5 jan 1995

ACARS INTERFACE notes

acarsprn.zip

The acars.prn file can be directly printed (with HP500/XXXprinters)with the
dos print command please note that the RC network is only required when the Lowe Airmaster 
program is used. DO NOT FORGET TO CONECT PIN 20 of the DB25 to ground Common
of the interface....

I have heard that the interface can be used directly with a program called 
PCplus, however this is not verified by me but may be worth to try. 
but keep in mind that acarsdata is synchronous by nature 2400 bd
AFSK 1200 and 2400hz 7 bits acii plus parity

The Interface may also be used with JV FAX this seems to work FB.

I have seen the AEA PK900 ACARS program work fine with the simple HAMCOM 
interface. During program installation anwer  "n"  on the question if 
a PK900 is used. 

Although this is not the place to discuss commercial programs it seems 
however that there are no differences in look and feel of the AEA PK900 
Acars and Lowe Airmaster ver 2.00 progs. The aea manual is the best I have 
seen so far.
 
However LOWE and AEA use different interfaces but the output (logfile data)
is the same format. As a result my ACASORT program can be used to assist in 
decoding data generated by both programs. 


73 PA0DAL@PI8UTR NLD EUR

