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| The ATIS dialogue is used to set the aerodrome traffic information service for airports in the FIR: | The ATIS dialogue is used to set the aerodrome traffic information service for airports in the FIR: | ||
| * AIRPORT - Select one of the airports in the FIR for which you wish to provide an ATIS. | * AIRPORT - Select one of the airports in the FIR for which you wish to provide an ATIS. | ||
| - | * //Note that IVAC2 can provide ATIS for multiple airports at the same time; you may complete the details for one airport, save it, and then continue to complete the details for another airport.// | + | * //Note that IVAC2 can provide ATIS for multiple airports at the same time; you may complete the details for one airport, save it, and then continue to complete the details for another airport. However, due to a limitation of the FSD server, only the *LAST* ATIS you complete will be passed to pilots requesting your ATIS.// |
| * ATIS - The information letter, which automatically increments each time you update (save) the ATIS. You can change it to the required letter by selecting from the drop-down menu. | * ATIS - The information letter, which automatically increments each time you update (save) the ATIS. You can change it to the required letter by selecting from the drop-down menu. | ||
| * TYPE - Each airport with an ATIS specified, can either be just for arriving (ARR), departing (DEP) or both (ARR/DEP). If you no-longer wish to provide an ATIS for an airport which you have previously specified, set it to NONE. | * TYPE - Each airport with an ATIS specified, can either be just for arriving (ARR), departing (DEP) or both (ARR/DEP). If you no-longer wish to provide an ATIS for an airport which you have previously specified, set it to NONE. | ||
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| * PREVIEW - This is the text which will be transmitted to pilots requesting the ATIS for the airport; it gradually updates as changes are made to the dialogue entries above. It will automatically include the current METAR for the specified airport. | * PREVIEW - This is the text which will be transmitted to pilots requesting the ATIS for the airport; it gradually updates as changes are made to the dialogue entries above. It will automatically include the current METAR for the specified airport. | ||
| * SAVE - Updates the ATIS so that changes are visible to pilots. | * SAVE - Updates the ATIS so that changes are visible to pilots. | ||
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| + | //Note that due to a fault with the way WebEye handles ATIS parsing, IVAC2 ATIS will not show on Webeye. It is however available in IVAP using __.atis__// | ||
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| + | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_KfibVhhZc|See our short tutorial video on using ATIS in IVAC2.]] | ||