Adrian Bjerke Posted July 21, 2017 at 07:18 PM Posted July 21, 2017 at 07:18 PM There is a bug in vpilot that have been since V2 now that is very annoying as an ATC during busier times on the frequency. If a pilot reconnect with the same callsign this sometimes happends. If a pilot reconnect with a different callsign this always happends. The bug is that if someone have done one of the above they will hear ATC and pilots on the freq until they press the transmit button, suddently they do not hear anyone anymore and this causes troubles and unnecessary delays on the frequency. Adrian Bjerke[email protected]VATSIM Scandinavia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted July 21, 2017 at 07:23 PM Posted July 21, 2017 at 07:23 PM This is the first I've heard of this ... seems like I would be hearing about it constantly, given that reconnecting is pretty common. I will test it out tonight. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morten Jelle Posted July 22, 2017 at 12:12 PM Posted July 22, 2017 at 12:12 PM I think this is related to that problem, we have with the voice servers, that if you reconnect to fast and you have been onto a voice server, that you will suddenly appear twice on the server, and you can hear yourself talking. It has been a long time, since I had the issue myself, but I experience it as a controller, when a few pilots looses their connection etc. Morten Jelle VATSIM Network Supervisor, Team Lead - Supervisor Team 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board of Governors Simon Kelsey Posted July 22, 2017 at 10:40 PM Board of Governors Posted July 22, 2017 at 10:40 PM Ross, For what it's worth, I've also experienced this recently. I'd put it down to being 'just one of those things', but seeing Adrian's post above it makes a lot of sense. On each occasion when I've lost comms, it's been on the return sector of a flight (i.e. I've flown outbound with one callsign, logged out, logged back in with another callsign and flown the return). Each time I've been tuned to a frequency, listening quite happily to comms, hit the TX to speak and then absolutely nothing. Disconnecting and then reconnecting to the network solved it. On each occasion I've not been connected to to a voice server (i.e. on UNICOM) when disconnecting and reconnecting on the ground 'downroute' -- the problem has manifested itself later (hours later in one case) on when tuning an active frequency. Vice President, Pilot Training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joaquin Blanco Posted July 24, 2017 at 02:15 PM Posted July 24, 2017 at 02:15 PM What I keep experiencing is being in a controlled area tuned to the Controller frequency hearing all the comm exchanges and then suddenly all goes quiet for a while, at this point realising that a busy freq wouldn't be so quiet for such a long period I disconnect and close down vPilot and restart it and all works fine again. During this quiet period had a few instances where controller issued me with an instruction without either being aware that the comms had been lost. This has been happening for quite some time now. - I run vPilot in a Networked set-up where vPilot and voice are on the 2nd PC. Annoying as it can be I am now paying more attention to the empty comms gaps, and sometimes if I press PTT it sorts itself out, other times it doesn't work and I cannot tune to frequencies. Regards Best regards Joaquin Blanco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Wiebe 1101951 Posted July 24, 2017 at 05:59 PM Posted July 24, 2017 at 05:59 PM I had this happen to me yesterday; flew into SEA talking to SEA_TWR, taxi in shut down, changed aircraft (so disconnect and reconnect). Talked to SEA_GND no problem, handed over to SEA_TWR... now when I push PTT I get the vPilot "bzzzt" but the TX button light up blue, I get no response, but apparently TWR could hear me and issued me instructions. So I could transmit dispite the 'bzzzt' but I could not hear him. Switched back to GND com check both ways 5/5. Back to TWR 'bzzzt' but again he could hear me but I could not hear him. I could not hear anyone on the TWR freq. Mr. VATSIM P2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted July 24, 2017 at 06:03 PM Posted July 24, 2017 at 06:03 PM What I keep experiencing is being in a controlled area tuned to the Controller frequency hearing all the comm exchanges and then suddenly all goes quiet for a while, at this point realising that a busy freq wouldn't be so quiet for such a long period I disconnect and close down vPilot and restart it and all works fine again. During this quiet period had a few instances where controller issued me with an instruction without either being aware that the comms had been lost. This has been happening for quite some time now. - I run vPilot in a Networked set-up where vPilot and voice are on the 2nd PC. Annoying as it can be I am now paying more attention to the empty comms gaps, and sometimes if I press PTT it sorts itself out, other times it doesn't work and I cannot tune to frequencies. This sounds like the cl[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ic UDP timeout problem. Do you have UDP port 3290 forwarded to the machine running vPIlot voice? Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joaquin Blanco Posted July 25, 2017 at 02:53 PM Posted July 25, 2017 at 02:53 PM Ross thanks for coming back, will check it out this evening and let you know. Regards Best regards Joaquin Blanco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Barker 1202744 Posted September 21, 2017 at 05:25 AM Posted September 21, 2017 at 05:25 AM Ross, I use vPilot in a non-networked mode and I have realized this twice. I am flying along and if I do not transmit for a while I notice I haven't heard anything for a while. I then just press the PTT and all comes back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board of Governors Don Desfosse Posted September 21, 2017 at 05:53 AM Board of Governors Posted September 21, 2017 at 05:53 AM That's the cl[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ic UDP timeout problem. Ensure you are port forwarding per the vPilot docomeentation. There are three steps in the Installation section; it's the third step.... Don Desfosse Vice President, Operations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted October 3, 2017 at 01:00 AM Posted October 3, 2017 at 01:00 AM I believe I have fixed the issue where if you reconnect with a different callsign, you cannot hear a controller that you were connected to on the previous flight. This fix is currently available only in the Beta update channel. I will release it in the Stable channel once it has been tested for a while. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board of Governors Don Desfosse Posted October 3, 2017 at 06:28 AM Board of Governors Posted October 3, 2017 at 06:28 AM Nice! Happened to me during FNO this past Friday. Will be nice to have that behind us. Don Desfosse Vice President, Operations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joaquin Blanco Posted October 3, 2017 at 02:19 PM Posted October 3, 2017 at 02:19 PM That's the cl[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ic UDP timeout problem. Ensure you are port forwarding per the vPilot docomeentation. There are three steps in the Installation section; it's the third step.... Late responding to this post, did as suggested and have had no further issues. Best regards Joaquin Blanco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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