[ACARS] New aircraft

[Jacob Struben]

Hi Ted,

I process my Acars logs using Scanfile (by Nick Birrell) which gets rid
of most errors (wrong reg., wrong f/n prefix, missing hyphens in B.777
reg.s, e.g.) and then Dacars (by Bart Hoekstra).  The latter will flag
any reg. and f/n not previously found in a log, so process your oldest
log first.  This will show what aircraft are "new" in your logs.

Both programs can take logs from a number of decoders, including ANAD
(AirNav Acars Decoder).  They are available at:

Scanfile:  http://www.acarslink.com/utility.htm
Dacars:    http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~hoekb03/dacars.html

The latter doesn't mention ANAD as a compatible decoder, but it does
work with ANAD.

One more remark about Scanfile: this does not work in real time while
the decoder is running, but does process any log that is complete, e.g.
the previous day's (ANAD normally starts a new log when the first
message after midnight is decoded, or when you restart the program after
midnight).

I hope this is of help.  Good luck!

Cheers,

Jacob
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Jacob Struben
http://www.helicoptersireland.com

Location: Galway, Ireland (N05327 W00913)


Ted Brooks wrote:
> 
> I am using AirNav4 and AirNav  Acars Decoder. Could someone please tell me  how I can ascertain at the end of each day, what new aircraft I have picked up that day?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Ted Brooks
> Isle of Man