dbpop for RadarBox
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Features
Please Note: due to the way the RadarBox AutoPopulate works, the RePop information supplied by dbpop may be overwritten. For this reason, dbpop is only completely suitable for users who have disabled and do not use the AutoPopulate at all
(File\Preferences\RadarBox\Photo and Aircraft Populate\(uncheck)AutoPopulate Aircraft Data)
If you do use the AutoPopulate, the PrePop and UnPop features are still fully functional and beneficial but you will subscribe on the agreement that the RePop information is subject to possibly being overwritten.
dbpop will add a line to the DAT.008 file for each new aircraft PrePopped into the database, causing the 'new' flag to be temporarily shown instead of the country flag, as an alert. Once the new aircraft has been seen and the 'new' flag is no longer needed, clicking on the Amend DAT file button will bring up a new window. There is a field where the hex code can be entered, and then deleted from the dat file, and the country flag will show the next time that aircraft is received (but not until after the next time RadarBox is started). This window can be kept open separate from the main window, for easy editing, and there is also a button for quick access viewing of the dat file.
dbpop is a subscription service providing daily or weekly updates for anyone who uses an AirNav RadarBox. Many users may not have cleared, re-started or have only done minor updating to their database leaving it containing much out of date/expired/incorrect data, oversized and inaccurate.(take the 10 minute database checker here )
dbpop is the next level in database updating services
it UnPop(ulates) RePop(ulates) and PrePop(ulates) data for you so you don't have to worry about doing it yourself. Designed for convenience, simplicity of installation, and ease of use, dbpop is suitable for all users. There are three main features as described below.
-deletes non-current records, keeping your database size down. It deletes:
- sold / re-registered aircraft where a new hex code is assigned
- write offs / damaged beyond economical repair(dber)
- aircraft with cancelled registrations / permanently withdrawn from use(pwfu)
- scrapped aircraft
- older aircraft in storage where obvious will not fly again
- recoded aircraft where new hex code has been assigned (registration remains the same)
eg 02A2A5 222 Airbus A320-211 TS-INE Nouvelair Tunisie
UnPopped -has been re-coded to 02A1A4
in 2011 all Tunisair and Nouvelair Tunisie aircraft were re-coded, dbpop added in (Pre-Popped)
the new codes and deleted the old
- aircraft from airlines that go bankrupt / cease operations are not UnPopped until the aircraft are either sold
on or declared pwfu, with a remark in the CO field noting where stored (if known) and any other comments
eg 4006EE 29141 / 3035 Boeing 737-36Q G-TOYM bmi Baby STD B733
ceased ops -stored QLA Sep 2012 -reserved for Jet2 as G-GDFT
- aircraft that are re-registered where the new hex code is not yet known, are not automatically unpopped in
case the hex code is still being sent, as a 'miscode' (see here), a remark is entered in the CO field as
to where the aircraft has been re-registered to, until such time that a new hex code has been issued, the
code is no longer being sent, or it is found that the old hex code is in fact being used as a miscode.
eg A0BB6F 27317 / 2576 Boeing 737-524/W N14604 United tbu B735
delivered to Sriwijaya Air as PK-CLK
- aircraft that go on lease, for example to Canada for winter lease, and are re-registered, are not UnPopped
every year, remaining in the database, with a note in the CO field about the lease, same for the hex codes
for the registrations carried while on lease, they remain in the database through the summer, ready to be
re-instated when leased again the following winter, as many of the same aircraft travel back and forth
across on lease every year
eg 44A821 29660 / 2355 Boeing 737-8BK/W OO-JAA Jetairfly H B738
winter 2012 lease to Sunwing as C-FUAA
C034D1 29660 / 2355 Boeing 737-8BK/W C-FUAA Sunwing C B738
leased from Jetairfly for winter 2012
Since 2005, there have been over 800 airlines that have ceased operations, original estimates were that
there were 8-10,000 aircraft that could be unpopulated, dbpop is now approaching 20,000 UnPops with many
more to come, dbpop removes the expired data and the hex code from your database
-adds / updates info for:
type
registration
operator
construction number
ICAO type code
-refreshes details for the following changes: NOTE: a new logo is inserted in the Country Flag column to alert you to major changes (defined as changes to registration / hex code / frame). This logo, exclusive to dbpop, is inserted by both the RePop and PrePop features as a very valuable, visual, alerting
tool (see screenshot examples below)
- re-register -completely new registrations are PrePops (see below)
- re-register -same airframe, same hexcode, different registration
-countries that use the proper ICAO hex code assignment method, tie the hexcode to the airframe,
when the aircraft is re-registered within the same country, or returns back on the register from another
country. The registration will change but the hex code will remain the same, dbpop will alert you with
the NEW logo, an example of this is:
hex code 400A71 has changed registration 4 times in a 4 year period,
G-OSPG 21-Dec-06
G-DCTA 15-Jan-07
G -GRGA 05-Feb-10
G-OGFS 05-Jan-11
other programmes will update the data for you, only dbpop would display a new logo everytime a
re-registration occurs
- re-register -different airframe, same hexcode, same registration
-many countries use an allocation system where the hex code is permanently tied to the registration. An
airframe can be changed, but if the same registration is used, the same hex code is also used. This
happens particularily with biz jets, you would have no way of knowing, dbpop alerts you with the NEW
logo, an example of this is:
C01929 C-FJNS was c/n 5059 Challenger 601-3A re-registered to C-FJNZ 26-Sep-12
is now c/n 5755 Challenger 605 registered 05-Dec-12
again, other programmes will update the data for you, only dbpop would display a new log everytime
a new airframe is registered
(see the database checker page for more examples)
-operator change - will have NEW logo if titles and/or colour scheme is changed, examples of this are:
- mergers are tracked and aircraft are updated as they are re-painted, the entry will only be changed
and the NEW logo displayed when painted, to reflect the current colour scheme carried, not updated
just by date of merger. Recent examples are the Northwest to Delta, and Continental to United
(mainline and Express) rebranding, as well as
- colour scheme change -10 Skywest CRJ200s have recently been painted from Delta Connection
to American Eagle
as above, other programmes will update the info, only dbpop would display a new logo, and
these remain in your display until you've seen the aircraft
-the following are updated by dbpop but will not have a NEW logo displayed
- colour changes where it is a variation on an existing scheme eg Alitaila, Thomson, Monarch
- aircraft modifications eg winglets, cargo conversion
- adds new hex codes and data to your database for
- factory new aircraft prior to delivery where hex code already known
- imminent re-registrations with new hex code known
-no need to go searching for details of aircraft when first picked up, hex code and details will already be in
your database
- entries will have a new logo placed in the Country Flag column for alerting on first reception of a new
entry.(see screenshots below) Some programmes highlight a new code only the first time it's received, but if
missed or not seen at that time, becomes just another entry on second time received, with no notification
that it's needed. Only dbpop inserts the NEW, which will continue to be displayed in your list each time, until
you've seen it
*NOTE* PrePop is done by regions (see map below) You'll select which region(s) you would like to receive
PrePop updates for, so if for example, you live in Europe your database won't be pre-popped with new
American B738's if you didn't select region 2. There's a region 10 which is all aircraft over B767 / A330 size,
all smaller intercontinental aircraft (eg trans-Atlantic B757's to Europe), all large bizjets, and aircraft from
several countries of convenient register (eg Bermuda, Cayman Islands) which everyone will get in their
PrePop updates due to the complexity of splitting this fleet. A full region list and map are included with the
download. Selecting all regions for PrePop along with region 10 will add an average of new hex codes every
day, region 2 (USA) will add an average 10 per day, and region 5 (Europe) will add an average 5 new codes
every day. PrePops are done by the region of the intended operator, eg an Irish registered aircraft destined
for a Russian operator will be Pre-Popped into region 7 (Russia), not the region for the country of register.
