1. Frequency Finder 6 Mapping, Export, Special Functions
Workshops
Egypt, Cairo, 9 – 13 October 2016
Thailand, Bangkok, 18 – 21 October 2016
Presented by
Loftur Jonasson ICAO/HQ
Robert Witzen

2. Mapping (1) Plot coverage on map (1)
Button mapping
Plot the coverage of the selected (single) station
Plot the coverage of all stations in the table (fond set)
For area services plotting includes coverage of the station and the area (polygon)

3. Export COM list 3 (1) Export COM list 3 to an external file
Export in FIleMaKer format, Excel format, CSV format and PFD format (PDF not in runtime version)
Export:
ALL COM list 3
Selection COM list 3 (e.g. all assignments for a single country)
Export single frequency assignment (e.g. for coordination purposes)
Possible to print COM list 3 or the selection
Export/Print order:
Country / Location / Frequency
Frequency / Country / Location

4. Special Functions (1) Table Historical
Go to Table Historical
Table historical goes to the active frequency assignment selected in COM list 3
If frequency assignment is not in the table Historical, option to view all data
Table Historical keeps a record of
Frequency assignments that were modified or deleted from the COM list 3
Frequency assignments that were uploaded to the Server (Regional Offices only)
Frequency assignments that were downloaded and modified or deleted (all users)
When upgrading to new version of Frequency finder:
Create backup
Recover at least the table Historical ALL COM list 3
Preferably: Create a backup of all tables in Frequency Finder, recover these and perform a download synchronization as requested (with button Check Sync on the start page for VHF COM frequency assignments.

5. Special Functions (2) Integrity check, country names, polygons FIR / Safire
Integrity check - Restart
Restart the Integrity Check. Allows the user to manually re-start the integrity check. Integrity
Go to Country names
Navigates to the table with Country names and addresses
Go to Polygons FIR/SAF
View the table PolyEUR which contains the polygons for the ICAO FIR and the Safire Polygons
Integrity check – the integrity check is normally automatically performed each time the user navigates from the Home Page VHF COM to the Table COM list 3.
Country Names – The table Country names contains the country names and three letter codes as they are used in Frequency Finder. The table is derived from the ICAO Directory.
Polygons FIR/SAF. The polygon data for both ICAO FIR and Safire polygons are contained in the table PolyEUR in Frequency Finder. From this table Frequency Finder extracts data for compatibility calculations and for mapping of polygons.

6. Special Functions (3) Polygons SAFIRE and ICAOFIR, Connector table, import COM Safire
Go to Polygons SAFIRE
View the table from where Safire polygons are imported
Go to Polygons ICAOFIR
view the table from where the ICAO FIR polygons are imported
Go to Connector Table
View the table from where the COM list 3 frequency assignments are either uploaded to or downloaded from the ICAO Server
Go to Table COM-SAFIRE
View the table from where the Safire frequency assignments are imported
Polygons SAFIRE – Safire polygons which are downloaded from the EUROCONTROL website are initially imported in this table. Frequency Finder adds the test points to the vertices of the Safire polygons. From this table the Safire data is imported in the table PolyEUR
Polygons ICAOFIR – ICAOFIR polygons are initially imported in this table. After import is completed the ICAOFIR polygons, including test points, are imported in the table PolyEUR.
Connector table – the connector table is an intermediate table from where COM list 3 frequency assignments are initially imported from the ICAO Servder (download synchronization) or uploaded to the ICAO Server (uplink synchronization, only for Regional Offcies)
Table COM-SAFIRE – Frequency assignment that have been downloaded from the EUROCONTROL website are initially imported in the table COM SAFIRE and converted into the format used by Frequency Finder. From this table, after conversion, the Safire frequency assignments uploaded to the ICAO Server COM list 3 and are imported in the COM list 3 of Frequency Finder. This function is only available for the ICAO EUR/NAT Regional Office.

7. Special Functions (4) Export EUR-Safire, add new or modify existing country name
Export for EUR-SAFIRE
Export COM list 3 or parts there-of for import in Safire database
Add new Country Name
Add a new country name to the table with Country Names for use in the COM list 3
Modify Country Name
Modify a country name in the Table of Country Names for use in COM list 3
Export EUR SAFIRE – This function exports the COM list 3 (or parts there-of as selected by the user) in a pscial format that would permit thi import of ICAO COM list 3 into the Eurocontrol Safire database. This function is available to import in the Safire database frequency assignments from adjacent Regions to support through Safire inter-regional coordination.
New Country name – In cases where a country name is not used in COM list 3 and not present in the table of Country names, the user can add a country name to the table of country names and use this name to introduce new frequency assignments in the COM list 3 for that country. This function is primarily intended for use by the Regional Offices.
Modified Country name – This function allows the user to modify a country name in the table of Country names. When such modification is completed the country name will be modified for all relevant frequency assignments in COM list 3 and uploaded to the ICAO Server as a modified frequency assignment.
Notes:
The function add new country name and modify country name are primarily for use by the Regional Offcies
Work is in progress to place the table with country names on the ICAO Server from where the users can download any modification to this table.