vATISLoad

by Josh Glottmann

Version 1.4.6 - 09/20/2025

Fetches and loads AIRNC D-ATISs for use with vATIS by Justin Shannon. D-ATIS data is automatically uplinked to vATIS after selecting a profile and gets refreshed every 15 minutes.

Download v1.4.6

Installation

1. Download and install the latest version of Python. Select Add python.exe to PATH when installing Python.
2. Launch vATISLoad.pyw to download all required libraries.
3. Add a D-ATIS preset to each airport that you would like D-ATIS data uplinked to. If this preset does not exist, no information will be uplinked.

* Note: the first time you run vATISLoad, it may take a few minutes to download the required libraries to make the script run properly.

Usage

1. Open CRC and connect to the network.
2. Launch vATISLoad.pyw.
3. Select a profile in vATIS.
4. vATISLoad will attempt to uplink D-ATIS data and connect ATISes for you.
   • D-ATIS data will be refreshed every 5 minutes until vATIS is shutdown.
   • Within the first 5 minutes of launching vATISLoad, any text deleted from the AIRPORT CONDITIONS or NOTAMS sections of a station will be persistently deleted until restarting vATISLoad. Practically, this means you can delete "junk" text and it will not be included in any future D-ATIS updates.

* Note: if vATIS is updating, vATISLoad may fail to start vATIS properly. Launch vATIS first, wait for it to update, then launch vATISLoad again.

Replacements

• Replacements are defined in the vATISLoadConfig.json file.

• Replacements allow text to be stripped/modified from a D-ATIS to make it more suitable to regular usage.

• Each listed text will be replaced by the defined replacements.

• Regex replacements are supported by including %r at the beginning of the replacement section (%r will be stripped out in the actual replacement). See KMIA or KFLL for valid regex replacement examples.

• Replacements occur before any contractions are replaced in the text.

• Submit a pull request to add additional replacement data.

Troubleshooting

• Is the script doing nothing the first time you run it?

  • It is likely installing required libraries to run. You will see a popup the first time this happens. If you don't see a popup, that means the required libraries are installed.
  • Alternatively, run vATISLoad_library_installer.py. This will attempt to install required libraries. After running this script, attempt to run vATISLoad.pyw again.

• Is vATIS being opened automatically by the script?

  • If yes, then that's a good sign!

• If vATIS was opened automatically, did you select a profile?

  • You must select a profile for D-ATIS information to be uplinked.

• If you selected a profile, does each D-ATIS airport have a preset named D-ATIS?

  • Each airport much have a D-ATIS preset where information is uplinked to.

• If D-ATIS information was uplinked, did your ATISes connect?

  • If yes, then you're all set! If no, make sure you have an active connection in CRC.

• For futher troubleshooting, try the following steps:

  1. Quit vATIS
  2. Rename vATISLoad.pyw to vATISLoad.py (dropping the w). If you can’t see the file extension, open the View menu in File Explorer then tick File name extensions in the Show/hide section.
  3. Open Command Prompt and drag the vATISLoad.py file into it, press enter to run it. If vATIS opens automatically, select whichever profile has your D-ATIS airports.
  4. Send Josh a screenshot of Command Prompt after following these steps.