PMDG 737 - Fmc Saved Flight Plans and Company Datalink; Flight Plan File Management; Loading Flight Plan Files

PMDG 737 0.00.119
INTRODUCTION
For Simulator Use Only DO NOT DUPLICATE NOVEMBER 2022
FMC SAVED FLIGHT PLANS
AND COMPANY DATALINK
Flight plan file management:
Flight plan files for all PMDG products are saved in the PMDG .rte format
and are located in the following locations, depending on which distribution
of the simulator you have installed:
MS Store:
C:\Users\{username)\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb
3d8bbwe\LocalState\packages\pmdg-aircraft-737\work\Flightplans
Steam:
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\
pmdg-aircraft-737\work\Flightplans
The system is able to load or save flight plans from any folder in the
\Flightplans folder.
Loading flight plan files
Loading an FMC route is accomplished through the FMC CDU’s RTE
page, using either the CO ROUTE (LSK 3R) or the ROUTE REQUEST
(LSK 3L) prompt.
CO ROUTE is used to directly load a route for which you already know
the file name. Enter the name into the scratchpad without the extension
and press LSK 3R.
ROUTE REQUEST will allow you select a flight plan file located in the
\Flightplans folder. Once the file is selected the route will be loaded by
simulating the FMC datalink procedure used to load routes on the real life
aircraft.
The ORIGIN (LSK 1L), DESTINATION (LSK 1R) and FLT NO (LSK 2R)
fields of the RTE page are optionally used to define the request. If you
press the ROUTE REQUEST with these 3 fields empty you will be able to
select any flight plan file manually. If you have already filled in the origin
field, both the origin and destination fields, or the flight number field the
FMC will filter the available routes it displays based on the criteria you’ve
entered.
Initiating a ROUTE REQUEST at LSK 3R will bring up a new page titled
"REQUEST CO ROUTE" that lists all the subdirectories that include flight
plans meeting the selection criteria and also indicate how many flight plan