Multiple SDRs with FlightAware

[DanaRawding]

I have 3 rtl-sdr receivers installed on my Pi. I plan on using 2 with FlightAware. For 1090 a ProStick+ and for 978 a NESDR Nano 2. Another Nano 2 will be for a different purpose outside of FlightAware. How do I configure (or verify) that the correct SDR is in use on the correct port?

Thanks for any assistance!

[jonhawkes2030]

Use this post to set the serial numbers on each dongle.

How-to Serialize Dongles for ES1090 + UAT978

1 - How to Change Serial Number of Dongles Basically it is done by following command: rtl_eeprom -s [desired_serial_number] 1.1 - Prepare sudo apt update sudo apt install rtl-sdr sudo systemctl stop piaware dump1090-fa dump978-fa 1.2 - Serialize dump1090-fa dongle Serialization is done one dongle at a time. Lets start with serializing dump1090-fa dongle. Plugin the dump1090-fa dongle, and unplug all other dongles. Give following command: rtl_eeprom -s 00001090 The last line of outpu…

[DanaRawding]

Thanks for the response. I have the devices serialized. I guess a better question would be were do I set the device/serial # in the dump1090/978 configuration files. I see the configs in /etc/default/ but read to not change them there as they get rewritten.

[DanaRawding]

According to the below post the files in /etc/default/ are the correct ones to modify. I have added the serial numbers to them and rebooted and it looks like everything is working properly.

[OUTDATED] Package install of piaware 6.1 on Bullseye 32-bit & 64-Bit

This method uses ver 6.1 packages (32-bit & 64-bit) which I have built from source-code, and uploaded to my PPA (Personal Package Archive) at Github This method uses "sudo apt install piaware" & "sudo apt install dump1090-fa" and is much faster than building packages from source code on your RPi. Tested on RPI Model 4 with 32-bit & 64-bit Raspi OS Bullseye Most likely will work on Pi Zero 2 W with 32-bit & 64-bit Raspi OS Bullseye (I do not have Pi Zero 2 W to test) STEP-1: Add my PPA (Per…

[abcd567]

@DanaRawding

[OUTDATED] Package install of piaware 6.1 on Bullseye 32-bit & 64-Bit

These commands are for package install on RaspberryPi OS image.

If you have piaware SD card image, the changes you made in files /etc/default/dump1090-fa and /etc/default/dump978-fa will evaporate when you reboot the Pi

The commands for Piaware SD card image are as follows:

@abcd567

6 - Configure UAT 978

sudo piaware-config uat-receiver-type sdr
sudo piaware-config rtlsdr-device-index 00001090
sudo piaware-config uat-sdr-device driver=rtlsdr,serial=00000978

# Reboot Pi to implement configuration settings
sudo reboot

7 - Check Status

sudo systemctl status piaware  
sudo systemctl status dump1090-fa  
sudo systemctl status dump978-fa  

NOTE:
If you are not sure which image you have you have, just check the command prompt in PuTTY terminal

If it is a piaware SD card image, the command prompt is:
pi@piaware:~ $

 

If it is Raspbian image with package install of piaware & dump1090-fa, the command prompt is:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $