Andrew Allen Posted November 23, 2017 at 02:55 AM Posted November 23, 2017 at 02:55 AM Hey Guys! I just registered to VATSIM today, and I am using a Mac device using xSqawkBox, and I did a microphone test and it says your good to go. Anyways, I don't know how to do anything. Things I need to know how to do: Talk to ATC / Or talk to somebody in the serverUse voice chatWhy I can't hear anyone else talking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Tyndall 1087023 Posted November 23, 2017 at 04:52 AM Posted November 23, 2017 at 04:52 AM Things we need to know before we can help you with the things you need to know... Operating System? Flight Simulator? Pilot Client? The VATSIM Pilot Resource Center (PRC) found here... https://www.vatsim.net/pilot-resource-centre ...will help answer those questions. Have you looked at it? Have you looked at any of the pages and pages and pages of reference material VATSIM and the various Pilot Client Developers have put together? Randy Randy Tyndall - KBOI ZLA I-11/vACC Portugal P4 “A ship is always safe in the harbor. But that’s not why they build ships” --Michael Bevington ID 814931, Former VATSIM Board of Governors Vice President of Pilot Training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Grafelman Posted November 23, 2017 at 04:58 AM Posted November 23, 2017 at 04:58 AM Things we need to know before we can help you with the things you need to know... Operating System? Flight Simulator? Pilot Client? Speaking of people not reading information that's readily available... Mac device using xSqawkBox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Allen Posted November 23, 2017 at 05:13 AM Author Posted November 23, 2017 at 05:13 AM Things we need to know before we can help you with the things you need to know... Operating System? Flight Simulator? Pilot Client? Speaking of people not reading information that's readily available... Mac device using xSqawkBox Could you send me were that information is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Allen Posted November 23, 2017 at 05:14 AM Author Posted November 23, 2017 at 05:14 AM Things we need to know before we can help you with the things you need to know... Operating System? Flight Simulator? Pilot Client? The VATSIM Pilot Resource Center (PRC) found here... https://www.vatsim.net/pilot-resource-centre ...will help answer those questions. Have you looked at it? Have you looked at any of the pages and pages and pages of reference material VATSIM and the various Pilot Client Developers have put together? Randy Operating System: MacOSx Flight Simulator: X-Plane 11 Pilot Client: I don't know what that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Tyndall 1087023 Posted November 23, 2017 at 05:38 AM Posted November 23, 2017 at 05:38 AM Well, that's just downright embarr[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ing, now isn't it? My apologies Andrew. I had read your post earlier and came back to it later to find no one had answered and...true to form...made an [Mod - Happy Thoughts] of my self. Not too proud to say I apologize. Luckily, I could p[Mod - Happy Thoughts] by Bradley on the streets of Boise and not know it was him or he know it was I. The PRC can be found at the link I put in my other... ...post. Not sure about xSquawkbox manual, but I [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ume a readme file comes with the download. Dang it...there I go [Mod - Happy Thoughts]uming again. I also [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ume, well poop, that's two [Mod - Happy Thoughts]umptions in one message, that you are using xPlane, probably 11 but maybe not, since you are using xSquawkbox. If you are not using xPlane...wait a minute, let me reread your first post to make sure I didn't miss it...nope, no flight simulator specifically listed, just implied, then I don't think xSquawkbox is the one you want. Randy Randy Randy Tyndall - KBOI ZLA I-11/vACC Portugal P4 “A ship is always safe in the harbor. But that’s not why they build ships” --Michael Bevington ID 814931, Former VATSIM Board of Governors Vice President of Pilot Training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted November 23, 2017 at 07:03 AM Posted November 23, 2017 at 07:03 AM If you are not using xPlane...wait a minute, let me reread your first post to make sure I didn't miss it...nope, no flight simulator specifically listed, just implied, then I don't think xSquawkbox is the one you want. Now read his third post. Andrew, the pilot client you're using is XSquawkbox, also known as XSB. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Allen Posted November 23, 2017 at 02:53 PM Author Posted November 23, 2017 at 02:53 PM Well, that's just downright embarr[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ing, now isn't it? My apologies Andrew. I had read your post earlier and came back to it later to find no one had answered and...true to form...made an [Mod - Happy Thoughts] of my self. Not too proud to say I apologize. Luckily, I could p[Mod - Happy Thoughts] by Bradley on the streets of Boise and not know it was him or he know it was I. The PRC can be found at the link I put in my other... ...post. Not sure about xSquawkbox manual, but I [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ume a readme file comes with the download. Dang it...there I go [Mod - Happy Thoughts]uming again. I also [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ume, well poop, that's two [Mod - Happy Thoughts]umptions in one message, that you are using xPlane, probably 11 but maybe not, since you are using xSquawkbox. If you are not using xPlane...wait a minute, let me reread your first post to make sure I didn't miss it...nope, no flight simulator specifically listed, just implied, then I don't think xSquawkbox is the one you want. Randy Randy Hey Randy, thanks for all your help, yet I still need a lot, would you be able to hop on a discord or a Skype call with me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Glottmann Posted November 23, 2017 at 03:20 PM Posted November 23, 2017 at 03:20 PM Andrew, I suggest you read through the PRC as it answers most of your questions. Also read through any docomeentation that came with XSB. If you have any questions at that point, come back and ask. Your questions are easily answered if you read the material linked above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Tyndall 1087023 Posted November 23, 2017 at 03:59 PM Posted November 23, 2017 at 03:59 PM Andrew, You are being so patient with me, despite my obvious lack of reading skills, a skill I recommend using on these very forums all the time. By the way, I like my crow baked and basted with a butter garlic mix, gentlemen. Not fried. Of course I would be willing to help on Discord or Skype, Andrew, but honestly, I don't think I'd be much help as I have never used a Mac device, I do not have the xPlane11 simulator, and I have never used the xSquawkbox pilot client. (Did I get all three that time, gentlemen, now, what? Five or six posts in?) Then why did I chime in here, one may ask...and I'm sure they will? I'm asking that of myself, given my obvious faux pas! Well I did so because I wanted to point Andrew in the direction I try to point all those needing help...the PRC...which must be read, a skill, as I pointed and and showed with resounding success, I failed to use in this case. Start there, Andrew, the PRC. It will answer many, many of your questions. I am also reasonably certain that xSquawkbox comes with setup instructions or a manual. Look at that as well if you haven't already. I recently helped a gentlemen in one of the VAs I belong to figure out how to squawk mode Charlie and how to Ident with his transponder using xSquawkbox and I found a manual to read somewhere on the web, just don't remember where, that I used to answer his questions about the transponder. And in the future I promise I will read also... Randy Randy Tyndall - KBOI ZLA I-11/vACC Portugal P4 “A ship is always safe in the harbor. But that’s not why they build ships” --Michael Bevington ID 814931, Former VATSIM Board of Governors Vice President of Pilot Training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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