Hi Folks.

 

Trying here just in case someone can help.

 

When using FS2004 "737 Pilot In Command"'s FMS, does anyone know how the functions "co route" and "route <save" work please?

 

- "co route" appears to allow the setting up of routes under specific names, but cannot work out how to save a route with a "co route" name, and then how to load it?

- I cannot work out where "route <save" saves to, or if its even saving?

 

I am using FS2004 under Win7Pro. I see no errors in FS2004 or 737PIC & its FMS, and am sure its a simple case of understanding how it works.

 

Any ideas welcome.

 

Thanks in advance.

Hi There,

 

co route is short for Company Route. To enable this you can use an external flight planner like FSBuild. You can setup FS Build to save flight plans in many formats for many addons. For Example you create a flight plan from EIDW to EGLL (Dublin to Heathrow). To enable this flight plan in the FMC you type EIDWEGLL and it should load the full flight into the FMC (Assuming you have setup FSBuild correctly).

 

Route Save is used if you manually enter a route and want to save it for future use. It should save into the same location that FSBuild uses. I think for Wilco Products its Flight Sim Root Folder\feelThere\CustomDB but I may be incorrect..

 

Here is a link to a tutorial that allows you to use vroute as a free flight planner. Its for FSX but may work in FS9 if you get the directory right.

 

http://www.vroute.net/content/view/99/41

Hi There, co route is short for Company Route. To enable this you can use an external flight planner like FSBuild. You can setup FS Build to save flight plans in many formats for many addons. For Example you create a flight plan from EIDW to EGLL (Dublin to Heathrow). To enable this flight plan in the FMC you type EIDWEGLL and it should load the full flight into the FMC (Assuming you have setup FSBuild correctly). Route Save is used if you manually enter a route and want to save it for future use. It should save into the same location that FSBuild uses. I think for Wilco Products its Flight Sim Root Folder\feelThere\CustomDB but I may be incorrect.. Here is a link to a tutorial that allows you to use vroute as a free flight planner. Its for FSX but may work in FS9 if you get the directory right. http://www.vroute.net/content/view/99/41

Hi.

 

Thanks for your reply and info.

 

That answers my question regarding "co route", thanks :-)

 

I will take a look at FSBuild at some point as it looks like a good addition to my collection. But when i manually enter a route in to the FMC, I am sure that the "route save" is not working as expected, but not sure why. Looking at that vroute info you provided it certainly looks like its supposed to r/w from the "...\customdb" directory, but nothing happens for me when saving. I don't have a FMC flight plan to test reading from. However. All the permissions for my user are correct and open for all folders in connection with FS2004. When I click the FMC button next to "route save" nothing happens, and get no errors or messages anywhere. (would be nice to have a log file to work from at this stage ;-) ) I am using a simple route for speed and something for the FMC to save, but it tells me its a valid route (EGMH, DET, EGLL).

 

Going to try and get a test route put together some how later tonight, and see if the FMC reads that.

 

Thanks.

Hi.

 

Thanks for your reply and info.

 

That answers my question regarding "co route", thanks :-)

 

I will take a look at FSBuild at some point as it looks like a good addition to my collection. But when i manually enter a route in to the FMC, I am sure that the "route save" is not working as expected, but not sure why. Looking at that vroute info you provided it certainly looks like its supposed to r/w from the "...\customdb" directory, but nothing happens for me when saving. I don't have a FMC flight plan to test reading from. However. All the permissions for my user are correct and open for all folders in connection with FS2004. When I click the FMC button next to "route save" nothing happens, and get no errors or messages anywhere. (would be nice to have a log file to work from at this stage ;-) ) I am using a simple route for speed and something for the FMC to save, but it tells me its a valid route (EGMH, DET, EGLL).

 

Going to try and get a test route put together some how later tonight, and see if the FMC reads that.

 

Thanks.

 

Further to my last update, I cannot seem to get this working. Not sure why???

Does anyone have a sample 737 PIC FMC flight plan they could send me that I can test with please?

Does anyone have a sample 737 PIC FMC flight plan they could send me that I can test with please?

Managed to find a set of 737PIC FMC flight plans on AVSIM, and confirm that they can be loaded fine from the "..\customdb" directory. I used the "co route" to load them up.

 

BUT. Still "route <save" does not appear to be working, unless its doing something else somewhere else.

 

Any ideas welcome. Anyone have 737 PIC? Does your FMC "route <save" work? If so, what and where does it save?

I speak under correction, but to my knowledge the route-save function does not work at all.

 

Trevor

I speak under correction, but to my knowledge the route-save function does not work at all.

 

Trevor

Thanks for your reply, that would explain it then :-)