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Observer's Guide

This guide assumes that you have installed EuroScope and the Swedish GNG package according to THIS GUIDE.

Audio Client Installation

In order to hear pilots and controllers on the network you need to download and install an audio client.

There are two commonly used audio clients approved for use on the VATSIM Network as a controller, both listed on the AFV (Audio for VATSIM) Wiki page.

Connecting and setting things up

You are now ready to connect to VATSIM as an observer.
Press "Connect" in the top-left corner of EuroScope. Fill in the following:

Field What to enter
Select connection mode: Direct to VATSIM
Callsign Your initials, for example, Max Mustermann = MM_OBS
Real Name Your full name, first name, or your VATSIM ID
Certificate Your VATSIM ID
Password Your VATSIM password
Logoff time Keep empty
INFO line 2/3/4 Keep empty
Facility Observer
Rating Observer
Server AUTOMATIC

If you get a message saying that the callsign is in use, you can add more letters, such as MMU_OBS.

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The rest of the fields are not relevant at the moment.

Press Connect and close the Voice Communication Setup window that appears.

We need to set up visibility centres to see aircraft on the radar.
In the chat window at the bottom left, write .vis1 and click on a spot on the "map".
You will see a circle appear, which is where you can see aircraft.

You can have up to 4 visibility centres at once. The others are .vis2 .vis3 .vis4
To see what visibility centres you have set, type .showvvis

To make flight plans appear in the flight plan lists, click on the runway symbol on the top bar.


This will open the window as shown below.
On the red side, you select the airports you want flight plans from/to be displayed.
On the green side, you select the active departure and arrival runways. This makes sure that the correct SIDs/STARs are displayed.

Audio Client Configuration

If you want to receive voice communications, we must use one of the audio clients mentioned at the top of this page. They are used to receive voice communications on the frequency.

Below is an example of how to set up TrackAudio.

  1. Open the TrackAudio client and go into Settings.
  2. Fill out your VATSIM ID and password.
  3. Configure the correct audio devices.
    Both headset and speaker device must be configured, but same device can be selected.
    A push-to-talk key must also be configured. A good suggestion is the right control key.
  4. Settings saves automatically, press Close

Your audio client is now configured and ready to connect to VATSIM.

You must first have a active VATSIM connection via EuroScope to be able to connect in TrackAudio

Press "Connect" in the client.
To add a frequency to listen to, we must add a station first.
Under Add a station write the callsign of the station you want to listen to - For example, ESSA_W_TWR, ESOS_1_CTR, or ESGG_DEL
Press Add.
Enable RX for all the frequencies you want to listen to - RX indicates green when its active - orange when someone is transmitting.

You can use vatglasses to see what controllers are online in Sweden and which sectors they cover.

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