Changes to the UKHO AVCS service

Overview

From July 2013 the AVCS service is introducing a new format DVD and changes to comply with the new IHO security system S63 v1.1 (secures the S57 data). The old and new services will be run in parallel until the end of September 2013.

seaPro and AVCS

If downloading - You will need ISO decoding software to install on to your hard disk or CD/DVD burning software.

An example of ISO decoding software is the open source 7zip
http://www.7-zip.org/

Reason for changes
The security certificate used in the S63 system runs out during 2013 and the IHO (International Hydrographic Office) is mandating the use of S63 1.1 by the end of 2013.

Change in DVD format and CD distribution format

The UKHO has also decided to change the format of the DVD so as to contain both base cells and updates which will require a weekly download of about 5GBytes!

Alternatively physical DVDs can be supplied for the cost of delivery and handling fee, this will increase the time it takes to get updates to the ship.

They are maintaining the CD weekly download service.
Recommendation is to continue downloading the weekly CD's

Required action:

Make sure you are using latest v9 or v10 of the software (v9.1541  or v10.1541).
You can check your seaPro version in menu Help->about
Download from here
/downloads/beta/seapro/index.html

If using an earlier version an update can be purchased.

Select DVD or CD as you currently do (S63 1.0 of 1.1) from
http://worldnav.com/downloads/ukho/ukho_ftp_login.html

Ensure you have ISO decoding software or burn to DVD/CD
http://www.7-zip.org/

The AVCS 1.1 service is in a sub folder AVCS S631-1, the v1.0  in the main folder are s63 1.0 service.

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