Update sector with latest AIRAC

[David Van Der Byl 937994]

Hi All

 

After spending alot of frustrating hours trying to keep sector files up to date I have written a little app to [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ist in this regard.

The application will take PSS files from the AIRAC and apply them to a given sector file. All you need to do is provide the "area" that needs to be updated. The area is defined by entering top left lon/lat and botom right lon/lat positions. Lon/lat is entered in decimal minutes with (-) sign for the West & South positions.

 

VOR, NDB, Fixes, Airports and airways are all updated. Invalid airways will be deleted and replaced with valid ones. For VOR/NDB and Fixes, a comment is added if the field is invalid.

 

If you would like to give it a bash, you are welcome to use, however :- NO GUARANTEE is offered (Make sure you have a backup).

 

www.vatsaf.com

Then Click on Downloads --> ATC Downloads.

 

Enjoy

 

David

[David Saunders 818672]

why not use the Fsnavigator txt file and ES will do it for you

 

Open SCT

 

Load FsNavigator Data

 

 

latest Airac now installed

[Andreas Fuchs]

Sure, Dave, but it is also great to have up to date NAV-data in the sector-file, since many - including me - would like to permantly display certain VORs, NDBs and Intersections.

[Jean-Frederik Dion 819740]

Sounds like a great tool David. Thanks for sharing it!

 

I seem not to be able to open a file in the PSS file select. It returns C:\\ if I point to C:\PSSVOR.dat

 

I placed my PSS files there for easy debugging but I tried many locations with no success. I'm running windows 7 x64.

 

Any idea?

[David Van Der Byl 937994]

Hi

 

I have updated the file available for download, this includes a few bug fixes I picked up generating sector file for Northern hemisphere.

Please do download it and if you could send me the full error you get I will gladly [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ist and try find the issue.

 

Regards

 

David

 

You are welcome to email me, email found at website under webmaster.

[David Van Der Byl 937994]

Jean-Frederik

 

I posted previous a tad early.

I installed onto 64 bit system and see you problem. Quick fix is simply delete the extra \, so you just left with c:\

 

I will work on working out the bug, but in the meantime the above works fine.

If you have other issues, do let me know so I can [Mod - Happy Thoughts]ist

 

Regards

 

David

[Jean-Frederik Dion 819740]

Thanks for your reply David.

 

I did specify manually C:\PSSVOR.dat but the error "Please specify PSS file" appeared. However after a few attempts without really changing anything it would accept it. I got it now! Cheers!

[David Van Der Byl 937994]

Just put in c:\

 

Leave out the file name

[Jean-Frederik Dion 819740]

Works thank you.

 

Now regarding the program's purpose more deeply, I can only get VOR and NDB to be imported. PSSWPT.dat, PSSAWY.dat and PSSAPT.dat are present in the same folder.