[LOGGED 2436] Hoppie telex messages (datalink menu)

[marud]

When recieving a telex message on the hoppie network, via the aircrafts datalink -> rcvd msgs menu, it will not state the sender of the message to you. The message log on Hoppie says both sender and reciever of the message in addition to the message itself.

[Graeme_77]

It's something that was discussed during development. IIRC there is not a specific sender ID in the real transfer protocol, so the sender ID should be included by the ground  station client as part of the message body if required.

I'll check the behaviour again though.

[Graeme_77]

I've had a look through my records of (IRL) uplink free text messages, and can confirm that any from a human being that need a response, include the sender as part of the message body. I know other addons do show sender, but this is incorrect behaviour.

Essentially, the sender needs to specifically tell you their address, the network and aircraft do not know the sender otherwise. Remember ACARS is an ancient protocol.

However, as Hoppie users do not seem to be aware of this need to send the sender address in the message, I've submitted a feature request to the developers to automatically include the sender of the message in the body of the freetext.

Edited January 21, 2022 by Graeme_77