Just managed to get my first Clearance Delivery via CPDLC! Thank you so much Roland, finally I get to use P2ATC in VR!! 🙂 I can already say this is going to be a game changer for me, since I refuse to take my headset once in the cockpit and I can't possibly remember the entire delivery clearance without pen and paper.
A few comments so far:
The instructions are very clear, thank you for putting in the time 👍 I managed to set it up by myself just by following along.
I was unable to set it up at first because my hoppie user was set to network "None". Once I noticed the P2A hoppie user (the one derived from the SimBrief ID) was listed in the hoppie logs under VATSIM, I changed mine too and I was able to connect. Just to keep in mind and maybe add to the readme file.
I disconnected using the MCUD and then was unable to reconnect, however I noticed there were no LOGON requests sent to hoppie, so I assumed this was some kind of spam protection built in the network. Changing the P2A ID (simbrief) to a new number fixed this. Again, just for awareness as there's probably nothing you can do about it here.
I assume this goes well beyond the scope of the integration, since you are reading the P2ATC output via the .txt file, but it would be a great addition to be able to request pre-dep clearances, directs, and such (http://www.hoppie.nl/acars/system/message.html?msgid=9119906). Not sure P2ATC would even support that, just a random thought.
Thanks again, going for a first full test flight tonight. Happy landings! ✈️