Bradley Grafelman Posted April 9, 2014 at 04:36 AM Posted April 9, 2014 at 04:36 AM So a pilot was flying in SoCal using XSquawkbox version 1.0.6 (apparently X-Plane 9.7), and the only reason I took notice of him is because VRC was showing a 5 digit squawk code. It gets even better; he was actually "squawking" more than 5 digits... in fact, more than just digits. Using the Arrivals & Departures window, it appears that he was squawking "21200VN88373". Wade, I'm not sure if you're watching these forums, but... can you confirm whether or not there are any sanity checks in the plugin that would prevent something like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Schoen Posted April 9, 2014 at 04:51 AM Posted April 9, 2014 at 04:51 AM Also if this is in anyway useful, here is what it looks like in the A/D pane: Colin Schoen VATSIM Senior Network Supervisor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Frias Posted April 9, 2014 at 01:15 PM Posted April 9, 2014 at 01:15 PM Since the XSquawkbox was released recently this may well be a bug. The squawk is probably "1200" but somehow a preceding 2 is being shown. I'd try playing around changing squawk numbers to try and figure if by [Mod - Happy Thoughts]igning a different squawk the problem disappears or not. Computer-wise, there are different types of number formats out there. Octal, hex, decimal, binary etc... if the programming code is not well designed it could misinterpret one format and decide to use another. Example: 0120 (120 decimal) but with a leading 0 is converted to octal and is therefore 80 in decimal. Miguel Frias Senior Instructor (I3) & Certified Pilot (P4), ZLA I-11 graduate Portugal vACC Training Director (ACCPT2), VATEUD Operations Director (VATEUD8) Portugal vACC, VATEUD, VATSIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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