1. Let's Fly! Start Flight Simulator and create
a flight. Get on the ground at an airport, parked
at a parking or gate designated area. When you
create a flight you will hear a beep tone in
the background. This will let you know that
the ATOC system is installed and ready for use.
ATOC does not interfere with any of your other
flying and loads like a module, just like FSUIPC.
ATOC doesn't become active until you request
it to do so. You should now be parked looking
at a panel in your aircraft. For this setup
guide we will assume everyone is using windows
mode, not full screen. Switch to 2D windows
mode. You should see at the top of your screen
a new menu item labeled ATOC Express. Click
the menu item and select "Show ATOC Express".
It may be necessary to hit the ALT key to show
the menus or refresh them. As a side note you
can always toggle between the ATOC Client and
Flight Simulator with the short cut keys "SHIFT
+ TAB".
2. Once the ATOC Express Client
is loaded you'll be shown a non-configured user
interface. In the next steps we'll configure
your ATOC Express. The information you choose
in the following steps will be saved for future
use. Click the "Get Actual Server List"
in the ATOC window. The server IP Addresses
will now populate.
3. In the "Server" box, click
the drop down arrow to the right and select
either the 64.119.37.58 or the 64.119.37.60
IP Address as shown below.
4. In the "Weather" box, click
the drop down arrow to the right and select
one of the IP Addresses listed. It doesn't matter
which one you choose, just select one.
5. In the box to the right of
"VID" enter your VID. In the box to the right
of "PWD" enter your password. You should have
obtained these items from the WestCoastATC.com
website at the beginning of this setup guide.
6. In the box just above the "CONNECT"
button enter your callsign. Your callsign is
important, please enter only a valid tail number
or carrier / flight number. For those
pilots with an astericks or underscores in their
callsign, please omit them in the ATOC Express
Client. Your flights will be tracked with your
VID. As an example the callsign in use for this
example is registered to the website as FDX_3440,
we've removed the underscore. If we didn't our
callsign would be considered invalid and we
would not be able to log on to the server. Enter
your callsign, remember it must be formatted
correctly as mentioned in this step.
7. Before we actually connect
to the server we're going to configure our flight
plan. The flight plan is a critical component
of the ATOC system. Flight plans are best configured
prior to joining the server, but may be configured
afterwards. Click the Edit Flightplan Button
in the lower left of the window as shown.
8. You will now be shown an empty
flight plan. Please fill in the information
requested. A short description is provided here.
We also show an advanced flight plan, this option
can be selected on the lower left of the screen.
Put a check mark in "Show Advanced Flightplan".
The simple flight plans are nice for those of
us flying in non-controlled airspace and just
need to get the basics into the system. Select
this option as desired.
Check TCAS if you want to enable
the TCAS functions in your aircraft, these are
generally specific to payware or other addons,
select as necessary.
Select your aircraft. This step
is important because what you select in the
drop down box at the top center of the flight
plan screen is the aircraft the other pilots
on the system will see you as. As a note the
installation comes only with a default Cessna
172 and it will be your only option at this
point. When you're ready you can download and
install the base model pack and liveries. These
seperate installations will populate this list
with more aircraft. Select the Cessna 172.
The rest of the flight plan is
fairly self explanatory. For further descriptions
of the options and what they mean download and
read the user's manual here. :: DOWNLOAD
NOW ::
For simplicity we've chosen a
VFR flight from Seattle Tacoma to Portland Oregon
with an alternate at Hillsboro. Our expected
airspeed and flight altitude are also input.
We selected VFR and noted it was a non-scheduled
flight. We also indicated our proposed routing.
When we're done we'll click "OK"
in the lower right and the flight plan box will
close taking us back to the main ATOC Window.
9. We can now connect to the server.
Click "Connect".
10. You'll hear a short tone to
confirm you've connected to the server. A new
window will now display.
This is your connected interface.
In the top left of the screen is your system
chat window. Directly below that is the channel
you're chatting on (ours is 122.950) the default.
To the right you'll see a list
frequencies (controllers) that are responsible
for the area you're flying in. This list may
not have anything other than UNICOM if no controllers
are available. Double clicking on a controller
listed in this box instructs your voice client
to open and switch (tune) to the controllers
voice channel. You'll need to setup your voice
client before doing this. Refer to step five
below to configure your voice software.
The bottom row of buttons are
defined as follows. "Edit Flightplan" allows
you to open the flight plan window to change
or edit your flight plan. "Stop" disconnects
you from the flight server. "Set Charlie" is
the same as squawking mode "C". This means whatever
squawk code you have set in your transponder
will now be sent to the controllers. Set the
appropriate squawk code or requested squawk
in your radio stack and click the "Set Charlie"
button. "ATIS" to use this feature left click
a controllers name once and click the ATIS button.
This will request the controllers current recorded
ATIS from the system.
This short over view was provided
to help you get setup and running. There are
many more advanced features with the ATOC Client,
download and read the manual, you'll be happy
you did. All pilots train before they fly, please
read the manual or join a help session here
at WestCoastATC.com, we're here to help you
succeed.
Don't forget to configure you
voice client as shown below.
