Im a total noob, this is my first time using raspberry pi. I have piaware up and running. Is there a way to display the flightaware/skyaware information on a monitor using the raspberry pi and the hdmi port connected to the raspberry pi?
To clarify, I understand I need to install the Raspberry PI operating system. I have downloaded imager 1.8.5.exe from Raspberry Pi OS – Raspberry Pi. I have the micro SD card from the Raspberry Pi that only has whatever piaware came with. Soooooo…what now? Looking for step by step instructions, please…again…total noob when it comes to this…
Open a browser on your Pi and enter 127.0.0.1:8080
Thanks. I understand that is what I need to do. How do I get a browser on my Pi? If I use the Pi imager, wont that overwrite the PiAware? If I do overwrite PiAware, how do I reinstall PiAware once the OS has been installed?
You should start with the Raspberry Pi imager, installing an OS with a desktop GUI option.
First note down your current unique identifier so you can reuse that after installing the software.
Your Unique identifier is located on the stats page.
Pi imager will advise you on which image is the best suited for your hardware (Pi3, Pi4, etc.)
In the advanced options you can already enable SSH, hostname and set a username and password for the Pi.
Connect all peripherals to the Pi and boot up.
Start the Pi installation to the desktop so you can later browse to the web browser.
After installing the Pi image you will have to reinstall the Piaware software from this page:
Follow steps 2,3,4,5 and optionally 6 if you have a 978Mhz dongle as well.
Then copy the unique identifier back to your setup:
Give following command (Replace xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx by the Unique Identifier you have copied from your stats page) sudo piaware-config feeder-id xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxx…
That should re-enable your stats and station number.
When all done, open a browser on your Pi and enter 127.0.0.1:8080
That will show you the local Skyaware page showing your location (after setting is via the cogwheel in the statspage) and the aircraft you are receiving.
thanks tomvdhorst. that is what I was looking for. In the meantime my SD card has gone ‘toes up’ so waiting on a new card to try this out…