Virtual Radar Server
Translations
Plugins
Windows Vista / 7 Desktop Gadget
Source Code
BaseStation Radio
Virtual Radar Server
Windows .NET Installer: VirtualRadarSetup.exe
Linux Mono tar.gz: VirtualRadar.tar.gz (please see this page for Linux installation instructions).
- Fixed a problem whereby a rebroadcast server could consume all available memory if a connection to it is held open but no bytes are taken from it.
- The "Bytes Sent" column is no longer updated when a connection to a rebroadcast server is held open but no bytes are taken from it.
- Added a new column to the rebroadcast server display to show the number of bytes waiting to be sent to the listener.
You can view details of previous versions here.
You can join the Virtual Radar Server Announcements Google Group
or follow @VRadarServer to be notified whenever a new version is ready for download.
Requires Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or higher) / Vista / 2003 / 2008 / 7 and .NET 3.5 (the Virtual Radar Server installer includes
Microsoft's installer for .NET 3.5 SP1).
Installation: Run the installer. Run the server.
Go into Tools | Options to configure your connection to the receiver and the BaseStation database.
Translations
The language pack installs translations of the server user interface and the database writer plugin.
The web site is not translated (yet).
The following languages are supported:
Français / French
Deutsch / German
Polski / Polish
Русский / Russian
Windows .NET Installer: LanguagePackSetup.exe
Linux Mono tar.gz: VirtualRadar.LanguagePack.tar.gz (see this page for Linux installation instructions)
- 26th Mar 2013: Polish translations added courtesy of Łukasz C. Jokiel.
- 4th Mar 2013: New translations for version 1.2.1 of Virtual Radar Server.
Virtual Radar Server Plugins
Plugins are extensions to Virtual Radar Server that add optional features to the program.
DatabaseWriter
This plugin is for users who do not have a Kinetics radio but want to be able to run the reports. It creates and updates a database that uses the same schema as
Kinetic's BaseStation. Other third party utilities that update BaseStation databases should work with it, but it has only been tested with SBSPopulate.
Please do NOT install this plugin if you have a Kinetics radio!
Windows .NET Installer (only for users who are not running BaseStation): DatabaseWriterPluginSetup.exe
Linux Mono .tar.gz: VirtualRadar.DatabaseWriterPlugin.tar.gz (see this page for Linux installation instructions)
- The plugin now handles the case where new aircraft records are updated with the Mode-S country when new standing data is downloaded from the Virtual Radar Server website.
After installation go to Tools | Plugins, click Options against the Database Writer plugin and tick the Enabled box.
If you are starting a new database from scratch: Enter a filename for the database and click Create Database.
If you are using an existing database: Remove the tick from Only update databases that this plugin created and enter the path to the existing database.
You can view details of previous versions here.
Windows 7 / Vista Proximity Gadget
This optional desktop gadget can be configured to talk to the Virtual Radar Server and show the aircraft closest to a particular point (e.g. your house):
Download Proximity Gadget: VirtualRadarProximity.gadget
Version 2.0.0.0, 11th March 2012:
1. Fixed a very bad memory leak.
2. Fixed the problems with ugly text appearing if the gadget lost connection to Virtual Radar Server.
3. Added the operator and silhouette flags to the docked view.
4. Added an indication of heading and bearing to the docked view.
5. Added support for configuring the units used for distances, heights and speeds.
6. Added a flyout view.
7. Removed the indication of how many aircraft are transmitting emergency squawks.
Version 2.0.0.1, 11th March 2012:
1. Uploaded a few minutes after 2.0.0.0 - fixes a problem with connecting to Virtual Radar Server if you have a trailing slash (/) at the end of the address.
There is documentation for the proximity gadget.
Virtual Radar Server Source Code
Download Source Code: VirtualRadarSource.zip
The source code is released under the terms of the license. There is online documentation for the source which
you can download in CHM format (you will need to right-click the CHM file, choose Properties and click
Unblock before you can use it).
You will need Visual Studio 2010 to compile it.
Before you unzip the file you will need to unblock it, otherwise Visual Studio may complain when you open the solution. To do this right-click the ZIP file in Windows
Explorer, choose Properties and then click the Unblock button.
The free Express version of Visual Studio will complain that the test projects cannot be loaded when you open the solution. This is because test
projects are not supported by the Express edition. You can safely ignore the message, the application will still compile correctly.
If you do have a version of Visual Studio that can load the test projects then you will need to have either Excel or Open Office Calc installed before you
can run the data-driven tests. The data-driven tests use spreadsheets as their data source.
You will need a Windows machine and Visual Studio 2010 to build the Mono version. The same executables will run under both .NET and Mono. MonoDevelop will not compile the source.
BaseStation Radio
This has been retired. You can use VLC to play the audio streamed from the
current release of BaseStation.
An archived version of the BaseStation Radio program for users still on an old version of BaseStation can be found towards the end of
this page
