README

AsterixInspector 
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displays contents of files in Eurocontrol Asterix format. 
Asterix is a binary data format standard for data exchange in aviation.


Author: Volker Poplawski (volker@openbios.org)

Contributions by:
Ray Hayes (Cat23 specification)


Building from source
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This requires a working Qt 5.4 or greater environment including webengine

Run
	qmake

than run
	make


Modifying the Asterix specification
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The specification definition AsterixInspector uses to decode files can be modified and extended to your needs.
To provide your own specification of a Asterix category look in the directory asterixSpecification/. 
Specification files in this directory are read during application start. Copy the one which closely resembles 
the one you need to a new file. In the <asterix> tag assign the category number and a version string to 
distinguish your version. Multiple versions for the same category can be specified. The version used for 
decoding is specified in the 'Specification' dialog before loading a data file.