ACARS Demod preview

[jaro61]

I can't find the ACARS Demodulator in this version either. Where can I find it?

[bermine]

@srcejon yes the acars demod is loaded, but it hangs the program during the load,
source of error: aircraftDatabaseFast.csv failed to open
2023-02-08 03:31:16.780 (D) AircraftInformation::readFastDB: Failed to open
2023-02-08 03:31:16.781 (D) AircraftInformation::readFastDB - read 0 aircraft

[srcejon]

Ok, thanks. It was assuming the database was already downloaded via ADS-B plugin. Have added a button to do it from ACARS Demod as well: * deleted *

[jaro61]

I can't find the ACARS demodulator anywhere. Is it even there?

[bermine]

yes you have to add to the workspace as any other demodulator/decoder

[jaro61]

I don't see it in my channel list.
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[bermine]

use the latest build, link is in the upper reply
do you have any test record? could you share it?

[jaro61]

Ok, thanks. It was assuming the database was already downloaded via ADS-B plugin. Have added a button to do it from ACARS Demod as well: https://sdrangel.org/downloads/sdrangel ... -win64.exe

I used this link. In my opinion, it should be the latest one. I don't have any tests yet. Only with ADS-B. I'm currently building some antennas.

[srcejon]

do you have any test record? could you share it?

Not to hand.

I use 3 demods, on 131.525, 131.725, 131.825MHz in the UK. You shouldn't need to adjust any of the demod settings. (131.525 is quiet though, so maybe just do the other two)

[srcejon]

I used this link. In my opinion, it should be the latest one.

It looks like the latest version from the version number.

You might want to have a look through the log file to see if there are any errors near this:

2023-02-08 19:24:11.294 (D) PluginManager::loadPluginsDir: fileName: demodacars.dll
2023-02-08 19:24:11.324 (I) PluginManager::loadPluginsDir: loaded plugin demodacars.dll

or this:

2023-02-08 19:24:11.630 (D) PluginManager::registerRxChannel ACARS Demodulator with channel name "sdrangel.channel.acarsdemod"