Loading routes in FMC

[yvon]

 
   Hello to all,

           I am wondering wether it is possible to load
additionnal routes into the fmc of 737 pmdg i know this is quite possible with both sid and stars but as  for routes i am very perplex and this is

[legoalex2000]

what?

[jrpilot]

of course you can load any route into the FMC with or without a SID STAR.

[t_alexander21]

Okay, well first you are going to need a route either through http://simroutes.com/ or route finder http://rfinder.asalink.net/free/.

So lets say I want to fly from Toronto (CYYZ) to Montreal (CYUL): CYYZ YSO J546 YOW J553 YMX STAR CYUL. First you'll need to put in your departure and arrival airport into the FMC which, I believe, is under RTE. After that you will enter your first fix, in my case  the Sudbury VOR, YSO. To do this go into legs and just type in the depending VOR or waypoint. So for me, after I type in the Sudbury VOR I'll type in the Ottawa VOR (YOW.) *Note: I ignored jetways because I am not as familar w/ the PMDG FMC as I am w/ the PSS, so I'm not 100% sure on how to put those in. But if you use Route Finder it'll give you the proper VOR's and waypoints to follow to stay on that specific jetway...anyways, after YOW you'll type YMX just as we have been doing. Once your whole route is typed into the legs just click activate and it should work for you.

If I missed something or said something wrong be sure to correct me. I haven't flown the PMDG in a very long time and am basically translating the knowledge I have of the PSS Airbus MCDU/FMS to the Boeing.

[t_alexander21]

Correction* YSO is SIMCOE VOR not Sudbury, sorry about that

[yvon]

[jrpilot]

Do you have any waypoint after UN857?  If so I believe you need a conecting waypoint after UN857.  Did you type UN 857, or UN857, witout the space?  I had something similar to this happened so I just skipped it or manually entered the waypoints on the UN857 track.  Another thing you entered UN857 on the left side of the FMC right?

[yvon]

hello
  Thank you for yr reply,well,yes i type un857 without space and what is strange is that i don t have in return not in data base but invalid entry.Here what it looks like:

     lsk left                                    lsk right

 -    ptv9v                                      po082 -
 -    ptv9v                                          ptv  -
 -   direct                                       pirog   -


   then want to insert un857 instead of "direct" and it ends as" invalid entry"

Ps: i know that un857 is in data base because if i try to entered it when adjacent lsk is empty and it worked ,i mean if both left and right lsk are empty then i can enter un857 into the left lsk but of course it will be impossible to enter way point in right lsk as we usually enter wpt first.
     

[jrpilot]

You have to enter UN857 first and ONLY  in the right column.

Any route that has numbers in it must go on the left side in the FMC since it represence on the waypoints along that route for example.

-direct yankee-
-un855 fred-
-direct smith-

That means every waypoint from YANKEE to FRED that is on track UN857 will be included.

[yvon]

Hello,Thank your for your reply.
  Yes this is what i do,i have entered wpt pirog on lsk right and then i want to enter un857 instead of direct in lsk left but then i get the answer invalid entry.
     Yvon

[jrpilot]

OO, not sure then, try posting in avsim.com forum in the PMDG support area.  Other than that can't help unless you can manually enter every waypoint in between.

[yvon]

   Thank you for your help anyway.

[SaVas]

30 minutes to an hour later of button pushing you can finally take off (one thing I dislike about legitimately designed FMCs)