 | Q: What is the price of Pocket METAR?
A: Nothing, it is free.
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| Q: What can it do for me?
A: It will store information of airports for you, download METAR reports for
the airports and do wind calculations based on wind speed and angle.
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| Q: I did not find my home airport in the database, how do I get that?
A: Check the download
section of the Pocket METAR web and see if you can locate a database file that
includes your required airport. If so, download the file and open the
database.
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| A: I downloaded an airport database file, how do I import it to my
Pocket PC ?
Q: Use ActiveSynch to convert and transfer it. This
page explains how to do it.
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| Q: I checked your web but did not found a suitable database, am I out of
luck?
A: You can enter the airports you want to have in a database by hand. Download the empty database from my web and
rename it to something suitable. Then start to enter the airports you want
to include.
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| Q: I created a new database or updated an existing one, do you want to
have a copy?
A: Yes, please send me a copy and I will put it on my web (you will get credit for it).
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| Q: I just created a new database, how do I get Pocket METAR to update the METAR
reports for the new airports?
A: Most of our databases that you download from this web comes with
pre-stored URL:s that will work for most part of the worlds. If they do not
suit you, then you will have to find a web page that publish METAR reports for the
airports you have entered, if there is several different web pages use the
one that give the most current reports, Then enter the URL:s in to the URL
fields in the settings.
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| Q: What is "Backup METAR URL" used for?
A: Version 0.81 started to use this field to locate a second server and run
an extra download pass. This is useful if the primary Server temporary goes
off-line, Pocket METAR will still be able to receive information from the
second URL. Obviously, you have to have differents URL:s in Primary and secondary
for this to be useful.
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| Q: English is not my native language, can I get Pocket METAR in my own
language?
A: Yes you can. Download a language file from my web and follow
the instructions on this page.
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| Q: I did not find a suitable language file. Can I do my own translation?
A: Yes you can. Follow the instructions on this
page.
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| Q: I found an error in the software that I believe is a bug, will you fix
it?
A: Yes if the bug effects a great deal of users. Send in a report on how to recreate the bug, if it is dependent on
a specific setting or database, please include this in you E-mail. As I do
this on my spare time I can not guarantee that it will be fixed in a
timeframe expected by you, but I am very interested to receive bug
information. Send them to harry@debugsoft.com
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| Q: When I use the Menu option "Update METAR" I get an error
message saying "An error was encountered while running this
program." why?
A: Your Pocket PC probably have no connection to the Internet that is needed
to update METAR. Make sure that Internet is working by opening up Internet
Explorer and open up an web page.
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