How-to Serialize Dongles for ES1090 + UAT978

Below is the the link to my following “How to” to make your life easy.

[Package Install] How to Install and Configure Piaware on Raspberry Pi OS Image / RPi

NOTE: Above is a pre piaware ver 6.0 “How To”, but is still valid except for commands in it’s following item:

6.2 - Configure dump1090-fa & dump978-fa to use dongles of assigned serial numbers

Updated Command (1) to add serial number to file /etc/default/dump1090-fa

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sudo sed -i 's/^RECEIVER_SERIAL=.*/RECEIVER_SERIAL=00001090/' /etc/default/dump1090-fa  

 

Updated Command (2) to add serial number to file /etc/default/dump978-fa

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sudo sed -i 's/driver=rtlsdr[^ ]* /driver=rtlsdr,serial=00000978 /' /etc/default/dump978-fa  

 

 

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