Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Flight planner menu...

Menu

Flight plan
  • New – Reset the display to a blank checkpoints list
  • Load – Open an existing flight plan
  • Save – Save the existing or new flight plan
  • Save as – Create a new flight plan file form the existing one
  • Save as active flight plan – Save the flight plan into the ACTIVE_FlightPlan folder. When enabled, the ATC load the flight plan file which is inside this folder. If it is empty, the ATC will not talk (or even crash...).
Chart(s)
  • New - Reset the display to a blank list
  • Load - Open an existing chart 
  • Add – Add a chart to the list. It will be inserted AFTER the current selected waypoint
  • Save - Save the existing or new chart
  • Save as – Create a copy of the chart (only when editing a single chart)
  • Remove chart – Remove the whole chart the current selected checkpoint belongs to
  • Remove checkpoint – Remove the selected waypoint(s)
  • Insert checkpoint – Insert a new line before the current selected waypoint
Helpers 
  • Converter  - Opens a small window where you can enter a degrees/minutes/seconds coordinates and convert this into decimal coordinates EasyATC can read. Note that this converter is automatically opened when you double-click into a latitude or longitude cell in the list. In this case, when you click on Convert button, the window is closed and the cell filled with the correct value. 
  • Auto Complete - EasyATC try to fill as many cells as possible by looking for information into the different nav data, fix data, apt data files in the X-Plane resources. The modified cells are displayed with red font. When looking for a fix or navaid identifier, some dialog boxes can be displayed to confirm that the item that has been found is the one you need: many fixes and navaids have the same name in different places in the world! 
Playsound
Select two waypoints and press this button to hear the ATC. The state of the plane is supposed to be the first waypoint (altitude, heading, speed, coordinates, frequency, etc.). The ATC gives all the instructions to fly to the second waypoint.

Text boxes and drop down...

Flight plan name
  • The name of the flight plan when previously saved
Chart name
  • The name of the chart of the selected chart when previously saved. When selecting a waypoint row, in a multiple charts flight plan, this dropdown box displays the chart the waypoint belongs to (then you can see, for example, the chart you would remove if you clic on Chart/Remove in the menu)

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