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1. A320 SYS PM B737 SYS OUHD Sketches CUSTOM GB INSTRUCTOR STATION Non commercial a fos ex File FSUIPC Hel GENERAL NETWORK POSITION POSITION ENVIRONMENT FUEL LOAD RECORDER SIM CONTROL m TRAFFIC FAILURE Mode o rm EN A 7 FAIL E RESET ALL FAIL ON OFF BELOW gre GENERAL Reset AIR COND E PANEL FAIL B737 SYS OUHD Sketches CUSTOM 30 Jun 2014 Page 47 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 3 INSTRUCTOR STATION Non Guinn calla File FSUIPC Help KEYBOARD VOICE FREEZE PAUSE GENERAL GENERAL PANEL FAIL A320 SYS PM QUHD Sketches CUSTOM 65 INSTRUCTOR STATION Non commercial ol e File FSUIPC Help KEYBOARD VOICE FAILURE Mode m dd NE GENERAL PANEL FAIL A320 SYS PM B737 SYS FAULT FAULT FAULT OFF CUSTOM 30 Jun 2014 Page 48 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 SIM CONTROL This tab provides the following functions Selection of different views in FS controlling the amount of zoom up down pan direction etc Change of the simulation rate SIM RATE Slew controls this provides control of FS s Slew Mode When using the slew controls click on the plane icons in the center of the arrows to stop movement Display of remaining seconds of Instant Replay Turn FS Sound On or Off Reset Simulation Gen
2. PROGRAM MANUAL REV DATE DESCRIPTION 30 Jun 2014 Issued with v3 01 2 Feb 2014 Issued with v2 13 17 Nov 2013 Issued with v2 1 3 Nov 2012 Issued with v2 0 18 Sep 2011 Issued with v1 60 S MWM 0 a 6 Dec 2010 Issued with v1 50 Instructor Station Revision 5 The Instructor Station web site can be found at http luisgordo googlepages com instructorstation Copyright O 2008 2014 Luis Gordo This program is protected under copyright laws of the United States of America and international treaties U S Copyright Office Registration No TX 7 058 798 30 Jun 2014 Page 2 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 INDEX INTRODUCTION iiss sscccnaseaasteesasdansconnsanpsewseeeaa RES aS Re PRSE ES SURFER Tb PA 4 REQUIREMENTS usina iaa 8 INSTALLATION amp REGISTRATION ecce eere eene 9 MAIN FEATURES o Haie REP ERAS CRRVeR REFERS es sobo VR E Ra SUPE e P RUE dao 10 HISTORY OF CHANGES eo sens ree aque een o Pa SES NEN NR ET SENE TM ET MR ePe TOR 12 DESCRIPTION OF TABS eriiee estere een en uae rpe FFRT oso PER EN Pere pda 15 GENERAL orriren bett DU aaraa Aaa eai ANS 18 NETWORK sia 20 POSITION ars ia 27 ENVIRONMENT ns 31 FUEL LOAD iniciada 33 RECORDER acia oA no EM um 35 FAILURES E 46 SIVECONTROL Mr 49 O C Cs ideplstiven uva det arduo cdo i tel ue Ee lute ed pu dedi Pd en 50 TRAPO eras Ete ve th Orb oM AA ES 53 PORTADA rancia 54 TROUB
3. Instructor Station Revision 5 REQUIREMENTS System requirements This program has been tested to work on a machine with the following characteristics e Pentium lll 800MHz e 256 MHz RAM e 100 MB minimum hard disk space Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 7 also works on Windows Vista Windows 8 and other operating systems but these are currently not supported Microsoft NET Framework version 4 0 download Microsoft Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and FSX many features work on FS2002 ESP Prepar3D and X Plane but these are currently not supported Registered copy of FSUIPC and WideFS for related features by Peter Dowson Project Magenta for related features PM Airbus Type Suite Glass Cockpit pmSystems FCU amp MCDU configured for A319 320 321 some features work for A330 340 but currently not supported Aircraft Simulation Technologies AST for related features AST Airbus Suite A319 320 321 Not fully functional Network Card will require Wake On LAN compatibility for network related features Google Earth or another 3D earth browser geo browser implementing KML encoding for related features XPUIPC for X Plane compatibility Please note that XPUIPC is still beta http tosi online de First html by Torsten Spiering Optimum resolution 1920 x 1200 Microsoft Broadcom Widcomm Bluetooth BlueSoleil and StoneStreetOne Bluetopia
4. These 5 steps lead you to have your simulator up and running Now you will also want to shut the simulator down from the Instructor Station software so follow these steps 6 You need to configure WideClients so that it accepts the shutdown signal sent from the Instructor Station Again please read the WideFS manual but believe you need to add the following in the User section of the WideClient ini file on each computer AllowShutdownzYes 7 You will want to close the WideClient program in the Instructor Station computer so you need to modify the STOPSIM bat file as follows Replace the last 4 lines of the file with the following echo Closing WideClient taskkill F IM wideclient exe ping n 5 127 0 0 1 gt NUL exit This should lead you to having all your computers off and no other programs running but the Instructor Station Option 1 needs to be configured the same way except that step 4 is not necessary and in step 5 the STARTSIM bat file needs to be configured so that Flight Simulator is executed from it 30 Jun 2014 Page 23 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 ForeFlight Integration a The Instructor Station can send GPS input from the flight simulator to ForeFlight Mobile v4 7 1 or newer over a WiFi network This requires ForeFlight Mobile v4 7 1 or newer on any supported platform To enable this feature in Instructor Station click on the Enable FOREFLIGHT checkbox To enable this feature in Fore
5. U S Sweden e lam really impressed with iStation Very powerful tool Congrats M L USA e Thanks a lot for that great piece of software S W Germany e Station is a great product G A USA e Your program is excellent worked for Boeing in flight training simulation for many years and it s as good as any have seen G A USA e Il havea little home cockpit and use this for IFR Multiengine training so your program is a very good additional feature many thanks P V Germany e Thank you for developing Instructor Station It s a great tool in combination with FSX H M S Germany e We have used Instructor Station now since February 2013 it s in use on our Cessna simulator at the Museum Instructor Station is a big help in giving people a good experience in our simulator F A Norway e Avery good product A must have mvc340 Spain e Have installed the software and its great have used VISPRO in the past but find this software better A K Australia e Thank you again for a brilliant tool I m a professional pilot with UK airline Flybe on the Dash 8 Q400 this tool will really help me practice various things K I UK e I m a pilot from Jordan actually don t know how to thank you because of this great effort you made for the flight simulation industry W H Jordan e It looks like you have really brought the software to the next le
6. Contingency Time min Final Reserve min Planned LU bs Load FUEL Center of Gravity MAC to ACFT 30 Jun 2014 Page 34 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 RECORDER This tab contains the following pages ANALYZE Allows monitoring and logging different aircraft data altitude height airspeed descent rate V S bank angle pitch angle etc which can be graphically displayed against time TIME PLOT or against the distance to the runway DISTANCE PLOT FLT PHASES This page will show the current flight phase in real time with an ongoing simulator session Possible flight phases are Idle Taxi Take off Climb Cruise Descent and Approach amp Landing Note that the threshold values that help distinguish one phase from another can be modified in the tabs located to the right of the Flight Phase window Alternatively when a loaded data set is present the different flight phases can be analyzed and listed in the Flight Phases list to the right This list can then be used to select specific phases and analyze those phases with the tools on the Analyze page ACFT DATA Shows the following information e Position and Speed Displays aircraft coordinates as well altitude amp height speeds IAS TAS GS and vertical speed e Attitude Displays pitch bank headings true amp magnetic elevator trim position and side slip angle e Engines Displays N1 N2 RPM and
7. The disclaimer of warranty and limitations on liability contained in Section 4 shall continue in force even after your rights to use the Software are terminated 4 DEMO OR EVALUATION VERSIONS If LG designates the Software as a Demo or Evaluation version you may use the Software solely for evaluation purposes for the designated 15 day period Use of the Software and or documentation beyond the 15 day evaluation period violates LG s rights as described above including but not limited to LG s rights under the United States Copyright Act You acknowledge that any Demo or Evaluation version is merely a technology demonstration that may not be at the level of performance or compatibility of generally available LG products Demo or Evaluation versions are provided strictly on an as is basis and are subject to Section 2 above 5 UPGRADES ADD ONS If the Software is designated by LG as an Upgrade or Add On product you may only use the Software if you are also currently a licensed user of the base product to which the Upgrade or Add On applies Unless the INSTRUCTOR STATION documentation for an Upgrade or Add On specifically provides you shall not separate upgrade products from base products nor transfer them separately LG reserves the sole and exclusive right to set its policies and prices regarding updates upgrades add ons and enhancements All other terms of this EULA apply with equal force to any such Upgrades 6 GENERAL MISCELLANE
8. any printed materials or any online or electronic documentation you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA Grant of Non exclusive Limited License Warranty Remedy and Limitations Termination Demo or Evaluation Versions Upgrades Add ons General Miscellaneous Clauses Contact Information NOURWNPR 1 GRANT OF NON EXCLUSIVE LIMITED LICENSE The Software and related documentation is licensed not sold Any rights not clearly and expressly granted to you under this EULA are reserved to LG Provided you have paid all applicable fees registered the Software with LG if requested and otherwise complied with this EULA LG grants you the following personal non exclusive non transferable limited rights a One user may use the Software on the Customer s computer where the Software was installed you may use the Software on a second computer so long as only one copy is used at a time and only after having secured a second license permission from LG You may use the Software on a network ONLY IF each individual accessing the Software through the network has a copy licensed to that individual and installed on the machine from which they are accessing the network and you may copy the Software for archival purposes provided the copy contains all of the original Software s proprietary notices b You may use the Software for private entertainment purposes only and may not use this Software to conduct training aircraft fa
9. function button More events are logged in the message window Recorder tab gear up down flaps position spoilers position armed etc All these events will now be extracted to Google Earth kml file and shown graphically Minor bugs fixed Version 1 50 6 December 2009 N2 stall speeds amp G Force values are now tracked logged and can be plotted etc Repositions relative to FS runways Improved runway selector drop down lists behaviour Improved logging window functionality Included possibility to set RWY conditions for use with TSR programs Tracker window added to enhance Instructor awareness 30 Jun 2014 Page 13 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 e Real time tracking of flight in 2D and 3D via Google Earth e Aircraft Simulation Technology AST compatibility Airbus 32X series Not fully implemented e Updates to PDF report e Improved Failures trigger failures when above below altitudes speeds e Automated fuel distribution added to main fuel tank page e On screen keyboard included e Minor bugs fixed Version 1 30 28 March 2009 e Real time data plots e KML export to Google Earth e Changed look color set e Officially copyrighted version e Minor bugs fixed Version 1 25 29 October 2008 e ICAO Airport database for aircraft positioning included e Dawn Day Dusk amp Night settings improved amp working 100 e Slew controls available on Views tab
10. setting in FS 2 Check if your firewall is blocking the way out 3 Please also check your wideclient and wideserver are properly running 4 Try disconnecting and reconnecting to FSUIPC from the Instructor Station program menus 5 Check you have Microsoft NET Framework 4 0 installed 6 Try to run the program on your FS server computer to discard any other problems 7 Check you have the latest version of the Instructor Station Check at http luisgordo googlepages com instructorstation 30 Jun 2014 Page 55 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 Symptom Flight Simulator not responding to weather settings Aircraft Position selected from Runway Runways button is not correct Flight Simulator stopped responding to Instructor Station commands The KML file created from the Logged Data prompts an error in Google Earth Probable Cause Dynamic Weather enabled in Flight Simulator Global instead of WXR Station selected in the Environment tab WXR ICAO r4 csv and g5 csv files not customized to current Flight Simulator scenery and installed airports User changed from one aircraft to another Incorrect decimal symbol and digit grouping symbol Navigation data files not available Solution Please turn the Dynamic Weather option off within Flight Simulator for FS2004 World Weather Dynamic weather Rate of change None When using FSX or late
11. 40 20 M eo lt 10 Elo 2 10 y 20 amp 30 3 E lt o 30 40 2 50 60 120 100 120 30 Jun 2014 Page 43 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 EDGF 026 Attitude 1554 Heading 259 Directions To here From d E em ACET POS vri e mj T pue ee ES 2 i317 131485 P Schlitz 3 Google gies lev 1124 n wo 3 Eye alt 30 Jun 2014 Page 44 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 S EHURO MEDIE JELUI 151 A zki a ELIKA ER Cien NS da E MAAAN z fio wi DAY X DUCOZ T h w E IHEWIKDWH 17RiLOC 8 KDWH 035R 7 A ae E mdp E INNO EELRO piMBZ MATON M BANTY e JACEN h POCNO HXWVAY s ue EN SHOVE KEREY PY MORIE 4 Starting Point PABLY J KICET BOLOS GLSRC j ACEM POS S GALVESTON NDB Galveston Du GUS IGES RAWUF JURID F TRINITY VOR DME al OMEHU eas Y S gt f snook LA Dn eo o Google E 016 ch emu 30 Jun 2014 Page 45 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 FAILURES This tab enables performing the following tasks Command failures of any of the following systems e Panel Gauges Altimeter Radios etc e Electronic Displays Captain and or F O PFD ND Upper Lower ECAM EICAS CDU MCDUs e Control surfaces flaps spoilers ailerons rudder elevator e Gear failure e Individual or whole system failures hydraulic electric etc e E
12. Bluetooth stacks for GPS data export via Bluetooth Microsoft Speech SDK 5 1 Windows XP FLIGHT DATA RECORDER Mobile for iPhone iPad to use related features Working Internet connection for real weather downloading license verification etc 30 Jun 2014 Page 8 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 INSTALLATION 8 REGISTRATION Simply run the iStation_setup_v3 xx exe file and install to a folder of your choice To register the program please purchase a LICENSE at http luisgordo googlepages com instructorstation3 Send your product CODE will be shown when you run the program in the Login window to luisgordo gmail com After your payment is verified a KEY will be sent to your email address Please bear in mind that the KEY is computer specific meaning that if you wish to install the program on another computer you will have to send a new key request at no extra cost see EULA for details To run the application double click on the istation exe file A window will appear showing a CODE and asking you to enter a valid license KEY Please introduce here the key that was sent to you by email after your purchase If a valid KEY is not entered or the license cannot be verified internet connection required the program will run in Demo mode for 3 minutes LICENSE MANAGER 2 3 Era or A LI ma LICENSE 30 Jun 2014 Page 9 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 MAIN FEATURES Co
13. Dynamic weather in FS2004 Please remember to generate the r4 csv and g5 csv files suited to your Flight Simulator installation Please find the instructions in the Position tab description If you change aircraft in Flight Simulator FS we recommend disconnecting and reconnecting the link to FSUIPC from the Instructor Station Under certain circumstances several Positioning and Recorder features may not work correctly If experiencing problems we recommend setting the following Number Regional Options Settings Control Panel Regional and Language Options e Decimal Symbol point e Digit Grouping Symbol comma Always save the KML file Google Earth to the Instructor Station main program folder You will then be able to move it elsewhere In the upper menu bar the following menus are available e File allows to load amp save program settings as well as to exit the application e FSUIPC connect amp disconnect from FSUIPC e Help Links to the Instructor Station home amp License purchase web pages as well as FSUIPC Google Earth Navigation Data amp Free Virtual Keyboard web pages Links to the US Aeronautical Chart Google Earth Overlays are also provided Information regarding the Instructor Station is available clicking About e KEYBOARD To cater all tastes two main options are available for users requiring an on screen keyboard touch screen setups Windows OSK and F
14. Station can work natively on Tablet PCs simply requires the correct Microsoft NET Framework to be installed Using a simple application called Air Display http avatron com apps air display the PC monitor can be extended to the corresponding Apple or Android device Not only that when displayed on the mobile device the Instructor Station can be controlled with the device s normal touch screen capabilities 30 Jun 2014 Page 54 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 TROUBLESHOOTING In case you are experiencing problems with the Instructor Station please read through the following section before contacting us for Support You can also visit the Support section of our Forum for additional help http www cockpitbuilders com community index php board 57 0 Symptom Probable Cause The program gives Microsoft NET an execution error Framework v4 0 upon startup not installed Microsoft Windows XP not updated Microsoft Speech SDK not installed Instructor Station Multiple does not connect to the FS Server from remote computer Solution Please visit the following page and download and install Microsoft NET Framework v4 0 http www microsoft com en us download details aspx id 17851 Please install Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 Please install Microsoft Speech SDK 5 1 http www microsoft com en us download details aspx id 10121 Check the following 1 Disconnect the dynamic WXR
15. Version 1 21 29 September 2008 e Fixed bug related to Elevator Trim in Position Tab when using FSX Version 1 20 23 September 2008 e Boeing 737 aircraft type included Position Fuel Load amp Failures tabs e Elevator will gradually fall down smoothly to zero when the option is set in the General tab instead of falling abruptly to zero as before e Minor bugs fixed Version 1 10 20 August 2008 e Enhanced FSX compatibility e Aircraft coordinates latitude longitude and distance to runway threshold are logged and can be plotted e Automatic logging feature when descending below 3500 AGL added e Added variable plots against runway distance and also approach profile plots e Situation Load Save now made available Share your preferred and most challenging approaches with fellow flight simmers e Approach Performance PDF Report added Version 1 00 29 June 2008 e Release version Version 0 8 20 June 2008 e Pre release version Testing under way and final code lines being added Version 0 5 27 May 2008 e Core code programmed and 70 of all features implemented Version 0 1 2 May 2008 e Initial development 30 Jun 2014 Page 14 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 DESCRIPTION OF TABS IMPORTANT NOTES For the Instructor Station to work properly Dynamic Weather has to be turned OFF within Flight Simulator Rate of change None in World Weather
16. departure field To import an FDR file follow these simple steps a Openthe FDR window b Press the LOAD button and select the CSV file that is to be imported IMPORTANT User should wait until the Google Earth plugin has loaded in the LOADED TRACK window Otherwise an error will be shown Note that 30 Jun 2014 Page 37 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 Google Earth needs to be installed on the PC for the plugin to work properly c Check data rename if desired trim if desired and check appropriate options default options are recommended d Press the IMPORT button and go to the RECORDER tab E Import FLIGHT DATA RECORDER bodka FLIGHT DATA RECORDER IMPORTED DATA INFORMATION LOADED TRACK NI6I5A Luis Pad Pod Mni 0S 7 1 Free G 109 NM 1 hr 18 min 20 sec LN SHOU IN ESE 131538 sense TRACKER WINDOW a BANK EL TRIM 237 O 110 Pressure Sea Level 1013 hPa 29 92 mmHg SIM UTC 30 Jun 2014 Page 38 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 Why is the recorded altitude different from the one on my altimeter Differences between Barometric and GPS altitude Assuming that the GPS displays the geometric height above the geoid and that the signal reception is good then the GPS will display the height AMSL 45 m For any given geometric height the indicated altitude of the altimeter the one that defines airspace will vary depending on the
17. manifold pressure data for engines 1 amp 2 Special plots for monitoring the performance of approaches can be displayed with the APPROACH PLOT Please bear in mind that to make these plots possible the program needs the runway threshold coordinates which can be achieved by pressing Select RWY for PLOT and choosing the appropriate airport and runway These plots can also be generated and followed in real time showing the aircraft s current position The graphical plot of this information can be sent to the clipboard saved as an image or directly be printed The information itself can be saved to a file DAT file for future use in the Instructor Station Currently data is logged each 400 milliseconds 0 4 seconds These plots can also be generated and followed in real time data is refreshed each second The maximum amount of time during which data can be recorded is 10 hours 36 000 seconds After this time a DAT file can be saved and a new log started if necessary The Create PDF REPORT button will create a PDF document in which the variables minimum average and maximum values and remarks of the whole or the selected portions of a flight will be displayed When logging data alerts upon abnormal values of the parameters mentioned above or certain factors specifically those mentioned below will be triggered Acoustic warning will be provided if the Warnings Sound checkbox is marked e Vertical spee
18. one of the two need to be specified left or right hand turns note that if let blank right hand turns are default press the CALCULATE HOLD button This will display the holding pattern to the right depicting the current aircraft direction yellow line and the recommended entry procedure To the left of the graphic the distance bearing outbound course and entry procedure are also displayed By clicking the EXPORT to Google EARTH button the holding pattern will be exported to Google Earth and overlaid to the aircraft track GB INSTRUCTOR STATION Non commercial eo fe File FSUIPC Help KEYBOARD VOICE NAU DATABASE SU SOUTHUEST ATIS AWOS RADIOS 6 XPNDR Google earth T m SER AM s iss 225 Re 12971 SACOS ASOS MA 2 O6 160 12 VORTAC AL SCHOLES UA 113 0 TEMA 30 Jun 2014 Page 51 of 65 o Instructor Station Revision 5 GB INSTRUCTOR STATION Non commercial File FSUIPC Help KEYBOARD voice NAU DATABASE ATIS AUOS EJ Microsoft Flight Simul Flights Aircraft World Options Views Help Add ons p pensar a y ES Air Traffic Control TWR DEP CTR APP Clearance Delivery GND icrosoft Anna X W EXIT VIA i mem em mue om seo 30 Jun 2014 Page 52 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5
19. program is excellent am a commercial airline pilot fly the ATR 42 72 for Farnair Europe P D UK e Exemplary support and Great Product e bought this software two weeks ago and have had some time to play with it And in my opinion it is worth every penny This is the best deal out there to get a functional instructor station for very reasonable money have not tried some of the more advanced functions yet but so far am very happy with this program I H Norway e Your software is very good It is a real alternative to Project Magenta s instructor station e Wonderful and affordable flight instructor station software e iStation is a lot of fun As a pilot appreciate all the features It compares very well with the simulators we used at FLIGHT SAFETY C M USA e You have a great program keep up the good work D M USA e have tested your software with other add ons Sky env Ground Env etc and it works very well e The Weather setting is pretty cool amp easy E K Germany e run both FS9 and FSX but mostly FS9 and am glad Station performs in both e think this is a great product Absolutely love this M M USA 30 Jun 2014 Page 6 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 e This is a good program and I can see how an Instructor Station would really benefit from it look forward to the next version W M USA e About your great software Instructor Station can t
20. Flight Information File DAFIF and from the FAA s National Flight Database Please visit the above link for updated database files All the plots described above can be monitored in real time use buttons located in the real time box data is refreshed every second to these displays Also monitoring of the flight in real time using Google Earth is possible Click on the START export to Google EARTH checkbox to enable this feature and then click on the OPEN Google EARTH button just to the right This will open the real time data access in Google Earth Note that by clicking on the same blue sphere described above a window appears allowing a one time export to Google Earth of the desired navaids Again data sent to Google Earth is updated each second The folders that will appear in Google Earth are as follows e Flightpath view allows free panning of the flightpath data e Chase view will automatically pan the flightpath data for a complete view from above Note that for a smooth viewing experience both views described above should not be active at the same time To monitor data in Real Time the START button needs to be pressed Recorder needs to be working for any real time features to work This is not needed when using the Tracker Window TRACKER WINDOW this button will open a new window displaying useful data to follow the flight progress including an artificial horizon
21. Flight Mobile first make sure both your iPad and Instructor Station machine are connected to the same local network Then run the Instructor Station and enable export for ForeFlight Mobile in the NETWORK tab DATA EXPORT page Run ForeFlight Mobile on the iPad and go to the More Devices view Tap iStation and set the Enabled option to Yes Refer to the Pilot s Guide to ForeFlight Mobile for more information ForeFlight Intelligent Apps for Pilots 30 Jun 2014 Page 24 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 GPS Data Export via Bluetooth The Instructor Station takes advantage of FSUIPC s GPSOut feature to export NMEA compatible GPS data to a navigation map application on another device tablets smartphones PDAs android OS devices etc via Bluetooth The data is exported from FS by FSUIPC for FSX and later or by the DLL module GPSOut FS2004 and earlier Either way the GPS data can be sent to a COM port on the FS computer or to a COM port on a remote computer via WideFS To do this follow the steps below 1 Set up a pair of linked virtual COM ports A virtual serial port program freeware from MixW is provided by Peter Dowson with GPSOut and can be downloaded from his webpage http www schiratti com dowson html Note that the MixW virtual port program might not work on all systems It does not work on Vista nor on 64 bit operating systems For these the easy to use and freeware utility comOcom is d
22. IED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE REMAINS WITH YOU IN NO EVENT WILL LG OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL INDIRECT OR OTHER SPECIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING LOST DATA LOST REVENUES OR LOST PROFITS EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES LG RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY THIS DOCUMENT AT ANY TIME WITHOUT OBLIGATION TO NOTIFY ANYONE IN NO EVENT SHALL LG S OR ITS SUPPLIERS LIABILITY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT EXCEED THE SUM 30 Jun 2014 Page 62 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 OF ANY AMOUNTS PAID HEREUNDER BY YOU TO LG OR THE SUPPLIER REFUNDS FOR DIGITALLY DELIVERED SOFTWARE WILL BE MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH LG POLICY AS STATED ON THE INSTRUCTOR STATION LG WEB SITE REFUND REQUESTS FOR NON DIGITALLY DELIVERED SOFTWARE WILL BE MADE WITH THE RETAILER OR DISTRIBUTOR AND NOT DIRECTLY WITH LG 3 TERMINATION The license will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with the terms conditions or limitations contained in this EULA including the payment of applicable license or other fees You may terminate this EULA at any time with no obligation on the part of LG by destroying all copies of the Software deleting any copies of the Software from your hard drives ceasing all use of the Software and documentation and providing satisfactory proof to LG that you have done so
23. LESHOOTING i scssescsssssvastonsasvocrsdudestwancbesvasbeseswesseevevedas 55 SUPPORT aura 58 LICENSE COPYRIGHT rise eae dicos tiritas 58 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT eese saepe re Renh recorriendo 59 DISCLAIMER amp FINAL NOTES secre nennen nennen 60 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EULA 61 30 Jun 2014 Page 3 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 INTRODUCTION This utility is meant to assist Aviation Professionals Flight Simulation Enthusiasts and Home Cockpit Builders using Microsoft Flight Simulator FS 2004 FSX and ESP Lockheed Martin Prepar3D and X Plane The Instructor Station allows to set the aircraft on an approach to a runway of choice under any weather conditions start up and shutdown network computers fully customizable program or set aircraft system failures at any moment calculate the amount of fuel required for a flight and load it to the aircraft record flight performance approaches maneuvers landings take offs etc and plot it graphically and many other things Compatible with all types of aircraft It is also a great tool for anybody who wants to control the flight simulator externally gra Many features are also available for Project Magenta users pmSystems Glass Cockpit CDU MCDU MCP FCU and AST users The Instructor Station program has proven to be very successful amongst the Aviation PC Flight Simulation and Cock
24. NT Option 1 Instructor Station running on the WideServer PC 7 COMPUTER 1 FLIGHT SIMULATOR WIDESERVER COMPUTER 2 COMPUTER 3 COMPUTER 4 COMPUTER 5 WIDECLIENT WIDECLIENT WIDECLIENT WIDECLIENT INSTRUCTOR STATION Option 2 Instructor Station running on the WideClient PC 30 Jun 2014 Page 20 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 Via the NETWORK tab the following can be done A N Start network computers remotely REMOTE START The network computers information is to be inputted into the PCList txt file Please input as follows COMPUTER 1 gt Choose whatever name you want 0D00795F397E5 gt MAC address of the computer s LAN card 192 168 0 9 gt IP address of the computer 255 255 255 0 gt Subnet mask 7 gt Port number Important when accessing from outside a network router you should enable this port in the router This setting is not important when running all computers and the Instructor Station in a local network COMPUTER 2 MAC Address IP Address Subnet mask Port No Here is an example COMPUTER ONE 0019DB6BA4FD 192 168 0 2 255 255 255 0 7 COMPUTER TWO 00805A62C8B6 192 168 0 3 255 255 255 0 7 Note that the format shown above needs to be respected no dashes between digits in the MAC addresses no blank lines between computers etc Once this file is set up the list of computers should appear in the Instructor Station Network Co
25. OUS CLAUSES This EULA shall be governed by and construed under the substantive laws applicable to the United States of America If any provision of this EULA is held to be unenforceable the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect You agree that this EULA is entered into at Houston Texas and further agree that any legal or equitable dispute brought or arising under this Agreement shall be brought in the State and Federal courts for the State of Texas This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between You and LG about the Software and documentation and shall not be modified except in a writing signed by LG 30 Jun 2014 Page 63 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 7 CONTACT INFORMATION For communications concerning this EULA please write to LG using the following email address LUISGORDO GMAIL COM 30 Jun 2014 Page 64 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 The Instructor Station web site can be found at http luisgordo googlepages com instructorstation Copyright O 2008 2014 Luis Gordo This program is protected under copyright laws of the United States of America and international treaties U S Copyright Office Registration No TX 7 058 798 30 Jun 2014 Page 65 of 65
26. S e Reference speeds flaps full amp clean configuration stall speeds e Pitch Bank amp Side Slip e True amp Magnetic Headings e Elevator Trim position e G Forces e Engine parameters N1 N2 RPM manifold pressure All these variables can be plotted against elapsed time or against distance to runway threshold and can be monitored in real time as flight progresses Runway Approach plots vertical amp horizontal 30 Jun 2014 Page 10 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 And many more Create performance reports in PDF with maximum minimum and average values of variables flight events flaps up down gear up down etc and other general information Export flight path navaids and airways to Google Earth KML file allowing further performance assessment in 2D and 3D and with real satellite imagery Google Earth features Navigation aids are also exported to Google Earth Flight progress can be monitored after a flight is completed or while it is in progress IAS and altitude are shown in real time Flight events gear up down flaps up down etc are also plotted Tracker Window with artificial horizon display and other data to enhance instructor awareness Enables control of the First Officer QNH settings by adjusting only the Captain QNH project magenta Enables Synchronizing the Flight Simulator time with the system PC time and with internet ZULU time servers Works on any WideF
27. S connected PC On Screen Keyboard for touch screen setups Flight Freeze mode allows stabilizing the aircraft at a certain position before executing a manoeuvre i e an approach etc Playback mode review flight data previously saved plot it review in Google Earth and resume a flight at any selected point in time ATC communications the instructor can now send ATC instructions that can be heard text to speech technology and or read text on FS window by the pilot in the simulator Export flight simulator GPS data via Bluetooth to external devices allowing navigation applications to be used during simulated flights Export flight simulator GPS data to ForeFlight Mobile via WiFi Voice Control beta Flight Data Recorder Mobile import data and audio from real flights or trips Real time weather SOFTUARE O m ES c Free Virtual Keyboard wwwireeVirualke boardcom gsc FL F2 F3 Fa FS F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 11 F12 PAARE 5 6 7 8 9 0 Backsp E ee es co sd ese Esla Tab q wel ee yl u i o p cl L caps a s d figh j k I enter T T 7 Shift z x c v b n m Shift ae a JES Ctrl Win Att AltGr Ment Ctrl 30 Jun 2014 Page 11 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 HISTORY OF CHANGES Version 3 01 30 June 2014 Re designed user interface Added quick set for setting TCAS al
28. TRAFFIC To turn the Traffic Radar on click on the Traffic Radar ON checkbox This tab allows monitoring of airborne and ground Al traffic created by Flight Simulator or other 3 party software It also allows generating Al traffic which will not be visible in FS only on the radar screen and TCAS instruments This feature allows practice of TCAS alert scenarios To easily set a traffic scenario do the following on the COLLISION COURSE SET tab 1 Set desired incoming traffic direction i e 2 o clock traffic 2 Set desired time for collision default is minute 3 Set initial traffic distance default is 1nm 4 Select if traffic will be at same altitude default above or below and if so how many feet above or below default is 1000 ft 5 Once this is done note that steps 2 4 are optional click SET PARAMETERS this will set the appropriate values in the Advanced tab 6 When ready click GENERATE TRAFFIC Detailed parameters are shown and can be modified on the Advanced tab if needed Lola a GENERAL NETWORK POSITION ENVIRONMENT FUEL LOAD RECORDER FAILURES SIM CONTROL NAUCOM TRAFFIC RADAR DISPLAY CONTROL US INSTRUCTOR STATION Non commercial File FSUIPC Help amp tu El Show Airborne Traffic Range Nautical Mies COLLISION COURSE SET ADVANCED 30 Jun 2014 Page 53 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 PORTABILITY The Instructor
29. WXR setting does not work in FSX The WXR CONTROL box located at the top After setting the desired conditions press the SET button to transfer them to the Flight Simulator It is always recommendable to clear the existing weather CLEAR button before trying to set new conditions This tab contains the following pages QUICK SET Preset WXR scenarios this box allows setting VFR MVFR IFR or LIFR conditions or an approach in the visibility conditions marked by the ICAO standards ICAO Annex 10 AERONAUTICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS Volume 1 RADIO NAVIGATION AIDS 2 1 1 There are three categories of ILS which support similarly named categories of operation CAT I A precision instrument approach and landing with a decision height not lower than 200 ft 60 m above touchdown zone elevation and with either a visibility not less than 800 m or a runway visual range not less than 550 m An aircraft equipped with an Enhanced Flight Vision System may under certain circumstances continue an approach to CAT Il minimums Selecting a CAT approach in the Instructor Station will set the visibility to 800 m CAT Il Category Il operation A precision instrument approach and landing with a decision height lower than 200 ft 60 m above touchdown zone elevation but not lower than 100 ft 30 m and a runway visual range not less than 350 m Selecting a CAT Il approach in the Instructor Station will set the RVR to 400m CAT III A A preci
30. agnetic Heading degrees 12 Side Slip degrees 13 Engine 1 N1 14 Engine 42 N1 15 Elevator Trim Position 16 Latitude 17 Longitude 18 Distance from RWY Threshold nm 19 G force g s 20 Engine 1 N2 21 Engine 2 N2 22 Full Flaps Stall Speed knots 23 Clean Configuration Stall Speed knots 24 Engine 41 RPM 25 Engine 42 RPM 26 Engine 1 Manifold Pressure mmHg 27 Engine 42 Manifold Pressure mmHg 30 Jun 2014 Page 41 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 GB INSTRUCTOR STATION Non commercial File FSUIPC Help KEYBOARD voice FAILURES SIM CONTRO navcort TRAFFIC Logging data Ground Speed GS MM Vertical Speed V S IM Altitude above zea level IM Height above ground Magnetic Heading Side Sip Anglo Import FDR MOBILE LOAD SAVE DATA FLT PHASES ACFT DATA START export to Coogle EARTH LOAD II Distance to RUY Il G Force IM Engine N2 CENA E One Time 45 nm Export 30 Jun 2014 Page 42 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 Approach Performance Instructor STATION Vertical Approach Profile lope T Gi d 6000 2 5000 4000 o Z 3000 o 2000 1000 lt 0 Distance to RWY threshold nm Lateral Approach Profile ACFTPOS sm LOCALIZER LOCALIZER RW E ki gt S 2 a 15 10 5 0 Distance to RWY threshold
31. an aircraft heading and wind speed heading indicator gear position on ground airborn indicator flaps and spoiler position brake on off engine data altitude and height QNH indicated airspeed and ground speed overspeed stall indicator glideslope localizer tracking information name of station tuned in NAV1 selected course radar altimeter DME rate of turn slip skid indicator etc This window can be dragged placed on a second monitor or on the main monitor effectively increasing the awareness of the instructor 30 Jun 2014 Page 36 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 VAN Import FDR MOBILE this button will open a new window to import data created by the Flight Data Recorder Mobile FDR iPhone iPad app The FDR import data window is divided into 3 different sections IMPORTED DATA INFORMATION contains the name date tags cumulative distance and total time recorded for the loaded file It also will display if data has or has not been loaded and whether audio is available or not PLAYBACK and TRIM contains a slider and playback buttons to be able to trim the recorded data as desired If audio is available it will be played and visual indication will be displayed on the left hand window OPTIONS contains the following options vi vii viii Use Course as True Heading Recommended Unless the iPhone iPad are held in a fixed position throughout the whole trip chances are the true headi
32. an be entered in degrees and minutes or in degrees minutes and seconds select in the Use Seconds droplist The Current Pos button will input the aircraft s current coordinates in Flight Simulator e Set the desired Altitude Magnetic Heading Course Indicated Air Speed IAS and Elevator Trim if applicable e Set the aircraft position from the inserted Latitude and Longitude coordinates by selecting from the following options in the Set distance for APP nm droplist No 4 7 10 15 18 ILS R 18 ILS L HOLD L HOLD R R Downwind L Downwind These options set the aircraft on approach at the specified distances from the runway threshold in straight line approach ready to intercept ILS localizer etc e Select gear position Gear up check box e Select if on ground or not On ground check box This will enable a positioning sequence using Slew Mode upon pressing the Set Position button e The SET POSITION button will place the aircraft on the selected position coordinates altitude heading IAS gear position etc and pause the simulator AUTOPILOT FCU MCP Set Autopilot or FCU MCP parameters according to the parameters set in the POSITION IN FS box explained above only works with the aircraft in the air BRK button The SET POSITION button will remove the aircraft parking brake If the aircraft is being positioned on the ground you may want t
33. conditions of the day The problem with the altimeter s indicated altitude is that it is calibrated assuming a standard day that with increasing altitude the pressure drops at a standard rate This assumption is not very accurate for two major reasons The first is if the temperature at sea level is anything other than 15 C then the rate of drop will not be standard The second is the atmosphere usually has hot and cold layering making the rate of change of pressure non uniform GPS Height 3452m 11325 10000 FL100 Sant ressure Altitude Altitude 10000 FL100 10454ft FL100 697hPa _ gfe ncn Fors lt FL96 E lt FL88 _ 708hPa 731hPa Altitude 10000ft amsi Pressure Altitude Altitude Pressure Altitude 9577 FL96 10031ft ams 8766 FL88 9230ft ams S97hPa ox A Pressure Altitude Altitude 104 P Pressure Altitude QNE r QNE 1013 25hPa i 1013 25hPa 4 Mean Sea Level Day 1 is with QNH standard pressure and the temperature is a standard 15 C In this case FL100 is at an altitude of 10 000 ft AMSL because QNH QNE 1013 25 hPa The GPS will measure a height of 10 000 ft above the geoid and everyone is happy Day 2 has a high pressure system giving a QNH of 1030 hPa but it is still a cool 15 C at sea level The green altimeter set to QNE will still indicate FL100 as 10 000 ft At a pressure of 1030 hPa the yellow altimeter will read 454 ft higher than the green altime
34. d above 10 000 fps or below 10 000 fps e Bank angle exceeding 452 e Pitch up above 302 amp Pitch down below 252 e Landings vertical speed IAS winds heading UTC amp local time 30 Jun 2014 Page 35 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 e Speed above maximum permitted for each type of aircraft amp configuration overspeed e G Force above 2 0 or below 0 0 The Create KML Google Earth button exports the flight path data to a KML file which can be viewed in Google Earth or in another 3D earth browser geobrowser Visit the following link for a list of applications using KML files http en wikipedia org wiki Keyhole Markup Language Applications using KML Note that when clicking on the blue sphere to the right of this button a window pops up showing the different options for the KML export what to export navaids fixes runways and airways and if so whether only the ones closest to the aircraft s path 45nm should be exported or all of them Please note that when all navaids fixes runways and airways are exported the output KML file gets quite large The navaids fixes and airways are taken from the following database files earth_nav dat earth_fix dat amp earth_awy dat These files are developed for X Plane 9 00 amp later http data x plane com get data html and are taken from real life database sources such as the US National Imagery and Mapping Agency NIMA Defense Aeronautical
35. e so before using this feature the user must set up voice recognition and speakers in the Control Panel e Each tab can be selected by speaking the tab name as read on the screen the only exception being the FUEL LOAD tab for which the command fuel and load must be spoken e sync synchronizes the PC and flight simulator UTC times e fore flight on amp fore flight off turns the ForeFlight Mobile GPS export feature on and off e runway opens the Runway Gate window e set position clicks the SET POSITION button in the POSITION tab e weather engine on amp weather engine off turns the WXR Engine on and off e clear weather presses the Clear WXR Weather button e set weather will press the Set WXR button e reset weather will press the Reset WXR Entries button e dawn day dusk amp night will set the corresponding conditions in FS 30 Jun 2014 Page 16 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 e VFR amp Marginal VFR will set the corresponding conditions e start log amp stop log will start and stop the data logger e data base on amp data base off will turn the NAV database on and off e radar on amp radar off will turn the traffic radar on and off e connect and disconnect will control the FSUIPC connect and disconnect functions e exit controls the main iSta
36. e file for reference e Turn Network COMPUTERS OFF This is done via WideFS so all computers need to be connected to FS for this to work Also the AllowShutdownzYes option is to be added to the WideClient cfg files on clients If the Instructor Station PC is wished to be kept running the WideClient ini on that PC should be set to AllowShutdown No NOTE To be able to use these features you need to configure WideClient ini files on clients appropriately AllowShutdown Yes Please refer to the FSUIPC and WideFS documentation for more information Control of software SOFTWARE e Start Flight Simulator This button executes the STARTSIM bat file can start up Flight Simulator as long as the Instructor Station is installed on the main PC You need to enter the path and file name of the programs you wish to execute in the batch file Please see the STARTSIM bat example file for reference e Restart Wideclient Applications Closes and restarts the programs run by WideClient in other computers At the bottom part of the tab there is a log window in which different messages related to the Network and other important program actions are recorded You can save this to a file tech support or discard if wished 30 Jun 2014 Page 22 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 How to control the Simulator completely from the Instructor Station Option 2 Instructor Station installed on the main PC This optio
37. ed Please email us luisgordo gmail com 30 Jun 2014 Page 58 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT The following lines of development will be followed as time permits and demand requires Implement Moon Phase calculator Extension of functions to PMDG users Extension of functions to PM A330 A340 Some new features being considered are Add warnings for excessive crosswind or tail headwind for takeoffs and landings Option to print the Fuel Planner and Weight and Balance reports Implement Airbus ECAM actions associated with pmSystems logic file code Support for multiple WideServer sessions on different PCs connected to a single WideClient session Instructor Station PC Useful for training rooms with multiple PC Flight Stations 30 Jun 2014 Page 59 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 DISCLAIMER amp FINAL NOTES Nothing in these files will harm your computer will not be held responsible and accept no liability for any consequential incidental or system damage whatsoever due to failure improper operation or misuse of this program when not run in the terms here expressed or for the purpose for which it was designed No warranty is expressed or implied under any circumstance This software uses FSUIPCClient dll version 2 4 0 0 by Paul Henty to communicate with Microsoft Flight Simulator FSUIPC Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation Mic
38. electable transponder codes to the NAVCOM tab Added LBS and GAL option to the Fuel Load tab Added payload stations and weight and balance calculations to Fuel Load tab Renamed Views Slew tab to SimControl added Sound on off and Situation Reset buttons Added Voice Control beta Corrected several bugs Version 1 60 10 September 2011 Added scroll bars to several windows were missing in previous release Useful when running under low resolutions Added ability to position aircraft at any given airport gate Added On Ground functionality to the Position tab which sets the Parking Brakes and enables the Freeze mode when positioning aircraft on the ground Flight events i e gear up etc are now plotted in Google Earth in real time Aircraft altitude and speed IAS are shown on the Google Earth real time plot Extended maximum logging time to over 3 hours 3 hrs and 20 min Added warning message when inputting incorrect values in the Position in FS input windows Added NAVCOM tab with navigation database and radio frequencies control Solved bug with speed and altitude triggered failures Version 1 51 13 November 2010 Flight Freeze button puts the aircraft in a frozen flight mode the aircraft will not change its position but will fly This allows stabilizing the aircraft in the selected position i e before an approach Tracker Window improved several bugs fixed Added environment reset WXR input
39. ell you that it is really similar to the A320 Full Flight Simulator one really think your software is an excellent tool for people like me it helps your training as a pilot a lot Airbus 320 pilot J B Portugal e have been using your iSTATION for some time now and just can t get enough of it By the way I just downloaded version 1 30 and can t wait to start using it The feature for starting the pmSystems seems to me terrific Keep up the good work A L Mexico e First of all congrats You made a very nice and useful product e Thank you very much for your time and again for your wonderful program A D Brazil e The first impression is that it is in the true sense of the word a great program P W Germany e am excited about your new software A P Australia 5 of 5 Stars review 9 FSPilotShop com Read it here http www fspilotshop com product reviews info php products id 2109 amp reviews id 3952 This is quite a unique tool No other program has so many features combined in one and offers the same flexibility for the price Compared to it s main competitors our Instructor Station has the same features or more but it s price is more than 10 times lower Plus it is usable by the entire flight simulation community not only cockpit builders Try the fully functional DEMO and see for yourself http luisgordo googlepages com instructorstation 30 Jun 2014 Page 7 of 65
40. eral controls allows setting throttle propeller mixture and flaps Lights controls for Master Switch Avionics Switch and aircraft lights E INSTRUCTOR STATION Non commercial tol az l GENERAL NETWORK SIM CONTROL EO E BATA pial E En SELECT VIEW SUN CYCLE VIEW aj 291 Welcome to Instructor Station 30 Jun 2014 Page 49 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 NAVCOM To turn the Navigation Database on click on the NAV Database ON checkbox This tab provides the following functions through the following pages NAV DATABASE Selection of different navigational aids like VOR NDB LOC and Glideslope Selection of the desired NAVAID in the Identifier drop down list Below the Identifier list the Name Elevation Range Distance Frequency and Coordinates of the NAVAID are displayed The Send to Pos Tab button sends the navaid coordinates to the Position Tab and there the aircraft can be placed on the navigational aid or at any distance from to Example place an aircraft heading 360 TO a VOR at 4nm Turn NAV database ON in the NAVCOM tab Set NAVAID type to VOR Type in the VOR identifier in the Identifier list Once the desired NAVAID is verified to be displayed in the information boxes below press the Send to POS tab button to transfer the coordinates to the POSITION tab o Inthe POSITION tab set the distance TO
41. erature change is 0 347 per 1 C above 15 C and 0 347 per 1 C below 15 C The reason for this is that the ICAO formula assumes that the density of the air at a particular altitude is standard but in reality this density changes with temperature In summary Barometric altitude is the standard used by the aviation industry GPS displays altitude as a distance whereas altimeters display altitude based on pressure measurements The two are fundamentally different and you would expect them to differ They more or less indicate the same at 15 C but the gap widens as the atmosphere becomes non standard they differ more as the temperature moves away from the standard 15 C GPS gives height with respect to either the geoid or the ellipsoid and this can differ by up to 100 m There can be 45 m of errors on top of this with good signal reception more with bad reception 30 Jun 2014 Page 40 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 The following table summarizes the variables logged in the DAT file created by the Data Logger Position Variable 1 Time seconds 2 Indicated Air Speed IAS knots 3 True Air Speed TAS knots 4 Ground Speed knots 5 Vertical Speed feet per minute 6 MSL Altitude feet 7 AGL Altitude feet 8 Pitch degrees 9 Bank degrees 10 True Heading degrees 11 M
42. erts Added COM2 radio control on NAVCOM tab Real life weather METAR retrieval current weather on ENVIRONMENT tab from official FAA weather source World wide coverage Added 2 extra layers of clouds to WXR Engine ATIS AWOS option to listen to current weather Speak to ME TAR Engine Added Flight Phase detector real time and post analysis Plots reports and KML files can now be generated for specific phases or sections of a flight Added ground altitude retrieval from Google Earth for FDR Mobile data imports Audio panel control added COM1 COM2 NAV1 NAV2 MKR etc Added HOLD page to the NAVCOM tab Allows creating and exporting a HOLD to Google Earth visualizing recommended entry procedure according to current aircraft position Re designed program settings engine Version 2 13 2 February 2014 Included flag to show when XPUIPC is connected connection to X Plane Modified aircraft repositioning coding in FSX and X Plane for increased reliability Added IFR Fixes and Intersections to the NavCom database Aircraft can now be placed on an intersection or at any distance from to an intersection on any given direction Added Airport Names to Runway Gates and Runway Reference windows Bug fixes Version 2 1 21 November 2013 Added IFR and LIFR low IFR preset weather conditions in the Environment tab Added engine for importing data and audio files from the Flight Data Recorder Added simultaneous audio
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44. for Computers 1990 published by Nautical Almanac Office United States Naval Observatory Washington DC 20392 Also allows setting any particular date and time Local or Zulu In addition the date can be synced with an internet time server for the precise time and date Moon Phase this feature calculates the closest date to the current system PC date in which the selected lunar phase occurs new moon first quarter full moon or last quarter and sets that date in the simulator Moonrise and moonset times are not implemented at this time and the user will have to set the time to the appropriate value i e search for the moon throughout the daytime nighttime Algorithms are based on Basic code by Roger W Sinnot from the Sky amp Telescope magazine March 1985 TSR RWY Conditions Allows setting runway conditions for use with TSR programs Dry Wet Wet 6mm Slush 6mm Slush 13mm Snow 5cm and Ice Wind Heading Rose by clicking on this area a window will pop up displaying graphic and numeric indication of wind direction and aircraft heading Wind speed and True Air Temperature TAT are also displayed REAL WXR allows downloading current METARs worldwide coverage displaying flight category VFR MVFR IFR or LIFR and age in minutes The selected METAR can be used as current WXR conditions by pressing the USE METAR button and the SET button afterwards located at the top ADVANCED allows inputting values for all the di
45. g the Runways database to position the aircraft it may be necessary to press the Set Position button twice to correct the heading for magnetic variation if your original position was very distant from the selected one This can also be done either from FS when starting or if you have the runway threshold coordinates longitude and latitude they can be introduced at the POSITION IN FS box In this last case don t forget to insert the runway heading as well Configure MCDU CDU manually Insert the approach in the flight computer if your aircraft is equipped with one Quick start Assuming you start your aircraft in a cold and dark condition you won t want to go through the detailed start up procedure each time you want to practice an approach Routines are included to get your aircraft automatically started from the cold and dark condition For the A320 family go to the PMSYSTEMS QUICKSTART box and press the Automatic S U sequence button optionally you can drive the sequence step by step by clicking the checkboxes in order as they appear For all other aircraft General selected in the General tab go to the General ACFT S U box and press the Automatic START UP button Position in FS In the POSITION IN FS box enter the distance to the selected position at which you wish to start the approach Please note that there are predefined values in the list box but any va
46. group 3 COM and allows iStation to listen to the exported GPS data 4 Select the external Bluetooth device to which the connection is to be established This is done in the 4 BT Device subgroup Make sure the external BT device is turned on Press Discover ALL to detect all devices and wait until the Devices drop down list at the top is populated Alternatively press the Discover Remembered Only button to populate the list with previously detected devices Select the external BT Device from the list 30 Jun 2014 Page 25 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 5 Activate BT Server and pair PC with external device This is done in the 5 BT Server amp Pair subgroup Service UUID should be set to Serial Port Click Activate Server and status should change to Listening Connect and pair if needed the external BT device to the PC Bluetooth antenna and status will change to Connected 6 Press GPS Export button This is done in the 6 Activate GPS Export subgroup by pressing the GPS Export to BT button This will stream the GPS location heading altitude and speed data to the connected device NOTES a At the date this manual is written OS devices do not support Bluetooth serial communication protocol The only way to make this work is to jailbreak the device and install a program like RoqyBT which will allow the GPS signal received from your PC
47. istributed with the Instructor Station located in the iStation installation folder and is recommended to do this task However any other available 3rd party software can also be used The comOcom program manual is also distributed with the Instructor Station and is in the iStation installation folder To download the latest version and for more information please visit the com0com website http sourceforge net projects comOcom Note for Windows 7 users Please refer to the enclosed instructions comOcom Installation 64bitHelp pdf for detailed help to install comOcom If you remove Test Signing mode the comOcom driver will not work on 64 bit Windows 7 If you do not like the idea of running Windows in this test mode you can purchase a signed 64 bit virtual serial port driver from Eterlogic http www eterlogic com Products VSPE html 2 Set GPSOut parameters COMX port of the pair created above i e COM4 for example baud rate amp interval typically 1000 ms Please refer to FSUIPC s User Guide for more information For FS2004 and earlier GPSOut is a separate DLL that needs to be located in the FS Modules folder parameters are set in the GPSOut ini file For FSX and later GPSOut is part of FSUIPC4 parameters are set either inside FSX or in the FSUIPC ini file 3 Select COMY port of the pair created in step 1 above i e COM5 for example and matching Baud rate This is accomplished in the sub
48. lue can be entered 18 ILS R L indicate an 18 mile distance from the runway and set to intercept the ILS localizer from the right left Also set the altitude elevator trim set by default to 2 DN and indicated airspeed Also decide whether the gear is to be retracted or not Note It is very important to select a correct value for the Elevator Trim otherwise the aircraft may behave unexpectedly If the value is too low the aircraft will fall pitching 30 Jun 2014 Page 28 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 downwards and if it is too high the speed will fall abruptly and the aircraft will eventually stall If you are not sure on which value to use try different values and reset position The correct elevator trim setting varies widely from one aircraft type to another and also with fuel loading and aircraft load For more information read about the Gravity Center and the corresponding Elevator Trim setting in your aircraft s operating manual For this reason it is recommended that after the aircraft is positioned it is stabilized using the Freeze mode before starting the flight Note When setting the Autopilot parameters for General aircraft it is necessary to click the Set A P parameters button twice when the aircraft is equipped with autothrust A T in order to command the aircraft to hold the inputted air speed A button for activating the aircraft s parking brake has been made available and may beco
49. ly gt A319 A320 A321 AST For the AST Airbus A32X family General Parameters shows information regarding the FSUIPC WideFS and FS versions the simulator frame rate FPS and the local and UTC FS and system times The SYNC TIMES button equals the FS UTC time to the real system UTC time Software shows information regarding the different builds of the Project Magenta programs connected Situations This enables you to save the settings for an approach Position Environment and Fuel to use it later on and or share it with other users When saving the desired UTC time can be fixed also a name and description can be added When loading a situation the name description and UTC time will appear There is an option to automatically set the aircraft on the situation of choice going through aircraft start up environment setting positioning and time setting Please note this may last some time depending on the current state of the aircraft For more flexibility you can always just load the settings and follow all other procedures manually as desired Settings You will here find the following options gt General Aviation Look this will change some graphics to better suit general aviation users gt Airbus specific o First Officer QNH set equal to Captain side QNH When checked this sets the FO QNH equal to the Captain QNH side o Airbus Flaps philosophy this allows only flaps 1 F to be selected on grou
50. me handy when positioning the aircraft on the ground since the Set Position button automatically disconnects the parking brake 5 Set FCU MCP Autopilot The settings fixed in the POSITION IN FS box are inputted into the FCU or Autopilot by pressing the Set AP FCU parameters 6 Set Thrust Levers to CLB position manually airbus only You can either go through these steps one by one or set everything up at the beginning and then press the AUTOMATIC APPROACH MODE to go through all steps automatically This program calculates great circle distances between two points that is the shortest distance over the earth s surface using the Haversine formula It assumes a spherical earth ignoring ellipsoidal effects which is accurate enough for most purposes giving an as the crow flies distance between the two points The Haversine formula remains particularly well conditioned for numerical computation even at small distances unlike calculations based on the spherical law of cosines It was published by R W Sinnott in Sky and Telescope 1984 though has been known about for much longer the half versed sine is 1 cos 2 or sin 6 2 Since the earth is not quite a sphere there are small errors in using spherical geometry the earth is actually roughly ellipsoidal or more precisely oblate spheroidal with a radius varying between about 6 378km equatorial and 6 357km pola
51. miliarization or other training scenarios without acquiring a commercial license from LG in advance c You may not operate this Software in a public venue designed to demonstrate hardware or other display sound processing or flight simulation components without the express advanced permission of LG 30 Jun 2014 Page 61 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 d You may not use this Software to maintain currency for any aircraft certification requirement or training program You may not list this Software as meeting qualification for any training cycle e You shall not charge non licensed or licensed owners of this Software for use of this Software training in conjunction with this Software or while using this Software to demonstrate any technique or process that may be considered training or familiarization f No alteration reverse engineering decompilation or disassembly of this Software is allowed You may not and you will not encourage assist or authorize any other person to modify reverse engineer decompile or disassemble or otherwise tamper with the Software whether in whole or in part or create any derivative works from or of the Software g You may redistribute royalty free distribution fee free and at no cost any user created situations SIT data files DAT and Keyhole Markup Language files KML for use with this Software h You may not decompile disassemble extract or otherwise reverse engineer any o
52. mpare to its main competitors The Instructor Station includes the same features or more Visit our web page to download a detailed feature comparison The Instructor Station has the following main features Set aircraft at any desired position on an approach to a selected runway ready to intercept the ILS holding position on ground for entering a runway at an airport gate at a navigation aid on an airway etc Set weather environment to virtually any possible scenario including VFR MVFR CAT through CAT Illc conditions night day dawn amp dusk cross wind etc Create failures instantly with a time delay or when reaching a certain speed or altitude e Control surfaces ailerons rudder elevator block flaps spoilers and gear e Engine failures e Instrument amp display failures e Hydraulic system failures electrical failures air conditioning fuel failures including tank leaks Create and save training scenarios and lessons approaches manoeuvres etc and increase efficiency of simulator time usage Quick and automatic aircraft start up Complete Simulator start up amp shutdown controls all PCs in the network Allows full external control of the Flight Simulator ideal for a cockpit instructor station Monitor and log approach performance manoeuvres etc Variables that can be tracked include e Position latitude amp longitude e Altitude amp Height e Speeds IAS TAS G
53. mputers window By selecting a computer and clicking Start selected computer the selected computer should start up Also by clicking on the Network maintenance s u all computers all the computers on the list will be started up IMPORTANT NOTE Remote computer start up will work if 1 The network card of each computer supports this feature typically referred to as Wake On LAN 2 If the network card BIOS of each computer is appropriately configured to work in this way 30 Jun 2014 Page 21 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 3 If the computers are shut down via software not using the on off button before trying to start them up Hence the network card configuration in Windows will need to be checked to enable the WakeOnLAN feature Sometimes this feature will also need to be activated in the BIOS depending on the system Full control of the whole simulator SIM CONTROL e START SIMULATOR This button will start up of all the network computers as entered in PCList txt and will execute the file STARTSIM bat This batch file allows starting up any programs on the PC on which the Instructor Station is installed you enter the path and file name in the batch file Please see the STARTSIM bat example file for reference e STOP SIMULATOR Automatic shutdown of all the network computers as well as associated simulation programs on the Instructor Station PC again please see the STOPSIM bat exampl
54. n again and the fuel loaded to the aircraft will be checked again as well as the TOW amp LW gt Weights Displays aircraft weights ZFW GW etc B INSTRUCTOR STATION TOTAL FUEL ON FUEL PLANNER SE LLDLLLLLLA LLL 30 Jun 2014 Page 33 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 Estimated fuel consumption for propeller aircraft is based on the following equation Gallons per Hour GPH Rated Engine HP 12 0 65 WEIGHT amp BALANCE This sub tab comprises Payloads and a weight and balance calculation gt Up to 18 payload stations can be viewed and modified here Enter the desired weight of each station under the Input column and press the SET WEIGHTS button gt Enter the corresponding Arm values for each payload station as well as for Fuel and Empty Weight By pressing the Calculate Weight and Balance button the moments for each payload station as well as total moment CG position and total weights will be calculated GB INSTRUCTOR STATION Select Number of Engines n Engine Rated Power HP 60 GPH Use GPH 975 lt Lecue blank to use estinated Max Taxi lbs Zero Fuel Weight lbs Trip Distance nm I Fuel Weight lbs Alternate Distance nm d MTOU lbs Total Weight lbs TAS kto Wind Speed kts MLU lbs Planned Taxi W lbs H eaduind or Tlaluind Ground Speed kte Planned TOU lbs
55. n will be discussed first as it is the most common way the user will wish to proceed First you will need to configure the Instructor Station to be able to start all network computers remotely Please follow the instructions provided above under Network Computers Second you will need to follow these simple steps 1 To get everything you need fired up you need to install WideClient on all of the Non FS computers and WideServer in the FS computer 2 Set the WideClient program to automatically run as soon as the computer is started You do this by adding it to the Start Menu in Windows 3 Now you need to configure the WideClient program on each PC so that it runs all the software you need it to once either FS is started recommended or immediately after WideClient starts You need to read the WideFS documentation for details but this is very simple to do 4 Since the PC on which the Instructor Station is running is not the one on which Flight Simulator is on set Flight Simulator to automatically run on its computer once the computer starts put it in the Start Menu Windows 5 On the Instructor Station computer you will need to run WideClient too Hence you need to replace the last 8 lines of the StartSim bat file with the following echo Starting WideClient start ping n 1 127 0 0 1 gt NUL exit Please note that you need to replace the highlighted text above with your corresponding path to WideClient
56. nd and change 1 F to 1 when above 210kts in the air o Elevator trim set to zero touchdown gradual reduction gt Data Recorder o Auto Data Log when descending below 3500 AGL o Start recording as soon as connected o Do not ask for confirmation to record data if recorded data is present gt Start up Enable specific engines upon connecting to FSUIPC 30 Jun 2014 Page 18 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 About Information about license type remaining days and multiple links a INSTRUCTOR STATION Non commercial File FSUIPC Help KEYBOARD VOICE TC es NETUORK POSITION ENVIRONMENT FUEL LOAD RECORDER FAILURES SIM CONTROL NAUCOM TRAFFIC loe SOFTWARE SITUATIONS SETTINGS kalee SOFTWARE ENVI EN SITUATION NAME UU Pre em zm DESCRIPTION SETTINGS Wee Wi START AUTO SEQUENCE aaa ee 30 Jun 2014 Page 19 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 NETWORK The Instructor Station can be installed on a single computer running MSFS no network or on any PC forming part of a WideFS network When running FS over a network the Instructor Station can be installed either on the WideServer PC the one running FS or on a WideClient PC See the following figures 7 COMPUTER 1 5 FLIGHT ES SIMULATOR WIDESERVER INSTRUCTOR STATION COMPUTER 2 COMPUTER 3 COMPUTER 4 COMPUTER 5 WIDECLIENT WIDECLIENT WIDECLIENT WIDECLIE
57. ng information will not be very reliable It is recommended to use the course information in this case Clamp Negative Heights to Ground Recommended Self explanatory Use Ground Speed GS as Indicated Air Speed IAS Recommended As the Flight Data Recorder application receives no air data information the only speed recorded is ground speed The advantage of transferring that information as IAS into iStation is that the speed will be displayed in Google Earth in real time playback sessions Correct sudden speed drops Recommended this option serves the purpose of correcting sudden speed drops in recorded data due to inaccuracies in recording device Trim Audio and Data Select this checkbox to trim the data an audio per the start and stop values preset in the window described above Enter Dirty Stall Speed Aircraft s dirty stall speed can be entered here so it appears on the corresponding plots Enter Clean Stall Speed Aircraft s clean stall speed can be entered here so it appears on the corresponding plots Correct GPS Altitude with Departure Field Elevation See discussion below on Differences between Barometric and GPS altitude Note that in the worst scenario even barometric altitude can be within 75ft of field elevation Calculate AGL with Departure Field Elevation this option only makes sense when data corresponds to local flights and terrain elevation is fairly constant and equal to the
58. ngine failures e Reverse thrust mechanism failures e Fuel tank leaks will deploy the selected tank in 5 minutes These failures are triggered by setting the CONTROL box e Instant Fail failures happen in the moment they are selected by the user e Delayed Fail failures are set to occur after a specified time delay e Altitude amp Speed failures can be triggered when reaching certain speed or altitude values The SET button needs to be pressed and it will change its look indicating ARMED e Failures can be set as Recoverable meaning specific actions taken by the pilots will recover the abnormal situation or Un recoverable meaning that the abnormal condition will prevail no matter what the corrective action Failures are also available for the specific systems of Project Magenta s B737 and A320 series as well as the AST A320 series yet to come BI INSTRUCTOR STATION Non commercial E El SIM CONTROL navcon TRAFFIC CONTROL ao anes oe e m d Delayed Fal Speed KTSCIAS L MAIN CONTROLS PANEL FAIL A320 SYS PM T bi aTLERONS ms I TE int O ATLERONS TT P o B737 SYS QUHD Sketches um mm asuma 30 Jun 2014 Page 46 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 GB INSTRUCTOR STATION Non commercial Lola File FSUIPC Help VOICE NETWORK POSITION POSTTZON ENUTRONMENT FUEL LOAD RECORDER FAILURE Mode Em GENERAL
59. nm Approach Performance Report Version 1 1 0 0 Title Report generated 24 08 2008 3 26 13 01 26 11 UTC A FSUIPC Version 3 820 PM Systems build WIDEFS Version 6 750 MCDU CDU build MSFS Version FS2004 FCU MCP build Glass Cockpit build PM Sounds build GENERAL DATA INSTRUCTOR STATION posos Pitch Angle UP DN Aircraft Type Total Logged Time hrs 5 min 41 seconds Runway Threshold Latitude 479 N 15 41 405 Longitude 119 E 21 22 801 Altitude 1779 feet Heading 2619 SUMMARY OF VARIABLES MIN AVG MAX Indicated Air Speed IAS kts 152 181 219 True Air Speed TAS kts 157 192 238 Ground Speed GS kts 156 190 228 Vertical Speed VS fpm 3 951 464 3 264 Altitude ft 2 169 4 719 6 545 Height above gnd ft 11 2 758 4 291 Bank Angle R L True Hdg 9 22 Magnetic Hdg 22 Side Slip Angle 9 9 ENG1 N1 20 ENG2 N1 20 550 Elevator Trim 0 Distance to RWY nm 500 450 2 400 ud S 350 o a 300 250 200 150 limits test _ HEIGHT Save Image As Page Setup Print show Pont Values Un Zoom Undo Al Zoom Pan Set Scale to Defaut Vei the Instructor Station ste com en mouse amp drag Pan middie mouse amp drag Context Menu right mouse Time seconds 80 TEE 50 r 45
60. o set the Parking Brake again You can do so by pressing the BRK button RWY GATE button will display a new window in which an airport and aircraft can be selected as well as the aircraft position with respect to the selected runway or at a specific gate 30 Jun 2014 Page 27 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 How to set your aircraft on an approach The following steps have to be followed 1 Set the aircraft at the runway you wish to land on The runway can very easily be selected with the RUNWAY GATE button for positioning the aircraft on the desired runway For this feature to work the r4 csv and g5 csv files need to be located in the Instructor Station main program folder Please note that the r4 csv and g5 csv files provided in the package are for FS2004 and are simply included for fast use but may not fulfil your needs since you may have add on scenery or may be using FSX If this is the case please do the following a Copy the MakeRwys exe file to your main FS installation folder b Execute it and wait for program to finish execution c Copy the r4 csv and g5 csv files to Instructor Station s main installation folder This should provide you with a runway database that matches your FS installation perfectly Please note that if you add delete scenery from this point you may need to follow this procedure again to update the database Note When usin
61. oth stacks This software uses FFmpeg under the LGPLv2 1 FFmpeg is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard originator of the FFmpeg project FFmpeg Win32 shared build by Kyle Schwarz FFmpeg version 2013 09 27 git 3e0c78b Apple and Android are registered trademarks of Apple Inc and Google Inc respectively The names of companies and products mentioned herein may be either trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners This software is in not associated with or endorsed by Airbus Boeing or any other aircraft and or avionics systems manufacturer It is designed purely for use with flight simulation software only Your feedback suggestions and ideas for improvement are most welcome luisgordo gmail com 30 Jun 2014 Page 60 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EULA This End User License Agreement EULA pertains to LUIS GORDO s Copyrighted computer software the Software in the package containing CD ROMs DVD ROMs diskettes associated media printed materials electronic distribution files or electronic documentation Please read the terms and conditions of this End User License Agreement EULA before installing or using the Software This End User License Agreement EULA is a legally enforceable contract between you Customer or you and LUIS GORDO LG By clicking I agree installing copying or otherwise using any part of the Software or any associated media
62. pit Building communities Hundreds of aviation professionals and enthusiasts are using the Instructor Station all throughout the world Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Austria Bahrain Belgium Brazil Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador El Salvador Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana Germany Greece Hungary Island India Indonesia Ireland Italy Japan Kuwait Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Malta Mexico Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Norway Peru Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Korea Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Trinidad y Tobago Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay United States Venezuela 30 Jun 2014 Page 4 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 This is just some of the excellent feedback from our customers e Instructor Station is very interesting You are to be congratulated for your initiative and determination in making this a reality John King KING SCHOOLS USA e You have probably created the best product in the history of flight simulation software congratulations J H USA e It isa wonderful and very helpful tool reminds me of the admin station in the Level D simulators at the former Oxford aviation academy In Addition to that have to give you credits for the support
63. playback to Recorder tab Extended maximum logging time to 10 hours Version 2 0 15 October 2012 Meets all FAA requirements for approval in Advanced and Basic Aviation Training Devices per FAA Advisory Circular AC 61 136 ForeFlight Mobile integration Added Bluetooth functionality for GPS data export Added Low and High Altitude Airways export and view in Google Earth Added cross wind component and lateral displacement tracking at touchdown to assess crosswind landings performance Added General Aviation Look option to the Miscellaneous settings in the General tab to better suit the needs of various users Added Engine 1 and 2 RPM and manifold pressures to the data logger as well as to PDF report Added ATC communications window ATC communications are sent to the event window when data is logged 30 Jun 2014 Page 12 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 Added playback capability Added ILS and VOR monitoring to tracker window including selected course and DME Added slip skid and turn rate indicator to tracker window Added the TRAFFIC tab where all airborne and or ground traffic can be monitored and traffic alerts TCAS can be generated Added VFR and MVFR preset weather conditions in the Environment tab Improved settings for VFR Marginal VFR MVFR and ILS CAT I thru Illc in the Environment tab Added more options to the visibility setting in the Environment tab Added preset s
64. r At the time of writing this manual the fix is not on their website so here is the link www wideview it tabeta wideview zip Update all Wideview s with the new wideview dll computer program files microsoftt games MSFX wideview Start the server FSX select add ons wideview weather and insert GLOB in the NEW wideview weather window top righthand corner on the server PC and exit FSX You can do this for all wideview PC s but it is probably only necessary on the Server Restart FSX and go to weather Themes and set the top theme clear weather save the situation default checked and exit FSX Restart server and start clients and the iStation PC and it should all work OK 30 Jun 2014 Page 57 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 SUPPORT Please consider that support will be limited to FS2004 and FSX with or without Project Magenta set ups as stated in the Requirements section under Windows XP and Windows 7 only For questions or support please contact me at luisgordo Wgmail com Many of your questions may already have been answered Please check the Support section at our forum http www cockpitbuilders com community index php board 57 0 For information and updates please visit http luisgordo googlepages com instructorstation LICENSE COPYRIGHT Please refer to the End User License Agreement EULA that accompanies the software package for full details Note that by using this sof
65. r and local radius of curvature varying from 6 336km equatorial meridian to 6 399km polar This means that errors from assuming spherical geometry might be up to 0 55 crossing the equator though generally below 0 3 depending on latitude and direction of travel 30 Jun 2014 Page 29 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 GB INSTRUCTOR STATION Lola File FSUIPC Help KEYBOARD VOICE LUNES Ud ES FUEL LOAD RECORDER FAILURES SIM CONTROL NAUCOM TRAFFIC Ewumrowmen Fue rers es emm come weno POSITION IN SIM Enter coordinates manualy or select RUNWAY GATE Seconds Latitude 2 min RUNUAY GATE dus eu GET current ACFT Position Distance TO tom um Mag Hag Courso 2 CEAR ww aaa Sie Altitude ft ON GROUND IM ee ME SET POSITION PUSHBACK fe soo tas B INSTRUCTOR STATION Lolas ACFT START PUSHBACK SEND TO POSITION 30 Jun 2014 Page 30 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 ENVIRONMENT This tab displays different weather information temperature QNH winds clouds rain snow visibility etc and allows modifying these parameters To turn the Weather Engine on click on the WXR Engine ON checkbox IMPORTANT NOTE Before turning on the WXR Engine turn off the Dynamic Weather in FS2004 NOTE for FSX users To be able to set the weather successfully within FSX set the weather for a particular ICAO WXR Station not globally Global
66. r make sure ICAO WXR Station is selected in the Environment tab Please generate the r4 cvs and g5 csv files suited to your Flight Simulator installation Please find detailed instructions in the Position tab description section If you change aircraft in Flight Simulator please disconnect and reconnect the link to FSUIPC from the Instructor Station Please refer to Description of Tabs section on instructions to set these parameters correctly Always remember to save the KML file to the Instructor Station folder You will be able to move it elsewhere later on Make sure that these files are located in the Instructor Station folder earth nav dat earth fix dat and earth awy dat They should have been installed by the Instructor Station setup application If they happen to be missing or corrupt you can visit the following web page and download the latest available files X Plane 9 00 amp later http data x plane com get data html 30 Jun 2014 Page 56 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 Symptom The program states it cannot access KEY cfg permission denied Instructor Station weather not updated across the WideView clients Probable Cause Windows 7 is blocking access to files within the Program Files folder The problem lies with Wideview and has now been fixed by updating with a fix Solution Install iStation in any folder outside the Program Files folde
67. ree Virtual Keyboard For the later size and opacity are configurable For the Free Virtual Keyboard to work the file FreeVK exe has to be located in the Instructor Station program folder It comes bundled with the Instructor Station but if needed it can be downloaded from http www freevirtualkeyboard com e VOICE Turns Voice Control ON or OFF Below the upper menu bar the following indicators are shown e FSUIPC Status indicates whether the Instructor Station iStation is connected to FSUIPC e WIDEFS Status indicates whether iStation is connected to WideFS only needed for installation of iStation on a remote computer 30 Jun 2014 Page 15 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 In the upper right corner the following buttons are provided e FREEZE puts the aircraft in a frozen flight mode the aircraft will not change its position but will fly This allows stabilizing the aircraft in the selected position i e before an approach e PAUSE turns FS pause on off e CONNECT connects to FSUIPC e DISCONNECT disconnects from FSUIPC The tabs listed below are described in more detail in the following sections e GENERAL e NETWORK e POSITION e ENVIRONMENT e FUEL LOAD e RECORDER e FAILURES e SIM CONTROL e NAVCOM e TRAFFIC VOICE CONTROL The following commands can be spoken to control iStation without the need for keyboard or mouse Please note that Station uses Microsoft s Speech engin
68. rosoft is a registered trademark and Windows and Windows XP Vista 7 and 8 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U S A and other countries FSUIPC amp WideFS are payware programs by Peter Dowson Makerunways version 4 675 by Peter Dowson is used for runway database generation from FS Special thanks to him for allowing distribution within this package Google Earth Plug in FC GEPluginCtrls dll Copyright O Fraser Chapman 2008 2011 Project Magenta is a payware program by Enrico Schiratti AST Airbus Suite is a payware program by Aircraft Simulation Technology AST AirSimTech Free Virtual Keyboard from Comfort Software Group http www freevirtualkeyboard com Special thanks to Sergey Koshkin for allowing distribution within this package ZedGraph Library version 5 1 2 878 is used for data plotting Earth nav dat Earth fix dat amp Earth awy dat are navigational databases by Robin A Peel PDFsharp Library version 1 2 1269 0 from Empira Software GmbH Cologne Germany is used for generating PDF files TSR programs Autobrake Pro etc are payware programs by Thomas Richter ForeFlight Mobile is a registered trademark of ForeFlight LLC ComOcom is available freely under GPL 32feet NET is a shared source project providing a NET networking API for devices and desktop computers running the Microsoft Broadcom Widcomm Bluetooth BlueSoleil and StoneStreetOne Bluetopia Blueto
69. sion instrument approach and landing with Q a decision height lower than 100 ft 30 m above touchdown zone elevation or no decision height and b a runway visual range not less than 200 m Selecting a CAT III A approach in the Instructor Station will set the RVR to 200m CAT III B A precision instrument approach and landing with a a decision height lower than 50 ft 15 m above touchdown zone elevation or no decision height and 30 Jun 2014 Page 31 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 b a runway visual range less than 200 m but not less than 50 m Selecting a CAT III B approach in the Instructor Station will set the RVR to 100m CAT III C A precision instrument approach and landing with no decision height and no runway visual range limitations A Category III C system is capable of using an aircraft s autopilot to land the aircraft and can also provide guidance along the runway surface Selecting a CAT III C approach in the Instructor Station will set the RVR to 25m Quick Set this box includes buttons to quickly set to Stormy weather rain or snow and foggy conditions There is also a crosswind button that pressed alternatively will set the wind to blow from the right or left of the aircraft as indicated below the button RIGHT or LEFT Time and Date this box indicates the season of the year and allows setting Day Dawn Dusk and Night conditions The sunrise sunset algorithms are sourced from Almanac
70. splayed parameters WXR 9 ACFT displays the value of all the parameters at the aircraft at any given moment 30 Jun 2014 Page 32 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 FUEL LOAD This tab has the following sub tabs FUEL TANKS Displays the aircraft s different fuel tank levels and allows entering fuel quantities to any of them There are options also to fully load or empty the tanks as well as entering the total amount of fuel desired Option is provided to display and enter quantities in kg lbs or Gal FUEL PLANNER LOADS gt Fuel planner available for Airbus A319 A320 A321 Boeing 737 600 700 800 900 and Propeller aircraft After all the required information is input press the CALCULATE FUEL FOR FLIGHT button When pressing the Calculate Fuel for Flight button the needed fuel weight will be calculated based on the entered parameters distance winds distance to alternate etc Also the planned take off TOW and landing weights LW will be checked If the values are found to be too high for the aircraft type selected warning messages will appear Upon pressing the Calculate Fuel for Flight button the currently loaded fuel will also be checked If it is found not to match the calculated fuel a message will be shown If desired press the Load Fuel to Aircraft button to load the plane with the calculated fuel After doing this press the Calculate Fuel for Flight butto
71. ter at any altitude Therefore the altitude indicated for FL100 will be 10 454 ft AMSL The geometric height as displayed by a GPS will be 10 420 ft at FL100 This geometric height is quite close to the 10 454 ft indicated by the altimeter set to QNH For illustration purposes the geometric height of 10 000 ft indicated by the yellow altimeter equates to an altitude AMSL of 10 031 ft at a pressure of 708 hPa Day 3 has a high pressure system giving a QNH of 1030 hPa but it is now a hot 40 C at sea level The green and yellow altimeters will indicate the same as Day 2 because they are temperature compensated However 697 hPa FL100 equates to a geometric GPS height of 11 325 ft It has moved up This geometric height is NOT close to the 10 454 30 Jun 2014 Page 39 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 ft indicated by the altimeter set to QNH It is 871 ft 8 higher For illustration purposes the geometric height of 10 000 ft equates to 9 230 ft AMSL as indicated by the yellow altimeter at a pressure of 731 hPa The figure above illustrates how Flight Levels change their height depending on the day FL100 is used as an example and is always at 697 hPa From this we see that a change in QNH pressure alone does not cause a large difference between GPS height and indicated altimeter altitude But a change in the MSL temperature does create a difference between GPS height and indicated altimeter altitude The error introduced by the temp
72. the VOR 4nm o Type in the desired heading TO the VOR 360 This will place the aircraft on the 1802 radial TO the VOR with a heading of 3602 at 4nm 0000 The Send to NAV button sends the NAVAID frequency to the NAV1 or NAV2 radios To select a different NAVAID press the Reset fields button ATC The OPEN ATCWINDOW button will open a window allowing to send instructions via text on the FS window or via synthesized voice Microsoft Speech engine with a series of preset clearances and instructions organized by phase of flight ATIS AWOS This page allows the system to verbalize synthetic voice or send to the FS window via text a METAR as selected on the ENVIRONMENT REAL WXR page A different station code can be set on the appropriate window optional Optionally a frequency can be selected such that if COM1 or COM2 are tuned to it the WXR will be sent or verbalized to the user RADIOS amp XPNDR The five windows on this page relate to the NAV1 NAV2 COM1 COM2 ADF1 and Transponder settings of the aircraft They can be used to set the active or standby frequencies to any desired value There are also some preset transponder codes that can be selected 1200 7700 etc 30 Jun 2014 Page 50 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 HOLD Allows defining a holding pattern based on the selected navaid on the NAV DATABASE page After selecting altitude direction or inbound course
73. tion exit button e pause amp freeze sim control the pause and freeze buttons e The voice control engine recognizes the Morse Alphabet for input in the selected text box Note that letters Q and P need to be spoken as such qeue pee as the official quebec and papa are not well recognized by the Microsoft Speech engine Numbers from O to 9 are also recognized The commands left right and center can be spoken to reference runways e The following voice commands allow selecting aircraft positions in the Runway Gate window cruise hold left hold right numbers left downwind right downwind left intercept right intercept 15 mile final 10 mile final 7 mile final 4 mile final e The following commands allow selecting buttons and text boxes as well as activating controls i e pushing buttons and are self explanatory enter next back delete backspace up arrow down arrow The Voice Control feature is considered in beta stage 30 Jun 2014 Page 17 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 GENERAL This tab contains the following pages General Aircraft Type Here you must set the aircraft type being flown At this time you can choose from the following gt All Types For ALL aircraft gt A319 A320 A321 Project Magenta For the PM Airbus A32X family gt B737 Project Magenta For the PM Boeing 737 fami
74. to be used in any other program on the device b Tests have not been carried out in any other devices using other platforms Android Windows Mobile etc but given the fact that these operating systems are generally more versatile than the OS ones and that the most common BT stacks are being supported on the PC side this feature should work properly as well c For Station to be able to export data the PC must have a Bluetooth radio If the PC is not so equipped these radios are quite cheap to acquire and easy to install connect to USB port Make sure the installed Bluetooth stack is compatible with Station refer to the Requirements section ES INSTRUCTOR STATION E File ESUIPC Help KEYBOARD voice NETWORK General SIM Control SOFTWARE REMOTE START DATA EXPORT 30 Jun 2014 Page 26 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 POSITION The POSITION tab contains the following boxes and buttons PUSHBACK Start and stop at any moment straight left or right pushback manoeuvres AIRCRAFT QUICK START UP Do a quick start up of the aircraft automatic overhead sequence leading to automatic engines start up in very little time The sequence can be followed manually for Project Magenta AST users or a totally automated sequence can be commanded For other types of aircraft this command is identical to pressing CTRL E in Flight Simulator SET POSITION e Desired Latitude and Longitude c
75. tware you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA The purchased license is valid only for individual use and can not be transferred or sold in any way The license entitles the user to receive future updates and support for any 3 xx versions Duration of the license is limited to one 1 year Commercial use is not allowed under this license Do not make any money with this program Use of any images of this program is not allowed in any sort of products without written permission of the Author Uploading this file to any server or site that requires a fee for access is not allowed Distribution of this file on CD ROM DVD ROM or any other physical media is not allowed without written permission of the Author Use of the program without prior permission of the Author is not allowed No modification can be made for distribution without the written permission of the Author Please ask the Author if you want to use components of this program to avoid copyright infringement COMMERCIAL USE Any use which involves some form of commercial application whether internal or external or as part of a simulator or system which is re sold is subject to a Commercial License Commercial use includes flight training equipment tests product demonstration cockpit building for third parties or any similar activity The Commercial License has a different price than the individual one Also different price support options can be arrang
76. vel Great job T H USA e believe your efforts with this and your IStation have been outstanding and just want to add my thanks along with all the others have seen J J Canada e This is a really cool piece of software love being able to provide a flight printout and map for friends who come over and fly heh 30 Jun 2014 Page 5 of 65 Instructor Station Revision 5 e lama professional pilot and use your tool to train with a friend of mine from time to time Station runs together with FSX FSUIPC WideFS and so far am very content really like the software H M S Germany e We use Intstructor Station from Luis Gordo and vasFMC and it seems most functions of the pit are covered e recon this is a good and more or less complete setup If you don t want to spend a lot of money on the instructor station this could be one way to go e just purchased Instructor Station by Luis Gordo Its priced really cheap for what it does You can run it in demo mode for 3 minutes to test e It ll work with project magenta over a network and packs a lot of stuff for the price Check it out e This thing is freakin AWESOME R D USA e installed your Instructor Station on a networked PC and like it very much Every few months visit full flight simulators of LUFTHANSA flight training in Frankfurt and the instructor stations of these simulators are very similar e Your

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