FLIGHTAWARE screensaver almost live - here it is...

[SuperFLUF]

It seems as though the url to get the map changes regularly.

The original post used a url of map3.flightaware.com...etc. When I set mine up the url in the original post did not work. I went to the website and brought up IAH, when I checked the url of the map it had changed to map1.flightaware......
Today I got back from a trip and It was not working so I checked and see its map3.flightaware..... again.

Anyone know how to work around this?

 

[satpak77]

Flightaware had some data feed issues a few days back, try to "new" URL and see if it works. Bring up the map/"radar" image and right click on it, go to properties, and the URL is listed there

 

[JumpJetter]

Anybody know how to "tweak" the code so it follows a particular tail number/ flight number? That would be sneaky.

JJ

 

[Low Timer]

May be a dumb question, but I can't find the answer. What is the difference between the green and blue data blocks?

Thanks

 

[JumpJetter]

Green are aircraft in the AREA of the airport you have selected. Blue are aircraft that are arriving or departing at the airport you have selected.

 

[Low Timer]

Green are aircraft in the AREA of the airport you have selected. Blue are aircraft that are arriving or departing at the airport you have selected.

Thanks!

 

[GravityHater]

Its great!
but there must be an Air Hold in place at DFW because I typed in 5 seconds and I don't see any motion.

Also still have a stripe at the top of my screen that changing the height does not fix (it just adds more off the bottom of the screen I think. (I have pasted in the fix code mentioned earlier)

Thank-yuh!

 

[JumpJetter]

Its great!
but there must be an Air Hold in place at DFW because I typed in 5 seconds and I don't see any motion.

Well first of all, the sweep on the radar is probably at least 5 secs. I would think updating any less than 20 secs would not show any changes....

 

[difete]

Nice

Nice guys, with this my wife can know where I am at all times!! :laugh:

 

[satpak77]

hope everybody likes it, I run the KDFW display with DFW ATC real audio in the background

that makes me an official nerd

 

[SuperFLUF]

Anybody know how to "tweak" the code so it follows a particular tail number/ flight number? That would be sneaky.

JJ

Probably all you have to do is go to the FlightAware site and track the tail# or flight number through their track any flight function. Then when you get the radar picture just right click on it and get the url from the properties info. Insert that url in place of the other.

 

[JumpJetter]

I did try that and it worked for that particular tail number on that particular day. However there seems to be a "key" that is generated (not sure if it is random or not) for each map. If you change the tail number the map does not work. Anyway, it's still pretty cool.

 

[Low Timer]

I've been using this tweak since it was posted, but it has stopped working within the last couple days. Anyone having any problems or is the tweak still working for you?

Thanks

 

[Mr Biggelsworth]

I just tried to download it but when I went to switch the airports, it came up saying nokey in the top left corner. I'm not too computer savvy; any idea what this means? Thx

 

[DrewBlows]

I've been using this tweak since it was posted, but it has stopped working within the last couple days. Anyone having any problems or is the tweak still working for you?

Thanks

Quit working for me too.

 

[Low Timer]

Quit working for me too.

I miss it! So far, I haven't been able to get it working again.

 

[Way2Broke]

what does nokey mean?