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DVA4379
First Officer, A330-300

Joined on April 27 2007
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Tiffin, IA USA

84 legs, 223.3 hours
8 legs, 18.0 hours online
81 legs, 211.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 25 2023 17:15 ET by John Navara

It's been 3 years since I was an active member. I am back and have a question. I have searched the forums and couldn't find the info that I am looking for. Is there a way to import SimBrief data into the ACARS program for flight plan info, fuel load, etc.

John

DVA9655
Senior Captain, B747-400
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New York, NY

999 legs, 5,366.4 hours
242 legs, 882.9 hours online
799 legs, 4,425.5 hours ACARS
12 legs, 40.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on September 25 2023 19:05 ET by Remy Mermelstein

you need to use the dispatch feature, and connect to simbrief, then it will. Click dispatch if it prompts in acars, or from the log book click the flight and at bottom it says dispatch...

Remy Mermelstein (DVA9655)

DVA14023
First Officer, B767-300

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New Zealand

1,527 legs, 5,356.6 hours
815 legs, 1,793.1 hours online
1,486 legs, 5,170.7 hours ACARS
9 legs, 12.1 hours event

Posted onPost created on September 25 2023 19:44 ET by Mike Bell

Thanks Remy that helps me also.

Mike Bell (DVA14023)

DVA610
Senior Captain, A350-900

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Boston, MA

459 legs, 1,526.6 hours
35 legs, 50.5 hours online
424 legs, 1,457.5 hours ACARS
5 legs, 9.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on September 25 2023 20:47 ET by Alex Schlesinger

Also if you haven't used the dispatch button but generated a package from SimBrief you can use it to populate at least the route and altitude (I think?) if you save the flight plan and then load it. What I do if I make packet separately is Connect, Load Draft Flight Reports (populates to/from, flight number, etc) and then Load from Flight Plan, this gets everything in except weight and balance (which I do separately from ACARS anyway because that's my workflow).

Alex Schlesinger (DVA610)

DVA4379
First Officer, A330-300

Joined on April 27 2007
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Tiffin, IA USA

84 legs, 223.3 hours
8 legs, 18.0 hours online
81 legs, 211.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 08:51 ET by John Navara

But it doesn't do anything with SimBrief. I don't know how it can because there is no place that I can add my simBrief username. I am planning a flight now and I have to manually create the flight in SimBrief, generate the flight and then import it to my other apps. I was hoping ACARS would do that for me.

John

DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
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Marietta, GA

2,306 legs, 9,290.0 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,964 legs, 8,083.1 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,342 legs, 9,424.9 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 08:55 ET by Luke Kolin

ACARS can do this, but the help you've been given thus far has been a little confusing and inaccurate. I thought there was a stick somewhere, but I cannot find it.

First, edit your pilot profile in the web site and add your Navigraph user name. Otherwise we don't know that you use SimBrief and won't enable the integration.
Second, create a draft flight, either from the Find a Flight page or the Route Plotter.
Third (and optionally), plot the flight route via the route plotter if you just want SimBrief to do fuel calculations.
Fourth, go to the draft Flight Report, and select your airframe and ETOPS rules and generate a SimBrief dispatch package.

There you go.

To enable this in ACARS, load the Draft Flight Reports and select the flight. You should load the route and fuel calculations that SimBrief has generated, and you can optionally save the flight plan as well.
(In Build 185 Beta 14+, if you're using ASP3D ACARS will automatically import the flight plan into ActiveSky).

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA4379
First Officer, A330-300

Joined on April 27 2007
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Tiffin, IA USA

84 legs, 223.3 hours
8 legs, 18.0 hours online
81 legs, 211.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 08:59 ET by John Navara

Thank you Luke. Will this work with the load manager on the tablet on the Fenix A320?

DVA4379
First Officer, A330-300

Joined on April 27 2007
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Tiffin, IA USA

84 legs, 223.3 hours
8 legs, 18.0 hours online
81 legs, 211.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 09:13 ET by John Navara

I went through those exact steps and nothing in SimBrief.

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 09:41 ET by Luke Kolin

John Navara wrote:

I went through those exact steps and nothing in SimBrief.

Not those exact steps. Your Navigraph user ID has not been provided, therefore you couldn't have done step 4.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA4379
First Officer, A330-300

Joined on April 27 2007
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Tiffin, IA USA

84 legs, 223.3 hours
8 legs, 18.0 hours online
81 legs, 211.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 09:42 ET by John Navara

Luke Kolin wrote:

John Navara wrote:

I went through those exact steps and nothing in SimBrief.

Not those exact steps. Your Navigraph user ID has not been provided, therefore you couldn't have done step 4.

Cheers!

I put my username in the Navigraph section on my profile.

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 09:55 ET by Luke Kolin

Now I see it. Can you go to one of your draft flight reports and create a SimBrief package?

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA4379
First Officer, A330-300

Joined on April 27 2007
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Tiffin, IA USA

84 legs, 223.3 hours
8 legs, 18.0 hours online
81 legs, 211.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 10:05 ET by John Navara

This is what I see:

http://www.sim-dude.com/Images/deltasimbrief.png

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 10:06 ET by Luke Kolin

It does not appear that you have generated the dispatch package from the Flight Report. You need to do it from the Flight Report, not on the SimBrief site.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA4379
First Officer, A330-300

Joined on April 27 2007
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Tiffin, IA USA

84 legs, 223.3 hours
8 legs, 18.0 hours online
81 legs, 211.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 10:08 ET by John Navara

I haven't done anything with SimBrief other than look at the page to see if the flight was added. I click Load Flight and then Dispatch on the ACARS app.

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 10:12 ET by Luke Kolin

John Navara wrote:

I haven't done anything with SimBrief other than look at the page to see if the flight was added. I click Load Flight and then Dispatch on the ACARS app.

Please read my instructions again, specifically item #4. You need to do this from the web site. Clicking the Dispatch button on the ACARS app is not part of this flow.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA4379
First Officer, A330-300

Joined on April 27 2007
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Tiffin, IA USA

84 legs, 223.3 hours
8 legs, 18.0 hours online
81 legs, 211.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 10:59 ET by John Navara

Luke Kolin wrote:

Please read my instructions again, specifically item #4. You need to do this from the web site. Clicking the Dispatch button on the ACARS app is not part of this flow.

Cheers!

Sorry I didn't know if this was on the site or that app. It wasn't clear in the instructions. That seemed to work. I will try a flight when I am done with another flight I am doing now.

Thanks for the clarification.

John

Posted onPost created on September 26 2023 11:37 ET by Luke Kolin

John Navara wrote:

Sorry I didn't know if this was on the site or that app. It wasn't clear in the instructions. That seemed to work. I will try a flight when I am done with another flight I am doing now.

You're right - apologies. Glad you got it working. I need to find the original post which seemed to describe the flow better.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

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