Dave-Pilot2ATC

P2ATCv3 Update_3.0.0.0_RC4This Release Candidate focuses on Arrivals and Approaches along with overall stability. Adds a Setting on Display tab to set size of Copilot Interaction Font. Adds a German translation of the Quick Start Guide and full User's Manual. Look in Documentation/German folder inside the P2A installation folder. Fixes issues with waypoint tracking. Fixes issues with requests for specific Gates. Fixes a few speech and grammar issues. RC5 will be focused on fixing issues with speech timing and overlaps. Fixes Navigraph data Auto Updater and a few issues with SimBrief flight plan imports. Fixes numerous other bugs.

Peter, The P2ADynamicData.db MUST BE Present and readable at the start of the conversion. Also, after you get that restored you can simply press the Navigraph Auto Update button and P2A will take care of everything. There should be a backup file P2ADynamicDataBkup.db in the Data folder you can rename. IF not download and install the full version of the program to get the data restored. Dave

This is a Windows issue. Some Windows updates even change speech recognition, microphone, audio output, etc. settings. In addition to reviewing the KB article mentioned, going back through all the P2A setup instructions for speech and Windows audio settings might help. And I'm not in hibernation. Heads down working on the program. Dave

You need to have sub folders with the names APPR, DGM, INFO, SID and STAR. Then, within each of those, add the correct charts, like in the APPR folder, charts like ILS-16R.pdf, RNAV-32L.pdf, etc, naming each chart so it is recognizable and unique within the folder. Dave

If you don't see the microphone, then you need to press the Options button. A window will open and there should be a "Speech" option. Press that button and it should install the Speech Recognition engine and display the microphone icon after the Options window closes. Dave

If you mean you are not hearing a response from Clearance, except you did get one at KMSP, then most likely it's a problem with voices. Microsoft disabled the free use of their Online voices in desktop applications other than their own. ATIS is working because you selected a non-online voice for it. So, you will need to uninstall all the online voices. See the V3 Downloads page of the website for instructions on how to do this. Dave

There is an issue with the interpretation of "X ray" that will be fixed in the next update. Dave

Some specific aircraft may not allow P2A to swap frequencies, so you have to do that in the cockpit. You may even have to set the standby frequency in the cockpit. Try using one of the stock GA aircraft in your SIM to rule this cause out. Also, the SIMs have settings that allow them to control the frequencies. These are in the ATC settings and should be turned off, along with any other ATC settings. Sometimes, just swapping the frequencies a second time, or Disconnecting and Reconnecting will fix this sort of issue. Dave

P2ATCv3 Update_3.0.0.0_RC3 Fixes Arrival and Approach start issues. Fixes descent start and vectoring issues. Fixes Copilot control of Coms issues that were mostly found in X-Plane. Fix Activate Approach view of intended vector/approach track. More fixes to taxi request/responses for specific gates or FBOs, etc. Fixes many other bugs.

P2ATCv3 Update_3.0.0.0_RC2 Fixes Waypoint tracking. Fixes arrival and approach scenarios with and without vectoring. Fixes missed descent instructions on certain approach scenarios. Improves handling of approaches when Departure and Destination are close to each other. Fixes missing Copilot Speech options in certain scenarios. Fix ATC Controller handoffs in certain scenarios. Fixes handling of taxi requests to named parking locations. Fixes many other bugs.

You can set the aircraft type and color in the Aircraft Profile Acft Info tab. To open the Profile, Click on the Profile button to the left of the AutoPilot button in the same area as the Connect button. Dave

That specific error message is normal and does not affect the operation of P2A. Strangely, nothing has changed regarding the connection to a remote X-Plane installation. You mentioned in the original post that unchecking the setting "Run on X-Plane Remote Computer" allowed P2A to connect to X-Plane but just the traffic didn't display. Is that still the case? Dave

P2A V2 has an alternate "Slow" version of the P2ALink that can be installed. It runs less frequently and therefore has less of an impact on XP. You can check that option in Settings and then reinstall the XPLink plugin and it should load the "Slow" version. V3 doesn't use any plugins and therefore has very little, if any, performance impact on XP. Dave

Thanks Bob. TOD does get recalculated during the flight, which might explain the large change. I believe the problem with the early descent is a bug in the waypoint tracking that makes ATC think the aircraft is further along than it actually is, but it could be the TOD calculation being off also. I'll look into both. Recent AIRAC updates have changed some Center controllers to Radar Control controllers which is what causes Washington Control instead of Center. That's on the list to fix also. And you're right about the "radar contact" only being done once. You should be getting only a greeting like "Good afternoon" for subsequent controller handoffs in most cases. If somehow the controller loses contact or can't find you on his busy screen, he might ask you to Squawk Ident and then you would get another "radar contact" call. So there must be something wrong in that area as well....possibly not enough randomness in that possibility. Thanks for the detailed reports! Dave

Thanks Bob. I'll try flying the flight and get it fixed. There have been issues with the waypoint tracking where it jumps ahead and triggers these early events. Dave