Results from FlightAware 1090 MHz ADS-B Antenna - 26 in

[wiedehopf]

@moone

Do I download those files and then go get he SD card and put it back into the PC and save them to the SD card or do I?

No, you download / execute the install script on the RPi.
GitHub - wiedehopf/graphs1090: Graphs for readsb / dump1090-fa / dump1090 (based on dump1090-tools by mutability)

[moone]

@wiedehopf

No, you download / execute the install script on the RPi.
https://github.com/wiedehopf/graphs1090#graphs1090

So, once I get PuTTY to load again I used commands inside of it to download that file?

[wiedehopf]

@moone

PuTTY to load again I used commands inside of it to download that file?

Well, it’s just the one command just as it says ?
GitHub - wiedehopf/graphs1090: Graphs for readsb / dump1090-fa / dump1090 (based on dump1090-tools by mutability)

[moone]

@wiedehopf

Well, it’s just the one command just as it says ?

Thanks,

Did that now ???

The graph link does not work… http://192.168.x.yy/perf (I entered the local IP address)

[wiedehopf]

@moone

The graph link does not work

Well it should.
If the image is older than 2 years, just reimage with a fresh image …
( For Beginners - How to Get Back Existing Station Number in A Fresh Install)

Otherwise make sure that /dump1090-fa works, maybe you have the IP wrong?
Show the error, “does not work” can have multiple reasons.

You can check the lighttpd log if you want:
Debug commands · wiedehopf/adsb-wiki Wiki · GitHub

[moone]

@wiedehopf

Otherwise make sure that /dump1090-fa works, maybe you have the IP wrong?
Show the error, “does not work” can have multiple reasons.

I get this… 404 - Not Found… for when I follow the link http://192.168.x.yy/perf and I change the x.yy to my local IP that the FA is on…

Let me try to see if I can understand the other parts you wrote…

[wiedehopf]

@moone

regards to the lighttpd

That’s not the section on lighttpd.

Also you didn’t answer if http://local_ip/dump1090-fa works?

And i’ll ask again, how old is the image (updates don’t matter, the base operating system version is stuck like win xp)

[abcd567]

@moone
If I were in your place, instead of breaking my head with debugging, I would rather re-image microSD Card with latest Piaware SD Card image. Easy.

Instructions:
https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/build

image download link:
PiAware on Raspbian Linux 3.8.1 ZIP

[moone]

Ok… So I re-imaged the SD card.

Went through the steps and configured my wireless network info and put it back into the Pi

Went to PuTTY and entered the unique identifier.

I figured out how to get the graphs part to load correctly. YEA!!

So, it looks like after not realizing a few obvious things, and 2 hrs of WTF, I have it working.

Graphs are running (don’t know what’s good or bad with them) and the site is showing back up again

Thanks!!!

[moone]

@retman1222

set the gain by monitoring the % of messages >-3dB. you can set gain to achieve around 5% messages >-3dB. if you have less then 5% (or so) you will be missing some aircraft. if you have a lot more than 5% than you gain is too high.

I do not see a graph of % of messages…

Which one should I be looking for?

Thanks

[abcd567]

@moone

So, it looks like after not realizing a few obvious things, and 2 hrs of WTF, I have it working.

Next time try the post linked below. It is for ver 3.8.0, but fully applicable to current ver 3.8.1 (except the image download link at start of the post which will download old version 3.8.0 instead of current 3.8.1)

Howto : Piaware SD card image 3.8.0 Quickstart Guide

 

 

[moone]

@abcd567

Next time try the post linked below. It is for ver 3.8.0, but fully applicable to current ver 3.8.1 (except the image download link at start of the post which will download old version 3.8.0 instead of current 3.8.1)

Thanks but that was the easy part.

Typing in the commands into PuTTY and then realizing how to paste the commands was the WTF moment…

Then reading the next line to get it to complete the command was another as I got some success and then thought it was over.

Question… Does PuTTY have to be on the same network for it to work?

[foxhunter]

@moone

r when I follow the link http://192.168.x.yy/perf and I

Try this: http://192.168.x.y/graphs1090
the /perf is an alias of this one. You need to replace x.y with the current IP of your device

if nothing runs, login to your device using Putty and run
sudo systemctl status graphs1090

It should come up with something like this:

graphs1090.service - graphs1090 graph generation
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/graphs1090.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
       Active: active (running) since Mon 2020-08-17 14:28:25 CEST; 6 days ago
     Main PID: 371 (service-graphs1)
        Tasks: 3 (limit: 3862)
       CGroup: /system.slice/graphs1090.service
               ├─  371 /bin/bash /usr/share/graphs1090/service-graphs1090.sh
               ├─21770 /bin/bash /usr/share/graphs1090/graphs1090.sh 2h 0.7
               └─21983 rrdtool graph /run/graphs1090/system-localhost-disk_io_octets-2h.png.tmp --start end-2h -c GRID#FFFFFF --gr

Important is the line status “active (running)”

[abcd567]

@moone

Typing in the commands into PuTTY and then realizing how to paste the commands was the WTF moment…

Yes, this is missing in the following howto. I realized this later, but I cannot add it as FA forum blocks editing of posts older than a month or so.

For Beginners - How-to SSH to RPi - Setup Putty in Windows

However I could add it to my similar howto in FR24 forum as editing a post is never blocked there. Just go there and scroll down to last screenshot in that post

How To Access and Control RPi from Desktop/Laptop using SSH

 

 

[retman1222]

once you have putty working and are comfortable and have downloaded Wiedehopf’s graphs look at the top graph

note the red colored data along the x axis. the Messages > -3dBFS. the legend will tell you what percentage your current gain setting is generating. (in the image shown it’s 0.8%)

[moone]

How did you get the graph to post on here?

Mine is showing 3.3% of messages

[moone]

Another question… Will I be able to view the graphs when I am on a different network? I have to leave again for a few weeks so if I cannot see these I will have to wait.

Thanks

[moone]

@foxhunter

Try this: http://192.168.x.y/graphs1090
the /perf is an alias of this one. You nee

Thanks, got the graphs to load now. Do not know how to copy and post them here.

[jonhawkes2030]

On a Windows machine you can use the snipping tool to cut and paste the graphs. That is how I do it.

[jafrank]

@jonhawkes2030

On a Windows machine you can use the snipping tool to cut and paste the graphs

You can also right-click on the image in your web browser and select “Save Image As”, and then upload the image as an attachment to your post with the little “picture” button in the post editor.