RELEASED - AirNav RadarBox 2009 - 3.01 Beta

[swadeep]

Hi Airnav. thanks for the patch..any news on 64 bit driver?

[AirNav Support]

We will chase Microsoft who are approving it and get back to you.

[davec]

HI  ALL,
regarding my usage of the last two patches, i though i would clarify my problems,firstly none of the patches are downloadable with system and i had to do a full download loosing all previous data, when using 3.01 the network is so sporadic stopping and starts as noted before, i have also noticed that the network on that page the traffic is well down,however using 3.0 the system for very well.
this is not me moaning , but to let airnav development know of these problems and as this is BETA i will wait form the formal release of the new update and use 3.0 untill then keep up the good work everybody
regards dave-c

[swadeep]

We will chase Microsoft who are approving it and get back to you.

Ok. Look forward to hearing from you soon! thanks very much!! :)

[Fenris]

i had to do a full download loosing all previous data

If you back up the two database files then you can restore them into the new version's directory and keep all you existing changes and logged aircraft.

[davec]

hi brian can you tell me how to do that as i have tried that  so i must be doing something wrong as you can tell i a rubbish at computers thanks davec

[Fenris]

hi brian can you tell me how to do that as i have tried that  so i must be doing something wrong as you can tell i a rubbish at computers thanks davec

If you find where the RB software is installed, you will find two files in the sub-directory called data. They are called navdata.db3 and mylog.db3, all you need to do is, with the program shut down, copy these and then paste them to a folder of your choice.

Then, after reinstalling or updating, copy your stored copies back over the new installation's files of the same name, again with the program not running.

That's all you need to do.

You can also keep up to date copies so that you have up to date versions available in the event of a system problem or disk crash. Naturally this is better done occasionally and stored on a CD backup or a USB flash drive or similar.

[davec]

hi Brian
thanks for that i will done that
rgards davec

[tommyg]

This is a first currently have KAC118 on the map and the aircraft is flying sideways!!! All other acft on the map are correct. Am using 3.01 Beta. Has anyone else seen this? I have also noticed the past two days that some AF flights (mainly oceanic flights) remain static on the map for about 30 secs then suddenly move to the correct postion. Never had anything like this happen with prev version.

[RodBearden]

Hi Tommyg - you get aircraft apparently flying sideways when their onboard equipment sends wrong heading data but correct positional data. Yesterday I had an airliner on MyFlights apparently pointing due north but heading west! Not RadarBox's fault!

As to the jerky positions on the map, that's probably due to RadarBox 3 Beta's sensitivity to late arrival of network data. We hope that will be solved when the final release cones along.

Rod

[tommyg]

Hi Rod.  I did notice on my flights it was showing a heading of 360deg when it was actually heading 090deg towards DVR VOR when I confirmed it visually. I am using a very old (7yrs) laptop so expect that may be some reason why I have the occasional jerky movement on the map as 3.01 is more sensitive.

[DaveReid]

Hi Tommyg - you get aircraft apparently flying sideways when their onboard equipment sends wrong heading data but correct positional data. Yesterday I had an airliner on MyFlights apparently pointing due north but heading west! Not RadarBox's fault!

To amplify this, it's perhaps not widely known but aircraft don't explicitly send track (except when on the ground) as part of the ADS-B squitter.

Instead, they send two velocity components - one in an E/W direction and one N/S, both to the nearest knot.  When combined, these produce a velocity vector consisting of groundspeed and magnetic track (imagine a right-angled triangle).

[RodBearden]

Thanks, Dave.

Rod

[atcukmatty]

to get aircraft equiped with mode-s only displayed on the map will this have to be a hardware or a software change different transponder in the aircraft?

[tommyg]

Must be something to do with Kuwaiti B777's. KAC101 on its way into LHR is on the map now flying sideways!!!!  On my flights heading 360 but actually heading approx 270.