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Can't turn on Mode C on vPilot [FSX: SE]


Karan Sharma
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Karan Sharma
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So after ages of googling the solution, here I come.

I usually fly A321 on VATSIM. During approach, the ATC asks me to squawk C, but I can't. As soon as I click on Mode C on vPilot, it turns off immediately.

Also, I've read somewhere that you need to set the knob to TA/RA or something like that, but there's no freaking knob in A321!

Help would be appreciated. Thanks. 

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Ross Carlson
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Which A321 are you flying?

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Karan Sharma
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19 hours ago, Ross Carlson said:

Which A321 are you flying?

The default one that comes with the game. (There is a knob, but I can't click on it).

Thanks for the help though, but I already fixed it out. All I had to do was uninstall FSUIPC and now I'm able to squawk mode C using vPilot client.

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Brandon Robinson
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I noticed when I disabled/deleted FSUIPC, then tried a flight again then I was able to enable Mode C. Why is there a conflict with vPilot & FSUIPC??  Is this common??

Brandon

 

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Ross Carlson
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vPilot has always coexisted with fsuipc in the past. In fact, fsuipc was necessary in order to make the transponder panel function in some add-on aircraft. (Specifically, those that support the Squawkbox FSUIPC offsets.) I don't know why people are suddenly having issues with FSUIPC. Maybe they broke something.

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Brandon Robinson
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UPDATE--I just completed a flight  that used an ACARS which required FSUIPC4 (FSX) and I was able to enable Mode C so maybe it was due to my aircraft at the time??

 

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Britton Hovland
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I just installed FSUIPC, the latest version in order to be able to realistic weather back into fsx, and since I did that MODE C in vpilot has not been working. Could FSUIPC be the issue? 

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Ross Carlson
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Given that vPilot didn't change, it's not vPilot, so it's gotta be the aircraft or FSUIPC. Were you using the same aircraft before and after installing FSUIPC?

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Britton Hovland
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Yes, I was using the King Air, and I also tried the A321 because I had just recently used that aircraft, and MODE C did not work there either, when it used to work just fine. I would try and click on the MODE C button in the client, and it would just flash, not turning on.

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Britton Hovland
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Update: It must be something to do with FSUIPC, I delete FSUIPC and vPilot will now squawk Mode C. I am going to be lookin into how to try and get FSUIPC to work with vPilot Mode C 

 

Edit: I reinstalled FSUIPC, and Mode C did not work in vPilot, so it must be something with FSUIPC. I am going to try and find an older version of FSUIPC and see if that works. 

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Luke Kolin
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Have you read the FSUIPC documentation? There's a setting to adjust what it does when the transponder changes. I think it and VPilot are doing the same thing and stepping on each other.

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Ross Carlson
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John released a fix earlier today for this issue. Grab version 4.977 of FSUIPC.

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