, that the password is saved in a readable form into a
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[460] | 336 | configuration file, so use this possibility only if your home
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| 337 | directory can be accessed only by people you trust. The pilot's ID
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[251] | 338 | is saved anyway.
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[194] | 339 | </p>
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| 340 |
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| 341 | <p>
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| 342 | If you are about to perform the entrance flight, check
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| 343 | <b>Entrance exam</b>. In this case you don't have to (and cannot)
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| 344 | enter the password, as that is not needed for the entrance exam.
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| 345 | </p>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | <p>
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| 348 | The login to the MAVA server, and proceed to the next page, press
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| 349 | the <b>Login</b> button.
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| 350 | </p>
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[219] | 351 |
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| 352 | <p>
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| 353 | If you would like to fly without an Internet connection, use
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| 354 | the <b>Fly offline</b> button. This immediately takes you to the
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[255] | 355 | next page, without trying to log in to the MAVA server.
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[219] | 356 | </p>
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[460] | 357 |
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[228] | 358 | <h4><a name="flightSelectionPage">The <i>Flight selection</i> Page</a></h4>
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[194] | 359 |
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[228] | 360 | <img src="flightSelection.png" alt="The Flight selection page"/>
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[460] | 361 |
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[194] | 362 | <p>
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| 363 | This page displays the list of the flight you have booked previously
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[251] | 364 | on the MAVA website, if you have <a href="#loginPage">logged in</a>
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| 365 | properly. If you chose to fly offline, the list is empty.
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[219] | 366 | </p>
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| 367 |
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| 368 | <p>
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| 369 | If you have selected a flight, you can also save it by using
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[873] | 370 | the <b>Save flight...</b> button. This is useful when planning to fly
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[219] | 371 | offline at some later time. When preparing for that flight, you can
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[255] | 372 | properly log in to the MAVA server, and acquire the list of your
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[219] | 373 | booked flights. Then you can save the flight you wish to perform
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| 374 | later offline, on which occasion, you can load the saved flight.
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| 375 | </p>
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| 376 |
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| 377 | <p>
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[873] | 378 | The briefing for a flight can be printed using the <b>Print briefing...</b>
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| 379 | button. The booking can be cancelled by pressing the
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| 380 | <b>Delete flight...</b> button. Saving, printing and deleting are also
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| 381 | available from the right-button menu as well.
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| 382 | </p>
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| 383 |
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| 384 | <p>
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| 385 | If you have no booked flights or you do not like the ones booked,
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| 386 | you can <a href="#flightBooking">book</a> a new flight if you click
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| 387 | on the <b>Book flights...</b> button.
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| 388 | </p>
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| 389 |
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| 390 | <p>
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| 391 | If you have flights reported but not yet reviewed or rejected,
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| 392 | the numbers of them are displayed at the top and the
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| 393 | <b>Pending flights...</b> is available
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| 394 | to <a href="#pendingFlights">review</a> them.
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| 395 | </p>
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| 396 |
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| 397 | <p>
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[219] | 398 | You may need to refresh the list of flights. For example, you notice
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| 399 | that you have forgotten to book the flight you want to perform. Then
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| 400 | you can book the flight on the MAVA website, and press
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| 401 | the <b>Refresh flights</b> button to update the list.
|
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| 402 | </p>
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| 403 |
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| 404 | <p>
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| 405 | You can also load a flight from a file by pressing the <b>Load
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| 406 | flight from file</b> button. This displays a file selection dialog
|
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| 407 | where you select the flight file (usually with a suffix
|
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| 408 | of <code>.vaflight</code>). This is mostly useful when flying
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| 409 | offline, or during the entrance exam.
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[194] | 410 | </p>
|
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| 411 |
|
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| 412 | <p>
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[251] | 413 | Select a flight from the list, and press the <b>Next</b> button to
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[194] | 414 | proceed with that flight.
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| 415 | </p>
|
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| 416 |
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[258] | 417 | <h4><a name="gateSelectionPage">The <i>LHBP gate selection</i> Page</a></h4>
|
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[460] | 418 |
|
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[228] | 419 | <img src="gateSelection.png" alt="The LHBP gate selection page"/>
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[460] | 420 |
|
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[194] | 421 | <p>
|
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| 422 | This page is displayed after the flight selection page only if your
|
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| 423 | flight starts at the Budapest Ferihegy Airport and the number of the
|
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| 424 | gate or stand at which your aircraft is located cannot be
|
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| 425 | determined.
|
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| 426 | </p>
|
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| 427 |
|
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| 428 | <p>
|
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| 429 | Select a number from the list presented, and press <b>Next</b>.
|
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| 430 | </p>
|
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| 431 |
|
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[228] | 432 | <h4><a name="connectPage">The <i>Connect to the simulator</i> Page</a></h4>
|
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[194] | 433 |
|
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[228] | 434 | <img src="connect.png" alt="The Connect to the simulator page"/>
|
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[460] | 435 |
|
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[194] | 436 | <p>
|
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| 437 | This page displays some important information about your flight,
|
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| 438 | such as the type and tail number of the aircraft to use, the
|
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[730] | 439 | departure airport and possibly the gate. You can also select whether you
|
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| 440 | would like to connect to a variant of Microsoft Flight Simulator or
|
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| 441 | X-Plane. The choice is remembered by the program and the selected one will be
|
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| 442 | the default next time. (<i>Support for X-Plane is currently experimental. The
|
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| 443 | logger is used by the author on Linux with good results. Volunteers are
|
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| 444 | wanted to test X-Plane support on Windows.</i>)
|
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[194] | 445 | </p>
|
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| 446 |
|
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| 447 | <p>
|
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[255] | 448 | Select the aircraft indicated and park it at the departure airport
|
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| 449 | in the simulator,
|
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[194] | 450 | then press <b>Connect</b> to establish the connection with the
|
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| 451 | simulator. If the connection cannot be established, a dialog will be
|
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| 452 | displayed about it, and you can <b>Try again</b> the connection
|
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[255] | 453 | or <b>Cancel</b> to go back to the flight selection or to the login page.
|
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[194] | 454 | </p>
|
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[460] | 455 |
|
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[194] | 456 | <p>
|
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| 457 | Note, that after a successful connection, the monitoring of your
|
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| 458 | flight does not begin immediately, but some data can be queried by
|
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| 459 | the logger at this stage.
|
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| 460 | </p>
|
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| 461 |
|
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[228] | 462 | <h4><a name="payloadPage">The <i>Payload</i> Page</a></h4>
|
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[194] | 463 |
|
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[468] | 464 | <img src="payload.png" alt="The Payload page"/>
|
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[460] | 465 |
|
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[194] | 466 | <p>
|
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| 467 | This page displays the components of the flight's payload and the
|
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[460] | 468 | calculated Zero-Fuel Weight (ZFW). You can modify all input data,
|
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| 469 | but generally it is needed to enter the cargo weight you determined
|
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| 470 | for the flight, if it is different from 0. You can also press the <b>ZFW
|
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[194] | 471 | from FS</b> button, which queries the ZFW from the simulator and
|
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| 472 | displays the retrieved value. If the ZFW calculated from the payload
|
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| 473 | data differs too much from the queried one, the calculated value is
|
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| 474 | displayed in red. This the right time to set up the payload in the
|
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| 475 | simulator. If you forget about it, it will be a NO GO fault.
|
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| 476 | </p>
|
---|
| 477 |
|
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| 478 | <p>
|
---|
| 479 | If you have finished with this page, press the <b>Next</b>
|
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[251] | 480 | button. At this point, the <a href="#helpTab"><i>Help</i> tab</a>
|
---|
| 481 | becomes available, which you can use if you have failed to set up
|
---|
| 482 | the correct payload in the simulator. See a more detailed
|
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[460] | 483 | description of it <a href="#helpTab">below</a>.
|
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[194] | 484 | </p>
|
---|
| 485 |
|
---|
[228] | 486 | <h4><a name="timePage">The <i>Time</i> Page</a></h4>
|
---|
[194] | 487 |
|
---|
[228] | 488 | <img src="time.png" alt="The Time page"/>
|
---|
[460] | 489 |
|
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[194] | 490 | <p>
|
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| 491 | This page displays the departure and arrival times of your
|
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| 492 | flight in UTC. Press the <b>Time from FS</b> button to query the
|
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| 493 | current UTC time of the simulator. To be able to simulate the real
|
---|
[219] | 494 | lighting circumstances of the flight, the simulator's time should match
|
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[194] | 495 | the time of the flight according to the schedule. Therefore you are
|
---|
| 496 | expected to set the simulator's time properly. It is recommended to
|
---|
| 497 | set it to about 15 minutes before the departure at this stage so
|
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| 498 | that you have enough time to set up your flight.
|
---|
| 499 | </p>
|
---|
| 500 |
|
---|
| 501 | <p>
|
---|
| 502 | When you have set the time of the simulator properly, press
|
---|
| 503 | the <b>Next</b> button.
|
---|
| 504 | </p>
|
---|
| 505 |
|
---|
[730] | 506 | <h4><a name="routePage">The <i>Route</i> Page</a></h4>
|
---|
| 507 |
|
---|
| 508 | <img src="route.png" alt="The Route page"/>
|
---|
| 509 |
|
---|
| 510 | <p>
|
---|
| 511 | This page displays the flight plan route taken from the booked flight. This
|
---|
| 512 | can be edited if necessary (e.g. when you will enter some airspace that will
|
---|
| 513 | require you to change the flight level during flight.) You should also
|
---|
| 514 | specify the cruise level and the ICAO code of the alternate airport.
|
---|
| 515 | </p>
|
---|
| 516 |
|
---|
| 517 | <p>
|
---|
| 518 | When satisfied with the information on the page, press
|
---|
| 519 | the <b>Next</b> button to advance. Note, that these data can be
|
---|
| 520 | edited later as well if you come back to this page.
|
---|
| 521 | </p>
|
---|
| 522 |
|
---|
| 523 | <h4><a name="simbriefSetupPage">The <i>SimBrief setup</i> page</a></h4>
|
---|
| 524 |
|
---|
| 525 | <img src="simbriefSetup.png" alt="The SimBrief setup page"/>
|
---|
| 526 |
|
---|
| 527 | <p>
|
---|
| 528 | If using the <a href="http://simbrief.com">SimBrief</a> flight planning
|
---|
| 529 | service has been enabled in the <a href="#prefsGeneral">Preferences</a>
|
---|
| 530 | window, this page is displayed following the
|
---|
| 531 | <a href="#routePage"><i>Route</i></a> page.
|
---|
| 532 | </p>
|
---|
| 533 |
|
---|
| 534 | <p>
|
---|
| 535 | Enter your SimBrief user name and password. The former one is always saved
|
---|
| 536 | and offered as the default entry, but the latter one only when the checkbox
|
---|
| 537 | below is checked. Some further data should also be entered.
|
---|
| 538 | </p>
|
---|
| 539 |
|
---|
| 540 | <p>
|
---|
| 541 | Press the <b>Next</b> button to start generating the flight plan. The program
|
---|
| 542 | then contacts the SimBrief website, sends the data and downloads the
|
---|
| 543 | result. This can take a relatively long time, during which the lower right
|
---|
| 544 | corner of the Logger window displays some progress information. If there is
|
---|
| 545 | some error, a popup window is displayed. If the login attempt is
|
---|
| 546 | unsuccessful, the user name and/or the password can be entered again, but you
|
---|
| 547 | can decide to abort using SimBrief.
|
---|
| 548 | </p>
|
---|
| 549 |
|
---|
| 550 | <p>
|
---|
| 551 | If the result is successfully produced, it can be studied on page
|
---|
| 552 | <a href="#simbriefResultPage"><i>SimBrief flight plan</i></a>. In case of a
|
---|
| 553 | failure, the flight setup continues with
|
---|
| 554 | the <a href="#fuelPage"><i>Fuel</i></a> page.
|
---|
| 555 | </p>
|
---|
| 556 |
|
---|
| 557 | <h4><a name="simbriefResultPage">The <i>SimBrief flight plan</i> page</a></h4>
|
---|
| 558 |
|
---|
| 559 | <img src="simbriefResult.png" alt="The SimBrief flight plan page"/>
|
---|
| 560 |
|
---|
| 561 | <p>
|
---|
| 562 | This page displays the SimBrief flight plan created. When carefully read and
|
---|
| 563 | understood, press the button at the bottom to the right to continue. Of
|
---|
| 564 | course, you can come back to this page later.
|
---|
| 565 | </p>
|
---|
| 566 |
|
---|
[228] | 567 | <h4><a name="fuelPage">The <i>Fuel</i> Page</a></h4>
|
---|
[194] | 568 |
|
---|
[228] | 569 | <img src="fuel.png" alt="The Fuel page"/>
|
---|
[460] | 570 |
|
---|
[194] | 571 | <p>
|
---|
| 572 | This page contains a graphical representation of the fuel tanks of
|
---|
| 573 | your aircraft. The yellowish colour represents the current level of
|
---|
| 574 | the fuel in the tank, and turquoise slider is the expected level,
|
---|
[460] | 575 | which is also displayed numerically (in kilograms) below each graph.
|
---|
[194] | 576 | </p>
|
---|
| 577 |
|
---|
| 578 | <p>
|
---|
| 579 | You can enter the requested amount of fuel numerically, or you can
|
---|
[251] | 580 | set it by the turquoise sliders, though this method is less accurate. The
|
---|
| 581 | lever can be moved by clicking withinin the fuel tank's representation,
|
---|
[194] | 582 | and you can drag it if you keep the button pressed. If your mouse
|
---|
| 583 | has a wheel, that can also be used to modify the expected level. To
|
---|
| 584 | use the wheel, keep the mouse pointer within the fuel tank's
|
---|
| 585 | graphic. Each click of the wheel increment or decrements the amount
|
---|
| 586 | by 10 kilograms. If you hold down the <b>Shift</b> key, the
|
---|
| 587 | increment will be 100, if you hold down the <b>Ctrl</b> key, the
|
---|
| 588 | increment will be 1.
|
---|
| 589 | </p>
|
---|
| 590 |
|
---|
| 591 | <p>
|
---|
| 592 | When all tanks have the correct amount of fuel set, press
|
---|
| 593 | the <b>Next</b> button. This causes the pumping of the fuel to
|
---|
| 594 | start. The progress is represented by the yellowish fuel bars
|
---|
| 595 | growing or shrinking (fuel may be pumped out of a tank as
|
---|
| 596 | well). This is a relatively quick process and should finish within a
|
---|
[460] | 597 | few seconds.
|
---|
[194] | 598 | </p>
|
---|
| 599 |
|
---|
| 600 | <p>
|
---|
[730] | 601 | When fuel pumping has completed, and the SimBrief service is used, and the
|
---|
| 602 | generation of the flight plan has been successful, the program jumps to the
|
---|
| 603 | <a href="#takeoffPage"><i>Takeoff</i></a> page. Otherwise the
|
---|
| 604 | <a href="#briefingPage"><i>Briefing</i></a> pages come next.
|
---|
[194] | 605 |
|
---|
[228] | 606 | <h4><a name="briefingPage">The <i>Briefing</i> Pages</a></h4>
|
---|
[460] | 607 |
|
---|
[228] | 608 | <img src="briefing.png" alt="The Briefing page"/>
|
---|
[460] | 609 |
|
---|
[194] | 610 | <p>
|
---|
| 611 | These pages display the NOTAMs and the METAR for the departure and
|
---|
[730] | 612 | the arrival airports unless we have used SimBrief for flight planning.
|
---|
| 613 | You can edit the METAR if your network
|
---|
[194] | 614 | provides a different weather, or you do not fly with real
|
---|
| 615 | weather. The METAR of the arrival airport will be updated when
|
---|
| 616 | entering the landing stage, unless you have edited it before. The
|
---|
| 617 | METARs can be edited during the whole duration of the flight. If you
|
---|
[255] | 618 | do so, please, comment on it in the <i>Comments</i> section of
|
---|
[251] | 619 | the <a href="#flightInfoTab"><i>Flight info</i> tab</a>.
|
---|
[194] | 620 | </p>
|
---|
| 621 |
|
---|
| 622 | <p>
|
---|
| 623 | On the second briefing page (that of the arrival airport), confirm
|
---|
| 624 | that you have read the briefing and are ready to start the flight by
|
---|
| 625 | clicking the button. This begins the monitoring of your flight with
|
---|
| 626 | the boarding stage.
|
---|
| 627 | </p>
|
---|
[460] | 628 |
|
---|
[228] | 629 | <h4><a name="takeoffPage">The <i>Takeoff</i> Page</a></h4>
|
---|
[194] | 630 |
|
---|
[468] | 631 | <img src="takeoff.png" alt="The Takeoff page"/>
|
---|
[460] | 632 |
|
---|
[194] | 633 | <p>
|
---|
[730] | 634 | This page displays the current METAR of the departure airport. It can be
|
---|
| 635 | modified if necessary, e.g. when the weather in the simulator is different
|
---|
| 636 | from it. Below you have to enter the name of the departure runway, the
|
---|
[194] | 637 | name of the Standard Instrument Departure procedure you follow after
|
---|
[730] | 638 | takeoff and the takeoff V-speeds. In case of the SID you can select
|
---|
| 639 | the <i>VECTORS</i> "procedure" if, for some reason, no SID is flown.
|
---|
| 640 | While you can edit these data anytime, it is recommended to do so before
|
---|
| 641 | takeoff.
|
---|
[194] | 642 | <p>
|
---|
| 643 |
|
---|
| 644 | <p>
|
---|
[244] | 645 | Note that if you are flying one of the Tupolev or Yak aircraft, the
|
---|
| 646 | page will look different, as speeds will have to be entered in
|
---|
| 647 | kilometres per hour.
|
---|
| 648 | </p>
|
---|
| 649 |
|
---|
| 650 | <p>
|
---|
[460] | 651 | For most aircraft in the fleet you should also enter the takeoff
|
---|
| 652 | derate setting. Its exact format and value depends on the type.
|
---|
| 653 | </p>
|
---|
| 654 |
|
---|
| 655 | <p>
|
---|
| 656 | You can also select here whether you have turned on any anti-ice
|
---|
| 657 | systems (apart from the pitot heat). However, for most aircraft, the
|
---|
| 658 | logger can detect the setting, and if anti-icing is turned on, the
|
---|
| 659 | check box will be checked automatically. If you have checked it
|
---|
| 660 | yourself, it will not be unchecked by the program (unless it gains
|
---|
| 661 | self-awareness sometime in the future).
|
---|
| 662 | </p>
|
---|
| 663 |
|
---|
| 664 | <p>
|
---|
[194] | 665 | You can proceed to the next page after takeoff, and if all data has
|
---|
| 666 | been entered, by pressing the <b>Next</b> button.
|
---|
| 667 | </p>
|
---|
| 668 |
|
---|
[460] | 669 | <h4><a name="cruisePage">The <i>Cruise</i> Page</a></h4>
|
---|
| 670 |
|
---|
[468] | 671 | <img src="cruise.png" alt="The Cruise page"/>
|
---|
[460] | 672 |
|
---|
| 673 | <p>
|
---|
[730] | 674 | This page displays your cruise altitude as set in the
|
---|
| 675 | <a href="#routePage"><i>Route</i> page</a>. If you need to modify your
|
---|
[460] | 676 | cruise level due to airspace requirements, step climb or any other
|
---|
| 677 | justified reason, you can set the new level here and then press
|
---|
[730] | 678 | the <b>Update</b> button.
|
---|
[460] | 679 | </p>
|
---|
| 680 |
|
---|
| 681 | <p>
|
---|
[461] | 682 | If you are preparing for landing, you can press the <b>Next</b>
|
---|
[460] | 683 | button to go to the next page.
|
---|
| 684 | </p>
|
---|
| 685 |
|
---|
[228] | 686 | <h4><a name="landingPage">The <i>Landing</i> Page</a></h4>
|
---|
| 687 |
|
---|
[468] | 688 | <img src="landing.png" alt="The Landing page"/>
|
---|
[194] | 689 |
|
---|
| 690 | <p>
|
---|
[730] | 691 | The upper part of this page displays the METAR of the landing airport, which
|
---|
| 692 | can be edited, if necessary. Below you have to enter the name of the STAR
|
---|
| 693 | and/or transition you planned to follow or have followed,
|
---|
[251] | 694 | the approach type (e.g. <q>ILS</q>, <q>VOR</q>, <q>VISUAL</q>,
|
---|
| 695 | etc.), the name of the landing runway, and the landing reference speed,
|
---|
[730] | 696 | V<sub>ref</sub>. In case of the procedures you can select <i>VECTORS</i>
|
---|
| 697 | from the drop-down list if you have received vectors from ATC.
|
---|
| 698 | You can enter this data during the flight, or after
|
---|
[244] | 699 | you have landed, at your discretion. Note, that if you fly one of
|
---|
[251] | 700 | the Tupolev or Yak aircraft, the speed will have to be entered in km/h.
|
---|
[194] | 701 | </p>
|
---|
| 702 |
|
---|
| 703 | <p>
|
---|
[460] | 704 | This page also contains a checkbox for the anti-ice system, which is
|
---|
| 705 | handled the same way as the one on
|
---|
| 706 | the <a href="#takeoffPage">Takeoff page</a>.
|
---|
| 707 |
|
---|
| 708 | <p>
|
---|
[194] | 709 | When you have entered all data, press the <b>Next</b> button. It is
|
---|
| 710 | active only, if the flight has ended.
|
---|
| 711 | </p>
|
---|
| 712 |
|
---|
[228] | 713 | <h4><a name="finishPage">The <i>Finish</i> Page</a></h4>
|
---|
| 714 |
|
---|
[460] | 715 | <img src="finish.png" alt="The Finish page"/>
|
---|
[194] | 716 |
|
---|
| 717 | <p>
|
---|
| 718 | This is the final page of the flight wizard. It contains a summary
|
---|
[730] | 719 | of your flight: the rating, the deptarture, arrival, flight and block times,
|
---|
| 720 | the distance flown and the amount of fuel burnt. If the departure or the
|
---|
| 721 | arrival time is too off of the schedule, they are displayed in orange or red
|
---|
| 722 | depending on the difference. In case of a red colour, comment on the
|
---|
| 723 | difference in the <a href="#flightInfoTab"><i>Flight info</i> tab</a>.
|
---|
[194] | 724 | </p>
|
---|
| 725 |
|
---|
| 726 | <p>
|
---|
| 727 | You also have to provide a few pieces of information. You have to
|
---|
| 728 | select the type of the flight from the list provided (scheduled,
|
---|
| 729 | old-timer, VIP, charter) and whether it was an online flight or
|
---|
| 730 | not. If you arrive at the Budapest Ferihegy Airport, and are using
|
---|
| 731 | the Online Gate System, you also need to specify the number of the
|
---|
| 732 | gate or stand you have parked you aircraft at.
|
---|
| 733 | </p>
|
---|
| 734 |
|
---|
| 735 | <p>
|
---|
[460] | 736 | If all necessary data has been entered, and the program is so
|
---|
| 737 | <a href="#prefsGeneral">configured<a>, it will automatically save
|
---|
| 738 | the PIREP.
|
---|
| 739 | </p>
|
---|
| 740 |
|
---|
| 741 | <p>
|
---|
[251] | 742 | With all data entered, you may want it review your flight (i.e. the
|
---|
| 743 | earlier pages or some of the other tabs), then save or send the
|
---|
| 744 | PIREP created from it. These can be accomplished by pressing one of
|
---|
| 745 | the buttons at the bottom. A saved PIREP can be loaded later and
|
---|
| 746 | sent, if the sending fails for some reason. When a PIREP is sent, it
|
---|
| 747 | becomes available for review by the designated PIREP reviewers of
|
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| 748 | Malév Virtual.
|
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[194] | 749 | </p>
|
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| 750 |
|
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[219] | 751 | <p>
|
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| 752 | You can also start a new flight using the <b>New flight</b>
|
---|
[730] | 753 | button. If you have not saved or sent the PIREP yet, you will be asked
|
---|
[219] | 754 | to confirm your intention. When starting a new flight you are taken
|
---|
[251] | 755 | to the <a href="#flightSelectionPage">flight selection page</a>, if
|
---|
[255] | 756 | you have logged in to the MAVA server, or to
|
---|
[251] | 757 | the <a href="#loginPage">login page</a>, if your flight has been an
|
---|
[460] | 758 | offline flight.
|
---|
[219] | 759 | </p>
|
---|
[460] | 760 |
|
---|
[228] | 761 | <h3><a name="flightInfoTab">The Flight info Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
| 762 |
|
---|
[460] | 763 | <img src="flightInfoTab.png" alt="The Flight info tab"/>
|
---|
[194] | 764 |
|
---|
| 765 | <p>
|
---|
[460] | 766 | This tab allows one to enter some additional information about the
|
---|
[194] | 767 | flight, if necessary.
|
---|
| 768 | </p>
|
---|
[460] | 769 |
|
---|
[194] | 770 | <p>
|
---|
| 771 | The <i>Comments</i> text area should contain any general information
|
---|
| 772 | that you would like the PIREP reviewer to know about. For example,
|
---|
| 773 | why you changed the METAR, why you lowered the gears accidentally
|
---|
| 774 | (i.e. pressed the wrong key on the keyboard), etc.
|
---|
| 775 | </p>
|
---|
| 776 |
|
---|
| 777 | <p>
|
---|
[730] | 778 | The <i>Faults, observations</i> area contains the faults logged with a small
|
---|
| 779 | field below each of them. The PIREP cannot be sent until an explanation has
|
---|
| 780 | been provided in these fields for each fault. The thick frame around the area
|
---|
| 781 | appears as long as there is at least one unexplained fault. A warning is also
|
---|
| 782 | presented in the upper part of the <a href="#finishPage"<i>Finish</i></a>
|
---|
| 783 | page, if something is missing from here.
|
---|
[194] | 784 | </p>
|
---|
| 785 |
|
---|
| 786 | <p>
|
---|
[470] | 787 | In the <i>Delay codes</i> table you can mark one or more reasons why
|
---|
| 788 | the flight was delayed, if it was. This table is available only if you
|
---|
| 789 | have already selected the flight, since its contents depend on the
|
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| 790 | type of the aircraft being flown.
|
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[194] | 791 | </p>
|
---|
| 792 |
|
---|
[228] | 793 | <h3><a name="helpTab">The Help Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
| 794 |
|
---|
[460] | 795 | <img src="helpTab.png" alt="The Help tab"/>
|
---|
[194] | 796 |
|
---|
| 797 | <p>
|
---|
| 798 | This tab provides some help for calculating and setting the payload
|
---|
[251] | 799 | weight of the aircraft. It can be used once the
|
---|
| 800 | <a href="#payloadPage"><i>Payload</i></a>
|
---|
[194] | 801 | (i.e. the cargo weight) is finalized. To use this tab, check
|
---|
| 802 | the <b>Using help</b> checkbox. It causes the page to become
|
---|
| 803 | sensitive and filled with data. Note, that the fact of using the
|
---|
[251] | 804 | help is <a href="#logTab">logged</a>, so the PIREP reviewers will
|
---|
| 805 | know about it.
|
---|
[194] | 806 | </p>
|
---|
| 807 |
|
---|
| 808 | <p>
|
---|
| 809 | The most important information is after the <i>Payload:</i> label,
|
---|
| 810 | which is the payload weight of the aircraft. This value should be
|
---|
| 811 | set in the simulator as the airplane's payload weight. By pressing
|
---|
[219] | 812 | the <b>Simulator data</b> button, the data coming from the simulator
|
---|
| 813 | can be queried and displayed. If the data is out of the tolerances,
|
---|
[460] | 814 | it is displayed in red, otherwise in green.
|
---|
[194] | 815 | </p>
|
---|
| 816 |
|
---|
| 817 | <p>
|
---|
| 818 | The gross weight is also displayed with some maximum weights of the
|
---|
| 819 | aircraft, so it can be checked or estimated if you will remain within
|
---|
| 820 | those maximums during the flight.
|
---|
| 821 | </p>
|
---|
[460] | 822 |
|
---|
[228] | 823 | <h3><a name="logTab">The Log Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
| 824 |
|
---|
[460] | 825 | <img src="logTab.png" alt="The Log tab"/>
|
---|
[194] | 826 |
|
---|
| 827 | <p>
|
---|
| 828 | This is the main log of your flight that will be analyzed by the
|
---|
| 829 | PIREP reviewers. Its contents is generated automatically by the
|
---|
| 830 | program, and most lines are prefixed by the simulator times the
|
---|
| 831 | information in the given line belongs to.
|
---|
| 832 | </p>
|
---|
| 833 |
|
---|
| 834 | <p>
|
---|
| 835 | While the log's contents is mainly useful for PIREP reviewers, it
|
---|
| 836 | can come handy when things start to happen very fast, and you have
|
---|
| 837 | no time check each fault message passing by (if you have enabled
|
---|
| 838 | such messages at all). Later, when things calm down, you can check
|
---|
| 839 | the log to see what happened exactly, so that you know why so many
|
---|
| 840 | fault points have been awarded. For example, you may even decide to
|
---|
[251] | 841 | abort the flight, if you think some of the faults are too
|
---|
[228] | 842 | embarrassing :) For quick identification, the lines containing the
|
---|
| 843 | fault messages are highlighted.
|
---|
[194] | 844 | </p>
|
---|
| 845 |
|
---|
[228] | 846 | <h3><a name="gatesTab">The Gates Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
| 847 |
|
---|
[460] | 848 | <img src="gatesTab.png" alt="The Gates tab"/>
|
---|
[194] | 849 |
|
---|
| 850 | <p>
|
---|
[251] | 851 | This tab displays information retrieved from
|
---|
[255] | 852 | the MAVA <a href="#onlineGateSystem">Online Gate System</a>.
|
---|
| 853 | If the program needs to retrieve data, this tab's contents
|
---|
[251] | 854 | are refreshed automatically, but you can also refresh them manually
|
---|
[219] | 855 | anytime using the <b>Refresh data</b> button.
|
---|
[194] | 856 | </p>
|
---|
| 857 |
|
---|
| 858 | <p>
|
---|
| 859 | The left side of the tab contains the fleet information. The tail
|
---|
| 860 | number of each aircraft is listed with the plane's status, as known
|
---|
| 861 | by the Online Gate System. The two major statuses are <i>LHBP-nn</i>
|
---|
| 862 | and <i>AWAY</i>. The former indicates that the aircraft is parked at
|
---|
| 863 | the Budapest Ferihegy Airport at gate or stand <i>nn</i>, while the
|
---|
| 864 | latter one denotes that the airplane is parked at another
|
---|
| 865 | airport. Another possible status is <i>PARKED</i>, which means that
|
---|
| 866 | the airplane is parked somewhere at the Ferihegy Airport, but we
|
---|
| 867 | (or at least the Gate System) don't know where. It may happen that
|
---|
| 868 | several aircraft are parked at the same gate or stand at
|
---|
| 869 | Ferihegy. In this case the tail numbers and the statuses of those
|
---|
| 870 | airplanes are displayed in red.
|
---|
| 871 | </p>
|
---|
| 872 |
|
---|
| 873 | <p>
|
---|
| 874 | The right side contains the list of the numbers of the gates and
|
---|
| 875 | parking positions. A number is black if no aircraft is positioned at
|
---|
| 876 | the corresponding gate or stand, and it is orange, if the location
|
---|
| 877 | is occupied.
|
---|
| 878 | </p>
|
---|
| 879 |
|
---|
[730] | 880 | <h3><a name="acarsTab">The ACARS tab</a></h3>
|
---|
| 881 |
|
---|
| 882 | <img src="acarsTab.png" alt="The ACARS tab"/>
|
---|
| 883 |
|
---|
| 884 | <p>
|
---|
| 885 | This tab displays the MAVA ACARS system, which is a map with aircraft symbols
|
---|
| 886 | representing the flights in progress with icons denoting the departure and
|
---|
| 887 | landing airports. Clicking on an airplane displays information on the
|
---|
| 888 | corresponding flight.
|
---|
| 889 | </p>
|
---|
| 890 |
|
---|
| 891 | <p>
|
---|
| 892 | The map is actually displayed by a web browser integrated into the
|
---|
| 893 | program. Therefore you can, for example, zoom in or out the map using the
|
---|
| 894 | mouse wheel and perform other operations known in case of browsers.
|
---|
| 895 | </p>
|
---|
| 896 |
|
---|
[228] | 897 | <h3><a name="debugLog">The Debug log</a></h3>
|
---|
| 898 |
|
---|
[460] | 899 | <img src="debugLogTab.png" alt="The Debug log tab"/>
|
---|
[194] | 900 |
|
---|
| 901 | <p>
|
---|
| 902 | This tab is not visible by default, but can be displayed by
|
---|
| 903 | selecting <b>View/Show debug log</b> or by
|
---|
| 904 | pressing <b>Ctrl+D</b>. It is another kind of log, which is mainly
|
---|
| 905 | useful for debugging. If you experience some problem with the
|
---|
| 906 | program, please, include the contents of this log with your bug
|
---|
[251] | 907 | report. It can help a lot with finding a solution to the problem.
|
---|
[194] | 908 | </p>
|
---|
| 909 |
|
---|
[873] | 910 | <h2><a name="flightBooking">Booking flights</a></h2>
|
---|
| 911 |
|
---|
| 912 | <div align="center">
|
---|
| 913 | <img src="flightBooking.png" alt="The flight booking window"/>
|
---|
| 914 | </div>
|
---|
| 915 |
|
---|
| 916 | <p>
|
---|
| 917 | This window can be displayed either by clicking the <b>Book flights...</b>
|
---|
| 918 | button on the <a href="#flightSelectionPage">flight selection page</a>
|
---|
| 919 | of the wizard, by selecting the <b>Tools/Book flights...</b> menu item or
|
---|
| 920 | by pressing <b>Ctrl+O</b>.
|
---|
| 921 | </p>
|
---|
| 922 |
|
---|
| 923 | <p>
|
---|
| 924 | At the top, you can select the date of your flight. By default, all flights
|
---|
| 925 | available on the selected day are listed, including regular, scheduled
|
---|
| 926 | flights and VIP flights. The checkboxes at the top can be used to restrict
|
---|
| 927 | the type of the flights to be displayed.
|
---|
| 928 | </p>
|
---|
| 929 |
|
---|
| 930 | <p>
|
---|
| 931 | In the frame below you can select the aircraft type(s) for which to list the
|
---|
| 932 | flights. Only those types are available for which you are rated. By default
|
---|
| 933 | all such types are enabled.
|
---|
| 934 | </p>
|
---|
| 935 |
|
---|
| 936 | <p>
|
---|
| 937 | If you select a flight from the list, the <b>Book</b> button at the bottom is
|
---|
| 938 | highlighted. By clicking it or by double clicking on the flight, you can
|
---|
| 939 | initiate booking it. For regular flights the following dialog box is
|
---|
| 940 | displayed:
|
---|
| 941 | </p>
|
---|
| 942 |
|
---|
| 943 | <div align="center">
|
---|
| 944 | <img src="flightBookingRegular.png"
|
---|
| 945 | alt="The flight booking window for regular flights"/>
|
---|
| 946 | </div>
|
---|
| 947 |
|
---|
| 948 | <p>
|
---|
| 949 | As regular flights are actually two flights, one outbound, one inbound, some
|
---|
| 950 | data for both are displayed. You can also select which aircraft you would
|
---|
| 951 | like to fly with from the fleet, though one is randomly offered as a default.
|
---|
| 952 | </p>
|
---|
| 953 |
|
---|
| 954 | <p>
|
---|
| 955 | The dialog for VIP flights is slightly different:
|
---|
| 956 | </p>
|
---|
| 957 |
|
---|
| 958 | <div align="center">
|
---|
| 959 | <img src="flightBookingVIP.png"
|
---|
| 960 | alt="The flight booking window for VIP flights"/>
|
---|
| 961 | </div>
|
---|
| 962 |
|
---|
| 963 | <p>
|
---|
| 964 | VIP flights are considered one-way flights, even if there is a series of
|
---|
| 965 | them. They also have an intended date on which to fly them, but the dialog
|
---|
| 966 | allows you to select the actual date. As for regular flights, you can
|
---|
| 967 | also select the plane to use.
|
---|
| 968 | </p>
|
---|
| 969 |
|
---|
| 970 | <p>
|
---|
| 971 | When you confirm the booking by pressing the <b>Book</b> button, the new
|
---|
| 972 | flight(s) appear in the flight list and can be flown.
|
---|
| 973 | </p>
|
---|
| 974 |
|
---|
| 975 | <h2><a name="pendingFlights">Pending flights</a></h2>
|
---|
| 976 |
|
---|
| 977 | <div align="center">
|
---|
| 978 | <img src="pendingFlights.png" alt="Pending flights"/>
|
---|
| 979 | </div>
|
---|
| 980 |
|
---|
| 981 | <p>
|
---|
| 982 | This window contains two lists. The top one contains the flights you have
|
---|
| 983 | performed and reported, but have not yet been reviewed. If you select a
|
---|
| 984 | flight from this list, you can edit the corresponding PIREP using the
|
---|
| 985 | <b>Edit...</b> button. The PIREP editor dialog is similar to the
|
---|
| 986 | <a href="#pirepViewer">PIREP viewer dialog</a>, but you can modify certain
|
---|
| 987 | data. If the modifications are ready, click the <b>Save</b> to store
|
---|
| 988 | your changes in the server.
|
---|
| 989 | </p>
|
---|
| 990 |
|
---|
| 991 | <p>
|
---|
| 992 | To perform a flight again, press the <b>Refly</b>, to delete it,
|
---|
| 993 | press <b>Delete</b>. These buttons are also available when you select more
|
---|
| 994 | than one flights, in which case, the operation will affect all selected
|
---|
| 995 | flights.
|
---|
| 996 | <p>
|
---|
| 997 |
|
---|
| 998 | <p>
|
---|
| 999 | The list at the bottom consists of the flights that have been reviewed and
|
---|
| 1000 | rejected by the reviewer. The <b>View...</b> button displays the
|
---|
| 1001 | <a href="#pirepViewer">PIREP Viewer</a> for the flight, with a new
|
---|
| 1002 | tab <i>Message</i>, containing the reviewer's message, if any.
|
---|
| 1003 | </p>
|
---|
| 1004 |
|
---|
| 1005 | <p>
|
---|
| 1006 | The <b>Refly</b> and <b>Delete</b> buttons work here too.
|
---|
| 1007 | </p>
|
---|
| 1008 |
|
---|
| 1009 | <h2><a name="acceptedFlights">Accepted fligts</a></h2>
|
---|
| 1010 |
|
---|
| 1011 | <p>
|
---|
| 1012 | By selecting the <b>Tools/Accepted flights...</b> menu item, you can
|
---|
| 1013 | display a list of the flights you have performed and have been accepted:
|
---|
| 1014 | </p>
|
---|
| 1015 |
|
---|
| 1016 | <div align="center">
|
---|
| 1017 | <img src="acceptedFlights.png" alt="Accepted flights"/>
|
---|
| 1018 | </div>
|
---|
| 1019 |
|
---|
| 1020 | <p>
|
---|
| 1021 | Selecting a flight and clicking <b>View</b> displays the
|
---|
| 1022 | <a href="#pirepViewer">PIREP Viewer</a> dialog for the given flight with the
|
---|
| 1023 | <i>Message</i> tab optionally containing the reviewer's message.
|
---|
| 1024 | </p>
|
---|
| 1025 |
|
---|
[228] | 1026 | <h2><a name="loadingPIREPs">Loading PIREPs</a></h2>
|
---|
[194] | 1027 |
|
---|
| 1028 | <p>
|
---|
[219] | 1029 | Saved PIREPs can be loaded and sent by the program. This can
|
---|
[194] | 1030 | become necessary, for example, if you cannot send a PIREP due to
|
---|
[219] | 1031 | some network problem right after your flight, or when you
|
---|
| 1032 | deliberately performed a flight without connecting to the Internet.
|
---|
[194] | 1033 | </p>
|
---|
| 1034 |
|
---|
| 1035 | <p>
|
---|
| 1036 | To load a PIREP select the <b>File/Load PIREP...</b> menu option or
|
---|
| 1037 | press the <b>Ctrl+L</b> key. A file selection dialog appears, from
|
---|
| 1038 | which you can select the PIREP to load. If you select a valid PIREP
|
---|
| 1039 | file, it will be loaded and a new window will be displayed with the
|
---|
| 1040 | most important data of your flight. By clicking <b>Send
|
---|
| 1041 | PIREP...</b>, the PIREP will be sent (or at least an attempt will be
|
---|
| 1042 | made at sending it). A dialog window will be displayed about the
|
---|
| 1043 | results of the attempt.
|
---|
| 1044 | </p>
|
---|
| 1045 |
|
---|
[228] | 1046 | <div align="center">
|
---|
[460] | 1047 | <img src="pirepLoaded.png" alt="The loaded PIREP window"/>
|
---|
[228] | 1048 | </div>
|
---|
| 1049 |
|
---|
| 1050 | <p>
|
---|
| 1051 | You may also want to view a saved PIREP, for example, if it is a
|
---|
| 1052 | PIREP about an entrance exam flight. To do so, click the <b>View
|
---|
| 1053 | PIREP...</b> button. This displays the PIREP viewer window, which
|
---|
| 1054 | groups the data into three tabs. The <i>Data</i> tab contains the
|
---|
| 1055 | itemized data of the flight. The <i>Comments & defects</i> tab
|
---|
| 1056 | displays the comments and or flight defects entered by the
|
---|
[460] | 1057 | user. The <i>Log</i> tab contains the flight log.
|
---|
[255] | 1058 | </p>
|
---|
[228] | 1059 |
|
---|
[873] | 1060 | <a name="pirepViewer"><div align="center">
|
---|
[460] | 1061 | <img src="pirepViewer.png" alt="The PIREP Viewer"/>
|
---|
[873] | 1062 | </div></a>
|
---|
[228] | 1063 |
|
---|
| 1064 | <h2><a name="checklistEditor">Editing checklists</a></h2>
|
---|
| 1065 |
|
---|
[460] | 1066 | <img src="checklistEditor.png" alt="The Checklist Editor"/>
|
---|
[194] | 1067 |
|
---|
| 1068 | <p>
|
---|
| 1069 | The checklists are lists of audio files. When checklist playback is
|
---|
[251] | 1070 | enabled (see the <a href="#prefsSounds">description</a> of
|
---|
| 1071 | the <i>Preferences</i> window below), and there is a checklist for
|
---|
| 1072 | the type of the aircraft used for the flight, the files constituting
|
---|
| 1073 | the checklist can be played one-by-one by pressing the checklist
|
---|
| 1074 | hotkey repeatedly.
|
---|
[194] | 1075 | </p>
|
---|
| 1076 |
|
---|
| 1077 | <p>
|
---|
[255] | 1078 | The checklist editor window allows for editing the checklists. It
|
---|
[194] | 1079 | can be displayed by selecting <b>Tools/Checklist Editor...</b> or
|
---|
| 1080 | pressing <b>Ctrl+C</b>. The top of the window contains an aircraft
|
---|
| 1081 | type selector.
|
---|
| 1082 | </p>
|
---|
| 1083 |
|
---|
| 1084 | <p>
|
---|
[251] | 1085 | The files making up the checklist for the currently selected aircraft
|
---|
[194] | 1086 | are displayed on the right. You can move a file up or down by
|
---|
| 1087 | dragging it with the mouse. You can also select one or more files
|
---|
| 1088 | from the list. Then you can remove them with the <b>Remove</b>
|
---|
| 1089 | button, or move them up or down by pressing <b>Move up</b>
|
---|
[460] | 1090 | and <b>Move down</b>.
|
---|
[194] | 1091 | </p>
|
---|
| 1092 |
|
---|
| 1093 | <p>
|
---|
| 1094 | To add new files to the checklist, select them in the file selector
|
---|
| 1095 | on the left, and press <b>Add to checklist</b>. The file(s) will be
|
---|
| 1096 | appended to the end of the checklist.
|
---|
| 1097 | </p>
|
---|
| 1098 |
|
---|
| 1099 | <p>
|
---|
| 1100 | Note, that any changes you make are effective only if you press
|
---|
| 1101 | the <b>OK</b> button when having finished the modifications. If the
|
---|
| 1102 | flight has already started, no changes made to the corresponding
|
---|
| 1103 | checklist have any effect during the flight (i.e. you will still use
|
---|
| 1104 | the old checklist, or no checklist if there was none).
|
---|
| 1105 | </p>
|
---|
[460] | 1106 |
|
---|
[285] | 1107 | <h2><a name="calloutsEditor">Editing approach callouts</a></h2>
|
---|
| 1108 |
|
---|
[460] | 1109 | <img src="calloutsEditor.png" alt="The Approach callouts Editor"/>
|
---|
[285] | 1110 |
|
---|
| 1111 | <p>
|
---|
| 1112 | The approach callouts are audio files specific to aircraft types, that are
|
---|
| 1113 | played back during approach when passing certain altitudes. The
|
---|
| 1114 | approach callouts editor window allows editing the list of these
|
---|
| 1115 | callout files for each aircraft. The window can be displayed by
|
---|
[460] | 1116 | selecting <b>Tools/Approach Callouts Editor...</b> or by pressing
|
---|
[285] | 1117 | <b>Ctrl+E</b>.
|
---|
| 1118 | </p>
|
---|
| 1119 |
|
---|
| 1120 | <p>
|
---|
| 1121 | The top part of the window displays the selector of the aircraft
|
---|
| 1122 | type. Below it, you can find two buttons on the left, and the list
|
---|
| 1123 | of the callouts with the altitudes they belong to on the right. The
|
---|
| 1124 | list displays only the filename portion, but the if you hover the
|
---|
| 1125 | cursor above an item, the full path will be displayed. The list is
|
---|
| 1126 | always sorted according to the altitude, but you change the order
|
---|
| 1127 | from descending to ascending.
|
---|
| 1128 | </p>
|
---|
| 1129 |
|
---|
| 1130 | <p>
|
---|
| 1131 | The <b>Add new callout</b> button shows a file selection dialog
|
---|
| 1132 | window. After selecting a file, it will be added to a list with some
|
---|
| 1133 | altitude, which can be edited immediately. If the name of the file
|
---|
| 1134 | contains a number that is possible as an altitude, that will be used
|
---|
| 1135 | as the altitude given to the file, otherwise some meaningful default
|
---|
[460] | 1136 | is selected based on the lowest or highest altitude.
|
---|
[285] | 1137 | There can be no two files with the same altitude. If you set an
|
---|
| 1138 | altitude, which is already present in the list, a dialog box will be
|
---|
| 1139 | displayed, and you can choose to replace the old file or to continue
|
---|
| 1140 | editing. To edit an altitude already in the list, select that row,
|
---|
| 1141 | and click on the altitude again.
|
---|
| 1142 | </p>
|
---|
| 1143 |
|
---|
| 1144 | <p>
|
---|
| 1145 | If you select one or more items in the list, the <b>Remove</b>
|
---|
| 1146 | button becomes available, and pressing it will remove the selected items.
|
---|
| 1147 | </p>
|
---|
| 1148 |
|
---|
| 1149 | <p>
|
---|
| 1150 | Note, that any changes you make are effective only if you press
|
---|
| 1151 | the <b>OK</b> button when having finished the modifications. If the
|
---|
| 1152 | flight has already started, no changes made to the corresponding
|
---|
| 1153 | list of callouts have any effect during the flight.
|
---|
| 1154 | </p>
|
---|
[460] | 1155 |
|
---|
[228] | 1156 | <h2><a name="prefs">The Preferences Window</a></h2>
|
---|
[194] | 1157 |
|
---|
| 1158 | </p>
|
---|
| 1159 | The Preferences window can be displayed by
|
---|
| 1160 | selecting <b>Tools/Preferences</b> or by
|
---|
| 1161 | pressing <b>Ctrl+P</b>. Here you can set options that you usually
|
---|
[251] | 1162 | don't have to change for every flight. This window consists of
|
---|
[194] | 1163 | tabs grouping the options logically.
|
---|
| 1164 | </p>
|
---|
[460] | 1165 |
|
---|
[228] | 1166 | <h3><a name="prefsGeneral">The <i>General</i> Tab<a></h3>
|
---|
[460] | 1167 |
|
---|
[468] | 1168 | <img src="prefsGeneral.png" alt="The General Tab of Preferences"/>
|
---|
[228] | 1169 |
|
---|
[194] | 1170 | <p>
|
---|
| 1171 | These are some general settings for various parts of the
|
---|
| 1172 | program. The <i>GUI</i> frame contains options regarding the
|
---|
| 1173 | behaviour of the graphical user interface. The <i>Language</i> combo
|
---|
[730] | 1174 | box can be used to select what language the program should
|
---|
[194] | 1175 | use. Currently English and Hungarian are supported. The value
|
---|
| 1176 | of <i>system default</i> means that the operating system's default
|
---|
| 1177 | language is used if it is one of the supported ones or English
|
---|
| 1178 | otherwise. Note, that the program must be restarted for the change
|
---|
| 1179 | to take effect if you modify this setting. If the <b>Hide main window
|
---|
[219] | 1180 | when minimized</b> checkbox is checked, and you minimize the window,
|
---|
[194] | 1181 | it will actually disappear completely (i.e. not appear among the
|
---|
| 1182 | other minimized windows). You can make it appear by using the tray
|
---|
[251] | 1183 | icon. If the <b>Quit when the window close button is clicked</b>
|
---|
| 1184 | checkbox is checked, the program will quit, after you have confirmed
|
---|
| 1185 | it. Otherwise it will just disappear, and you can use the tray icon
|
---|
| 1186 | to display it again.
|
---|
[194] | 1187 | </p>
|
---|
| 1188 |
|
---|
[204] | 1189 | <p>
|
---|
| 1190 | The <i>MAVA Online Systems</i> frame contains settings related to
|
---|
[251] | 1191 | the online systems of MAVA, the <a href="#onlineGateSystem">gate</a>
|
---|
| 1192 | and the <a href="#onlineACARSSystem">ACARS</a> systems mentioned
|
---|
| 1193 | above. It is recommended to enable these for normal operations.
|
---|
[204] | 1194 | </p>
|
---|
| 1195 |
|
---|
| 1196 | <p>
|
---|
| 1197 | The <i>Simulator</i> frame contains settings for how the program
|
---|
| 1198 | interacts with the simulator. Most options are self-explanatory, but
|
---|
[730] | 1199 | the ones related to smoothing require some discussion. Flight
|
---|
[219] | 1200 | Simulator is known to produce wind speed changes that are not
|
---|
[204] | 1201 | entirely realistic and can result in the simulated aircraft
|
---|
| 1202 | experiencing some very high indicated airspeeds, which in turn can
|
---|
| 1203 | also cause the autopilot to suddenly increase the climb rate to
|
---|
[251] | 1204 | counter the high speeds or other erratic behaviour. Since these
|
---|
| 1205 | phenomena are difficult to protect oneself against without buying
|
---|
| 1206 | extra products, like FSUIPC, the logger provides the possibility to
|
---|
| 1207 | average the IAS and/or the VS over a few seconds so that spikes in
|
---|
| 1208 | these values are smoothed. The <b>Enable the smoothing of IAS/VS
|
---|
| 1209 | over N sec.</b> options allow controlling this feature. The number
|
---|
| 1210 | of seconds may need experimenting with, but note that every change
|
---|
| 1211 | for which you press the <b>OK</b> button is taken into account
|
---|
| 1212 | immediately.
|
---|
[204] | 1213 | </p>
|
---|
| 1214 |
|
---|
[460] | 1215 | <p>
|
---|
[730] | 1216 | If the <b>Use SimBrief</b> checkbox is checked, the program will try to
|
---|
| 1217 | <a href="#simbriefSetupPage">create</a> a flight plan using the SimBrief
|
---|
| 1218 | service during the flight preparation.
|
---|
| 1219 | </p>
|
---|
| 1220 |
|
---|
| 1221 | <p>
|
---|
[460] | 1222 | If the <b>Save PIREP automatically</b> check box is checked, and you
|
---|
| 1223 | have finished your flight and entered all required data, the PIREP
|
---|
| 1224 | will be saved automatically into the directory given above.
|
---|
| 1225 | </p>
|
---|
| 1226 |
|
---|
[228] | 1227 | <h3><a name="prefsMessages">The <i>Messages</i> Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
[460] | 1228 |
|
---|
[468] | 1229 | <img src="prefsMessages.png" alt="The Messages Tab of Preferences"/>
|
---|
[228] | 1230 |
|
---|
[194] | 1231 | <p>
|
---|
| 1232 | The program can display messages about certain events in the
|
---|
| 1233 | simulator and/or it can play a warning sound when those events
|
---|
| 1234 | occur. The tab allows configuring this.
|
---|
| 1235 | <p>
|
---|
| 1236 |
|
---|
| 1237 | <p>
|
---|
| 1238 | The categories of the message are listed on the left. These are the
|
---|
| 1239 | following:
|
---|
| 1240 | </p>
|
---|
| 1241 |
|
---|
| 1242 | <ul>
|
---|
| 1243 | <li><b>Logger Error Messages</b>: error messages about the
|
---|
| 1244 | internal working of the logger.</li>
|
---|
| 1245 | <li><b>Information Messages</b>: informational messages about,
|
---|
| 1246 | e.g., the flight stage, the end of an audio checklist, etc.</li>
|
---|
[460] | 1247 | <li><b>In-flight Stage Message</b>: messages about the flight stage for those stage when the plane is not on the ground</li>
|
---|
[194] | 1248 | <li><b>Fault Messages</b>: messages about the non-NO GO faults the program detects.</li>
|
---|
[195] | 1249 | <li><b>NO GO Fault Messages</b>: messages about the NO GO faults the program detects</li>
|
---|
[460] | 1250 | <li><b>Gate System Messages</b>: messages related to the
|
---|
[251] | 1251 | <a href="#onlineGateSystem">Online Gate System</a>. For example,
|
---|
| 1252 | when you have landed at Ferihegy, it can display the list of the
|
---|
| 1253 | available gates so that you can choose where to park, if there is
|
---|
[460] | 1254 | no ATC available.</li>
|
---|
[194] | 1255 | <li><b>Environment Messages</b>: other messages, e.g. the welcome
|
---|
| 1256 | message when the flight has ended.</li>
|
---|
| 1257 | <li><b>Help Messages</b>: help messages, e.g. warning about
|
---|
| 1258 | entering the V-speeds into the Takeoff page before takeoff.</li>
|
---|
| 1259 | <li><b>Visibility Messages</b>: messages about the visibility
|
---|
| 1260 | during descent and landing.</li>
|
---|
| 1261 | </ul>
|
---|
| 1262 |
|
---|
| 1263 | <p>
|
---|
| 1264 | There are two checkboxes associated with each messages category. If the
|
---|
| 1265 | left one (<i>Displayed in FS</i>) is checked, the messages of the
|
---|
| 1266 | category will be displayed in the simulator. If the right one
|
---|
| 1267 | (<i>Sound alert</i>) is checked, and a message of the given category
|
---|
| 1268 | is about to be displayed, a warning sound will be played. It is
|
---|
| 1269 | mainly intended to accompany the text messages, but the two options
|
---|
| 1270 | can be controlled separately, so you can select the sound alert, but
|
---|
| 1271 | not the displaying of the messages. This may be useful if you don't
|
---|
| 1272 | want these messages to clutter up the windscreen of your aircraft,
|
---|
| 1273 | but still get some notification that some problem occurred.
|
---|
| 1274 | </p>
|
---|
| 1275 |
|
---|
[228] | 1276 | <h3><a name="prefsSounds">The <i>Sounds</i> Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
[460] | 1277 |
|
---|
| 1278 | <img src="prefsSounds.png" alt="The Sounds Tab of Preferences"/>
|
---|
[228] | 1279 |
|
---|
[194] | 1280 | <p>
|
---|
| 1281 | This tab controls how the sounds are played by the application.
|
---|
| 1282 | </p>
|
---|
| 1283 |
|
---|
| 1284 | <p>
|
---|
| 1285 | The top part is for the background sounds. These are pre-recorded
|
---|
| 1286 | sound files that are played when certain conditions hold during the
|
---|
| 1287 | flight. Typical examples are the various announcements the flight
|
---|
| 1288 | attendants make during the flight. The <b>Enable background
|
---|
| 1289 | sounds</b> checkbox controls whether such sounds are enabled at
|
---|
| 1290 | all. If the <b>Pilot controls sounds</b> checkbox is enabled, the
|
---|
| 1291 | pilot should start the playback of these sound files by pressing a
|
---|
| 1292 | hotkey in the simulator. Note, that you should still be in the right
|
---|
| 1293 | flight stage (and sometimes fulfill other conditions) to be able to
|
---|
| 1294 | play the sound files. Also, one file can be played only once. If you
|
---|
| 1295 | enable this option, the hotkey to press in the simulator can be
|
---|
| 1296 | selected below. You can choose one of the alphanumeric keys (0-9,
|
---|
| 1297 | A-Z) optionally combined with one or both of the <i>Ctrl</i>
|
---|
| 1298 | and <i>Shift</i> modifiers. If this checkbox is not checked, the
|
---|
| 1299 | sound files will be played automatically.
|
---|
| 1300 | </p>
|
---|
| 1301 |
|
---|
| 1302 | <p>
|
---|
[285] | 1303 | If the <b>Enable approach callouts</b> checkbox is
|
---|
| 1304 | checked, and you have also <a href="#calloutsEditor">set up</a>
|
---|
[460] | 1305 | approach callouts for the aircraft being used, you will hear those
|
---|
[285] | 1306 | callouts during approach.
|
---|
| 1307 | </p>
|
---|
| 1308 |
|
---|
| 1309 | <p>
|
---|
[194] | 1310 | If the <b>Enable speedbrake sound at touchdown</b> checkbox is
|
---|
[219] | 1311 | checked, you will hear a distinctive sound when the spoilers deploy
|
---|
[194] | 1312 | automatically after touchdown.
|
---|
| 1313 | </p>
|
---|
| 1314 |
|
---|
| 1315 | <p>
|
---|
[255] | 1316 | The lower part, named <i>Checklists</i> contains some settings
|
---|
[194] | 1317 | related to the audio checklists belonging to the aircraft. They are
|
---|
[251] | 1318 | available only if the <b>Enable aircraft-specific checklist</b>
|
---|
[194] | 1319 | checkbox is selected. In this case another hotkey should be
|
---|
| 1320 | specified. If you press this hotkey, the next file from the
|
---|
[460] | 1321 | checklist will be played.
|
---|
[194] | 1322 | </p>
|
---|
| 1323 |
|
---|
[228] | 1324 | <h3><a name="prefsAdvanced">The <i>Advanced</i> Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
| 1325 |
|
---|
[460] | 1326 | <img src="prefsAdvanced.png" alt="The Advanced Tab of Preferences"/>
|
---|
[194] | 1327 |
|
---|
| 1328 | <p>
|
---|
| 1329 | This tab contains some settings that you normally should not
|
---|
| 1330 | change. Currently, these settings are related to the automatic
|
---|
| 1331 | update. If the <b>Update the program automatically</b> checkbox is
|
---|
| 1332 | not checked, the automatic update at program start-up will be
|
---|
| 1333 | omitted. The <i>Update URL</i> text entry field contains the URL
|
---|
| 1334 | from which to download the updates. Occasionally the developers of
|
---|
| 1335 | the application may tell you to change this something else, e.g. to
|
---|
| 1336 | test some development version. Or it may need to be changed due to
|
---|
| 1337 | organizational reasons, such as moving to a new server, etc.
|
---|
| 1338 | </p>
|
---|
| 1339 |
|
---|
[493] | 1340 | <h2><a name="bugReportWindow">The Bug Report Window</a></h2>
|
---|
| 1341 |
|
---|
| 1342 | <img src="bugreport.png" alt="The Bug Report Window"/>
|
---|
| 1343 |
|
---|
| 1344 | <p>
|
---|
| 1345 | The bug reporting window can be used to report any non-fatal bugs
|
---|
| 1346 | that occur during using the program. Bugs can be reported to
|
---|
| 1347 | appropriate topic in the MAVA forum, via e-mail or tickets created
|
---|
| 1348 | by hand on the project's website. However, utilizing this window not
|
---|
| 1349 | only creates the ticket, it also includes automatically the texts of
|
---|
| 1350 | the log and the debug log, making the life of the developers
|
---|
| 1351 | easier. Of course, it might happen that the program crashes in a way
|
---|
| 1352 | which makes this window inaccessible or to work incorrectly, in
|
---|
| 1353 | which case you must resort to the other possibilities.
|
---|
| 1354 | </p>
|
---|
| 1355 |
|
---|
| 1356 | <p>
|
---|
| 1357 | The bug report window can be displayed by selecting <b>Tools/Report
|
---|
| 1358 | bug</b> or by pressing <b>Ctrl+B</b>. The summary must be entered
|
---|
| 1359 | and it should be a short, one-sentence description or title of the
|
---|
| 1360 | problem. The <i>Description</i> part is not mandatory, but if you
|
---|
| 1361 | can think of any useful additional information, you might give it
|
---|
| 1362 | here. As the program automatically appends the log and the debug to
|
---|
| 1363 | the description, you should not copy them here. You can also give
|
---|
| 1364 | your e-mail address to receive automatic notifications of the status
|
---|
| 1365 | of your bug report, but consider that your e-mail address will then
|
---|
| 1366 | appear on the project's website in the bug report.
|
---|
| 1367 | </p>
|
---|
| 1368 |
|
---|
| 1369 | <p>
|
---|
| 1370 | By pressing <i>Send...</i>, you can create the bug report. If it is
|
---|
| 1371 | successful, you will receive a message telling so and including the
|
---|
| 1372 | ticket's ID that you may refer to later.
|
---|
| 1373 | </p>
|
---|
| 1374 |
|
---|
[228] | 1375 | <h2><a name="monitorWindow">The Monitor Window</a></h2>
|
---|
| 1376 |
|
---|
[468] | 1377 | <img src="monitorWindow.png" alt="The Monitor Window"/>
|
---|
[194] | 1378 |
|
---|
| 1379 | <p>
|
---|
| 1380 | The monitor window can be used when debugging the program. You can
|
---|
| 1381 | display it by selecting <b>View/Show monitor window</b> or by
|
---|
| 1382 | pressing <b>Ctrl+M</b>. It displays the various parameters from the
|
---|
| 1383 | aircraft as read from the flight simulator. During flight, it is
|
---|
| 1384 | updated once per second. If something is not detected properly by
|
---|
| 1385 | the logger, this window can be used to determine if the problem is
|
---|
| 1386 | in interpreting and translating the data read from the simulator, or
|
---|
| 1387 | when the translated data is being evaluated by other parts of the
|
---|
| 1388 | program.
|
---|
| 1389 | </p>
|
---|
[460] | 1390 |
|
---|
[774] | 1391 | <h2><a name="registration">Registration</a></h2>
|
---|
| 1392 |
|
---|
| 1393 | <img src="registration.png" alt="The Registration page"/>
|
---|
| 1394 |
|
---|
| 1395 | <p>
|
---|
| 1396 | When you choose to register, the <i>Registraton</i> page is displayed. Enter
|
---|
| 1397 | the data requested. The data items in italics (phone number and nationality)
|
---|
| 1398 | are not mandatory. One of VATSIM or an IVAO ID are mandatory, so register
|
---|
| 1399 | with one of these on-line networks first. The password should be at least 5
|
---|
| 1400 | characters long. It is recommended to use one that consists of a mix of
|
---|
| 1401 | upper- and lower-case letters, numbers and possibly special characters.
|
---|
| 1402 | </p>
|
---|
| 1403 |
|
---|
| 1404 | <p>
|
---|
| 1405 | When all necessary data has been entered, click <b>Register</b>. Your data
|
---|
| 1406 | will be recored in the MAVA database, and if all goes well, a dialog is
|
---|
| 1407 | displayed containing your <i>Pilot ID</i>, which is in the
|
---|
| 1408 | format <i>Pnnn</i>, where <i>nnn</i> is a 3-digit number (e.g. <i>P210</i>).
|
---|
| 1409 | Note it down for further reference along with your password. These data can
|
---|
| 1410 | be used to log in to the MAVA website, forums and education centre.
|
---|
| 1411 | </p>
|
---|
| 1412 |
|
---|
| 1413 | <p>
|
---|
| 1414 | When you click <b>OK</b> in the dialog, you will be taken to the <i>Student</i>
|
---|
| 1415 | page:
|
---|
| 1416 | </p>
|
---|
| 1417 |
|
---|
| 1418 | <img src="student.png" alt="The Student page"/>
|
---|
| 1419 |
|
---|
| 1420 | <p>
|
---|
| 1421 | This page displays the status of you entry exam and check flight and you can
|
---|
| 1422 | also initiate these from here.
|
---|
| 1423 | </p>
|
---|
| 1424 |
|
---|
| 1425 | <p>
|
---|
| 1426 | The entry exam is an online theoretical exam, taken in the
|
---|
| 1427 | <a href="http://mavasystems.hu/moodle">MAVA Education Centre</a>. Clicking
|
---|
| 1428 | the <b>Take the entry exam</b> button takes you to the login page, where you
|
---|
| 1429 | should enter your pilot ID and password to get access to the exam. If you
|
---|
| 1430 | have successfully completed the test the status in the <i>Student</i> page
|
---|
| 1431 | will update. However, this might take a few minutes until the website will
|
---|
| 1432 | update itself and the logger will also notice it.
|
---|
| 1433 | </p>
|
---|
| 1434 |
|
---|
| 1435 | <p>
|
---|
| 1436 | The check flight is a simple flight, during which you take off from the
|
---|
| 1437 | Budapest Ferihegy Airport (LHBP), fly a SID, fly to the entry point of an
|
---|
| 1438 | approach transition, fly the transition and land. (If you are not familiar
|
---|
| 1439 | with these ideas, please, learn about them as you will need to know them
|
---|
| 1440 | perform your regular flights for MAVA.) You can select the type of the
|
---|
| 1441 | aircraft you wish to fly (currently the Boeing 737NG family and the Bomardier
|
---|
| 1442 | Dash-8 Q400 are available), and then click on <b>Perform the check
|
---|
| 1443 | flight</b>. You will be then <a href="#tabFlight">taken through</a> the steps
|
---|
| 1444 | of the flight almost as in case of a regular flight starting with the
|
---|
| 1445 | <a href="#connectPage"><i>Connect</i></a> page.
|
---|
| 1446 | </p>
|
---|
| 1447 |
|
---|
| 1448 | <p>
|
---|
| 1449 | Your flight is successful, if you commit no NO-GO mistakes, otherwise you
|
---|
| 1450 | need to try it again. In both cases you can save the PIREP into a file and
|
---|
| 1451 | send it to your mentor at MAVA for further advice.
|
---|
| 1452 | </p>
|
---|
| 1453 |
|
---|
| 1454 | <p>
|
---|
| 1455 | If you start the program later, it will check your rank. If it is STU
|
---|
| 1456 | (student), you will always be taken to this page. If you have passed both the
|
---|
| 1457 | entry exam and the check flight, your rank will become FO (First Officer) and
|
---|
| 1458 | which case you select flights via the MAVA website and fly them with the
|
---|
| 1459 | logger. In this case, you will be taken to
|
---|
| 1460 | the <a href="#flightSelectionPage">Flight selection</a> page after a
|
---|
| 1461 | successful login.
|
---|
| 1462 | </p>
|
---|
| 1463 |
|
---|
[194] | 1464 | </html>
|
---|