When I set up my FlightAware system 10 years ago, I set it up so I boot to the Raspberry Pi desktop, then launched FlightAware from the command prompt by typing, “piaware”. I just rebuilt the system because I had a near lightning strike and the SD card got corrupted. I remember there was a page that told me, step by step, how to go to the command prompt and do a lot of sudo install commands. Does anyone know where I can find those instructions again? My station is been down way too long and I want to get it back up and running.
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(1) What is the model of your RPi? You said you set it up 10 years ago, must be an old model now.
(2) The instructions you are looking for are on the following web page, but these are for headless OS, i.e. no Desktop:
(3) If you want to have a OS with Desktop, then follow instructions here:
(3.1) Write RaspberryPi OS Bookworm image to microSD card using Raspberry Pi imager.
Guide for how to use Raspberry Pi Imager:
https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/getting-started.html#raspberry-pi-imager
(3.2) Install Piaware as per instructions here:
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so far so good. Thanks for the point to the site. I’m sure I’ll need instructions on where to put my unique site identifier. I remember having problems finding the right directory and file
STEP-1
Install Flightaware apt repository details on your Pi
wget https://www.flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/files/packages/pool/piaware/f/flightaware-apt-repository/flightaware-apt-repository_1.2_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i flightaware-apt-repository_1.2_all.deb
STEP-2
Update your apt package sources .
sudo apt update
STEP-3
Install PiAware. This will install all the required dependencies on your Raspberry Pi
sudo apt install piaware
STEP-4
Enable automatic and manual (web-based, via your request) PiAware software updates. These updates are disabled by default. To leave updates disabled, skip this step.
sudo piaware-config allow-auto-updates yes
sudo piaware-config allow-manual-updates yes
STEP-5
Download and Install dump1090-fa
If you don’t already have ADS-B decoder software such as dump1090-fa installed, then you can install FlightAware’s version of dump1090 by executing the following command.
sudo apt install dump1090-fa
STEP-6
If you already have a piaware feeder-id, then configure your piaware with it by following command
(Replace xxxxxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx by your actual feeder-id)
sudo piaware-config feeder-id xxxxxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
sudo systemctl restart piaware
If you dont have a feeder-id, then claim a new one by going to Flightaware claims page
https://www.flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/claim
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If you already have a piaware feeder-id (also known as unique identifier), then configure your piaware with it by following command
(Replace xxxxxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx by your actual feeder-id)
sudo piaware-config feeder-id xxxxxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
sudo systemctl restart piaware
Don’t know who you are but I owe you a cup of coffee. So far, looking good.
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Well, I guess my station has been off the air long enough I’ve been removed, my unique id is no longer shown and I can’t see my statistics. 10 years and I’m starting from scratch again. When I look for my stats I get " No Such ADS-B Site".
Many thanks. I believe I’m back up and running whew. I have it all printed out in case I need this again. Now I need to make a backup of the USB stick/drive in case I have another file corruption.
You can easily do it using “SD Card Copier” in the Raspberry Pi Desktop
Slip a blank microSD card in a USB card reader, and plug-in the card reader into a USB port of RPi.
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Hey, I have to thank you again. My system is back up and running great, the way it was. I now have a backup OS on an SD card in case the OS gets corrupted again. I really appreciate you helping me walk through this. Hopefully I won’t have to go through so many hoops if this happens in the future. I have it all printed out, just in case. Hi five to you!
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