[ACARS] Help! Need some advice!

Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:49:40 +0200

Hello all,
I have been using WACARS and ANAD running simultaneously in my IBM T20 =
laptop for dome time alreasy.=20
So far WACARS has been doing noticeably better job as far as the number =
of decodes is concerned.=20
And it is not just because ANAD seems to accept only those where the =
header is correct while WACARS takes them all.=20
But then, every once in a while there is a decode that is available only =
in ANAD, mostly some remote ones (i.e., weak signal). The only real =
problem for me in WACARS is its not so efficient logging and mapping =
functions (all those duplicates there).=20
I only hope some day there will be a WACARS version 1.0...

I can recommend the linking of at least two decoders via DDE. And there =
Posfix 2.1 is of good help.

Airnav suite is working fine except the map functions. They seem to be =
somehow unstable, sometimes some of the functions work and sometimes not =
(OS=3DWindows98).=20
But still I have not managed to try the Airnav Internet interface. =
Disappointing as I had so great expectations of it.

With regards,
Sami
OH6MLW

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Mike Simpson [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 09 February, 2002 13:44
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [ACARS] Help! Need some advice!
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> Hi Michael,
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> Have been using the Airnav ACARS decoder and Airnav 3.1 for=20
> some time and
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> not had any problem with them except that they will not run=20
> on Windows XP
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> There are instructions for using the decoder with Airnav on=20
> their web page
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> AirNav ACARS Decoder is Compatible with AirNav 3.1.
> 1- Open AirNav 3.1 ACARS Realtime Interface.
> 2- Click 'Source Data' Menu
> 3- Click 'Live Data from Other Decoder'
> 4- Select AirNav ACARS Decoder Log File in this program \data folder.
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> unquote
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> This certainly works with the registered version.
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> I know it has been difficult to contact the program writer for some
> time, someone said he was moving to Florida from his native Portugal.
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> I have Wacars, Airnav ACARS decoder and Sky-spy here. On testing
> using same aerial, same receiver etc the Airnav gave more decodes
> than Sky-spy, however all the Sky-spy ones are perfect as it only
> accepts decodes without errors. The Airnav decoder allows=20
> more slightly
> garbled decodes through, but as you can still read many of these, I
> think it is the better option.
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> Best regards - Mike Simpson, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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> _____________________________________________
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