SPA ACARS popup alerts on "cannot modify fuel in flying" with PMDG's aircrafts

Hello Rafael,

SPAACARS monitors fuel and time settings and will issue popup error if the fuel quantity or simulator time is changed by the user during flight.  If you're not manually adjusting fuel quantity during the flight, it's possible that the way PMDG subtracts fuel during flight is tripping the fuel change error.  Regardless, there's several ways of handling this.  First, both those types of errors display a "correction value" that you can manually adjust your simulator settings to.  Once you make those changes (and they don't have to be exact, but close to that listed in the error message), then you can click the "ok" button on the popup box and the error message will stay reset. 

If you're too busy during the flight to make the changes, you can wait until you land the plane, then - while sitting on the runway or at the gate, make the above-described changes to reset the error message.  Once the error message is successfully reset, the button to file the pirep will be active and you can send it.  

Don't choose the "cancel" button on the error popup if you still want to auto-file the pirep, because it will allow you to shut down SPAACARS but not file the pirep.  That's handy in case your pirep was already filed and you didn't shut down SPAACARS and the error message pops up because of some change you made after you already sent your pirep.  This allows you to close the error message and shut down SPAACARS.

Hope this helps,

John

 

Rafael,

I'm glad you've found a work-around that works for you.  There's important information regarding the use of "Unlimite Fuel" setting with FS2020 at the top of the forum messages on our main webpage:

www.stpaulairlines.com/index.php/forum/m...ted%20Fuel%20Setting

This shouldn't be a problem unless you're flying "official" Econ flights.

John