Acarsd Again

[Deadmeat123]

Hi everybody i have scanned through your forums and seen alot of posts about people having problems setting up acarsd. I am one of those people. It seems that when said people get Acarsd to work they dont say how they did it.
Does anyone have a step to step guide on how to setup acarsd?
Here is how i have it setup.

I have got my scanner on the primary european channel.
Squelch is at 100%
Volume on scanner at 100%
Wire connecting ear socket on scanner to the 'line in' of my pc.
Line in selected in volume settings and volume at 100%.

I have wacars running and i am getting many aircraft calling in, yet when acarsd is running i just see a picture of a cargolux 747-4.

Can anybody please help otherwise i may have to spend £400 on a radarbox :-( and i dont want to be doing that.

Any help will be greatly apreciated.

Seb

 

[j0nnyb1aze]

Volume on scanner at 100%

Line in selected in volume settings and volume at 100%

This is your problem. You're most likely "overloading" the sound cards input. Look in the lower right of the acarsd window for where it says vol:##### adjust your volume controls until that shows about 15-20ish and you should be in business.

 

[poltergeisty]

Menu/ ACARS / Initialize...

Oh, for software not an FMC. :lol:


You need to make sure the signal is clear and have a good antenna! You have to adjust the sound from the scanner in increments. You can't just crank it up to 100% and expect it to work. Also, the squelch shouldn't be open. Turn the knob up to just barely as to cut out the static.

 

[Deadmeat123]

cheers guys will try all of this at the weekend as i was posting it for my dad!

thanx again