Simfest Dispatch and BACARS V7.0.8

[Gary Oliver]

Link corrected with 7.0.6 which works with German VATSIM controllers for PDC too.

[cavaricooper]

Gary-

Any chance of having a Cargolux (CLX) option (kgs) please? Now that I have discovered the delights of PSX.NET I am eager to get back into the Windows support ecosystem.

Thanks for considering!

C

[cavaricooper]

Gary-

You're a star mate- ta!

C

[Gary Oliver]

7.0.7 updated to fix CARD assume temperature...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3x3eqwlbvaz3ry9/PSX%20BACARS-7.0.7.msi?dl=1

[macroflight]

I can't download any weather through BACARS right now. Could it have been hit by the same NOAA changes as discussed in https://aerowinx.com/board/index.php/topic,7261.0.html?

[Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers]

Hoppie's ACARS still works retrieving METARs by ICAO code.
I will check whether the feed for this is also going to be deprecated.

[Gary Oliver]

Yep spotted last night.

I'll do a fix this evening

[Gary Oliver]

New Update available...

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ak0tcu2d8ubf0o684ssi1/PSX-BACARS-7.0.8.msi?rlkey=jmaqi2jsipnbnjwkto7fd3lnk&dl=1

V7.0.8
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-Updated to work with new NOAA weather URLs
-Cosmetic fixes on weather print outs.
-OOOI Times including touchdown report reliability improved by a small rewrite
-CARD assumed temperatures have been fine tuned a bit more

[andrej]

Thank you Gary!

[QuadFan]

Hi Gary, I am giving BACARS a try. I created an account on the old site, but can't log on to the new one. Is that still the right order of things? Or should I create an account on the new site?

Thanks!

[Gary Oliver]

Hi,

You need to create an account on both, sorry never got round to making it more user friendly as it's a one time task.

Cheers
G

[QuadFan]

Check, will do! Thank you for the quick reply!

Could you post the link to the manual? The one on the site seems to be broken - maybe it's an option to include it in the installer too?

[QuadFan]

From videos on YouTube I understand that I should be able to select BACARS in the CDU after pressing the MENU key in the ACARS menu. Unfortunately I can't select BACARS, even though it is connected to PSX. What am I overlooking? Suggestions welcome

[Gary Oliver]

In newer versions the ACARS menu is now the BACARS menu.

[QuadFan]

Just to make sure, it should be in the center CDU after pressing MENU, correct?

Edit: I think I got it working, now onto figuring out how to put it all together. At the moment I can't even pull up an ATIS report for EHAM

[QuadFan]

Hoppie's ACARS still works retrieving METARs by ICAO code.
I will check whether the feed for this is also going to be deprecated.

Sorry for the n00b question, how does one get a METAR for a specific ICAO code?
I tried with ATIS requests, but all get is that the info isn't available, with a date in 2014. User error, no doubt.

[Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers]

Silly enough I don't know exactly what client software you use so I don't know what button to push... but typically you look for weather or WXR in somebodies interface.

[QuadFan]

Sorry about the assumption - I'm using BACARS in PSX.

[macroflight]

Sorry about the assumption - I'm using BACARS in PSX.

To get METAR when using BACARS:
- Use centre CDU
- MENU > ACARS > WX/AIS
- Enter the ICAO identifier (e.g EGLL) in the scratchpad
- Press the button next to IDENT
- Press MET (so <SEL> is shown)
- Press SEND

The METAR should after a few seconds be printed on the PSX printer (which needs to be enabled, Preferences > Screen > Papers from printer as desktop frames)

You can also find the METAR in the centre CDU: MENU > ACARS > MESSAGES > STORED UPLINKS

[QuadFan]

Thanks macroflight, my center CDU was stuck in "<ACARS <ACT>", upon pressing the LSK it would immediately return to that option. I restarted BACARS and now all the option you describe are there.

Now I want a small POS printer in my flightdeck