Not quite the response I expected for a restart request

SweetPea11 · March 5, 2020, 9:24am

Kill

I cut off life-support and all is good again

S

geckoVN · March 8, 2020, 1:12pm

Is your Pi called Marvin?

SweetPea11 · March 9, 2020, 12:42am

No.

I’d have to load Android on my Pi before I could name it Marvin.

It seems that once upon a time there was an Android up for feeding Flightaware from Android.

@abcd567 has tried to load piaware on every other operating system under the sun. Maybe he could get Android and dump1090/piaware running under Android on the Pi and then I could rename it Marvin.

S.

abcd567 · March 9, 2020, 6:58am

The Frankenstein installs.

keithma · March 9, 2020, 8:00am

Genuine laugh out loud from me on that one.

I’m still waiting for the instructions on installing piaware on a smart refrigerator that has an operating system based on linux. I’m sure it’ll come one day

abcd567 · March 9, 2020, 8:08am

If someone gifts me that refrigerator, I will whole heartedly try to install piaware on it and post the instructions

keithma · March 9, 2020, 8:12am

Ahh but now I’ve sowed the seed, if ever your fridge packs up, you’ll have that in the back of your mind when you go shopping for a new one!

SweetPea11 · March 9, 2020, 9:48am

Sir, you are evil!

caius · March 9, 2020, 1:20pm

Need to get dump1090 running on NetBSD. I’m pretty sure that there’s a port for pretty much anything with a cpu in it somewhere.

abcd567 · March 11, 2020, 7:13am

NetBSD 9.0 amd64 - Attempt to Build dump1090-fa Binary Failed:

localhost# pkg_add git

localhost# pkg_add make
pkg_add: no pkg found for 'make', sorry.

localhost# pkg_add cmake

localhost# pkg_add ncurses-dev
pkg_add: no pkg found for 'ncurses-dev', sorry.

localhost# pkg_add ncurses-devel
pkg_add: no pkg found for 'ncurses-devel', sorry.

localhost# pkg_add ncurses
pkg_add: package `ncurses-6.1nb6' already recorded as installed

localhost# git clone https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090.git dump1090-fa
Cloning into 'dump1090-fa'...
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090.git/': SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate

## Workaround for SSL Certificate issue:
localhost# git config --global http.sslVerify false
localhost# git clone https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090.git dump1090-fa
localhost# git config --global http.sslVerify true

cd dump1090-fa

localhost# make BLADERF=no
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 12: Missing dependency operator
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 16: Need an operator
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 18: Missing dependency operator
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 20: Need an operator
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 22: Need an operator
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 23: Need an operator
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 27: Missing dependency operator
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 29: Need an operator
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 31: Need an operator
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 32: Need an operator
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 33: Need an operator
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 35: Missing dependency operator
make: "/root/dump1090-fa/Makefile" line 40: Need an operator
make: Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
make: stopped in /root/dump1090-fa

obj · March 11, 2020, 8:04am

You’ll need gmake (GNU make) on BSD. The standard BSD make expects different syntax and the dump1090 makefile isn’t written for it.

abcd567 · March 11, 2020, 9:33am

This is beyond my capability to modify Makefile to meet BSD requirement. I give up.

foxhunter · March 11, 2020, 10:01am

There’s even a flight track viewer available for some garmin watches.

I have one, but did not try it so far.

abcd567 · May 19, 2020, 10:05pm

One more was loaded yesterday

jonhawkes2030 · May 19, 2020, 11:12pm

I think the watches that work with it start at $US900

jvanwouw · February 8, 2021, 8:43pm

@abcd567
@caius

There is no need to modify the make file. You can just install gmake on NetBSD and use the gmake command where you would normally use make. I am running dump1090-fa on NetBSD 9.0 on a Raspberry Pi (earmv6hf). I do not recall whether I used make or gmake (but I at least have gmake installed, so if it is not part of the NetBSD base, I probably installed it for dump1090). I had to change “ncurses” in the Makefile to “curses”, however. Compiling applications using ncurses on NetBSD apparently has been problematic for more than 20 years, but the good news is that NetBSD’s own curses is pretty much a drop-in replacement. I maintain a fork of dump1090-fa here with the Makefile already modified.

jvanwouw · February 10, 2021, 7:34am

@abcd567
@caius

More good news! I added NetBSD autodetection yesterday and my pull request has been accepted into the dev(elopment) branch of dump1090-fa. What that means is that NetBSD support will be in the next release of the official FlightAware dump1090! Furthermore, I have confirmed that the use of gmake is indeed needed on *BSD to compile dump1090-fa.

abcd567 · February 26, 2021, 10:39am

dump1090-fa on NetBSD

This is what I have done

# pkgin install gmake pkgconf rtl-sdr bladerf hackrf  
calculating dependencies...|bladerf is not available in the repository

# git clone --branch dev https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090  
# cd dump1090  
# gmake BLADERF=no 
# install dump1090 /usr/bin/dump1090-fa

NetBSD does NOT provide Systemd. Used SysVinit

Opened file /etc/rc.conf and scrolled down to bottom, and at bottom added dump1090-fa as shown below:

# Add local overrides below.
#
hostname=localhost
defaultroute="10.0.0.1"
sshd=YES
ntpd=YES
xdm=NO
wscons=YES
dump1090-fa=YES

Created file `/etc/rc.d/dump1090-fa` and copy-pasted following code

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
#
# Provides:             dump1090-fa
# Required-Start:       $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:        $remote_fs
# Default-Start:        2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:         0 1 6
# Short-Description:    dump1090-fa initscript

#
### END INIT INFO
## Fill in name of program here.
PROG="dump1090-fa"
PROG_PATH="/usr/bin"
RECEIVER_OPTIONS="--device-index 0 --gain -10 --ppm 0"
#DECODER_OPTIONS="--max-range 360 --fix"
DECODER_OPTIONS="--fix"
NET_OPTIONS="--net --net-heartbeat 60 --net-ro-size 1300 --net-ro-interval 0.2 --net-ri-port 0 \
             --net-ro-port 30002 --net-sbs-port 30003 --net-bi-port 30004,30104 --net-bo-port 30005"
#JSON_OPTIONS="--json-location-accuracy 1"
JSON_OPTIONS=""
PROG_ARGS=$RECEIVER_OPTIONS$DECODER_OPTIONS$NET_OPTIONS$JSON_OPTIONS$POSITION

PIDFILE="/var/run/dump1090-fa.pid"
start() {
      if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
          ## Program is running, exit with error.
          echo "Error! $PROG is currently running!" 1>&2
          exit 1
      else
          ## Change from /dev/null to something like /var/log/$PROG if you want to save output.
          cd $PROG_PATH
          ./$PROG $PROG_ARGS 2>&1 >/dev/null &
          echo "$PROG started"
          touch $PIDFILE
      fi
}

stop() {
      if [ -e $PIDFILE ]; then
          ## Program is running, so stop it
         echo "$PROG is running"
         killall $PROG
         rm -f $PIDFILE
         echo "$PROG stopped"
      else
          ## Program is not running, exit with error.
          echo "Error! $PROG not started!" 1>&2
          exit 1
      fi
}

## Check to see if we are running as root first.
## Found at http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/shell-root-user-check-script.html
if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
      echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
      exit 1
fi

case "$1" in
      start)
          start
          exit 0
      ;;
      stop)
          stop
          exit 0
      ;;
      reload|restart|force-reload)
          stop
          start
          exit 0
      ;;
      **)
          echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload}" 1>&2
          exit 1
      ;;
esac
exit 0

abcd567 · February 26, 2021, 11:44am

NetBSD - dump1090-fa direct run - Attempt -1

# dump1090-fa

Fri Feb 26 06:35:31 2021 EST  dump1090-fa unknown starting up.
rtlsdr: using device #0: Generic RTL2832U OEM (Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN 00001090)
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
rtlsdr: tuner gain set to 49.6 dB
Failed to submit transfer 0
Please increase your allowed usbfs buffer size with the following command:
echo 0 > /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/usbfs_memory_mb
rtlsdr: rtlsdr_read_async returned unexpectedly, probably lost the USB device, bailing out
Fri Feb 26 06:35:34 2021 EST  No data received from the SDR for a long time, it may have wedged
Fri Feb 26 06:35:34 2021 EST  Waiting for receive thread termination
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
r82xx_write: i2c wr failed=-1 reg=06 len=1
Fri Feb 26 06:35:34 2021 EST  Abnormal exit.

NetBSD - dump1090-fa direct run - Attempt -2

# dump1090-fa 

Fri Feb 26 06:35:48 2021 EST  dump1090-fa unknown starting up.
rtlsdr: using device #0: Generic RTL2832U OEM (Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN 00001090)
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
rtlsdr: tuner gain set to 49.6 dB
Fri Feb 26 06:35:51 2021 EST  No data received from the SDR for a long time, it may have wedged
*8dc01b6cea05f8fe695c08811206;
CRC: 000000
RSSI: -14.5 dBFS
Score: 25 (DF17_UNKNOWN)
Time: 85870.33us
DF:17 AA:C01B6C CA:5 ME:EA05F8FE695C08
 Extended Squitter Target state and status (V2) (29/1) (reliable)
  ICAO Address:  C01B6C (Mode S / ADS-B)
  Air/Ground:    airborne
  NIC-baro:      1
  NACp:          10
  SIL:           3 (p <= 0.00001%, unknown type)
  Selected heading:        216.6
  MCP selected altitude:   3008 ft
  QNH:                     1028.8 millibars

*20000297a4500f;
CRC: c01b6c
RSSI: -4.0 dBFS
Score: 12 (UNRELIABLE_KNOWN)
Time: 222692.33us
DF:4 addr:C01B6C FS:0 DR:0 UM:0 AC:663
 Survelliance, Altitude Reply
  ICAO Address:  C01B6C (Mode S / ADS-B)
  Air/Ground:    airborne?
  Baro altitude: 3175 ft

^CFri Feb 26 06:35:58 2021 EST  Caught SIGINT, shutting down..

Fri Feb 26 06:35:58 2021 EST  Waiting for receive thread termination
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1

abcd567 · February 28, 2021, 10:08am

(1) Built again with version number. Previous build without version number resulted in stdout showing “dump1090-fa unknown”

# rm -rf dump1090
# rm /usr/bin/dump1090-fa
# git clone --branch dev https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090  
# cd dump1090  
# gmake DUMP1090_VERSION=$(git describe --tags | sed 's/-.*//')
# install dump1090 /usr/sbin/dump1090fa

(2) In the /etc/rc.conf file, had to remove hyphen from name of dump1090-fa and make it dump1090fa. Using hyphen was resulting in following warning:
/etc/rc.d/dump1090-fa: WARNING: $dump1090-fa_enable is not set properly - see rc.conf(5)

Edited file /etc/rc.conf and modified dump1090-fa to dump1090fa

# Add local overrides below.
#
hostname=localhost
defaultroute="10.0.0.1"
sshd=YES
ntpd=YES
xdm=NO
wscons=YES
dump1090fa=YES

(3) Used a different init file as previous was in Debian format and contained killall which is not available in BSD.

# nano /etc/rc.d/dump1090fa

Copy pasted following code:

#!/bin/sh
#
# $NetBSD: dump1090fa
#

# PROVIDE: dump1090fa
# REQUIRE: ""
# BEFORE: ""
# KEYWORD: ""

$_rc_subr_loaded . /etc/rc.subr

name="dump1090fa"
rcvar=${name}
command="/usr/sbin/${name} --quiet --gain -10 --net  --net-bo-port 30005 --net-sbs-port 30003"
pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"

load_rc_config $name
run_rc_command "$1"

EDIT:

Rebooted, and it is working OK now. Althogh it says “No data received from SDR for a long time, it may have wedged” (Screenshot 1), the continous data flow is there (Screenshot 2)

Screenshot 1

Screenshot 2

EDIT-2: Tried on FreeBSD

Failed to build dump1090-fa

abcd@FreeBSD:~ $ sudo pkg install git gmake pkgconf rtl-sdr bladerf hackrf 

abcd@FreeBSD:~ $ git clone --branch dev https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090 
abcd@FreeBSD:~ $ cd dump1090  
abcd@FreeBSD:~ $ gmake DUMP1090_VERSION=$(git describe --tags | sed 's/-.*//')

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