Ok I just found those commands and performed them.
rtl_eeprom -s 00001090
rtl_eeprom -s 00000978
unplugged, replugged and re-booted still no joy
Ok I just found those commands and performed them.
rtl_eeprom -s 00001090
rtl_eeprom -s 00000978
unplugged, replugged and re-booted still no joy
You understand you must only have one SDR plugged in for each command?
I just tried again, confirmed one dongle at a time and the 1090 is back to working but still 978 is still down.
Are you sure that’s what was in that thread?
Can you quote the relevant post from that other thread maybe?
Setting name | Possible values | Default value | Description |
---|---|---|---|
uat-sdr-device | see link in description | driver=rtlsdr | configures the sdr device to use in UAT mode; supported values can be found on the SoapySDR github page |
Here is how to use RTLSDR dongle via SoapySDR library with SoapyRTLSDR plugin:
device_string = "driver=rtlsdr,rtl=0";
Same thing, but identifying the device with its serial number:
device_string = "driver=rtlsdr,serial=00000349";
Did you reboot your Pi after issuing configuration commands shown above?
Ok I think I have the serialized properly but getting an error
pi@piaware:~$ rtl_test -t
Found 2 device(s):
0: Realtek, RTL2832U, SN: 00001090
1: Realtek, RTL2832U, SN: 00000978
Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U
usb_claim_interface error -6
Failed to open rtlsdr device #0.
First stop all to free the dongles for test
sudo systemctl stop piaware dump1090-fa dump978-fa
Now test dongle 0
rtl_test -d 0 -t
Next test dongle 1
rtl_test -d 1 -t
After tests are finished, reboot Pi to restore system to normal
sudo reboot
Ok this is what I got
first when I stopped everything I received this:
pi@piaware:~$ sudo systemctl stop piaware dump1090-fa dump978-fa
Failed to stop dump978-fa.service: Unit dump978-fa.service not loaded.
Then testing the dongles
Dongle 0
pi@piaware:~$ rtl_test -d 0 -t
Found 2 device(s):
0: Realtek, RTL2832U, SN: 00001090
1: Realtek, RTL2832U, SN: 00000978
Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Supported gain values (29): 0.0 0.9 1.4 2.7 3.7 7.7 8.7 12.5 14.4 15.7 16.6 19.7 20.7 22.9 25.4 28.0 29.7 32.8 33.8 36.4 37.2 38.6 40.2 42.1 43.4 43.9 44.5 48.0 49.6
Sampling at 2048000 S/s.
No E4000 tuner found, aborting.
Now Dongle 1
pi@piaware:~$ rtl_test -d 1 -t
Found 2 device(s):
0: Realtek, RTL2832U, SN: 00001090
1: Realtek, RTL2832U, SN: 00000978
Using device 1: Generic RTL2832U
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Supported gain values (29): 0.0 0.9 1.4 2.7 3.7 7.7 8.7 12.5 14.4 15.7 16.6 19.7 20.7 22.9 25.4 28.0 29.7 32.8 33.8 36.4 37.2 38.6 40.2 42.1 43.4 43.9 44.5 48.0 49.6
Sampling at 2048000 S/s.
No E4000 tuner found, aborting.
I then rebooted
Your dump978-fa installation has some issue as indicated by above responce.
What is output of following command?
apt policy dump978-fa
pi@piaware:~$ apt policy dump878-fa
E: Invalid operation policy
Seems your distro is very old. Try this
apt-cache policy dump978-fa
If above also fails, try with sudo
sudo apt-cache policy dump978-fa
It says unable to locate package dump978-fa. I’m on version 4.0
What is output of following command?
cat /etc/os-release
pi@piaware:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME=“Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)”
NAME=“Raspbian GNU/Linux”
VERSION_ID=“8”
VERSION=“8 (jessie)”
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL=“http://www.raspbian.org/”
SUPPORT_URL=“RaspbianForums - Raspbian”
BUG_REPORT_URL=“RaspbianBugs - Raspbian”
The dump978-fa did NOT get installed. What method/command you used to install it?
You have jessie, too old.
I am not sure if dump978-fa ver 4.0 can be insalled on it. @obj can confirm this.
From what I had seen on here I assumed it was already installed. I just tried to install it:
sudo apt-get install dump978-fa
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package dump978-fa
looks like I need to start over with a new distro
Yeah the 4.0 release notes only mention Wheezy support being dropped as it is no longer being supported upstream, but I think Jessie is in the same boat since it’s EOL was listed June 30, 2020. I think it was a typo since Wheezy EOL was listed May 31, 2018. No support upstream = no support Flightaware so far as I know.
You have to update repo to version 4.0, then install dump978-fa
The command below is very long. Scroll right to see and copy it in full
wget https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/files/packages/pool/piaware/p/piaware-support/piaware-repository_4.0_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i piaware-repository_4.0_all.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dump978-fa