978 and 1090 on same pi AND dongle?

[jdeftw]

Just got in to this stuff last night. Set up a Pi4 2gb with RTLSDR v3 and a terrible rabbit-ear antenna sitting on my desk for now, picking up ADS-B within a 60 mile radius so far. Getting an adsbx dual-band antenna up outside shortly to resolve that.

If I swap out the RTLSDR for the FW orange stick and dual filter, is it possible to pick up and feed both 978 and 1090 on the same pi/dongle? Or do I at least need two dongles? I’m guessing the latter. Are there any guides on setting this up or what I need to tweak in my config to make it work?

[geckoVN]

On the same Pi: Yes.
On the same dongle: No.

[DenysT]

I’m also interested in receiving 978 and 1090. I will get a second dongle.

1- What are the steps in config that I should do?
2- Will both feed will be dispayed on the same web page?

[abcd567]

@DenysT

1- What are the steps in config that I should do?
2- Will both feed will be dispayed on the same web page?

Option-1: If you have piaware SD Card image, please follow these steps :

@abcd567

Note: Since 978 is used only in USA, Steps 5 & 6 below do not apply to receivers outside USA.

5 - Serialize dongles if using UAT 978: (CLICK HERE)

If you want to recieve both ES1090 and UAT978, then two dongles are required, one for 1090 and other for 978. In this case you will have to serialize dongles so that correct dongle+antenna sets are used by dump1090-fa and dump978-fa.

For 1090 Mhz dongle: use serial # 00001090
For 978 Mhz dongle : use serial # 00000978

Note: You can use any other serial numbers if you want, but do not use single digit serial numbers (0 to 9) or (01 to 09), as these may conflict with device numbers. Use at least two digit numbers like 21 or 93 etc)

6 - Configure UAT 978

sudo piaware-config uat-receiver-type sdr
sudo piaware-config rtlsdr-device-index 00001090
sudo piaware-config uat-sdr-device driver=rtlsdr,serial=00000978

# Reboot Pi to implement configuration settings
sudo reboot

7 - Check Status

sudo systemctl status piaware  
sudo systemctl status dump1090-fa  
sudo systemctl status dump978-fa  

8 - View Maps

8.1 - dump1090-fa map
http://local-ip-of-pi/dump1090-fa/
http://local-ip-of-pi:8080/

8.2 - dump978 map
http://local-ip-of-pi/skyview978/
http://local-ip-of-pi:8978/

NOTE: better view dump1090 map on this address:

http://local-ip-of-pi/skyview/

 

Option-2: If you have Raspbian image with package install of dump1090-fa & dump978-fa, both ver 6.0 or 6.1, use following procedure:

@abcd567

(5) Serialize 2 dongles (8 digit numbers): 00001090 & 00000978

How-to Serialize Dongles for ES1090 + UAT978

(6) Configure dump1090-fa and dump978-fa to use respective serialized dongles:

Copy-paste following 2 commands in terminal:

sudo sed -i 's/^RECEIVER_SERIAL=.*/RECEIVER_SERIAL=00001090/' /etc/default/dump1090-fa

 

sudo sed -i 's/driver=rtlsdr[^ ]* /driver=rtlsdr,serial=00000978 /' /etc/default/dump978-fa

[jepolch]

@DenysT

Will both feed will be dispayed on the same web page?

Yes, on Piaware Skyaware.

[SoNic67]

@DenysT

Will both feed will be dispayed on the same web page?

With tar1090 they can be shown on the same local web page.

[jepolch]

@SoNic67

With tar1090

Right. That too.

[abcd567]

@DenysT

The cconfiguration procedure originally given in my last post was for Piaware SD Card image.

If you have Raspbian image with package install then config commands will be different.

I have now edited that post and added config procedure if you have Raspnbian image with package install.

Now Option-1 is for SDCard image and Option-2 for package install.