FTG-ACARS User Guide - Flying Tigers Group
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1. every time FTG ACARS wants to tell you something just like that FSUIPC CONNECTED But it might be FSUIPC DISCONNECTED or something else so you might want to check it regularly By pressing on that C the message will get cleared and the next one will pop up or in case you read all the messages nothing will be displayed FTG ACARS v3 0 Build7 FTG ACARS v3 User Guide In the DATA menu ACARS presents you some nice facts For instance your current position some altitudes and speeds the current timezone from FS you re in and current LOCAL and UTC times These don t need to be correct as FS has something called timezone bug which let s times go FUBAR FTG ACARS v3 0 Build 7 Anyway we re already 4 minutes past scheduled departure time and need to push back You are allowed to depart up to 5 minutes ahead of schedule and up to 30 minutes past scheduled time Your departure time in the timetable is your push back time NOT take off time FTG ACARS v3 User Guide We re taxiing to the active runway and are taking off By now FTG ACARS already fetched your blocks off time and now also your take off time FTG ACARS v3 User Guide You may have noticed FTG ACARS already filled in your Block Off and Take Off time So you re set to proceed in flight Some cruise shots here FTG ACARS v3 User Guide Sometimes you re climbing with a mach speed that is too low in relation2. to the recommended cruise speed ACARS doesn t know you re going to accelerate so it might give you this warning You can clear this warning by clicking on the C besides the Message Right beside is the number of messages you already collected and need to be viewed Whenever there s a new message ACARS wants needs your interaction So check this regularly The CRUISE MACH OFF LIMIT warning will be given whenever your cruise mach speed is below or above the recommended speed If you get the warning check your current mach speed is ok and clear that message FTG ACARS v3 User Guide We re now in cruise and going through the menus FTG ACARS has to offer We ll start with the DATA menu Here you can write messages to other pilots that use ACARS Click in Write Messages to write on FTG ACARS v3 User Guide FTG ACARS v3 0 Build 7 The first line is for the recipient the other are for your message If you enter text that would exceed one line ACARS automatically inserts a line break Entering text into a line overwrites the existing text FTG ACARS v3 User Guide Clicking NEXT brings you to the Weather Information interface Inserting a 4 letter ICAO code into right LSK6 fetches you actual and real life METAR for that airport Looks nice huh Pressing NEXT again brings you to the autopause feature of FTG ACARS v3 Setting this is a bit more complicated but not really Enter any integer number into
3. you can write something in above INIT PROG etc then click left LSK5 Do the same with your password Attention Even though you might not see it FTG ACARS is case sensitive FIG ACARS V5 0 Bu E Da Sa ees Then press Login right LSK6 to login We are now in the INIT menu of FTG ACARS INIT refers to INITIALISATION so this is where you set everything up for your flight FTG ACARS v3 User Guide In case you have created a prefile on our online schedules you can fetch it via pressing the LSK near SELECT PREFILE You can then select your desired flight from the set of displayed by clicking next to the LSK of the one you like to load FTG ACARS will then try to retrieve all needed information Most important are the TIMEZONES of your departure and arrival airport These need to be always filled out If ACARS can t retrieve them for you you HAVE TO fill them out using this format HH MM eg 01 00 or 05 30 You always have to make sure all fields are filled out appear in bright green color When ready click on the LSK next to CONNECT TO FS to connect FTG ACARS to FTG ACARS v3 0 Build 7 your flight sim FTG ACARS v3 User Guide Part Il The Flight You should then get the message that FSUIPC CONNECTED Before we depart I d like to show you some of the features FTG offers The most neglected but really important feature is the C button It Clears the messages that pop up
4. CARS v3 User Guide On This page you can change CRUISE ALTITUDE and or CRUISE MACH SPEED FTG ACARS is very reliant but sometimes FS winds are so strong you mach speed gets off the limit or whatever In this case you can change it ACARS will tell you so Enter it in the format you see and press left LSK2 to put it into ACARS Also because of those unexpected winds you can change the CRUISE ALTITUDE whenever you want to Make sure to do so only in case you need it To add comments enter any text into the enterline and press left LSK5 For flight types there are three options NORMAL FREIGHT or CLASSIC You can enter them as N F or C There are two online networks IVAO VATSIM I V or NONE N Last but not least before sending the PIREP I d like you to know this YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PIREP NOT ACARS Press SEND PIREP right LSK6 to send the PIREP to FTG You can now close FTG ACARS FTG ACARS v3 User Guide Part Ill Useful Information Here l d like to give you some additional information may update this section from time to time You need FSUIPC v3 for FS9 You need FSUIPC v4 for FSX XPUIPC for X Plane might deliver wrong information It is not recommended to be used at this time Contact Management for manual filing The errorlog is located in the system subfolder of FTG ACARS Post it whenever there are technical problems with FTG ACARS In case FS quits but ACARS keeps running and y
5. FTG ACARS User Guide Dear Ladies and Gentlemen Dear pilots This is the FTG ACARS v3 User Guide It will explain you how to use FTG ACARS on your flights Please note FTG ACARS is exclusive to FTG Thus the most helpful site will be the FTG Forum Board where a lot of helpful people are willing to assist you Whenever you encounter a problem make sure you went through this guide Do a forum search and if nothing found that helped post a topic with as many information as possible so those who want to help don t need to guess So far thank your for your attention and happy landings Markus LH418 FTG Systems P S If think someone didn t read the manual l II ask him something out of this manual So better be prepared Part I Preparation Ok Ladies and Gentlemen We are sitting at our gate Please check the following v Aircraft parked at departure gate v Parking Brakes SET and all engines OFF APU or GND PWR connected v Fuel and Payload loaded Passengers Boarding v FS clock set to local departure time like some minutes before Depends on how long you need for your aircraft to be read for take off FTG ACARS v3 User Guide Everything is set fine Make sure to load FTG ACARS now Enter your Pilot ID and your password in the highlighted fields The white bars are buttons and refer to left LSK5 on the left side and right LSK5 on the other Enter your pilot ID XX in the so called enterline that line where
6. left LSK1 e g 100 if FS should be paused 100nm before WAYPOINT Then enter a WAYPOINT name into left LSK3 This might be EDDK for Cologne Bonn Airport or something like that Only WAYPOINTs that are in your Navdata can be used But you can also enter Longitude Latitude manually in decimal format To ACTIVE press left LSK5 to deactivate press left LSK5 again If FS is paused and you want to continue you need to deactivate this feature FIRST FTG ACARS v3 User Guide We got a strange message on our FTG ACARS UNREAD PILOT MESSAGE AVAILABLE This means someone sent you a message via FTG ACARS Go to the messaging menu in DATA And read the message press left LSK2 FTG ACARS v3 User Guide This is the message we wrote outselves earlier The FUEL menu gives you information about your fuel FTG ACARS v3 User Guide The SET menu is a bit more important Here you can relogin again not really necessary but also can change some important settings when clicking NEXT FTG ACARS v3 0 Build 7 For example you can change options for LiveACARS GoogleEarth and so on but you can also save and load ACARS flights This is interesting in case your computer crashes In case FS quits unexpectedly leave FTG ACARS open reload FS and reconnect FTG ACARS won t save FS flights just the ACARS state For saving flights in FS there are various possibilites To save a flight enter the name i
7. lick on the label This works also for the other setting on top FTG ACARS v3 User Guide 18 pilots currently online LIVE ACARS version General Details x LH418 Markus Joppich 3 0 TK1193 LLBG LTBA Cruise 320 200 M0 8 FL340 GS 470kt REG TC JPE Gumushane We re now ready for landing and approach so enjoy the picture I ra a a 6 8 6eetes tg 60000 towt ow ow a p be EPITEET A S FTG ACARS v3 User Guide PPF A if y nnum pitt And land safely We re now at the gate Our flight performed well and all engines are shut down and parking brakes are set again Passengers or freight is deboarding and so on Time to finish the flight by sending the PIREP ACARS detected you ve reached your gate and switched back to the INIT page If not check again your engines are ALL off and parking brake is SET FTG ACARS v3 User Guide Double check all times Your local arrival time might be off by an hour are half an hour or something like that That is because FTG ACARS autocorrects the FS Timezone Bug Don t worry about this it s all fine v3 got modified when it comes to block flight time By entering a value like 2 2 your flight block time gets overwritten If you enter nothing just click right LSK1 2 with enterline being empty then ACARS calculates your flight block time again This page looks fine press NEXT to get to the next one FTG A
8. nto the enterline and press SAVE FLIGHT right LSK5 By default FTG ACARS saves its status every 10 minutes You can load this Status by loading the flight called AUTOSAVE by entering AUTOSAVE into the enterline and pressing right LSK6 FTG ACARS v3 User Guide Changing the other options on the left hand side requires you to enter TRUE or FALSE and pressing the desired LSK FTG ACARS v3 User Guide We re now getting towards descend and our destination So have a look at the ATC page where you can store any text This is useful for online flights or whatever FTG ACARS v3 User Guide FTG ACARS v3 0 Build 7 IATconecr fernron Lowi ronan oOnv 2 comer thet Crees Ul VERCARS GuUUGLECAR IT Bie Tt s StH CURREST eTer CUIU I WIL nEAI FREG To enter a FLIGHTPLAN go onto the F PLAN page and enter any string you want to This string gets assembled from up to down and will be sent as your FLIGHTPLAN together with your PIREP This is not mandatory You can scroll up and down using the fields UP AND DOWN To replace a Waypoint our Route enter the name and press the LSK next to the line you want to replace The right hand side won t work put everything into the left hand side FTG ACARS v3 0 Build 7 E FTG ACARS v3 User Guide Other can follow your flight on FTG LIVE ACARS When the LIVEACARS label on top of your FTG ACARS shows green you re transmitting data To change this go into SETtings or c
9. ou ve not yet reached the gate Reload FS to the situation before it quit Then reconnect ACARS Your landing time might be off but that s the timezone correction ACARS always tells me to use some build What s this With FTG ACARS v3 decide between version number 3 subversion number 3 0 3 1 3 2 and Build 3 0 Build 7 or 3 0 7 You can determine your current build in the caption of the windows FTG ACARS runs in If the static text tells you to use Build7 and the text reads FTG ACARS v3 0 Build 7 you re fine Else update My block flight time is wrong Then change it See page 21 FTG ACARS v3 User Guide
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