Announcing PiAware 3! (Latest version: 3.8.0)

[Dxista]

Try a hard reboot of the Pi, it has worked for me in the past.

My VRS was not impacted this time, but it has happened before.

[conligwx]

@abcd567

In Piaware SD Card image 3.6.2

pi@piaware:~ $ sudo systemctl restart piaware
sudo: unable to resolve host piaware

pi@piaware:~ $ sudo systemctl restart dump1090-fa
sudo: unable to resolve host piaware

pi@piaware:~ $ sudo systemctl restart pfclient
sudo: unable to resolve host piaware

pi@piaware:~ $ sudo systemctl restart fr24feed
sudo: unable to resolve host piaware

the /etc/hosts file is missing piaware as a hostname.

sudo nano /etc/hosts

then add:

127.0.0.1 piaware

like so:

127.0.0.1	localhost
::1		localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
ff02::1		ip6-allnodes
ff02::2		ip6-allrouters

127.0.1.1	raspberrypi
127.0.0.1       piaware

Looks like 3.6.2 image was rushed out the door. I wonder if this is image Rasbpi 3 B+ compatable since it is stretch?

[evangelyul]

working OK on RPi with raspbian/debian (not SD image), no visible changes other than version number.

[abcd567]

@conligwx

the /etc/hosts file is missing piaware as a hostname.

sudo nano /etc/hosts

then add:

127.0.0.1 piaware

Looks like 3.6.2 image was rushed out the door.

That did it!
Thanks @conligwx

[bramjacobse]

Its working ,

[obj]

@Dxista

Minor formatting glitch on #extended mode, Nav modes field:

This is one of the reasons why the extended data display is not enabled by default, it’s an unpolished bare-bones “just display everything” implementation so you can get at the data. There’s enough data to show now that the layout needs a redesign, which we didn’t want to hold up the release for.

@Dxista

Make the “Web Interface: PiAware Skyview (requires local network connection)” link on the My ADS-B page to go to the #extended version of Skyview. It currently points to port 8080.

Once the redesign happens, the #extended fragment won’t be needed. Before the redesign happens, we don’t want it to be the default.

[obj]

@conligwx

the /etc/hosts file is missing piaware as a hostname.

Good catch, I’ll build a new image that fixes this. All of our test environments happen to have DHCP servers that populate DNS, so the problem doesn’t show up there. edit: updated image is available now.

@conligwx

I wonder if this is image Rasbpi 3 B+ compatable since it is stretch?

Yes, as the release notes at the top of the topic mention.

[obj]

@xlr99

Looks like bpo8+1 refers to a Debian Jessie backport.

This is correct, 3.6.2~bpo8+1 is 3.6.2 built for Jessie.
(3.6.2~bpo7+1 is 3.6.2 built for Wheezy - yes, there are still some wheezy installs out there!)

[warby2010]

I am one of those who was running STRETCH but upgraded using the commands “sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade”, so ended up with the jessie-backported version 3.6.2~bpo8+1.

In order to get the pure STRETCH 3.6.2 version, I created the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/piaware-stretch.list containing the line (sans quotes) “deb http://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/files/packages stretch piaware” (and removed the corresponding “jessie” variant of this file).

This seems to have worked fine, giving me the STRETCH 3.6.2 version.

Best regards,
Andreas

[Dxista]

Hi obj,

That’s all good. The #extended data display was released as experimental. And since it requires the user to activate it, it’s not an issue for anybody, other than the curious.

[abcd567]

@obj
Welcome back!
Nice to see you in forum after a long gap.

[w7psk]

where does one open the extended. Would just like to peek at it for giggles.
BTW 3.6.2 is working fine here. Running the Jessie version

[obj]

@warby2010

In order to get the pure STRETCH 3.6.2 version, I created the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/piaware-stretch.list

Alternatively, you can repeat all of step 2 in the package installation instructions (mentioned in the release notes above), the important bit being to get the stretch version of the piaware-repository package.

[abcd567]

@w7psk

where does one open the extended. Would just like to peek at it for giggles.
BTW 3.6.2 is working fine here. Running the Jessie version

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Please see Post #1 of this thread …scroll down to Release Notes

@ericcarlson

3.6.2

• Adds ability to decode “extended Mode S” data ; this includes data such as airspeeds and auto pilot settings (when available; they will not always be sent from the aircraft). To see the data in Skvyiew there is a preliminary/experimental mode available: load your Skyview link with “#extended” appended to the URL, e.g., http://1.2.3.4/dump1090-fa/#extended ). Please note that you may need to do a hard refresh of the page in your browser to get the new functionality loaded.

[Dxista]

@abcd567

e.g., http://1.2.3.4/dump1090-fa/#extended

And the //1.2.3.4/ is actually the IP of the Pi, if that’s not clear.

[abcd567]

Adding “Read /Set Gain” to SkyView in new version 3.6.2 works fine.
Updated How-to for Jessie to include Stretch (Click Here).

[abcd567]

Downloaded and wrote piaware-sd-card-3.6.2bis.img to microSD Card.

Noted in *bis release:

1. In Windows, the name of microSD card is shown as boot instead of piaware.
   

2. unable to resolve host piaware: FIXED in ver 3.6.2bis
   File /etc/hosts now contains line 127.0.1.1 piaware

3. formatting glitch on #extended mode, Nav modes field: FIXED in ver 3.6.2bis
   

   

[conligwx]

@abcd567

Adding “Read /Set Gain” to SkyView in new version 3.6.2 works fine.
Updated How-to for Jessie to include Stretch (Click Here).

Thats a nice feature, I hope that makes it into the next version release. Thanks for the update though just added the set Gain to my own 3.6.2 installs!

[w7psk]

@Dxista

And the //1.2.3.4/ is actually the IP of the Pi, if that’s not clear.

Yes that was clear, Works well. Kind of like it

[Dxista]

@abcd567

formatting glitch on #extended mode, Nav modes field: FIXED in ver 3.6.2 bis

The pasted screen capture does not have any info in the Nav modes field. Did you see one where the field had auto pilot info? That’s when it gets truncated.