Hi Nick, Well, after you say, "Reset cold and dark", the battery switch and all of the electronics are off. I just conducted a complete flight from Santa Maria, California (KSMX) to San Jose, California (KSJC) in a Boeing 737-400 using FS9 and IYP Version 4.1.0.267. The entire flight was absolutely flawless... including an ATC request to make a Visual Approach into San Jose. May I kindly make the following suggestions? 1. Please read ALL of the documentation about the NEW SimpleATC+ system located here: http://www.itsyourplane.com/html/satc.asp<view-source:http://www.itsyourplane.com/html/satc.asp> 2. After you say, "Reset cold and dark", say the phrase... "Do all checklists" and conduct the flight in the traditional and recommended manner. It's wonderful to have one of our original BVI members back into the fold. I am sure you can provide a lot of assistance to some of the newer BVI members given your vast prior experience with IYP. However, keep in kind that a lot of new BVI features have been added to the system since you were with us. Welcome home! Regards, Robert On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Nick Helms <nick.helms@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > Recently, I've attempted to get back into flying after more than a > year away from my simulator. I'm using FS9 on a laptop running windows > 7(64 bit)with the latest version if IYP. > I don't know if this is spasific to me, but I've noticed, when > attempting to use the simple atc feature to request ifr clearence > after resetting the aircraft to cold and dark, the FO will say, > please wait, but nothing happens. > I've tried this several times, with the same result. I'd like to get > this figured out, because I'm really quite tired of trying to > memmorise key sequences at different airports. > Thanks for your time and for keeping the mailinglist alive! > all the best, > Nick > > -- > Nick Helms > P.L.U.R. > Blind and Visually impaired Pilots mailinglist > //www.freelists.org/list/bvipilots > To post a message to the list, send a message to > bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe, send a message to > bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word unsubscribe in the > subject of your message. > For other options such as digest, send a message to > bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word help in the subject of > your message. > -- AOPA Member No: 06936977