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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | ACARS issue

DVA9977
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on July 20 2011
50 State Club
US Capital Club
Everett 250 Club
Quatercentenary Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Southeastern United States

469 legs, 796.1 hours
345 legs, 599.4 hours online
466 legs, 792.0 hours ACARS
2 legs, 5.5 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 26 2011 04:35 ET by Kai Williams

I'm new to DVA and have a small problem with ACARS. It seems to record my flights but the display on the 737 panel says "unknown" instead of take off, airborne etc. It worked correctly for a few flights. Thanks in advance for any help.

Kai Williams

Captain, B737-800

DVA7577
First Officer, B777-200
OLP

Joined on July 18 2009
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
Everett 250 Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Buffalo, NY USA

334 legs, 637.3 hours
29 legs, 47.8 hours online
332 legs, 629.7 hours ACARS
5 legs, 9.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 26 2011 09:00 ET by Jesse Kovacs

I wouldn't worry about the gauge. It's for info only and has nothing to do with ACARS recording your flight.

Jesse Kovacs

First Officer, B777-200

Posted onPost created on July 26 2011 11:24 ET by Kai Williams

Roger that. Thanks for the info.

Kai Williams

Captain, B737-800

DVA2533
Senior Captain, EMB-120
OLP, COMM

Joined on July 27 2005
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Globetrotter
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Winter Springs, FL USA

2,087 legs, 2,752.1 hours
1,762 legs, 2,302.1 hours online
1,905 legs, 2,467.0 hours ACARS
29 legs, 31.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 26 2011 17:44 ET by Jim Warner

There is an ACARS option to integrate ACARS with the dashboard gauge and maybe enabling that will cure your disconnect with ACARS.

Jim Warner

Senior Captain, EMB-120

Posted onPost created on July 26 2011 18:25 ET by Kai Williams

I checked and the option to integrate with the dashboard gauge was already selected. Thanks for the help. I'll keep flying and just ignore the gauge.

Kai Williams

Captain, B737-800

DVA5274
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on December 11 2007
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"Pushin' sixty-six and flying at 500 knots!"
Mooresville, NC

1,407 legs, 3,370.0 hours
18 legs, 35.6 hours online
1,242 legs, 3,087.3 hours ACARS
16 legs, 39.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 28 2011 13:29 ET by Skip Simpson

Kai, you might want to doublecheck your panel cfg. file for that aircraft and make sure you have a couple of lines like:
gauge77=dva_acars_interface!interface, 5, 5, 2, 2
gauge78=ACARSInfo!737NG, 463, 413, 120, 33
Just replace gauge 77 and gauge 78 with the next available numbers. Hope that helps!

Skip Simpson (DVA5274)

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