I just got my Raspberry Pi running for ADS-B flight tracking and hooked up the HDMI to the TV hoping to see the results…nope.
Do I need PlanePlotter installed on the Pi for it to output to a display? If so, how do I set that up? I’m pretty new to this and would appreciate any help provided.
Thanks!
Open the dump1090 output (127.0.0.1:8080) on your RasPi browser. I would recommend installing Planefinder client and dump1090-mutability as they have better visual graphics.
All that can be easily installed by @jprochazka scripts. ads-b-flight-tracking-f21/ads-b-receiver-project-setup-scripts-t36532.html
There’s also another option of using ModesDeco2 instead of dump1090 with basestation and flightroute files.
@ErikHeller
Hi Erik,
Easiest thing I can suggest would be to install Jo’s ADSB-Receiver image:
https://github.com/jprochazka/adsb-receiver/wiki/Using-the-ADS-B-Receiver-Image
It’s pretty straight forward, once you start the install process, it’ll ask you simple Yes / No questions - just make sure you read and understand what it’s asking and you;ll be fine.
Any questions, ask on here - great bunch of guys, really helpful!
I’ve learnt a lot from here.
The only thing I installed on the SD card was “PiAware on Raspbian Linux 2.1-5” as stated on the “PiAware - build your own ADS-B Ground Station” at http://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/build
As far as an operating system, I’m assuming whatever came on the Raspberry Pi 3.0.
The answer is, open a web browser on your Desktop and point it at the RPi IP address using port 8080.
If you have connected HDMI cable from your Pi to your TV, the Pi’s desktop will be displayed on TV. Open the browser of Pi, and type localhost:8080, and press Enter. You will see a map with planes.
Alternatively you can see the map with planes on your Desktop or Laptop (connected to same router as Pi, through wire or wifi) by typing in the address bar of desktop’s browser ip-address-of-rpi:8080, where ip-address-of-rpi will be something like 192.168.2.13, and can be found from your router’s settings.
Awesome, thanks everyone!
I’ve done everything suggested, but still can’t get any aircraft plots from my pi3’s web browser.
Neither can I get FlightAware’s website aircraft plotting map to launch on the pi3.
Flightradar24’s plotting map launches just fine, however.
Go figure.
Hi Chris,
Take a deep breath mate, one step at a time!
So,
a) Unless you went with the ADSB-R image, you’ll have needed an OS (operating system) - Debian, Jessie, Wheezy, all names of OS’s. Which did you install?
Did your Pi 3 come with a NOOBS SD card pre-installed, or did you use the NOOBS installer from the Raspberry Pi website?
b) You say “your Pi 3 web browser” - are you saying your using a web browser ON the pi3? In which case, you’ve at least got an OS installed (See a)
c) How are you connected / seeing the Pi 3 - direct connection to TV, keyboard etc connect to the Pi 3, or over your network, i.e your connected to the Pi from another PC?
If I was you, I’d start again - reformat the SD Card and follow the instructions for ADSB-R… that way, you’ll be starting from a common position we all know…
Chris, if your starting in this from scratch, it can be quite a steep learning curve… that said, that’s what I did, and I’ve learnt a lot along the way!
As long as you take it step by step, tell us exactly what you’ve done, and answer questions people ask about your system, we’ll be more than happy to help you here - we were all new to this once!
I’m not an expert myself (see @Obj and the usual suspects 
) , but I’ll certainly help you where I can, from what I’ve learnt on here.
Of course, once you’ve got the software / Pi running, you then get into the joy of antennas, amps, coax and connectors - but one step at a time.
Good luck! 
The only thing I installed on the SD card is the image from “PiAware on Raspbian Linux 2.1-5” as stated on the “PiAware - build your own ADS-B Ground Station” piaware.flightcdn.com/piaware-je … -5.img.zip
Seems like I get the results as JetMech72.
I’ve got 3 pi3’s up and running and have the same results on all three. ie no localhost:8080
The thing that is missing from all these problem reports is exactly what you did and what the result was.
You plugged in HDMI and got… a text-mode console login? Or a black screen? Or an X desktop? Or what?
If you got a black screen then you’ve probably not imaged the sdcard properly. Merely copying the image onto a sdcard is not sufficient.
I have a, what appears to be, a somewhat abbreviated Raspberry Pi desktop.
In the menu bar, on the left side, I have Raspberry Menu, Web Browser, File Manager, Terminal, Mathematica (invalid), and Wolfram (also invalid) On the right side of the menu bar I have the LAN/WLAN icon, speaker icon, CPU usage monitor, digital clock, and ejector icon.
On the desktop, itself, I have the Trash Bin Icon and in the center a big Raspberry logo.
OK, so it sounds like the Pi is booting fine. What happens when you launch the web browser (which browser is it?) and try to go to localhost:8080/ ?
Update: I port-forwarded the Pi and can see the screen from the internet http://HellerADSB.tech
The only problem I have is that now and then the site isn’t connecting, but if I reboot the Pi remotely it’s fine again… One problem solved, another created 
It’s not generally accepted to port forward directly to the Pi, usually people use a VirtualRadar server to proxy the connection and present the page.
The browser is “Web” 3.8.2 powered by WebKit 2.4.1 gnome.org/projects/epiphany
The desktop is LXPanel 0.7.2 lxde.org/
When I type in localhost:8080/ I get a blank screen with a message in the lower left corner which says Loading “localhost”… and flashes on and off in rapid succession.
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Thanks, is it a security issue?
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I’m not sure about the security aspect of it, but I do believe that the dump1090 HTTP server wasn’t designed for internet viewing, just for local viewing. The Pi may run into resource issues as well if it’s receiving many hits and may be the cause of having to reboot the Pi to view it.