DCS: AH-64D | FARM Reports
NOTE. As always, these videos provide a preview of an upcoming feature to assist you in understanding a new feature. Later, it is quite possible that the feature will change, and the feature functionality has changed. As much as I’d like to, I lack the time re-record these videos.
In this rather short DCS: AH-64D video, we’ll look at sending and receiving Fuel, Ammo, Rockets, and Missile, or FARM, reports over the datalink to Primary members. If you have not already watched them, I recommend look at the datalink set up and datalink messaging videos.
Once again, I have Chaos 1-2 joining me to demonstrate this capability.
Let’s first check our datalink Preset by calling up the COM page, then the desired Preset, and then Network. We can see C-2 listed as both a Team member and a Primary member. To exchange FARM reports, we’ll need to make sure he’s set as a Primary.
The next step is to verify that we have the Datalink transmit symbol set to the radio we intend to use to transmit the FARM report. You can see here that the VHF radio has been manually tuned to the same frequency that our wingman is monitoring, signified by “MAN” next to the frequency. However, we can also see that L1 is not displayed next to the VHF radio, meaning the datalink is not capable of transmitting or receiving datalink messages. The datalink will only work if a Preset is tuned.
Back on the COM page, we will ensure that our desired Preset is selected. When a preset is selected, a list of available radios will be displayed along the top of the MPD for us to choose from. I’ll select VHF as the radio I wish to tune to this Preset, and now we have several more options along the bottom of the COM page, allowing us to decide how we will tune this Preset to the radio.
We could choose to place the Preset in the Standby slot of the VHF radio by toggling the TUNE option from Primary to Standby, but for now, I’ll just leave it set to PRI.
All that is left now is to press the button under SC, or Single Channel, to tune the VHF to this frequency. We can now see that the Preset is tuned to the VHF radio, along the Preset callsign of “Hammer” and L1 in the VHF primary slot.
Next, let’s send Chaos 1-2 our FARM report first. Select Reports from the TSD and then select FARM. We can then select our Primary members to send it to, in this case, C-2. Now we just select Send over the VHF to Preset 1.
We can also of course request FARM reports from Primary members. To do that, select Reports, FARM, and set Message to Request. We then select the Primary members and then select SEND.
Once we receive the data, we can view it on the COORD page. From the COORD page, select FARM along the bottom. We can now view received FARM reports, with each listing left to right their callsign, time of reception, fuel level, gun rounds remaining, rockets remaining, radar-Hellfires remaining, and laser-Hellfires remaining.
This is the Basic level. Selecting the Type along the bottom, we can view the Primary members expendables like chaff and flares. From left to right: callsign, time of reception, remaining flares, remaining chaff, and other.
If we select Type again, we view more detailed missile data. From left to right: callsign, time of report reception, total number of missiles, remaining radar-Hellfire, remaining SAL1 laser-Hellfire, remaining SAL2 Hellfire, and other.
If we select Type again and select PP, we can view the 3-dimensional location of our wingman when he sent the FARM report. From left to right: callsign, time of report reception, coordinates, and altitude above sea level.
Selecting Type again brings us back to the Basic level.
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