Tacan for Tanker not working?

[Fabiano-VIKING]

Hi Jeff pilots!

Does anyone know if the Tacan in the JF-17 is bugged?

I've been trying to get the Tacan to work to find the tankers for refueling, but I can't make it work.
I turn off the datalink;
I enter the Tacan frequency (Example 11X);
I tried selecting A-A/rec, A-A, A-G... pretty much all modes;
I click the Tacan button on the HSI page.
 

... and after all I can't get any information from the Tacan.

Am I doing something wrong? 

Thanks.

[razo+r]

Is 11X conflicting with any ground stations on the map? X is usually for ground stations, try it with Y. 

And about missing info, do you get DME, Azimuth or neither of the two infos? 

Can you attach a short track? 

[BigBorner]

Last time I used tacan (to find an airfield) it was wonky but working after screwing around with it. Only „difference“ in my procedure was that I cycled through the tacan modes after I activated tacan symbology on the HSD. Maybe that helps. 

[Fabiano-VIKING]

On 8/23/2023 at 8:17 PM, razo+r said:

Is 11X conflicting with any ground stations on the map? X is usually for ground stations, try it with Y. 

And about missing info, do you get DME, Azimuth or neither of the two infos? 

Can you attach a short track? 

Not conflicting with any other ground stations. As I turn on the Tacan on the HSI it shows something but not the numbers. 
Now you told me something interesting, I didn't know the X was usually used for ground stations. I will try to test again using Y. If none of those work I will record a short video and share it here with you guys. Thanks!

[Mike_Romeo]

On 8/23/2023 at 11:51 PM, Fabiano-VIKING said:

Hi Jeff pilots!

Does anyone know if the Tacan in the JF-17 is bugged?

I've been trying to get the Tacan to work to find the tankers for refueling, but I can't make it work.
I turn off the datalink;
I enter the Tacan frequency (Example 11X);
I tried selecting A-A/rec, A-A, A-G... pretty much all modes;
I click the Tacan button on the HSI page.
 

... and after all I can't get any information from the Tacan.

Am I doing something wrong? 

Thanks.

Turn datalink off. You cant use TACAN and datalink at the same time

[Fabiano-VIKING]

Hi guys! I am aware of the datalink, I've been turning it off.

Anyways, now I managed to get it to work... I think hehe Although I am only getting the bearing to the tanker, not the range. I think it should be the opposit, shoudn't it? 
Since for the bearing the Tacan on the GROUND needs a lot of equipment, the aircrafts equipped with Tacan can't carry such a thing, so you would only get the range and not the bearing. 
Is that correct or I am mixing a lot of things here. 

[Colmillo]

Hello
There is a way to use the TCN together with the datalink:
1. First select *TAC on the right MDF
2. Activate the datalink (199 and Master or Slave + NES)
3. Program the TCN

I know it's a bug, because it shouldn't be usable... but in the meantime...

[BigBorner]

You can also just switch Datalink back on once TACAN is programmed and TCN boxed. Both will continue working