RasPi feeds but 3 flags in stat page are red

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Hi,
one of my 2 sites was down for a while because of a failed RasPi Zero W. With the new 3B+ and the same SD-Card I find all 3 labels in the stat page are red.

The FlightAware flag says “Feeder has not recently checked in with FlightAware” but on the r/h side of the screen “Feeder Check-in:” indicates check-in 2 minutes ago.

Also the MLAT line shows that 394 nearby feeders are synchronized and several thousand MLAT reported positions today whilst the MLAT flag stays red. Thus, the feed is there.

Does anybody has an idea what might be wrong with these symtoms?

Thanks
Friedrich

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Are any anomalies reported?

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I don’t see any at first glance (except for the three red flags), where to look for?

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If anomalies are identified, it is stated as white text in the orange bar, next to the gear:

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If you click on the gear, you have access to the logs:

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Thank you for the hint
=> the orange bar is empty (except for site no. and name)
=> the log window only shows numbers of messages received from dump1090-fa, MLAT-client and such.
No signs of any malfunction, except the red flags.

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Check the configuration - lat, lon, altitude, etc.

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re-checked - they are 100% correct

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Instead of chasing ghosts, reinstall everything from scratch. It’ll take only a few minutes.

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you should access your device via ssh and check the logs in detail. The window on FA cuts older messages.

Did you already try a simple reboot?
And what device/install is it? A FA feeder image or the FA package on top of a Raspberry installation?

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@foxhunter
you should access your device via ssh and check the logs in detail. The window on FA cuts older messages.
==> in which directory on the RasPi can I find the logs?

Did you already try a simple reboot?
==> yes, and also a new installation according to the
wget https://www.flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/files/packages/pool/piaware/f/flightaware-apt-repository/flightaware-apt-repository_1.2_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i flightaware-apt-repository_1.2_all.deb

And what device/install is it? A FA feeder image or the FA package on top of a Raspberry installation?
==> RasPi 3B+, only piaware 9.0.1 and dump1090-fa on the SD-Card.

@tech0
Instead of chasing ghosts, reinstall everything from scratch. It’ll take only a few minutes.
==> that is what I like to do. Will I be able to do that without having physical access to the RasPi as it is installed close to the antenna on the roof?

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Best practices is to start with a new microSD and install everything from scratch (must have physical RPi access). Otherwise, purge everything except the OS from the RPi - use sudo apt purge [package name] and install new packages via ssh. @abcd567 has several scripts to do the work.

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Thank you very much, that’s what I will do

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If there is no Cog on the right hand side of the orange bar you may not be logged in or logged in to the wrong account.

S.

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That’s like killing a fly with a tank :rofl:

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logs are typically under /var/log

But if you are unfamiliar with Linux at all, a simple reinstall would be less time consuming.

Without physical access you can’t install it, because you need to take off the SD-card for getting the Raspberry OS reimaged.

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just move to adsb.im and you want look back :slight_smile:

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Thank you to all of you - I made my way to the roof, put in a new SD-Card, installed again and everything is fine now.
Regards Friedrich

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