Cabin crew announcements for IXEG 737

[Andrey Novikov]

I have written a Lua script for cabin crew announcements. It plays them throughout normal flight (no jump in the middle flights supported) and currently supports the following:

1. "Welcome on board"
2. "Safety instructions"
3. "Seat belts on" and "seat belts off"
4. "Drinks and meals"
5. "Start of descend"
6. "Before landing"
7. "Arrival (after landing)"

It also announces some commands on behalf of first officer. It will operate if you follow all general flight procedures, later I will describe trigger logic in detail. It also supports turnarounds. I have not tested it beyond normal flight flow (like failures and similar).

Script is controlled through two first officer's audio control panel receiver switches: FLT INT and PA. Normally the are turned on and do not require any adjustments. FLT INT is responsible for first officer commands while PA is responsible for cabin crew announcements. You can turn them to adjust the volume or depress them to turn them off. Thus you can turn off first officer if you prefer to perform cabin calls by yourself and you can turn off cabin crew (but what's the sense then).

To use the script you have to install FlyWithLua and unpack archive contents into 'scripts' folder (so that the script resides in the root of this folder).

 

 

IXEG_Cabin_Crew.zip

Edited June 20, 2017 by Andrey Novikov
New script version

[Andrey Novikov]

It is hard to understand pilot's intentions especially with limited capabilities of scripting. That's why I want to clarify the trigger logic of announcements. Most of the announcements are played with random delays for better realism. Script also prevents playing several announcements layered. Most of inflight announcements require properly setup pressurization: flight level and destination airport elevation.

1. "Welcome on board" is played when cargo doors are closed (no cabin doors in IXEG 737 yet) and seat belt sign is turned on.
2. "Doors on automatic" is played when anti collision light is turned on.
3. "Safety instructions" are played as soon as you start pushing or starting engines or taxing.
4. "Prepare to takeoff" is played when you turn on landing lights.
5. "Seat belts on" and "seat belts off" are played inflight when you turn them on and off (that simple).
6. "Drinks and meals" is played just before you reach cruise altitude.
7. "Start of descend" is played when you are 1000 ft below your cruise altitude.
8. "Before landing" is played when you pass 4000 ft altitude for destination airport or extract gear or set flaps 10 or more.
9. "Landing command" is played when you pass 3000 ft altitude for destination airport or set flaps 30 or more.
10. "Arrival (after landing)" is played when ground speed is bellow 40 kts.
11. "Doors on manual" is played when engines turned off, parking brake set.

Any advice or suggestions are welcome.

Edited June 20, 2017 by Andrey Novikov
Changed logic

[Nkmsw8]

I certainly will give this a try to further enhance the already great immersion of this aircraft. 

[Andrey Novikov]

I have updated the logic of "before landing" announcement to play a little bit earlier.

[Nkmsw8]

Trying your script now. So far so good. However may I suggest a slight change in when the "doors automatic" announcement is played. Can it be played when the anti collision light is turned on. This usually signifies that the aircraft is ready to be pushed back. Right now it's played when the pressurization is set to flight which is usually done after engine start and engine bleed is on. Seems a little too late to arm the doors at that points. See what you think. Thanks. 

Edited June 18, 2017 by Nkmsw8

[Andrey Novikov]

Thanks, will change that. And what about "doors manual" then?

Edited June 19, 2017 by Andrey Novikov

[alessandro61]

Hello,

tested, but Lua stopped to work. I'm on Mac, xp11.02b1. Here Log and FLua.txt. Thanks and regards.

Alessandro

FlyWithLua_Debug.txt

Log.txt

[Andrey Novikov]

@alessandro61 You should update vSpeedCallouts to the latest version:

FlyWithLua Error: The variable "IAS" is still defined as DataRef "ixeg/733/airspeed/IAS_pilot_001_ind".
FlyWithLua Error: The error seems to be inside of script file Resources/plugins/FlyWithLua/Scripts/vSpeedCallouts.lua

The problem is that we use the same dataref with the same name. The author of vSpeedCallouts has already fixed this, so updating his script will help. I will also fix this in nearest future.

[Andrey Novikov]

@Nkmsw8 Regarding "doors manual" I suggest - engines turned off, parking brake set. Is it ok?

[Nkmsw8]

4 hours ago, Andrey Novikov said:

@Nkmsw8 Regarding "doors manual" I suggest - engines turned off, parking brake set. Is it ok?

This would be perfect.

I flew an entire flight with your script and it just worked beautifully. Thanks 

[maskedball]

Everything works fine! Thank you for your work.

[Andrey Novikov]

I have uploaded a new script with updated logic and fixed dataref names.

[axmiha]

Hi. Not working here. X-Plane 11. It worked once, but not anymore. Something to do with FWLua version? I updated FWL. Help.

[Laem]

Hi, how can I adjust the audio volume for the cabin announcments? It's too low for me :-)

Thank you

[Andrey Novikov]

Yes, as written in the first post:

Script is controlled through two first officer's audio control panel receiver switches: FLT INT and PA. Normally the are turned on and do not require any adjustments. FLT INT is responsible for first officer commands while PA is responsible for cabin crew announcements. You can turn them to adjust the volume or depress them to turn them off.

[lyxelso]

Hi Andrey, i use your script and i love it ! Just would like to ask if you have planned to add new features to your script in future update ? 

[Blahmeh]

I created several 3jcabin sounds for myself, I borrowed some sounds from fspassengers which I purchased for FSX a long time ago. They trigger automatically at various stages of the flight, and repeat after you turn around onto another flight, pretty awesome really. The hostess even asks if there are any good bars when you are on approach  , or what the weather is like .

I cannot upload the tracks for copyright reasons, but the important part is the folder and file names which 3jcabin sounds uses to trigger at the correct points. Potentially you could replace them with your own sounds, attached. 

3jcabin.txt

3jCabin-sounds.lua

Edited January 6, 2018 by Blahmeh
Also tweaked 3jcabin lua file file to include some IXEG datarefs

[Andrey Novikov]

On 1/2/2018 at 1:36 AM, lyxelso said:

Hi Andrey, i use your script and i love it ! Just would like to ask if you have planned to add new features to your script in future update ? 

You are welcome to suggest any. If it is technically possible I can implement them.

[Bubib5]

Does it work in 11.30? anyone tried it out?

Thnx!

[Nkmsw8]

It does work with 11.30. I'd like to find out if I can substitute my own announcements however.

[Jorge Uvo]

On 1/14/2019 at 1:54 PM, Bubib5 said:

Does it work in 11.30? anyone tried it out?

Thnx!

Yes, working perfectly with 11.30.

[Jorge Uvo]

1 hour ago, Nkmsw8 said:

It does work with 11.30. I'd like to find out if I can substitute my own announcements however.

Go for it. For me it is working with 11.30. You can replace your other one.

[Nkmsw8]

18 hours ago, Jorge Uvo said:

Go for it. For me it is working with 11.30. You can replace your other one.

Cool, I’ll try it. Thanks