copilot options in "speech" menu

[john1383 3]

I have not tried ticking the boxes for the copilot options ie responds to radio and changes frequencies, for some time but I thought I would give them a try today, but unfortunately putting ticks in both boxes had no effect. I am sure they did before!

 

Or is it me doing something wrong again?

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

John,

If you have a valid voice for the "Pilot" on the voice tab and check both boxes, then you should hear the copilot read back the IFR Clearance.  The CoPilot does not respond to calls that require a decision, and does not initiate calls like for Taxi since you could want to taxi to a specific runway.  Generally, it only does readbacks and initial contacts in flight.

 

Dave

[john1383 3]

Dave,

I do have a pilot voice allocated and both boxes ticked, but the "voice" only responds to an ATC contact if I manually tune the requested frequency first.

 

I thought the pilot would tune the radio and then speak without my intervention?

 

It is not a big issue, just reporting it in case it may be a bug!

 

By the way I am using the Realair beech turbine which of course is not a default aircraft, perhaps that could be preventing the automatic radio tuning?

 

John

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

That's a possibility. 

If you can tune the radio frequency from Pilot2ATC's Com Panel, the CoPilot should be able to do it too.

The tuning does fail occasionally in the current release, but should work when ATC gives you a new frequency.  Of course, the first tuning may have to be done manually.

 

Thanks,

Dave

[sq024 0]

I had the same problem with the copilot options, setting the 'show in-line grammar help' in P2A-setup resolved it for me.

 

Not sure if that is a pre-requisite but it worked for me.

 

Rob

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

Thanks Rob.

That's likely the problem.  I'll need to set that if you check the Copilot options in a future release.

 

Thanks,

Dave

[john1383 3]

I had the same problem with the copilot options, setting the 'show in-line grammar help' in P2A-setup resolved it for me.

 

Not sure if that is a pre-requisite but it worked for me.

 

Rob

That fixed it for me Rob. Thanks for the tip!

[MarkSC 122]

I noticed today that I am unable to select "copilot tunes radios" unless the copilot responds box is also checked. Unchecking the latter unchecks the former. Is that by design? This is with version 2.2.0. Thanks.

[Dave-Pilot2ATC 870]

This was fixed in the latest version 2.2.0.1.

If you check Responds To Radio, then Changes Frequencies is automatically checked.  So you can have the Copilot only Change Frequencies, or the Copilot can Change Frequencies and Respond To Radio.  Responding to Radio without Changing Frequencies is not a valid option.

 

Dave

[MarkSC 122]

Great, thanks.