VRTS Manual - Integrated Pirep System
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1. VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual 2013 jBussemaker Web Development All rights reserved http www jbussemaker com http www integratedpirepsystem com VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual Index PUPPOSC siivesccisdevescetecccsceecesccsecnesonsseasesssedessaesseessesdsees AAA sseesdasssedsaessoevedesnbeadscconesesessecdee ccesseses 3 DA NO 4 IOTTOUCTION is ioc cassccccasasesovessecscecnsnnsesessesscennaneswven sass cdecswassbensessesscsseawbensessdscdsvasssesensscescsaeseses sess 5 Performan E aaaeeeaei neea inado vt auaa AEE a ia aaia a EEE EEE NEE EEAS EAEN REEE Raai a iiai 5 OT E ica A ii 5 A E OR A 6 NAAA E A A hs ees 6 PUBLIC TRO TCI att it ti A oi de 6 RTS LV A A ia aa ai 6 CCOO A aa 6 VAINA A A ao 6 A A O acava chee 6 The VRTS Manager nocsseiirer riria cine een ae ai 7 Managing COUNSES 4 sel e seas E case vi vous tue ve pase E bs vase vs ves culls Pesach EEEE uae ee veut es 7 Oo EAE A is 7 Theoretical EMS int A a 8 Training DOCUMENTS 42 43 2h see bien ead thee asd eee sin ad Geese iss A ee 9 Managing Trainers it a A A ceeds that aaa A Sa lev tts hae Ade ea ee 9 ASSIBMINGCOUISES A eae ene A eae 9 Assigning train eS 2ss c 0532 ccedeiessaossiee ie ieee 9 Public front end AAA O O reae aiaiaaeo saaie 10 A OOOO 10 StartinE COUSES td il 10 ACTIONS icon tii SEE E EE EE PEE AEE EE E E 10 Acid A E E ATA 10 SA N N N NNE O 10 VL S A A ON 10 A REE T T EAR AONA 11 SOSSIONS NN 12 The VRTS CE2. 10 3 132 El FollowAc Stop SERIO RE E A ESSA GH oD ua 2 o ca oo cm oo oo a By clicking the Info tab on the left of the screen much more data about the aircraft is shown Click the Info label again to close the tab The VRTS Live is best run in a modern good performing browser like Google Chrome Also a widescreen monitor is recommended Note that the VRTS Live is performance heavy so don t run too much other programs next to the VRTS Live When logging in low performance can be enabled In that case the VRTS Live will update its data less frequent and all instrument animations the smooth turning of pointers for example will be disabled Sessions A session must be started before the VRTS Live can display any data Sessions come in two types e Course related sessions e Free sessions When not in session clicking the Start Session button brings up a pop up window showing the different sessions available Course related sessions will only be displayed when one is available for example when one of your trainees has planned an exam or training session Free sessions are always available Free sessions can be started with any pilot The VRTS Client In order to get the information from FS to the browser the trainee must run the VRTS Client This is a small executable Windows only which can be downloaded from the Trainee s Center After a session is started by the trainer and the trainee s FS is ru
3. Exams module of the manager Exams itself don t do anything they are used when added to a course module For each exam the time limit in minutes can be set as well as the number of questions to display the required number of questions to be answered correctly in order to pass and the number of days required to wait before the exam can be started again when it has been failed When an exam is created questions must be added to the exam The order of addition doesn t matter because when a trainee starts an exam the questions are randomly chosen and positioned Questions can be open or multiple choice For multiple choice questions some wrong answers must be added An image can be added to a question This can for example be used for questions about chart reading or something like that When editing a question you can click on the Demo link on the upper part of the page There you will see an example of how the trainee will see your question Try refreshing the page a few times to see how the randomizing works VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual Training Documents Another great feature used to support the trainees and especially the self studies of the trainees is the documents managing system of the VRTS This system consists of two manager modules Docs and Publish Docs With the Docs module administrators who have access to the module can add or edit documents These docum
4. Live is used by trainers Google Earth The VRTS can generate Google Earth KML files of a session when the session is finished The flight can then be reviewed in 3D in Google Earth In this manual with Google Earth the VRTS Google Earth system is meant not the program itself which can be obtained from http www google com earth Google Earth is used by trainers and trainees VA Integration Currently the VRTS is compatible with two VA website systems the IPS CMS or phpVMS Pilots of the VA immediately have access to the VRTS without creating another account or signing up for anything extra Installation of the VRTS creates a few pages for the VA s website which fully integrate into the website without requiring the pilots to leave the website The VRTS admin panel is separated from the VA admin panel as non VA administrators can be VRTS administrators The VRTS Live system is available on a separate URL as well Notifications The VRTS will send notification emails to trainees or trainers whenever action from them is required Please note that these are auto generated and can arrive in the spam mailbox of the receiver Especially trainers must regularly check their spam boxes for VRTS notification VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual The VRTS Manager The VRTS Manager is the back end office of the VRTS With this the administrators can manage courses exams documents and more This chapter will explain how to
5. manage courses and trainers in detail The VRTS Manager can be reached via the following URL http lt your website gt vrtslive manager In which lt your website gt is replaced by the main URL to your VA website Upon installation one pilot is assigned administrator who has access to all modules usually this is the one who has contact with jBussemaker Web Development This administrator can then appoint other administrators and trainers The VRTS Manager consists of several modules to which administrators can have access Two important modules which will be needed somewhat less often are the Admin module and the Settings module In the Admin module administrators and trainers are appointed Administrators can have access to certain modules It is advisable to only appoint administrators to the modules they manage to prevent conflicts Note if you don t give an administrator access to all modules don t give him her access to the Admin module or he she will just be able to change his her rights and gain access to all modules after all In the Settings module some settings can be changed These settings are automatically filled during installation but can be modified once the system is running Especially pay attention to the first option Automatically generate KML file when VRTS session ends It is advisable to keep this one disabled because the generated KML Google Earth files take up a lot of dis
6. NT dci A EA 12 CAU ro 13 Multiple pilots per session cocccococonoononcnncnonanononnnnnnnononanononnnnnnnnnnnonnonnnnnnnnnnnnne nn nn nnnnnnnnnnnr nn nnnnnnnnnns 13 SESSION TEVE WINE it ad ta ee A A aia hea AAA AA A da AA a a i 13 Google ESFth AE A E S E TETEE AEETI TENE 14 VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual Purpose This manual is intended for trainers and managers of the Virtual Remote Training System The purpose of this manual is to explain the basic functions and working methods of the Virtual Remote Training System This manual is not intended for the trainees No manual is available for the trainees as they only interact with the VRTS through pages which fully integrate into their VA s website and no manual was believed necessary to understand those user interfaces This manual assumes basic knowledge of virtual aviation terms VOR NDB A C VA This manual does not tell you how to manage your own VA nor does it teach you how to fly nor does it provide training material Throughout this manual the Virtual Remote Training System will be called VRTS which is the official abbreviation of the system VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual Disclaimer The Virtual Remote Training System provides a framework for training activities for Virtual Airlines It does not provide training material for example theoretical exam questions answers or practical exam grading sheets The traini
7. TS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual VRTS Live The VRTS Live is the heart of the pilot training system of the VRTS With the VRTS Live the trainers can track all data of the trainee s live in the browser The trainee s aircraft is displayed along with history flight path flight events tuned VORs NDBs the trainee s instruments basic 6 2 VOR and 2 NDB receivers radio stack and more data The VRTS Live looks like this when in session VRTS Live Virtual Remote Training System for IPS CMS Trainee Jasper Bussemaker Started 05 33 ago 2 MFoliowac j f Wi MISS a f E Core Ra j i E Mie bot OF P pe a gi HA i H g H i P osv T Ale l 4 hy amanan s Pox The instruments are usually around 1 second behind the actual trainee s instruments keep that in mind When a flight event occurs the event is Se on the map and o on the top of the window VRTS Live Virtual Remote Training System for iPS CMS Trainee Jasper Bussemaker Started 06 48 ago 322 MiFoliowAc Stop Saeron 9 2013 Bussemaker Web Development All rig VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual Zooming in beyond a certain zoom level makes the map change to satellite This is to help the trainee navigate on the ground Beware of differences between the trainee s scenery and the satellite images Live Virtual Remote Training System for IPS CMS Trainee Jasper Bussemake Started 09 40 ag
8. e removed from the session Session reviewing To end a session the Stop Session button on the top right of the VRTS Live screen must be used Just closing the browser window is not enough Sessions will automatically be closed after 2 hours of no client interaction After a session has been ended the session can be reviewed The trainee can only view the details if is not a free session The session will then appear in the course event log when viewing the course details The trainer can see all sessions at the bottom of the Trainer s Center The session details page displays a flight map the flight events log several graphs altitude speed QNH wind speed and a link to the KML Google Earth file For more information about the Google Earth file see next chapter Generally the Google Earth file contains all flight data more than is displayed on the webpage VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual Google Earth On the page where trainers can review a past VRTS Live session a Google Earth file of the session can be generated If a Google Earth file KML file is already available a link to this file is displayed Otherwise a link to generate the KML file is displayed Note that this can take a long time because the VRTS Live sessions store a lot of data The KML files itself contain data of all points during the flight The flight path is displayed in 3D complete with the position of the wings The green f
9. e trainer before the session is started After VRTS Live the session is finished the trainer decides whether the trainee can advance to the next module or not ATC Training As with the Pilot Training an appointment is made and the trainer decides whether the trainee can advance or not Theoretical Exam The trainee starts it via the front end pages After completion the trainer must validate the exam and check the open questions for right or wrong answers Pilot Practical Exam via VRTS Live The trainer makes an appointment and decides whether the trainee passed or failed afterwards ATC Practical Exam Trainer makes appointment and decides whether the trainee passed or failed afterwards Other Exam This is provided as an option to accommodate other exam types As with other exams the trainer makes an appointment and decides the outcome Rank Upgrade This is not really a module but must nevertheless be added as such Upon reaching this module the trainee is automatically advanced to the next section Note the colors are the same colors as which they appear in the VRTS When selecting Theoretical Exam as course module type the corresponding theoretical exam must also be chosen When selecting Rank Upgrade the corresponding rank must be selected Courses can become available after certain other courses have been finished Theoretical Exams Theoretical Exams can be edited in the
10. ents can be regarded as something like articles each with their own subject The documents you have created yourself will appear on top of the page in a separate table Publishing docs can be done in the Publish Docs module It works as a menu structure docs can be added to a parent document This means that this document appears as a child in the menu structure on the left side of the public academy page the page where all documents will be displayed Documents can only be removed as long as they are not published Managing Trainers Now that the courses along with supporting material like exams and documents have been created trainers can be assigned Assigning courses First of all the pilot must be made a trainer This can be done in the Admin module Then in the Trainers module the courses can be assigned to that trainer In the table under Trainers in the Trainers module all trainers are displayed When editing a trainer courses can be enabled or disabled Disabling a course for a trainer means that when a trainee requests that course that trainer cannot be assigned to that trainee On the editing page of the trainer all current and past trainees can be viewed as well as all VRTS Live sessions started by the trainer Assigning trainees When a trainee requests a course a trainer must be assigned to that trainee in order to start the course A new section will appear in the Trainers m
11. k space over time It is advised to only give one person access to the Admin and Settings modules for example the CEO or the Training Department Manager of the VA Managing courses Before any courses can be assigned to trainers courses must be created This section explains how to create courses and explains their structure Courses Courses are the leading structure within the VRTS Courses can be appointed to trainers this means that the trainer is allowed to teach that course and courses can be requested by trainees more on that in the Managing Trainers section of the manual Courses consist of modules which each require different actions to complete During the course trainees can obtain rank upgrades and when a course is completed an award can be awarded to this trainee Note that the rank upgrades are not necessary and do not correspond to the ranks of the pilots in the VA Courses are edited in the Courses module The ranks can also be created and edited in that module VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual In the following table all modules are explained displayed in the order of which they might appear in a course section between two rank upgrades along with the actions required by the trainee and trainer to finish the module Title Description Self Study A self study to be completed by the trainee Pilot Training via An appointment is made by th
12. light line represents the position of the starboard wing the red flight line that of the port wing An example of a VRTS Live flight path displayed in Google Earth A 2013 VRTS
13. ng materials grading sheets course designs etc should be created by the VA staff itself During the session the trainer and trainee have to communicate of course the VRTS doesn t provide a facility for this VA s must provide ways to communicate by themselves Voice communication via Teamspeak for example is recommended VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual Introduction The Virtual Remote Training System or VRTS is a complete training system built especially for virtual airlines The VRTS runs separately from the main website but is heavily linked to it It uses the VA s user accounts and trainees won t even notice that the VRTS is a separate system Currently the VRTS is compatible with the IPS CMS or phpVMS The main feature of the VRTS is the VRTS Live system which allows trainers to track their trainee s aircraft live via their browsers they can see the position of the aircraft on a map along with the positions of the tuned VORs and NDBs the instruments of the pilot and other data These are the other main features of the VRTS e Review training sessions in 3D in Google Earth e Advanced course managing e Theoretical examination system e Smooth VA website integration e Training documentation system e Notification system Performance Because the VRTS Live system processes so much data provided by the trainee s aircraft it can be that some performance issues are experienced The other VRTS systems are not
14. nning the trainee must start the VRTS Client The VRTS Client interface is really simple just login and the client will check for itself VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual whether a session is available or not Minimize the client to make it disappear into the system stack the collections of icons on the right of the taskbar When a session has ended the client will automatically pop up notifying the trainee that no session is available anymore The VRTS Client uses the FSUIPC interface to retrieve the data from FS The trainee must have FSUIPC installed Gauges Multiple sets of gauges can be available Currently two sets are available e Cessna 172 e Boeing 737 The C172 instruments are the default instruments used in the VRTS Live They provide the best use when the trainee is flying with small VFR airplanes The Boeing 737 gauge set is more suitable for higher speed and altitude ranges What it does is basically replace the C172 basic 6 with the PFD and display the icon of a B737 instead of a C172 on the map Multiple pilots per session During a session the trainer can add multiple pilots to a session Essentially this creates an extra session which is also displayed in the current session The instruments can only follow one aircraft at a time This can be switched by extra controls which become available when multiple pilots are in the session Note when a pilot has been added to the session it cannot b
15. odule called Course requests in red There a course request can be rejected or a trainer can be assigned Also a starting module can be chosen by default it is the first module of the requested course When a course is requested the designated notification email address set in the Settings module will receive a notification When a course request is rejected the trainee will receive a notification When a course request is accepted both the trainee and the trainer receive a notification VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual Public front end The public front end is where the trainees and trainers interact with the VRTS The VRTS pages can be reached via the following URL http lt your website gt vrts IPS CMS or http lt your website gt index php vrts phpVMS and some IPS CMS configurations In which lt your website gt is replaced by the main URL to your VA website When navigating to this URL links to other important VRTS pages academy and trainer centre will be displayed automatically The following pages are the main public pages of the VRTS the pages to which can be navigated directly not via another VRTS page e Trainee s Center the default page e Trainer s Center only available when you are a trainer e Academy the page on which the training documents are available Trainees Trainees interact via the Trainee s Center page On this page courses can be requested co
16. resource consuming First of all the VRTS Client the program used to gather all data from FS updates and sends that data to the server four times per second This can cause a Somewhat slower internet connection on the trainee s side Secondly all data received by the server is saved in the database Even though a saving method is used which only saves the changes in parameters this can still add up A session of an hour can produce several megabytes worth of data which are not removed when the session ends Thirdly the VRTS Live system updates the data every second Again only the changes are reported but during the session the tab on the browser can use as much as 150 MB of RAM It is recommended to run the VRTS Live system in a modern browser like Google Chrome Lastly when a session has ended a Google Earth file can be generated showing the 3D flight path of the trainee These files are then saved on the server A session of an hour produces a Google Earth file of a few megabytes Removing all files once in a while can help and no data is lost in the process because the data source is not lost and so the Google Earth files can be generated again User types In the VRTS users can have several roles Only registered and activated accounts of the VA can have access to the VRTS This section will discuss the different types of users A user can be any combination of the three user types All pilots have the rights of trainees A
17. trainee can access the VRTS pages on the VA website Using these pages the trainee can request courses obtain information about the courses and review his her progress VRTS Virtual Remote Training System User Manual Trainers are the next level in the VRTS They have access to some more pages on the VA website with which they can review their trainees and courses Trainers also have access to the VRTS Live system with which they can track the trainee s aircraft live in the browser Trainers are appointed by administrators via the admin panel Administrators have got the most rights They can appoint trainers manage courses and more They have access to the admin panel Access to certain managing modules can be granted or refused Elements The VRTS consists of several major elements The VRTS Manager This is the admin panel manager in which the courses trainers exams documents settings and admin roles are managed The VRTS Manager is used by managers Public front end These are the front end scripts through which the trainees and trainers interact and with which the trainees obtain all necessary data to complete the courses The public front end is used by trainees and trainers VRTS Live This is the system with which trainers can see the instruments position and other data of the trainee s aircraft The trainee aircraft is plotted on a map along with any VORs or NDBs where the trainee is tuned to The VRTS
18. urse progresses can be viewed and actions to complete are displayed Starting courses To start a course the trainee must first request the course At the bottom of the trainee s center page the available courses are displayed Only courses which have not been started yet are displayed Trainees can also review the structure of the course there Actions Sometimes to continue the course the trainee must complete an action When this is the case the trainee will usually be notified by email and on the trainee s center page the action to be completed is displayed Academy Trainees can use the academy to study subjects especially for the self study modules of the VRTS Via the Trainee s Center page they can click on the link to the academy Note that this link only appears if documents have been published Trainers Trainers interact via the Trainer s Center page This page can be reached via the Trainee s Center page by clicking the link to the trainer s center Not that this link is only available if the user is a trainer On the trainer s center page trainers can see required actions current and past trainees assigned courses and their past VRTS Live sessions Actions Sometimes to continue the course of a trainee the trainer must complete an action When this is the case the trainer will usually be notified by email and on the trainer s center page the action to be completed is displayed VR
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