How-to Install AcarsDeco2 on Pi2 or Pi3 already running Raspbian Stretch and dump1090 (mutability or fa)
STEP-1, ALTERNATIVE-1
1.1.1 - Download on Desktop/Laptop, the AcarsDeco2 file from http://xdeco.org/?page_id=30
Raspberry Pi 2/3 (Broadcom SoC BCM2836/37 ARMv7 Quad Core) Raspbian GNU/Linux 9.0 (Stretch):
acarsdeco2_rpi2-3_deb9_20180603.tgz
1.1.2 - Copy the downloaded file acarsdeco2_rpi2-3_deb9_20180603.tgz to RPi’s folder /home/pi using WinSCp or FileZilla
1.1.3 - In RPi, create a folder acars to hold AcarsDeco2 files, and move the file acarsdeco2_rpi2-3_deb9_20180603.tgz into it
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo mkdir acars
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo mv acarsdeco2_rpi2-3_deb9_20180603.tgz acars/
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STEP-1, ALTERNATIVE-2
1.2.1 - In RPi, create a folder acars to hold AcarsDeco2 files
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo mkdir acars
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1.2.2 - I have uploaded acarsdeco2_rpi2-3_deb9_20180603.tgz to my DropBox account. Using wget command, you can directly download it from my Drop-Box to RPi and save it in newly created folder acars
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo wget -O acars/acarsdeco2_rpi2-3_deb9_20180603.tgz "https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5tjkkrodsyert7/acarsdeco2_rpi2-3_deb9_20180603.tgz?dl=1"
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STEP-2
2.1 - Move into folder acars
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd acars
2.2 - Extract downloaded .tgz file
pi@raspberrypi:~/acars $ sudo tar xzvf acarsdeco2_rpi2-3_deb9_20180603.tgz
acarsdeco2
acarsdeco2.readme
acars_signals_sdrsharp_ppm_error_corr_1.jpg
LICENSE.MIT
datasets/
datasets/aircrafts_p.txt
datasets/acars_mls.txt
datasets/aircrafts_s.txt
datasets/airlines.txt
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STEP-3
3.1 - Serializ two DVB-T / Prostick dongles
Dongle 1 (for dump1090-mutability): Serial # 00000000
Dongle 2 (for AcarsDeco2): Serial # 00000001
Instruction to serialize are here:
How to Change Serial Number of Dongle - ADSB 1090 + UAT 978 Dongles Plugged Into Same Pi
3.2 - Plug Both Dongles in Pi
3.3 - Reboot Pi
sudo reboot
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STEP-4
Check what AcarsDeco2 has detected as DVB-T / Prostick dongles available and their serial numbers
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd acars
pi@raspberrypi:~/acars $ ./acarsdeco2 --device-list
AcarSDeco2 v.20180603
Available Devices:
0 mnf: Realtek prod: RTL2832U serial: 00000000
1 mnf: Realtek prod: RTL2832UFA serial: 00000001
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STEP-5; Run AcarSDeco2 Manually
pi@raspberrypi:~/acars $ ./acarsdeco2 --device-index 1 --gain 49.6 --freq 131550000 131725000 --http-port 8686 &
[1] 981
pi@raspberrypi:~/acars $ AcarSDeco2 v.20180603
Using device: 1 mnf: Realtek prod: RTL2832UFA serial: 00000001
Sampling rate: 1400000.018544 sps
Supported Gains (dB): 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
Freq: 131.637 MHz
Freq Correction: 0 ppm
Gain: 49.6 dB
Trying to use 16 buffers in memory explicitly allocated to support zero-copy
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STEP-6 : Automated start at boot / reboot
6.1 - Create a blank file ad2.sh, make it executable, and open it for editing
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd acars
pi@raspberrypi:~/acars $ sudo touch ad2.sh
pi@raspberrypi:~/acars $ sudo chmod +x ad2.sh
pi@raspberrypi:~/acars $ sudo nano ad2.sh
6.2 - Copy-paste following code in new blank file ad2.sh
/home/pi/acars/./acarsdeco2 \
--device-index 1 \
--gain 49.6 \
--freq 131550000 131725000 \
--http-port 8686 \
6.3 - Save (Ctrl+o) and Close (Ctrl+x)
6.4 - Open file rc.local for editing
sudo nano /etc/rc.local
6.5 - Copy-paste following line in file rc.local just above last line (i.e. just above exit 0)
/home/pi/acars/ad2.sh &
6.6 - Save (Ctrl+o) and Close (Ctrl+x)
STEP-7
IP-OF-PI:8686
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