I just figured out what file to change - there is a post somewhere in the vast PiAware script thread where** the real hero **mentions removing the division by 1000 for the Orange Pi PC.
Armbian may change MAC address, leading to assignment of a different Local IP address by router, and a different Site Number by Flightaware.
How to restore MAC address if ARMBIAN changes it (thanks to ieand):
I am trying to make a 3G usb modem work in my opi pc to put receiver in a place without internet connection.
I have tried both the loboris and the armbian images but I cannot get the modeswitch to work
when i plug the same modem at my desktop pc (running fedora) the modeswitch works fine and I am able to connect to the internet using 3G
does anyone have some experience on this to help me ?
I brushed the dust off of my oPi and installed the latest Armbian release (5.10) and after a bit of a fight with the wifi (I think the dongle was bad), I’ve been running quite successfully for almost 5 days. Loads and heat seem decent and is easily handles jprochazka’s setup script with remote mySQL feeds.
It seems the Armbian releases are much better suited than the original Lorbis. If you experimented early with the oPi and had issues, give this release a try, alternatively, you can just give me your oPi!!
I also upgraded my oPi PC from 3.4.110 to 3.4.112
After restarting (to activate the new kernel) dump1090-mutability would not start
On the logs I found out that rtl-sdr was already in use and then I found out that kernel module dvb_usb_rtl2832u was active.
after a quick
modprobe -r dvb_usb_rtl2832u
dump1090-mutability started successfully
(I never had to do this in any oPi PC image I had tested until now)
Then for a more permanent solution I added this module to blacklist
/etc/modprobe.d/rtl-sdr-blacklist.conf
blacklist dvb_usb_rtl2832u
(There was already a blacklist for dvb_usb_rtl28xxu in this file)
by the way when i login i still see
4 updates to install: apt-get upgrade ]
If I do run update and then upgrade there are no packages to install
any ideas?
After upgrade, Armbian on my OPi PC does not show any pending update or upgrade.
Dump1090 situation worst here.
“sudo /etc/init.d/dump1090-mutability status” shows dump1090-mut is running.
~$ sudo /etc/init.d/dump1090-mutability status
● dump1090-mutability.service - LSB: dump1090 daemon (mutability variant)
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/dump1090-mutability)
Active: active (exited) since Sun 2016-05-22 07:37:00 EDT; 10min ago
Process: 385 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/dump1090-mutability start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
May 22 07:37:00 orangepipc systemd[1]: Started...May 22 07:43:03 orangepipc systemd[1]: Started...Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
But piaware shows dump1090-mutability is not working
~$ cat /tmp/piaware.out
05/22/2016 11:44:04 no ADS-B data program is serving on port 30005, not starting multilateration client yet
05/22/2016 11:44:14 no ADS-B data program seen listening on port 30005 for 71 seconds, next check in 60s
Gave following command and checked again, no success.
~$ sudo modprobe -r dvb_usb_rtl2832u
Rebooted, no success.
Run configration of dump1090-mut and accepted all settings (which were ok) by keep on pressing Enter.
~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure dump1090-mutability
Then again checked piaware log, found everything is ok
:~$ cat /tmp/piaware.out
....
....
....
05/22/2016 12:02:06 mlat(2045): Listening for Extended Basestation-format results connection on port 30106
05/22/2016 12:02:06 mlat(2045): Input connected to localhost:30005
05/22/2016 12:02:07 mlat(2045): Beast-format results connection with localhost:30104: connection established
05/22/2016 12:02:33 35 msgs recv'd from dump1090-mutab (35 in last 5m); 35 msgs sent to FlightAware
Thanks for the advise, but it came a bit late. I have already formatted the mivroSD card, and downloaded & burned new image (ARMBIAN Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) 3.4.112-sun8i). Will now run JP’s automated script to install dump1090-mut, data feefers & web portal.
I haven’t attempted PiAware, but dump1090-mutability definitely runs on it.
I use the most recent Armbian version as the OS and then use the install scripts from Mr. Prochazka. Fast and simple. Heat has not been an issue for me, and my most recent install is outside on the roof.
On an earlier install I have two dongles running with two different antennas, and two instances of mutability 1.14 on one OPi PC.
The big attraction was low price, good performance, more memory (if I recall correctly), and extra USB ports. Obviously, others may have different experiences.
Still have the rPi and it’s running fine on another antenna
Got the oPi set up and running Armbian Jessie from the link above… upgraded to Armbian 3.4.112-Sun8i , so far so good.
Must say, pleasantly surprised so far!
Couple of things I did note:
Running of the HDMI, screen boundary was so far off, I could never actually see the command prompt. Seemed to boot OK, but assume the command prompt was off the bottom of the screen… SSH’d in, and all good.
Tried to upgrade the kernal, started ok, then dropped out to command line, saying “Error - unsupported HW”. Slightly odd (its a Orange Pi PC 1.2), but not too fussed.
Just about to start Jo’s adsbreceiver scripts… so far, so good!
I run all of my devices ‘headless’ so didn’t notice hdmi errors. Having tried a few of the other distros, the recent Armbian Jessie one definitely took the least amount of fiddling to get it to actually work.
@cy80rg
Yes, using HDMI & TV screen, the command prompt is outside the screen, and entering user name & password on first boot is real headache. I had to resort to SSH.