How can I tell it is working?

[jbrosowski]

Same here

Started to work somewhen while I was sleeping. Thanks!

[dbaker]

@jreese66

Mine is working now, too. This occurred at about 19:00-20:00 PDT, or approximately 22 hours after my pi started sending data to FlightAware. I’m not sure if FA fixed a bug, or whether they needed to receive nearly a day’s worth of data before displaying it.

jreese66

It was a glitch on our part – sorry!

[jreese66]

@dbaker

@jreese66

Mine is working now, too. This occurred at about 19:00-20:00 PDT, or approximately 22 hours after my pi started sending data to FlightAware. I’m not sure if FA fixed a bug, or whether they needed to receive nearly a day’s worth of data before displaying it.

jreese66

It was a glitch on our part – sorry!

Thanks for fixing it! Much appreciated.

jreese66

[happyhophead]

I seem to be having a similar issue, been running for over an hour with a new setup. Mac address is claimed on FA website and data is showing up via the local IP on 8080.

[dgates]

New piaware setup, seems to be working based on piaware -debug and piaware.out , but the status page worked for a little bit and does not seem to be updating, similar to the reports above. Did it glitch again?

[dgates]

@dgates

New piaware setup, seems to be working based on piaware -debug and piaware.out , but the status page worked for a little bit and does not seem to be updating, similar to the reports above. Did it glitch again?

Hmm, it just updated, though it says “last seen” 10 minutes ago. Does the status page run only every so often, maybe one an hour or something? Or should it reflect near-real-time status?

My setup is currently in the basement of my house so there is a lot of structure for the receiver to see though, though it is catching a few flights. It should do quite a bit better once I move it upstairs in a day or two, we’ll see.

As an aside, I have an aircraft that is ADSB-Out equipped, so equipped at considerable cost. It’ll be interesting to see my own track sometime soon! I will fly some deliberate odd tracks in the sky and see if I can “track-write” something! The N number on N69007, it is a Mooney M20C airplane and I have a Garmin GDL-88 onboard connected to a Garmin GTN650 navigator.

• Don

[dbaker]

@dgates

@dgates

New piaware setup, seems to be working based on piaware -debug and piaware.out , but the status page worked for a little bit and does not seem to be updating, similar to the reports above. Did it glitch again?

Hmm, it just updated, though it says “last seen” 10 minutes ago. Does the status page run only every so often, maybe one an hour or something? Or should it reflect near-real-time status?

My setup is currently in the basement of my house so there is a lot of structure for the receiver to see though, though it is catching a few flights. It should do quite a bit better once I move it upstairs in a day or two, we’ll see.

As an aside, I have an aircraft that is ADSB-Out equipped, so equipped at considerable cost. It’ll be interesting to see my own track sometime soon! I will fly some deliberate odd tracks in the sky and see if I can “track-write” something! The N number on N69007, it is a Mooney M20C airplane and I have a Garmin GDL-88 onboard connected to a Garmin GTN650 navigator.

• Don

Yes, the “10 minutes ago” Is misleading, but probably means it’s working fine and you’re just waiting for stats to update.

[dgates]

@dbaker

@dgates

@dgates

New piaware setup, seems to be working based on piaware -debug and piaware.out , but the status page worked for a little bit and does not seem to be updating, similar to the reports above. Did it glitch again?

Hmm, it just updated, though it says “last seen” 10 minutes ago. Does the status page run only every so often, maybe one an hour or something? Or should it reflect near-real-time status?

My setup is currently in the basement of my house so there is a lot of structure for the receiver to see though, though it is catching a few flights. It should do quite a bit better once I move it upstairs in a day or two, we’ll see.

As an aside, I have an aircraft that is ADSB-Out equipped, so equipped at considerable cost. It’ll be interesting to see my own track sometime soon! I will fly some deliberate odd tracks in the sky and see if I can “track-write” something! The N number on N69007, it is a Mooney M20C airplane and I have a Garmin GDL-88 onboard connected to a Garmin GTN650 navigator.

• Don

Continuing to monitor – it now says Last Seen 5 hours ago. It seems to be updating sporadically. I finally read the FAQ, it does say that stats are updated every 15 minutes so there is the answer, the stats are not a real time or even near-real-time sort of thing. My PiAware seems to be working fine, I am unning it in -debug and it continues to see tracks and send messages to FA, so… not thinking it is a problem on my end. Now, my message / track volume is quite low, due to the unfavorable RF setup at the moment (basement) but it is seeing some. I am getting squawks / messages from the SDR. I am even seeing some ADS-B tracks from time to time as well, as indicated by the track having a flight number / N-number, track, etc – I suspect that if it is a Mode S only track I just get the squawk but not the N-number and mag track direction. But what do I know, I am a noob at this! But, I am a test pilot (really) though that and $3 gets me coffee at Starbucks…

Don

Yes, the “10 minutes ago” Is misleading, but probably means it’s working fine and you’re just waiting for stats to update.

[dbaker]

If it doesn’t say “live” then it wasn’t connected during the prior stats run. The stats system runs every 15-30min. It appears OK at the moment.

[dgates]

Just relocated the equipment from the basement man cave to the living room upstairs and put the antenna in the front window so it is not looking through the house structure. Getting LOTS more tracks, as I would expect. Continuing to monitor…