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1. c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 23 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 6 Troubleshooting If the software cannot detect a receiver on start up it will give you an option of checking extra COM ports for the receiver or leaving it blank and trying all ports again Please make sure that the cables are connected properly and retry In rare circumstances the receiver may be on a high COM port that is not scanned if so please enter the port number it is on This can be seen in a Windows notification balloon when you plug in your SSRx Receiver or can be found in the Windows device manager If the receiver still cannot be detected your system may be lacking the drivers required for it to run These can be found by looking in the resources section of the disk inside the folder drivers There are also pdf files for Windows XP Vista 7 that give detailed instructions on the installation process c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 24 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 7 COAA Planeplotter Lite 7 1 Getting Started It is simple to install and configure COAA Planeplotter lite e First you need to know the COM port that your SSRx Receiver is using This port number is displayed at the bottom right corner of your Virtual Radar 3D program In this case2. T COPACP ANC PLO UCT Learnie e a E O A a 25 TAGS AAA II A E Meade Ga rata 25 7 2 Finding Planeplotter information and help ccccccooononoooonononcnonnconononnnnnononononnnononanoncnnnnnnnnnnos 26 c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 3 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 1 Welcome 1 1 Features of your Virtual Radar 3D Real Time 3D view of Mode S ADS B tracked aircraft Display Mode A C Codes Aircraft Proximity Alert LED NASA Maps Aircraft Alerts Photos of tracked aircraft Support for dual monitors Live Internet sharing Screen capture button Automatic FTP upload of screen shots Includes COAA Planeplotter Lite Supports COAA Planeplotter MLat Fully approved Ground Station Receiver outputs decoded messages with aircraft data ie Hex Alt Lat Lon etc Raw data directly from receiver Time stamped to 25ns using 64 Bit timer Compatible with third party applications via port 30003 Uses SQLite open source database engine SSRx Receiver uses advanced signal processing 12bit 40Mhz ADC FPGA and dedicated DSP Size only 130mm x 81mm x 30mm No external power supply required Connects to Windows PC Laptop via Plug amp play USB connection 1 2 Min PC Specification We would recommend Pentium 4 RAM 512MB Hard Disk 1GB free DVD Drive or better with Windows XP Vista Windows 7 As with other
3. 3D software ie Flight Simulators Games Google Earth a modern graphics card is recommended Planeplotter Lite will run on a lower specification PC and is included with the Virtual Radar 3D CD c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 4 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 1 3 What s included in the box e SSRx Receiver e USB Cable e Getting Started Guide e Software CD c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 5 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 2 Getting Started 2 1 Installation Close all other applications before installing Plug the SSRx into your computer then wait for a minute while the drivers are automatically installed if they are not already installed After inserting the CD the autoplay box will appear Select Show Virtual Radar 3D Launcher When the box appears click on Install Set up wizard will appear Follow wizards instructions If autoplay is not enabled double click on My computer and then double click on your DVD drive icon to launch installer Follow installation instructions If the program does not begin installing automatically right click on your CD DVD drive icon in My computer and choose Explore from the drop down menu Double click on autorun exe to run the launcher Then follow the
4. Aircraft List as it can have 2 300 aircraft at any time e Aircraft at the edge of your receivers reception may appear as 2 separate aircraft one for your locally received aircraft the second a network aircraft At present we display both aircraft positions in future versions of this software we will look to improve this aircraft handover 5 Advanced Information 5 1 SQLite Database The method the Virtual Radar 3D Software uses to find information about an aircraft is described here When the receiver first sees an aircraft 1t looks at the hex code and uses the Countries csv file that is found in the hex folder in your install directory to find the correct country image which it will then load from the flags folder within the hex folder Next it uses the hex again and queries the DataSQL sqb to find out its Registration Manufacturer and ICAO type code If it finds an entry it will look in the types folder within the hex folder to find a bitmap file bmp with the name the same as the ICAO type code If it finds one it will load the aircraft silhouette Finally the first callsign is used to lookup the operator of aircraft 1t does this by searching the Airliners csv file in the airliners directory to find information about the operator of the aircraft If an entry is found it will then try to look for an image with the same prefix as the operator This should now work with prefixes longer than three characters
5. data from a modern transponder and may contain aircraft position information This data is from older type transponder and only supplies Squawk code or Altitude This is general data being received Indicates the USB is connected Note If you are using a pre amp the the blue LED will light up for aircrafts some distance away as well as close aircrafts USB Computer SMA Antenna c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Page 8 Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 2 4 Antenna Depending on which antenna you have supplied with your Virtual Radar 3D or one you have purchased separately the following advice will be helpful Mag mount Antenna The mag mount antenna is designed to operate best when used on either the metal roof of a car or attached to a metal plate a sweet or biscuit tin lid could be ideal For the best range locate the antenna in a place that will have a clear view of the sky Most Mag Mount antennas are not designed to be permanently mounted outside External Antenna For the best possible range we would recommend an external antenna mounted as high as possible and using low loss coax cable There are links to suitable suppliers on our website http www auroraeurotech com avionics order php 3 Radar Screen Most of the windows can be toggled on and off using the windows
6. menu They are freely dockable which can be done by grabbing the handle at the top and pulling away until it 1s detached The window can re docked by hovering it over the main window until a blue shadow appears let go of the window and it will reappear inside the main window Hold the Ctrl button on the keyboard and drop the window to stop it recombining and instead hover over the main window 3 1 Main Menu File Backup Database Will make a backup copy of the current database that holds all the data for aircraft you have seen and related information about their flights You will be told where you can find your backed up database c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 9 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 Reset Windows Positions In rare circumstances where you may find one of your windows 1s not visible This could happen 1f you switch from a multi monitor configuration to a single monitor and have not remembered to bring all the windows back into view This will reset all the undockable windows back into the original positions Take Screenshot Will take a snapshot of the screen you will then be prompted where to save the image file Upload Screenshots Will tell the program to upload an image of the current view to a web server You can upload a single image or 1t can automaticly upload at preset time intervals Exit Will clo
7. modes of operation Fixed Site recommended when the receiver is used at a location where the Latitude Londitude is known Mobile recommended for use when the location of the receiver is not known or when the receiver is moving Help Aurora Website Open Aurora Eurotech website in your web brouser Software Status Check your current version numbers and any other important information You can also go to our Download Center from this page Check for Updates Will check if there are new updates available Manual Open this user manual in Adobe Acrobat Reader c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 15 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 Release Notes Display release notes for this software System Report This funcion is to help us diagnose any problems you can normaly ignore this option About Display version information for both your Virtual Radar 3D software and your SSRx Receiver c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 16 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 3 2 The Toolbar T M M M em MM MM aa a E The toolbar is a way for you to quickly turn features on and off select important waypoints move the camera and manage other features If the icon has a small coloured box in the corner this indicates the stat
8. the port number is 5 Connected on COMS Mobile Dont forget to close the Virtual Radar 3D program before using Planeplotter e Install Planeplotter Lite this can be found in the resources directory of your Virtual Radar 3D install CD and follow the on screen instructions e Then run Planeplotter Lite you need to select the port by selecting Setup Comm Port and setting the Comm port number in this case 5 ix PlanePlotter Lite from COAA for Aurora SSRx File View Process Rewiew Help gt 0 2 Mode 5 receiver Aurora 55Rx Setup Comm Port Chart TEP IP address Aircraft view Test Map calibration VO settings Graphics output Sharina Receiver Comm Port Comms port number 5 Comms port data rate 115200 a c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 25 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 e The setup is now complete don t forget to click on the green button at the top left of the screen You should now see aircrafts as shown below Ex PlanePlotter Lite from COAA for Aurora lala File View Process Options Review Help IM gt o o ya osm Ba 400617 SHTSF AMRA G EUXF 4389 F312 405EE0 G EUYC A320 a EZY207 400FDB G EZBJ A319 3 400DB1 F312 BAW278 y fo FO 3 G BNLX apo 40QFDF i F342 BMIEHEZ BN ASPIRED A 4935AARD ADS G TEMK B733G E L445 44929752 F218 F312F33
9. 1s seen in future Colours and other viewing settings can be modified in the Display settings found under Settings in the menu bar Keyboard Shortcuts Arrow Keys Move the camera North South East West Shift Left Rotate and tilt the camera Mouse Page Up Zoom in Page Down Zoom out R Reload outline files c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 19 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 3 4 Aircraft List Est Distance Austrian 27 This column gives an estimate of the distance to an aircraft using only the signal strength to calculate 1ts distance Our Virtual Radar Receiver is optimised for measuring how far an aircraft is from the receiver so you have an estimated distance for every aircraft in your Aircraft List This opens up many possibilities see examples below a You see an aircraft outside that you cannot identify but on the virtual radar there 1s only one displaying V Close so you know exactly which aircraft it is b You know that the Vulcan or BBMF aircraft is on your Aircraft List but now you can see if it is about to fly overhead or if it is flying around 100 miles away Note If you are using a pre amp then aircrafts will appear closer 3 5 Aircraft Images Powered by airliners net The aircraft information window displays the images of aircraft you have selected This feature
10. 2 TOMSES 4268991 800582 IR ET TZ 40057F ions F320 ELDHS B738 AO PEPEN damien TORA RTE OHY37SSQBRCIB 035 an pi C TCRA Riz 400049 TC OAK Ago PREM1035 484451 LN NOD B738 2 G EZIG A3 OIE NEN F100 F342 a DALIA Sn ROHY 2454 FERRER 405054 333 nagsa NEOINIWIA DEC B7HKIBARN ARROZALES 094 F390 F362 PHES De Please Note e The TCP IP option is currently not used and is part of a feature available shortly 7 2 Finding Planeplotter information and help COAA Website http www coaa co uk planeplotter htm Planeplotter Wiki http planeplotter pbworks com Planeplotter Group http groups yahoo com group planeplotter c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 26 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK
11. Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Guide Doc Ref Edition Ver 1 0 0 2 Edition Date 06 11 10 Status This User Guide is regularly updated with additional information You can find the latest version at http www auroraeurotech com avionics download php Aurora Virtual Radar 3D o x File Views Windows Settings Help Le e M We E 23 1 seectuamoo 2 8 01 9 E Aircraft List X Aircraft Images x Flag Registration Callsign Altitude Est Distance Latitude Longitude Vertical Rate za gt J A6 EYF ETDO41 y A332 38000 Distant 53 530370 2 557230 64 5 3 E gt MS C FXCA FEE 4 3197 V Distant gt cossec C GHPF cay ORME Rs 000 V Distant 51 600870 s BB coscss C GPAT 30000 V Distant 51 250010 0 314180 gt E D ABTB DEERE Lufthansa 34000 Distant 53 455700 0 419740 gt mee 2C4A8 D ABTH DEGERE Lufthansa ammm ME 31975 VDistan 52 675510 1 244050 E md A a D ACNI 34000 V Distant 5 gt 306566 D AIKF o E Distant 52 944120 3 182070 gt x D ALPG een 7000 Jip per e ETE Close 53 705730 1 119560 FRY ANAL ad ga 3C7209 D ALPI 332 36000 Near 54 116780 E D FLOH pr C208 Distant E FD az EI DCK SES RYANAIR ll ME V Dista FW arc EI DHY A RYANAIR a E e J 1 TTD z 4 T r 198A G EZFI 0 6kts Tracking 57 of 105 Detected Aircraft Connected on COMS Fixed Site Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 amp This produ
12. and the camera can be zoomed and rotated around to allow a very dynamic and informative way of viewing what is happening in the skies above you Moving around is done by left clicking on the ground and dragging the mouse you will see the world move to keep the piece of ground under your mouse cursor The arrow keys can also be used Zooming in and out of the map is done by using the scroll wheel or the PageUp PageDown keys You can also rotate and tilt the camera by either using either the Mouse scroll wheel button or the shift left mouse button The compass in the top right of the screen will help you tell which direction the camera is pointing The R button on the tool bar can be used at any time to point the camara directly downwards To select aircraft double left click on the ground where the aircraft is The aircraft will be selected and you will see it change colour it will also be highlighted in the list of aircraft More options are accessed by right clicking Currently you can set the view to tracking mode or add an alert for the aircraft By clicking tracking the camera will hover over the top of the aircraft and follow the aircraft as it moves c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 18 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 If you add an alert the program will highlight the aircraft in the list and notify you when it
13. ct complies with relevant standards for CE marking in the European Union PRECAUTIONS NEVER Use the Virtual Radar 3D where it is illegal NEVER Expose the receiver to liquids rain or snow AVOID Using the supplied antenna on a vehicle when it is moving As it may become dislodged AVOID Placing the SSRx in direct sun light or expose to extremes of temperature Special thanks to the following for giving us permission to use their Icons Outlines Silhouettes etc Bones http Awww homepages mcb net bones index htm lan Kirby http www sbsbst co uk 1ank c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 2 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 Table of Contents EAN CON 9 PECAR E aloha aot ceecn le Pee heer E O iets arsed Mee N Mant etietagee 4 lls eames of your Viral Radar DA a 4 L2 ND Cts OC CEE CATION en a a nd eaoeaaedeeeumeetes 4 US Whats Included 1 the DO a a a r a 5 ZACH MO Sad ios 6 A A A eats Bae eee oe ae 6 2 2 Sarine AA A IS 7 2A DOU TNE RA RECEIVE tl li di a 8 A One ee ee ee eer eee 9 TRAC AL SC Ne A a O O Oe a 9 IA MI sen 9 2 Toe PODA ta 17 REIRE AA tc siege dg ete bd E E A dame suena ee eeeeass 18 AA MIS 20 A ts eclas della ts toa Glues cts OA 20 0 Mode ae ey lt j Laermer mre ee une ee ci 21 old OE 21 A A A E E E E 22 LN Qi Cee Cs Orma O EA O A E E N 23 SUI T 23 CIOD a1 60 16 01 aee E E E E E E E A E een 24
14. e of the function A green box indicates this feature 1s enabled red means that 1t is currently disabled A Turn the rings around your locations on or off Ic Turn the aircraft trails on or off ki Turn the aircraft vertical stalks on or off a Turn the aircraft 2d mode on and off this mode pushes the aircraft down onto the surface of the earth lil This turns the aircraft labels on and off for all aircraft However when you select an aircraft the label will still be shown J Turn outlines on and off Es Turn airport markers on and off E Move the camera back to your default view location This position can be set in the waypoint manager which can be found in the settings area of the menu bar Select waypoint Select a waypoint from a list of the currently enabled waypoints the camera will automatically move to the waypoint position 1 Move the camera to view 1 there are also buttons for different views These views can be setup in the menu bar under Views R Resets the camera angles Will reset it back to viewing directly down with north at the top of the screen Take a snapshot You will be asked where to save the image c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 17 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 3 3 Earth View Aircraft are positioned on a globe of the world
15. fice Y Reciever location Comment Latitude 53 300000 Longitude 0 300000 Location Rings 50 000000 Range 100 000000 200 000000 Add Ring Remove Ring Changes will only take place if applied Select None Select All Ok Delete Location New Location Locations appear on the map with the optional rings and allow you to display the distance between you and the aircraft they also act as markers for other important places you may want to remember To add a new location select the new location button a new location will be created that you can fill in information about You may also disable others so they wont be shown but will still be saved for later Receiver Location tick box sets the location that the default view button in the toolbar will return you to and also allows the receiver to work in Fixed Site Mode which may enable your receiver to pick up aircraft with a weaker signal c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 14 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 You will also see a section for adding and removing rings these are the rings you see around the locations you set Receiver Mode y Aurora Virtual Radar 3D File Views Windows Help i a aE is Data Airports Outlines Alerts Location Manager Reciever Mode Fixed Site Mobile The receiver has 2
16. imes Bearing Tick Interval Degrees V Angle Labels V Range Labels Aircraft List Column Order Flag Hex Registration Callsign Operator Type Image ICAO Altitude Most of this dialog is self explanatory Aircraft labels There are special characters for the aircraft information that will be inserted into the label Below is a list of special characters along with their respective functions 1 Will insert Callsign unless this is empty 1 Will insert Latitude otherwise it will use Hex FI Will insert Registration unless this is FL Will insert Longitude empty otherwise 1t will insert Hex c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 11 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 a Will insert Altitude m Will insert Manufacturer Hc Will insert Callsign 0 Will insert Operator Name C Will insert Country Fr Will insert Registration s Will insert First Seen time q Will insert Sqawk FS Will insert Last Seen time t Will insert Track Hg Will insert Ground Speed T Will insert ICAO Type Code h Will insert Hex Will add brackets around the text e g g 200 kts rather than 200 kts Will show only the core value itself e g kts ft etc will be left out You can also use modifiers with
17. n 1s filtered down until only aircraft starting with that word are visible Most of the comparators are self explanatory However there 1s one that may be useful to do a more advanced search This operator is called Similar to and allows wild cards The wild cards are and _ 1s used to match any single character For example a_c could match abc or alc is used to match any number of characters For example a c could match abc or abbbc 4 Internet Sharing This feature introduces internet sharing with www radarvirtuel com We have designed the internet sharing feature to be true sharing Virtual radar users can share their aircraft positions with an aircraft tracking website radarvirtuel com and the website will share its aircraft positions with the virtual radar user You DO NOT need to make any changes to your router or firewall By default the sharing is turned OFF and you must turn it ON when you start the Virtual Radar 3D software Please Note c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 22 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 There will be times when the sharing server will be unavailable We expect there to be issues of some type with this software it 1s experimental The main areas of the software we are working on at present are the handover of aircraft between locally received aircraft and network aircraft and the
18. on screen instructions c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 6 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 2 2 Starting Virtual Radar 3D You can start the Virtual Radar 3D with its normal display with land and sea textures or with outlines only display This can be done using the normal Windows Start menu Start gt All Programs gt Aurora Eurotech Virtual Radar 3D Outlines Only Virtual Radar 3D Virtual Radar 3D Outlines Only Aurora Virtu File Views Windows Settings Help SS 5 83 11 ston AS E ES Aircraft List The outlines only is also ideal for use on laptop or lower powerd PCs Note On older versions of the Virtual Radar 3D the Outline Only was called Low Spec Mode these are exactly the same c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 7 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 2 3 About the SSRx Receiver The SSRx receiver is a small black metal box with two connectors on the back T Aurora AM Blue LED Red LED Orange LED Yellow LED Green LED Aircraft proximity Mode S Data Mode A C Data Data USB Connected alert Received Received Indicates that an aircraft with ANY type of transponder Mode A C or Mode S 1s close This is
19. outlines folder in the program directory which you specified during the install process To change the Line width or Colour of the outline first select the outline in the box to the left of the dialog Alerts Display Data _ Airports Outines Alerts Locations Hex Alert List Alert Settings 4CA54A 4 Play Sounds v Show Overlay Y Flash Taskbar Select Sound File This dialog displays all active Alerts and allows selection of the action when that aircraft is seen c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 13 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 Alerts can be configured manually by entering their hex code in the box at the left of the dialog Alerts can also be automatically configured by right clicking in either the radar window or the aircraft list and selecting the Toggle alert button Play Sounds will cause the selected sound file to play when an aircraft triggers an alert Show overlay will cause a transparent overlay to appear on top of any current programs when an alert is triggered Flash task bar will cause the program to be highlighted and flash in the task bar attracting your attention Location Manager Confi uration Display Data Airports Outlines Alerts Locations office Reciever j Modify Location v Test Site Name Position Of
20. se the Virtual Radar 3D Views Save Views Windows Toggle Mode S List Display or hide the Mode S list Toggle Mode AC List Display or hide the Mode A C List Toggle Radar Window Display or hide the Radar Window Toggle Reporter Window Display or hide the Reporter Window Toggle Aircraft Information Window Display or hide the Aircraft Information Window Toggle Debuging Log Window Display or hide the Debugging Window c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 10 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 Settings Display Configuration J Display Data Airports Outines Alerts Locations Aircraft Colours Text TC Level Ascending E Descending E Text old Level old a Ascending old ea Descending old jaa Selected Text Selected Level a Selected Ascending eae Selected Descending g Airport Colours Location Colours Aircraft List Colours Text uE Text Text Marker E Ring Background Aircraft Marker Type para a Choose the type of marker to use when drawing the aircraft Stick Aircraft Directional The Display settings configuration dialog allows you to set most of the colours for Aircraft Airports etc Aircraft Marker is the small symbol use to indicate the position of the aircraft on the Radar view Confi uration Display Data Airports Outlines ler Aircraft List Removal T
21. these they will only act if there is some text to write e g Not empty They can be used can be used as follows to provide a result as shown g for example will insert 200 kts rather than 200kts Airports Airport Selection From here you can select airports from the airport files in the Virtual Radar Directory Please bear in ind that due to the large volume of airports turning them all on can reduce performance f SelectNone f Select All Enable Disable the airport markers for individual countries c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 12 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 Outlines Configuration i Display Data Airports Outines Alerts Locations liv OutineUK out Modify Outlines Outline WorldCoarse out OutlineWorldHigh out Line Thickness Outline WorldIntermediate out 1 Outline WorldLow out Outline WorldMedium out Colour e OutlineWorldWithoutUK out Select None Select All All outline files that can be found in the outlines folder in the programs install directory will be listed The program can load outline files with a out extension As well as the default outlines included with the software many others can be found on internet resource sites including ones designed for other virtual radars Just place the outline files into the
22. to our screen For users in the UK the document ENR 1 6 ATS Surveillance Services and Procedures is available at http www nats uk ead it com and contains information about how squawk code are allocated Similar documents are available for other countries 3 Reporter More advanced users may want to view information about the history of an aircraft This may be done by using the reporter You can make this window appear by clicking Toggle Reporter Window found in Windows in the menu bar The reporter queries the database file of the program for the information you require it will return the first 1000 records for any query you request all of which can be sorted by clicking the heading label c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 21 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 The reporter is also partially undockable if you grab one of the tabs you may pull it out and rearrange it inside the main reporter window This allows you to see more information at once An example of this would be if you select an aircraft you will be shown a list of the flights that it was seen on To search for something pick the column that identifies the feature For instance Registration then click the way to compare it Change this from the default Match Anything to Begins with and type United As you type the selectio
23. uses airliners net to search for images of any aircraft with a known registration By clicking on either the images or the text your internet browser will be launched and you can then search through even more images of the aircraft you are interested in c 2010 Aurora Eurotech Page 20 Aurora Eurotech Beech House Grasby Road North Kelsey Moor Lincolnshire LN7 6HJ UK Aurora Virtual Radar 3D User Manual Ver 1 0 0 2 3 6 Mode A C List Mode AC List x Squawk Distance Est Last Seen qos 25 to 50 Miles 15232 34 6402 25 to 50 Miles 15 32 20 4340 25 to 50 Miles 15 31 25 7330 5 to 10 Miles 15 31 26 6050 25 to 50 Miles 15 33 15 5240 25 to 50 Miles 15 32 38 3320 25 to 50 Miles 15 32 00 Mode A C messages from aircraft can contain either squawk Mode A or altitude Mode C It should be noted that there is no way of knowing which type of message type is being sent or the position of the aircraft We also only display codes from aircraft close to the SSRx Receiver Information available from our receiver 1 Squawk code From this you can determine who is controlling the aircraft 1 e squawk 6171 to 6177 indicates the aircraft 1s under the control of Doncaster Sheffield Approach There will also be a number of Mode C codes these are of no significant use 2 Estimated distance to aircraft Just like listening to pilots Mode A C helps build up a mental picture of what is going on above our heads but it wont add any more trails
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