ACARS did not want to connect to X-Plane 12. I tried several times and it did not work after an ACARS update. I used Volanta as a backup. Below is a shared copy of my Volanta flight.
https://fly.volanta.app/flights/f49b2848-7e85-4221-9f03-1ca1e3ef5f8e
Flight Load
Class
Count
F (F)
0
Y (Y)
0
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