I just downloaded and installed the test version of Pilot2ATC.  Watched a couple of videos re: installation and configuration.  I think I have it configured correctly but cannot now hear ATC/ATIS.  I was able to hear both initially but they are gone now.

I am connected to MSFS, the Pwr button is green, the Speech Output Device is set to my speakers which are the Default Playback device in the Windows 11 Sound settings.

The box in the lower right corner shows 

• Simulator Connected
• Recognition Engine Installed
• Grammars Loaded
• ATIS Freq: 124.52 (my departure airport - EIDW, also the active freq in Com 1)
• Clr Del Freq: 121.87 (in Com 1 standby)

ATIS does not play (or at least I can't hear it) on startup and connection to MSFS.  I also tried quitting and restarting Pilot2ATC - no joy.

I know I'm doing something wrong, but I'm too stupid/inexperienced to determine what the problem is.  Any hints/suggestions/directions to documentation, etc would be greatly appreciated.

FYI:  I supplied the following links (not in any way related to my issue) in a reply to another post in the forum earlier today.  I found the videos while researching Pilot2ATC setup, use, reviews, etc.  You may find them useful. 

Adding Free Voices to Pilot2ATC

Improving the Sound in Pilot2ATC

Ken in Kansas 

Sounds like you are probably connecting to the SIM and possibly having volume issues.

• Check the Windows Volume Mixer and be sure Pilot2ATC volume is turned up. (While P2A is running, rIght click on the speaker icon in the task bar and select Volume Mixer).  
• Check the volume of the voices in P2A Config. Voices Tab
• Check the Volume in the Comms Panel: Click the Stby Freq in bottom left of main screen, then press the Volume Up button 10 times or so to get Volume all the way up.
• On the Communications tab of the Sound dialog, be sure "Do Nothing" is checked for when Windows detects Communications activity.
• Check the Driver for the Speakers in Windows.  Do the driver update to be sure it is the most up to date one.

Dave

Thanks for the prompt response, Dave.

I'll take my eggs sunny side up, please - the ones on my face, that is.

I apparently have had a sudden failure in one of my audio components.  When I attempted to watch a video related to Pilot2ATC, I had no audio output either.  At that time neither P2A nor MSFS were running, in fact nothing was running except the video in the browser and that was after a reboot (just in case).  So now I have to troubleshoot the audio system to locate the faulty component.  Then I can get back to testing P2A.

I hate it when this happens and, initially at least, points to a totally innocent app as the culprit.  My apologies, the timing of the failure was just weird enough to make me suspect an improper configuration of P2A - not the case.

Ken in Kansas

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No problem.  Thanks for the update. Just goes to show how complex our "Personal" computers have become.  

Dave

Well, despite numerous ongoing intermittent audio problems (none of which are the result of using P2A), I have two days of testing left and am very close to "pulling the trigger" on the purchase of the software.

I do have one puzzler though.  Sometimes the flight plan loaded into MSFS, having been exported from P2A, does not match the flight plan created in P2A.  The P2A creation may have been from SimBrief or it may have been generated entirely within P2A before being exported to be loaded into MSFS.

Can you give me any insights into this?  Or could you point me to something in the documentation or perhaps a forum post relating to this topic?

Thanks.

Ken in Kansas

Ken, 

Here's a thread on this topic:

Trying to get Flight Plans synced up... - Pilot2ATC Users Forum - The AVSIM Community

Make sure you have the same AIRAC data cycle in MSFS, or your aircraft, and P2A so they will contain all the same procedures and waypoints.

When you export from P2A, export without the procedures, then add them in the aircraft FMS.  Or, if the procedure waypoints don't match what's in P2A, try exporting the SID, STAR and Approach waypoints from P2A and don't add procedures in the FMS/GPS.  

Dave

 

 Thanks for the information, Dave.  I'll try the things you mentioned and read the referenced post in this forum over the next several days.  No rush, my demo is now a purchase.  I look forward to learning/using Pilot2ATC.

Ken in Kansas