Just to make sure I understand this correctly Andy, are you saying you've found a way to "connect" ASN and EFB so whatever flightplan I load in EFB and activate this flight plan will automatically also be loaded into ASN?

 

I've tried this myself but I wasn't able to make it work but surely I did a wrong turn somewhere...

Yes it's very easy, just make sure you have the option SEND TO GARMIN (or words to that effect, I'm not near my PC so can't check) switched on in EFB and also make sure the option "automatically load FS flight plan" or similar is turned on in the ASN settings.

If you don't enter a flightplan you won't get a detailed weather briefing, flight watch (122.02) won't work and the weather won't be quite as accurate along your route, although there won't be much difference in depiction to be honest, I certainly didn't notice much difference from the testing I did with and without plans. It's definitely worth entering one for the detailed weather briefing and flight watch (ATIS).

If you don't enter a flightplan you won't get a detailed weather briefing, flight watch (122.02) won't work and the weather won't be quite as accurate along your route, although there won't be much difference in depiction to be honest, I certainly didn't notice much difference from the testing I did with and without plans. It's definitely worth entering one for the detailed weather briefing and flight watch (ATIS).

 

That brings me to another question, and apologies if it's already been asked (it's too long a thread to read all of it).  In ASE I preferred Direct Weather mode for it's depiction, but this was "global" so to speak, and it interfered with the FSX ATIS.  It gave you the ATIS report based on the weather of your current location, not the actual destination.  As a result, one had to guess the runways in use based on wind directions given in AS Atis, and depending on when/if you called up FSX ATC to ask for landing clearance it might give you a very badly assigned landing runway, sometimes opposite to the direction that all the AI was coming in.

 

Does ASN resolve some of these issues and now fully cooperate with built in FSX Atis?

Just a note on the flight watch /ATIS briefing. Is it not supposed to include expected runways in use?  When winds are higher than 5kts than its a pretty good guess which ones are in use, but below 5, its winds calm and there is no way of telling what the airport is using. My last landing was into a oncoming takeoff.

 

OOPS  King beat me to it. Exactly my thoughts. lol

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 It gave you the ATIS report based on the weather of your current location, not the actual destination. As a result, one had to guess the runways in use based on wind directions given in AS Atis.

 

Does ASN resolve some of these issues and now fully cooperate with built in FSX Atis?

 

ASN is so powerful it actually changes real world weather to match your destination airpot substituted ATIS

 

 

 

Just kidding

 

HAD TO  :Just Kidding:

 

 

allen

Yes it's very easy, just make sure you have the option SEND TO GARMIN (or words to that effect, I'm not near my PC so can't check) switched on in EFB and also make sure the option "automatically load FS flight plan" or similar is turned on in the ASN settings.

 

If you don't enter a flightplan you won't get a detailed weather briefing, flight watch (122.02) won't work and the weather won't be quite as accurate along your route, although there won't be much difference in depiction to be honest, I certainly didn't notice much difference from the testing I did with and without plans. It's definitely worth entering one for the detailed weather briefing and flight watch (ATIS).

Many thanks, must be that 'Send to Garmin' thing I missed - will give a try!

 

Another thing I think you know the answer to, I read somewhere in this thread that to make sure you get to hear the Wind Shear warning sound you need to have XGauge installed. However you don't have to have it visible but you can simply select the button for Wind Shear on the gauge and then close it.

 

What I wonder now is do I have to bring up this gauge and switch on the power and then close the window again for every flight or will the gauge "remember" I selected to hear the Wind Shear warning message even when it's not powered on?

That brings me to another question, and apologies if it's already been asked (it's too long a thread to read all of it).  In ASE I preferred Direct Weather mode for it's depiction, but this was "global" so to speak, and it interfered with the FSX ATIS.  It gave you the ATIS report based on the weather of your current location, not the actual destination.  As a result, one had to guess the runways in use based on wind directions given in AS Atis, and depending on when/if you called up FSX ATC to ask for landing clearance it might give you a very badly assigned landing runway, sometimes opposite to the direction that all the AI was coming in.

 

Does ASN resolve some of these issues and now fully cooperate with built in FSX Atis?

First of all yes this has been answered a few times now, I suggest you have a read of the official product page at HIFI before asking any questions, 99% of them will be answered very quickly by doing that. But yes FSX's own ATIS is now accurate because Global mode weather is no longer used.

 

As to what the destination runway may be, well this is a weather engine not ATC, I'm not sure if ASN is aware of what runways are available at an airport. Like was said above though you can make an educated guess from the briefing. The briefing will tell you what the weather is expected to be like at your time of arrival as it does take journey time and TAF's etc into consideration, but they are only forecasts.

 

Force ATC windlock is still an option as well if you want to ensure that the runway in use doesn't change when variable winds are reported at your origin and destination airports.

Regarding the FP in ASN, when I was using the trial I selected "Auto load simulator flight plan" is ASN's SETTINGS page, and it then pulls the FP from FSX.    So with this option checked, it was just a case of starting ASN, then starting FSX and off you go; any subsequent FP loaded into the FSX Planner would be 'sucked' to ASN.

 

Good feature. :smile:

 

(Oh and Opus does exactly the same).

 

 

In ASE I preferred Direct Weather mode for it's depiction, but this was "global" so to speak, and it interfered with the FSX ATIS.  It gave you the ATIS report based on the weather of your current location, not the actual destination. 

 

From the ASN User Guide:

 

New to ASN, you can now also receive accurate ATIS from the sim-provided ATIS frequencies, without any discrepancy due to “DWC” ambient conditions at the aircraft position. Sim-provided ATIS will now always provide accurate surface condition information for the station tuned.

 

Force ATC wind lock

 Manipulates winds to lock the direction at the departure and destination airports so that more consistent AI ATC runway selection is experienced.

 Forces a minimum wind speed of 6 knots (under 6 knots may result in AI ATC changing runway selection).

 Default: Off

 

I haven't had time to test AI behavior thoroughly yet... but I have high hopes.

What I wonder now is do I have to bring up this gauge and switch on the power and then close the window again for every flight or will the gauge "remember" I selected to hear the Wind Shear warning message even when it's not powered on?

Sorry I'm not sure, I've not tested this much myself since RTM, there were some changes in this area that I wasn't aware of until a day or so ago. I previously used the ASN map only on a second screen rather than the gauge, so I am unsure.

Well, it all sounds pretty darn good to me. 

Sorry I'm not sure, I've not tested this much myself since RTM, there were some changes in this area that I wasn't aware of until a day or so ago. I previously used the ASN map only on a second screen rather than the gauge, so I am unsure.

OK, no problem - I'll just have to do some testing then.

I have a problem with ASN. I had Opus installed before without any problems. After installing ASN FSX freeze for a minute then back to normal then it freeze again and so on.

I uninstalled Opus before I installed ASN. Please help.

Yes it's very easy, just make sure you have the option SEND TO GARMIN (or words to that effect, I'm not near my PC so can't check) switched on in EFB and also make sure the option "automatically load FS flight plan" or similar is turned on in the ASN settings.

Just did another test but I still can't get the flight plan to load automatically in ASN so must still be missing something. I did check the create Garmin FP option in EFB and I also made sure the option to automatically load FPs was checked in ASN but when I load and activate a FP in EFB with both FSX and ASN running nothing happens in ASN...shouldn't that load the same FP also in ASN automatically or maybe I misunderstood in some way how this feature is supposed to work?

 

And just to have it confirmed, do I also need to load a FP using the built-in FSX Flight Planner? If 'Yes' that might be the culprit because I never use the built-in flight planner in FSX.

 

Not a big deal though, very quick and easy to load the correct FP manually into ASN but just thought it would have been a little bit cool if ASN would have 'fetched' the loaded and activated FP from EFB by itself

Just did another test but I still can't get the flight plan to load automatically in ASN so must still be missing something. I did check the create Garmin FP option in EFB and I also made sure the option to automatically load FPs was checked in ASN but when I load and activate a FP in EFB with both FSX and ASN running nothing happens in ASN...shouldn't that load the same FP also in ASN automatically or maybe I misunderstood in some way how this feature is supposed to work?

 

And just to have it confirmed, do I also need to load a FP using the built-in FSX Flight Planner? If 'Yes' that might be the culprit because I never use the built-in flight planner in FSX.

 

Not a big deal though, very quick and easy to load the correct FP manually into ASN but just thought it would have been a little bit cool if ASN would have 'fetched' the loaded and activated FP from EFB by itself

 

Aren't you better asking the devs about this, you are on the beta team after all:) It works fine for me but I'm not using a networked solution, maybe its a permissions problem and ASN cannot read/write the FSX flight plan folder across your network. I really don't know to be honest.

 

I have a problem with ASN. I had Opus installed before without any problems. After installing ASN FSX freeze for a minute then back to normal then it freeze again and so on.

I uninstalled Opus before I installed ASN. Please help.

Regarding freezes this is commonly because your anti virus software is scanning the dat files associated with the RADAR facility, simply put your whole FSX folder into an exclusion so your AV software doesn't interfere. Putting the Hifi program folder into the exclusion may be a good idea too.

Aren't you better asking the devs about this, you are on the beta team after all:) It works fine for me but I'm not using a networked solution, maybe its a permissions problem and ASN cannot read/write the FSX flight plan folder across your network. I really don't know to be honest.

Just thought I would go ahead and ask you since you already have it up and running but guess you're right and probably I should already know the answer to this myself since I'm in the beta team

 

I'll will post the same question over in the official ASN support forum.