Free ACARS Decoder and More...

MacombMonitor · #1 (**permalink**) 05-28-2006, 09:23 AM

Monitoring Times Magazine, June 2006, John Catalano PhD, Pg. 72.

In the Air and On the Air, Free ACARS Decoder and More

ACARSD
http://www.acarsd.org/download.html

ScanDaBands · #2 (**permalink**) 05-28-2006, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacombMonitor

Monitoring Times Magazine, June 2006, John Catalano PhD, Pg. 72.

In the Air and On the Air, Free ACARS Decoder and More

ACARSD
http://www.acarsd.org/download.html

You tried it yet ? Wicked install procedure......

Audiodave1 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-28-2006, 11:04 PM

Hello,
I've been using v1.6 for a long time and love it.

Very stable, reliable and not really a resoure hog.

Dave

MacombMonitor · #4 (**permalink**) 05-28-2006, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ScanDaBands

You tried it yet ? Wicked install procedure......

Not yet...just received the magazine the other day. I'm planing too!

sailor · #5 (**permalink**) 05-31-2006, 05:18 PM

Many thanks for the info about this software!
Easy to install and great to see it working! I love it!

Southtown800 · #6 (**permalink**) 05-31-2006, 10:13 PM

i am new to this, how do you use it?...and what does it do?

jlh · #7 (**permalink**) 06-01-2006, 10:23 AM

Southtown800, these threads on acarsd may help you :

http://www.radioreference.com/forums...ad.php?t=28477
http://www.radioreference.com/forums...ad.php?t=28144
http://www.radioreference.com/forums...ad.php?t=35061

pathalogical · #8 (**permalink**) 06-01-2006, 11:04 AM

I downloaded v 1.65 (I'm running Windows 95) and when I double click the Installer icon I get a pop up saying: The installer.exe file is linked to missing export KERNEL32.DLL:getfileattributesExA Anyone know what this means ? I see they have their own forums on the site, thought maybe someone here might know.

MacombMonitor · #9 (**permalink**) 06-01-2006, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by pathalogical

I downloaded v 1.65 (I'm running Windows 95) and when I double click the Installer icon I get a pop up saying: The installer.exe file is linked to missing export KERNEL32.DLL:getfileattributesExA Anyone know what this means ? I see they have their own forums on the site, thought maybe someone here might know.

It's supposed to run under Win95. They have a Forum, maybe they can help you there. Click on the link below:

http://www.acarsd.org/phpBB2/

Southtown800 · #10 (**permalink**) 06-01-2006, 12:34 PM

i read all the post, but my question is....do you have to have a scanner hooked up to your computer to do this?...and if so....can i use my yaesu FT-60R to monitor this?...anyone have the instructions to make this software work?

MacombMonitor · #11 (**permalink**) 06-01-2006, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Southtown800

i read all the post, but my question is....do you have to have a scanner hooked up to your computer to do this?...and if so....can i use my yaesu FT-60R to monitor this?...anyone have the instructions to make this software work?

If you click on the link in my original post, all of the information is there, including on-line documentation.

steve230868 · #12 (**permalink**) 06-29-2006, 11:27 AM

hi all i am new to this forum can anyone help me ? i would like to monitor acars but have no software i have a computer 3ghz windows xp family and the scanners i have are as follows
aor ar8200 mk3
yupiteru mvt 7100 and 7200
realistic pro 43 and pro 2042
win 108 airband scanner (i was told that this is good for acars)

i need to know what software i need and where i could find it and what is the best scanner to use
thanks very much for any help you may be able to give
Steve e mail ; meland@tiscali.fr

Napalm · #13 (**permalink**) 07-01-2006, 05:31 AM

any of the scanners, and use ACARSD.

jyams · #14 (**permalink**) 07-04-2006, 02:17 AM

It will run under windows 95, but you have to use the right execute file. Go to your c:\Acars directory you extracted the program to and look for the application file called acarsd95.exe and use that file and it will run on windows 95.

jyams · #15 (**permalink**) 07-04-2006, 02:21 AM

Love the program and followed all the advice here and on another thread getting it setup. Setting lattitudes with a negative (-) helps get everything right on the server / map settings. Program installed fine and works great. Using a Uniden BC780XLT on the 131.550 connected to the "line in" on my sound card, and have gotten many hits on 136.800 as well. Left it running all day and when i got home from work, i had over 50 records and a map full of position reports. Very interesting and fun thing to monitor.

ErikB · #16 (**permalink**) 07-09-2006, 05:46 PM

Has any one got a map to work, and if so, can you share the .gif file??

datainmotion · #17 (**permalink**) 07-09-2006, 06:02 PM

Mine works relatively well. We'll need to know where you are to make a decent map for you.

jlh · #18 (**permalink**) 07-09-2006, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ErikB

Has any one got a map to work, and if so, can you share the .gif file??

erik, built a map centered on your town : http://wobblygoblin.dnsalias.com/gunnco.gif

L = -117 37'
R = -96 08'
T = 43 22'
B = 33 09'

datainmotion · #19 (**permalink**) 07-09-2006, 06:59 PM

OK - I'm ignorant and lazy today

Your location is listed on your posts. Dur.
I'll send you mine with the co-ordinates.

Jay911 · #20 (**permalink**) 07-09-2006, 08:21 PM

Wish I could get it working. I have to presume my distance from the airport (~40km "as the crow files") is the issue.. I can hear data bursts of varying intensities, from "was that a beep?" to having it just bark through the speakers quite lould and clear. The volume levels have been adjusted to the point where the acarsd status bar is between 9 and 15 with the scanner's squelch open (noisy). Not receiving a single hit, been running for several hours now.