Delta357

When starting a flight with ACARS you must be at the gate with your parking brake set. After setting the parking brake and toe brakes I press start flight and the start button remains green and nothing happens. After waiting for a considerable period of time I determined that ACARS was not reading the TBM 900 data. I do not have pedals I am using a joystick, I set the parking brake knob also the toe brakes are set per instructions. The MFD shows the parking brake is set. I have tried several combinations of braking, both keyboard and joystick, with the parking brake knob below the yoke, no success. I have tested ACARS with several other aircraft and it functions properly. My joystick is a Thrust Master T-Flight Hoyas X.

When using ACARS you must have your parking brake set at the gate. When I set the parking brake on the TBM900 I follow the instructions by setting the parking brake knob and setting the tow brakes, and it shows on the panel that the parking brake is set, but when I try to engage ACARS it will not recognize the plane. I purchased the plane 2 weeks ago so I assume I have the latest version. I love the plane, it makes me a better pilot!