To track aircraft you’ll need a receiver to pick up the signals that the aircraft transmit on 1090 MHz. There are dedicated ADSB receivers already such as a ModeS Beast or a Kinetic SBS but there are some surprisingly inexpensive options. To put together a complete package you’ll need four […]
Install pre-built package of dump1090-mutability_1.15~dev on RPi/Raspbian sudo bash -c "$(wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abcd567a/dump1090/master/install_dump1090_mut_1.15.sh)" Build dump1090-mutability_1.15~dev from source sudo apt update sudo apt install -y build-essential debhelper rtl-sdr libusb-1.0-0-dev sudo apt install -y git lighttpd pkg-config fakeroot curl cron wget -O ~/librtlsdr0_0.5.3-11+b2_armhf.deb "http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/r/rtl-sdr/librtlsdr0_0.5.3-11+b2_armhf.deb" sudo dpkg -i librtlsdr0_0.5.3-11+b2_armhf.deb wget […]
Raspberry Pi or Linux box with dump1090 (or PiAware) A short tutorial to show you how you can contribute to http://www.radar.wiganpi.co.uk virtual radar server. Download and install WiganPI client sudo su - sudo bash cd /usr/bin wget https://www.wiganpi.co.uk/downloads/wiganpi.sh chmod 755 wiganpi.sh Start WiganPI client /usr/bin/wiganpi.sh & For automatic start of […]
How-to Install AcarsDeco2 on Pi2 or Pi3 running Raspbian Stretch and dump1090 (mutability or fa) NOTE: You will need TWO DVB-T Dongles, one for dump1090 and other for AcarsDeco2 Configuration A – 1 Pi + 2 dongles One Pi running both dump1090 AND acars – needs two dongles, dongle #1 […]
This tutorial may be a little long winded but to receive data from adsb hub you firstly have to send data to them. For the purpose and ease of this tutorial i will use virtual radar server. How to feed ADS-B data to ADSBHub? ADS-B data sharing with ADSBHub is […]
If you have virtual radar server on a local pc/laptop then you can receive data from adsb exchange. In virtual radar server create a new receiver and give it a name for instance adsb exchange. Next set the format needs setting to JSON. Untick push receiver. Next ad the Address […]
ADS-B system is hardware equipment installed onboard aircraft and it transmits automatically the location (latitude, longitude) of the aircraft and its movement data (speed, heading, altitude) via a digital data link (1090 MHz). These transmissions are received and can be used by other aircraft and traffic control centers to display […]
We are now using Modesmixer2 on the front end to receive multiple feeds to the same port 41000, existing contributors just need to change the format from the the rebroadcast feed from “compressed vrs” to “basestation”. New contributors please just follow the guide below. If you are a user of […]
So has a keen amateur aircraft enthusiast and a 360 radar fanboy i decided to see if i could get my feed available online. There is little documentation on installing virtual radar on centos servers and a task ive tried to do in the past but failed. But i like […]
In the event you need to make changes to the 360 radar mlat client for example you need to change your location then just follow these simple instructions below. Firstly we need to login to the raspberry pi via terminal or putty and issue the command. 1sudo nano /etc/default/lfw-mlat-client-rxX where […]
If you are a user of Virtual Radar Server (http://www.virtualradarserver.co.uk/) below is the simple process to share your traffic with the ADS-B Exchange community: Go to “Tools -> Options” and add a merged feed that contains all of your receivers (if you don’t already have one). If you have only […]
The ADS-B Receiver Project ✈️ This repository contains a set of scripts and files which can be used to setup an ADS-B receiver on a clean installation of a Debian derived operating system. The scripts are executed in order by the main install script depending on the installation options chosen […]
The quickest and easiest way to set up a Raspberry Pi from scratch is to download the minimalist Raspbian Stretch Lite image, to copy that to your SD card and then configure it. The following steps take you through that process. If you’ve just got a new Raspberry Pi kit […]