Waypoints etc

[markturner1960]

I am just learning these and have some questions that I could not find answered in the videos etc:

If you make a mistake entering one, how do you start again or delete the half completed wrong point?

I was entering a new point and put in the ident  (HZ in this case), but after I press enter, I dont get the "Free" text appearing in the CDU....why ? what did I not do? 

 

 

 

Thanks

Edited April 3, 2022 by markturner1960

[frostycab]

7 hours ago, markturner1960 said:

If you make a mistake entering one, how do you start again or delete the half completed wrong point?

You can just hit IDENT(L1) on the TSD to clear what you've already entered and accepted, then start over. Alternatively, below ADD there is an edit function, so you can just complete the point with the error and then edit it to be right afterwards.

7 hours ago, markturner1960 said:

I was entering a new point and put in the ident  (HZ in this case), but after I press enter, I dont get the "Free" text appearing in the CDU....why ? what did I not do? 

The sequence is ADD(L2) - HZ(L4) - IDENT(L1). 

EDIT: I just re-read what you said and was wondering if you typed "HZ" into the KEU when it first asked for the identifier. If so then it probably flashed twice when you hit ENTER and didn't progress to the FREE entry page, since HZ is point type and not an identifier. Check the manual pages 347-348 for the valid HZ identifiers. They're the ones in yellow. You can also look up all the identifiers by pressing ABR at T4 on the main TSD page.

7 hours ago, markturner1960 said:

I did enter some points successfully, but they dont seem to show on the TSD map...again, what would cause that? 

By default, not all point types show up in the TSD. To enable them, Go to SHOW(T3) and then on the left side you will see various options boxed. Also, once you're in SHOW, you can select THREAT SHOW(T5) and COORD SHOW(T6) for even more options. In the COORD SHOW it's normally the "Enemy Units" that hides most of the points that people are expecting to see.

Don't forget the TSD has 2 modes too, NAV and ATK. To swap them over hit PHASE(B2). You can have different points visible in each phase, so set them up however you like. Being lazy, for now I just enable them all in the NAV phase to save swapping. 

When you're finished, hit SHOW again to exit back to the normal TSD.

Edited April 3, 2022 by frostycab
typos (as usual for me!)

[markturner1960]

perfect, thank you so much

[frostycab]

@markturner1960 I just updated my answer, as I spotted something you said that may have caused a problem for you. Check the bolded text.

[markturner1960]

Thanks, I revisited and I think that is indeed what I did,! You have been a great help, thank you!