MANUAL

FlightStrip Manager

by Hawk Softworks
https://hawk-softworks.de
Last updated: 10.11.2020
Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................................................2
FlightStrip Manager Client ..................................................................................................................3
FSM Setup.......................................................................................................................................3
Login ...........................................................................................................................................3
Settings .......................................................................................................................................4
Columns ......................................................................................................................................5
Add a column ..........................................................................................................................5
Remove a column....................................................................................................................6
Flightstrips ..................................................................................................................................7
Add Flightstrips .......................................................................................................................7
Delete Flightstrips ...................................................................................................................8
Flightstrip Explanation .............................................................................................................9
Using the FSM ............................................................................................................................... 10
Move Flightstrips ...................................................................................................................... 10
IVAO / VATSIM Connection ....................................................................................................... 11
Multisession.................................................................................................................................. 12
Connect to a server ................................................................................................................... 12
Synchronize Flightstrips............................................................................................................. 13
Themes ......................................................................................................................................... 14
FlightStrip Manager Server ............................................................................................................... 15
Set up a local server ...................................................................................................................... 15
Server commands ......................................................................................................................... 16
Set up a Google server .................................................................................................................. 17

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Introduction

The FlightStrip Manager supports you as an Air Traffic Controller during your sessions on
IVAO, VATSIM, any other online network or while practicing offline. A high degree of
customization allows you to setup your Controller Workspace as needed.

All settings as well as the colortheme-file can be saved and shared with other controllers.
The FlightStrip Manager also has a multiplayer support which allows you to control aircrafts
together with other controllers.

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FlightStrip Manager Client

FSM Setup

Login

Login: Click on „Connection“ and „Login”

(If you haven’t registered yet, please create an account on https://hawk-softworks.de/register).

Use your Hawk Softworks credentials to get access to the FlightStrip Manager.

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Settings

Open the „Settings“ - window by clicking on “Edit” → “Settings”

Here you can customize your key bindings and the default Server IP.

You can also choose your own color theme. (How to create a theme?)

By pressing “Save”, all settings will be saved and applied.

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Columns

Add a column

Enable or disable the “Add/Remove columns” - function by clicking on “Edit” → “Columns”

To add a column, click on the “+” - button.

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 Choose a column name, e.g. “Delivery”.

Remove a column

Click the “-“ - button in that column you want to remove

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Flightstrips

Add Flightstrips

Flightstrips can be added be pressing the corresponding key.

You can choose between three different Flightstrips (Inbound, Outbound, VFR)
to ensure a good overview.

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Delete Flightstrips

To delete a Flightstrip, hover over it and press “X”.

Press “X” again to confirm.

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Flightstrip Explanation

Field Description
Callsign Callsign of the controlled aircraft
Dep Departure ICAO
Arr Arrival ICAO
Aircraft Aircraft type
W Wake category
FR Flightrule
Altitude Assigned Altitude
Status Assigned Status
Gate Assigned Gate
Info Short note
Squawk Assigned Squawk Code
Runway Assigned Runway
SID/STAR Assigned SID/STAR
Free Text Field for personal notes e.g. traffic patterns or
taxi routes

The “Status” - Field is special:

The “Status” - Field of each Flightstrips contains a list of predefined states.

You can cycle through each of them by pressing “A” (previous state) and “D” (next state).

Each Flightstrip category has its own list:

Inbound: Arriving – Landing – Taxi – Parked

Outbound: Parked – Cleared – Push – Taxi – LineUp – TakeOff

VFR: Parked – Taxi – Circuit – Leave – Enter

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Using the FSM

Move Flightstrips

Drag n drop a Flightstrip with the right mouse button inside the column
to change its position.

Drag n drop a Flightstrip with the right mouse button to another column.

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IVAO / VATSIM Connection

Click on “Connection” → ”IVAO” or “VATSIM” → “Connect”

No password or login is needed.

As soon as you enter the Callsign in a Flightstrip, the FSM will try to get all the information about that
airplane from the selected network. Due to IVAO’s and VATSIM’s restrictions, it can take up to 5
minutes until an airplane shows up. Usually this process takes no more than 5 seconds.

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Multisession

Connect to a server

Click on “Multisession” → ”Connect to Server” to connect to a Multisession Server.

Enter the ip address and the port. The default server ip can be changed in the settings.

To connect to a local server, you need to be in the same network. You can achieve this with e.g.
Hamachi (https://vpn.net).

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Synchronize Flightstrips

If you experience any troubles, you can synchronize your Flightstrips with the server.

Your local Flightstrips will be removed and a complete dataset

will be downloaded from the server.

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Themes

You can create your own themes or modify the existing ones.

Each element has a corresponding Hex-value (with transparency)

To add your own Theme, copy and paste everything that is enclosed between the curly brackets
“{…}”

The file must have the following format:

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FlightStrip Manager Server

Set up a local server

Execute the server file. If you want to set a custom port, press “y” and enter your port.
Otherwise press “n”.

The setup is now completed.

To connect to a local server, you need to be in the same network. You can achieve this with e.g.
Hamachi (https://vpn.net).

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Server commands

Type “help” to list all available commands.

Command Explanation Example

msg [message] Sends a message to every msg hello everyone
connected user
msguser [user] [message] Sends a message to the specified msguser Max hey there
user
listuser Lists all connected users. listuser
kick [user] Kicks a user from the server. kick Max
kickall Kicks every user on the server. kickall
ban [user] Permanently bans the specified ban Max
user.
banip [user] Permanently bans the specified banip Max
user including its ip address.
unban [user] Unbans the specified user. unban Max
listbanned Lists all banned users. listbanned
usewl [true/false] Enables or disables the whitelist. usewl true
addtowl [user] Add the specified user to the addtowl Max
whitelist.
removefromwl [user] Removes a user from the removefromwl Max
whitelist.
listwl Lists all whitelisted users. listwl
recoverfrom [user] Clears all current data and recoverfrom Max
recovers the data from a client.
reset Clears all current data. reset

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Set up a Google server

First you need to create a google server at https://cloud.google.com/

You need a VM instance of a Compute Engine. On your dashboard click “Create Instance”

This is an example of a possible server configuration

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 10 GB with Ubuntu is more than enough

You need an External IP address, to connect to your Google server

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Set up your firewall (It’s on your VM Instances dashboard)

Set the priority to 0

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 Allow the ports you want to use

Next you need to install .dotnet core (https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/dotnet/core/install/linux-

ubuntu).

Upload the FsmHost File via SSH on you Google server. (Gear icon in the top right of you SSH
window).

Now execute the following command: “sudo chmod u+x FsmHost”.

To access the FlightStrip Manager Server after closing and reopening the SSH-window, you need
tmux. (https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki) or (https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/tmux/)

In short, you need these few commands:

• tmux ls
• tmux new -s name
• tmux attach -t name
• tmux kill-server
• tmux detach

Start a new tmux session and execute the FsmHost via “./FsmHost”
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