Transponder Not Working
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@jmarkows said in Transponder Not Working:
@simcaesar they're acknowledged in the MSFS forum topic by @Martyn. They're investigating why it's always set to Mode C for vPilot, I have not heard anyone mention Pilot Edge.
Your best bet when you find actual bugs is to put in a support ticket. The forums are great for getting support from other users, but working with Support is the fastest way to get issues to the dev team.
I did submit a support ticket, but got "I cannot reproduce the problem on Vatsim" as a response and no acknowledgement that the aircraft had even been tested on PilotEdge.
I posted in the forum in addition to submitting a support ticket to get feedback from others in the community in regards to whether they're also having the problem (and if so hopefully JF will take notice) and also in the hope that someone might have a workaround.
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@martyn I believe the cause of the issue is that the
TRANSPONDER STATESimVar is constantly being set to 5, which corresponds to "Ground" mode. It should be set to 3 when on, or 4 when in alt mode. I don't think the PE client understands what state 5 is, so it just assumes the transponder is off. -
@martyn I have some new information regarding the transponder and PIlotEdge and Vatsim.
As it turns out the BAE146 transponder DOES work on PilotEdge as long as you're in the air. It does not work on the ground. As @N293WK said, it is continuously setting the TRANSPONDER STATE SimVar to 5 regardless of the transponder mode selected in the sim. You can get away with this at most airports, but it means that you technically can't fly at airports that require you to squawk mode C on the ground (any class B airport and some class C).
In vPilot on Vatsim the transponder is constantly squawking mode C on the ground regardless of how the transponder is set in the sim. Once the wheels come off the ground at takeoff the transponder then squawks whatever is set in the sim.
So as long as you're in the air, the BAE146 transponder works correctly. On the ground it does not.
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@simcaesar I haven't yet tried it with VATSIM, however I have used Pilot2ATC with it and I do indeed see transponder set to GROUND in that while on the ground.
I see the same with the Aerosoft CRJ though, does that work with Pilot Edge?
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Thanks for the additional information. So there are two issues:
- The ground detection logic in our code prevents you from selecting mode C until you are airborne. That logic was based on some reference material but I can't remember where I found it. In any case, I've now removed that so mode C is available on the ground.
- vPilot is interpreting TRANSPONDER STATE == 5 as being mode C, which is incorrect based on the MSFS SDK which states that is the ground mode. They need to fix that in their code.
