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Prime Edition MkIII. Aircrafts database

Linar Yusupov edited this page Dec 5, 2023 · 3 revisions

The Prime Mk3 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 Prime Mk3 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 2.6 Mbytes storage with default FAT filesystem settings. Recommended volume name is DATA ;

  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').

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

  1. Make safe disconnect of the Prime Mk3 disk from the PC. Then apply power off & power on cycle. When the data is loaded properly - it is indicated by the following screen:

Description of data shown on this screen:

  1. aircrafts in total
  2. registration number of this aircraft
  3. make and model
  4. competition/tail number

Add your device into OGN DDB

  1. Visit OGN DDB Wiki page at this location. Register your Prime Edition Mark III in the database in accordance with the instructions provided there. Use the Prime Mk3 Device ID HEX number from the 'Radio 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 Prime Mk3 internal storage ;

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

  1. Shut the Prime Mk3 down, then restart. When the data gets loaded - it will identify your device as follows:

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