AirNav 3.0 © 32bit ACARS, Internet, HF and VHF Flight Tracking http://www.airnavsystems.com email: info@airnavsystems.com This Readme file contains important information about AirNav. __________________________________________ Contents: o Program Description o Requirements o Installation o Installation FAQ o Registration Information for old and new users o Online Resources / How to contact the author o Acknowledgements __________________________________________ o Program Description Welcome to AirNav - The Aircraft Tracking Software for Windows. This Software makes easier the task of tracking aircrafts flying in any part of the Globe. Once aircraft data is inserted via Terminal Mode or Flight Management Mode the program will calculate with high precision and display an aircraft label instantaneously on the globe position where it is. The program enables you, using Flight Management Mode, to see all flight development details. Its also possible to draw all kinds of airspace and flight related data, from weather to routes, from ATC centers to a 160000 digitalized map provided. Within AirNav you can estimate any flight waypoints and times. The program includes 9 extensive databases which are editable and searchable using the provided Database Explorer. Using the new rotating and resizable labels its possible to avoid label overlapping. Completely new and innovative features such as Vertical Tracking enables the user to understand airspace flight level organization. Security circles will help you monitoring near-misses. This circle as well many other options can be set using Preferences. But the best of the program is the floating window capacity: every window is resizable and you can open as many maps or vertical tracking windows as you want. Because of that its possible, for example, to see traffic simultaneously in many zooms enabling you to get a complete overview of what is passing in the skies of the globe. The program also includes an All Heard Management feature which will maintain a completely detailed database of all aircrafts you have ever heard on HF (not only using AirNav). That's it, AirNav The Aircraft Tracking Software for Windows! o ACARS, HF and VHF Tracking and Monitoring o Internet Semi Realtime Tracking o Compatible with all ACARS decoders o Supports DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) and FWD (File Write Detection) o Multi-window and Vertical Tracking o All Heard Aircraft Management o Electronic Flight Progress Strips o Mercator and Azimuthal Charts o Up to 2000 flighs simultaneously o Up to 50 waypoints/flight o Accurate estimation of times and waypoints o Professional Interface o Terminal and Flight Management Modes o 32 bit application o 9 updated databases with more than 100000 records o 7 different map creation methods o Airspace related data drawing o New Online Help, ACARS Quick View, Standby Flights Copyright 1997-1999 by Andre Brandao __________________________________________ o Requirements Operating System: Windows 95, 98 or NT. Disk Space: AirNav requires about 30 Mbytes of disk space. CPU: 386 25 MHz or higher. RAM: 4 MBytes or higher. Macintosh: AirNav has not a Macintosh version but it could run on these computers using an appropriate PC emulator. __________________________________________ o Installation 1-From the Internet downloaded .zip file AirNav comes in 3 .zip files. Unzip them to an empty directory in your hard disk. Run setup.exe 2-From CD-ROM Run setup.exe in AirNav CD-ROM. Note: Almost 100% of installation problems are related Borland Database Engine installation. This a re-distributable Borland Application needed to run AirNav and that will be installed automatically by AirNav setup. If for any reason you missed the installation of this software at the end of AirNav setup you may install it by running bde.exe file provided in the downloaded .zips or CD-ROM. __________________________________________ o Installation FAQ 1-Ive downloaded the 3 .zip files, installed the software but I received an error message when trying to run the program. A: For any reason you have skipped Borland Database Engine Installation that should be started by AirNav setup. To install Borland Database Engine run the file bde.exe provided. 2-What programs do I need to decompress the AirNav .zip file? A: The easiest way is to use WinZip (downloadable at www.winzip.com). You may also use Pkunzip.exe (the command line is "pkunzip zipfile.zip") where zipfile.zip is the the 3 .zip files. 3-Does AirNav have a Macintosh version? A: No. AirNav has not a Macintosh version but it could run on these computers using an appropriate PC emulator. __________________________________________ o Registration Information You have four ways to register AirNav: 1- Online Order (you will receive AirNav within 3 just hours!) 2- Postal, Telephoned and Faxed Orders 3- Order from a shop 4- Order directly from the author 5- If you are a V2.10 registered user 1- Online Order (you will receive AirNav within just 3 hours!) The quickest and most used way to register AirNav is to register online with RegSoft. Have your credit card ready. AirNav's registration via RegSoft is $70.00 USD. If you want to receive AirNav in CD-ROM please add $15 USD for package and post expenses. The downloadable file has exactly what you will find in the CD-ROM. Go to the following URL to register AirNav Online: http://www.airnavsystems.com 2- Postal, Telephoned and Faxed Orders If you don't want to send your credit card number over the Internet, or you want to pay by a check made out in US Dollars, then you can send your registration to RegSoft by postal mail or fax, or you can register over the phone. AirNav's registration via RegSoft is $70.00 USD. If you want to receive AirNav in CD-ROM please add $15 USD for package and post expenses. The downloadable file has exactly what you will find in the CD-ROM. Make checks payable to RegSoft.com. By telephone ask to order AirNav - The Aircraft Tracking Software for Windows. RegSoft's contact details are: Address: RegSoft.com 6595-G Roswell Road Suite 732 Atlanta, GA 30328 USA Tel: 1-877-REGSOFT (Toll-free) 770-497-9126 (for international orders) FAX: 770-497-9234 (both for US and international orders) Email: info@regsoft.com 3- Order from a shop AirNav will be available in some aviation enthusiast shops. For a list of shops where the program is currently available visit www.airnavsystems.com 4- Order directly from the author It's also possible to order directly from the author. AirNav's registration via the author is $85.00 USD. This price includes the CD-ROM and all possible post expenses of sending it to your address. You can also pay in your own country currency. Checks or money are accepted. Make checks payable to ‘Andre Brandao’. Just send to the author the following information: o 85 USD or the same in your own country currency in money or cheque. o This price includes the CD-ROM and all possible post expenses of sending it to your address o AirNav’s price in other currencies is: 80 Euros - Europe 50 GBP - Great Britain Pound 170 NLG - Netherlands Guilders 150 DEM - Deutsche Mark 500 FRF - Franc Francais 3000 BEF - Franc Belge 130 CAD - Canadian Dollar 130 AUD - Australian Dollar o First and last name o The way you want to receive AirNav (registration ID via e-mail or the 3 program CD-ROM via airmail). o Your e-mail or the address you want AirNav CD-ROM to be delivered to. Author's address is the following: Andre Brandao Rua Agostinho Neto, Lote 11, 2 C Quinta do Lambert 1750 Lisbon Portugal - Europe When your payment is received AirNav will be sent via airmail. 5- If you are a V2.10 registered user AirNav 2.10 registered users will have a discount when ordering AirNav 3.0. AirNav 3.0 will be 50USD for AirNav 2.10 registered users. If you want to receive AirNav in CD-ROM please add $15 USD for package and post expenses. The downloadable file has exactly what you will find in the CD-ROM. You can register for this discount price in two ways: 1-Online at www.airnavsystems.com for V2.10 registered users Go to www.airnavsystems.com and click Online Registration. Then follow the ordering instructions for registered users. You will be asked for your V2.10 registration codes. 2-Order via the author for V2.10 registered users You can also register via the author by sending 50USD in money or cheque to the address specified in the ‘Order via the author topic’ above. If you want to receive AirNav in CD-ROM please add $15 USD for package and post expenses. In any case if you are a V2.10 registered user, you will receive detailed information about AirNav 3.0 ordering. __________________________________________ o Online Resources / How to contact the author WWW Homepage: http://www.airnavsystems.com E-mail : info@airnavsystems.com AirNav WWW homepage contains information on program upgrades as well as downloadable updated program data files. The author can be contacted by e-mail (above) or at the following address: Andre Brandao Rua Agostinho Neto, Lote 11, 2 C Quinta do Lambert 1750 LISBON PORTUGAL __________________________________________ o Acknowledgements I would like to thank all the help given by all of you who have send me suggestions and helped me doing this program. I would like specially to thank the kind assistance of the following friends (in alphabetical order): Alexandre Barros, APO-VOOS, Brazil - http://www.geocities.com/~sbspairport Dani Glikmanas, Brazil Eric Langhendries, Belgium Gary Wann, UK John Waller, UK Richard Watt, New Zealand Xavier Ossedat, France To all the others I've missed here, a very big thank you! __________________________________________