Badge Edition. Aircrafts database

• Installation
• Usage
• Add your device into OGN DDB

The Badge typically comes with no database been pre-installed.
It is indicated at device boot time by the following message:

Database installation

1. Power on the Badge and wait until completion of the boot sequence. Connect the device to a PC with USB cable ;

2. A pop-up message may come up to indicate that some disk needs to apply a certain format procedure. Confirm to format this 2 Mbyte storage with default FAT filesystem settings. Recommended volume name is SOFTRF ;

3. Create 'Aircrafts' folder on the disk ;

4. Download most recent .CDB file that contains OGN Aircrafts Data from this location ;

ATTENTION: Make sure that the file you've downloaded has valid size and MD5 hash ('checksum').

5. Copy ogn.cdb file into 'Aircrafts' folder. This is how the disk should look like:
   

6. Make safe disconnect of the Badge disk from the PC. Then apply power off & power on cycle. When the data is loaded properly - it is indicated by the following screen:
   

Usage

Use SoftRF Tool for Android to choose 'make & model' traffic identification method:

Important

The third-party SoftRF Tool version 1.2 is known to have an issue with improper aircraft database selection.
Use SoftRF online UI tool together with Web Bluetooth LE Terminal to select a proper aircraft database setting.

When an air traffic (if registered in the OGN DDB already) is received by your Badge - the device will show some additional traffic info on the 'Text Screen':

There are few other options of the 'ID preference' setting available, such as:

• aircraft type
• tail/CN
• registration number

For more details, please, read this section.

Add your device into OGN DDB

1. Visit OGN DDB Wiki page at this location. Register your Badge Edition in the database in accordance with the instructions provided there. Use the Badge Device ID HEX number from the 'Status Screen' ;

2. Wait until 3:01 or 15:01 of UTC time (whatever is closer). The .CDB file at this location gets converted from data of official OGN DDB server twice a day automatically ;

3. Download the .CDB file and copy it into 'Aircrafts' folder of your Badge internal storage ;

ATTENTION: Make sure that the file you've downloaded has valid size and MD5 hash ('checksum').

4. Shut the Badge down, then restart. When the data gets loaded - it will identify your device as follows: