Hey Gerald,

 

I'm having an issue with the MCE copilot dialing the squawk. After receiving the clearance from PF3, If I say to the MCE copilot "squawk 1234" he starts dialing and goes into a continuous loop of trying to dial the squawk. The only way I can stop the dialing it is by either stopping MCE or letting him continue to dial until after a minute or two it finally stops. This has been going on for a while, but I had just gotten used to not asking the MCE copilot dial the squawk. My flying partner also has the same issue.

Any help is greatly appreciated.  Running FSX, PF3, MCE.

 

Tony J

21 hours ago, Fighter Guy said:

Hey Gerald,

 

I'm having an issue with the MCE copilot dialing the squawk. After receiving the clearance from PF3, If I say to the MCE copilot "squawk 1234" he starts dialing and goes into a continuous loop of trying to dial the squawk. The only way I can stop the dialing it is by either stopping MCE or letting him continue to dial until after a minute or two it finally stops. This has been going on for a while, but I had just gotten used to not asking the MCE copilot dial the squawk. My flying partner also has the same issue.

Any help is greatly appreciated.  Running FSX, PF3, MCE.

 

Tony J

You may not be aware of the current implementation...

When Fo has the COMMS and PF3 instructs to dial a specific transponder code or tune a VHF, he's expected to do that (albeit not instantly).

Because that happens via a low priority worker thread which gives the Fo the ability to service simultaneous requests, I wonder whether this was caused by Fo dialing the code (as per PF3 request) and also attempting to dial again as a result of the direct speech command to dial.

Normally, shouldn't happen when he's busy dialling something, but you never know.😛

Also, the dialling technique varies from one plane to another, therefore we need to know which flight sim and airplane this relates to.

All dialling commands will eventually time out after a number of seconds. Usually 60 sec, but could be up to 90 seconds for cases where dialling is known to be slow (some planes). Therefore, no need to restart MCE.