This post was merged (I'd argue incorrectly but it affects me none).
Original title "FCR Symbology: Datalink Correlated Targets are Incorrectly Displayed as Track Targets Regardless of State".
I can reproduce this with certainty.
When datalink information is set to display on TWS FCR (toggleable by 'Transmit Switch - IFF OUT') contacts will be displayed as large filled boxes, as to indicate a track target, regardless of the actual state of the track. That is to say; search, track, system and bugged targets all appear as track targets when correlated by an AWACS via datalink.
Screenshots 1 & 2 were taken within a couple of seconds of one another. Screenshot 1 shows a search target in the centre and a track target to the right. I then pressed 'Transmit Switch - IFF OUT' and took screenshot 2, which appears to show both of the targets from screenshot 1 as track targets.
Screenshots 3 & 4 were taken within a couple of seconds of one another. Screenshot 3 shows the two targets after they had both become track targets, and I 'TMS Right' multiple times to promote them to system tracks, then set the further one as the bugged target. As before, I then pressed 'Transmit Switch - IFF OUT' and took screenshot 2, which appears to show both of the targets from screenshot 1 as track targets. The bugged target does have the ring around it though, as expected.
Is this symbology correct? I find it hard to believe that it is, given that it makes the process of firing upon targets correlated by datalink in TWS largely dependent on guesswork, without turning the FCR datalink information off.
I've attached the mission I set up for the purpose of creating this report too, in case that stands to be of use.
Screenshots 1 & 2:
Screenshots 3 & 4:
dcs.log FCR Test Mission.miz