Noble Air - Boston

PIREP NOTES

Last Update: 27-OCT-2012

The Boston hub is using the Noble Air PIREP system. This page will describe the system and how it used for your flying.

PIREP Installation

If you have not already done so, please read the Noble Air PIREP Installation and the Noble Air PIREP Manuals. These can be found at the following links:

· Noble Air PIREP Installation Manual
· Noble Air PIREP Manual

Here are some additional notes on installation of the PIREP software:

If you did not receive the email from me containing the link to the PIREP install files, please let me know I will resend it to you.
Be sure to read both of the manuals.
For the install itself make sure to read and follow the installation manual carefully.
For Vista and Windows 7 users, you should turn off UAC during the install.
Remember to turn off the "Pause on Task Switch" option in FS.
When connecting the PIREP system to an FS session... make sure FS is NOT paused!!! Otherwise you will get an error.

For those of you who run your add-on software on a separate PC using WideFS, here are some additional notes on installing on this setup.

Make sure flightsim is running, your flightsim directory is shared and the PC that will be running the PIREP system has full read/write access to your flightsim directory across the network. (check that you can create a directory and or file from your networked PC to your Flightsim directory - if you can't... it won't work!)
Make sure wideFS (server & client) are running... and connected.
THEN install the PIREP system on the remote system. It will check widefs for the location of your FS directory and write all the appropriate files to your flightsim directory.

Other Notes:

When you complete flights in the PIREP system "points" are awarded to the hub based on criteria of the filed flight. Each month there is a "battle of the hubs" to see who can get the best average points per active member. So, the more flying you do the better our hub performance. Since, non-active pilots will bring the down the hub performance, I will be quicker to place folks on "leave" status if they are not flying on a regular basis. You should fly at least one flight per month to remain active.

Another nice thing about the PIREP system is an ACARS system. With ACARS, you can see other Noble pilots that are currently flying. Be sure that you have the "ACARS" checkbox checked when flying, so that you appear on the ACARS display. Also, if you are flying online, be sure to select VATSIM in the drop down list.