Not tracking speed or altitude in Xplane

[GodAtum 69]

Thank you for releasing v2 for trial i installed it today (v2.0.1.2). In Xplane, it does not seem to track the speed or altitude. When flying it has 1 in TAS and GS. I'm using the PSX 747.

 

Also, it did not want to give me a taxi to gate at CYYZ as it said there were no gates! I will try with my next flight to KBOS.

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

On the gate issue, CYYZ does have gates.  In  the Info window, under Runway and Gates, you should be able to select the gate you want and then when you say "<CallSign> request taxi to the gate", (Note that the word 'the' is required) you will get clearance to the selected gate.  OR, you can request a specific gate "<CallSign> request taxi to gate 101". 

 

On the airspeed, there must be something wrong with the XPUIPC setup.  P2A gets TAS and GS direct from XPUIPC/FSUIPC and no other users are reporting this issue.  The only other possibility would be that the aircraft is not reporting it, but I doubt that is the issue.

 

Regards,

Dave

[GodAtum 69]

Thanks. Is there a way to see what altitude is being reported in Pilot2ATC? I remember in v1 there was a box for it.

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

No. Altitude must be read from the aircraft.  I have considered adding Radar Altitude, since that is not something you can get from most aircraft, but indicated altitude is easily read in the cockpit.  Space is the issue. 

 

Dave

[GodAtum 69]

I think Xview might be an issue: http://aerowinx.com/board/index.php?topic=1911.msg18625#msg18625

 

 

 

- The bad news is that according to the SDK documentation the X-Plane dataref for groundspeed is read only.  Therefore XView cannot update it.

 

However Xplane itself reports the correct altitude. I will try to test it with P3D this weekend but I think my trial runs out on Friday.

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

What makes you think that P2A is not getting the correct altitude?

[GodAtum 69]

It seems to keep asking me to climb when I am well past the altitude, plus when i ask for descent (when I am at FL360)  it says I am too low and need to climb. I validated my flightplan with my cruising altitude. Are there any logs with might be helpful?

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

There is a log file that might help me see what's going on.  I'll PM you how to send it to me.

 

Others are not reporting this problem, nor have I run into it, so likely it is XView or some other add-on that is causing XPUIPC to mis-report the altitude.  Maybe you can see what happens with that feature/software turned off.

 

Dave