Newbie silly questions about FSACARS

yonowat · Post by **yonowat** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:38 pm

"I need your help. This is my first FSACARS flight to test it with the n°5555 as pilot ( according to the Pilot Manual). It's probably my fault, but each time I end the test flight and I want to accept the flight in the FSACARS window ""Flight Summary"", I get this message ""Inconnu"" (Unknown) with a red cross. Here is the log file. Is there some thing wrong? Thanks for your help. François [2003/07/28 17:40:00] Flight IATA:5Y888 Pilot Number:5555 Company ICAO:GTI Aircraft Type:B742/505 Cargo:120000 Lb Aircraft Registration:N505MC Departing Airport: LFLC Destination Airport: LFLC Alternate Airport:LFLC Online: No Route:OK Flight Level:A60 17:40 Zero fuel Weight: 474321 Lbs, Fuel Weight: 149539 Lbs 17:40 NOAA:LFLC 251505Z 24009KT 9999 BKN036 16/10 Q1016 NOSIG 17:40 NOAA:LFLC 251505Z 24009KT 9999 BKN036 16/10 Q1016 NOSIG 17:42 Parking Brakes off 17:42 VR= 164 Knots 17:42 V2= 172 Knots 17:42 Take-off 17:42 Take off Weight: 622349 Lbs 17:42 Wind: 002? @ 008 Knots Heading: 079? 17:42 POS N45? 47´ 16´´ E003? 10´ 50´´ 17:42 N11 99 N12 99 17:42 Flaps:10? at 174 Knots 17:43 Gear Up: 178 Knots 17:44 Flaps:5? at 196 Knots 17:44 TOC 17:44 Fuel Weight: 145414 Lb 17:46 Flaps:1? at 248 Knots 17:48 Flaps:5? at 176 Knots 17:49 Gear Down: 180 Knots 17:49 TOD 17:49 Fuel Weight: 142522 Lb 17:50 Flaps:10? at 178 Knots 17:51 Flaps:20? at 165 Knots 17:52 Flaps:25? at 166 Knots 17:53 TouchDown:Rate -675 ft/min Speed: 145 Knots 17:54 NOAA:LFLC 251505Z 24009KT 9999 BKN036 16/10 Q1016 NOSIG 17:54 Land 17:54 Wind:002?@008 Knots 17:54 Heading: 259? 17:54 Flight Duration: 00:12 17:54 Landing Weight: 614576 Lbs 17:54 POS N45? 47´ 13´´ E003? 10´ 20´´ 17:54 Parking brakes on 17:54 Block to Block Duration: 00:12 17:54 Final Fuel: 140172 Lbls 17:54 Spent Fuel: 9367 Lbls 17:54 Flight Length: 39 NM 17:54 TOD Land Length: 14 NM 5333"

hawkeyeted · Post by **hawkeyeted** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:56 pm

"Francois, Check your FSACARS.ini settings. The should look someting like this (italics are entries you need to verify are correct): [FSacars] Provider=NOAA Servinfo=Servinfo path here (if installed - not required) UseGauge=1 UseDB=0 FSFPPath=Path to your FS flight plans here Machine=127.0.0.1 AcarsEvent=1 StartWarning=0 AutomatedStart=0 MinimizeSystray=1 AutomatedStop=0 FuelTest=1 SendStatus=0 Callsign= [Metar] VATSIM=http://usa-s1.vatsim.net/data/metar.php IVAO=http://www.ivao.org/network/metar.asp NOAA=http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mgetmetar.pl [Log] AcarsReal=http://www.satavirtual.org/fsacars/FSACARS_GRT.php AcarsSite= UplinkReset= Uplink= LogPath=FSACARS install directory here (should auto fill this line at install) [MailSettings] Name=Firstname Lastname - Pilot No. xxxx Address=your email address here Authenticate=0 Username=POP email username Password=POP email password Host=POP Email host Port=25 Autodial=0 BoundIP= EncodingFriendly=Western European (ISO) EncodingCharset=iso-8859-1 Mime=0 HTML=0 [FlightInfo] LogAltitude=1 LogGroundSpeed=1 LogIndicatedSpeed=1 LogTotalSpeed=1 LogWinds=1 LogHeading=1 LogPlaneWeight=1 LogFuelOnBoard=1 LogFuelFlow=1 LogEndurance=1 LogFlightTime=1 LogFlightLength=1 LogUpdate=60 LogPath=.\flightlog.csv FlightRecFile=.\flightlog.dat This should get you working. Be sure to search the FSACARS Support section in the forum. Your answer my be in there too!"

yonowat · Post by **yonowat** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:08 pm

"hawkeyeted, Thanks for the quick reply. I'll check my ini file. It's probably this line (french version): FSFPPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur\Mes documents\Fichiers Flight Simulator Thanks again François"

yonowat · Post by **yonowat** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:17 am

"No way to use the FSACARS. I tried again and again, but I'm gonna give up. I thought the ini file was good, but there is something I don't understand. I read the posts in the FSACARS forum, but I don't find the reason. If someone can help me. François Here is my file: [FSacars] Provider=NOAA Servinfo= UseGauge=1 UseDB=0 FSFPPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur\Mes documents\Fichiers Flight Simulator Machine=127.0.0.1 AcarsEvent=1 StartWarning=0 AutomatedStart=1 MinimizeSystray=1 AutomatedStop=1 FuelTest=1 SendStatus=0 Callsign= [Metar] VATSIM=http://usa-s1.vatsim.net/data/metar.php IVAO=http://www.ivao.org/network/metar.asp NOAA=http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mgetmetar.pl [Log] AcarsReal=http://www.satavirtual.org/fsacars/FSACARS_GRT.php AcarsSite= UplinkReset= Uplink= LogPath=.\ [MailSettings] Name=François CHAUSSE - Pilot No. 1xxx Address=fchausse@wanadoo.fr Authenticate=0 Username=fchausse Password=r4xxxx Host=smtp.wanadoo.fr [FlightInfo] LogAltitude=1 LogGroundSpeed=1 LogIndicatedSpeed=1 LogTotalSpeed=1 LogWinds=1 LogHeading=1 LogPlaneWeight=1 LogFuelOnBoard=1 LogFuelFlow=1 LogEndurance=1 LogFlightTime=1 LogFlightLength=1 LogUpdate=5 LogPath=.\flightlog.csv FlightRecFile=.\flightlog.dat "

mlegein · Post by **mlegein** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:08 am

Salut François! Did you read these documents? [attachmentid=671] [attachmentid=672] I have been using FSAcars for 6 months without problems. I need to step out but will look at your ini file when I get back home later today.