The UK Controller Plugin provides functionality to be able to signal to adjacent controllers that an aircraft has executed a missed approach, without having to through other coordination methods such as TeamSpeak.
Only controllers that are logged into a recognised, active, Tower (TWR) position may trigger a missed approach.
A missed approach can only be triggered when the aircraft is within a certain distance from its arrival airfield. Once a missed approach is triggered, another may not be triggered for the next three minutes.
There are two methods by which to trigger a missed approach.
- The "Missed Approach Button" on the screen
- The "Trigger Missed Approach" TAG function
When either of these methods are used, the plugin will ask for confirmation and, if confirmed, will trigger the missed approach.
The button may be toggled on and off using the "Toggle Missed Approach Button" option in the OP menu.
To trigger a missed approach using the button, select an aircraft and then click the button.
If the button is greyed out, a missed approach cannot be triggered at this time. This may be due
to the aircrafts distance from the airfield or the position you are controlling.
If the button is green, a missed approach may be triggered.
If the button is red, then a missed approach is active for the selected aircraft.
There are a number of configurable options for missed approaches in the plugin. These are all configurable
via the "Configure Missed Approaches" option of the OP menu.
These settings are global, and not specific to a particular radar screen.
When a missed approach occurs that is relevant to you, selecting this option will cause the plugin to play a short alarm sound, to alert you to the fact that a missed approach has occurred.
This option controls whether or not you wish to receive the missed approach alert when it is you that has initiated the missed approach.
You may only be interested in missed approaches when you are providing a particular type of service, e.g. Final Approach. You may select which services you wish to be alerted for,
Only airfields selected from the list will have their missed approaches alerted to you.
These settings are configurable on a per-ASR basis.
When this option is selected, a red circle will be drawn around the aircraft performing a missed approach.
When this option is selected, a red line will be drawn from the centre of the screen to the aircraft performing a missed approach.
This option controls how long any drawings will remain on screen following a missed approach.