Adding 978 to exsisting 1090 troubleshooting

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Good afternoon. i have been running my 1090 setup for some time without issue. i recently wanted to add the 978. Put the antenna up and plumbed the wire for the dongle. i followed this How to Install and Configure Piaware 5.0 SD card image - Quickstart Guide

i seem to run into a snag after serializing the dongles. i have them s/n 00000978, 00001090.

when i run the next line:

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


first line: type is unchanged

second line: warning: cannot set option 'rtlsdr-device-index', option only supported on piaware or flightfeeder SD card images.

third line: same as second line.

i feel this is where i have something hosed up and it wont work past that. 

looking for some input on this, i did the search option, get alot of different routes to take.  i didnt know if this was something i had messed up in the process or what. 

thanks for the help
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You have Raspberry PI OS image with package install of dump1090-fa, dump978-fa and piaware, but trying to use settings for piaware SDcard image.

Please use following settings::

STEP-1:
Edit files /etc/default/dump1090-fa and /etc/default/dump978-fa and add serial numbers as shown in screenshots below:

dump1090-fa

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dump978-fa

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STEP-2:
After making above changes and saving files, REBOOT Pi to implement the changes.

 

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this fixed it right up!

thank you for your help!

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