Does the IFF panel function?

[HawkEXO]

I know we can't interrogate IFF, but does the IFF system send a response or not depending on how we configure the panel?

I've made it part of my start-up checklist to power it on and put the mode selector into norm, but I don't know if it matters or not.

[bones1014]

1 hour ago, HawkEXO said:

I know we can't interrogate IFF, but does the IFF system send a response or not depending on how we configure the panel?

I've made it part of my start-up checklist to power it on and put the mode selector into norm, but I don't know if it matters or not.

Same. I don't know if it's functional or not. Any idea if we'll get the ability to interrogate in the F1-M?

[Ian Boys UK]

1 hour ago, HawkEXO said:

I know we can't interrogate IFF, but does the IFF system send a response or not depending on how we configure the panel?

I've made it part of my start-up checklist to power it on and put the mode selector into norm, but I don't know if it matters or not.

No, it only identifies You as friendly to others. Your radar has no interrogation function itself.

[Loukuins]

2 hours ago, HawkEXO said:

I know we can't interrogate IFF, but does the IFF system send a response or not depending on how we configure the panel?

I've made it part of my start-up checklist to power it on and put the mode selector into norm, but I don't know if it matters or not.

Some of the features works with SRS 

[HawkEXO]

Just bumping this again.  I know that (due to aircraft limitations) I cannot interrogate IFF other aircraft from the F1EE cockpit.  However, I'm hearing from people online that I am not returning an IFF signal when they interrogate me.  Is there a certain way that I should be configuring the IFF panel during my startup so that friendlies don't shoot me down?  Thanks.

[QuiGon]

On 11/15/2023 at 3:39 AM, HawkEXO said:

Just bumping this again.  I know that (due to aircraft limitations) I cannot interrogate IFF other aircraft from the F1EE cockpit.  However, I'm hearing from people online that I am not returning an IFF signal when they interrogate me.  Is there a certain way that I should be configuring the IFF panel during my startup so that friendlies don't shoot me down?  Thanks.

No, there is not. What you heard there was for the Mirage 2000C, not the Mirage F1.

[HawkEXO]

Good to know.  Thanks QuiGon.  I will stop worrying about how the IFF panel is configured.

I am still a little confused, however, about whether my jet is sending back an IFF response to other jets.  Do other jets receive IFF info for MirageF1s in the simulation?  Why does this IFF issue seem to happen so often when I'm in the F1?  Maybe it is just coincidental.

[QuiGon]

4 hours ago, HawkEXO said:

Good to know.  Thanks QuiGon.  I will stop worrying about how the IFF panel is configured.

I am still a little confused, however, about whether my jet is sending back an IFF response to other jets.  Do other jets receive IFF info for MirageF1s in the simulation?

 Other jets won't care about your IFF settings. They just magically check the coalition of your jet (red/blue) within the game engine and don't care about your cockpit settings.
 

4 hours ago, HawkEXO said:

 Why does this IFF issue seem to happen so often when I'm in the F1?  Maybe it is just coincidental.

Uhm, what issue?

Edit: I just noticed what you might mean:

On 11/15/2023 at 3:39 AM, HawkEXO said:

Just bumping this again.  I know that (due to aircraft limitations) I cannot interrogate IFF other aircraft from the F1EE cockpit.

The Mirage F1 doesn't have an IFF interrogator, meaning it can't interrogate other aircraft. It's only equipped with an IFF transponder to respond to incoming interrogations, although the transponder isn't simulated in DCS and it just happens magically based on the coalition as I said above.

Edited November 17, 2023 by QuiGon

[HawkEXO]

The issue being that I get shot at by friendlies a LOT when I fly the F1.  More than other aircraft.   That's why i thought I might be misconfiguring the IFF panel.

[QuiGon]

16 hours ago, HawkEXO said:

The issue being that I get shot at by friendlies a LOT when I fly the F1.  More than other aircraft.   That's why i thought I might be misconfiguring the IFF panel.

Not your fault. On which server are you flying the F1?

[HawkEXO]

BlueFlag80s and Tempest.  I'm active on SRS as WHISKEY 1-1

I'm often told they shot me down because I didn't IFF as friendly

Edited November 19, 2023 by HawkEXO

[QuiGon]

11 hours ago, HawkEXO said:

BlueFlag80s and Tempest.  I'm active on SRS as WHISKEY 1-1

I'm often told they shot me down because I didn't IFF as friendly

I see. I was just wondering if it might have been on servers with generally older aircrraft that might not even be equipped with IFF interrogators (like the F1 itself). I don't know the Tempest server, but on BF80s most aircraft do have IFF interrogators, so there its definitely not the cause of you getting friendly fired. People are just too trigger happy way too often, but then blaming you for their mistakes is pretty wild tbh.