[bvipilots] Re: Metar issues was Re: Re: never sneeze when you fly with Michelle

  • From: hadi <hadirezaei@xxxxxxx>
  • To: bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:19:44 +0430

Robert, they are talking about
"get local weather"

On 9/10/2013 12:00 AM, Robert Cezar wrote:
Quite the opposite. Perhaps I didn't explain it properly.

RESTATED:
If the FSX application is in the foreground, and the BVI mode is active, then the ATC windows is forced open. Is that any clearer?

Robert



On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Mitchel Snel <brailletijger@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:brailletijger@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    dear Robert,
    does this mean that when iyp is in the bvi mode it will not work?
    greetings, Mitchel

    2013/9/9, Robert Cezar <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>:
    > Hello,
    >
    > When running in the BVI mode, the ATC window is forced open at
    all times.
    > If it is inadvertently closed, the IYP application forces it to
    the open
    > state immediately. However, the simulator application must be in the
    > foreground.
    >
    > Robert
    >
    >
    >
    > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 10:05 AM, hadi <hadirezaei@xxxxxxx
    <mailto:hadirezaei@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
    >
    >> Same thing happening to me as well~ doesn't work
    >>
    >>
    >> On 9/9/2013 9:11 PM, Noel Romey wrote:
    >>
    >>> jMitchell,
    >>>
    >>> This has happened to me.  Seems as if it has some odd thing happen
    >>> with the key presses on atc.  The ATC window has to be open
    when the
    >>> keypresses happen and sometimes, those keypresses don't seem
    to work.
    >>>
    >>> Noel
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> On 9/9/13, Mitchel Snel <brailletijger@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:brailletijger@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> sorry problem with my braille display!
    >>>> if I ask michell for the weather with the get local weather
    command I
    >>>> get a announcement when there is no local weather but
    sometimes I get
    >>>> no responds.
    >>>> I assume that there is local weather then but I do not get
    the local
    >>>> weather?
    >>>> greetings, Mitchel
    >>>>
    >>>> 2013/9/9, Mitchel Snel <brailletijger@xxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:brailletijger@xxxxxxxxx>>:
    >>>>
    >>>>> dear Robert,
    >>>>> sorry that I move into this topic but if I ask michel
    >>>>>
    >>>>> 2013/9/9, Robert Cezar <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>:
    >>>>>
    >>>>>> The METAR data comes from the United States NOAA service
    located
    >>>>>> here:
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> http://aviationweather.gov/
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> I would suggest that you direct your questions to them
    directly.
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> Please let me know what they say.
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> Thanks,
    >>>>>> Robert
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Noel Romey
    <nromey@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:nromey@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>  Robert,
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>> I don't have a problem with the metar obversations, just
    the ones
    >>>>>>> announced by iyp as relates to time.  I pulled two
    reports, one for
    >>>>>>> kphx (Phoenix Sky Harbor) and one for KLIT (Little Rock).
     I pulled
    >>>>>>> klit twoce actually.  Both reports from kphx and klit were
    correct
    >>>>>>> as
    >>>>>>> far as conditions, but the time reported was 0914.  a 31 C
    >>>>>>> temperature
    >>>>>>> at 3 A>M. in Little Rock is probably not completely
    correct.  I
    >>>>>>> pulled
    >>>>>>> KLIT a second time with a flight loaded to Little Rock.
     That time,
    >>>>>>> I
    >>>>>>> got a 0915 Zulu time, and a temperature of 32.
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>> Is there a problem with the scrape of the new metar data?
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>> Noel
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>> On 9/9/13, Robert Cezar <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    <mailto:robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> Hi,
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> REGARDING: METAR updates
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> The METAR reports are typically updated at the end of
    each hour.
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> Here's a good link that describes METAR in detail:
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>
    
http://weather.cod.edu/notes/**metar.html<http://weather.cod.edu/notes/metar.html>
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> Regards,
    >>>>>>>> Robert
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Noel Romey
    <nromey@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:nromey@xxxxxxxxx>>
    >>>>>>>> wrote:
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>  I'm making out. Have found a few cosmetic if you will
    bugs which I
    >>>>>>>>> will
    >>>>>>>>> compile and send privately. When I ask to check weather
    for a
    >>>>>>>>> location
    >>>>>>>>> the
    >>>>>>>>> conditions seem to be ok but Zulu Time doesn't update
    much. Does
    >>>>>>>>> the
    >>>>>>>>> new
    >>>>>>>>> service for metar not update often or is there some
    other problem?
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> Thanks
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> Ner
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> On Sep 8, 2013, at 4:08 PM, Robert Cezar
    <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> wrote:
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> Hi,
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> How are you making out?
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> Robert
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Noel Romey
    <nromey@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:nromey@xxxxxxxxx>>
    >>>>>>>>> wrote:
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>  Hi guys,
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>> I was flying this morning from cyyc o cyxj.  About 180
    miles from
    >>>>>>>>>> the
    >>>>>>>>>> airport, I sneezed into the microphone.  It was not muted
    >>>>>>>>>> unfortunately.  MS Speech Recognition took my sneeze as a
    >>>>>>>>>> keypress.
    >>>>>>>>>> two things happened in succession.  First, I should
    say, these
    >>>>>>>>>> keypresses were on the FSX side, not the IYP Michelle
    side of
    >>>>>>>>>> things.
    >>>>>>>>>> First, the autopilot got turned off and second, my
    engine mixture
    >>>>>>>>>> was
    >>>>>>>>>> set to lean.  I dropped from 1000 to nothing in about
    10 seconds.
    >>>>>>>>>> Didn't know what happened because I didn't know what I
    pressed,
    >>>>>>>>>> so
    >>>>>>>>>> I
    >>>>>>>>>> thought fist to set engine mixture to rich, well I said
    lean, so
    >>>>>>>>>> I
    >>>>>>>>>> ultimately pulled back up to about 4000 feet, then fell
    back.  In
    >>>>>>>>>> essence, FSX was confused.  Finally got things dialed
    back in,
    >>>>>>>>>> and
    >>>>>>>>>> got
    >>>>>>>>>> up to 10300 feet and climbing, aTC yelling at me that I
    was above
    >>>>>>>>>> my
    >>>>>>>>>> altitude.  That's when I found that autopilot got
    turned off.  I
    >>>>>>>>>> would
    >>>>>>>>>> have started over because in real life, I would have been
    >>>>>>>>>> exploded
    >>>>>>>>>> into bits on the middle of frontier Canada, but I flew
    the flight
    >>>>>>>>>> last
    >>>>>>>>>> night and on approach, lost all FSX  sound (nothing I
    could do to
    >>>>>>>>>> get
    >>>>>>>>>> it back either), so II just continued flying.  I've got
    FSX set
    >>>>>>>>>> to
    >>>>>>>>>> not
    >>>>>>>>>> allow for crashes for some reason apparently under
    realism (I had
    >>>>>>>>>> not
    >>>>>>>>>> idea that could be set).  Luckily for me, I'm save in
    Fort St.
    >>>>>>>>>> John.
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>> Another note, upon landing, I got to 100 feet and the
    wind blew
    >>>>>>>>>> me
    >>>>>>>>>> up
    >>>>>>>>>> so I was a few feet from the ground but not landed and
    I didn't
    >>>>>>>>>> hear
    >>>>>>>>>> a
    >>>>>>>>>> bump or crash sound.  So I pulled up (execute go around
    didn't
    >>>>>>>>>> work
    >>>>>>>>>> for some reason) flew a while and then prepared to land
    at the
    >>>>>>>>>> runway.
    >>>>>>>>>>   Autopilot was on again again so I turned it off, did
    approach
    >>>>>>>>>> checklist again, and was able to land.  I think that
    crosswinds
    >>>>>>>>>> caused
    >>>>>>>>>> problems for me, so when I came back the second time, they
    >>>>>>>>>> weren't
    >>>>>>>>>> as
    >>>>>>>>>> significant so Michelle was able to help.
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>> This is going to be a challenging trip.
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>> Noel
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