DLINK Behaviour at start up?

[speed-of-heat]

has this changed it now seems to default to GPS, I'm sure it didn't before ?

[skywalker22]

As far as I know, the only thing that has recently changed is functionalty of the MIDS switch, which you have to put from OFF to ON after the alignment is done (not before) for Datalink to work.

So move the MIDS switch to ON, after putting the INS switch to NAV mode.

[speed-of-heat]

no that not what the issue i am seeing.

once you turn on MIDS, DLNK automatically switches to GPS, in the past  you would have to select DLNK and set it to GPS, indeed it's documented that way in Chucks Guide.

[speed-of-heat]

Here's a track , as you can see DLNK is automatically set to GPS, in the past it required you to select it ?  @BIGNEWY Is this a bug or a change in behaviour?

DLNK automatically set to GPS .trk

[skywalker22]

It seems to me that you are mixing 2 things here: datalink and gps. These are 2 different things. GPS is for navigation, while Datalink is a combination of Link16 and MIDS radio and is meant for exchanging data among other aircrafts which are in the same network.

But since Datalink also requires GPS to be sync-ed, I suppose that's why you can only turn MIDS on, after alignement is complete. Thats how I understand that, but I might be wrong.

[speed-of-heat]

No, Im not mixing them up ...  but i may not be explaining myself clearly ...  GPS TIME: OFF should be the default state ... it's now ON...  this is a change in behaviour ... 

Edited Friday at 04:37 PM by speed-of-heat

[Maverick806]

It’s in the patch notes for the April 16th patch:

• Fixed: Hot/Air start should activate GPS Time.

[speed-of-heat]

34 minutes ago, Maverick806 said:

It’s in the patch notes for the April 16th patch:

• Fixed: Hot/Air start should activate GPS Time.

this is from a COLD START