Fetch latest user OFP Data from SimBrief and creates the file ZIBO B737-800 modified requires for the UPLINK and CO ROUTE features.
- Creates the b738x.xml file needed for Zibo ver.5.6+ UPLINK feature from latest SimBrief OFP
- To use standard CO ROUTE option, if a recent flightplan file for the flight is not available, it downloads the fms file with the name reported in plugin widget, adding DEP and ARR procedures if available in XML file
- NEW added a D-ATIS widget
It works only with Zibo B737-800 modified. It requires user SimBrief Pilot ID to work. Just save it in the plugin settings.
Note
Pilot ID is a number, you can find it in your SimBrief Account Settings. Not your username, nor your password
When Zibo aircraft is selected, at the gate with engines off, the plugin will start to look for latest OFP on SimBrief.
It will then create the xml file needed for the UPLINK function, and look for a suitable flightplan for the CO ROUTE function. You don't need to move or delete any file, the plugin manages them on its own. Checks for fms or fmx files with originICAO and destinationICAO in filename. If it doesn't find one (created in the last 48 hours), it downloads the fms file from SimBrief with name OriginICAODestinationICAO. The plugin will also try to add departure and arrival information found in the xml file to the downloaded fms file.
If a Navigraph flight plan for is found, it will not be overwritten, so you'll have departure and arrival procedures available using the CO ROUTE function.
If you start X-Plane before creating the OFP in SimBrief, or you need to change it, you can still do so as long as you are on the ground with both engines off. Create the new OFP and then click the RELOAD button on the plugin widget. The process could take up to 20 seconds.
Important
If your flight plan file for the CO ROUTE feature has been created more than 48 hours before the flight, it will be overwritten with a new one downloaded from SimBrief
Once the engines are started, the plugin will stop looking for a plugin until on the ground and with engines cutoff again, then will look for a new turnaround OFP.
as soon as you are at the gate with both engines off, the plugin will delete the old OFP info in the widget and will start looking for a new one in SimBrief. During the flight the plugin goes in a standby mode to not interfere with the flight (it wouldn't anyway as it is really light, but anyway) so it could take up to a couple of minutes from when you shut down engines at the gate. It will look then on SimBrief until it detects a NEW OFP that you will create meanwhile.
I implemented LIDO and the layouts for airlines which have B738 in service today or recently:
- ACA
- DAL
- KLM
- RYR
- SWA
- THY
- UAL 2018
AAL and QFA apparently have no descent wind info in their OFP.
In this release a Digital ATIS widget was added as a new feature. It displays latest D-ATIS for departure and destination in airports equipped with it. Informations are grabbed from atis.report website
- MacOS 10.14, Windows 7 and Linux kernel 4.0 and above
- X-Plane 12.07 and above (not tested with previous versions, may work)
- pbuckner's XPPython3 plugin
- Zibo B737-800 Modified for X-Plane 12 ver.4.0.rc5.6 and above (cannot be compatible with previous versions)
Important
You need to download correct XPPython3 version according to your Python3 installed version! Read instructions on the website
Just copy or move the file PI_SimBrief2Zibo.py to the folder:
X-Plane/Resources/plugins/PythonPlugins/