MLAT states my location is not configured

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Receiver has been running for two years, recently I replaced the dongle and decided to turn on MLAT. In the config file I have changed MLAT to yes after removing the #. Updated my location as I had moved for longitude and Latitude N is 39.06470 and W is -78.09740 . Did a save and returned the Micro SD card to the Raspberry Pi. Site tells me MLAT receiver location not configured. PiAware and Flight Aware show green.
Any suggestions as to what I missed or did wrong?

Thanks Steve ag4so@outlook.com

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Hi Steve,

SITE 72335 – KOKV
States
Nearest Airport: Winchester Rgnl (Winchester, VA) (KOKV)

Location: (38.98, -77.85)
Location Set: 18 January 2018 10:48 PM
Location Source: FlightAware estimated.

Feeder Check-In: a few seconds ago
Feeder Type: PiAware (SD Card) 3.8.1
Feeder Mode: Mode-S (1090 MHz)
Multilateration (MLAT): Supported / Receiver location not configured

Have you rebooted or restarted piaware after updating the Flightware location details?

Jon

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Yes can do so again just in case

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Just tried 2 resets no joy pi screen says malt not enabled

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Your post and the location in FA are about 22 miles apart.
I know FA allows you to set the accuracy but 22 miles seems a little far.

If you point your FA location into something like google maps, is it correct?
It needs to be within a hundred feet or so.

Are there any messages in the message log? either on FA or on the RPI itself.

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Flight aware reports MLAT supported rx location not configured and pi reports MLAT is not enabled.

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Got the gps coordinates from the ftm100 about 3 feet from the pi receiver .

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I’m not sure where you updated the location, but the location is not configured on the sdcard. You need to update the location via your stats page (https://flightaware.com/adsb/stats/user/ag4so, click on the white-on-grey gear, select edit location).

Currently, that site does not have a location manually configured, which is why mlat is disabled:

Location Source: FlightAware estimated.

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Thanks for the information I have been trying to enter the coordinates for a while tonight as you instructed however I have a problem. First I went to google maps and found the location my radio was giving is way off so scratch that and went to Google Earth to pinpoint my location. I entered the new coordinates 39.0647 and -78.0975. I save and recheck it looks on until I restart the Pi I recheck and the numbers are changed each time to a different location. for example the last one was 39.97676 -77.85162. Of course MLAT is not accepting I also entered my antenna height using the height from Google Earth plus 10’. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

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Where are you entering your coordinates? In Pi or at your Flightaware stats site?

For Beginners - How-to Set Receiver Location

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Disable piaware using gpsd if you have that:

sudo piaware-config use-gpsd no
sudo systemctl restart piaware
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Looks like I am making progress new message on razberry pi under MLAT Local clock source unstable.

So is that the razberry pi or the dongle that’s unstable?

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Give it some time. The clock issue is the clock inside the USB dongle. There is a clock inside that is used for MLAT.
Your neighbours don’t have a lot of MLAT aircraft. I suspect that you should have some by the end of the day.

73
Jon

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