An air carrier pilot reported he was unable to download notams via ACARS on his flight to lax.

Attributes
ACN	963171
Time
Date	201108
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZLA.ARTCC
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Air/Ground Communication
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 10500 Flight Crew Type 5700
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

Unable to download NOTAMS via ACARS. Enroute to lax; we attempted to update lax NOTAMS via ACARS. All replies were page 2 of 2 only. Comparison with preflight briefing NOTAMS verified we were not receiving page 1. Tried several times over a period of 45 minutes with same result; only page 2 of 2; no page 1 of 2. This was a [proprietary software] flight plan.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Pilot reported he was unable to download NOTAMs via ACARS on his flight to LAX.

Narrative: Unable to download NOTAMS via ACARS. Enroute to LAX; we attempted to update LAX NOTAMS via ACARS. All replies were page 2 of 2 only. Comparison with preflight briefing NOTAMS verified we were not receiving page 1. Tried several times over a period of 45 minutes with same result; only page 2 of 2; no page 1 of 2. This was a [proprietary software] flight plan.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.