Overview
FlightAhead’s ARINC 424 Nav Db Parser is build as a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) and comes with extensive API documentation.
A License Key is needed which locks the usage of the Parser to the PC hardware.
A test application is provided as a source code project so that you can see how the Parser is initialized and how API calls can be made.
ARINC 424 Data
FlightAhead’s Nav Db Parser can read data encoded in ARINC 424 Revisions 17, 18, 19 and 20.
FlightAhead does not provide the actual ARINC 424 data. You need to have a subscription yourself with one of the official ARINC 424 Nav Data suppliers, such as for example Jeppesen/Boeing, NavBlue/Airbus, or other.
If you only need North American navigation data you can use the ARINC 424 data that the FAA publishes free of charge on the FAA Aeronautical Information Services website.
API Documentation
.NET Standard 2.0
FlightAhead’s Nav Db Parser is a DLL is written in .NET Standard 2.0
That means the your application can either be written in .NET & .NET core, or in .NET Framework. The compatible versions for the respective implementations can be seen on the left picture.
The test application that we provide is developed in .NET 6.0
Theoretically also Mono, Xamarin, UWP and Unity should be possible, but that has never been tested.
You can find further details on Microsoft’s website.
Test Application
The test application, for which we provide the sourcode, is implemented as a .NET 6 windows application. In the code you can examine and try out all the Parser API calls.
You start by specifying which ARINC 424 Areas (EUR, USA, CAN, etc…) you want to use. When clicking the NAVDB READ button, you instruct the Parser to read and memory cache the data for the selected Areas.
Once memory cached, retrieving specific ARINC 424 data record types goes extremely fast and performant.
DEMO
Want to see how FlightAhead’s ARINC 424 Nav Db Parser works and how it can be integrated and used in your project?