Dump1090 is not running

FlightAware ADS-B Flight Tracking
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cdPiAware master process (piaware) is running with pid 1004.
PiAware ADS-B client (faup1090) is not running.
PiAware ADS-B UAT client (faup978) is not running (disabled by configuration settings)

PiAware mlat client (fa-mlat-client) is not running.
Local ADS-B receiver (dump1090) is not running.

no program appears to be listening for ES connections on port 30005.
faup1090 is NOT connected to the ADS-B receiver.
piaware is connected to FlightAware.

got ‘couldn’t open socket: connection refused’
dump1090 is NOT producing data on localhost:30005.

I’m trying to set up a new feeder. all is well… except…

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check the output of

sudo systemctl status dump1090-fa

and/or

sudo journalctl -xe|grep dump1090-fa

did you follow the instructions and install dump1090-fa properly without errors at the end?

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● dump1090-fa.service - dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization)
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dump1090-fa.service; enabled; vendor pre>
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2022-11-03 0>
Docs: PiAware - ADS-B and MLAT Receiver - FlightAware
Process: 703 ExecStart=/usr/share/dump1090-fa/start-dump1090-fa --write-json >
Main PID: 703 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 109ms

and this from that second output:

Nov 03 08:37:44 raspberrypizero systemd[1]: dump1090-fa.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 22.
░░ Automatic restarting of the unit dump1090-fa.service has been scheduled, as the result for
░░ Subject: A stop job for unit dump1090-fa.service has finished
░░ A stop job for unit dump1090-fa.service has finished.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit dump1090-fa.service has finished successfully
░░ A start job for unit dump1090-fa.service has finished successfully.
Nov 03 08:37:44 raspberrypizero dump1090-fa[797]: Thu Nov 3 08:37:44 2022 CDT dump1090-fa 7.2 starting up.
Nov 03 08:37:44 raspberrypizero dump1090-fa[797]: rtlsdr: no supported devices found.
Nov 03 08:37:44 raspberrypizero systemd[1]: dump1090-fa.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit dump1090-fa.service has exited.
Nov 03 08:37:44 raspberrypizero systemd[1]: dump1090-fa.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
░░ The unit dump1090-fa.service has entered the ‘failed’ state with result ‘exit-code’.

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I didn’t seem to get any errors when installing Dump1090. I see the comment about rtlsdr: no supported devices found. My dongle is the same Nooelec dongle I have used previously (it’s warm so i know it’s plugged in). Is there a command to see the status of the sdr dongle directly?

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You could try rtl_test -t command see if that shows anything up.

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Thanks! I got “no supported devices”. So out of curiosity, I swapped USB’s, rebooted and it’s working now. I guess always check connections.

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I had this as well some months ago. Sometimes it helps to squeeze the connect a little bit that it is more tight in the jack.

Or the jack is broken

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