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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
What are ICAO codes, Idents and Squawk codes? Whether you view aircraft data in FlightAware’s Skyview (via your PiAware or FlightFeeder device) or through other software, you have probably come across the “ICAO code,” “Ident,” and “Squawk” data fields. If you’re not really sure what these fields mean and how […]
42 of the Most Useful Raspberry Pi Commands: courtesy of Rob Lloyd General Commands:~ 1apt-get update : Updates your version of Raspbian. 1apt-get upgrade : Upgrades all of the software packages you have installed. 1clear : Clears the terminal screen of previously run commands and text. 1date : Prints the […]
Edit dump1090.sh to include –gain <value> A short guide to show you how to edit dump1090.sh to include –gain <value> (-10 is automatic) First we need to stop dump1090 Type: 1sudo /etc/init.d/dump1090.sh stop We will now edit the dump1090.sh file Type: 1sudo nano /etc/init.d/dump1090.sh This will open the nano editor […]
A guide to identify your correct raspberry pi version. To the casual observer the various models of Raspberry Pi all look the same. If you need to identify your Raspberry Pi there is a way to do it. Here’s how: Type the command: 1cat /proc/cpuinfo You’ll see something similiar to […]
Instructions to remove and replace dump1090 with dump1090 mutability Type: 1cd ~ Type: 1sudo /etc/init.d/dump1090.sh stop Type: 1sudo update-rc.d -f dump1090 remove Type: 1mv dump1090 dump1090-old Type: 1wget https://github.com/mutability/mutability-repo/releases/download/v0.1.1/mutability-repo_0.1.1_armhf.deb Type: 1sudo dpkg -i mutability-repo_0.1.1_armhf.deb Type: 1sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install dump1090-mutability Type: 1sudo dpkg-reconfigure dump1090-mutability (run through config […]
If you have dump1090 running it virtual radar server ill fail to start after installation. It will throw up errors has dump 1090 and virtual radar server both use port 8080. To fix this hall we need to do is change the port virtual radar server uses. To do this […]
For my install i already had mono installed but if you don’t you can follow the tutorial here. I had the noobs Raspbian operating system on my pi3. I presume you already have wget installed but if not issue the command: 1sudo apt-get install wget We are going to wget […]
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 […]