AsterixInspector

What is it?

AsterixInspector is a tool to display contents of Asterix data files. Asterix is a binary format for information exchange in aviation. The Asterix standard specification is beeing developed and endorsed by Eurocontrol, specification documents are available at http://www.eurocontrol.int/asterix.

Screenshots

Download and project details

OpenSuse and SLES packages in OpenSuse Build Service repository

Windows binaries here

Source code can be found here. For further information check out the SourceForge project page

Changelog

Features

• Block-level decoding of all Asterix Categories
• Record- and Item-level decoding as far as Category is implemented
• Handling of standard data field formats: fixed, variable, compound…
• HEX display of input file with selected data element highlighted
• In depth Data Item view with field annotations, bit-table and unit of meassurement
• Field specification display on Records
• XML report from contents
• Specification version selectable
• Custom specifications

Currently implemented Asterix Categories

• Cat1 (track UAP only)
• Cat2
• Cat4
• Cat7 (downlink UAP only)
• Cat8
• Cat10
• Cat11
• Cat20
• Cat21
• Cat23
• Cat34
• Cat48
• Cat62
• Cat63
• Cat64
• Cat65
• Cat240
• Cat247 New

Example Data

A small example data file is included. Additional Asterix example data can be downloaded from the Asterix Trackviewer

How you can help

• Report bugs or suggestions by email (volker-p at users.sourceforge.net) or in the project's issue tracker
• Implement missing categories by transfering the specification into XML representation
• Provide sample data