Administrators Nabeel Posted April 7, 2010 Administrators Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 I've made the decision that as of 2.1, FSACARS won't be supported anymore. The connector and code will still be there and working, but there are just too many issues to continue wasting time on kludging it to work. The client has not been in development for years. However, there is a free alternative - kACARS. It's an excellent ACARS app, very stable, and in active development. phpVMS 2.1 will include the ACARS connector piece, so all you have to download is the client. You can view the kACARS thread here, the documentation here. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mark1million Posted April 7, 2010 Moderators Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Top Decision !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators joeri Posted April 7, 2010 Moderators Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 indeed wy keep an old thing allive when new and active software is there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyalaska Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Good idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPC900 Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Are there ANY controls of eliminating slewing or time acceleration in Kacars??? At least FSacars had that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Nabeel Posted April 8, 2010 Author Administrators Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Are there ANY controls of eliminating slewing or time acceleration in Kacars??? At least FSacars had that. I would ask Jeff on his forum/site/thread here. If not, I'm sure he could consider adding it in. http://forum.phpvms.net/user/451-lorathon/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kieran Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 I didn't even realize it was that old, but clearly you have to draw the line somewhere. FSAcars doesn't even report headings etc, and cuts off half the log in transit. :/ Has anyone tried paid kAcars, what is it like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 With the paid kACARS I believe you get a few extra features, such as pilot chat, a web browser, de-branding and more detailed flight logging. Perfect if that's what your after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mark1million Posted April 9, 2010 Moderators Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Paid kACARS is good Lots more logging output for a start, for an example jump on my site and look at a filed pirep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 That does indeed look very good, also very accurate. I've contacted the developer (yesterday, I think, I'm losing track of all time) but have yet to receive a response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennShadow Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 That does indeed look very good, also very accurate. I've contacted the developer (yesterday, I think, I'm losing track of all time) but have yet to receive a response. I have kACARS custom and I love it. The support is great and very fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llju1 Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 I also have Kacars custom and my pilots love it. I does make them fly real time(no acceleration) which is good for us. Give it a try the free version is also great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Does it support both cargo and passenger flights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llju1 Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Does it support both cargo and passenger flights? As we are an Airlift Command we fly both Cargo and Passengers. It get the info directly from the Schedules you Make. So the answer is Yes to both. It is simple to set up and easy use so give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Will do many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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