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RedeyeStorm- you, my friend, are a stone-cold genius. Or maybe I'm just a dumbass with target fixation. That was it. Sad thing is, I did read the manual, I exported the command list, but was so fixated on the phrase "request refuel" that I didn't notice the tanker group command was "approach". It's in the manual (pg. 22), it's in the csv export (cmd 171)- my mind just didn't perceive it, even if my eyes saw it. Maybe that's why I suck at dogfights! Many thanks for your help- this should go in the FAQ.

Thanks for the idea, but I already tried that, and no joy. Is there a way to use a different phrase when requesting refuel form a tanker vs. ground crew? And then specifically having the tanker version search in "tanker" rather than "crew"? First, saying "select texaco", waiting for unit selection, then "request refuel". Finds texaco in tanker, but still requests fuel from crew. 10:00:40.629 Listening suspended 10:00:40.511 Ground crew is currently not available. 10:00:40.511 Have result, identified as command: Request Refuel 10:00:40.510 Captured sentence: request refuel 10:00:40.502 Recognized : 'request refuel' 10:00:40.500 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 release' 10:00:37.719 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI] 10:00:37.718 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI] 10:00:37.660 Listening resumed 10:00:37.532 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 press' 10:00:32.829 Listening suspended 10:00:32.694 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 release' 10:00:32.120 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI] 10:00:32.120 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI] 10:00:31.859 Done. 10:00:31.854 Constructing message... 10:00:31.844 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210: [ Texaco ] , [ Select Recipient ] 10:00:31.839 Selecting unit 10:00:31.839 Called unit found. 10:00:31.837 Searching called unit texaco in category Tanker 10:00:31.829 Have result, identified as recipient: Texaco 10:00:31.829 Captured sentence: texaco 10:00:31.808 Recognized : 'texaco' 10:00:30.828 (awaiting additional input) 10:00:30.827 Have result, identified as command: Select 10:00:30.826 Captured sentence: select 10:00:30.806 Recognized : 'select' 10:00:29.012 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI] 10:00:29.011 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI] 10:00:28.887 Listening resumed This time, selected texaco, then reiterated the call to texaco with the refuel request: 10:01:58.240 Listening suspended 10:01:58.094 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 release' 10:01:57.751 Recipient Texaco is currently not available. 10:01:57.750 Searching called unit texaco in category Crew 10:01:57.750 Have result, identified as command: Request Refuel 10:01:57.749 Captured sentence: request refuel 10:01:57.745 Recognized : 'request refuel' 10:01:56.260 (awaiting additional input) 10:01:56.259 Have result, identified as recipient: Texaco 10:01:56.259 Captured sentence: texaco 10:01:56.246 Recognized : 'texaco' 10:01:54.394 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI] 10:01:54.393 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI] 10:01:54.325 Listening resumed 10:01:54.215 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 press' 10:01:51.785 Done. 10:01:51.785 Constructing message... 10:01:51.785 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210: [ Texaco ] , [ Select Recipient ] 10:01:51.784 Selecting unit 10:01:51.784 Called unit found. 10:01:51.784 Searching called unit texaco in category Tanker 10:01:51.783 Have result, identified as command: Select 10:01:51.783 Have result, identified as recipient: Texaco 10:01:51.782 Captured sentence: select texaco 10:01:51.777 Recognized : 'select Texaco' (contains 'texaco') 10:01:51.771 Recognized : 'select Texaco' (contains 'select') 10:01:51.637 Listening suspended 10:01:51.544 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 release' 10:01:49.135 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI] 10:01:49.135 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI] 10:01:49.044 Listening resumed 10:01:48.969 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 press'

Vaicom is not recognizing initial calls to airborne tankers- or rather, it recognizes the commands but doesn't find the tanker. I've tried the suggestions of resetting the database and so forth, upgrading to the latest versions, making sure I don't have audio processing services interfering etc. but nothing has helped. It's not a recognition issue- the logs show it's using the correct radio, frequency is correct, it's understanding both "Texaco" and "request refuel", but apparently it looks for Texaco in the "crew" category- and that fails of course. If I make the initial call to the tanker using the keyboard comm menus, it correctly processes subsequent calls (pre-contact, etc.) There were posts earlier about this, but I never saw any resolution. Any ideas? Some log snippets showing correct recognition, but faulty processing: 11:43:21.919 Listening suspended 11:43:21.734 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 release' 11:43:20.897 Recipient Texaco is currently not available. 11:43:20.897 Searching called unit texaco in category Crew 11:43:20.896 Have result, identified as command: Request Refuel 11:43:20.895 Captured sentence: request refuel 11:43:20.890 Recognized : 'request refuel' 11:43:19.656 (awaiting additional input) 11:43:19.655 Have result, identified as recipient: Texaco 11:43:19.654 Captured sentence: texaco 11 11:43:19.639 Recognized : 'Texaco 11' (contains 'texaco') 11:43:17.009 Listening resumed 11:43:16.836 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI] 11:43:16.836 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI] 11:43:16.653 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 press' 11:43:05.704 Ground crew is currently not available. 11:43:05.704 Have result, identified as command: Request Refuel 11:43:05.703 Captured sentence: request refuel 11:43:05.692 Recognized : 'request refuel' 11:43:05.544 Listening suspended 11:43:05.363 Joystick : 'Transmit TX1 release' 11:43:03.329 (awaiting additional input) 11:43:03.328 Have result, identified as recipient: Texaco 11:43:03.327 Captured sentence: texaco 11 11:43:03.317 Recognized : 'Texaco 11' (contains 'texaco') 11:43:00.627 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for AAR unit Texaco1-1 [AI] 11:43:00.627 TX1 | COMM1: ARC-210 AM 253.000 MHz tuned for ATC unit Krymsk [AI] 11:43:00.606 Listening resumed