Facility Management

The Facilities tab is available only to Superadmins and allows management of all facilities in the system.

Superadmin Only
This tab only appears if you have superadmin privileges. Regular FEs do not see this tab.

Facilities Tab Layout

+----------------------+----------------------------------------+
| + New Facility       |  Edit Facility                         |
|----------------------|                                        |
| ZNY       12 pos    |  Facility Code: [ZNY__________]        |
| New York   8 ch     |  Facility Name: [New York ARTCC]       |
| [Delete]             |                                        |
|----------------------|  [Cancel]             [Save]           |
| ZBW       10 pos    |----------------------------------------|
| Boston     6 ch     |  Change FE Password                    |
| [Delete]             |  [_______________________]             |
|----------------------|  [Update Password]                     |
| ZLA        8 pos    |----------------------------------------|
| Los Ang    5 ch     |  Facility Statistics                   |
| [Delete]             |  +--------+ +--------+ +--------+      |
|                      |  |   12   | |   8    | |   3    |      |
|                      |  |Positions |Channels |Shout Ln|      |
|                      |  +--------+ +--------+ +--------+      |
|                      |  Config Version: 15                    |
+----------------------+----------------------------------------+
     Facility List                  Facility Editor

Facility List

The left sidebar shows all facilities in the system.

List Information

Element Description
Facility Code Unique identifier (e.g., ZNY)
Facility Name Full name (e.g., New York ARTCC)
Position Count Number of positions configured
Channel Count Number of channels configured

Creating a Facility

  1. Click + New Facility
  2. Enter the required fields:
    • Facility Code - Unique uppercase code (e.g., ZNY)
    • Facility Name - Full facility name
    • FE Password - Initial password for FE access
  3. Click Create

Create Facility Fields

Field Description Required
Facility Code Unique uppercase identifier (max 10 chars) Yes
Facility Name Full descriptive name Yes
FE Password Initial password for FE access Yes
Facility Code Convention
Use standard VATSIM facility codes (e.g., ZNY for New York ARTCC, ZLA for Los Angeles ARTCC). The code is automatically converted to uppercase.

Editing a Facility

  1. Click the facility in the list
  2. Modify the Code or Name
  3. Click Save

Editable Fields

Changing FE Password

For existing facilities, you can change the FE password:

  1. Select the facility
  2. Scroll to Change FE Password
  3. Enter the new password
  4. Click Update Password

A success message confirms when the password is updated.

Facility Statistics

When viewing an existing facility, statistics are displayed:

Statistic Description
Positions Number of positions configured
Channels Number of channels on the grid
Shout Lines Number of shout lines configured
Config Version Internal version number (increments with changes)

Deleting a Facility

  1. Click the facility in the list
  2. Click the Delete link
  3. Confirm the deletion in the dialog
Cascade Delete Warning
Deleting a facility permanently removes:
  • All positions
  • All channels
  • All shout lines (including bidirectional links at other facilities)
  • All configuration data

This action cannot be undone.

Best Practices

Facility Codes

FE Passwords

Before Deleting

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