Bypassing Jeppview 3 cycle 0720 approach plate lockout

Ok, here is the solution to the dreaded jeppview lockout when the database expires after 10 weeks time. Just follow the instructions on the .txt file. Please never forget that even though now it will appear as if your database is up to date, in fact it isnt. Never use this release in real life operations as it is likely that you'll be using out-of-date charts. But its a great thingy to practise on your sim ;)

udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80
udp://open.demonii.com:1337
udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969
udp://exodus.desync.com:6969

ATPLer (2007-12-15)

There are some numbers on the strings you mention, what is of interest to us is the 2nd line (Database_end_date=blahblah) . These numbers are actuallly days so as you can see i added number 107 (107 days) in the original file. I added this number because you must not go over 50 days to next update cause the program remains locked. So the program locks up if you go either to far into the future (more than 50 days) or if your charts get more than 50 days old. Magic number is 50 so you should update the charts.ini file yourself every roughly 100 days (-50 days +50 days)
Hope that helped, thanks for your kind words

yoerilebon (2007-12-15)

Hi ATPLer,
nice job!!
but can you explain to me where i have to change the number 50 but i don't understand your previous explaination with the nr 107, i cant see that. thanks in advanced!

ATPLer (2007-12-15)

Velibor has posted the 2 charts.ini files in his comment here. The first one is the original and the 2nd the modified, which unlocks the plates. Notice the numbers in the 2nd line in both the files, the 2nd chart.ini is by 107 higher from the 1st, compare them and you' ll see it. Thats their only difference. That means that the database will expire 107 days later than the original thus avoiding the lock. I added 107 days because the database had expired about 50 days ago and by adding rougly 100, u go from minus 50 days to +50 days into the future. You cant go further into the future because if you add more days and exceed number 50, the plates remain locked. You can see what i mean when you start jeppview, the first message will be the status of you databases, both enroute and terminal, stating when they expired or how long till update etc etc. What is of interest of us is just the terminal database cause thats the one that locks up, thats the one that should now be within the range +- 50 days... Cant be more detailed than that guys, sorry, hope u have figured out what i did...

ATPLer (2007-12-15)

That's it Velibor, you got it. Although i believe that the charts will be viewable after the database expires for another 50 days after 3d of February. My best guess is that you will need to change the string again, adding 100 days, at the end of March, when it has expired for 50 days. I might upload a new charts.ini file then for those who dont get what needs to be done.

yoerilebon (2007-12-16)

Thanks for the good explaination ATPLer, now i got it. ;-) Keep up the good work.

rrsousa (2007-12-21)

Thank you.

rozaniv (2008-02-14)

Thank's a lot!!!

airlift (2008-02-18)

Thanks.