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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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| 13 | Malév Virtual flight, and collects data that can be sent to the MAVA
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| 14 | website for further evaluation. This manual describes how to use
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[219] | 15 | this program. To be able to use all features of the program, you
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| 16 | need to have a working Internet connection, even if you don't fly
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| 17 | on-line on VATSIM or IVAO. However, it is possible to perform a
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| 18 | flight completely offline as well.
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[194] | 19 | </p>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <p>
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[219] | 22 | While monitoring your flight, the program continuously checks if your
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[194] | 23 | airplane's configuration is always within the parameters prescribed
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| 24 | by the airline's operating procedures. For example, you have to turn
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| 25 | on or off the various lights of your aircraft according to rules,
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| 26 | you cannot exceed certain weight or speed limits, and so on. Any
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[219] | 27 | deviation from the expected parameters, also known as a fault, can
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[194] | 28 | result in points subtracted from the initial 100 points (or
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| 29 | percentage). The result is your <i>flight rating</i>. Some
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| 30 | deviations are so serious, that they are deemed <i>NO GO</i> faults
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| 31 | and result in the rejection of your flight.
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| 32 | </p>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <p>
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| 35 | Besides the faults the program also monitors many other parameters,
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| 36 | which are recorded in a textual <i>log</i>. This log is sent as a
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| 37 | part of your PIREP (<b>PI</b>lot's <b>REP</b>ort), and will be
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[219] | 38 | analyzed, and possibly commented on by more experienced pilots of
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[194] | 39 | Malév Virtual. This way you can perfect the way you execute your
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| 40 | flights.
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| 41 | </p>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <p>
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| 44 | The application breaks up your flight into
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[219] | 45 | several <i>stage</i>s. The advancement from one stage to another is
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[194] | 46 | detected automatically. These stages and the conditions under which
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| 47 | they are entered are as follows:
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| 48 | <ol>
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| 49 | <li><b>boarding</b>: This is the initial stage when you start the
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| 50 | flight.</li>
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| 51 | <li><b>push-back and taxi</b>: If you release the parking brakes
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| 52 | or your ground speed becomes 5 knots or greater during the
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| 53 | boarding stage, your flight enters this stage.</li>
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| 54 | <li><b>takeoff</b>: If you turn on the landing and/or the strobe
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| 55 | lights or your ground speed exceeds 80 knots during taxi or after
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| 56 | a rejected takeoff (RTO).</li>
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| 57 | <li><b>climb</b>: When you retract the gears or you reach 3000
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| 58 | feet altitude AGL with a positive climb rate after takeoff.</li>
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| 59 | <li><b>RTO</b>: If you switch off both the landing and the
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| 60 | strobe lights, and your speed is reduced below 50 knots while on
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| 61 | the ground during takeoff.</li>
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| 62 | <li><b>cruise</b>: When the aircraft's altitude is within 2000
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| 63 | feet of the cruise altitude and you are climbing.</li>
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| 64 | <li><b>descent</b>: If the altitude decreases to more than 2000
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| 65 | feet below the cruise altitude during cruise.</li>
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| 66 | <li><b>landing</b>: If the gears are lowered and the altitude is
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| 67 | less than 2000 feet AGL during descent or go-around.</li>
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| 68 | <li><b>go-around</b>: If you retract the gears during landing.</li>
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| 69 | <li><b>taxi after landing</b>: When the aircraft is in the
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| 70 | ground and its ground speed is below 50 knots after landing.</li>
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| 71 | <li><b>parking</b>: If the parking brake is activated after taxi.</li>
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| 72 | <li><b>end</b>: If the N<sub>1</sub> of the turbines becomes
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| 73 | less than 0.5, or the RPM of the piston engines becomes 0 during
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| 74 | parking. This is the final stage.</li>
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| 75 | </ol>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <p>
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| 78 | To enhance the simulation, the program can play various sound files
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| 79 | during the various stages of your flight, such as the announcements
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| 80 | made by the flight attendants. These files are supplied with the
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| 81 | application, and they can be played automatically, or when you press
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| 82 | a certain hotkey in the flight simulator. You can also organize
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| 83 | pre-recorded sound files into checklists for the each aircraft
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| 84 | type, and these files can also be played back one-by-one when you
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| 85 | repeatedly press a key combination in the simulator. See below for
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| 86 | more information on this.
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| 87 | </p>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <p>
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[219] | 90 | Malév Virtual have implemented an <i>Online ACARS System</i>, which
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[194] | 91 | displays the status of the flights in progress. The data appears on
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[219] | 92 | the front page of the MAVA website and also on a map.
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[194] | 93 | </p>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <p>
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[219] | 96 | Malév Virtual have also implemented an <i>Online Gate System</i>
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[194] | 97 | which maintains a database of the aircraft in the airline's fleet
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| 98 | and their location. An aircraft may be parked at the Budapest
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| 99 | Ferihegy Airport, in which case the number of the gate or stand it
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| 100 | is located at is recorded in the database. If so, this number is
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[219] | 101 | displayed to you when starting your flight from Ferihegy, and you
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| 102 | are recommended to place your aircraft at the indicated gate or
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| 103 | stand in the simulator. If your flight begins at Ferihegy and the
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| 104 | aircraft is away (usually due to someone else's flight), you can
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| 105 | select from which gate or stand you start your flight. The database
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| 106 | of the Online Gate System can also be displayed by using the
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| 107 | application.
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| 108 | </p>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <p>
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| 111 | These online systems can only be used when flying online.
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[194] | 112 | </p>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <p>
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| 115 | The program can automatically update itself. When it starts up, it
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| 116 | checks if there is a newer version available. If so, it downloads
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| 117 | its files and replaces the program's current files with the new
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| 118 | ones. Then the program is restarted so that you can use the new
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| 119 | version. Besides acquiring bug fixes, updating is also important,
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| 120 | because the program can be extended with new checks or more refined
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| 121 | checks, and if you are using too old a version, the PIREP reviewers
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| 122 | may refuse your flight.
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| 123 | </p>
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| 124 |
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[228] | 125 | <h3><a name="gui">Graphical User Interface</a></h3>
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[194] | 126 |
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| 127 | <p>
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| 128 | The GUI of the application is made up of traditional building blocks
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| 129 | (buttons, checkboxes, lists, text entry boxes, etc.) found in other
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| 130 | applications as well. Many such controls have informative tooltips
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| 131 | that supplement the contents of this User's Guide in helping you
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| 132 | using the application. Many controls are also accessible by pressing
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| 133 | the <b>Alt</b> plus the underlined letter in the control's label.
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| 134 | </p>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <p>
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| 137 | The most often used part of the program is the main window, to be
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| 138 | described in detail below. When you minimize or close the window, it
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| 139 | disappears by default, but the program continues to run. You can
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| 140 | redisplay the window by clicking on the tray icon of the program,
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| 141 | which looks like the one on the picture below.
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| 142 | </p>
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| 143 |
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[228] | 144 | <div align="center">
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| 145 | <table>
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| 146 | <tr>
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| 147 | <td>
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| 148 | <img src="statusIcon1.png" alt="The status icon" hspace="20"/>
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| 149 | </td>
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| 150 | <td>
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| 151 | <img src="statusIcon2.png" alt="The status icon menu" hspace="20"/>
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| 152 | </td>
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| 153 | </table>
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| 154 | </div>
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| 155 |
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[194] | 156 | <p>
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| 157 | If you click on the tray icon when the program's window is hidden,
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| 158 | the window will be displayed. If you hover the mouse pointer over
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| 159 | the icon, the flight stage and the current rating will be
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| 160 | displayed. The tray icon has a right-button menu as well with the
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| 161 | following items:
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| 162 | <ul>
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| 163 | <li><b>Show main window</b>: displays or hides the main window.</li>
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| 164 | <li><b>Show monitor window</b>: displays or hides the monitor
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| 165 | window (see below).</li>
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| 166 | <li><b>Quit</b>: quit the application. A confirmation window will
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| 167 | be displayed.</li>
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| 168 | </ul>
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| 169 | </p>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <p>
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| 172 | You can also quit the application by selecting the <b>File/Quit</b>
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| 173 | menu item, or by pressing <b>Ctrl+Q</b>.
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| 174 | </p>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <p>
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| 177 | If you start the application, when it is already running, the main
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| 178 | window of the already running instance will be displayed instead of
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| 179 | starting a new instance of the program.
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| 180 | </p>
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| 181 |
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[228] | 182 | <h2><a name="mainWindow">The Main Window</a></h2>
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[194] | 183 |
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| 184 | <p>
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| 185 | The figure below depicts the main window of the application. The top
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[219] | 186 | of it contains the usual menu bar, which will be described in more
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| 187 | detail later. The content area consists of several tabs the use of
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| 188 | which is described below.
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[194] | 189 | </p>
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| 190 |
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[228] | 191 | <div align="center"><img src="mainWindow.png" alt="The main window"/></div>
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| 192 |
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[194] | 193 | <p>
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[219] | 194 | The bottom of the window is a status bar. Its left side contains the
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[194] | 195 | icon indicating the status of the connection to the simulator. Since
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| 196 | the application continuously monitors the parameters of your
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| 197 | aircraft, it needs to communicate with the simulator. The icon's
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| 198 | colour indicates the health of this communication channel.
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| 199 | </p>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <p>
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| 202 | If it is grey, the program is not connected. This is normal before
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| 203 | and after the flight. If it is green, the connection is alive and
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| 204 | working properly. If it is red, the connection is broken. In this
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| 205 | case a dialog window is displayed. The most likely cause for such a
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| 206 | disruption is the crash of the simulator. If this is the case,
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| 207 | restart the simulator and try to restore the flight to a state as
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| 208 | close to the one before the crash as possible. Then click
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| 209 | the <b>Reconnect</b> button, and the program will try to
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| 210 | re-establish the connection to the simulator. It preserves all data
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| 211 | of your flight, so you can continue where you left off easily.
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| 212 | </p>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <p>
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| 215 | If the reason for the failure of the connection is something else,
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| 216 | do whatever is needed to be done to restore it. Of course, it is
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| 217 | possible that the logger application itself fails, in which case
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| 218 | you, unfortunately, have to restart the flight. Do not forget to
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[228] | 219 | notify the author if this happens. In this case, try to copy and
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| 220 | save the debug log and send it with your bug report.
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[194] | 221 | </p>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | <p>
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| 224 | If you click the <b>Cancel</b> button in the reconnection dialog,
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| 225 | the logger will be reset as if it were stopped and restarted.
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| 226 | </p>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <p>
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| 229 | To the right of the connection status icon, you can see the current
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| 230 | stage of the flight, if the monitoring has begun. Otherwise it is a
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| 231 | single dash. It is followed by the simulator time, if the program is
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| 232 | already connected to the simulator. Then comes the current flight
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| 233 | rating.
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| 234 | </p>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <p>
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[219] | 237 | The right of the status bar is normally empty, but if there is some
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[194] | 238 | potentially long operation going on (typically communicating with
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| 239 | the MAVA servers), information about the operation is displayed
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| 240 | here. This is accompanied by the cursor becoming that of signaling
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| 241 | a busy state and most parts of the main window becoming
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| 242 | unresponsive.
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| 243 | </p>
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| 244 |
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[228] | 245 | <h3><a name="tabFlight">The Flight Tab</a></h3>
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| 246 |
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[194] | 247 | <p>
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[228] | 248 | The flight tab is the most important tab. It consists of a sequence of
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[194] | 249 | pages similar to wizards found in many programs. The first several of
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| 250 | these pages guide you through the various steps of the preparations
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| 251 | for your flight, while the last pages allow you to enter some
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| 252 | information about your flight necessary for its evaluation and to
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| 253 | send the PIREP (Pilot's Report) assembled by the program to the MAVA
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| 254 | website.
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| 255 | </p>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <p>
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| 258 | Each page has a title at the top indicating the purpose of the
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| 259 | page. There is a short text below this, which describes what the
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| 260 | page contains and/or what is expected from you to do with the page.
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| 261 | Below the text you can find the main information and possibly data
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| 262 | entry areas for the page. Finally, you can find the button row at
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| 263 | the bottom.
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| 264 | </p>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <p>
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| 267 | Most of the pages contain two buttons: <b>Next</b> and
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| 268 | <b>Previous</b>. These help in navigating between the pages. In most
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| 269 | cases you can go back to previously visited pages by using
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| 270 | the <b>Previous</b> button, although you cannot edit the contents of
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| 271 | those pages once finalized by moving to the next page using
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| 272 | the <b>Next</b> button. There are a few exceptions though, as
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| 273 | detailed below.
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| 274 | </p>
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| 275 |
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[219] | 276 | <p>
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| 277 | Many of the pages also contain a <b>Cancel flight</b>
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| 278 | button. Clicking this button will allow you to cancel the flight and
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| 279 | go back to the flight selection if you have logged in to the MAVA
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| 280 | website, or the login page, after a confirmation of your intent.
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| 281 | </p>
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| 282 |
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[228] | 283 | <h4><a name="loginPage">The <i>Login</i> Page</a></h4>
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[194] | 284 |
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| 285 | <p>
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| 286 | Each flight starts with the Login page where you can enter the your
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| 287 | pilot's ID and password for the MAVA website. Both data are given
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| 288 | to you when joining Malév Virtual. The pilot's ID usually starts
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| 289 | with the letter <q>P</q> followed by three digits.
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| 290 | </p>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <p>
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| 293 | If you check <b>Remember password</b>, the password will be saved by
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| 294 | the program, so you don't have to enter it all the time. Note,
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| 295 | however, that the password is saved plainly into a configuration
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| 296 | file, so you this possibility only if your home directory can be
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| 297 | accessed only by people you trust. The pilot's ID is saved anyway.
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| 298 | </p>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <p>
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| 301 | If you are about to perform the entrance flight, check
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| 302 | <b>Entrance exam</b>. In this case you don't have to (and cannot)
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| 303 | enter the password, as that is not needed for the entrance exam.
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| 304 | </p>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | <p>
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| 307 | The login to the MAVA server, and proceed to the next page, press
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| 308 | the <b>Login</b> button.
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| 309 | </p>
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[219] | 310 |
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| 311 | <p>
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| 312 | If you would like to fly without an Internet connection, use
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| 313 | the <b>Fly offline</b> button. This immediately takes you to the
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| 314 | next page, without trying to log in to the MAVA website.
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| 315 | </p>
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[194] | 316 |
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[228] | 317 | <h4><a name="flightSelectionPage">The <i>Flight selection</i> Page</a></h4>
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[194] | 318 |
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[228] | 319 | <img src="flightSelection.png" alt="The Flight selection page"/>
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| 320 |
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[194] | 321 | <p>
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| 322 | This page displays the list of the flight you have booked previously
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[219] | 323 | on the MAVA website, if you have logged in properly. If you chose to
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| 324 | fly offline, the list is empty.
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| 325 | </p>
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| 326 |
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| 327 | <p>
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| 328 | If you have selected a flight, you can also save it by using
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| 329 | the <b>Save flight</b> button. This is useful when planning to fly
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| 330 | offline at some later time. When preparing for that flight, you can
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| 331 | properly log in to the MAVA website, and acquire the list of your
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| 332 | booked flights. Then you can save the flight you wish to perform
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| 333 | later offline, on which occasion, you can load the saved flight.
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| 334 | </p>
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| 335 |
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| 336 | <p>
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| 337 | You may need to refresh the list of flights. For example, you notice
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| 338 | that you have forgotten to book the flight you want to perform. Then
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| 339 | you can book the flight on the MAVA website, and press
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| 340 | the <b>Refresh flights</b> button to update the list.
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| 341 | </p>
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| 342 |
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| 343 | <p>
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| 344 | You can also load a flight from a file by pressing the <b>Load
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| 345 | flight from file</b> button. This displays a file selection dialog
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| 346 | where you select the flight file (usually with a suffix
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| 347 | of <code>.vaflight</code>). This is mostly useful when flying
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| 348 | offline, or during the entrance exam.
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[194] | 349 | </p>
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| 350 |
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| 351 | <p>
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| 352 | Select a flight from the list, and press <b>Next</b> button to
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| 353 | proceed with that flight.
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| 354 | </p>
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| 355 |
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[228] | 356 | <h4><a name="gataSelectionPage">The <i>LHBP gate selection</i> Page</a></h4>
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| 357 |
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| 358 | <img src="gateSelection.png" alt="The LHBP gate selection page"/>
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[194] | 359 |
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| 360 | <p>
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| 361 | This page is displayed after the flight selection page only if your
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| 362 | flight starts at the Budapest Ferihegy Airport and the number of the
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| 363 | gate or stand at which your aircraft is located cannot be
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| 364 | determined.
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| 365 | </p>
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| 366 |
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| 367 | <p>
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| 368 | Select a number from the list presented, and press <b>Next</b>.
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| 369 | </p>
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| 370 |
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[228] | 371 | <h4><a name="connectPage">The <i>Connect to the simulator</i> Page</a></h4>
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[194] | 372 |
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[228] | 373 | <img src="connect.png" alt="The Connect to the simulator page"/>
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| 374 |
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[194] | 375 | <p>
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| 376 | This page displays some important information about your flight,
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| 377 | such as the type and tail number of the aircraft to use, the
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| 378 | departure airport and possibly the gate.
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| 379 | </p>
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| 380 |
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| 381 | <p>
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| 382 | Select the aircraft indicated and park it at the departure airport,
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| 383 | then press <b>Connect</b> to establish the connection with the
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| 384 | simulator. If the connection cannot be established, a dialog will be
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| 385 | displayed about it, and you can <b>Try again</b> the connection
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| 386 | or <b>Cancel</b> to go back to the login page.
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| 387 | </p>
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| 388 |
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| 389 | <p>
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| 390 | Note, that after a successful connection, the monitoring of your
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| 391 | flight does not begin immediately, but some data can be queried by
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| 392 | the logger at this stage.
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| 393 | </p>
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| 394 |
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[228] | 395 | <h4><a name="payloadPage">The <i>Payload</i> Page</a></h4>
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[194] | 396 |
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[228] | 397 | <img src="payload.png" alt="The Payload page"/>
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| 398 |
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[194] | 399 | <p>
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| 400 | This page displays the components of the flight's payload and the
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| 401 | calculated Zero-Fuel Weight (ZFW). You can enter here the cargo
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| 402 | weight you determined for your flight. You can also press the <b>ZFW
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| 403 | from FS</b> button, which queries the ZFW from the simulator and
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| 404 | displays the retrieved value. If the ZFW calculated from the payload
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| 405 | data differs too much from the queried one, the calculated value is
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| 406 | displayed in red. This the right time to set up the payload in the
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| 407 | simulator. If you forget about it, it will be a NO GO fault.
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| 408 | </p>
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| 409 |
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| 410 | <p>
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| 411 | If you have finished with this page, press the <b>Next</b>
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| 412 | button. At this point, the <i>Help</i> tab becomes available, which
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| 413 | you can use if you have failed to set up the correct payload in the
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| 414 | simulator. See a more detailed description of it below.
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| 415 | </p>
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| 416 |
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[228] | 417 | <h4><a name="timePage">The <i>Time</i> Page</a></h4>
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[194] | 418 |
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[228] | 419 | <img src="time.png" alt="The Time page"/>
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| 420 |
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[194] | 421 | <p>
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| 422 | This page displays the departure and arrival times of your
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| 423 | flight in UTC. Press the <b>Time from FS</b> button to query the
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| 424 | current UTC time of the simulator. To be able to simulate the real
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[219] | 425 | lighting circumstances of the flight, the simulator's time should match
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[194] | 426 | the time of the flight according to the schedule. Therefore you are
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| 427 | expected to set the simulator's time properly. It is recommended to
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| 428 | set it to about 15 minutes before the departure at this stage so
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| 429 | that you have enough time to set up your flight.
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| 430 | </p>
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| 431 |
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| 432 | <p>
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| 433 | When you have set the time of the simulator properly, press
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| 434 | the <b>Next</b> button.
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| 435 | </p>
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| 436 |
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[228] | 437 | <h4><a name="fuelPage">The <i>Fuel</i> Page</a></h4>
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[194] | 438 |
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[228] | 439 | <img src="fuel.png" alt="The Fuel page"/>
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| 440 |
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[194] | 441 | <p>
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| 442 | This page contains a graphical representation of the fuel tanks of
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| 443 | your aircraft. The yellowish colour represents the current level of
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| 444 | the fuel in the tank, and turquoise slider is the expected level,
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| 445 | which is also displayed numerically (in kilograms) below each graph.
|
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| 446 | </p>
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| 447 |
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| 448 | <p>
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| 449 | You can enter the requested amount of fuel numerically, or you can
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| 450 | set it by the turquoise sliders, though this method less accurate. The
|
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| 451 | lever can be moved by clicking in the fuel tank's representation,
|
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| 452 | and you can drag it if you keep the button pressed. If your mouse
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| 453 | has a wheel, that can also be used to modify the expected level. To
|
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| 454 | use the wheel, keep the mouse pointer within the fuel tank's
|
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| 455 | graphic. Each click of the wheel increment or decrements the amount
|
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| 456 | by 10 kilograms. If you hold down the <b>Shift</b> key, the
|
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| 457 | increment will be 100, if you hold down the <b>Ctrl</b> key, the
|
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| 458 | increment will be 1.
|
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| 459 | </p>
|
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| 460 |
|
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| 461 | <p>
|
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| 462 | When all tanks have the correct amount of fuel set, press
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| 463 | the <b>Next</b> button. This causes the pumping of the fuel to
|
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| 464 | start. The progress is represented by the yellowish fuel bars
|
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| 465 | growing or shrinking (fuel may be pumped out of a tank as
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| 466 | well). This is a relatively quick process and should finish within a
|
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| 467 | few seconds.
|
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| 468 | </p>
|
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| 469 |
|
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[228] | 470 | <h4><a name="routePage">The <i>Route</i> Page</a></h4>
|
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| 471 |
|
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| 472 | <img src="route.png" alt="The Route page"/>
|
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[194] | 473 |
|
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| 474 | <p>
|
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| 475 | This page displays the cruise level and the flight plan route. The
|
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| 476 | cruise level starts out at FL240, but the route comes from the
|
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| 477 | booked flight. Set the cruise level to the one you have calculated
|
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| 478 | with, and modify the flight plan if needed. For example, if you will
|
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| 479 | enter some airspace that will require you to change the flight
|
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| 480 | level, you should add that here.
|
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| 481 | </p>
|
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| 482 |
|
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| 483 | <p>
|
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| 484 | When satisfied with the information on the page, press
|
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| 485 | the <b>Next</b> button to advance. Note, that these data can be
|
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| 486 | edited later as well if you come back to this page.
|
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| 487 | </p>
|
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| 488 |
|
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[228] | 489 | <h4><a name="briefingPage">The <i>Briefing</i> Pages</a></h4>
|
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| 490 |
|
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| 491 | <img src="briefing.png" alt="The Briefing page"/>
|
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[194] | 492 |
|
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| 493 | <p>
|
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| 494 | These pages display the NOTAMs and the METAR for the departure and
|
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| 495 | the arrival airports. You can edit the METAR if your network
|
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| 496 | provides a different weather, or you do not fly with real
|
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| 497 | weather. The METAR of the arrival airport will be updated when
|
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| 498 | entering the landing stage, unless you have edited it before. The
|
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| 499 | METARs can be edited during the whole duration of the flight. If you
|
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| 500 | do so, please, comment it in the <i>Comments</i> sections of
|
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| 501 | the <i>Flight info</i> tab.
|
---|
| 502 | </p>
|
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| 503 |
|
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| 504 | <p>
|
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| 505 | On the second briefing page (that of the arrival airport), confirm
|
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| 506 | that you have read the briefing and are ready to start the flight by
|
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| 507 | clicking the button. This begins the monitoring of your flight with
|
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| 508 | the boarding stage.
|
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| 509 | </p>
|
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| 510 |
|
---|
[228] | 511 | <h4><a name="takeoffPage">The <i>Takeoff</i> Page</a></h4>
|
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[194] | 512 |
|
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[228] | 513 | <img src="takeoff.png" alt="The Takeoff page"/>
|
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| 514 |
|
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[194] | 515 | <p>
|
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| 516 | On this page you have to enter the name of the departure runway, the
|
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| 517 | name of the Standard Instrument Departure procedure you follow after
|
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| 518 | takeoff and the takeoff V-speeds. While you can edit these data
|
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| 519 | anytime, it is recommended to do so before takeoff.
|
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| 520 | <p>
|
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| 521 |
|
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| 522 | <p>
|
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[244] | 523 | Note that if you are flying one of the Tupolev or Yak aircraft, the
|
---|
| 524 | page will look different, as speeds will have to be entered in
|
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| 525 | kilometres per hour.
|
---|
| 526 | </p>
|
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| 527 |
|
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| 528 | <p>
|
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[194] | 529 | You can proceed to the next page after takeoff, and if all data has
|
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| 530 | been entered, by pressing the <b>Next</b> button.
|
---|
| 531 | </p>
|
---|
| 532 |
|
---|
[228] | 533 | <h4><a name="landingPage">The <i>Landing</i> Page</a></h4>
|
---|
| 534 |
|
---|
| 535 | <img src="landing.png" alt="The Landing page"/>
|
---|
[194] | 536 |
|
---|
| 537 | <p>
|
---|
| 538 | On this page you have to enter the name of the STAR and/or transition followed
|
---|
| 539 | (if you get vectors from ATC, enter <q>VECTORS</q> here), the
|
---|
| 540 | approach type (e.g. <q>ILS</q>, <q>VOR</q>, <q>VISUAL</q>, etc.),
|
---|
| 541 | the name of the landing runway, and the landing reference speed,
|
---|
| 542 | V<sub>ref</sub>. You can enter this data during the flight, or after
|
---|
[244] | 543 | you have landed, at your discretion. Note, that if you fly one of
|
---|
| 544 | the Tupolev or Yak aircraft, the speed will have to be entered in
|
---|
| 545 | km/h.
|
---|
[194] | 546 | </p>
|
---|
| 547 |
|
---|
| 548 | <p>
|
---|
| 549 | When you have entered all data, press the <b>Next</b> button. It is
|
---|
| 550 | active only, if the flight has ended.
|
---|
| 551 | </p>
|
---|
| 552 |
|
---|
[228] | 553 | <h4><a name="finishPage">The <i>Finish</i> Page</a></h4>
|
---|
| 554 |
|
---|
| 555 | <img src="finish.png" alt="The Finish page"/>
|
---|
[194] | 556 |
|
---|
| 557 | <p>
|
---|
| 558 | This is the final page of the flight wizard. It contains a summary
|
---|
| 559 | of your flight: the rating, the flight and block times, the distance
|
---|
| 560 | flown and the amount of fuel burnt.
|
---|
| 561 | </p>
|
---|
| 562 |
|
---|
| 563 | <p>
|
---|
| 564 | You also have to provide a few pieces of information. You have to
|
---|
| 565 | select the type of the flight from the list provided (scheduled,
|
---|
| 566 | old-timer, VIP, charter) and whether it was an online flight or
|
---|
| 567 | not. If you arrive at the Budapest Ferihegy Airport, and are using
|
---|
| 568 | the Online Gate System, you also need to specify the number of the
|
---|
| 569 | gate or stand you have parked you aircraft at.
|
---|
| 570 | </p>
|
---|
| 571 |
|
---|
| 572 | <p>
|
---|
| 573 | With all data entered, you may want it review your flight, then save
|
---|
| 574 | or send the PIREP created from it. These can be accomplished by
|
---|
| 575 | pressing one of the buttons at the bottom. A saved PIREP can be
|
---|
| 576 | loaded later and sent, if the sending fails for some reason. When a
|
---|
| 577 | PIREP is sent, it becomes available for review by the designated
|
---|
| 578 | PIREP reviewers of Malév Virtual.
|
---|
| 579 | </p>
|
---|
| 580 |
|
---|
[219] | 581 | <p>
|
---|
| 582 | You can also start a new flight using the <b>New flight</b>
|
---|
| 583 | button. If you have not saved or sent the PIREP, you will be asked
|
---|
| 584 | to confirm your intention. When starting a new flight you are taken
|
---|
| 585 | to the flight selection page, if you have logged in to the MAVA
|
---|
| 586 | website, or to the login page, if your flight has been an offline
|
---|
| 587 | flight.
|
---|
| 588 | </p>
|
---|
| 589 |
|
---|
[228] | 590 | <h3><a name="flightInfoTab">The Flight info Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
| 591 |
|
---|
| 592 | <img src="flightInfoTab.png" alt="The Flight info tab"/>
|
---|
[194] | 593 |
|
---|
| 594 | <p>
|
---|
| 595 | This tab allows one to enter some additional information about the
|
---|
| 596 | flight, if necessary.
|
---|
| 597 | </p>
|
---|
| 598 |
|
---|
| 599 | <p>
|
---|
| 600 | The <i>Comments</i> text area should contain any general information
|
---|
| 601 | that you would like the PIREP reviewer to know about. For example,
|
---|
| 602 | why you changed the METAR, why you lowered the gears accidentally
|
---|
| 603 | (i.e. pressed the wrong key on the keyboard), etc.
|
---|
| 604 | </p>
|
---|
| 605 |
|
---|
| 606 | <p>
|
---|
| 607 | The <i>Flight defects</i> text area should contain information about
|
---|
| 608 | any problems you encountered with the plane during the flight. For
|
---|
| 609 | example an engine stopped and why (if known), that flaps could not
|
---|
| 610 | be extended or retracted, etc.
|
---|
| 611 | </p>
|
---|
| 612 |
|
---|
| 613 | <p>
|
---|
| 614 | In the <i>Delay codes</i> area you can mark one or more reasons why
|
---|
| 615 | the flight was delayed, if it was. The options are self-explanatory.
|
---|
| 616 | </p>
|
---|
| 617 |
|
---|
[228] | 618 | <h3><a name="helpTab">The Help Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
| 619 |
|
---|
| 620 | <img src="helpTab.png" alt="The Help tab"/>
|
---|
[194] | 621 |
|
---|
| 622 | <p>
|
---|
| 623 | This tab provides some help for calculating and setting the payload
|
---|
| 624 | weight of the aircraft. It can be used once the <i>Payload</i>
|
---|
| 625 | (i.e. the cargo weight) is finalized. To use this tab, check
|
---|
| 626 | the <b>Using help</b> checkbox. It causes the page to become
|
---|
| 627 | sensitive and filled with data. Note, that the fact of using the
|
---|
| 628 | help is logged, so the PIREP reviewers will know about it.
|
---|
| 629 | </p>
|
---|
| 630 |
|
---|
| 631 | <p>
|
---|
| 632 | The most important information is after the <i>Payload:</i> label,
|
---|
| 633 | which is the payload weight of the aircraft. This value should be
|
---|
| 634 | set in the simulator as the airplane's payload weight. By pressing
|
---|
[219] | 635 | the <b>Simulator data</b> button, the data coming from the simulator
|
---|
| 636 | can be queried and displayed. If the data is out of the tolerances,
|
---|
| 637 | it is displayed in red, otherwise in green.
|
---|
[194] | 638 | </p>
|
---|
| 639 |
|
---|
| 640 | <p>
|
---|
| 641 | The gross weight is also displayed with some maximum weights of the
|
---|
| 642 | aircraft, so it can be checked or estimated if you will remain within
|
---|
| 643 | those maximums during the flight.
|
---|
| 644 | </p>
|
---|
| 645 |
|
---|
[228] | 646 | <h3><a name="logTab">The Log Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
| 647 |
|
---|
| 648 | <img src="logTab.png" alt="The Log tab"/>
|
---|
[194] | 649 |
|
---|
| 650 | <p>
|
---|
| 651 | This is the main log of your flight that will be analyzed by the
|
---|
| 652 | PIREP reviewers. Its contents is generated automatically by the
|
---|
| 653 | program, and most lines are prefixed by the simulator times the
|
---|
| 654 | information in the given line belongs to.
|
---|
| 655 | </p>
|
---|
| 656 |
|
---|
| 657 | <p>
|
---|
| 658 | While the log's contents is mainly useful for PIREP reviewers, it
|
---|
| 659 | can come handy when things start to happen very fast, and you have
|
---|
| 660 | no time check each fault message passing by (if you have enabled
|
---|
| 661 | such messages at all). Later, when things calm down, you can check
|
---|
| 662 | the log to see what happened exactly, so that you know why so many
|
---|
| 663 | fault points have been awarded. For example, you may even decide to
|
---|
| 664 | abort the flight, if you think some of the faults are to
|
---|
[228] | 665 | embarrassing :) For quick identification, the lines containing the
|
---|
| 666 | fault messages are highlighted.
|
---|
[194] | 667 | </p>
|
---|
| 668 |
|
---|
[228] | 669 | <h3><a name="gatesTab">The Gates Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
| 670 |
|
---|
| 671 | <img src="gatesTab.png" alt="The Gates tab"/>
|
---|
[194] | 672 |
|
---|
| 673 | <p>
|
---|
| 674 | This tab displays information retrieved from the MAVA Online Gate
|
---|
| 675 | System. If the program needs to retrieve data, this tab's contents
|
---|
[219] | 676 | are refreshed automatically, but you can refresh them manually
|
---|
| 677 | anytime using the <b>Refresh data</b> button.
|
---|
[194] | 678 | </p>
|
---|
| 679 |
|
---|
| 680 | <p>
|
---|
| 681 | The left side of the tab contains the fleet information. The tail
|
---|
| 682 | number of each aircraft is listed with the plane's status, as known
|
---|
| 683 | by the Online Gate System. The two major statuses are <i>LHBP-nn</i>
|
---|
| 684 | and <i>AWAY</i>. The former indicates that the aircraft is parked at
|
---|
| 685 | the Budapest Ferihegy Airport at gate or stand <i>nn</i>, while the
|
---|
| 686 | latter one denotes that the airplane is parked at another
|
---|
| 687 | airport. Another possible status is <i>PARKED</i>, which means that
|
---|
| 688 | the airplane is parked somewhere at the Ferihegy Airport, but we
|
---|
| 689 | (or at least the Gate System) don't know where. It may happen that
|
---|
| 690 | several aircraft are parked at the same gate or stand at
|
---|
| 691 | Ferihegy. In this case the tail numbers and the statuses of those
|
---|
| 692 | airplanes are displayed in red.
|
---|
| 693 | </p>
|
---|
| 694 |
|
---|
| 695 | <p>
|
---|
| 696 | The right side contains the list of the numbers of the gates and
|
---|
| 697 | parking positions. A number is black if no aircraft is positioned at
|
---|
| 698 | the corresponding gate or stand, and it is orange, if the location
|
---|
| 699 | is occupied.
|
---|
| 700 | </p>
|
---|
| 701 |
|
---|
[228] | 702 | <h3><a name="debugLog">The Debug log</a></h3>
|
---|
| 703 |
|
---|
| 704 | <img src="debugLogTab.png" alt="The Debug log tab"/>
|
---|
[194] | 705 |
|
---|
| 706 | <p>
|
---|
| 707 | This tab is not visible by default, but can be displayed by
|
---|
| 708 | selecting <b>View/Show debug log</b> or by
|
---|
| 709 | pressing <b>Ctrl+D</b>. It is another kind of log, which is mainly
|
---|
| 710 | useful for debugging. If you experience some problem with the
|
---|
| 711 | program, please, include the contents of this log with your bug
|
---|
| 712 | report. It can help a low with finding a solution to the problem.
|
---|
| 713 | </p>
|
---|
| 714 |
|
---|
[228] | 715 | <h2><a name="loadingPIREPs">Loading PIREPs</a></h2>
|
---|
[194] | 716 |
|
---|
| 717 | <p>
|
---|
[219] | 718 | Saved PIREPs can be loaded and sent by the program. This can
|
---|
[194] | 719 | become necessary, for example, if you cannot send a PIREP due to
|
---|
[219] | 720 | some network problem right after your flight, or when you
|
---|
| 721 | deliberately performed a flight without connecting to the Internet.
|
---|
[194] | 722 | </p>
|
---|
| 723 |
|
---|
| 724 | <p>
|
---|
| 725 | To load a PIREP select the <b>File/Load PIREP...</b> menu option or
|
---|
| 726 | press the <b>Ctrl+L</b> key. A file selection dialog appears, from
|
---|
| 727 | which you can select the PIREP to load. If you select a valid PIREP
|
---|
| 728 | file, it will be loaded and a new window will be displayed with the
|
---|
| 729 | most important data of your flight. By clicking <b>Send
|
---|
| 730 | PIREP...</b>, the PIREP will be sent (or at least an attempt will be
|
---|
| 731 | made at sending it). A dialog window will be displayed about the
|
---|
| 732 | results of the attempt.
|
---|
| 733 | </p>
|
---|
| 734 |
|
---|
[228] | 735 | <div align="center">
|
---|
| 736 | <img src="pirepLoaded.png" alt="The loaded PIREP window"/>
|
---|
| 737 | </div>
|
---|
| 738 |
|
---|
| 739 | <p>
|
---|
| 740 | You may also want to view a saved PIREP, for example, if it is a
|
---|
| 741 | PIREP about an entrance exam flight. To do so, click the <b>View
|
---|
| 742 | PIREP...</b> button. This displays the PIREP viewer window, which
|
---|
| 743 | groups the data into three tabs. The <i>Data</i> tab contains the
|
---|
| 744 | itemized data of the flight. The <i>Comments & defects</i> tab
|
---|
| 745 | displays the comments and or flight defects entered by the
|
---|
| 746 | user. The <i>Log</i> tab contains the flight log.
|
---|
| 747 |
|
---|
| 748 | <div align="center">
|
---|
| 749 | <img src="pirepViewer.png" alt="The PIREP Viewer"/>
|
---|
| 750 | </div>
|
---|
| 751 |
|
---|
| 752 | <h2><a name="checklistEditor">Editing checklists</a></h2>
|
---|
| 753 |
|
---|
| 754 | <img src="checklistEditor.png" alt="The Checklist Editor"/>
|
---|
[194] | 755 |
|
---|
| 756 | <p>
|
---|
| 757 | The checklists are lists of audio files. When checklist playback is
|
---|
[219] | 758 | enabled (see the description of the <i>Preferences</i> window below), and
|
---|
[194] | 759 | there is a checklist for the type of the aircraft used for the
|
---|
| 760 | flight, the files constituting the checklist can be played
|
---|
| 761 | one-by-one by pressing the checklist hotkey repeatedly.
|
---|
| 762 | </p>
|
---|
| 763 |
|
---|
| 764 | <p>
|
---|
| 765 | The checklist editor dialog box allows for editing the checklist. It
|
---|
| 766 | can be displayed by selecting <b>Tools/Checklist Editor...</b> or
|
---|
| 767 | pressing <b>Ctrl+C</b>. The top of the window contains an aircraft
|
---|
| 768 | type selector.
|
---|
| 769 | </p>
|
---|
| 770 |
|
---|
| 771 | <p>
|
---|
[219] | 772 | The files making up the checklist for the currently selected flight
|
---|
[194] | 773 | are displayed on the right. You can move a file up or down by
|
---|
| 774 | dragging it with the mouse. You can also select one or more files
|
---|
| 775 | from the list. Then you can remove them with the <b>Remove</b>
|
---|
| 776 | button, or move them up or down by pressing <b>Move up</b>
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| 777 | and <b>Move down</b>.
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| 778 | </p>
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| 779 |
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| 780 | <p>
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| 781 | To add new files to the checklist, select them in the file selector
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| 782 | on the left, and press <b>Add to checklist</b>. The file(s) will be
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| 783 | appended to the end of the checklist.
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| 784 | </p>
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| 785 |
|
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| 786 | <p>
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| 787 | Note, that any changes you make are effective only if you press
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| 788 | the <b>OK</b> button when having finished the modifications. If the
|
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| 789 | flight has already started, no changes made to the corresponding
|
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| 790 | checklist have any effect during the flight (i.e. you will still use
|
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| 791 | the old checklist, or no checklist if there was none).
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| 792 | </p>
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| 793 |
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[228] | 794 | <h2><a name="prefs">The Preferences Window</a></h2>
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[194] | 795 |
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| 796 | </p>
|
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| 797 | The Preferences window can be displayed by
|
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| 798 | selecting <b>Tools/Preferences</b> or by
|
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| 799 | pressing <b>Ctrl+P</b>. Here you can set options that you usually
|
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| 800 | don't have to change for every flight. This window also consists of
|
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| 801 | tabs grouping the options logically.
|
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| 802 | </p>
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| 803 |
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[228] | 804 | <h3><a name="prefsGeneral">The <i>General</i> Tab<a></h3>
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[194] | 805 |
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[228] | 806 | <img src="prefsGeneral.png" alt="The General Tab of Preferences"/>
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| 807 |
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[194] | 808 | <p>
|
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| 809 | These are some general settings for various parts of the
|
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| 810 | program. The <i>GUI</i> frame contains options regarding the
|
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| 811 | behaviour of the graphical user interface. The <i>Language</i> combo
|
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| 812 | box can be used to selected what language the program should
|
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| 813 | use. Currently English and Hungarian are supported. The value
|
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| 814 | of <i>system default</i> means that the operating system's default
|
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| 815 | language is used if it is one of the supported ones or English
|
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| 816 | otherwise. Note, that the program must be restarted for the change
|
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| 817 | to take effect if you modify this setting. If the <b>Hide main window
|
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[219] | 818 | when minimized</b> checkbox is checked, and you minimize the window,
|
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[194] | 819 | it will actually disappear completely (i.e. not appear among the
|
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| 820 | other minimized windows). You can make it appear by using the tray
|
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| 821 | icon.
|
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| 822 | </p>
|
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| 823 |
|
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[204] | 824 | <p>
|
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| 825 | The <i>MAVA Online Systems</i> frame contains settings related to
|
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| 826 | the online systems of MAVA, the gate and the ACARS systems mentioned
|
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| 827 | above. It is recommended to enabled these for normal operations.
|
---|
| 828 | </p>
|
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| 829 |
|
---|
| 830 | <p>
|
---|
| 831 | The <i>Simulator</i> frame contains settings for how the program
|
---|
| 832 | interacts with the simulator. Most options are self-explanatory, but
|
---|
| 833 | the ones related to smoothing requires some discussion. Flight
|
---|
[219] | 834 | Simulator is known to produce wind speed changes that are not
|
---|
[204] | 835 | entirely realistic and can result in the simulated aircraft
|
---|
| 836 | experiencing some very high indicated airspeeds, which in turn can
|
---|
| 837 | also cause the autopilot to suddenly increase the climb rate to
|
---|
| 838 | counter the high speeds. Since this phenomenon is difficult to
|
---|
| 839 | protect oneself against without buying extra products, like FSUIPC,
|
---|
| 840 | the logger provides the possibility to average the IAS and/or the VS
|
---|
| 841 | over a few seconds so that spikes in these values are
|
---|
| 842 | smoothed. The <b>Enable the smoothing of IAS/VS over N sec.</b>
|
---|
| 843 | options allow controlling this feature. The number of seconds may
|
---|
| 844 | need experimenting with, but note that every change for which you
|
---|
[219] | 845 | press the <b>OK</b> button is taken into account immediately.
|
---|
[204] | 846 | </p>
|
---|
| 847 |
|
---|
[228] | 848 | <h3><a name="prefsMessages">The <i>Messages</i> Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
[194] | 849 |
|
---|
[228] | 850 | <img src="prefsMessages.png" alt="The Messages Tab of Preferences"/>
|
---|
| 851 |
|
---|
[194] | 852 | <p>
|
---|
| 853 | The program can display messages about certain events in the
|
---|
| 854 | simulator and/or it can play a warning sound when those events
|
---|
| 855 | occur. The tab allows configuring this.
|
---|
| 856 | <p>
|
---|
| 857 |
|
---|
| 858 | <p>
|
---|
| 859 | The categories of the message are listed on the left. These are the
|
---|
| 860 | following:
|
---|
| 861 | </p>
|
---|
| 862 |
|
---|
| 863 | <ul>
|
---|
| 864 | <li><b>Logger Error Messages</b>: error messages about the
|
---|
| 865 | internal working of the logger.</li>
|
---|
| 866 | <li><b>Information Messages</b>: informational messages about,
|
---|
| 867 | e.g., the flight stage, the end of an audio checklist, etc.</li>
|
---|
| 868 | <li><b>Fault Messages</b>: messages about the non-NO GO faults the program detects.</li>
|
---|
[195] | 869 | <li><b>NO GO Fault Messages</b>: messages about the NO GO faults the program detects</li>
|
---|
[194] | 870 | <li><b>Gate System Messages</b>: messages related to the Online
|
---|
| 871 | Gate System. For example, when you have landed at Ferihegy, it can display
|
---|
| 872 | the list of the available gates so that you can choose where to
|
---|
| 873 | park, if there is no ATC available.</li>
|
---|
| 874 | <li><b>Environment Messages</b>: other messages, e.g. the welcome
|
---|
| 875 | message when the flight has ended.</li>
|
---|
| 876 | <li><b>Help Messages</b>: help messages, e.g. warning about
|
---|
| 877 | entering the V-speeds into the Takeoff page before takeoff.</li>
|
---|
| 878 | <li><b>Visibility Messages</b>: messages about the visibility
|
---|
| 879 | during descent and landing.</li>
|
---|
| 880 | </ul>
|
---|
| 881 |
|
---|
| 882 | <p>
|
---|
| 883 | There are two checkboxes associated with each messages category. If the
|
---|
| 884 | left one (<i>Displayed in FS</i>) is checked, the messages of the
|
---|
| 885 | category will be displayed in the simulator. If the right one
|
---|
| 886 | (<i>Sound alert</i>) is checked, and a message of the given category
|
---|
| 887 | is about to be displayed, a warning sound will be played. It is
|
---|
| 888 | mainly intended to accompany the text messages, but the two options
|
---|
| 889 | can be controlled separately, so you can select the sound alert, but
|
---|
| 890 | not the displaying of the messages. This may be useful if you don't
|
---|
| 891 | want these messages to clutter up the windscreen of your aircraft,
|
---|
| 892 | but still get some notification that some problem occurred.
|
---|
| 893 | </p>
|
---|
| 894 |
|
---|
[228] | 895 | <h3><a name="prefsSounds">The <i>Sounds</i> Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
[194] | 896 |
|
---|
[228] | 897 | <img src="prefsSounds.png" alt="The Sounds Tab of Preferences"/>
|
---|
| 898 |
|
---|
[194] | 899 | <p>
|
---|
| 900 | This tab controls how the sounds are played by the application.
|
---|
| 901 | </p>
|
---|
| 902 |
|
---|
| 903 | <p>
|
---|
| 904 | The top part is for the background sounds. These are pre-recorded
|
---|
| 905 | sound files that are played when certain conditions hold during the
|
---|
| 906 | flight. Typical examples are the various announcements the flight
|
---|
| 907 | attendants make during the flight. The <b>Enable background
|
---|
| 908 | sounds</b> checkbox controls whether such sounds are enabled at
|
---|
| 909 | all. If the <b>Pilot controls sounds</b> checkbox is enabled, the
|
---|
| 910 | pilot should start the playback of these sound files by pressing a
|
---|
| 911 | hotkey in the simulator. Note, that you should still be in the right
|
---|
| 912 | flight stage (and sometimes fulfill other conditions) to be able to
|
---|
| 913 | play the sound files. Also, one file can be played only once. If you
|
---|
| 914 | enable this option, the hotkey to press in the simulator can be
|
---|
| 915 | selected below. You can choose one of the alphanumeric keys (0-9,
|
---|
| 916 | A-Z) optionally combined with one or both of the <i>Ctrl</i>
|
---|
| 917 | and <i>Shift</i> modifiers. If this checkbox is not checked, the
|
---|
| 918 | sound files will be played automatically.
|
---|
| 919 | </p>
|
---|
| 920 |
|
---|
| 921 | <p>
|
---|
| 922 | If the <b>Enable speedbrake sound at touchdown</b> checkbox is
|
---|
[219] | 923 | checked, you will hear a distinctive sound when the spoilers deploy
|
---|
[194] | 924 | automatically after touchdown.
|
---|
| 925 | </p>
|
---|
| 926 |
|
---|
| 927 | <p>
|
---|
| 928 | The lower part, named <i>Checklist</i> contains some settings
|
---|
| 929 | related to the audio checklists belonging to the aircraft. They are
|
---|
| 930 | available only if the <b>Enable aircraft-specific checklist></b>
|
---|
| 931 | checkbox is selected. In this case another hotkey should be
|
---|
| 932 | specified. If you press this hotkey, the next file from the
|
---|
| 933 | checklist will be played.
|
---|
| 934 | </p>
|
---|
| 935 |
|
---|
[228] | 936 | <h3><a name="prefsAdvanced">The <i>Advanced</i> Tab</a></h3>
|
---|
| 937 |
|
---|
| 938 | <img src="prefsAdvanced.png" alt="The Advanced Tab of Preferences"/>
|
---|
[194] | 939 |
|
---|
| 940 | <p>
|
---|
| 941 | This tab contains some settings that you normally should not
|
---|
| 942 | change. Currently, these settings are related to the automatic
|
---|
| 943 | update. If the <b>Update the program automatically</b> checkbox is
|
---|
| 944 | not checked, the automatic update at program start-up will be
|
---|
| 945 | omitted. The <i>Update URL</i> text entry field contains the URL
|
---|
| 946 | from which to download the updates. Occasionally the developers of
|
---|
| 947 | the application may tell you to change this something else, e.g. to
|
---|
| 948 | test some development version. Or it may need to be changed due to
|
---|
| 949 | organizational reasons, such as moving to a new server, etc.
|
---|
| 950 | </p>
|
---|
| 951 |
|
---|
[228] | 952 | <h2><a name="monitorWindow">The Monitor Window</a></h2>
|
---|
| 953 |
|
---|
| 954 | <img src="monitorWindow.png" alt="The Monitor Window"/>
|
---|
[194] | 955 |
|
---|
| 956 | <p>
|
---|
| 957 | The monitor window can be used when debugging the program. You can
|
---|
| 958 | display it by selecting <b>View/Show monitor window</b> or by
|
---|
| 959 | pressing <b>Ctrl+M</b>. It displays the various parameters from the
|
---|
| 960 | aircraft as read from the flight simulator. During flight, it is
|
---|
| 961 | updated once per second. If something is not detected properly by
|
---|
| 962 | the logger, this window can be used to determine if the problem is
|
---|
| 963 | in interpreting and translating the data read from the simulator, or
|
---|
| 964 | when the translated data is being evaluated by other parts of the
|
---|
| 965 | program.
|
---|
| 966 | </p>
|
---|
| 967 |
|
---|
| 968 | </html>
|
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