Advanced Simulated Radar Client

Advanced Simulated Radar Client (ASRC) is a Windows-based software application that simulates the radar workstations of real-world air traffic controllers. It allows the user to simulate the duties of Air Traffic Controllers by viewing a radar display of, and manipulating data pertaining to virtual aircraft connected to the VATSIM network of massively-multiplayer air traffic and flight simulation.

Description
ASRC sends and receives data from the VATSIM network in a similar manner to multiplayer flight simulations such as Microsoft Flight Simulator, except that ASRC displays traffic on a simulated radar screen, rather than through the windshield of an aircraft. ASRC, however, is extremely rich in features, and is designed to simulate most of the functions of actual air traffic control radar facilities. The program provides a real-time display of virtual aircraft connected to the VATSIM simulation network. The application provides for flight strip modification, and voice communication with pilots and other controllers over VATSIM (using VoIP technology).

ASRC was developed by Mike Evans and David Hendleman, and was released to the public in early 2003 following a series of beta tests. It superseded ProController, a similar but older ATC radar simulation. Since the ASRC release, ProController has officially been declared obsolete on VATSIM. The current version of ASRC is designed specifically for use with the VATSIM network and is not compatible with any other simulation network. ASRC is one of three simulated radar clients commonly used with VATSIM, the others being Virtual Radar Client (VRC) and Euroscope.

Ports of the program to Linux, Macintosh or other operating systems or platforms have not been released and are not planned. Some users report limited success in running ASRC on other operating systems using Windows compatibility layers, such as Wine and Cedega, and considerable success using Windows virtual machines in VMWare Fusion.

ASRC is proprietary and closed-source software, but it is free.