Dumb simple 978MHz?

[petercboswell]

Is there a super simple way of adding 978MHz decode to an RPi setup that’s already running PiAware and a dongle for 1090? I have an extra dongle I’d like to use for 978.

I am not all that good with working with Linux but can follow directions as long as they work. I started with just dump1090 a while ago and eventually upgraded to Piaware with no issues. Everything just seemed to work. In adding 978MHz I feel like I have read every single guide, discussion thread, reddit post and anything else I can find on google about this and haven’t gotten anything to work. Without f—ing fail, every single guide I’ve read has some command that doesn’t work for reasons I can’t figure out by googling the error.

I managed to serialize the dongles but got stuck when my 978 dongle became the main dongle and I wasn’t able to change it. I unplugged that dongle, rebooted and it thankfully started using the 1090 dongle again.

What is the absolute definitive guide to installing two dongles, one for 1090 and one for 978, on a single Raspberry Pi? Should I do a fresh install of everything and start over if I want to try and add a second dongle?

[obj]

@petercboswell

Should I do a fresh install of everything and start over if I want to try and add a second dongle?

Yes. If you then run into problems, please provide a clear description of the problem when asking for help. Start from a PiAware sdcard image. If you have already serialized the dongles, the only changes needed are to piaware-config.txt:

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

(replace serial numbers above as needed)

[abcd567]

@petercboswell

Please follow these steps (5, 6, 7, & 8):

Note: In order to avoid typing mistakes, please do NOT type these commands. Instead copy-paste these commands (including the commands to serialize the dongles).

@abcd567

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/