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You can start by visiting the link I posted above and then contact them with your requirements and get an estimate. The estimate won't cost you anything and may provide one possible solution.

What do you consider a cheap budget? Have you looked into kACARSII? http://www.fs-products.net

Make sure your operations manual states that pilots need to use the automated system to file PIREPS. Also state that manual PIREP submissions will only be considered with a valid reason listed in the comments section and that manual PIREPS will not continuously be accepted. Then when the pilot continues to submit a manual PIREP - just reject them. Sooner or later they will start submitting manual PIREPS. All that being said, in over 3 years, none of my pilots has ever submitted a manual PIREP without contacting me first. Honestly, it's easier to use the automated system - unless your not being truthful about your flights.

No, kACARS_Free cannot prevent the pilot from using whatever aircraft they want. I don't believe there is any PIREP system out that can do whay you are asking. But, an admin can reject the PIREP. Does your ops manual state the pilot must fly the aircraft listed in the particular schedule they choose? If so and the pilot flys in another aircraft, just reject the report and add a comment to the report stating the flight was done in the wrong aircraft.

I think the file is pilots_list.php - the default file is in /core/templates. If you already customized this file, it may be in your skin folder (/lib/skins/(your_skin_name). To paste code here, use the ' <> ' in the menu and then copy the code from your file and paste it here.

Can you post the code for that page? I think I had something similar at first - but don't recall how I fixed it. It may have been by defining a specific/static width for each column. If I recall, each column or the header may be based on a percentage of total width and that width dynamically fluctuates based on the number of characters in each cell within the table. Setting a static column width might fix it.

I'll preface this with - I'm not sure if this will work or not......... As for deleting the aircraft. Did you delete it through the admin panel in phpVMS or directly from the database (phpvms_aircraft table)? I see you said directly form the database, but wanted to be sure. Are you able to access the database using phpMyAdmin? If so, and you know what the 'id' of the aircraft was (from the 'id' column in the aircraft table), you may be able to add it back - but it will take a little work. If you've never done this before, I'd probably advise against it. This may be another option: If you haven't added any aircraft since the last database backup, Can the site owner re-upload the contents of the aircraft table? And another: Review ALL of your schedules and be sure an aircraft that is in the database is assigned to that schedule. In any case, this may also 'fix' the kACARS issue you posted about too........

For the Google recaptcha issue: Can you access the site files using Filezilla or via CPanel? If so, open local.config.php and look for this section: /* Keys for recaptcha, you can change these if you want to your own but it's a global key so it should just work */ Config::Set('RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY', '6LcklAsAAAAAAJqmghmMPOACeJrAxW3sJulSboxx'); Config::Set('RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY', '6LcklAsAAAAAAMeQy5ZBoDu8JOMTP-UL7ek1GedO'); Replace the listed PUBLIC and PRIVATE keys (the ones that start with 6LcklA.... above) with the ones you received from Google. Save the file and re-upload to your server. Make sure you added your domain (fsnb.ca) to the Google recaptcha page where you received your key.

I was waiting a few days to test it out before posting back here. Change $selected = is_null($selected) ? date('H') : $selected; //current hour to $selected = date('H'); //current hour and change $selected = is_null($selected) ? date('i') : $selected; //current minute to $selected = date('i'); //current minute I also moved the echo statements to the end of the code area. Here's the entire section of the schedule_briefing.php file..... <td> <?php date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); {$r = range(0, 23); // range of hours $selected = date('H'); //current hour //$selected = is_null($selected) ? date('H') : $selected; //current hour $select = "<select name=deph id=dephour>\n"; foreach ($r as $hour) { if(strlen($hour) <2) { $hour = str_pad($hour, 2, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT); } $select .= "<option value=\"$hour\""; $select .= ($hour==$selected) ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; $select .= ">$hour</option>\n"; } $select .= '</select>';} {$rminutes = range(0, 59); //range of minutes $selected = date('i'); //current minute //$selected = is_null($selected) ? date('i') : $selected; //current minute $selectminutes = "<select name=depm id=depmin>\n"; foreach ($rminutes as $minutes) { if(strlen($minutes) <2) { $minutes = str_pad($minutes, 2, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT); } $selectminutes .= "<option value=\"$minutes\""; $selectminutes .= ($minutes==$selected) ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; $selectminutes .= ">$minutes</option>\n"; } $selectminutes .= '</select>';} echo $select; echo "&nbsp;"; echo $selectminutes; ?> </td> I don't know why it works or if it will cause other issues down the line. The time is now correct and the simBrief OFP uses this time in its report. Hoping someone can explain what the sections I deleted/changed are supposed to do.

Thanks Mark! That took care of it. I must have looked right past that setting at least a half dozen times. I also see a default setting in acarsmap.js of 12000 -- but will leave that one be.

The saga continues...... With the following code, the hours still display correctly, but the minutes box also now displays the hour. <td> <?php date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); $r = range(0, 23); // range of hours $selected = is_null($selected) ? date('H') : $selected; //current hour $select = "<select name=deph id=dephour>\n"; foreach ($r as $hour) { if(strlen($hour) <2) { $hour = str_pad($hour, 2, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT); } $select .= "<option value=\"$hour\""; $select .= ($hour==$selected) ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; $select .= ">$hour</option>\n"; } $select .= '</select>'; echo $select; echo "&nbsp;"; $rminutes = range(0, 59); //range of minutes $selected = is_null($selected) ? date('i') : $selected; //current minute $selectminutes = "<select name=depm id=depmin>\n"; foreach ($rminutes as $minutes) { if(strlen($minutes) <2) { $minutes = str_pad($minutes, 2, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT); } $selectminutes .= "<option value=\"$minutes\""; $selectminutes .= ($minutes==$selected) ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; $selectminutes .= ">$minutes</option>\n"; } $selectminutes .= '</select>'; echo $selectminutes; ?> </td> If I move the entire minutes section to above the hour section, minutes displays in the first box and in the second box. Seems - in either case (hour section first or minutes section first) - that the later section will only display what's in the first section. The time send to simBrief is as listed in the hour and minutes boxes. Anyone have any ideas? The generation of the simBrief package works great, it's just this time issue. Also, once it's working correctly, I'd like to increment the returned minutes time by 30 (add 30 minutes).

When clicking on an aircraft in the ACARS map, the nav fixes and route will display (if a route is available). After about 5-7 seconds, the nav fixes disappear (the red route line remains). Is there a way to set the display time longer for the nav fixes? TIA!

I'm having an issue with the minutes box. The hours displays correctly, but the minutes box displays the number 01, regardless of the actual minute time. Both dropdown boxes display the range as listed below. <?php $r = range(1, 24); $selected = is_null($selected) ? date('H') : $selected; $select = "<select name=deph id=dephour>\n"; foreach ($r as $hour) { if(strlen($hour) <2) { $hour = str_pad($hour, 2, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT); } $select .= "<option value=\"$hour\""; $select .= ($hour==$selected) ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; $select .= ">$hour</option>\n"; } $select .= '</select>'; echo $select; echo":"; $rminutes = range(1, 60); $selected = is_null($selected) ? date('i') : $selected; $selectminutes = "<select name=depm id=dephour>\n"; foreach ($rminutes as $minutes) { if(strlen($minutes) <2) { $minutes = str_pad($minutes, 2, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT); } $selectminutes .= "<option value=\"$minutes\""; $selectminutes .= ($hour==$selected) ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; $selectminutes .= ">$minutes</option>\n"; } $selectminutes .= '</select>'; echo $selectminutes; ?> While not 100% sure, I don't think the current minute is being pulled. I did do some research and this line looks correct. $selected = is_null($selected) ? date('i') : $selected; Yes, I know the ranges should be hours (0, 23) and minutes (0, 59). But am using the default code to try to remedy my issue. Any help is greatly appreciated. TIA!

Only if you're requiring all users to update to 1.0.1.4 If you wish to allow users to use 1.0.1.1 or 1.0.1.4, just change the "forceOut" line from 1 to 0 $forceOut = 0; // Force disconnect is wrong version 0=no 1=yes This will allow any version of kACARS_Free to connect. And may prove less confusing to those who aren't using P3D v4.

Hi David Yes, family always comes first and foremost! Thank you for your many years of tireless work in this community. Have you given any consideration in how support for your payware modules may be provided in the future? Would it be possible to provide that here on this forum through PM only? What will happen to your payware modules once the Simpilot site is shuttered? Thanks again for your many years of commitment to our hobby!

Hoping that many/most of the present freeware modules are included in version 4, as was stated in the teaser for the now defunct version 3. Or at least an easy fix to existing modules to work with the Laravel framework. It would be a shame to lose many of the existing modules many of us are using.

Seems that you are correct in that the security certificate for https has expired. Loading just now, I see the https has reverted to http - that's totally fine with me.

Is anyone else getting an https warning on their Android device? Or a "Cannot Verify Server Identity" on iOS? Does this have to do with the transfer of hosting from Simpilot to Nabeel?

Thanks for the update gents! I wish I was handy with Laravel. Unfortunately, I had a hard enough time updating my site form 2.1 to 5.5.2 . With the help of the fine people here, I did succeed. I am willing to help beta test it though, when you get closer to full testing. As for the forums, have you given any thought to phpBB 3.2? Free and quite a number of extensions too.

Just thinking out loud here - With the announcement that SimPIlot is closing down his site and http://www.simpilotgroup.com/ ...................... What becomes of VA Central, version 3 of phpVMS and this support forum? It was my understanding that SimPilot was involved in keeping all of this functioning. I do see that Nabeel is working on version 4 of phpVMS. Who will be responsible for VA Central and this sites web hosting after SimPilot closes? I see the front page no longer shows anything about version 3 and appears to have reverted back to the original page (prior to version 3 announcement).

I added a custom page via admin panel, News & Content, Pages. In that page, I added an html table with headings for hours, rank (name and image), and privileges of that rank.

phpVMS 3 isn't released yet. The most current stable version is phpVMS 5.5.2 by simpliot - which is an update of version 2.x made to work with php 5.

I've noticed that if you scroll down - sometimes a long ways - the information is usually there. Not all of the info is complete though. If you can't find the info you're looking for, just ask in the forums and someone will usually help or point you in the correct direction. There is a wealth of knowledge in the membership here. As for the version numbering - I believe version 2.1.x is probably the oldest. Version 5.5 came next and seems to be named/numbered to indicate it works with php version 5 or 5.5. Lastly, version 3 is the newest, as yet unreleased, version.

Make sure the URL for your site is correct. I believe it should point to your phpVMS folder. So, if your site URL is http://www.MyVA.com and phpVMS is installed in .../MyVA/phpvms - you need to use http://www.MyVA.com/phpvms Be sure there are no trailing spaces or slashes in the URL.

How about this? Works via a cron job to copy the pilot table from one DB to another. https://www.sitekickr.com/blog/replicate-copy-database-table-php/ I personally haven't tried it. Found it via a Google search: https://www.google.com/#q=can+i+setup+a+cron+job+to+copy+a+database+table+to+another+location&spf=117