DCS FIGHTER PILOT Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 Recently I have noticed that the AWACS will call out a target it sees but it will not pop up on the mode 4A data link. Correct code is indeed set. The target could be at 20000ft but it still wont show. This really kills situational awareness.
Scotch75 Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 Are you sure you are not still on the carrier d/l which is default on start up? The carrier may not be picking up the bandit to show on the d/l, but AWACS is. Cheers! Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk W10 Home 64Bit, Intel Skylake I5 6600K 3.50GHz, ASUS ROG Stryx Z270F MoBo, 64GB G.Skill RipJaws V DDR4 3200 RAM, Samsung 960 Pro 512GB M.2 SSD (OS), Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SSD, 2TB Seagate SDHD, 2TB WD Green HDD, Gigabyte 3060 12GB VRAM
DCS FIGHTER PILOT Posted February 11, 2020 Author Posted February 11, 2020 Are you sure you are not still on the carrier d/l which is default on start up? The carrier may not be picking up the bandit to show on the d/l, but AWACS is. Cheers! Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk I am indeed on the AWACS channel. I have jester set the DL to mode 4a (“tactical data link,”) and then have him tune to the correct address. Some targets will then appear but as I said, many seem to be missing.
near_blind Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 How many DL contacts exist on the scope when you see this? Link 4 is an older system, and a host can only push a limited number of contacts out over the network (iirc, a maximum of 8 ). If it was a busy air space, you might have been at that limit. https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4198971&postcount=26
IronMike Posted February 12, 2020 Posted February 12, 2020 also, if the limit is reached, friendly contacts get dropped in favor of hostile or unknown, if present. Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
MBot Posted February 12, 2020 Posted February 12, 2020 I have found the same, AWACS will not downlink targets that are further than 150 NM from itself. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3919259
IronMike Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 I have found the same, AWACS will not downlink targets that are further than 150 NM from itself. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3919259 I see I missed your report, Mbot, my apologies. I need to check if that is a real life or DCS limitation. In general we do not model the datalink, we just make it available. DL is done on ED side. Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
Sam Posted May 4, 2020 Posted May 4, 2020 Any update on this guys ? I am experiencing the same thing. It happens quite frequently that AWACS calls out targets at 60-70Nm, 20K feet and nothing on DL. (multiplayer)
Airhunter Posted May 4, 2020 Posted May 4, 2020 Any update on this guys ? I am experiencing the same thing. It happens quite frequently that AWACS calls out targets at 60-70Nm, 20K feet and nothing on DL. (multiplayer) You have an AWG-9 - use it.
Bearfoot Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 You have an AWG-9 - use it. Maybe he does not want to give away his position? Maybe he just wants accurate modeling?
Oldfox Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 You have an AWG-9 - use it. Nope. Ask Jester :music_whistling:
Sam Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 (edited) You have an AWG-9 - use it. Oh yeah, I didn't think about that ! Thank you :lol: Maybe he does not want to give away his position? Maybe he just wants accurate modeling? Absolutely ! I find DL on the 14 to not be very consistent and it looks like I'm not the only one. So either it's something normal and I'm more than happy to learn something new, or it's a bug and in that case HB shoud be made aware of it :) Edited May 5, 2020 by Panther 976
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