I was fumbling along the advanced tutoril when upon page 43 I attempted to save as instructed and no go. On the FMCs display a line item on the ACT RTE page "DATALINK" under that "NO COMM" What is up with that?Jimmy Jahns

Jimmy,You're looking on the wrong side of the page : DATALINK / FP REQUEST is not functional. The SAVE prompt is on the lower left of the RTE page and appear once the RTE is activated.anthonyAnthony MertonPrecision Manuals Developmenthttp://www.precisionmanuals.com

It seems no matter how I say it or who I ask no one understands simple english. I CANT SAVE MY FLIGHT PLANS THE BUTTON DOES NOT WORK> I CAN SEE IT. I PRESS IT AND I DONT GET A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OR WHEN I LOOK FOR THE PLAN IN MY DIRECTORY IT IS NOT THERE ---- On the page PERF INIT and or ACT RTE there is a line item DATALINK NO COMM that I dont see anywhere in the tutorial or in the FMC manual. I believe because of this entry being unusual it just might have something to do with my inability to save.Frustrated

Jimmy,I have been through the sequence of events associated with saving an entered flightplan and the only thing I can suppose is that you have not pushed EXEC after completing the PERF INIT page. When I return to RTE 1/2 there is

Jimmy,As Anthony stated, DATALINK-NOCOMM is not implemented yet and therefore you will not find anything in the manual.And for saving a flightplan; you have nothing in the FLIGHTPLAN folder? If go to "NAV DATA" from the INIT/REF index, then choosing "FLT PLNS", do you get some saved flightplans there?