hi. 

definitely my mistake.

waht im doing is

PFPX flight planning and exporting route only to 777.

this time no exporting wind data to 777

datalink works until des forecast wind data

and when i load this it says invalid forcast uplink.

Im sitting with last portion of manual provided by pmdg 777.

 

note: I have set the optio for autoload flight plan in ASN as well.

 

somewhere I am doing the mistake skipping any step. 

yes there are two posts about this but i havenot found any answer sir

 

waiting for responses. 

figuted it out. it was my mistake only. we have to change options in pmdg setup

tahnkyou

What option ? I have the same problem

in pmdg setup go to simulation 7/7 page, click lsk 3L button to display content as create and (load to fsx) it is required for descent uplink to get readily updated and autoload flight plan option in ASN settings

in pmdg setup go to simulation 7/7 page, click lsk 3L button to display content as create and (load to fsx) it is required for descent uplink to get readily updated and autoload flight plan option in ASN settings

Worked like a charm. Thanks!!!

This is an old thread, but I get Invalid Forecast Uplink.  See what I am doing wrong:

 

I want to get the winds at different altitudes for descent, so in VNAV, page 3, I hit the FORECAST, Say I am at 18,000, I type in 10,000 in LS2, 8,000 in LS3 and say 5,000 in LS4,

Then I hit REQUEST

FMC says REQUESTING, then REQUEST SENT, then DES FORECAST UPLINK READY,

I have 2 choices, PURGE or LOAD, I hit LOAD,

and I get INVALID FORECAST UPLINK

 

I have ASM running. My flight plan was only manually loaded in the FMC, and Page 7 of 7 under FSX PLN FILE for WX is on CREATE AND LOAD TO FSX.

 

Any hints here.  BTW sometimes (rarely, the data comes in).

 

 

 

This is an old thread

 

 

You might want to start a new thread seeing as how this one has already been answered. Members of the Forum might not even look at your post tacked onto the end of an answer thread.

Any hints here.  BTW sometimes (rarely, the data comes in).

 

As the Intro Manual (and Tutorial #1.5) note: do you have the "auto load FSX flight plan" option checked in ASN?

I just checked it. BTW do I need to create flight plan in ASN or just manually do it in FSX to get wind data.

 

Here's my issue. If I create a flight plan in ASN, it gets a .pln extension. PMDG (I think) needs a .rte extension for it to be recognized in the FMC.

I can't just change the extension,(if I do and save in the PMDG Flight plan folder, the fmc will actually see it, but I get an uplink error. So (for me) creating a flight plan in ASN is useless. I have to create it manually in the FMC and save it. Then I can load it back at another time.

 

So how does one create a flight plan in ASN and how and where do you save it?

So how does one create a flight plan in ASN and how and where do you save it?

 

That question would be more appropriate for the ASN (HiFi) forums - http://www.hifisimtech.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?7-Technical-Support or http://www.hifisimtech.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?23-General-Discussion. 

So how does one create a flight plan in ASN and how and where do you save it?

 

The default FSX format, in the default FSX folder for those.

 

...however, as I noted in my last post, the FMC will do this (create an FSX plan and actually load it into FSX for ASN to see) automatically for you, which you would know if you read the Intro Manual.

 

Set up ASN:

Settings > Auto Load Simulator Flight Plan > Check the box

 

Set up the option in the plane (when in the sim, naturally):

MENU > PMSG SETUP > SIMULATION (Page 7/7) > FSX PLN FILE FOR WX > Set to CREATE AND LOAD TO FSX

 

Done. You will never have to worry about making an extra plan for ASN, or loading it into FSX for ASN to recognize ever again. This means that you won't have INVALID FORECAST UPLINK errors in the future, either. Basically, what is happening right now is without a flight plan ASN hasn't a clue where you're going. Because of that, it doesn't pre-load any forecast data beyond what is absolutely necessary (which is why you only get wind for part of your flight plan, if you look on the LEGS page). Without data for the destination area, the FMC can't calculate a solution, and without a solution you get...you guessed it...INVALID FORECAST UPLINK. Tell it where you're going, and the data is available for the FMC to pull, taking care of the error.

Kyle:

Thanks for the reply - But 1 simple question:

 

Set up is ASN is exactly as you describe

 

and FSX is exactly as you say.

 

I can create my Flight Plan in ASN, when it comes time to save it, do I put it in my PMDG/flight plan/777 folder?

 

It indeed gets there,  but with a .PLN extension and FSX doesn't see it.

Only flight plans with .rte show up in the FMC as options when I hit Route => REQUEST

 

I just tied again and ASN assigns a .pln.

I just tied again and ASN assigns a .pln.

Why are you using ASN to create a flight plan that will be used in the T7? Its not going to work. See post #7 of this thread - http://www.avsim.com/topic/477651-flightplans-format/. You need a flight planner that exports routes in the .rte format or you need to enter the route manually into the FMC.

Kyle:

Thanks for the reply - But 1 simple question:

 

Set up is ASN is exactly as you describe

 

and FSX is exactly as you say.

 

I can create my Flight Plan in ASN, when it comes time to save it, do I put it in my PMDG/flight plan/777 folder?

 

It indeed gets there,  but with a .PLN extension and FSX doesn't see it.

Only flight plans with .rte show up in the FMC as options when I hit Route => REQUEST

 

I just tied again and ASN assigns a .pln.

 

I'm very confused here.

 

If you set is up as I described, it will not require any manual intervention. You will not need to touch a thing, or put a flight plan anywhere. You're overcomplicating this. Step back from it for a second and try to conceptualize this from the top down.

 

Steps:

1. Get into the 777
2. Enter your route (either manually, or by loading a PMDG formatted route file) and hit EXEC. This finalizes the route in the 777.
3. [The 777 builds an FSX Flight Plan in the background]
4. [The 777 activates this flight plan in FSX in the background]
5. [ASN, seeing the active FSX flight plan, loads it into its functions in the background]
6. [ASN builds a WX file in the background]
7. Hit any function button to call the wind forecast
8. [The 777 will populate all data from the whole process that happened in the background]

As my grandmother used to say "quit opening the oven to check on the cake - that's just gonna screw it up!" Set it up like I described earlier, and as long as you don't monkey with it, things will work just fine.