Josh Glottmann Posted September 12, 2014 at 01:11 AM Posted September 12, 2014 at 01:11 AM Would it be possible to add a feature to forcefully pull the latest METAR? I've found that sometimes VRC gets the METAR before vATIS does. Thanks, Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Shannon Posted September 12, 2014 at 05:32 AM Posted September 12, 2014 at 05:32 AM You can manually change the ATIS letter to fetch the latest METAR. Controller (C3), Los Angeles ARTCC Developer: xPilot, vATIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Glottmann Posted September 12, 2014 at 10:24 AM Author Posted September 12, 2014 at 10:24 AM Didn't know that thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Glottmann Posted September 14, 2014 at 01:11 AM Author Posted September 14, 2014 at 01:11 AM It seems to frequently update the ATIS Code if you have Auto-Update on and manually update it. Would it be possible to have it disable the next auto update if the METAR is the same as the current one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Shannon Posted September 14, 2014 at 01:30 AM Posted September 14, 2014 at 01:30 AM Enabling auto update but manually requesting a new METAR from the server seems a bit counterproductive. The way it works now is if auto update is enabled and a new METAR is found (when vATIS polls the server every 5 minutes), it will notify you and update the ATIS. I really don't see the need to fix what's not broken. Controller (C3), Los Angeles ARTCC Developer: xPilot, vATIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Glottmann Posted September 14, 2014 at 05:30 PM Author Posted September 14, 2014 at 05:30 PM I still don't really get why it changes the ATIS code if the METAR is the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Shannon Posted September 14, 2014 at 06:21 PM Posted September 14, 2014 at 06:21 PM I don't think I'm following...? Of course the ATIS code is going to change if you manually change the ATIS code... Controller (C3), Los Angeles ARTCC Developer: xPilot, vATIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Glottmann Posted September 14, 2014 at 06:35 PM Author Posted September 14, 2014 at 06:35 PM If you manually change the ATIS code because you saw there was a METAR update, vATIS will change the code again once the same METAR comes through the auto update, i.e. Info M current, latest METAR is from 0153Z, auto-update is enabled I see that VRC pulled a new METAR from 0253Z. I then change the code on vATIS so the METAR it is using is now 0253Z and N is current. In the next 5 minutes, when vATIS detects that the METAR has changed from 0153 to 0253 as a result of auto-update, the code will change again to O even though the manual change had the METAR frpm 0253Z and so did O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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