MrReynolds Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Please remember in order to RTFM properly most of us would have to dedicate weeks that in real life of course we don't have!!! :thumbup: I'm trying to enter coordinates into my Targetting computer. When assigning targets in the ME, they are stored correctly into the TP computer. I CAN also designate a target using the laser, and transfer it into the target point (TP 1 for example). HOWEVER, for the life of me i can't understand how to enter co-ordinates into the computer. (say if a FAC was reading them out for me). They always end up looking into the wrong place. Case-in-point: I've created a mission with target 1 designated in the ME When flying, I can slave my targetting to TP1. IT WORKS. HOWEVER, if I type in the coordinates taken from the ME, because I cannot enter the last second digit it's always off. Map coordinates of the target = 44/35/16 --- 38/03/22 TP coordinates that work = 44/35/1 --- 38/03/6 !!!! Now where did that 6 come from??? I'm sorry if I haven't described my problem well enough, I will try to edit it in English soon. I've just come off a "forced" 2 days of the computer, and now I'm allowed back on, i'm being nagged at to help take down the Christmas decorations... :huh: thank you for any help, Mr.R.
AlphaOneSix Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Well, I can't help with the mysterious "6", but I can tell you that the PVI-800 doesn't use minutes and seconds, it uses minutes and tenths of minutes. In other words, if you had a coordinate of 43 degrees 15"30', then it should be entered into the PVI-800 as 43155 (43 degrees, 15.5 minutes). Also, you may already know this, but when entering the longitude, it expects 3 digits for degrees, so you may need ot add in a leading "0". Finally, you need to specify positive or negative, where positive is north latitude and east longitude, and negative is south latitude and west longitude. So to enter in the following coordinate: N45 degrees, 15"30' E43 degrees, 55"0' You would enter the following into the PVI-800 as TP2: Switch PVI-800 master mode to EDIT, Press the TP button, then the number 2. Then enter the coordinates for the first point by pressing these buttons in sequence: 0 (for positive, or north latitude), 4, 5, 1, 5, 5, ENTER, 0 (for positive or east longitude), 0, 4, 3, 5, 5, 0, ENTER. THen switch the master mode back to OPER, press the TP button, then the nuber 2, and you should be pointed toward TP2. 1
MrReynolds Posted January 2, 2009 Author Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) Thank you VERY much AlphaOneSix. I've scoured the manuals for the answer and my poor girlfriend really is +^***!!! ;) I'm doing everything right in the cockpit, apart from the maths!!! So i guess 43 degrees 15"30' in the map editor = 43155 in the cockpit because --- 30' / 6 = 5? So what would N45 degrees, 15"56' be? 45-15-9? 56/6=9.3... I get the 45-15 bit, its the turning the 56' from the map into the 1/10 in the cockpit :P Thank you anybody for continued help :thumbup: EDIT 1: Well I'm trying but to no avail....... I just can't link the map coordinates to the PVI. I'm making sure i've jotted them down correctly, but the target points I set in the editor are bang on the money, and the PVI coordinates they give are not what's showing in the map view :-( EDIT 2: Well I get contrasting coordinates from not only the Editor's map, but from a laser designation as well now. So to sum up, I THINK either: a) their is a slight error in the coordination between 2d map and 3d flight b) I'm a complete pleb and am doing something a tenny weeny bit wrong c) I'm tired and confused and it'll be clear in the morning!! Edited January 2, 2009 by MrReynolds more info.
MrReynolds Posted January 2, 2009 Author Posted January 2, 2009 sorry, but bored of editing :D So, i've placed 2 vehicles onto the map. Didn't worry about their map coordinates, just jumped into the mission. Slaved to TP1 - oooh, it's a tank. (45, 05, 6 / 039, 29, 0) Created a TP3, lased it and it's the same coordinates. Slaved to TP2 - oooh, its an MLRS!!! (45, 05, 5 / 039, 29 , 1) Ccreated TP 4 - and again it's the same coordinates. So TPs from ME work. Leave mission to see the map coordinates and here they are: Tank = (45, 05, 46 / 39, 28, 31) MLRS = (45, 05, 40 / 39, 28, 39) Is the above proving that everything works fine and that my maths is dodgy as hell or could there be a small problem with co-ordinate linking? Mr.R. :doh:
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