two different raspberry pi 4, each connected to a nooelec v2 dongle don’t reveal the latter, and writing lsusb I get: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
I tried to change the port on one of the two raspberry, and I’m sure that both dongles work. On the software side I have tried several times to restart the raspberry, to install and reinstall rtl-sdr and dump1090-fa (also to uninstall the latter), to install the udev rules and to manually install rtl-sdr.
dmesg | grep usb
[ 0.128801] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs [ 0.128883] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub [ 0.128998] usbcore: registered new device driver usb [ 1.121607] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8152 [ 1.121672] usbcore: registered new interface driver lan78xx [ 1.121741] usbcore: registered new interface driver smsc95xx [ 1.125725] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bc dDevice= 5.04 [ 1.125741] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber= 1 [ 1.125756] usb usb1: Product: xHCI Host Controller [ 1.125770] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 5.4.51-v7l+ xhci-hcd [ 1.125784] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:01:00.0 [ 1.127472] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003, bc dDevice= 5.04 [ 1.127488] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber= 1 [ 1.127503] usb usb2: Product: xHCI Host Controller [ 1.127517] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 5.4.51-v7l+ xhci-hcd [ 1.127531] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:01:00.0 [ 1.130324] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas [ 1.130429] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 1.140321] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid [ 1.140333] usbhid: USB HID core driver [ 1.490593] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd [ 1.673186] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2109, idProduct=3431, bcd Device= 4.21 [ 1.673203] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0 [ 1.673217] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 Hub [ 2.000578] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd [ 2.142910] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=2838, b cdDevice= 1.00 [ 2.142930] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber =3 [ 2.142946] usb 1-1.2: Product: RTL2838UHIDIR [ 2.142960] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Realtek [ 2.142974] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 00000001 [ 4.646523] usb 1-1.2: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'Realtek RTL2832U reference design ' in warm state [ 4.821854] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac [ 14.706863] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_rtl28xxu [ 14.707199] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 2 [ 14.707210] usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 3
That is what i am getting (using a FA Stick) ona Raspi 4
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:2832 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2832U DVB-T
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
And this based on your dmesg command:
[ 2.034416] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[ 2.176821] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=2832, bcdDevice= 1.00
[ 2.176868] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2.176905] usb 1-1.2: Product: RTL2832U
[ 2.176933] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 2.176972] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 00001000
[ 4.615730] usb 1-1.2: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'Realtek RTL2832U reference design' in warm state
[ 4.725107] usb 1-1.2: dvb_usb_v2: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer
[ 4.725176] usb 1-1.2: media controller created
[ 4.786282] usb 1-1.2: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Realtek RTL2832 (DVB-T))...
The dongle enumerates, then the hub it’s connected to disconnects unexpectedly.
The 2109:3431 hub device at usb 1-1 is, I believe, an internal hub that’s part of the Pi 4 hardware. It shouldn’t be disconnecting. Hardware / power problems?
For reference, this is what lsusb on a Pi 4 with nothing connected should look like (note the VIA hub)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Doesn’t matter, librtlsdr will detach the kernel driver automatically. The blacklist has not been necessary for quite a while now.
the dongles work, and the two raspberry have different power supplies, both with 5.1 V and 3 A. It seems really strange that both do not work except for some configuration problem.
A raspberry after turning it off for two days, it started working again, I don’t know based on what. I think I’ll try to do the same thing with the other too.
I have a question. I have a raspberry which has a really poor connection, and as it’s a secondary site I don’t need to know much directly from it. Is there a way to reduce the bandwidth used and route the multilateration results directly to an ip address, thus reducing the data used?
@ssrdc You are seeing about 700 flights per day. Yesterday I saw about 2100 flights. My measured bandwidth consumption was 210 MB. If the relationship is linear your bandwidth consumption should be about 70 MB.
I use vnstat and vnstati, handy bandwidth monitoring and graphing tools. Get them here:
sudo apt install vnstat
My question is flightaware sends the results to my secondary site and then the primary site via port 30105 connects to the other site and downloads the data. There is a way for flightaware to send them directly to the primary site without going through the secondary one, so that the latter does not use other bandwidth.
No, that isn’t possible. But the downstream bandwidth for mlat results is small compared to the upstream bandwidth needed for mlat raw messages & ADS-B reports.
If you are trying to reduce bandwidth, the first thing to try is turning off mlat.
Ok do nothing, thanks for the information. I believe that many other people like me, who do not have a single antenna, perhaps in a remote site, would like to use this configuration, consider it as a possible upgrade.
Others questions:
Of small antennas like this: https://thepihut.com/products/3dbi-ads-b-1090mhz-sma-antenna-w-magnetic-base?variant=20063046926398, which one is best? do you have others to recommend to buy in europe? @abcd567
I had tar1090 configured and working with the history function as in adsbexchange, until a few days ago, around December 15th, it stopped working. I went to see on github and in the wiki, the commands to install the dev version have changed, i tried to reinstall readsb using those but it still doesn’t work. is it my problem or about December 15th some updates came out? @wiedehopf
If you want a low cost antenna, then the one you have linked from “PiHut”, a reputeable supplier, so most likely this mag mount antenna will have gain as advertised.
I have purchased 3 similar antennas from Chinese sellers on ebay. Each was similar to the PiHut one but with different dimensions. Two were advertised as 5dBi and one as 3 dBi. One performed same as the straight whipped mag mount of genric dvbt,and two performed worst than the mag mount whip of generic dvbt.
If you want a cheap solution, go for a DIY Spider made of Coax only. You will need an adapter (or better a pigtail for flexibility) with F-female and SMA-male connectors at opposite ends.
This is a good starting point. You can unscrew the tip and replace it with a wire in the correct length.
That’s the antenna i started with.
Beside the FA-Antenna mentioned by abcd my vote clearly goes to the A2 antenna of Jetvision.
I am using this one since April and it works without issues. As far as i know Flightaware is delivering it with it’s FlightFeeders in Germany.
Thanks for all the information I already have four flightaware antennas, what I am looking for now is a small antenna, not too expensive but that has a good performance.
