Hey guys,

Hoping somebody might be able to help me. I've had the latest 757-200. Lovely aircraft. I have no problems setting up the FMC, flying the route etc.. The problem comes when on approach in that despite all my efforts, I cannot get the ILS needles to appear. I mean that it seems the ILS isnt being found.

Once Im given a landing runway, I select the ILS approach from the DEP/ARR pages. No sid or with SID, doesnt matter. I then select the ILS freq on the NAV/RAD page and ensure its highlighted. I confirm that the correct frequency is on the radio stack. Its all there. Correct freq. But the needles (or dots) never appear.

Ive tried to tune the ILS manually on the panel but it seems you cannot do this. I can change the course, but not the frequency. Is that normal??

Any suggestions??

Cheers,
AB

Don't forget that if your ARR is set for an ILS approach, it will automatically set the frequency and heading for the arrival runway in time for your final approach.

I used to sit there waiting and waiting and waiting...etc... for the numbers to get entered, and they do show up in time! Sometimes I got so scared that it wasn't going to show, that I manually entered them anyway (that was a long time ago though )!

Mark

Thanks for the replies guys, but still no luck. I was going to attach some pics but I think they have to be hosted somewhere first and I\ve no expirence with uploading photos to a host server.

I just purchased the 767 so Im going to try and play with that instead.

Cheers,

I have also had this happen to me when I'm using the auto ils tuner, and I've been absolutely 100% sure the FMC has been correctly set up and that ive been landing on the correct runway (lol, I have NEVER EVER landed on another runway than the one I was supposed to land on). I havent experienced this when I'm manually entering the ILS frequency and course, so doing it manually seems to be a fix for this.

Markoz wrote on Jul 8^th, 2010 at 12:04am:


Thanks Mark, this is exactly what Im doing. I can confirm that the correct freq is entered onto the ILS portion of the console, but no dots appear on the ADI.

I'm going to try the 767 but its such a shame because I love flying the 757.

You may trying making sure the default AVIONICS MASTER is on (do not remember the default FS keystroke). �I can fly a whole flight with no issues until I reach the ILS, then nothing. �Usually hitting the avionics master brings the ILS to life if I forgot. �I have the key programmed into an X-Keys key pad.

Hope it helps / good luck.

Joe

Well then, how about that.
Thanks Joe, that did the trick.

The question is - why do I need to do that ?.
There are no fault lights showing and all other instruments work ok.

Confused but happier.

You could try adding electric_always_available=1 to the aircraft config file under [electrical]. Like this:

[electrical]
electric_always_available=1
max_battery_voltage = 24.0
generator_alternator_voltage = 30.0
max_generator_alternator_amps = 400.0

I find I don't need this line though. I just start with the default C172 in a Cold & Dark configuration, except that the Avionics Master Switch is left ON.

Mark

Thanks for the help guys!

Heres what I tried today.

Loaded up the Captain Sim 757 defualt flights for Engines Running at KSEA and flew down to KPDX. Tuned in the ILS and it all worked fine.

So I thought it must be something to do with the default flight I have set, which is for everything to be cold and dark.

Then I logged back on here and discovered you blokes had already discussed making sure the avionics switche is set to on.

Well, I opned up my aircraft.cfg and made the electrical adjustmented that was metioned above, and I set a shortcut for the avionics master switch as well.

Then I flew KORD (FSDreamTeam) to KJFJ (FSDreamTeam). All seemed to go well. I set the ILS, and as I approached the field I got the DOTS displayed on the ADI (which was never happening before) but the magenta intercept bar never appeared, either for the localizer or the glideslope.

I tested switching the master avionics on/off with my shortcut CTRL/SHT/A and sure enough, with the avionics OFF, the DOTS disappear (but nothing else goes off, no radios or anything). When I turned the avionics back on, it appeared again, but still no magenta BAR.

More testing is needed I think.

Thanks for you help tho guys, much appreciated.

I have the default Cessna with everything off except for the avionics master as my default, i.e. load-at-the-start flight.  That works for me.  The CS loads will work, too.

ozflyer wrote on Jul 11^th, 2010 at 6:20am:

I don't have a FLIGHT.FLT anywhere on my computer either. I searched ALL of my Hard Drives and their partitions.

Mark

FIXED IT!!!!

Here was the problem.

Firstly, as we discovered above, i had the Master Avionics Swithc off by defautly. So, creating a shortcut for that (and putting it ON in the defautlt flight) fixed half the problem - that is, that the DOTS appeared on the ADI, but no magenti intercept bar.

Second half of the problem, as that I had the radio in the default flight set to NAV. It turns out that it needs to be set to GPS. I created a toggle switch for NAV/GPS and found that switching it made the magenta intercept bars disappear.

So, in the defautly flight I've now got the Master Avionics ON and it set to GPS.

Thanks for all your help guys, MUCH appreciated.