LesJar

A pilot flew on Vatsim today for a flight yet the pirep reports that it was flown off line. is there a correct point where you have to tell PHPVMS and Acars that you are on-line as the documentation does not seem to say anything about this

It seems that something got stuck in my internet service provider as I could access other websites. I was updating using secure ftp last night and we had a power-cut. so most likely the server had packets of data that could not be resolved, I rebooted my router and everything was alright for five minutes and then the problem happened again. Rebooted again and waited for a few minutes and retried the ftp and it worked and the access to the website has been perfect. It was such a pain to be able to get to most websites but not the ones I wanted to use. Never mind all is ok and I have a reference should this happen again on what to do.

It has returned to life maybe they had a hardware drive problem and replaced it on a raid system No more problems I hope

tried the ping to vmshost.io it is still down . I have enclosed a screenshot

I also tried ping virtualairhygge.com and got timing out again yet ping phpvms.net returns ok from ping. I cannot raise a ticket with vmshost.io since I cannot access them so hopefully Nabeel can see this message and help sort things out

I tried in terminal ping vmshost.io and it just keeps timing out ?

As for the past 30 minutes I cannot log into my account on vmshost.io to go to the cpanel for my website. It is not a good situation to be in !!!

What I was thinking was a notation for the livery file name as follows WWWW-XXXX-YYYY-ZZZZZZZ where WWWW is the simulator i.e. MSFS or XP12 or P3D5 where XXXX is the aircraft type i.e A320 or BN2P where YYYY is a code for software i.e. PMDG FENI TOLI ASOB where ZZZZZZZ is the registration number i.e. G-AABX G-AABY thus you could do a couple of Fenix A320 repaints with different registration numbers as I re[paint using aircraft names such as Aberdeen or Dundee etc. Just thinking about this if the files automatically get sorted by filename then without any changes they would be in the order I am trying to achieve. after that then the 'bells and whistles' is not to display all under generic Aircraft but to slowly introduce these sub-group. layers and to see what impact they have on loading . Maybe just start with simulator and that would be enough perhaps

Thanks I found the Blade and will try a few things out naturally of course back-up the software first . To subdivide into groups I think that the file names will need to have a standard set of names so that the sub-group(s) can pick them up of course.

I just realised that the downloads part of the website comes from Disposable Hero V3 Theme and is not on the general PHPVMS. if an admin could move the post to that section of the forum that would be very helpful

I like the division by tabs of the downloads section but I would like to make some suggestions as to what could be done to give a sub-division of the section like Aircraft Having all the Aircraft you can download from the Virtual Airline on what amounts to one page gives rise to fragmentation as repaints get done. You can start with an A320 repaint and do other types and then come back to another A320. It would be nice to be able to have subdirectories so that you can slot your aircraft into the same place as all the other A320's. As a precursor to this many Virtual Airlines support different simulators as does PHPVMS so it seems logical to have a major tab for each simulator and then have the aircraft types below that. That way the repaints for Fenix A320 are not mixed up with Flight Factor or Toils A320's. My immediate thoughts are yes it can be done since the download tab already brings up the various tabs such as Acars , Airports, Sublet and Aircraft so the blade or software running the downloads should be able to be 'edited' to accommodate other download categories. Likewise the file structure of these folders could also be defined. I am asking if anyone has already done this to the downloads before trying to do it myself as then I can learn where it has been done and thus lessen the learning curve . Also in return if I get this to work I will post a 'Customisation' document to help others as part of this PHPVMS V7 community.

I see now where you are aiming at , sounds like the database would need something like a Navigraph/Navdata upload each month and a process like PFPX where you can re-check all your route information each month. Of course if one wanted to share the routes with other Virtual airlines then a hosted PHVVMS library of the routes could be done as well. [1] Virtual airline maintain their own routes [2] Virtual airlines can deposit routes or take out routes from a 'global' shared database if they want to do so . I see it that way where everyone if they want can share their knowledge through the routes they build and maintain . Having good routes helps everyone running a Virtual Airline as well as those pilots who connect with Vatsim etc. I do not work in Aviation despatching but I can see similarities to freight logistics which I have worked on software to do with planning deliveries and schedules to meet customer needs and driver legal hours driving regulations.

Since I now have the database of FS-TRAFFIC and Aig schedules as well as World Traffic schedules the system should be starting up again very soon and of course it can now take advantage of the most recent upgrades to PHPVMS V7 . I used a newer method to build my own virtual airline so as to align the code within the project which is not dead but has been sleeping for a while

I did a simple test of what various products could give you back using Airbus A320 I used Simbrief Flightplan Database, LittleNavMap and Navigraph Charts the route was from Lisbon LPPT to Vagar EKVG and to no surprise for me there appeared to be 4 different routes . Simbrief , LittleNavMap and Navigraph Charts all have an AUTO-ROUTE or Calculation so which one is the best to use and which one would you send to PHPVMS Route Database I have PFPX somewhere I think and that could throw up another route as well.

I also forgot that Simbrief always gives you a runway and a Sid and star where possible between the departure and arrival airports. This may seem good to start with but with airports like Heathrow where they have noise abatement runway alternation many simbrief plans become useless after they swap the runways around. Therefore it would make sense for a route database to show the waypoint at the end of a SID and only the waypoint at the start of the STAR on arrival. That way when you get the runway in use then you just use the Sid for that runway and likewise for the STAR arrival. The database should never have routes that include runway based sids and stars as winds and wx can cause the runway in use to be changed and so on