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Re: Mode C on ground?

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:40 pm
by Keith Smith
We try not to have any pe-only procedures. That wouldn't be helpful to anyone.

Re: Mode C on ground?

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:52 pm
by Sabre
Keith Smith wrote:We try not to have any pe-only procedures. That wouldn't be helpful to anyone.
I thought that was helpful to few controllers tracking all the planes over a very large area. Turns out not.

Sabre.

Re: Mode C on ground?

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:14 pm
by Keith Smith
sorry I was on my phone when I wrote that and had to keep it short. What I meant to say is that we try not to have any PE-specific procedures from a pilot perspective, as those would not be beneficial for their real world training.

Re: Mode C on ground?

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:31 pm
by yair1956
.. guys, maybe I did not get it right, but ATC told me that I need to set Mode C on PE, only than he can spot my Xponder, on FSX , I was looking on PE setup but could not find any place to set up the xponder.
Appreciate any help

Yair

Re: Mode C on ground?

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:11 pm
by Eugene Zaporozhets
Hi Yair,

I was the controller you talked to at CRQ. The issue was that you were probably trying to use your radio panel to set mode C, but in most airplanes, that will not affect the way your transponder appears on PE. You need to go to the PE Client window, click on the Start button and select "Transponder > Mode C."

Re: Mode C on ground?

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:48 am
by Keith Smith
Yair, it can be done from the PE client menus, as Eugene has pointed out. Additionally, though, there should a small PE window that pops up when you connect to the network which shows the COM1/2 TX/RX status AND has an 'normal' and 'stdby' setting for the transponder. When I was helping you set this up remotely, I did see the window during our initial testing. You can set the transponder mode from that panel with one click.

Re: Mode C on ground?

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:21 pm
by yair1956
.. Hey Eugene ... hope I did't get u a head ache ... lol ... & U R right I was actually trying to use the Radio Panel ... but on my way back still on the ground I set it to Alt & still was no good, so I'll take your advice and check on the PE side, & see how it works ....
C u on the Rwy !
Cheers !

Yair

Re: Mode C on ground?

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:01 pm
by yair1956
Kieth !
I think it's a very good & useful Idea ...

Re: Mode C on ground?

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:04 pm
by yair1956
.... okay, I see theTransponder but , I can't click, it's Gray not black .... :roll:

Re: Mode C on ground?

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:45 pm
by Keith Smith
There is a floating window than can be placed anywhere on the screen. It is NOT part of FSX or your panel. It has the com tx/rx lights and the transponder modes. Is that what you're clicking?