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Here is the ModeSMixer2 installation script I have prepared for myself. I would now like to share it to make things easy for others as well. However following points should be noted:

  1. The version of ModeSMixer2 which the script downloads from Google Drive is current version for Pi 2 / 3 Raspbian Stretch (modesmixer2_rpi2-3_deb9_20180616.tgz). When new version is released, the script will require updating.

  2. It is based on user pi (i.e. pi@raspberrypi or pi@piaware). The installation path is hard coded to /home/pi/mm2

STEP 1 of 4

Create a new file install-mm2.sh, make it executable, and open it for editing

sudo touch /home/pi/install-mm2.sh 
sudo chmod +x /home/pi/install-mm2.sh
sudo nano /home/pi/install-mm2.sh

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STEP 2 of 4

In the new blank file install-mm2.sh, copy-paste code given below. Save file (Ctrl+o) and close file (Ctrl+x)
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Following is the code to be copy-pasted in file install-mm2.sh 

#!/bin/bash

echo "creating folder mm2"
sudo mkdir /home/pi/mm2

echo "downloading modeSMixer2 file from Google Drive"
sudo wget -O /home/pi/mm2/modesmixer2_rpi2-3_deb9_20180616.tgz "https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1lV_tUMVIj_CvM3kxdkk8PX2pLLAJskw_"

echo "entering into folder mm2"
cd /home/pi/mm2

echo "unzipping downloaded file"
sudo tar xvzf modesmixer2_rpi2-3_deb9_20180616.tgz

echo "creating starting script"
sudo touch /home/pi/mm2/mm2.sh

echo "writing code to file mm2.sh"
FILE="/home/pi/mm2/mm2.sh"

sudo chmod 777 $FILE

/bin/cat <<EOM >$FILE
#!/bin/sh
/home/pi/mm2/modesmixer2 \\
 --inConnectId 127.0.0.1:30005:ADSB \\
 --inConnectId 127.0.0.1:30105:MLAT \\
 --web 8787 \\
 --location xx.xxxx:yy.yyyy \\
EOM

sudo chmod +x $FILE


echo "writing start-up to file /etc/rc.local"
sudo sed -i '/fi/a \
\
/home/pi/mm2/mm2.sh & \
' /etc/rc.local

echo " "
echo " "
echo "INSTALLATION COMPLETE .....PLEASE DO FOLLOWING:"
echo "(1) Edit file /home/pi/mm2/mm2.sh and in the following line and"
echo "    rereplace xx.xxxx and yy.yyyy by your actual latitude and longitude"
echo " "
echo "    --location xx.xxxx:yy.yyyy \ "
echo " "
echo "(2) Reboot Pi"
echo " "

exit 0

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STEP 3 of 4

Run the file

cd /home/pi
sudo ./install-mm2.sh

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STEP 4 of 4

When script completes installation:
It will announce completion, and will also ask you to:

  • Edit file /home/pi/mm2/mm2.sh and replace xx.xxxx : yy.yyyy by yor actual latitude and longitude
  • Reboot Pi
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