Navigation Database generation tool

What is it

This tool is part of the NavSys suite.
Its goal is to generate a Navigation Database for the navigation system to be queried.
From the database, the navigation system shall be able to extract all the info needed to accurately plan and navigate a path around the Earth.

what it does

the basic functions of this tool are

Acquire the info hold by Arinc 424 files
Browse those data to let the user inspect the data before final processing
Transfer those information into a single, specialized file for the NavSys to query

How to use it

Startup

Launch this tool from the terminal, passing as argument a .ini file containg settings (see examples).
The Tool will begin reading all files contained in a specified folder. At the end of the loading phase, the tool allows the user to enter a search key.
./bin/NavDbDebug.bin ./Settings/Default.ini

Search

The Search key must be Upper case (all strings in Db are Uppercase). The Tool will search the Db for any point which ICAO code mach exactly the search key.
When the search is completed, the user is presented with a brief list of the search result. To get a more detailed look of one of the search results, type "#" followed by the number of the search result to inspect

Lists browsing by index

The Tool can report 10 element of a given list (VHF,APT, NDB or WPT) when prompted with a #XXX/NNN prompt, where XXX is a three chars command such as VHF, NDB or APT and NNN is a number telling the tool where to start fetching results. Examples:

#VHF/143
#APT/1543
#NDB/13
#WPT/1213

Lists browsing by name

In a similar fashion as the by-index search, the tool can also use a name to produce a list starting from the closest match of a given search key.
The command must be given as #XXX-SSS whenre XXX is the type of list (VHF, NDB, AP or WPT) ans SSS is the starting name. Examples:

#VHF-TOP
#APT-KLAX
#NDB-AS
#WPT-ANAKI

Closing

Just type QUITNOW at any time to close the generation tool.