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Strip Autofill

For aerodromes where an ATIS is available, and an autofill config file is available, strip autofilling is available. When strip autofilling is available, the autofill element within the menu bar will display with a green outline.

To autofill a strip, pick the strip, (click on the callsign) and press "A". The RWY, SID, CFL and appropriate departure frequency will be inserted automatically. If a RWY has already been entered for that aircraft, the plugin will autofill the SID, CFL and departure frequency only. This is appropriate for situations where an aircraft requires a non-duty, or non-default runway.

A heirarchy of departure frequencies are defined, and the first "primed" frequency is selected.

Example

At Melbourne, RWY 27 is nominated for departures. MAE and ELW are online. By default, a jet outbound via DOSEL will receive:

  1. Runway 27.
  2. A procedural SID terminating at DOSEL.
  3. A CFL of 5000 feet.
  4. The first appropriate departure frequency online. (MAE)

If that aircraft were to then require Runway 16, the controller would enter that runway, and re-attempt an autofill. In this case, the ISPEG X SID would be selected.

Data Format

To enable autofill at an aerodrome, create a .yml file titled by the aerodrome's ICAO code.

Departure Runway

The departure runway for a strip can be automatically nominated based on the runway mode in the ATIS with:

    - assign_dep_rwy: "true"

Otherwise, the departure runway can be manually assigned with:

    - runway: "16R"

CFL

The CFL can be set with:

    - CFL: "030"

SID

The SID can be set with:

    - SID: "MARUB"

This will match any procedure titled MARUBx where the x represents the current chart number (e.g. MARUB7).

To target a procedure title suffixed with a particular character (e.g. FLIKI2B), use:

    - SID: "#FLIKI\\dB"

Note

The # denotes a regex string, while the \\d denotes a single letter. The final B indicates the actual letter to match.

Departure Frequency

A list of departure frequencies can be provided, which the plugin will try to match based on the order in which they are provided. The first frequency (from left to right) which is currently primed by a controller within range will be selected.

    - departures: ["129.7", "123.0", "124.4", "128.3", "126.1", "125.3", "124.55", "129.8", "133.15"]

Conditionals

Complex logic can be created to assign any of the above-mentioned items based on a set of conditions.

Available conditional elements include:

Element Meaning
jet: "true" Aircraft is a jet aircraft
runway: ["16R"] Aircraft's assigned departure runway is 16R
VFR: "true" Aircraft's FDR is filed VFR
WTC: ["H", "J"] Wake turbulence category matches either H or J (options include L, M, H, J)
atis_dep_rwy: ["34L", "16L"] Current runway mode on the ATIS references both 34L and 16L as departure runways
radials: ["241-360", "0-066"] Track from aerodrome to first non-SID, non-lat/long waypoint falls between the nominated radials (note the passage of North)
waypoint: ["OLSEM", "BANDA"] Aircraft's FDR route includes either OLSEM or BANDA

Tip

To test the inverse of a true statement, use if_not:. yaml - if: runway: ["16L"] if_not: VFR: "true" SID: "WOL"

This will match IFR aircraft departing from 16L, and give them the WOLx SID.

Indentation is important. Each conditional statement should be indented by 4 spaces from the - if: statement. The 'true' block should be indented 2 spaces.

Example

yaml - if: runway: ["14R"] waypoint: ["NUNPA"] SID: "#NUNP\\dB"

Example File

In the example below, VFR aircraft are assigned 4,500ft while IFR aircraft are assigned 8,000ft. The departure runway on the ATIS is assigned to all aircraft and the default SID is used once the runway has been nominated, except for departures from Runway 14R to FLIKI, VIMAP, NUNPA or MOTRA. The departure frequency first tries to match the overlying TCU controller, then tries the overlying Enroute controller.

    - assign_dep_rwy: "true"
    - CFL: "080"
    - if:
        VFR: "true"
      CFL: "045"

    - if:
        runway: ["14R"]
        waypoint: ["FLIKI"]
      SID: "#FLIK\\dB"
    - if:
        runway: ["14R"]
        waypoint: ["VIMAP"]
      SID: "#VIMA\\dB"
    - if:
        runway: ["14R"]
        waypoint: ["NUNPA"]
      SID: "#NUNP\\dB"
    - if:
        runway: ["14R"]
        waypoint: ["MOTRA"]
      SID: "#MOTR\\dB"

    - departures: ["123.8", "122.6"]