iain007 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hi I have been using EFB for some time now and find the flight plan aircraft specific export feature very useful. I was wondering if it is possible to save and export flight plans from EFB into VPilot specific format for use on Vatsim in some way? Thanks Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Iain, which types of flight plan data formats are supported by vPilot? Can it read FSX flight plans, or even FS2004 plans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain007 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Hi Urs As far as I'm aware VPilot can read squawkbox flight plans, I think they are SFP files, the other format that can be opened from the option menu seems to be "VPilot" format, I am unsure what the actual file format of these are though. I also read that other formats from other programs such as FS Build and PFPX use SB3 and SB4 Formats which seem to be understandable and exportable to VPilot. FsInn and SB4 also seem to be widely supported formats for VPilot export and indeed a format I currently use to export plans from one of the virtual airlines I am a member of. I don't think FSX pln plans can be directly read by VPilot. So all that seems to be needed is the correct export format from EFB which is readable to VPilot, which may be much easier said than done Thanks Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Hi Iain, I just had a look at PFPX which can export "Squawkbox 2" (*.sbp) plans. I think that this is the data format that can be imported into vPilot. Can you please verify that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain007 Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Hi Urs The plans I can currently export to Vpilot are *.sfp plans. I have never used Squawkbox as a client for connecting to Vatsim but the *.sfp files are recognised as a format that can be opened under "Squawkbox Flight Plans" within the drop down menu of Vpilot itself. To illustrate I have attached a couple of screenshots. Firstly, an example of the formats I can export to VPilot that are produced by my virtual airline dispatch and secondly, the dialogue box that appears within VPilot to select the flightplan to import. Thanks Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hi Iain, can you try whether this flight plan can be loaded into vPilot? [attachment=0]KMEMKORD01.sbp[/attachment] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain007 Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hi Urs Opening up the load dialogue in Vpilot there is no option to load a *.sbp and the file is not recognised. However changing the file name of the file you attached to KMEMKORD01.sfp allows VPilot to import the data, I'm not sure if this is all the data but the first screen shot illustrates what was loaded into VPilot. The second screenshot is one of a recent flight plan I used from my VA dispatch which was in *.sfp format for comparison as to the information that is imported including flight times, enroute times, fuel available times, cruise speed and additional imported remarks. Cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hi Iain, thanks for testing this flight plan. EFB does not provide more data in a flight plan so I fear that screen one is the most we can expect. Screen two most probably comes from a flight plan which has been created by a flight planning program like PFPX. If it's only the file type which I must change from "sbp" to "sfp" then I guess I could upload a flight plan handler within the next 24 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain007 Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hi Urs Yes, I think the plans that they use are generated within Sim Brief or indeed PFPX I think it would be great to have an export facility from EFB to VPilot and as you suggest a change to *.sfp would seem to be the answer Thanks Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hi Iain, here is a first version of the Squawkbox flight plan handler. Can you give it a try and let me know whether it works? Thank you! AivlaSoft.FlightplanHandlers.Squawkbox2.dll.zip If you are not familiar with the installation procedure, please have a look here: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain007 Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hi Urs Thanks for that I have installed the dll file in the plugins directory but after restarting the data provider and display unit there doesn't seem to be any new option to save in the new format. I also had the same problem when updating the recent Airbus installer. All files seem to be in the correct locations but as I say I don't see any new saving formats in the options. Cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Hi Iain, also after two days I have no idea why it does not work on your system. Nevertheless I did a recompile of that dll, hopefully it helps. AivlaSoft.FlightplanHandlers.Squawkbox2.dll.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain007 Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 Thanks Urs I installed the updated dll but still no option to save the new file format I'm afraid, perhaps it is something unique in my system. Can anyone else confirm if they have got this file format to export to VPilot? I have even tried reinstalling EFB but no change to report I'm afriad Thanks Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nax228 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Nice feature. I will hopefully be able to try it out tonight and report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nax228 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 It works flawlessly on my server/client setup. I installed the dll to my efb/plugins dir on the client machine and directed the save position to .../my docouments/vpilotfiles. I agree with earlier poster about the lack of information in the saved file, but I realize efb does not calculate flight time and such, but as for saving the route for loading in vPilot, it does just that fine. Problem is cross checked and reported I like the fact that I can also tic Prosim737 and save as coroute. Actually, to get more automated functionality in my cockpit environment, EFB should be able to import flightplan from Prosim. We generally don't use Rfinder or VATroute to plan trips, as they tend to often be to old vs AIRAC. Our prefered service is not listed in EFB. It would be great if EFB flightplan could import/load saved plan from Prosim coroutes.xml or vPilot files. As vPilot can save as squawkbox format, this might already work. Happy landings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain007 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Hmm must be something unique in my system as the dll's are not recognised within the programme, no option to save as a VPilot plan. Gier, so you now get an option to export a VPilot plan from the main save options? Further investigation required! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 @Geir, Our prefered service is not listed in EFB.What is your preferred service? Since I'm currently working in that area for version 2.0 it might be that I can add it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nax228 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 We use vRoute Premium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nax228 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Hmm must be something unique in my system as the dll's are not recognised within the programme, no option to save as a VPilot plan. Gier, so you now get an option to export a VPilot plan from the main save options? Further investigation required! Iain No, we get an option to save as Squawkbox file format. In vPilot/Flight Plan, click "load" and set "File type" to Squawkbox. Then you will be able to load the flightplan that you have made in EFB and saved in your vPilot files directory. Waypoints and ORIGN/DEST will be filled in to your vPilot flight plan, but you will have to manually fill in the other text fields. ------ I will try to make a plan by following the formula in EFB Documentation (FROM{ETD} {SPDALT} {SID{.TRNS}} {Enroute} {STAR{.TRNS}} TO{ETA} {ALTN} ), but I'm a little confused about the documentation remarks saying "not yet used in EFB". If I COULD use all those entries, It is possible for us to export a full flight plan from CDU to specified directory for EFB to load it. ... but this is really information that belong to a new post. I will make a new topic on the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Hi Geir, "not yet used in EFB" means that the information is not yet used in EFB, but you can use it in the route description. E.g.: you can use the ETA in your route description, but ETA has no use in EFB. Have a look at the examples at page 10 and 11 (section 5, Route) in the manual. There you will see that some information are provided which has no impact in EFB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nax228 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 aha!! I had not taken notice to that Urs. I use the CDU progress page for this anyway, so it's not a big deal, but it clarifies a lot. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain007 Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Hi So am I correct in thinking that I should be able to save (and export) a squawkbox flightplan I have made in EFB to Vpilot from this dialogue box? I don't see such an option here: Cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Iain, what version of the .NET framework is running on that computer? The new flight plan handler has been compiled against version 3.5. [attachment=0]flightplanHandlers.png[/attachment] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain007 Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Hi Urs The most recent windows 7 x64 update had updated it to .Net Framework 4 and the other versions seem to be there also. Regards Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Iain, I'm running out of ideas ... something on your machine must be different than on mine and on others, but I don't know what ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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