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FlightAware ADS-B Flight Tracking
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SUCCESS - BUILT FROM DEVELOPMENT BRANCH SOURCE CODE

 
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pi@rpi2-20210823:~$ sudo systemctl status dump1090-fa
sudo: unable to resolve host rpi2-20210823: Name or service not known
● dump1090-fa.service - dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization)
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dump1090-fa.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2021-08-25 09:35:19 UTC; 6min ago
       Docs: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/
   Main PID: 433 (dump1090-fa)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 2001)
     Memory: 2.1M
        CPU: 3min 9.230s
     CGroup: /system.slice/dump1090-fa.service
             └─433 /usr/bin/dump1090-fa --quiet --device-type rtlsdr --gain 60 --adaptive-range --fix --lat 43.5xxx --lon -79.6xxx --max-range 360 --net-ro-p>

Aug 25 09:35:20 rpi2-20210823 dump1090-fa[433]: Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Aug 25 09:35:20 rpi2-20210823 dump1090-fa[433]: rtlsdr: tuner gain set to about 58.6 dB (gain step 29) (tuner AGC enabled)
Aug 25 09:35:20 rpi2-20210823 dump1090-fa[433]: adaptive: using 50% duty cycle
Aug 25 09:35:20 rpi2-20210823 dump1090-fa[433]: adaptive: enabled adaptive gain control with gain limits 0.0dB (step 0) .. 58.6dB (step 29)
Aug 25 09:35:20 rpi2-20210823 dump1090-fa[433]: adaptive: enabled dynamic range control, target dynamic range 30.0dB
Aug 25 09:35:20 rpi2-20210823 dump1090-fa[433]: Allocating 4 zero-copy buffers
Aug 25 09:35:30 rpi2-20210823 dump1090-fa[433]: adaptive: available dynamic range (26.4dB) < required dynamic range (30.0dB), switching to downward scan
Aug 25 09:35:30 rpi2-20210823 dump1090-fa[433]: adaptive: changing gain from 58.6dB (step 29) to 49.6dB (step 28) because: probing dynamic range gain lower b>
Aug 25 09:35:31 rpi2-20210823 dump1090-fa[433]: rtlsdr: tuner gain set to 49.6 dB (gain step 28)
Aug 25 09:35:40 rpi2-20210823 dump1090-fa[433]: adaptive: available dynamic range (37.1dB) >= required dynamic range (30.0dB), stopping downwards scan here
pi@rpi2-20210823:~$

 

pi@rpi2-20210823:~$ uname -a
Linux rpi2-20210823 5.10.0-8-armmp #1 SMP Debian 5.10.46-4 (2021-08-03) armv7l GNU/Linux


git clone https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090
cd dump1090

git fetch --all
git reset --hard origin/dev

sudo sed -i 's/dh-systemd,//' debian/control

sudo dpkg-buildpackage -b --no-sign
.... .... ....
... ... ...
sudo dpkg -i dump1090-fa_6.0~dev_armhf.deb

 

EDIT:

rtl_test -t showed error 3 and recommended installation of rtl-sdr.rules. Fixed with following command:

sudo wget -O /etc/udev/rules.d/rtl-sdr.rules "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/osmocom/rtl-sdr/f2a9a81/rtl-sdr.rules"

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