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HELP: PFPX and our schedule info |
DVA3672
Senior Captain, A320
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on October 29 2006
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Two Million Mile Club
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Capital Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
Online Fifteen Century
"Chris, NOT in Seattle"
Northeastern United States
2,534 legs, 6,223.1 hours
1,537 legs,
3,252.2 hours online
2,243 legs,
5,407.0 hours ACARS
4 legs,
6.0 hours event
2 legs dispatched, 19.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
October 19 2018 09:57 ET by Chris Frasure
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Can someone help me understand how i import our schedule info into PFPX? For the life of me I can't figure it out. Thanks!
CF
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DVA3220
Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on May 19 2006
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
B737 50 Club
Southeastern United States
78 legs, 129.9 hours
73 legs,
122.3 hours online
76 legs,
127.3 hours ACARS
31 legs,
57.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 24 2018 01:23 ET by Tyler Devereaux
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It's actually not too difficult!
1) First thing, download the schedule. Head over to the Pilot Center, scroll down to the Delta Virtual Airlines Flight Schedule section, and click the "PFPX Flight Schedule" link. That'll prompt you to download an XML file. Save this somewhere.
2) Next, open up PFPX and let it load up.
3) Once PFPX is ready, click the Globe icon on the top left and select Schedule Editor
[3A]) Optionally, if you already have a schedule populated, consider clicking Other and selecting Export Schedule. This will provide you with a backup of where you started prior to this import. This can be helpful if you choose to remove the DVA schedule later on (see below)
4) In the Schedule Editor, click the Other button and select Import Schedule. This will open a file selection dialog.
5) Find where you saved your XML file, select it and click Open
6) Wait.
7) Wait some more.
8) Consider brewing some coffee or pouring a good whiskey if you're of age
9) When it finishes, you'll have a rather large database with the DVA schedule
10) Enjoy!
Note: I don't know if my experience was typical, but I noticed a significant reduction in performance with PFPX with the entirety of the DVA schedule loaded. PFPX took much longer to load initially, as well as during routine use. It was really cool to have all of the flights already populated into PFPX, but in the end, I ended up removing the schedule and creating my flights individually as needed. If you end up wanting to remove the schedule, it's just as easy. Follow steps 2 and 3, then click the Other button and select Delete all Flights. This will (rather quickly) truncate the schedule database.
Hope this helps!
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DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV
E-MAIL
Joined on January 30 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Coastal Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Online Eight Century
Charlotte, NC
1,283 legs, 1,792.7 hours
837 legs,
1,044.3 hours online
1,265 legs,
1,770.7 hours ACARS
31 legs,
49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
October 24 2018 08:14 ET by Andrew Vane
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LOL Tyler you have a great sense of humor!
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DVA3220
Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on May 19 2006
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
B737 50 Club
Southeastern United States
78 legs, 129.9 hours
73 legs,
122.3 hours online
76 legs,
127.3 hours ACARS
31 legs,
57.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 13 2018 18:52 ET by Tyler Devereaux
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Andrew Vane wrote:
LOL Tyler you have a great sense of humor!
LOL. I keep trying to convince my girlfriend of this. Glad someone sees it ;-)
I'd be interested to hear what your experience was, Christopher!
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DVA3672
Senior Captain, A320
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on October 29 2006
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Two Million Mile Club
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Capital Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
Online Fifteen Century
"Chris, NOT in Seattle"
Northeastern United States
2,534 legs, 6,223.1 hours
1,537 legs,
3,252.2 hours online
2,243 legs,
5,407.0 hours ACARS
4 legs,
6.0 hours event
2 legs dispatched, 19.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 13 2018 20:06 ET by Chris Frasure
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Tyler Devereaux wrote:
It's actually not too difficult!
1) First thing, download the schedule. Head over to the Pilot Center, scroll down to the Delta Virtual Airlines Flight Schedule section, and click the "PFPX Flight Schedule" link. That'll prompt you to download an XML file. Save this somewhere.
2) Next, open up PFPX and let it load up.
3) Once PFPX is ready, click the Globe icon on the top left and select Schedule Editor
[3A]) Optionally, if you already have a schedule populated, consider clicking Other and selecting Export Schedule. This will provide you with a backup of where you started prior to this import. This can be helpful if you choose to remove the DVA schedule later on (see below)
4) In the Schedule Editor, click the Other button and select Import Schedule. This will open a file selection dialog.
5) Find where you saved your XML file, select it and click Open
6) Wait.
7) Wait some more.
8) Consider brewing some coffee or pouring a good whiskey if you're of age
9) When it finishes, you'll have a rather large database with the DVA schedule
10) Enjoy!
Note: I don't know if my experience was typical, but I noticed a significant reduction in performance with PFPX with the entirety of the DVA schedule loaded. PFPX took much longer to load initially, as well as during routine use. It was really cool to have all of the flights already populated into PFPX, but in the end, I ended up removing the schedule and creating my flights individually as needed. If you end up wanting to remove the schedule, it's just as easy. Follow steps 2 and 3, then click the Other button and select Delete all Flights. This will (rather quickly) truncate the schedule database.
Hope this helps!
This made me lol...thanks bro!
CF
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DVA3672
Senior Captain, A320
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on October 29 2006
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Two Million Mile Club
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Capital Club
Toulouse Millennium Club
Online Fifteen Century
"Chris, NOT in Seattle"
Northeastern United States
2,534 legs, 6,223.1 hours
1,537 legs,
3,252.2 hours online
2,243 legs,
5,407.0 hours ACARS
4 legs,
6.0 hours event
2 legs dispatched, 19.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 13 2018 20:12 ET by Chris Frasure
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Yep my 8 year old scotch is now a 12. lol. It seems to be working. Really appreciate the help. Still waiting. lol
CF
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DVA3220
Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on May 19 2006
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
B737 50 Club
Southeastern United States
78 legs, 129.9 hours
73 legs,
122.3 hours online
76 legs,
127.3 hours ACARS
31 legs,
57.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
November 16 2018 00:05 ET by Tyler Devereaux
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Christopher Frasure wrote:
Yep my 8 year old scotch is now a 12. lol. It seems to be working. Really appreciate the help. Still waiting. lol
CF
Hahahaha! Enjoy!
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DVA2887
Senior Captain, A320
OLP, 737-ATP, VFRADV
E-MAIL
Joined on January 30 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Tri-Jet Triumph
US Coastal Club
Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
US Mountaineer Club
Toulouse 250 Club
Online Eight Century
Charlotte, NC
1,283 legs, 1,792.7 hours
837 legs,
1,044.3 hours online
1,265 legs,
1,770.7 hours ACARS
31 legs,
49.6 hours event
3 legs dispatched, 2.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
November 16 2018 08:10 ET by Andrew Vane
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Lets not twist the thread to alcohol please. We aim for G rating here. Thanks.
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DVA014
Captain, MD-88
OLP
Joined on June 15 2001
Century Club
Everett Century Club
Online Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Helsinki, Etelä-Suomi Suomi
166 legs, 1,027.5 hours
130 legs,
872.4 hours online
161 legs,
993.7 hours ACARS
3 legs,
27.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 10 2019 14:37 ET by Jere Aarnia
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So what is the average wait time to load? how about PFPX VA DVA server?
Jere AarniaCaptain, MD-88
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DVA3220
Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on May 19 2006
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
B737 50 Club
Southeastern United States
78 legs, 129.9 hours
73 legs,
122.3 hours online
76 legs,
127.3 hours ACARS
31 legs,
57.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 10 2019 16:17 ET by Tyler Devereaux
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Jere Aarnia wrote:
So what is the average wait time to load? how about PFPX VA DVA server?
In response to the former, I believe that will depend on the individual's computing resources. As to the latter, I'm not sure what you are referring to. If you're suggesting that importing the schedule links your PFPX to a DVA server, this is not the case: DVA merely provides a file containing the entire schedule, which you can import into PFPX (there's no live connection).
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DVA13585
Captain, B777-200
Joined on December 26 2018
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Century Club
Western Europe
126 legs, 407.2 hours
125 legs,
404.5 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
January 10 2019 17:52 ET by Oliver Kleber
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I had the DVA schedule imported in PFPX as well and had the same perfomance issues afterwards. Ended up clearing the entries from the xml file again and reusing an empty but responsive flight schedule.
Oliver KleberCaptain, B777-200
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DVA13010
Captain, A320
Joined on June 17 2016
Double Century Club
DVA Two-Year Anniversary
Toulouse 250 Club
Southeastern United States
254 legs, 726.8 hours
249 legs,
716.5 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
April 02 2019 17:40 ET by Steven Tanner
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how do you delete the whole lot instead of one at a time thanks in advance. when i click on other all the options are import or export not delete
Steven TannerCaptain, A320
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DVA3220
Captain, B737-800
OLP
Joined on May 19 2006
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
B737 50 Club
Southeastern United States
78 legs, 129.9 hours
73 legs,
122.3 hours online
76 legs,
127.3 hours ACARS
31 legs,
57.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
April 06 2019 16:14 ET by Tyler Devereaux
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Steven Tanner wrote:
how do you delete the whole lot instead of one at a time thanks in advance. when i click on other all the options are import or export not delete
If you scroll up a few posts to where I provided instructions for importing, the end of that post contains instructions for removing.
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