I have used BGLCOMP to add an ATIS at YMAV. It shows up in the communications menu showing that the frequency can be selected but there is no voice present. The tower frequency works fine so it is not an audio issue. This was tested sitting at a parking space at the airport. Here is the communications section of the XML file:
<Com type="APPROACH" name="AVALON" frequency="133.55"/>
<Com type="ATIS" name="YMAV" frequency="118.2"/>
<Com type="TOWER" name="AVALON" frequency="120.1"/>
I can get the ATIS at other fields. Any suggestions?
Cannot get ATIS to work at YMAV
It gets more interesting. I found that the problem was being caused by my adding the ILS approach. If I do not have the approach, the ATIS works, if I add it the ATIS stops working. Here is the approach section of the .XML file:
<Approach type="ILS" suffix="Y" runway="18" missedAltitude="2500.0F" heading="187.57" gpsOverlay="TRUE" fixType="TERMINAL_WAYPOINT" fixRegion="YM" fixIdent="MV12I" designator="NONE" altitude="2500.00F">
<ApproachLegs>
<Leg type="IF" theta="0.0" rho="0.0" fixType="TERMINAL_WAYPOINT" fixRegion="YM" fixIdent="MV12I" altitudeDescriptor="+" altitude1="2500.00F"/>
<Leg type="CF" theta="0.0" rho="0.0" recommendedType="TERMINAL_WAYPOINT" recommendedRegion="YM" recommendedIdent="MV12A" magneticCourse="175.57" flyOver="FALSE" fixType="TERMINAL_WAYPOINT" fixRegion="YM" fixIdent="MV12A" distance="3.4N" altitudeDescriptor="+" altitude1="1200.00F"/>
<Leg type="CF" theta="0.0" rho="0.0" recommendedType="TERMINAL_WAYPOINT" recommendedRegion="YM" recommendedIdent="MV12M" magneticCourse="175.57" flyOver="FALSE" fixType="TERMINAL_WAYPOINT" fixRegion="YM" fixIdent="MV12M" distance="3.3N" altitudeDescriptor="+" altitude1="390.00F"/>
</ApproachLegs>
</Approach>
<Waypoint waypointType="UNNAMED" waypointRegion="YM" waypointIdent="MV12I" magvar="349.0" lon="E144 29.42257" lat="S37 54.202"/>
<Waypoint waypointType="UNNAMED" waypointRegion="YM" waypointIdent="MV12A" magvar="349.0" lon="E144 28.82051013" lat="S37 57.77062485"/>
<Waypoint waypointType="UNNAMED" waypointRegion="YM" waypointIdent="MV12M" magvar="349.0" lon="E144 28.26862028" lat="S38 1.041864208"/>
Sounds like a strange bug.
<Approach type="ILS" suffix="Y" runway="18" missedAltitude="2500.0F" heading="187.57" gpsOverlay="TRUE" fixType="TERMINAL_WAYPOINT" fixRegion="YM" fixIdent="MV12I" designator="NONE" altitude="2500.00F">
<ApproachLegs>
<Leg type="IF" theta="0.0" rho="0.0" fixType="TERMINAL_WAYPOINT" fixRegion="YM" fixIdent="MV12I" altitudeDescriptor="+" altitude1="2500.00F"/>
<Leg type="CF" theta="0.0" rho="0.0" recommendedType="TERMINAL_WAYPOINT" recommendedRegion="YM" recommendedIdent="MV12A" magneticCourse="175.57" flyOver="FALSE" fixType="TERMINAL_WAYPOINT" fixRegion="YM" fixIdent="MV12A" distance="3.4N" altitudeDescriptor="+" altitude1="1200.00F"/>
<Leg type="CF" theta="0.0" rho="0.0" recommendedType="TERMINAL_WAYPOINT" recommendedRegion="YM" recommendedIdent="MV12M" magneticCourse="175.57" flyOver="FALSE" fixType="TERMINAL_WAYPOINT" fixRegion="YM" fixIdent="MV12M" distance="3.3N" altitudeDescriptor="+" altitude1="390.00F"/>
</ApproachLegs>
</Approach>
<Waypoint waypointType="UNNAMED" waypointRegion="YM" waypointIdent="MV12I" magvar="349.0" lon="E144 29.42257" lat="S37 54.202"/>
<Waypoint waypointType="UNNAMED" waypointRegion="YM" waypointIdent="MV12A" magvar="349.0" lon="E144 28.82051013" lat="S37 57.77062485"/>
<Waypoint waypointType="UNNAMED" waypointRegion="YM" waypointIdent="MV12M" magvar="349.0" lon="E144 28.26862028" lat="S38 1.041864208"/>
Sounds like a strange bug.
After a bunch of detective work I was able to track it down. Apparently the ATIS voice engine cannot handle suffixes on the active ILS approach. I will have to live with just one of the ILS 18 approaches. Hopefully this will be fixed in a future releases. I am sure YMAV is not the only airport with ILS approaches with suffixes.
