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AirNav RadarBox Manual

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Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems

2. After the software installation is complete connect the USB cable from the hardware to your
computer
. Windows will detect that AirNav RadarBox is connected.

3. When the below windows appears, under "Can Windows connect to Windows Update for
software?" select "No, not at this time". Click "Next".

Содержание RadarBox

Страница 1: ...Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems AirNav RadarBox Manual...

Страница 2: ...24 2 Aircraft Details Autopopulate 25 3 Aircraft Route Autopopulate 26 4 Creating Alerts 28 5 MyLog Database 31 6 Creating Reports 33 7 Viewing Aircraft Photos 34 8 Using Filters 35 9 SmartView 37 10...

Страница 3: ...pecial Country Flags 82 3 Custom Outline Maps 83 4 Data Output on Port 7879 85 5 Timeout Settings Part VI Troubleshooting 86 86 1 Hardware Connection 88 2 Network Connection 89 3 RadarBox Without an I...

Страница 4: ...utions AirNav Systems AirNav RadarBox is equipped to be used in locations all over the world 3D multi window maps with worldwide coverage contain more than 200 thousand geographic points included Airp...

Страница 5: ...ceiver sensitivity Powered by USB No need for an external power supply Plug and play USB connection Lightweight small form portable aluminum box construction Software Track flights in real time using...

Страница 6: ...ction is fully interactive with all menus operational Comprehensive callsign and route database Autopopulate of aircraft route and phot database Internet connection required Maps High definition world...

Страница 7: ...tainous terrain where there is no radar coverage or where radar coverage is limited The outback of Australia is one such area where ADS B will provide surveillance where previously none existed ADS B...

Страница 8: ...ing ADS B position information However it is still possible to see the identity and type of the aircraft and their altitude The last 2 aircraft are transmitting full position information shown by the...

Страница 9: ...AirNav RadarBox system is made up of two parts The hardware consisting of the receiver antenna and USB cable The software delivered on CD or downloaded as an update from the AirNav website You must in...

Страница 10: ...oftware installation is complete connect the USB cable from the hardware to your computer Windows will detect that AirNav RadarBox is connected 3 When the below windows appears under Can Windows conne...

Страница 11: ...t 2010 by AirNav Systems 4 Under What do you want the wizard to do select Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next 5 Select Search for the best driver in these locations and then s...

Страница 12: ...that is inside the folder where AirNav RadarBox software has been installed The standard location of the AirNav drivers is C Program Files AirNav Systems AirNav RadarBox 2009 Drivers Click Next 5 Driv...

Страница 13: ...s AirNav RadarBox 2009 Drivers Click OK 7 That s it The hardware has been installed successfully Click the Finish button 2 2 Hardware Guide Hardware Guide In this section you will find a description o...

Страница 14: ...puter but there is no valid data connection between the software and the hardware receiver This could indicate the USB driver is not installed correctly or that there is a problem with your USB cable...

Страница 15: ...coverage the following points should be noted The supplied RadarBox antenna is not intended to be mounted permanently outdoors The antenna should ideally be positioned with a clear view of the sky and...

Страница 16: ...y AirNav Systems Above Select Polar Diagram display Leave RadarBox running for at least 30 minutes to allow the polar diagram to build up Coverage is good in all directions except for the west and nor...

Страница 17: ...oftware using the windows Shortcut created on your Start Menu or Desktop 2 The Welcome Window will be shown Enter your Username and Password then click the Start button You can tick the Remember passw...

Страница 18: ...ation Data and entering your position directly in the Latitude and Longitude Boxes Note that lat lon should be entered in DECIMAL DEGREES in the form 51 0504 2 554 In this example the position is N51...

Страница 19: ...of the main window You can also right mouse click over any map to access map functions in a faster way including setting you home location On these menus there are several map layers that you can cho...

Страница 20: ...s received by your decoder Other types of alerts are available 9 In addition to the 5 tabs you can also access the MyLog and Reporter functions MyLog a collection of all live flights received by your...

Страница 21: ...red in a queue for upload to the AirNav server Data is then uploaded 5 minutes after it has been received On our server we have a powerful application called AirNav Network Server which processes up t...

Страница 22: ...AirNav RadarBox Manual 22 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems Above RadarBox Live data being displayed...

Страница 23: ...Beyond your live reception range you will see Network traffic from other RadarBox users who are sharing data Because Network traffic is further away the 5 minute position delay is of little significan...

Страница 24: ...AirNav RadarBox network you need to have your RadarBox hardware receiver connected to your computer by the USB cable Run the RadarBox software if it not already open go to the Network tab and check th...

Страница 25: ...but the Mode S codes are correctly detected by RadarBox as 40107A 401229 and 401294 When you left click on one of these unpopulated aircraft lines RadarBox will connect to the online database and if...

Страница 26: ...ert function You can program the software to trigger alerts for a number of circumstances see below for more details For example you can have the program to automatically send an email message when Br...

Страница 27: ...ypes of conditions to trigger an alert Mode S when an aircraft with a specific mode s has been received an alert is triggered Registration when a specific registration is received Range when a flight...

Страница 28: ...the registration condition all the British registered aircraft registrations start with a G On the bottom of the Alert tab you will also see the alert log box This will keep a log of the alerts Examp...

Страница 29: ...etected First date and time the aircraft was detected in the format 200712011255 Year month day hour minute seconds Last date and time the aircraft was detected Comments entered by user When the aircr...

Страница 30: ...e BaseStation sqb file Export to CSV Exports to a comma delineated file for import into MS Excel or MS Access Populate Checks both the the online AirNav database and the internal Radarbox database and...

Страница 31: ...ime order Above Report creator window How to send a report 1 Select Data to include in the report First you need to specify the data range for the report the choices are today s entries or yesterday s...

Страница 32: ...801 EGLL GMMN GMMX CN ROR B738 Royal Air Maroc 2009 07 01 17 38 29 4910C7 NJE982K EGWU LIPX CS DFG F2TX Untitled NetJets 2009 07 01 16 08 09 49124A NJE889 CS DRJ H25X Untitled NetJets 2009 07 01 17 38...

Страница 33: ...Ryanair 2009 07 01 17 29 02 4CA202 RYR16EW EPWR EGNX EI DCC B738 Ryanair 2009 07 01 17 39 16 New Aircraft entries have the symbol End of Report Note If you require more specific data use MyLog and th...

Страница 34: ...he map by using the filters utility It can be accessed on the filter toolbar at the top of the application main screen Advanced filters are also available by clicking the Advanced filter tool button T...

Страница 35: ...filters are those that show all aircraft not including the ones that match your negative filter See the example below Note that if you do not know the airline airport or aircraft codes to specify on f...

Страница 36: ...aircraft registrations or airline ID can be entered with being used as a wildcard to allow groups of aircraft to be seen Click Apply Changes to activate When the SmartView tab is selected see above o...

Страница 37: ...window is the Select Airport option This allows weather for a specific airfield to be displayed and for the map to be centered on that airfield The QNH atmospheric pressure at airfield level adjusted...

Страница 38: ...nnss Mode S HEX Code Callsign Altitude in feet Groundspeed Track Vertical Rate in feet per minute Airspeed Latitude Longitude Examples PTA 20070516163432224 40056E TOM287Q PTA 20070516163432739 C076F0...

Страница 39: ...how red 3 If at anytime you want to monitor all the airspace again click the Airport button to uncheck it 4 The Origin and Destination buttons can be used in the same way to view specific flights to a...

Страница 40: ...rk in conjunction with AirNav ACARS Decoder Decoder is a separate program available from AirNav This way you will be able see ACARS messages for the flights you are tracking AirNav RadarBox is the fir...

Страница 41: ...it will detect if AirNav ACARS Decoder is running and if that is the case connect to it automatically If ACARS Decoder was started after RadarBox then Select Connect to AirNav ACARS Decoder in the Rad...

Страница 42: ...ion With ACARS such routine items as departure reports arrival reports passenger loads fuel data engine performance data and much more can be requested by the company and retrieved from the aircraft a...

Страница 43: ...e we see a downlink response to an uplinked weather report sent by crew request or automatically by the flight operations ACARS mode 2 Aircraft reg N651UA Message label H1 Block id 3 Msg no D89A Fligh...

Страница 44: ...RA IAD 2214 2249 887A SWANN 2259 37 849 BROSS 2301 37 839 OOD 2307 37 815 RBV 2312 37 801 ACK 2337 37 757 WHALE 2354 37 728 BANCS 0108 37 23 07 1997 22 51 Waypoints are shown in the left hand column j...

Страница 45: ...21 28214 958 TS2155 16 100897B166 10 08 1997 21 55 This is a good example of a position report along the aircraft s flight route In this case United flight 970 is a North latitude 39 09 2 and West lon...

Страница 46: ...t to the right Set map to Resize map to full window extents Zoom in Zoom out Zoom Back Zoom Forward Pre defined Map Colors you can define them in the preferences window Satellite Layer download save a...

Страница 47: ...use button 2 Move your mouse to resize the map as desired See Custom Outline Maps in the Advanced Users section for information on displaying custom maps Avoid Label Overlap You can avoid aircraft lab...

Страница 48: ...e Map Type KMIA airport ICAO code for Miami on the locate white box and click Locate 4 1 4 Weather Toolbar Weather Toolbar This feature enables you to quickly find airport weather conditions Informati...

Страница 49: ...Menus Windows and Toolbars 49 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems METAR for EGLL TAF for EGLL Decoded Metar for EGLL 4 1 5 Filters Toolbar Filters Toolbar...

Страница 50: ...The filters toolbar allow you to select what flights are shown on the map By default all the flights will be shown For more information on how to use filters please go to Using Filters section 4 2 Rad...

Страница 51: ...ortant areas of the software after the map display Here you can view detailed information on each flight being received The MyFlights Tab shows local flights received by your hardware The Network Tab...

Страница 52: ...in feet minute Company Airline Name Route Origin Via Destination in ICAO 4 letter code Flying Over Region the flight is overflying Latitude Longitude You can choose which columns are seen on the grid...

Страница 53: ...Information received using the DDE connection is shown Note that on the MyFlight and Network Grids a small ACARS Symbol will appear on a flight if ACARS information is being received for that flight...

Страница 54: ...to Folder button opens the folder where aircraft photos are stored in Windows Explorer The Aircraft Grid columns show Mode S Aircraft Type Registration ACARS Mode Aircraft Type ICAO Code Aircraft Name...

Страница 55: ...o pictures of the selected are shown on the right dependant on Preference settings 4 2 4 Alerts Alerts Tab One of the most useful features of AirNav RadarBox is the ability to send an email message re...

Страница 56: ...entries and then click the Generate button Then you can opt to save your report by copying it to the Windows clipboard or by saving it to a file A Draft of the generated report is shown on the Report...

Страница 57: ...the bottom left of the Database Explorer Window the total number of records on the current active table is shown The aircraft section of the database is automatically populated when new aircraft are...

Страница 58: ...llows the automatic FTP upload of a jpg screen shot to a location of your choice The upload is delayed by 5 minutes in order to meet international restrictions on the display of live air traffic data...

Страница 59: ...Menus Windows and Toolbars 59 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems Folder Folder for FTP picture on web domain e g dcroot radarbox RadarBox...

Страница 60: ...aircraft routes will be auto populated from the Internet database Timeout for MyFlight set how long aircraft will be displayed after the signal is lost Timeout flights will be shown in a different col...

Страница 61: ...right 2010 by AirNav Systems Home Location so when you click the Go to Home button on the main window this is properly centered Station Data details of your station which will be included on the Repor...

Страница 62: ...0 by AirNav Systems Customize the way maps are drawn Left click on the color panel to change a map color If you wish to save your color settings for later use use Export to save the settings file in t...

Страница 63: ...ws and Toolbars 63 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems Your custom color settings will then appear in the Map Toolbar drop down list Note that you can share your settings with a friend by sending them th...

Страница 64: ...AirNav RadarBox Manual 64 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems Examples of custom color settings...

Страница 65: ...Menus Windows and Toolbars 65 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems...

Страница 66: ...AirNav RadarBox Manual 66 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems 4 3 Menus 4 3 1 File File Menu...

Страница 67: ...Menus Windows and Toolbars 67 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems Screen Shot Create Save Share and Explore Screen Shots...

Страница 68: ...v Systems Above Screenshot created by RadarBox Play Recorded File See the Recorder Replay section Database Explorer See the Database Explorer section Preferences Opens the preferences window Click her...

Страница 69: ...ase read the Using Filters section New Filter Clears the filter being used and creates a new one Open Filter Reads a Filter file saved in a file and loads it into the active view Save Filter Saves the...

Страница 70: ...ad a previously downloaded satellite image The satellite layer works in just the same way as the normal map window except that the area covered by the satellite picture only covers the current area of...

Страница 71: ...Menus Windows and Toolbars 71 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems All the usual map overlays are available although you may wish to create and save a new colour scheme for use with satellite overlays...

Страница 72: ...ircraft lists or menu bars Press the Esc key to return to the normal view All other map functions are self explanatory More than 500 thousand map features are available aviation and non aviation relat...

Страница 73: ...etwork aircraft list SmartView View the SmartView tab to access the Fleet Watch and auto QNH settings ACARS View ACARS information Requires additional AirNav ACARS Decoder software Alerts View the Ale...

Страница 74: ...s all the open windows to be tiled horizontally vertically map or vertical tracking windows Cascade Rearranges all opened windows map and vertical tracking in AirNav RadarBox 2009 so they overlap Arra...

Страница 75: ...0 by AirNav Systems Contents Opens Help File Contents Online Support Get support in less than 24 hours using our online support ticketing system Forum Join the online AirNav community to discuss Radar...

Страница 76: ...am updates and news Check for Updates If you are connected to the Internet click here to download program patches updates Welcome Opens the AirNav RadarBox 2009 Welcome Window About Opens the program...

Страница 77: ...craft Military aircraft do not normally transmit position information however they do sometimes show up in the MyFlights aircraft list In this example two military aircraft are being picked up but are...

Страница 78: ...RadarBox systems files Changes you make might prevent RadarBox from functioning correctly or might stop it from working altogether In the worst case be prepared to uninstall and reinstall RadarBox to...

Страница 79: ...er Hex code with wildcards for the UK All UK Mode S codes start with Bin 010000 a sweeping generalization but you get the idea When RadarBox detects a Mode S Binary 010000 then it shows the UK BMP in...

Страница 80: ...file not the one you have just saved as a copy and you will see that the file is in this format but has many more lines AF Afghanistan 011100000000 AL Albania 01010000000100 DZ Algeria 000010100 AO An...

Страница 81: ...saved as a txt file so don t use Word or Wordpad any other program and it must be named D008 dat and NOT D008 dat txt which might happen if you use Save as Look at the file in Explorer to make sure th...

Страница 82: ...files are used to draw maps on the RadarBox map screen Maps can consist of airways airpace or airfields Above Detailed airspace outline map around London Heathrow Airport Once you have downloaded or...

Страница 83: ...ound in Preferences Colors To hide Outlines go the RadarBox Map Menu and untick Outlines or delete the specific outline file from the Outlines folder Above Detailed airport outline map London Heathrow...

Страница 84: ...eue 3 There is a timer permanently checking the queue for messages older than 4 minutes 59 seconds If there are messages in this condition they are deleted from the queue and added to the output port...

Страница 85: ...is at the edge of reception cover sometimes it will not be detected when the screen refresh is due If the aircraft is not detected then it will be marked for timeout after the set time expires The ai...

Страница 86: ...s shown that the figures in the diagram above work well 30 seconds and 60 seconds for MyFlights and 35 seconds and 60 seconds for Network Flights 6 Troubleshooting 6 1 Hardware Connection Hardware Con...

Страница 87: ...Control Panel System menu Under Universal Serial Bus Controllers look for the AirNav RadarBox driver If the driver is not present you will need to reinstall the driver AirNav RadarBox USB Driver pres...

Страница 88: ...ed to your computer and your computer must have an Internet connection Open the RadarBox Interface if not already open and go to the Network tab and make sure that the Get flights from RadarBox Networ...

Страница 89: ...flights without an internet connection but only flights within line of sight of the RadarBox antenna will be detected The maximum detection range for live flights is approximately 200 nautical miles R...

Страница 90: ...7 1 How to Order How to Order To buy AirNav RadarBox 2009 please visit AirNav Systems web site at http www airnavsystems com and click on the Buy Now link on the top There are several ways to order f...

Страница 91: ...emonstration of the program capabilities by clicking the Start Demo button For information on how to order AirNav RadarBox 2009 please go to How to Order 8 RadarBox 3D RadarBox 3D AirNav RadarBox 3D i...

Страница 92: ...AirNav RadarBox Manual 92 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems Above Traffic leaving the UK heading out across the Atlantic Above RadarBox 3D Full Screen View British Airways B744...

Страница 93: ...ays BAW295 Boeing B772 8 1 RadarBox 3D Menu Options Menu Options The RadarBox 3D view settings are accessible via the 3D View button on the main menu bar Above The 3D View settings Menu View options f...

Страница 94: ...lable by right clicking on the aircraft in the MyFlights and Network aircraft lists Above Right click on an aircraft in the list to see 3D view options Left Clicking on an aircraft in the 3D view will...

Страница 95: ...av Systems Above Left click on an aircraft in the 3D view to see more details You can display both the 2D and 3D views at the same time by using the RadarBox main menu buttons Above Click on the Split...

Страница 96: ...AirNav RadarBox Manual 96 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems Above 2D and 3D views can be zoomed and panned independently...

Страница 97: ...RadarBox 3D 97 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems Above use the External KML Manager to load Google Earth overlay files...

Страница 98: ...opyright 2010 by AirNav Systems Above A Google Earth kml file of UK airspace being displayed in the 3D view 8 2 3D View Settings 3D View Settings Access the RadarBox 3D View settings via the 3D View m...

Страница 99: ...RadarBox 3D 99 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems The 3D View tab in the Preferences window gives access to the 3D Viewing options...

Страница 100: ...processing power and will require a high specification PC The Medium and Minimum settings allows less powerful PC s to display the 3D window Selecting Maximum Minimum or Medium settings will automatic...

Страница 101: ...RadarBox 3D 101 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems Above At Medium setting 2D aircraft models are displayed...

Страница 102: ...AirNav RadarBox Manual 102 Copyright 2010 by AirNav Systems Above With Minimum selected aircraft icons are shown rather than 2D 3D models...

Страница 103: ...le Earth view 3 Use 3D Aircraft Models if available If this is selected RadarBox 3D will display aircraft as detailed 3D models If it is left unticked then 2D aircraft symbols will be used Note that u...

Страница 104: ...hen an aircraft is selected a trail behind the aircraft and down to ground level is displayed Normally when a new aircraft is selected the trail transfers to the new aircraft If this option is ticked...

Страница 105: ...tmospheric pressure difference Experiment with this setting to achieve the desired effect 2 Apply Offset This activates the Hardware Altitude Offset function 3 Scale Model Icon Proportionally to Altit...

Страница 106: ...ight Search 50 FTP Auto Upload 57 Full Screen Mode 45 H Hardware Lights 13 Help 74 Help Menu 74 I Internet Connection 89 L Location Toolbar 47 Logon Window 90 M Maps Menu 69 Maps Toolbar 46 Military A...

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