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1. WCG World Clearance Generator User s Manual www utr online com wcg 2010 Jasper Bussemaker All rights reserved Applies to V3 4 3 WARNING DO NOT use the WCG as your ONLY source of clearance ALWAYS make sure you have CHARTS PROCEDURES with you to prevent not being able to give a clearance when the WCG crashes Also ALWAYS cross check the clearance made by the WCG to check if it is ALL RIGHT World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 Table of Contents Table of Contents seseseseseseeecsereseesseoseecsecseecseroseeseseseoesecsescsersssesee 2 License eessseeessesssesecsecosssscsessecssssscsecessecssesecsecssssecessecssesessessssecssssecsseses 3 Installing the WCG sessessesesessesessesessessssesosssscssesosssscssesossssossesessssesee 4 The WCG SY SCC cescenswicoseciicesasdewaveseaud biweddaauesouseidionsecaveessarsoreuesetaeaen 4 DEF ielai do a AEEA EA E E A ET 5 Quick Stait essssciscsinssuisiscnaisedessisnsan ii a EE 5 The application iis suviinsiisscanastcnnssenceavuedernsiuasadeexddadguedsasnteuseagancnscssastastaaanies 6 The Upper NMG accssspsccssacasbentncnaiatacsocecasassncessssrataiasstasseminasanenande 6 The Lower line automatic update function cccccsssssseecesesees 7 The Clearance WANG saiiidenscsainanas dadiabeesssadadditpucsctddjataatatsaistaietaediijaadia 8 OD TIONS ic csincdsvsiascceviarwnss A A EEE E E EA 9 Auto update function ssssssesesoosesessescosesesssscssesesssscese2. Apt select the active take off runway s and active landing runway s and click OK If you clicked FIR select for every airport left list the active take off runway s middle list and landing runway s right list Click the Text button to the right of a clearance line to give a text clearance to an aircraft right away the WCG will connect to IvAc do recommend you to read the rest of this manual 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 5 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 The application 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 J Wofid Clearance Generator aS Options upast wats cata Clear All JHelp Manual O FIR Apt Wane Change GORLO2N 5260 ff Relea Delete tf FP Char 09 v GORLOIN 6261 9 Recea fips w FPI Cren Callsign Destination 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 The World Clearance Generator exists of three parts The Upper line this is the part which contain item 1 to 9 The Lower line this is the part of the WCG which contains all the buttons which operate the automatic update function except item 5 which is on the Upper line The Middle line also contains the status of the application It is item 10 to 16 The Clearance line this is a line which contain a clearance and all the buttons which operate the clearance like Text and FlightPlan The Clearance line can have multiple copies it just depends on how much clearances are pending The Clearance line is explained in item 17 to 25 The Upper and
3. EHAA EGTT EHAM EBBR could be a valid content note that EHAA and EGTT are FIRs while EHAM and EBBR are 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 10 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 airports the WCG will determine for itself if it is a FIR or an airport See Predefined Sector for more information 23 Click here to delete the selected predefined sector 24 Click here to edit the selected predefined sector This editing is almost the same as created a new one see item 21 25 This is the list of custom predefined settings See Predefined Sector for more information 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 11 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 Auto update function The World Clearance Generator includes a great function the auto update function This function searches the IVAO network for any planes which are on the ground of the defined airport s and will automatically give a clearance to these aircraft The part which is related to the automatic updater is item 5 and 10 to 15 on the WCG main screen Item 5 and 10 to 15 are the buttons with which you can enable or disable the automatic update function FIR Click the button next to FIR to enable to automatic update function for a FIR You will be asked to choose in which FIR you are online Then if the runways or all the airports in this FIR were defined once before you will also be asked to set all the runways APT Click the button next to APT to enable the automatic update functio
4. Lower lines are static the Clearance line and the number of Clearance lines is dynamic The Upper line 1 Click this button to add a clearance line to the application 2 To remove the last clearance line click here If that clearance line is occupied with a clearance the application will search for a free line if no free line is available it will ask if you want to continue 3 Click here to open the options screen See OPTIONS for more information 4 Click here to update the IVAO data and if enabled execute the auto update function For more information on the auto update function see Auto update function 5 Click this button if you are online as an ATC station in IvAc See ATC function for more information 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 6 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 6 This is the current location for which the Automatic update function is set When it is set for an airport you will see the ICAO code an R for runway and then the active runway So in the screenshot am online in the EHAA FIR 7 Click here to clear all clearance lines This is the current UTC system time 9 Click here to open this manual 00 The Lower line automatic update function 10 Click here to configure the runways if the automatic update function is enabled When you click this button a window will pop up In the left list you can select the airport of which you want to change the runways note that if you didn t ever c
5. files but please do send them to me via www utr online com contact when you finished these files Then can include the files in the next update This is a freeware application this means you can use it for free but you cannot distribute it unlimited You can only distribute it in name of Jasper Bussemaker and you have to include this manual with it This application is made in Visual Basic 6 0 This is Virtual Controller ATC software for the IVAO network so this application is to be run next to IvAc Virtual ATC Client This application is a clearance generator based on database files it checks some parts of the flightplan but it can always be wrong So am not responsible for any disorganization or aircraft crashes on the IVAO network IT IS FOR SIMULATION USE ONLY The use of the World Clearance Generator is at the user s risk am not responsible and or liable for any damage to you or your computer or other damage caused by the World Clearance Generator or the installer of the world clearance generator in any way The service is provided as is I am also not liable for any damage confusions or disappointments if the website www utr online com is offline or temporary not available The screenshots in this manual may not be the same as you will see the WCG but in that case nothing which affects the functioning of the application was changed You can always send an e mail to jasbus hccnet nl for any suggestions or e
6. SURE YOU HAVE CHARTS PROCEDURES WITH YOU TO PREVENT NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE A CLEARANCE WHEN THE WCG CRASHES ALSO ALWAYS CROSS CHECK THE CLEARANCE MADE BY THE WCG TO CHECK IF IT IS ALL RIGHT 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 4 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 Introduction Tired of having to give all you attention to flight clearances The World Clearance Generator or WCG solves this problem With a completely automatic user interface and a built in flightplan checker it s the best clearance tool available on the web The WCG gives flight clearances based on an easy but very extensive script When you enabled the automatic update mode the WCG will automatically download the IVAO data on a time based interval and will then check for any aircraft which are departing your airport The WCG will then fill the clearance line with the full name of the destination airport the take off runway the SID Standard Instrumental Departure and the correct transponder or squawk code It is also possible to let the WCG compose a line of text for use with the text pilots Quick start After starting the WCG click the button next to Apt to start the automatic update function for one airport Click the button next to FIR to start the automatic update function for a whole FIR Note that you will only see airports or FIRs of which the WCG has got the databases If you want to make them yourself please check the Developer s Manual If you clicked
7. a list in where you can choose the airports of which you want to let the WCG generate clearances For example if you are on Schiphol Approach EHAM_W_APP you also have got the control over the Rotterdam CTR So you need to have clearances of airplanes on Rotterdam and on Schiphol the rest of the Netherlands doesn t matter So then you can click on this button and only select EHAM and EHRD 16 This is the status of the application 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 7 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 The Clearance line 17 This is the clearance ID a random ID which is unique for every clearance 18 Here a clearance line starts This is the Callsign field If you want a clearance fill in here the callsign of the aircraft and click Get Clearance to get the clearance When running in automatic update mode this will be filled automatically Move your mouse over the field to see the radio callsign of the callsign 19 After getting the clearance the destination is shown here If you move your mouse over this field the departure and destination airport ICAO code are shown 20 Here the runway is displayed The correct take off runway will be chosen by the WCG when generating the clearance If the aircraft needs another runway for departure select the runway from this list In the top part of the list are the active runways at the bottom are the rest of the runways at the departure airport of the corresponding aircraft After selecting anot
8. ance Generator Manual 2010 An example code will be like this Clrd to DEST rwy RWY SID SID S TRANS transition SQ SQ If we take TRA999 dest EGLL rwy 36L LEKKO1V SID PAR9Q transition SQ 6267 the code will return Clrd to London rwy 36L LEKKO1V SID PAR9Q transition SQ 6267 Flightplan checker The WCG World Clearance Generator is equipped with a flightplan checker The WCG will check two parts of the flightplan The flightlevel FL The SELCAL code The SELCAL code will be in a flightplan less frequently but a lot of mistakes are made in these codes so it is checked by the WCG The FL checker of the WCG is a very advanced FL checker It checks the FL according to almost every thinkable rule about FL s If an error was found in the flightplan the FP button will turn red and if you then click it you will exactly see what was wrong including a recommended new FL Session logging The WGG is equipped with a session logger This means that every time when the WCG closes a log file is updated with some data This data includes Time UTC and time of closure Version of the WCG Version of the sector files Active location Number of given clearances Particularly this last option is handy when you controlled during an event and you have to submit how many clearances you gave The log file is located in the My Documents WCG folder and the name of the file is WCGLog l
9. ettings Furthermore it acts the same as a FIR with some selected airports Text function Here will explain the text function With the text function you can give aircraft which only have text no voice easily a clearance Have a look at the Options chapter on which options the text function has and on how to create a new text code A text code consists of a text and some variables CALLSIGN The callsign of the aircraft E G TRA999 ICAODEP The departure airport ICAO code E G EHAM DEP The departure airport E G Amsterdam ICAODEST The destination airport ICAO code E G EGLL DEST The destination airport E G London Heathrow RWY The active take off runway E G 36L SID The SID LEKKO1V TRANS The transition PAR9Q SQ The squawk code 6267 QNH The QNH air pressure at sea level 1013 WIND The winds in the following format lt HDG gt lt speed gt lt speed type gt E G 123 12KT Speed type can also be KMH kilometers per hour or MPS meters per second WINDL The winds in a long and easy format heading lt HDG gt at lt speed gt lt speed type long gt E G heading 123 at 12 knots NR The number of the clearance as shown at the left of the clearance row ROUTE The route of the aircraft GORLO UL980 LOGAN AC The ICAO aircraft code B738 UTC The current UTC time 0832 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 14 World Clear
10. her runway click Reclear item 23 to generate a new clearance 21 Here the departure SID Standard Instrumental Departure is displayed after getting the clearance If you move your mouse over this field the SID plus the full route is shown handy for spotting errors in the route quickly If the SID is displayed as for example DORIN6C PAR8A then the part before the slash is the SID and the part behind the slash is the transition If multiple matches occurred you can change the SID by choosing another one from the list 22 Here the squawk code is displayed after getting the clearance If you move your mouse over this field the current squawk code of the aircraft is shown 23 Click here to get the clearance for the corresponding aircraft item 17 This would take no more that 2 or 3 seconds on an average computer 24 Click here to remove the corresponding clearance line 25 Click here to send a text clearance to the corresponding aircraft If you enabled Send clearance to aircraft immediately Option screen item 7 the clearance will be send to the aircraft when you press Text If you did not select this option the text clearance will only be placed in the scratch pad of the IvAc COMMBox Move your mouse over this button to read the text clearance 26 This is the flightplan checker of the WCG If this button is red the WCG spotted something wrong in the flightplan Move your mouse over this button to see the filed flig
11. htlevel and if available the advised flightlevel See Flightplan checker for more details 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 8 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 27 1f this buttons is visible click here to open you browser with a link to the corresponding chart Note that if the developer of the databases didn t add a link to the charts this button will not be visible Options 1 FL Checker Predefined sectors iy Enable FLe 14 New Delete Edit Checker 2 m Rules of departure 15 i airport 4 V Rules of dest apt 16 22 23 24 l Data update interval ee 5 Windows options 7 V Send clearance to aircraft immediately Always ontop 18 Download URL pdate options E Use a direct download URL i 7 Update sectors 8 http de www ivao aero whazzup tst gz Update WCG 20 Update at major 9 Clearance ID settings E version changes NNNX N NLX A2 only Cancel 10 11 12 13 Here I will explain the options Above is a screenshot of the Options window To open this window click Options item 3 on the main window of the WCG 1 This is a list with all the text presets for the text function Select one out of the list to view it in item 2 or type a new name to create a new preset 2 In this textbox the currently selected text preset is shown see text function for more information about the parameters Click this button to save the currently selected te
12. ker It will check the FL of an aircraft and the button saying FL will go red if it is wrong 15 Check this box if you want to check the FL according to the rules of the departure airport 16 Same as 11 but then for the destination airport 17 This is the time interval between to data updates used by the auto update function in seconds Note that this cannot be less than 5 minutes as IVAO doesn t allow 3 party software to do so 18 Check this box to have the WCG displayed on top of other Windows applications at all times 19 Check this box to let the WCG check for new sector version every time on startup If there is a new version the WCG will download the files and install them Uncheck this box if you are developing your own sectors SID and SQ database files this makes sure your files are not overwritten when a new version comes online 20 Check this option if you want to enable the WCG to download any updates when they become available recommended 21 Check this option if you only want the WCG to update itself when an important new version is released If you leave this unchecked and if option 19 is checked the WCG will update itself at every available update 22 Click this button to make a new custom predefined sector You will be asked to supply the name and the contents The content consists of airports or FIRs Just type the ICAO code of the airport or FIR Divide multiple codes by a slash For example
13. n for one airport Choose the FIR of the airport in the upper list and then choose the airport in the lower list and click Apply NON Click the button next to NON to disable the automatic update function ATC function With the ATC function it is even easier to set up the automatic update function because you only have to select an ATC unit and everything else will be done automatically Click the button ATC item 5 to bring up a pop up box in which you see all the appropriate ATC units Select one and click Choose and sit back Some notes about the ATC units shown in the list Only ATC units which are online at airports where the WCG has got databases of are shown Only ATC units which are online at one airport are shown so no radars Only ATC units with the CORRECT ATIS will be show How to make sure the ATIS is correct Fill in all the fields of the ATIS take off runway landing runway TRL and TA and if you fill in the take off and landing runways make sure it is just one and in this format 24 18L 36L 36C 25R 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 12 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 Predefined sectors Another great function of the WCG is the predefined sector function A predefined sector is nothing else than a set of airports or FIRs The predefined sector function can be used for example if you are controlling in the EGTL sector All the airports officially lie within the EGTT FIR But if you control in the EGTL
14. og 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 15 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 Databases The WCG generates the clearances based on an easy script As more and more sectors will become available for the WCG the WCG needs to update these files regularly Don t worry the WCG will do this automatically On startup the WCG will check for a new version if a new version is online it will download and install it Do you want to make the sectors yourself Also don t worry because as said It s easy Just go to the start menu and then to the folder World Clearance Generator and open the developer s manual In this manual you will learn everything you have to know 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 16 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 Troubleshooting Not correctly registered component If you receive the error Component OCX of one of it dependencies was not correctly registered a file is missing or invalid try this First make sure the file missing is in the windows system32 for 32 bit pc s or windows SysWOW64 for 64 bit pc s directory Go to the start menu and click Run Paste the following without the quotes into the box and replace the XX by the exact name of the reported ocx component regsvr32 XX Then it should be all right in the case you received the error nr Ox8002801 read this tutorial Make sure you backup your registry first Error with mscomc2 dll If you received an err
15. onfigure a runway before for an airport make sure you select the airport and set the runways In the middle list you have to select the take off runway In the right list you have to select the landing runway In the lists where you select the runways multiple runways can be selected If multiple take off runways are selected the WCG will choose the best suitable take off runways per aircraft depending on the direction of the flight 11 Click this option to set the automatic update function as a FIR When you previously set it up as an airport you will get a pop up box in which you must select the FIR in which you are controlling Make sure you also set the runways item 12 the button See also Predefined Sectors 12 Click this option to set the automatic update function as an airport When you previously set it up as a FIR you will get a pop up box in which you must select the airport on which you are controlling Make sure you also select the right take off runway from the list item 10 13 Click this option to disable to automatic update function 14 Click this button to choose the FIR if the automatic update function is set as FIR or the Airport if it is set up as an airport This button disappears when the automatic update function is disabled See also Predefined Sectors 15 This button is only visible if the automatic update function is set as a FIR Click this button if you only want to have clearances of some airports You will get
16. or regarding mscomc2 dll and if you are running Windows Vista try disabling the User Account Control UAC You must be an administrator to do so Go to user accounts on the control panel of Windows then click Disable or Enable User Accounts Control and disable UAC WCG not starting up When you click the WCG shortcut icon on the desktop and nothing happens or you only hear a kind of beep try deleting or renaming if you do not want to lose it the WCG exe manifest file in the WCG installation folder C Program Files WCG What this file does is giving the buttons of the WCG then new Windows XP or Windows Vista look Visual Basic 6 the language where programmed the WCG 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 17 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 in is by default too old to do so needed to include this method to get the nicer buttons However for some systems got report of failure If this is the case with you try deleting the manifest file Other If there was another error with an ActiveX Control do a search on Google with the precise name of that control and download and install the control If you have encountered another error report it to me Please report when it happened and the exact message given to me via www utr online com contact 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 18
17. rrors 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 3 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 Installing the WCG The system requirements of the WCG are not so high you need to be able to run IvAc normally have Windows 2000 XP or Vista installed and you need a good internet connection for good and stable functioning of the software Installing the World Clearance Generator is very simple just unzip the WCG Setup zip file somewhere and run the WCG Setup exe Then follow all the steps and the WCG should be ready for use The WCG will update itself when a new version is released If this version is only a minor update like minor bug fix manual update or interface update and the Update at major version changes only is checked the WCG will not update If the new version is an important update however the WCG will always automatically update The WCG system The WCG is an application that generates clearances for aircraft which fly on the IVAO network To generate the SID and the squawk codes it uses databases These databases are located in particulair folders and contain all the data needed for generating the clearance The WCG downloads these databases automatically from the server Go to www utr online com wcg for the most actual list of sector files you want to create them yourself please read the Developer s Manual found in the start menu WARNING DO NOT USE THE WCG AS YOUR ONLY SOURCE OF CLEARANCES ALWAYS MAKE
18. sector you don t want clearances of Manchester airport So you can select an EGTL predefined sector and only aircraft which are on the predefined airports will get clearances The WCG will come with a few default predefined sector including all the EGTL sectors But you can also create them on your own Note that if you choose Europe or the World the WCG may get bigger than you screen How to edit As said the WCG comes with a few standard sectors You will not be able to edit these That is because these can be updated at anytime If you then edited some of the predefined sectors your progress will be lost You can immediately use these standard ones or create your own predefined sectors But before you start to edit them make sure the SID and squawk databases of the airports you want to include are present You can create these databases yourself read the Developer s Manual to do this If you are not sure your sector is already available go to www utr online com wcg for the most actual list Editing and creating of predefined sectors is done on the options screen Read everything about the Options screens in the Options section of this manual How to activate 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 13 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 Activation of a predefined sector is easy Just click FIR or if you are already in FIR mode click Change and scroll down until you see the predefined sectors Now select one and click Apply s
19. sossssesesosssseese 12 ATC fUNCON sisvnesdisncacessansrcscanaccncaansctasssancacedaaiuimeasnnnccncietiacdiuscaceuuns 12 Predefined Sectors ss csanscansaiiaceccecnevecssuabdanscasultanseuiiinesianesusetadievcaeauias 13 HOW to edit cisiiidiasiinciiiedaninitsinasiedalienianteienss 13 HOW to activate acti cassscvasstiemsacnosssdiicendansacanassvanssiensacsasavexconcersanns 13 Text PON ar cars sicaiecs con cise aon casuiadun cieidinde colsnunae dauaPlucuadtaducvsuadeuncaeauaestuegand 14 Flightplan checker Ss ss issccasaiun sutanenavedaccnadunsnaneeecsceoecunsasnateasssnnieeasanseensains 15 SESSION TO GRIN B iisscsasscncacasssoadcnspasaxedsucrstandacnccedsssondeeaninacesasrstagonnseas 15 Databases ie avai porochannceiabinawcubaniadirdvataaveakanscdtabin akusdasdiiadadsaaebeagaciaiaats 16 Troubleshooting esesesseseesesesssscssesesssscsessesssessescsseseosesessesosssseseee 17 Not correctly registered component sssssssssesossesssssscesesossssessee 17 Error with mscomc2 dll sesesseessesssesssseseocssecsescsescseesesoseseeecsesesese 17 WCG not starting UD ssssssesesosecsescsssossosssoseosssosescssesssoseossecsesosseo 17 Other cinecrisossoseiiiinss iciaee entien nanena anie aana eaaa aa Ddeon 18 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 2 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 License 2009 Jasper Bussemaker All rights reserved All files related to this application are property of Jasper Bussemaker You can make new SID and SQ
20. xt preset Click this button to delete the currently selected text preset Click this button to test the currently selected text preset Click this button to refresh the list of text presets item 1 Enable this option when you want the text clearance to be sent immediately to the corresponding aircraft when you click the Text button Disable this option to let the WCG only place the text clearance into the scratch pad of the lvAc COMMBox No0 U ew 2009 Jasper Bussemaker 9 World Clearance Generator Manual 2010 8 NOTE Use this option only when you know what you are doing Check this box to let the WCG download the IVAO data directly from the URL in item 9 Else it will first download data about all the direct URLs Check this box if you are experiencing problems with the default settings 9 If you check option 8 fill in here the direct download URL The URL must be a GZip gz file which contains the whazzup txt file with all the IVAO data You must restart the WCG if you changed this option 10 Click to reset all settings you will first be asked if you are sure you want to reset the settings 11 This is the format of the clearance ID An N is a number and an X is a character A to Z So NNNX results in a number like 123A or 456B 12 Click to save and apply the settings some require restarting the WCG 13 Click to quit the Option window and do not save your settings 14 Check this box to enable the Flightlevel Chec
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