ATC RADAR SCREEN V5.0 (For FS2004/2002) USER`S MANUAL
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1. 27 HOW CAN I ZOOM OUT THE RADAR SCRE iN 29 CONTROLLING THE OBJECTS THAT BE DISPLAYED IN THE RADAR 3 SELECTED TOWERED AIRPORT 36 GETTING REAL WORLD WEATHER 37 RECEIVING FLIGHT PLANS AND FLIGHT ROUTES DETAILS SENT BY PLAYERS THE CURRENT CONTROLLED ARTCC FIR S SECTOR 41 HOW CAN I RESIZE THE RADAR SCREEN S WINDOW 42 HOW CAN I DISCONNECT FROM THE FS MULTIPLAYER SESSION AND CLOSE THIS PROGRAM 43 UNINSTALLING THE ATC RADAR SCREEN PROGRAM 44 KNOWN BUGS 45 NOTES BY THE AUTHOR 46 SPECIAL THANKS TO 47 MY PROGRAMS WEB SITE 48 RECOMMENDED DOWNLOADS INSTALLING THE ATC RADAR SCREEN PROGRAM If you have installed a previous version of the Manuel s Service Pack Manuel s Service Pack 2 then you will need to uninstall it in order to do this you have to go to your Window s Start Settings then Control Panel now doble click the Add Remove Programs icon and from the list select Manuel s Service Pack 2 then click the Add Remove button NOTE If appears a message box during the uninstall process of the previous version of the Manuel s Service Pack telling you that if you want to remove the shared files I recommend you to click the Remove None button because there are maybe some programs using those shared files that s why it is recommended to keep those shared files Or if you didnt had downloaded any Manuel s Service Pack before then dont wor2. IN THE RADAR SCREEN To change the mouse s pointer in currently displayed in the radar screen s window follow these steps 1 Go to the Options menu then General settings 2 Drop down the Selected a mouse pointer list and select a mouse pointer 3 Click the Ok button for save the changes I WANT TO CHANGE THE CURRENT CONTROLLED TOWERED AIRPORT OR THE CURRENT CONTROLLED ARTCC FIR S SECTOR Go to the File menu and select Load all towered airports and ARTCC FIRs Then it will appear the Choosing an airport or ARTCC FIR window wait until it load and then choose one of the two options Control a towered airport or Control an ARTCC FIR after this type and select a towered airport or ARTCC FIR s sector and finally press the NEXT STEP button HOW CAN I DELETE THE CURRENT DATABASES FILES AND CREATE ANOTHERS NEW FILES Before starting with this process make sure that the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 program is not running if it is currently running then close it Now follow these steps 1 Go to your Window s Start then Programs then Manuel s Service Pack 3 2 Run the Manuel Database Creator v1 0 program 3 Select the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 For FS2002 2004 option 4 Enter the directory or folder where you have installed the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 Example without the quotes C Programs Files ATC Radar Screen v5 5 Click the b
3. 35x EDITING THE PLAYERS FLIGHT INFO One of the most important thing that the controllers needs to know is from where to where each player is flying This program cann t know by it s own from where to where each player in the session is flying but you can tell to this program from where to where is flying each player so each time you move the mouse pointer over a player in the radar screen you will see then from where to where is flying the player The real function of this is like a kind of remainder for the controller because let s say you have about 20 players in the screen and then you forgot from where to where is flying each player You can fill out each player s flight info few minutes after you had joined the multiplayer session or when the player is on ground requesting the clearance like a Clearance Delivery controller or you can fill out or edit each player s flight info at any time during the multiplayer session You are not required to fill out each player s flight info but it is important or required you fill out this if you want to see the minimum altitude for that player when the player is in the descending or approaching phase flying an IFR flight plan or when sending the flight information of the player to another ATC Radar Screen s user For fill out or edit a player s flight info follow these steps 1 Go to the Players Flight Info List located in the lower part of the radar screen For more information
4. Radar Screen v30 exe file is located within all the files inside of that folder NOTE If you didnt found the ATC Radar Screen v30 exe file then dont worry and continue reading below Now run the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 setup program inside the atcrds50 zip file e If you dont have installed any previous version of ATC Radar Screen Run the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 setup program inside the aterds50 zip file IF YOU HAVE YOUR FLIGHT SIMULATOR IN A COMPUTER AND YOU WANT TO USE ATC RADAR SCREEN IN ANOTHER COMPUTER For explain this process 1 will distinguish both computers in this way the first computer for the computer where it is installed your FS and the second computer for the computer where you want to use ATC Radar Screen v5 0 Now follow these steps 1 Install the Manuel s Service Pack 3 and the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 in both computers 2 Go to the first computer and run the Manuel Database Creator v1 0 program Read the CREATING THE DATABASES FILES REQUIRED BY ATC RADAR SCREEN topic below 3 Wait until the Manuel Database Creator v1 0 program had finished creating the databases files IMPORTANT NOTE The Manuel Database Creator v1 0 program will display a message box notifying you when it had finished creating the databases files 4 After creating the databases files close the Manuel Database Creator v1 0 program 5 In the first computer go to the fold
5. Screen s controller connected in the same multiplayer session then follow these steps l Go to the Players Flight Info List located in the lower part of the radar screen For more information scroll down for read the PLAYERS FLIGHT INFO LIST topic Select and double click the nickname or callsign of the player Then it will appears the Player s flight information window If you want to modify the current selected player s flight information you can do it Scroll up to see the EDITING THE PLAYERS FLIGHT INFO topic If you want to send the current player s flight information to another ATC Radar Screen player in the session then check the Send flight plan to other s ATCRDS controller s checkbox e Now if you want to send the flight information to all the ATCRDS controllers currently in the session then check the Send to all ATCRDS controllers in the session checkbox e Butif you want to send the flight information to a specific ATCRDS controller in the session then uncheck the Send to all ATCRDS controllers in the session checkbox and select the ATCRDS controller in the Send to this ATCRDS controller list to which you want to send the current player s flight information 6 For send the current selected player s flight information to the other s ATC Radar Screen s controller s in the same session then press the Send Save Changes buttons It will send the current selected player s
6. close the Manuel Database Creator v1 0 program 12 Now you can run the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 program Read the RUNNING THE ATC RADAR SCREEN topic below RUNNING THE ATC RADAR SCREEN 1 Run ATC Radar Screen v50 exe 2 3 T e s Wait until it load If this is the first time that you are running the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 program and if you didn t had created the databases files before It will appear an error and this program will going to close itself After that you MUST read the CREATING THE DATABASES FILES REQUIRED BY ATC RADAR SCREEN topic above before you continue with the following steps Then it will appear the Choosing an airport or ARTCC FIR window You must wait until it had finished the loading process If you want to control a towered airport then you must choose the Control a towered airport option then you must type the ICAO ID of the towered airport that you want to control drop down the towered airports list and select the ICAO ID with the name of the towered airport that you want to control Then press the NEXT STEP gt button BUT if you want to control an entire ARTCC FIR s sector then you must choose the Control an ARTCC FIR option then you must type the beginning words of the ARTCC FIR s name that you want to control drop down the ARTCC FIRs list and select the ARTCC FIR Then press the NEXT STEP gt button Now it wil
7. program will display in the radar screen all the airports locations runways runways guide lines taxiways parkings gates ILSs NDBs VORs intersections jet airways victor airways markers fuel areas ONLY for FS2004 s users tower airspaces additional airspaces ONLY for FS2004 s users TRACON airspaces that are inside the ARTCC FIR s sector you had selected And also it will display in the radar screen the ARTCC FIR s sector you had selected and also some ARTCC FIRs airspaces around your ARTCC FIR s sector HOW CAN I COMMUNICATE WITH THE PLAYERS The chatbox is the one that is beside of the PLAYERS FLIGHT INFO LIST To write the message you want to send to the others players you just need to write your message in the field where it says Write your message here After you wrote your message press the ENTER key of your keyboard for send it to the others players The place where it says Radar Screen v5 0 By NetSaturn82 will display the history of all the chat messages you sent to the others players and the chat messages you received from them The newests or lastest chat messages will appears always on top To show hide the chatbox you just need to check uncheck the Display Chatbox checkbox that you see in the upper left corner of the radar screen READING PLAYERS DATABLOCK The first line in the datablock displays the nickname of the player The second line displays the heading in degr
8. scroll down for read the PLAYERS FLIGHT INFO LIST topic 2 Select and double click the nickname or callsign of the player from which you want to fill out or edit his her flight information 3 Then it will appears the Player s flight information window NOTE The only fields that you can fill out or edit are flight type departure airport destination airport cruise altitude and flight route 4 Now you can fill out or edit that player s flight info e Drop down the flight type list and select IFR or VFR e Write the departure airport s ICAO ID from where the player will takeoff e Write the destination airport s ICAO ID where the player will land e Write the cruise altitude that the player must maintain during the flight here you must write the cruise altitude in feet units don t use commas decimal points or the Flight Level FL designation You cann t write the cruise altitude in this way 30 000 or FL300 or 30000 45 You can write the cruise altitude in this way 30000 Otherwhise it will display an error e If you want you can write the player s flight route details example TUM VOR TABOGA VOR MADEN Intersection The Flight Route field has a maximum length of 1300 characters 5 If you want to send the current player s flight information to another ATC Radar Screen player in the session then check the Send flight plan to other s ATCRDS controller s checkbox e Now
9. text information about that object you will notice that it doesnt hide or disappear automatly So for hide or disappear the little text information you must click with the left button of the mouse anywhere in the radar screen Below i will explain with more details how you can get the information of any objects in the radar screen e Airspaces You can get the information of any airspace by just double clicking with the mouse s left button above the blue circle see the image below then it should appear a little information about that airspace and also it should highlight with yellow the airspace you had selected or in others words the airspace from which you are getting the information see the image below For hide the little information just click anywhere in the radar screen IMPORTANT NOTE You can get the information of any airspace ONLY when the zoomrate is bettween 5x and 34x e NDBs and VORs You can get the information of any VOR or NDB by just double clicking with the mouse s left button inside the circle or ring of the NDB or VOR then it should appear a little information about that NDB or VOR that you had selected For hide the little information just click anywhere in the radar screen IMPORTANT NOTE You can get the information of any VOR or NDB ONLY when the zoomrate is higher than 16x ntersections You can get the information of any intersection by just double clicking with the
10. 00ft above the real ground altitude the destination airport s altitude If the player descend below this lowest minimum altitude he she may find the ground and crash But if the player go more and more far away from his her destination airport s location then the minimum altitude will increase I recommend that when the player is about 16 miles or less out of the destination airport s active runway give to him her the clearance for approach to the runway at this point the player can descend below the lowest minimum altitude ATC Radar Screen gets the minimum altitude value from this Minimum altitude Terrain altitude below the player 2000ft for safety HOW CAN I KNOW WHAT AIRPORTS ARE DISPLAYED IN THE RADAR SCREEN You can know this information by clicking the View menu in this program s window and then selecting Show area s airports list Follow these steps 1 It will appear the Area s airports list window 2 Then write the airport s ICAO_ID then drop down the airports list and select the airport you were looking for NOTE For refresh the area s airports list just click the Refresh List button 3 If you want to center the radar screen on the selected airport s location then just click the Center Airport on Radar Screen button 4 Now you can close the Area s airports list window but if you want to select another airport then repeat the steps from the step 2 VIEWING FSNA
11. 9 TABLE OF CONTENT 10 11 12 1x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s STARs CENTERING AN AREA S AIRPORT ON THE RADAR SCREEN 21 CENTERING AN AREA S NAVAID VOR NDB INTERSECTION ON THE RADAR SCREEN 22 A DIFFERENT WAY TO CENTER A PLAYER ON THE RADAR SCREEN S CENTER 24 IDENTIFYING YOUR CONTROL ZONE WHEN CONTROLLING AN ENTIRE ARTCC FIR S SECTOR 25 HOW CAN I CENTER THE RADAR SCREEN IN A SPECIFIC POSITION
12. ATC RADAR SCREEN V5 0 For FS2004 2002 USER S MANUAL DESCRIPTION ATC Radar Screen v5 0 is a program that will allow to control a towered airport or an entire ARTCC FIR s sector during a FS multiplayer session This version has some new features view jet and victor airways view additional airspaces ONLY for FS2004 users connect or host a FS2004 2002 multiplayer sessions new SID STARs window view fuel areas ONLY for FS2004 users edit the ATIS message of the selected towered airport change the mouse s pointer of the radar screen etc Doesnt requires any earlier version This version requires the Manuel s Service Pack 3 Created by Manuel Ambulo IMPORTANT NOTE A towered airport is an airport that has control tower NEW FEATURES Connect or host a FS2004 2002 multiplayer session View jet and victor airways View additional airspaces ONLY for FS2004 users View fuel areas ONLY for FS2004 users Edit ATIS message of the selected towered airport For then the players can request it using this chat text command atis Towered Airport ID example atis KORD Change the mouse s pointer of the radar screen s window Youcan assign a specific color for display SIDs and another different color for display STARs New SID STARs window Players can delete theirs flight plan using the fp chat text command New way for getting information of the graphic objects in the radar screen 999
13. VIGATOR S SIDs STARs If you are a user of the FSNavigator v4 5 or any higher version program then you can download the lastest SIDs STARs packet zip file from the Downloads section of the FSNavigator s homepage www fsnavigator com Then extract or unzip the SIDs STARs packet zip file into the SidStar folder that is located inside the folder where you had installed the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 IMPORTANT NOTE The ATC Radar Screen v5 0 will JUST READ the FSNavigator s SIDs STARs files ss and WILL NOT MODIFY THEM Now you run the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 program then choose the Control an ARTCC FIR option and select an ARTCC FIR s sector from the ARTCC FIRs list Then wait until it loads After that join or host a FS multiplayer session Now the main window ATC radar s window should appear If you want to see SIDs STARs of an airport inside your control zone or area follow these steps 1 Go to the View menu then Show area s SIDs STARs list 2 Will appear the Area s SIDs STARs list window 3 Write and select in the Airport ID list the ICAO_ID of the airport IMPORTANT NOTE NOT ALL the airports will have SIDs STARs There will be about 2 or more airports in your control zone or area having SIDs STARs I mean ONLY the traffic congested airports or international airports will have SIDs STARs If you want to create SIDs STARs for an airport then you will n
14. before then if you want you can delete the current ATIS message 3 When you are done just click the button for save the changes Now any player can request the ATIS message by typing and sending using theirs FS chat window this chat text command without the quotes atis Selected towered airport ID Examples atis MPTO atis KORD etc When this program ATC Radar Screen receives these ATIS requests it will answer automatly reply to that player with the ATIS message in a private chat text message that you had wrote or entered before IMPORTANT NOTE If the ATIS message is EMPTY doesnt have any text this program ATC Radar Screen WILL NOT reply to the ATIS request from the players because there is not ANY ATIS text message avaible at that moment In others words the ATC Radar Screen CANNT reply with an EMPTY chat text message GETTING REAL WORLD WEATHER There are many websites in the Internet that provides you the lastest observations for a specific airport One of those websites where you can download the lastests METARs of the most airports in the world is the NOAA website http weather noaa gov weather metar shtml Here you enter or write the ICAO_ID of the airport from which you want to get the lastest weather observation then press the SUBMIT button then it will display the latest METAR for that airport These METARs are coded if you dont know how to decode or read t
15. ck the Radar rings button and set the new color for more details see CHANGE THE COLOR OF ANY OBJECT IN THE RADAR SCREEN topic RUNWAYS GUIDE LINES If you want to see hide the guides lines of the runway of an airport located in your control zone or area then follow these steps 1 Go to the View menu then Show area s airports list 2 Then write the airport s ICAO ID then drop down the airports list and select the airport that you are looking for 3 It will appear a list with all the runways of the selected airport 4 Check uncheck the checkbox of a runway for then show hide it s guides lines in the radar screen Each runway guide line has a length of 14 miles in each side of a runway If you want you can change the default color setting green for the runways guide lines by a new one all you need to do is go to the Options menu then Color settings and click the Runways guide lines button and set the new color for more details see CHANGE THE COLOR OF ANY OBJECT IN THE RADAR SCREEN topic TCAS SYSTEM The ATC Radar Screen by default will display in red color the players that have between them a distance equal or less than 3 miles and a difference in altitude of about 2 000 feet or less NOTE You will see or notice that in this version version 5 0 the Enable traffic alert sound option is disabled this is because in future versions there will be a traffic alert so
16. d located in the upper left corner of the radar screen HOW CAN I ZOOM OUT THE RADAR SCREEN Just press the F6 key in your keyboard and it will zoom out the radar screen You can see the zoom rate that is displayed in the ZoomRate field located in the upper left corner of the radar screen HOW CAN I CENTER THE RADAR SCREEN BACK TO THE DEFAULT POSITION Just press the F7 key in your keyboard this will center the radar screen back to the default position When im telling you about the default position i mean the position where it was centered the radar screen when it appeared or loaded after setting the lastest selected towered airport or ARTCC FIR s sector CONTROLLING THE OBJECTS THAT CAN BE DISPLAYED IN THE RADAR SCREEN Go to the Options menu then select Display settings After that it will appear the Display settings window In this window you must check the objects that you want this program to display and you must uncheck the objects that you don t want this program to display RADAR RINGS The total range of the radar rings is 90 miles the little ring of the center has a ratio or range of 10 miles and the second ring counting from the center has a ratio or range of 20 miles and so on There are 9 rings If you want you can change the default color setting gray for the radar rings by a new one all you need to do is go to the Options menu then Color settings and cli
17. e radar screen IMPORTANT NOTE You can get the information of any jet airway ONLY when the zoomrate is higher than 16x e Victor airways Low airways You can get the information of any victor airway by just double clicking with the mouse s left button above any part of the line segment of that victor airway see the image above then it should appear a little information about that victor airway For hide the little information just click anywhere in the radar screen IMPORTANT NOTE You can get the information of any victor airway ONLY when the zoomrate is higher than 16x e Taxiways You can get the information of any taxiway by just double clicking with the mouse s left button above any part of the line segment of that taxiway see the image below then it should appear a little information about that taxiway For hide the little information just click anywhere in the radar screen IMPORTANT NOTE You can get the information of any taxiway ONLY when the zoomrate is equal or higher than 35x e Fuel areas You can get the information of any fuel area by just double clicking with the mouse s left button inside the little yellow square of that fuel area and then it should appear a little information about that fuel area For hide the little information just click anywhere in the radar screen IMPORTANT NOTE You can get the information of any fuel area ONLY when the zoomrate is equal or higher than
18. eed to download and use FSNavigator v4 5 or any higher version for create generate or modify SIDs STARs files ss Now from the Runway ID list select the ID of a runway The runways IDs that appears in the Runway ID list are from the airport that you had selected in the Airport ID list IMPORTANT NOTE NOT ALL the runways of an airport have SID STARS as a result there maybe missing some runways IDs In others words this program ATC Radar Screen didnt had found any SID or STAR associated with those missing runways IDs Then it should appear two lists 5105 list and the STARs list Those SIDs and STARS that appear in those lists are associated directly with the runway ID that you had selected from the Runway ID list The SIDs and STARs will not be listed with theirs real names or ids because not all the authors of the FSNav s SIDs STARs files include the real names and ids of the SIDs STARs That s why the 5105 and STARs will be listed by theirs transition point s ID examples TBG VOR MUBAR Intersection etc IMPORTANT NOTE You must know that the FSNavigator s SIDs always begin with a runway and end with a transition point Intersection or VOR or NDB And the FSNavigator s STARs always begin with a transition point Intersection or VOR or NDB and end with a runway Check uncheck the checkbox beside the specified SID or STAR that you want to be visible invisible in
19. ees and current altitude in feet of the player The third line displays the ground speed in knots and minimum altitude in feet for the player If there is no minimum altitude avaible for the player it will display the None word IDENTIFYING THE OBJECTS DISPLAYED IN THE RADAR SCREEN Below there is a group of screenshots showing the different kinds of objects with theirs default colors settings that you will see in the radar screen NOTE When you have a lower Zoomrate Example below 12x in the ATC Radar Screen s window you will see the Airports locations as little red dots NDBs locations as little green dots VORs locations as little blue dots Intersections as little white dots OBJECTS VOR Middle marker Radar rings ARTCC FIR Airspace NDB Intersection Outer marker Runway with ILS Inner marker Fuel area Airport s Player location TRACON or Tower airspace Map The gray dashed lines are some SIDs and STARs of KMIA Miami Intl airport Runway with The purple ARTCC FR Taxiways with guide lines airspace is your airspace theirs IDs The brown circles are the An E Tetor Victor airway et or Victor airway gates parkings E ABOUT ADDITIONAL AIRSPACES ONLY FOR FS2004 S USERS The users that have the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A century of flight will be able to see the additional airspaces These are all the airspac
20. en you are hosting the multiplayer session EDITING THE ATIS MESSAGE OF THE SELECTED TOWERED AIRPORT Sometimes when you are controlling the Ground of an airport it is a little difficult to repeat the airport s information data ATIS Airport Terminal Information Service to each player because of this i had designed a method where you can enter a little ATIS message and save it in memory so then players can request it and receive that ATIS message avoiding to you the work of repeat to every player the same information IMPORTANT NOTE You can edit the ATIS message ONLY if in the Choosing an airport or ARTCC FIR window you had selected the Control a towered airport option and if you had selected an airport ID from the Towered airport list Otherwise the Edit ATIS option in the Edit menu of the radar screen s window will going to appear as disabled For enter a new or edit the current ATIS message follow these steps 1 Go to the Edit menu then select the Edit XXXX ATIS XXXX selected towered airport ID examples Edit MPTO ATIS Edit KORD ATIS Edit KMIA ATIS etc 2 Then it should appear a window In that window you can enter the ATIS message for the selected towered airport Example without the quotes Tocumen Intl Airport Information Zulu 0300 winds 300 at 3kts 99 visibility 2 miles altimeter 29 92 Or if you had already wrote an ATIS message
21. er where you had installed the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 open it and copy these files Program_Config cfg magdec bgl world airports dat world navaids dat world markers dat world fuel areas dat ONLY for FS2004 s users additional airspaces dat ONLY for FS2004 s users world fixpoints dat world airways j dat world airways v dat 6 In the second computer go to the folder where you had installed the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 open it and paste those files that you had copied before If the computer asks you for overwrite the Program Config cfg then click Yes 7 In the first computer uninstall the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 And if you want you can uninstall the Manuel s Service Pack 3 8 Now you can use or run the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 in the second computer HOW ATC RADAR SCREEN WORKS You run the ATC Radar Screen in your machine Then you choose between controlling a towered airport or controlling an entire ARTCC FIR s sector Then you must select the towered airport or select the specific ARTCC FIR s sector After that you will join or host the ATC Radar Screen program with the FS multiplayer session that you want Then you will be able to see all the others players of the FS multiplayer session in a radar screen CREATING THE DATABASES FILES REQUIRED BY ATC RADAR SCREEN If this is the first time that you use the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 then you MUST FIRST create the database
22. es that you can see in your Flight Simulator 2004 s default map Example e Airspaces class C D E F G e Restricted airspaces e Prohibited airspaces Danger airspaces Trainining airspaces MOA Militar operation Airspaces National park airspaces And others CHANGE THE COLOR OF ANY OBJECT IN THE RADAR SCREEN If you want to change the color of the VORs NDBs runways airspaces etc then you must go to the Options menu then Color settings then it will appear the Color settings window To change the color of an object you must click on it s button then it should appear the color box window pick up the new color and click OK in the color box window HOW CAN I GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE OBJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY DISPLAYED IN THE RADAR SCREEN In the radar screen you can get information about the following objects runways ILSs NDBs VORs jet airways victor airways taxiways fuel areas intersections gates parkings airports locations players FSNav s SIDs STARs and airspaces To get the information of an object you must 1 Move the mouse pointer above the object 2 Now double click it with the left button of the mouse As a result it must appear a little information about that object If it doesn t appear the little information about that object then you must center the radar screen in the object s position for then try it again follow the two steps above After displaying the little
23. flight information it doesnt matter if you had made changes in it or not it will send the flight information NOTE In some strange cases the current selected player s flight information doesnt arrives to some of the others ATC Radar Screen s controllers maybe because of the internet connection speed In those cases repeat the steps for try it again e Receiving players flight info from other s ATC Radar Screen s players or controllers When a player s flight info arrives you will see a message box telling you what or which ATC Radar Screen s controller had sent it to you and the nickname of the player which had been modified his her flight information NOTE If you dont want the ATC Radar Screen notify you when a player s flight info arrives then go to the menu Options then General settings and uncheck the Notify me when updated or new players flight info arrives from others ATC Radar Screen s controllers option After receiving a player s flight info the ATC Radar Screen program will automatly update the players flight info list see the PLAYERS FLIGHT INFO LIST topic below PLAYERS FLIGHT INFO LIST The players flight info list is a list that contains the flight information of each player or pilot in the multiplayer session This list is located in the lower part of the radar screen see the image below PLAYERS FLIGHT INFO LIST ATC Controller Cruise altitude Oft Flight Route Airc
24. gram s window Then select Show area s VORs NDBs Intersections list 2 It will appear the Area s VORs NDBs Intersections list window 3 Now select which type of navaids you want to display in the list list that is located beside the navaids types options example i want to display in the list all my control zone s VORs then i should selected the Area s VORs list option 4 After choosing one of the three options the ATC Radar Screen automatly will create a list of all the VORs or NDBs or intersections that are currently in your control zone According to the example that 1 told you before it will display all my control zone s VORs in the list 5 Then you must write the ID of the navaid VOR or NDB or intersection that you are looking for According to the example that i told you before im looking for the TUM navaid that is a VOR located inside the PANAMA FIR airspace my control zone 6 Then drop down the list and select the ID of the navaid VOR or NDB or intersection you were looking for 7 Click the Center VOR NDB INTERSECTION on Radar Screen button for center the selected navaid VOR or NDB or intersection on the radar screen According to the example it will center on the radar screen the TUM VOR A DIFFERENT WAY TO CENTER A PLAYER ON THE RADAR SCREEN S CENTER The typical way for center a player on the radar screen is by going to the player s location and click
25. hat weather information you can go to this website http www sca ugam ca doc metar html 13 There it teaches to you how to read all the data of a METAR It is very interesting i recommend you to check it out It will not only show to you how to read the basic weather information of a METAR it will also show to you what means some stranges words that contains a METAR TIP I recommend you if you are connected to internet and using ATC Radar Screen to keep the NOAA website openned in a window of your internet browser so then when a player ask you for the weather information of a certain airport then you maximize the NOAA website and enter the desired airport s ICAO_ID then get the weather information and bring it to the player RECEIVING FLIGHT PLANS AND FLIGHT ROUTES DETAILS SENT BY PLAYERS ATC Radar Screen has the ability of receive flight plans and flight routes details sent by any player during the FS multiplayer session Also the players can cancel or delete theirs flight plans by typing and sending this chat text command fp without the quotes With this feature you dont need to fill out or delete each player s flight info because the player can upload or delete his her flight plan to or from the ATC Radar Screen program by himself herself and this will let you work more faster during your ATC work When you receive a flight plan or a flight route from a player you will see a message box notifying you that a
26. ide the little information just click anywhere in the radar screen IMPORTANT NOTE You can get the information of any gate parking ONLY when the zoomrate is equal or higher than 35x Airports locations You can get the information of any airport s location by just double clicking with the mouse s left button inside the little red circle or ring and then it should appear a little information about that airport For hide the little information just click anywhere in the radar screen IMPORTANT NOTE You can get the information of any airport location ONLY when the zoomrate is higher than 24x FSNav s SIDs STARs You can get the information of any SID or STAR by just double clicking with the mouse s left button above any part of the line segment of that SID or STAR see the image below then it should appear a little information about that SID or STAR As a result that SID or STAR will be highlighted with yellow For hide the little information just click anywhere in the radar screen IMPORTANT NOTE You can get the information of any SID STAR ONLY when the zoomrate is higher than 16x Jet airways High airways You can get the information of any jet airway by just double clicking with the mouse s left button above any part of the line segment of that jet airway see the image below then it should appear a little information about that jet airway For hide the little information just click anywhere in th
27. if you want to send the flight information to all the ATCRDS controllers currently in the session then check the Send to all ATCRDS controllers in the session checkbox e Butif you want to send the flight information to a specific ATCRDS controller in the session then uncheck the Send to all ATCRDS controllers in the session checkbox and select the ATCRDS controller in the Send to this ATCRDS controller list to which you want to send the current player s flight information 6 Now you must click the Send Save Changes button for save the current changes and at same time send the current player s flight information to the other s ATCRDS controller s in the session If you have checked the Send flight plan to other s ATCRDS controller s checkbox if you don t want to save or send the current changes then click the Cancel button NOTE After this the Players Flight Info List is updated automatly See below the PLAYERS FLIGHT INFO LIST topic TIP I recommend you that when a player had landed at his her destination airport clean his her flight info set the flight type to VFR and clear or leave in blank all the fields departure airport destination airport cruise altitude and flight route this is because the player had finished his her flight plan SENDING AND RECEIVING PLAYERS FLIGHT INFO TO AND FROM OTHER S ATC RADAR SCREEN S CONTROLLER S IN THE SESSION The good part of sending and receivi
28. ith the heading and distance numbers After you see the heading and distance then you must stop pressing the left button of the mouse Then the line will disappear After that you must notify to the player about the heading that he she must fly in order to reach the position that you want IDENTIFYING YOUR CONTROL ZONE WHEN CONTROLLING AN ENTIRE ARTCC FIR S SECTOR If you are currently controlling an ARTCC FIR s sector you must know that your airspace is painted with the color purple in others words your ARTCC FIR s sector airspace is painted with the color purple this includes the dots and lines that show where begins and ends your ARTCC FIR s sector If you want you can change the default color setting purple for your airspace by a new one all you need to do is go to the Options menu then Color settings and click the Your airspace button and set the new color for more details see CHANGE THE COLOR OF ANY OBJECT IN THE RADAR SCREEN topic HOW CAN I CENTER THE RADAR SCREEN IN A SPECIFIC POSITION In order to center the radar screen in a specific position you must click with the right button of the mouse over the position that you want to center the screen and then it will center the radar screen at that position HOW CAN I ZOOM IN THE RADAR SCREEN Just press the F5 key in your keyboard and it will zoom in the radar screen You can see the zoom rate that is displayed in the ZoomRate fiel
29. l appear the What you want to do window Select one option and then click the NEXT STEP gt button for continue Or click the EXIT PROGRAM button for close the ATC Radar Screen program Depending of the option that you had selected it will appear the Connect window or the Host window Enter the main information required in the current window Connect window or Host window and then click the Join button for the Connect window or click the Host button for the Host window Now it will appear a window that will contain a black screen that will display the current selected towered airport or ARTCC FIR You can zoom in by pressing the F5 key in your keyboard so then you can have a better view of all the objects in the radar screen WHEN CONTROLLING A TOWERED AIRPORT When you control a towered airport this program will display the selected towered airport and around the selected towered airport in a ratio of 90 miles it will display airports gates parkings taxiways runways runways guide lines ILSs VORs NDBs intersections fuel areas ONLY for FS2004 s users jet airways victor airways map outlines markers radar rings TRACON airspace additional airspaces ONLY for FS2004 s users tower airspaces and ARTCC FIR airspace covering that selected towered airport WHEN CONTROLLING AN ENTIRE ARTCC FIR S SECTOR When you control an entire ARTCC FIR s sector this
30. mouse s left button inside the little white triangle of the intersection and then it should appear a little information about that intersection that you had selected For hide the little information just click anywhere in the radar screen IMPORTANT NOTE You can get the information of any intersection ONLY when the zoomrate is higher than 16x Players You can get the information of any player by just double clicking with the mouse s left button above the little bright green circle that represents the player s location then it should appear a little information about that player For hide the little information just click anywhere in the radar screen IMPORTANT NOTE You can get the information of any player at any zoomrate Runways and ILSs You can get the information of any runway or ILS by just double clicking with the mouse s left button above any of the two sides of the runway at the starting or ending point of the runway then it should appear a little information about that runway s side For hide the little information just click anywhere in the radar screen IMPORTANT NOTE You can get the information of any runway within or without ILS ONLY when the zoomrate is higher than 24x Gates Parkings You can get the information of any gate or parking by just double clicking with the mouse s left button above the brown circle and then it should appear a little information about that gate or parking For h
31. ng players flight information is that all the ATC Radar Screen s controllers in the same session will know from where to where is flying each player or pilot in the session Example in a multiplayer session there is an ATC Radar Screen s controller that is the KORD ground another ATC Radar Screen s controller that is the KORD tower and there are some players or pilots at the KORD s gates or parkings Then each player will post his her flightplans and the KORD ground will fill out each player s flight info in the ATC Radar Screen program then send those flights info to the others ATC Radar Screen s controllers in the same multiplayer session So then when each player or pilot arrives to the active runway the KORD tower will know to where each player or pilot will fly If there is another ATC Radar Screen s controller that is doing CHICAGO center then that controller will also know from where to where will fly those players or pilots that are currently at the KORD s gates or parkings IMPORTANT NOTE The controllers having ATC Radar Screen v4 0 or any higher version will be able to send and receive players flight info in a multiplayer session Controllers having any previous version of ATC Radar Screen will not be able to send or receive players flight info e Sending players flight info to other s ATC Radar Screen s players or controllers To send the flight information of a player or pilot to another ATC Radar
32. player had filed a new flightplan Also a message box will appear if the player had deleted his her flight plan NOTE If you dont want the ATC Radar Screen notify you when a player s flight plan or flight route details arrives or is deleted then go to the menu Options then General settings and uncheck the Notify me when updated or new players flight info arrives from others ATC Radar Screen s controllers option The Players must use this format for send to you and to another ATC Radar Screen s controllers in the same multiplayer session or delete theirs flight plans 1 SENDING A FLIGHT PLAN TO CONTROLLERS Write in your FS s chat window this command fp Flight Type Departure airport s ICAO ID Destination airport s ICAO ID Cruise altitude in feet Then press the Send button in your FS s chat window for send the command Example Nol fp IFR MPTO KORD 30 000 Example No2 fp VFR KSFO KDEN 10 000 After sending that if you have a flight route write in your FS s chat window this command fr Write here the flight route details Then press the Send button in your FS s chat window for send the command Example Nol fr runway TUM VOR MADEN Intersection etc 2 DELETING A FLIGHT PLAN Write in your FS s chat window this command fp Then press the Send button in your FS s chat window for send the command CHANGING THE MOUSE S POINTER DISPLAYED
33. r Screen read and uses this file every time you run it ATC Radar Screen and it keeps in memory the terrain aspect inside your control zone That means when you control a towered airport or an entire ARTCC FIR s sector it will get the terrain s information of your control area The ATC Radar Screen will display the minimum altitude of a player when the following things happens e When the player s flight type is That means the player must had in his her flight info the Flight Type property set in e The player destination airport s ICAO ID must be wrote in his her Destination Airport flight info e The destination airport of the player is inside your control zone You can check if the airport is in your control zone by going to the menu View then Show area s airports list Then search for the player s destination airport e The player is equal or less than 90 miles out of his her destination airport s location Now you can see why it is recommended to fill out each player s flight info All the conditions above must happens for then it ATC Radar Screen can display the minimum altitude if not then it will display the word None in that player s datablock information As the player comes more and more closer or near to his her destination airport s location the minimum altitude will decrease depending on the terrain below the player until the lowest minimum altitude that is 20
34. raft type Aircraft name FSHost 2 2 VFR Cruise altitude Oft Flight Route Aircraft type Aircraft name zi If you want to show hide the players flight info list then check uncheck the Display players flight info list option that is located in the lower left corner If you want to edit or modify a player s flight information then scroll up and see the EDITING THE PLAYERS FLIGHT INFO topic in this document IMPORTANT NOTE The most of the cases this program ATC Radar Screen WILL NOT ADD in the Players Flight Info List the FSNavigator players example fsnav or FSHost example FSHost v3 0 Server or any player in OBSERVER mode because they doesnt appear as pilots for the others players in the session In others words the others players will not have at ANY moment VISUAL CONTACT with those players GETTING THE MINIMUM ALTITUDE OF A PLAYER When the players or pilots are in the descent or approach phase that means when the player is descending from the cruise altitude and is heading to the destination airport for then approach and land on the runway they need to know what is the altitude of the terrain below them the minimum altitude that s why the controllers needs to know what is the terrain below each player that s why i had created a file called world terrain db it contains the entire FS s world terrain i created it from satellite images files of the real world s terrain ATC Rada
35. rom the list select ATC Radar Screen v5 0 and click the Add Remove button KNOWN BUGS There is no bugs by this moment If you had found a bug then e mail me and report it to me NOTES BY THE AUTHOR I created this program because i wanted to create my own ATC program for FS multiplayer session So i hope it can help you to have a better controlled game And have fun For any comments suggestions or report of bugs please e mail me at netghost82 C hotmail com SPECIAL THANKS TO Microsoft Flight Simulator s Team By the SDKs documents Helge Schroeder Author of FSNavigator Winfried Orthmann Author of FS2004 BGL format description DJ Joe Manuel s FS tools website s webmaster Shannon Netdude Russell Gilbert Pablo Norambuena MY PROGRAMS WEB SITE Now you can visit my programs web site with the lastest versions of my programs http www joenetwork de manuel RECOMMENDED DOWNLOADS FSNavigator v4 6 FSHost v3 0 Roger Wilco Squawkbox v2 3 5 For VATSIM s or IVAO s users PROcontroller v2 2 For VATSIM s or IVAO s users Advanced Simulated Radar Client For VATSIM s or IVAO s users 999 9 9 THIS IS A FREEWARE PROGRAM SO PLEASE DON T DISTRIBUTE THIS PROGRAM OR THIS DOCUMENT FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES WITHOUT THE AUTHOR S PERMISSION THE END HAVE FUN
36. ry and continue the reading below If you dont have installed the Manuel s Service Pack 3 then you will need to go to the Required Files section of my programs homepage http www joenetwork de manuel and download the Manuel s Service Pack 3 for then install it NOTE Anothers websites where you can download the Manuel s Service Pack 3 are www flightsim com and www simviation com e If you have installed any previous version of ATC Radar Screen Uninstall the previous version of the ATC Radar Screen program in order to do this you must go to your Window s Start Settings then Control Panel now doble click the Add Remove Programs icon and uninstall or remove any previous version of the ATC Radar Screen program that you find in the list of programs of the Add Remove Programs Properties window NOTE If you didnt found any previous version the ATC Radar Screen program inside the list of programs of the Add Remove Programs Properties window then dont worry and continue reading below Because the ATC Radar Screen version 3 0 was published without an installer and uninstaller programs you will need to search in all your local hard drives in order to find that program Now go to your Window s Start Find then Files or folders and search for this file Radar Screen v30 exe within the quotes If you found that file then delete the folder where the ATC
37. s files before running this program ATC Radar Screen For do that you MUST have at this moment installed the Manuel s Service Pack 3 In the same computer where ATC Radar Screen is installed Now follow these steps 1 Go to your Window s Start then Programs then Manuel s Service Pack 3 2 Run the Manuel Database Creator v1 0 program 3 Select ATC Radar Screen v5 0 For FS2002 2004 option 4 Enter the directory or folder where you have installed the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 Example without the quotes C Programs Files ATC Radar Screen v5 5 Click the button for continue 6 Select your current Microsoft Flight Simulator s version option 7 Enter the directory or folder where you have installed your current Microsoft Flight Simulator Examples without the quotes C Program Files Microsoft Games FS2002 or C Program Files Microsoft Games Flight Simulator 9 8 Click the Ok button for continue NOTE If you have your Flight Simulator 2002 2004 running then close it before creating the databases files 9 Click the Create Databases Files button 10 Wait until the Manuel Database Creator v1 0 program had finished creating the databases files IMPORTANT NOTE The Manuel Database Creator v1 0 program will display a message box notifying you when it had finished creating the databases files 11 After creating the databases files
38. the radar screen For show or make visible all the SIDs in the list click the Show all SIDs button For hide or make invisible all the SIDs in the list click the Hide all SIDs button For show or make visible all the STARs in the list click the Show all STARs button For hide or make invisible all the STARs in the list click the Hide all STARs button If you want to see the name id and description of a specificied SID or STAR then select a SID from the SIDs list or select a STAR from the STARS list and then click the Show Selected SID s Info button or click the Show Selected STAR s Info button If you want to see the SIDs and STARs of another airport then go to the step 3 and repeat all the following steps When you are done then click the OK button CENTERING AN AREA S AIRPORT ON THE RADAR SCREEN Follow these steps l Go to the View menu in this program s window Then select Show area s airports list It will appear the Area s airports list window Then write the airport s ICAO ID then drop down the airports list and select the airport you were looking for NOTE For refresh the area s airports list just click the Refresh List button Now click the Center Airport on Radar Screen button CENTERING AN AREA S NAVAID VOR NDB INTERSECTION ON THE RADAR SCREEN Follow these steps 1 Go to the View menu in this pro
39. und that means that this option WILL GOING TO BE enabled in future versions If you want to change the minimum distance or altitude bettween the players or pilots then you must go to the menu Options then General settings Now if you want you can change the Minimum distance bettween aircrafts number by default the ATC Radar Screen had set 3 miles And if you want you can change the Minimum altitude bettween aircrafts number by default the ATC Radar Screen had set 2 000 feet When you had finished click the OK button for apply the changes IMPORTANT NOTE For set the Minimum altitude bettween aircrafts you CANN T use commas or decimal points and also yu CANN T use the Flight Level FL designation A good example for this is 30000 Some bad examples are 30 000 or 30 000 00 or FL300 DISPLAY THE PLAYERS LIST WINDOW If you want to see the list of players that are currently connected in the multiplayer session follow these steps 1 Go to the View menu then Show players list 2 It will appear a window with the list of players that are currently inside of the multiplayer session REMOVE KICK A PLAYER FROM THE SESSION For remove or kick a player go to the menu in the radar screen s window View then Show players list select the player and press the Remove Kick Selected Player button IMPORTANT NOTE You can remove kick players from the session ONLY wh
40. utton for continue NOTE If you have your Flight Simulator 2002 2004 running then close it before creating the databases files 6 Click the Create Databases Files button 7 Wait until the Manuel Database Creator v1 0 program had finished creating the databases files IMPORTANT NOTE The Manuel Database Creator v1 0 program will display a message box notifying you when it had finished creating the databases files 8 After creating the databases files close the Manuel Database Creator v1 0 program 9 Now you can run the ATC Radar Screen v5 0 program HOW CAN I RESIZE THE RADAR SCREEN S WINDOW Just click and drag the lower right corner of the radar screen s window Or maximize restore the radar screen s window HOW CAN I DISCONNECT FROM THE FS MULTIPLAYER SESSION AND CLOSE THIS PROGRAM In order to disconnect and close this program you must follow these steps 1 Go to the File menu then Disconnect or click the X button of this window The radar screen s window and wait until this window had disappeared 2 Then it will appear the What you want to do window 3 Click the EXIT PROGRAM button in the What you want to do window UNINSTALLING THE ATC RADAR SCREEN PROGRAM If you want to uninstall the ATC Radar Screen program you can go to your Window s Start Settings then Control Panel Now doble click the Add Remove Programs icon now f
41. with the right button of the mouse Another different way is by going to the menu View then click and select Show players list then select the player you want to center on the radar screen now click the Center Selected Player on Radar Screen button This new different way is usefull when you don t know where is currently located a pilot or player and you don t have him her inside the screen or when you are far away from that player and you need to reach his her location very fast IMPORTANT NOTE The FSNavigator players FSHost player and the players in OBSERVER mode WILL NOT BE CENTERED in the radar screen because they doesnt appear as pilots for the others players In others words the others players WILL NOT HAVE at any moment visual contact with them And also because they are not displayed in the radar screen So when you select a FSNavigator player FSHost player or any player in OBSERVER mode from the list the Center Selected Player on Radar Screen button will appear as disabled HOW CAN I GIVE VECTORS TO A PLAYER USING THE RADAR SCREEN You must click with the left button of the mouse over any the position inside the radar screen but near the player to which you want to give the vector then you must move the mouse pointer while you are still pressing the left button of the mouse to the direction and position you want the player to fly to Then it will appear a green dashed line w
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