ADS-B Receiver Project Setup Scripts

[jonhawkes2030]

I know some mode A/C transponders put out 200W in little 2 seat helicopters.
It could also be antenna placement.
If I had the money for a nice twin, I would want both for safety and for the weather.

[SoNic67]

I found the power levels for UAT transmitters. It depends:
http://www.ads-b.com/PDF/UAT%20SARP.pdf

LE: Now I am watching a Cirrus Vision SF50 flying at 28,000 ft. This one has ADS-B out and UAT, but same discrepancy in ranges.

[david.baker]

Distance between UAT and ADSB might not just be because of the power level.

The RTL dongles (including the prostick) can barely decode UAT signals (software and hardware differences). There is also a difference in antenna, cables, etc that need to be taken into account.

There is still a lot of work need to get UAT up to similar performance of ADSB systems.

[abcd567]

@patam996
@obj

I now tried to install Piaware on my Ubuntu 18,04 (bionic) x64_86, using exactly the same method as I posted above, but I got stuck at:
./sensible-build.sh: line 106: dch: command not found

Incidentally, today morning I have installed Piaware on Debian 9.5 (stretch) x64_86, using exactly same method, except that I replaced bionic by stretch at 2 code lines. It worked smoothly and successfully installed Piaware 3.6.2.

UBUNTU INSTALL FAILURE SCREENSHOTS

BUG FIX

#Installed package which contains dch tool
sudo apt-get install devscripts

#Restarted installation
cd ~/build-piaware/piaware_builder
sudo ./sensible-build.sh bionic

cd package-bionic

sudo dpkg-buildpackage -b

#Ignore this error message:
#dpkg-buildpackage: error: failed to sign .buildinfo file

cd ../

sudo dpkg -i piaware_*.deb

SUCCESS

ADDED

sudo apt-get install -y devscripts 

to the above “How To” post

abcd@ubuntu-vm:~$ sudo systemctl status piaware -l
● piaware.service - FlightAware ADS-B uploader
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/piaware.service; enabled; vendor preset:
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2018-08-29 13:57:33 EDT; 25s ago
     Docs: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/
 Main PID: 2354 (piaware)
    Tasks: 3 (limit: 2322)
   CGroup: /system.slice/piaware.service
           ├─2354 /usr/bin/piaware -p /run/piaware/piaware.pid -plainlog -status
           └─2370 /usr/lib/piaware/helpers/faup1090 --net-bo-ipaddr localhost --

Aug 29 13:57:37 ubuntu-vm piaware[2354]: my feeder ID is 004ed73c-d408-4ae
Aug 29 13:57:37 ubuntu-vm piaware[2354]: site statistics URL: https://flightawar
Aug 29 13:57:37 ubuntu-vm sudo[2368]:  piaware : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=root
Aug 29 13:57:37 ubuntu-vm sudo[2368]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for
Aug 29 13:57:37 ubuntu-vm sudo[2368]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for
Aug 29 13:57:37 ubuntu-vm piaware[2354]: ADS-B data program 'dump1090-fa' is lis
Aug 29 13:57:37 ubuntu-vm piaware[2354]: Starting faup1090: /usr/lib/piaware/hel
Aug 29 13:57:37 ubuntu-vm piaware[2354]: Started faup1090 (pid 2370) to connect
Aug 29 13:57:37 ubuntu-vm piaware[2354]: piaware received a message from dump109
Aug 29 13:57:41 ubuntu-vm piaware[2354]: piaware has successfully sent several m

[abcd567]

@patam996

I have to admitt I’m lost I re ran the complet script from 11 june adding the new script above completed with the 2 lines you provided me with.

You are still using Adsb-receiver project scripts whcih is forcing jessie install and failing. Please see below. If you keep on using adsb-receiver script, you will keep on failing.

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Exit from the adsb-receiver directory, and follow these steps

# (1) Install missing package devscripts
sudo apt-get install -y devscripts 

#(2) Exit from adsb-receiver directory to home directory
cd ~/  

# (3) Create a new directory
sudo mkdir ~/build-piaware 

# (4) Move into new directory
cd ~/build-piaware 

# (5) Clone source Code into new directory
sudo git clone https://github.com/flightaware/piaware_builder.git  

# (6) Move into cloned directory
cd ~/build-piaware/piaware_builder  

# (7) Run the script
sudo ./sensible-build.sh bionic 

# (8) Move into bionic directory
cd package-bionic 

# (9) Build the Piaware package
sudo dpkg-buildpackage -b 

# (10) Move back to directory piaware_builder
cd ~/build-piaware/piaware_builder

# (11) Install Piaware
sudo dpkg -i piaware_*.deb 

[abcd567]

@obj
@jprochazka

Modifications in adsb-receiver project script to fix broken install of PIAWARE

Tested on Ubuntu 18.04, works OK.

(1) Open file piaware.sh for editing.

sudo nano ~/adsb-receiver/bash/feeders/piaware.sh

(2) Press Ctrl+w keys, type CheckPackage, press Enter Key.
The cursor will jump to following line:
CheckPackage build-essential

Above this line add following line

CheckPackage devscripts 

After this mod, the code will become like this

CheckPackage devscripts 
CheckPackage build-essential 
CheckPackage debhelper 
.....
.....

(3) Press Ctrl+w keys, type jessie, and press Enter Key.
The cursor will jump to following line:
./sensible-build.sh jessie

Comment-out above line, and add following 2 new line below it

read VERSION_NAME < <(lsb_release -sc)
./sensible-build.sh ${VERSION_NAME}

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After this modification, the code will become like below

#    ./sensible-build.sh jessie
    read VERSION_NAME < <(lsb_release -sc)
    ./sensible-build.sh ${VERSION_NAME}

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(4) Press Ctrl+w keys, type package-jessie, press Enter Key.
The cursor will jump to following line:
cd ${RECEIVER_BUILD_DIRECTORY}/piaware_builder/package-jessie 2>&1

Comment out this line and add following new line below it
cd ${RECEIVER_BUILD_DIRECTORY}/piaware_builder/package-${VERSION_NAME} 2>&1

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After this modification, the code will become like below

#    cd ${RECEIVER_BUILD_DIRECTORY}/piaware_builder/package-jessie 2>&1
    cd ${RECEIVER_BUILD_DIRECTORY}/piaware_builder/package-${VERSION_NAME} 2>&1

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(4) Save changes (Ctrl+o) and Close file (Ctrl+x)

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(5) Run the script

cd ~/adsb-receiver
./install.sh

[abcd567]

@obj
@jprochazka

Now posted above fix at github

Bug Fix for broken install of Piaware on Debian/Ubuntu/Raspbian Stretch, Bionic, Xenial etc

[obj]

I’m guessing that Joe would appreciate this as a PR

[SoNic67]

@obj

I’m guessing that Joe would appreciate this as a PR

Haha, passive-aggressive?

PS: What I like on this forum is that none is getting upset if we mention “other” alternatives, even direct competitors. That’s smart.

[abcd567]

@obj

I’m guessing that Joe would appreciate this as a PR

Thanks for the advise. I will try to post it as Pull Request also.

I rarely use GitHub and have never done a Pull Request. I am not sure what are its benefit over posting as an issue. I felt it easier to post it as an issue.

[SoNic67]

@abcd567 You sure are skilled enough to be part of the developers team.

[abcd567]

Workaround for installation of version 3.6.3

• dump1090-fa
• piaware

Tested on Debian 9.5 x64 on Intel PC

STEP-1

sudo nano ~/adsb-receiver/bash/decoders/dump1090-fa.sh

Ctrl+w, then type CheckPackage
Cursor will jump to following code

CheckPackage git
CheckPackage curl
....
....

Above this code, ADD following line:

CheckPackage libbladerf-dev 

STEP-2

sudo nano ~/adsb-receiver/bash/variables.sh

Scroll down till you see this code

# FlightAware PiAware
DUMP1090_FA_VERSION="3.5.3"
PIAWARE_VERSION="3.5.3"

Change 3.5.3 to 3.6.3 in both lines

STEP-3

sudo nano ~/adsb-receiver/bash/feeders/piaware.sh

3.1 - Ctrl+w keys, type CheckPackage
The cursor will jump to following code

CheckPackage build-essential 
CheckPackage debhelper 
....
....

Above this code ADD following line

CheckPackage devscripts 

3.2 - Press Ctrl+w keys, type jessie
The cursor will jump to following line:

./sensible-build.sh jessie

Comment-out above line (by adding # at its start), and add following 2 new line below it.

CODENAME=(`lsb_release -sc`)
./sensible-build.sh ${CODENAME}

3.3 - Press Ctrl+w keys, type package-jessie
The cursor will jump to following line:

cd ${RECEIVER_BUILD_DIRECTORY}/piaware_builder/package-jessie 2>&1 

Comment out this line (by adding # at its start), and add following new line below it

cd ${RECEIVER_BUILD_DIRECTORY}/piaware_builder/package-${CODENAME} 2>&1 

3.4 - Run the script

cd adsb-receiver
./install.sh

[SoNic67]

With the new update of piaware and dump1090-fa to version 3.6.3, the adsbreceiver map doesn’t show the details when I click on the planes.

[wiedehopf]

CTRL-F5 and you are looking on the right where the plane list normally is?
If the list is currently not displayed you can click the small latch in the top right to display it.

Or use the mouse over.

[SoNic67]

Forced refresh did it! I forgot about it, thanks!

[abcd567]

Additional workaround for installation of version 3.6.3 on Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) x64 on Intel PC

The workaround in my above post (click here) was tested on Debian 9.5 (Stretch) x64 on Intel PC, and after workaround, the script successfully installed both dump1090-fa ver 3.6.3 and piaware ver 3.6.3.

However when I tried to install dump1090-fa and piaware 3.6.3 on Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) x64 on Intel PC, the script presented option only for dump1090-mutability, and option for dump1090-fa was missing.

I had to do following additional workaround to make the script present option for dump1090-fa also.

3.4 - Remove restriction which prevents installation of of dump1090-fa on Ubuntu ver 17.10 or higher

sudo nano ~/adsb-receiver/bash/main.sh

Ctrl+w and type Ubuntu 17.10 and press Enter
the cursor will jump to top line of following chunk of code

        # Do not show dump 1090-fa option for Ubuntu 17.10 or higher until it is updated to support it.
        if [ ! "$RECEIVER_OS_DISTRIBUTION" == "ubuntu" ] && (( $(bc -l <<<"$RECEIVER_OS_RELEASE < 17.10") )); then
            DUMP1090_OPTION=$(whiptail --nocancel --backtitle "${RECEIVER_PROJECT_TITLE}" --title "Choose Dump1090 Version To Install" --$
        else
            DUMP1090_OPTION=$(whiptail --nocancel --backtitle "${RECEIVER_PROJECT_TITLE}" --title "Choose Dump1090 Version To Install" --$
        fi

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In this 5-line chunk of code, comment out 4 lines and leave only 1 line un-commented, as shown below

        # Do not show dump 1090-fa option for Ubuntu 17.10 or higher until it is updated to support it.
        #if [ ! "$RECEIVER_OS_DISTRIBUTION" == "ubuntu" ] && (( $(bc -l <<<"$RECEIVER_OS_RELEASE < 17.10") )); then
            DUMP1090_OPTION=$(whiptail --nocancel --backtitle "${RECEIVER_PROJECT_TITLE}" --title "Choose Dump1090 Version To Install" --$
        #else
        #    DUMP1090_OPTION=$(whiptail --nocancel --backtitle "${RECEIVER_PROJECT_TITLE}" --title "Choose Dump1090 Version To Install" -$
        #fi

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3.5 - Run the script

cd adsb-receiver
./install.sh

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Screenshot 1 of 2 - Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) x64

dump1090-fa 3.63 + Piaware 3.6.3

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Screenshot 2 of 2 - Debian 9.5 (Stretch) x64

dump1090-fa 3.63 + Piaware 3.6.3

[abcd567]

Bug Fix for broken install of Piaware 3.6.3 and dump1090-fa 3.6.3

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[idh]

abcd567

Thank you very much for your efforts in getting the scripts to work with Stretch.

Decided it was time to update Piaware to the most recent version and found that you had done all the hard work .

Worked first time on Armbian 5.65 (Stretch) on an OrangePi PC.

Joe’s scripts are the easy way to get Piaware on non-standard hardware so pleased they still work.

[wiedehopf]

the update will overwrite the whole html directory and changes to it will be lost.

by the way you are kinda on the wrong thread since this is about another script not about the gain changing script.

[abcd567]

@wiedehopf

by the way you are kinda on the wrong thread since this is about another script not about the gain changing script.

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@suffolk3000

Yes i missed not seeing the - sorry

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