I tried to search for a past post that dealt with this subject, but got no answer.  I hope someone can give me a step-by-step procedure to convert FSX .pln files to .rte files that will be accepted in the MD-11 FMC...Thanks in advance for any assistance...

Lee

 

hope someone can give me a step-by-step procedure to convert FSX .pln files to .rte files that will be accepted in the MD-11 FMC

 

The MD-11 can read either .pln or .rte files.

 

To create .rte plans I would recommend FSBuild (payware) or simroutes.com (free website).

I tried to search for a past post that dealt with this subject, but got no answer.  I hope someone can give me a step-by-step procedure to convert FSX .pln files to .rte files that will be accepted in the MD-11 FMC...Thanks in advance for any assistance...

 

Lee

 

It can't be done.

 

Michael Cubine

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This should Be correct the other did not work

http://www.simroutes.com/fb2/ParseRoute.aspx

 

Step 1: Enter your flightplan

1a - ICAO of your departure point

1b - click in the "route" field and wait for ICAO code to validate

1c - Enter your route information in the "route" field.

1d - Enter ICAO of your arrival point

1e - click out of field

1f - Wait for ICAO code to validate

1h - Click "Generate Route"

 

2: Select Flight plan type

3: select "download flightplan"
4: Direct windows to where you want to save the file to

5: Save or move file to the right folder

To be honest, the best way to do things is to enter it by hand through the FMS itself, and then save the route in the FMS.  Once you've done that, you'll never have to do it again.  The FMS can't complain about a file it created itself.

 

SimRoutes, as nice as it is, is occasionally very out of date.

Found this in the AVSIM library: Flight Plan Converter 213 - http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=Flight+Plan+Converter+213&CatID=root

Found this in the AVSIM library: Flight Plan Converter 213 - http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=Flight+Plan+Converter+213&CatID=root

 

Wayne

 

I tried that program on one flight plan and it worked fine. So I stand corrected. 

 

Michael Cubine

Thanks very much for all the suggestions and advice.  I really appreciate them...I'm trying them now and will let you know the results a little later...

Lee

Wayne--I downloaded and converted a couple of .pln files to .rte, but I have to admit, search as I might, I cannot locate those new .rte files...
I indicated on the first screen to send the new .rte file to "PMDG" and "Into the PMDG Folder," but when i looked in the Flight Simulator X\PMDG\FLIGHTPLANS file it was not there.  I also looked throughout the "FSX\PMDG" file--not there either.  Of course, I've looked many other places, too, with no success...Please tell me, exactly WHERE are the new .rte files located???

By the way, I always keep the UAC setting at the bottom of the scale; and, checking the folder where I placed the opened fpncnv213.zip file, I see a new FsConv.ini file was created each time I tried a conversion.  I also deleted that last FsConv.ini file before creating a new conversion (as per the readme.txt file)...Can you point me to where these converted .rte files are sitting?...Many thanks for linking me to Flight Plan Converter 213, and a lot more after I get the MD-11 FMC to accept the new converted .rte files...(LOL)...

Lee

 

 

Informative thread....thank you 

Lee

 

I'm intrigued how you got this working as when I try to run it and direct it to the relevant folders, it crashes inder Win 7 Pro with UAC off.

Lee:

 

When I installed FPC 213, it asked me to locate the main FSX folder and the user folder where the default flightplans are stored. Once this step was finished and a FSConv.ini file created, I relaunched the program. After entering the FSX default flightplan I wanted to convert and selecting the type of conversion I wanted (PMDG), I hit the Fltpln SAVE button and was prompted as to where I wanted to save the new *.rte file.

 

Didn't you get a similar prompt? You get to indicate where those files get saved.

Wayne--Thanks for the quick comeback...I apologize at the beginning for the length of this post--I thought some Forum users might be spared the time and frustration I experienced, if presented with the step-by-step FP conversion plan that worked for me. Readers with no interest, please skip the rest of this post...

I had a similar experience to what you described.  I could not get things to work properly the first time I tried using FPC 213.  However, when I closed the program and re-started it, it seemed to function as you would expect.

I opened the fpncnv213.zip file and placed its contents in a new file I called Flight Plan Converter 213.  Within the file, I opened FpnConv2.exe.  That produced the Initial Setting Screen.  I entered the paths to the FSX Main Folder and the FSX Flightplan Folder.  I put a check in the "PMDG" and the "into PMDG folder" boxes, and clicked "OK."  That screen closed. When I looked in the FPC 213 folder, a file had been created called, "FsConv.ini."

Next, I again opened the FpnConv2.exe file, and that brought up the Flight plan Converter screen.  I clicked on the "Flight plan open" button, which brought up my FSX flight plans. I selected the FSX .pln FP I wanted to convert to a .rte FP and hit the Open button.  Now, the Flight Plan Converter screen had its blank windows filled with info from the FSX FP I had opened.  I hit the "Ftpln SAVE" button and that then led me to open the FSX\PMDG\FLIGHTPLANS folder, with the editable name of the new .rte at the bottom of the screen.  I gave it an 11-character name (to be used in the MD-11 FMC) and hit the "Save" button.

I now had the new .rte file located in the FSX\PMDG\FLIGHTPLANS folder, with an appropriate name ready to be typed into the MD-11 FMC.  I went to MD-11, brought up the FMC, entered the 11-character name in the Init screen and--IT WAS ACCEPTED.  The new flight plan was just like the .pln FP from FSX.

I hope all of this is of some help to those trying to convert FSX FPs for use in PMDG aircraft.

Lee

Rick--Was my long post about Flight Plan Converter 213 helpful in getting it to work for you?  The second time I expanded the zip and got the program started, everything seemed to fall into place.  I hope you had a similar experience.  I also run Win 7 64 bit and keep my UAC setting at the bottom of the scale...Let me know if I can help...Again, my thanks to Wayne and the others who contributed suggestions... 

 

Lee