FPLCheck (V1.6): flight plan checker

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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker

Post by Pit_R » Tue Nov 26, 2019 12:31 am

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BTW: small improvement. ;) What about smthng like: Choose already made fpl to be treated as reference for DEFAULT_CHECK.fpl (So it would import all settings from given fpl). Just an idea...
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker

Post by Bre901 » Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:13 am

Pit_R wrote:
Tue Nov 26, 2019 12:31 am
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Sorry about that.
Until I fix it later this morning, please use the link on the French page, that one works
BTW: small improvement.
That's just what I meant by "minor" :wink:
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker

Post by Bre901 » Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:13 am

Pit_R wrote:
Tue Nov 26, 2019 12:31 am
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Fixed, but the host is currently down :(
BTW: small improvement. ;) What about smthng like: Choose already made fpl to be treated as reference for DEFAULT_CHECK.fpl (So it would import all settings from given fpl). Just an idea...
This would allow just for strict equalities (same everything) , not inequities or lists of values forbidden
How about turnpoints : how do you deal different numbers with min/max altitudes ?

IMHO a graphical difference tool like Compare it ! could to the trick as efficiently, even more because you can do selective file merges :
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker

Post by Pit_R » Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:27 am

Y, I use such compare tool (from TC), but it check just two files at time. I'd like to use your tool to confront all fpls for contest (which have same settings). :)
BTW - By small improvement I meant my proposition - not your update! ;)
How about turnpoints : how do you deal different numbers with min/max altitudes ?
Those of course coudn't be strict compare as differ from task to task.
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker

Post by Bre901 » Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:51 am

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Y, I use such compare tool (from TC), but it check just two files at time. I'd like to use your tool to confront all fpls for contest (which have same settings). :)
Then why don't you create a specific DEFAULT_CHECK.fpl by extracting the desired data from the reference fpl (the format is exactly the same)
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker

Post by Pit_R » Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:03 am

Then why don't you create a specific DEFAULT_CHECK.fpl by extracting the desired data from the reference fpl (the format is exactly the same)
Sure I can create it. ;) And can extract manually and paste. Just thought DEFAULT_CHECK.fpl could be auto created from the reference fpl. :)
Well - or maybe COMP_CHECK.fpl (different to 'default' which is more flexible).
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker

Post by Bre901 » Tue Nov 26, 2019 3:06 pm

How do you start FPLCheck ? Command line or mouse click ?
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker

Post by Bre901 » Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:36 am

A new version (V1.1) is available: http://condorutill.pagesperso-orange.fr/#FPLCheck

A new wildcard has been added :
$ : used to identify all TPs except the start aerodrome (TP0) and the start (TP1) and finish (TPn-1, if Count=n)
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker

Post by Bre901 » Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:13 pm

A new version (V1.2) is available: http://condorutill.fr/index.php#FPLCheck

New wildcard character
% : used to identify the last TP before finish, if there is at least one TP between start and finish.
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker

Post by Bre901 » Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:09 am

If one tries to type in the flight date in the flight planner, this may result in dates in the early AD centuries, which may cause DSHelper to abort the flight start because it considers the date invalid.

It is quite possible to check the flight date with FPLCheck, just add something like:
TaskDate>40000
in the DEFAULT_CHECK.fpl file

If you entered a very early date, it may be tedious to adjust it with the flight-planner calendar.
Just edit the FPL file and enter something like:
TaskDate=44000 (some day in June 2020)
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker

Post by Bre901 » Wed Apr 27, 2022 1:35 pm

Hint:

If, in the .cup file, there is a TP co-located with the takeoff airfield and if that TP has been mistakenly selected instead of the airfield, Condor crashes at the start of the flight (it happened recently on a Tchin-tchin flight)

To be able to detect this, add "TPAirport0=1" in the DEFAULT_CHECK.fpl file
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker (Version 1.4)

Post by Bre901 » Mon Aug 08, 2022 9:04 am

Version 1.4 is available: http://condorutill.fr/index.php#FPLCheck

New features:
"?" wildcard : used to identify all TPs except the start aerodrome (TP0) and the start (TP1) and the last TP before finish (TPn-2) and the finish TP (TPn-1, if Count=n)
TaskDate=TODAY : self explanatory, I guess :wink:
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker (Version 1.4)

Post by witor » Wed Sep 07, 2022 12:10 pm

I am getting an error - 16 invalid lines....

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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker (Version 1.4)

Post by Bre901 » Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:24 pm

Please send the FPLCheck.log logfile and your FPL file and the rules file (default = DEFAULT_CHECK.fpl) to the mail address that you can find in the README file
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Re: FPLCheck: flight plan checker (Version 1.4)

Post by witor » Fri Dec 09, 2022 4:59 pm

Sorry. I was an idiot. Everything works as it should.

However I have a suggestion if you are still willing to improve this already useful app.

It is nice to see how many differences there are compared to what is the DEFAULT.fpl but it would be even greater if there was a possibility to 'fix' all the differences and replace values in the selected fpl file with the values specified in the DEFAULT.fpl.

For example if someone prepares tasks for a competition and wants all NOTAM settings to be the same, one could create a task without even looking at the notam tab in condor and after creating a task one could just use fpl checker to set all notam options to the ones set in DEFAULT.fpl.

I find that almost every time I do new task I have to change sector types, sector radii, lengths of the start and finish line etc. New functionality that I am proposing would take care of that and would make making new tasks way easier.

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