ATC-pie user guide: Difference between revisions

* the online [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1EQKKHhDVJvvWpcX_BqeOIsmeW2A_8Yb video tutorial];

* the in-app ''Quick reference'' available from the ''Help'' menu (summary of mouse/keyboard gestures, display conventions...);

* a skilled teacher to connect to as a student (personal training);

* to [[#Solo_sessions|train solo]]!

A route is analysed for every strip with recognised departure and destination airports (entry fields both turned green), as follows:

ATC-pie features a conflict prediction system, which can be activated or turned off from the ''Options'' menu. It uses route and vector assignments to anticipate and alert you of path conflicts so you can take action and prevent separation losses.

In solo sessions, voice radio interaction is simulated through speech recognition of instructions and read-back synthesis. Use the {{key press|Ctrl}} key to PTT.  

In FlightGear network sessions, multiple radios can be opened and tuned in simultaneously. You can transmit on either one by holding down the PTT button of the chosen radio, or on a selected set (''Kbd PTT'' boxes ticked) using the {{key press|Ctrl}} key. This lets you PTT on multiple frequencies at once (merged frequencies), for example to service GND+TWR frequencies in view of splitting them seemlessly again later. Note that while you will be broadcasting on, and hearing incoming transmissions from, all frequencies, pilots will not be hearing each other across frequencies. To monitor frequencies without attending them, a trick is to set their volume to "soft" to tell them apart.

Note: Except for solo sessions, you may always use an external voice communication program like [[Mumble]] for radio. It is even necessary in FSD sessions, which do not integrate radio natively. In this case, try making the same {{key press|Ctrl}} key the PTT to preserve other features such as RDF for receiving stations, or the ''PTT turns off notification sounds'' option recommended if not wearing a headset.

* ATC phone lines, for private voice calls (except in solo sessions);

* CPDLC authority transfers (except in FSD sessions);

* ATC text chat, to exchange text messages between ATCs (except in solo sessions).

Phone lines allow to call and talk to other ATCs directly from the ''ATC coordination'' dock. Each line has an outgoing state that you control, toggling between open and closed with a double-click on its phone icon. Opening a line places a call to the connected ATC, showing as "incoming" on their side. When two parties have their line open to one another, they are in direct communication (no push-to-talk). In other words, opening an incoming call puts you on the phone with the caller. Closing a call hangs up the active line, but you can pick it back up as long as the other party holds it open ("still incoming" for you).

The ATC text messaging system allows to chat with other ATCs in channels that are separate from the "radio text chat" read by pilots. It offers private channels for one-to-one conversations, and a general ATC chat room in network sessions, readable by all connected ATCs.

* provided the speech recognition modules are installed, you can turn on voice instructions from the solo simulation settings dialog and instruct aircraft through your microphone, using the {{key press|Ctrl}} key as push-to-talk and standard phraseology (see the quick reference tab about it);