iGoApp

Thanks, Upkeep. I have not thought yet about integrating it with Garmin. Definitely, it may be something to consider in the future. By the way, version 1.1 has been submitted to Apple and is waiting for their review. Best.

If people feel uncomfortable disabling Firewall completely, you may open the port for the TCP connection the following way: For Windows 7: Go to Control Panel > Windows Firewall Click on "Advanced Settings" in the left-hand pane. Click on "Inbound Rules" and then "New rule". Select "Port", click next, select "TCP", and enter "7767" as the local port. Click next, and allow the connection. Click next again, and ensure that "Domain", "Private" and "Public" are all ticked. Name your firewall rule, e.g. "iGoConnect", and then save it.Regards,

majdadsf. Please try to disable Windows Firewall. Cheers.

Hello, majdadsf. I have just sent you an email. Thanks!

Thanks, jiggyb2. I have considered both Navigraph and Aerosoft. Aerosoft told me that they do not currently provide an option to use their navdata on mobile devices -- they have not figured out how to get people update the database. Navigraph does have this option. But they demand that the application developer makes sure that the navdata gets expired after 3 months and the user has to update it. This requires establishing user accounts on the developer's server. After some thinking, I decided not to enforce people to create another user account in my application. I hope that the default X-Plane navdata will be sufficient at least for the time being. Cheers.

Happy holidays, everybody. Just wanted to share with you the ultimate objective of the application that I originally intended to implement. I had not thought that I would be able to include it in version 1.1 but I just did the first test and the results looked promising. Therefore, I decided to share with you another feature that I will add to the next version. The application will assess your flight performance against 20 categories and will give you a score. I just did a test flight violating almost every possible rule. The application generated the following report. Although, there are still a few bugs (and typos), I hope to fix them by the end of January. I hope the application will be worth every penny now. Cheers!

Hello! First of all, I would like to thank all of those who purchased the application. Your support is much appreciated. Just wanted to inform you that there will be an upgrade in January (and not the last one!). 1) Navigation database will be updated to the latest X-Plane's default one. If there is a newer navdata available by then, it will be included. 2) The view of the navaid selection table and the flight plan table will be made more user friendly. 3) There will be an option to view airport or navaid information on the map by clicking on the annotation icon. 4) Last but not least. You will now be able to download the wind aloft data directly from X-Plane. If your Flight Level is between X-Plane's wind altitude levels, wind direction and wind speed will be extrapolated to your FL. Hopefully, more to come next year! Cheers.

Vincent. If you have an iPad, the ability is right there! :-)

Looks great. Thank you!

A quick question for those who got the application. Has any of you had any problems connecting the application to the plug-in? Thank you!

Jmsjfry. What exactly is your problem? Could you please provide more details? I look forward to helping you install the application! Thanks a lot for your interest! Igor

Goran. Thanks a lot for your support in the project!

The application has been just released: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/igodispatch-saab-340a/id933563312?mt=8 I hope you will find it useful. Your feedback and suggestions for improvement would be greatly appreciated. PLEASE NOTE that to properly connect the application to X-Plane, you need iGoConnect plugin VERSION 1.0.1. It was uploaded yesterday. If you had downloaded the previous version, please replace it with the current version. Many thanks to the developers of this wonderful plane and to all of you. Best!

A brief update. The application has been waiting for Apple's review for over 2 weeks now. I heard the staff was on Thanksgiving holidays. Hope it will be appproved and released soon.

iGoConnect View File iGoConnect is an X-Plane plugin that connects X-Plane to iGoDispatch – an application (Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android) developed for LES Saab-340A, JRollon's CRJ-200, and IXEG's Boeing-733. The plugin performs the following functions: Identifies airports, waypoints, airways and navaids included in the flight plan and sends to the client navdata for each of these points. Navdata is selected from the following X-Plane files (apt.dat, earth_fix.dat, earth_awy.dat, and earth_nav.dat). Receives from the client loading information (i.e., Center of Gravity offset, payload weight, and fuel weight) and adjust the corresponding datarefs in X-Plane. Periodically parses to the client the following ACARS data: plane’s position (latitude and longitude); heading (true and magnetic); weight; available fuel; current fuel flow; ground speed; and altitude. In X-Plane 11, dynamically adjusts the plane's Center of Gravity during a flight resulting in greater flight realism. In X-Plane 12, this is implemented by the simulator. Monitors flight performance based on approximately 20 parameters, identifies potential issues during the flight, and sends the report to the client. IMPORTANT! If you have MacOS Catalina (10.15) or higher, it is possible that after downloading and installing the plugin, you will not find it in the X-Plane's menu. This error is caused by the MacOS security protocols during the X-Plane start-up process that references a Mac.xpl file. If you do not see iGoConnect in the menu of the simulator, the following link explains how to solve the problem: https://x-plane.helpscoutdocs.com/article/26-mac-xpl-not-starting. If you have problems connecting the iGoDispatch application to the computer with X-Plane running, it is most likely that your Firewall is blocking the TCP connection. You need to open the port to allow connection between your iPad and computer. For Windows: Go to Control Panel > Windows Firewall Click on "Advanced Settings" in the left-hand pane. Click on "Inbound Rules" and then "New rule". Select "Port", click next, select "TCP", and enter "7767" as the local port. Click next, and allow the connection. Click next again, and ensure that "Domain", "Private" and "Public" are all ticked. Name your firewall rule, e.g. "iGoConnect", and then save it. For Mac: Go to System Preferences, and choose the Security and Privacy Tab. Click on the Firewall Tab, and the Firewall options button. The page will show you the applications that are allowed access through your firewall Add new applications to the list by clicking on the plus icon. If you use third-party firewalls, they have their own procedures of adding Ports to TCP connections that may differ from those that I provide in my manual. You need to follow their specific instructions. For example, if you have McAfee in Windows, follow these steps: Open McAfee Total Protection; Open Web and Email Protection; Open Firewall; Open Ports and System Services; Click Add; System Service Name: iGoDispatch. Local TCP/IP Ports: 7767. Open ports to: All PCs. Forward port activity: checked. Click Save. The Manual is also available here: http://igoapp.ca/page_igoconnect/igoconnect_manual.html The plugin supports Windows, Mac (OS X versions 10.7 or later), and Linux. Submitter iGoApp Submitted 10/24/2014 Category Plugins and Utilities  

Hi, mmerelles. Thank you for your interest. I am currently in the process of preliminary testing. I will then need to prepare all necessary material, e.g. manual, support page, etc. Then I will do some beta-testing, and then I will need to submit it to appstore for approval. ETA is still the end of November or earlier. Just wanted to share with you what it will be like. Cheers.

We are airborne!

jiggyb2. I'd really love to, but it means complete redesign of the panel layouts. This will require time, may be more than a month. It will definitely not happen this year. May be next year, I will have time to adapt it to iPhones. This time I will be getting iPhone 6, so I am curious to know whether the application can be usable on it. Meanwhile. I just wanted to demonstrate how the application calculates fuel. Imagine this is our plan: KLAX LAX KSFO KSJC FL: 18000 Temperature: -29; ISA Dev: -8 Winds at FL: 10 at 45 kts Payload: 8475 lbs (3844 kg) ZFW: 21212 lbs (9622 kg) Let us use the charts. 1) We calculate Diversion Fuel, i.e. fuel required from Destination to Alternate airport: Weight: ZFW. Air distance: 25 nm. ISA 0 (it would be -20 if ISA Dev was <= -10) FL rounded to 19000. Required 552 lbs. In fact there is no fuel for 25 nm, so we take the closest available, which is for air distance 100 nm. No correction is need, since the distance is less than 100 nm; 2) Calculating fuel required for holding for 30 mins at 1500 ft: Weight: ZFW + Diversion fuel = 21212 + 552 = 21,764 lb Also, it says that at 22,000 lbs we need 408 lb of fuel, this is a pretty straight forward linear dependency. Applying an easy linear formula, we get a more correct number 406 lb. We need to apply correction: minus 5 lb for each 10 degrees below STD. Since our ISA Dev is -8, we need to deduct 5. NOTE: This is where it is slightly flawed. In fact, we need to know the OAT at altitude 1500 and then deduct 5 lbs for each 10 degrees less than STD (15 at 29.92). But since it is an extra variable added that we will hardly know and that will not make significant difference, I left it as is. Fuel reserve = 401 lb 3) Now we calculate the trip burn fuel. Weight: <2> + 401 = 22,165 lb Air distance: 335 nm ; Rounded to 350 nm. ISA 0. FL rounded to 19000. Required fuel: 1450 lb. Fuel correction: For each 1000 lb below 22000 lb landing weight subtract Fuel correction. We do not need to apply fuel correction since our landing weight is close to 22,000 lb. (Otherwise, it would have been applied). 4) Fuel Contingency: 5% of Trib burn fuel: 72 lb 5) Fuel for start up: 10 lb. You may calculate and add taxi fuel if you want. I just omitted it for this exercise. 6) Total: 552 + 401 + 1450 + 72 + 10 = 2485. Now, let us check it against the iGoDispatch Report:

Deltonos. Thanks a lot for your interest. My intention is to release it by the end of fall. I keep on finding small bugs, especially after connecting it to a plugin that must be addressed to make it top-notch when available. ))

Connecting iGoDispatch application with a plug-in in X-Plane.

The application itself is ready with only a few minor bugs remaining. Now I will try to make a communication plug-in for X-Plane.

http://forums.x-pilot.com/topic/5806-xsaitekpanelsini/?p=61390

Another video showing how to plan a flight. If you have any comments, suggestions, they are very welcome! Thank you!

Zfw is the empty weight plus payload weight without fuel. Technically, it will be zfw. Edit: you may also call it Dry Operating Weight, which is empty weight plus operational items weight. You are right, the latter would probably be more correct.