FPLtoIF Simbrief Classic Not Working

[Aniket_Joglekar]

Hi IFC,

So for a while now, I have tried to use the FPLtoIF Simbrief classic method of generating my flight plans. However, it recently seems to not be working: whenever I enter in the correct information, I get a blank screen. I do use the Simbrief automatic option, but sometimes, I do not want to use the first flight plan that Simbrief generates. Does anyone have any solutions to this, I would love to be able to use other flight plans available in Simbrief.

Here are some images that better explains what happens:

I enter this into the classic option:

And this is the output I get:

Does anyone have any solutions to this?

[Reid]

I don’t know, but I experience the same thing!

[Chris_S]

What simbrief plan url are you using for your classic page?

[Aniket_Joglekar]

I am using the xml data file, the one at the bottom of the page

[Chris_S]

Can you give me the url so I can try things?

[Aniket_Joglekar]

Here’s the Simbrief url:
https://www.simbrief.com/system/briefing.php

Here’s the FPLtoIF url:
https://fpltoif.com/simbrief_plans?n=yes&classic=yes

[Bryce_D]

Just tried & it’s working for me.

[Chris_S]

I am asking for the XML url from your generated plan.

[Aniket_Joglekar]

Is this what your looking for:
https://www.simbrief.com/ofp/flightplans/xml/EHAMSPJC_XML_1573126089.xml

[Chris_S]

Very odd. You may just need to regenerate the flight plan and see if it works that way.

[Aniket_Joglekar]

I have tried that, this issue has been persistent for the last month now, none of my flight plans
work…

[Chris_S]

Ok let me see if I can tell why. Have you tried a different format instead of jbu?

[Aniket_Joglekar]

im not familiar with jbu, I haven’t used it to date. Is it compatible with FPLtoIF?

[FBWFTW]

Yes it is, I just used it two seconds ago and had no trouble at all. I always use JBU format (For obvious reasons lol) but it’s always worked and I always use classic as well because I have settings inside SB I want preserved.

[Aniket_Joglekar]

Like I said, I am unfortunately not familiar with the JBU format, where would I find it on Simbrief?

[Chris_S]

In your SimBrief settings there is “OFP format” Default is LIDO. In your xml I saw it was in JBU format which is why I asked. Try changing it to LIDO and see if that changes anything. Otherwise when I get some free time I can debug the plan you gave and see if it is throwing an error. When I made the original simbrief classic it was designed around LIDO format. Depending on what options you pick it may be breaking trying to parse something that is not there.

[Aniket_Joglekar]

That has helped! I was able to generate an FPL using classic. Thanks so much for all the help everyone, really appreciate it!