I reinstalled an image of piaware 3.5.3, and the mlat client won’t start, not with restart. It also happend with the previous update. What is going on?
Can somebody help me?
I flashed with Etcher.
pi@piaware:~$ piaware-status
PiAware master process (piaware) is running with pid 1134.
PiAware ADS-B client (faup1090) is running with pid 1170.
PiAware mlat client (fa-mlat-client) is not running.
Local ADS-B receiver (dump1090-fa) is running with pid 451.
dump1090-fa (pid 451) is listening for connections on port 30005.
faup1090 is connected to the ADS-B receiver.
piaware is connected to FlightAware.
Does your new system still have the “Unique Identifier” as your old site? You can confirm on your stats page. If it’s different, then FA’s servers will think you’re a new site. As a result, it won’t have a physical location for the site and MLAT won’t work.
As far as I can see, it’s the same. I always begin with an new install when de updates come out. Never allow it to update automaticly. I use the same raspberry pi with the same ip address. This is the second time this is happening to me. Last update got the same problem, I added a new site and there it was again. But I don’t want that to do again because I lose my statistics. I tried to restart, shutdown but still not feeding mlat. Even my locations is set on the website…
There has been a change a while ago, the feeders are identified by a Feeder-ID created during install, and not by the Pi‘s mac address. So whenever you write a new image and do not put the feeder id in the piaware-config.txt, you will create a new site.
Your new Piaware 3.5.3 is NOT feeding your “Site 66423” (see screenshot below: Feeder last check-in : 11 hours ago).
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As pointed out by @N456TS, MAC is no more used to identify a station. It is UUID (unique feeder-id) which now determins the station.
A fresh install of Piaware wipes out UUID (unique feeder-id). Flightaware treats it as a brand-new station and assigns a new UUID, which is not linked to your account. it is feeding a new station, which is not linked to your account, and therefore not feeding Site 66423.
If you want the reinstalled Piaware 3.5.3 to feed station “SITE 66423”:
Thanks for the help, I am up and running again! Didn’t know Flightaware changed the identification method, Last update had the same problem and started a new feed. But now I know. Many thanks from the Netherlands!!!
