1. Install — Run vmsACARS.exe as administrator and follow the wizard.
2. Configure the hub — On first launch, enter the Hub URL :
   https://tracker.ethiopianvirtualairlines.com
3. Sign in — Enter your Virtual ETH email, password, and Account Key (visible in My Account → vmsACARS Account Key).
4. Set your SimBrief username — In your My Account, enter your SimBrief username (find it on simbrief.com → Account). Required to generate OFPs from Dispatch.
5. Start your simulator — Launch MSFS, X-Plane or P3D. vmsACARS detects it automatically.
6. Book your flight — On the Virtual ETH site, go to Dispatch & Book Fly and choose a route.
7. Click "Start Flight" in Dispatch — vmsACARS starts tracking automatically.

Your simulator or vmsACARS closed in flight? Don't cancel: your flight stays open on the server for 6 hours after the last update. Your Cockpit shows an Interrupted flight card with your last flight level, distance flown and remaining, and estimated position.

1. Restart your simulator with the same aircraft, in flight, near the estimated position shown in your Cockpit, at your last flight level.
2. Relaunch vmsACARS and sign in — it offers to resume the open flight. Accept it while you are within about 25 nm of the last recorded position.
3. Continue normally to your destination and file the PIREP at arrival. If the crash happened after landing, simply relaunch vmsACARS and file the PIREP.
4. Past 6 hours without an update, the flight is cancelled automatically — book it again from Dispatch.