RPI 5 Trouble getting ADS-B Data

FlightAware ADS-B Flight Tracking
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Hello,

Been banging my head all day on this and reading around the community but no solutions thus far.

I ham encountering an issue with configuring PiAware on a RPI 5 specifically it seems dump1090 dows not seem to be working and I see the message:

dump1090 is NOT producing data on localhost:30005.

I tried running it in interactive and also no data is being pulled in..

I tried the same RTL-SDR V4 dongle on a ubuntu PC and on a Windows PC and Dump1090 works fine, I can see the data on the screen.

Using SDR++ on the same RPI’s works fine..

I downloaded the PiAware image also the same issue on two different RPI 5.

I have used very good power supplies, but the issue persists.

pi@PiAware:~ $ piaware-statusPiAware master process (piaware) is running with pid 2193.PiAware ADS-B client (faup1090) is running with pid 2231.PiAware ADS-B UAT client (faup978) is not running (disabled by configuration settings)PiAware mlat client (fa-mlat-client) is not running.Local ADS-B receiver (dump1090-fa) is running with pid 2218.

dump1090-fa (pid 2218) is listening for ES connections on port 30005.faup1090 is connected to the ADS-B receiver.piaware is connected to FlightAware.

dump1090 is NOT producing data on localhost:30005.

Aug 02 21:22:53 PiAware dump1090-fa[1864]: rtlsdr: tuner gain set to 49.6 dB (gain step 28)Aug 02 21:23:03 PiAware dump1090-fa[1864]: adaptive: available dynamic range (45.0dB) >= required dynamic range (30.0dB), continuing upward scanAug 02 21:23:03 PiAware dump1090-fa[1864]: adaptive: changing gain from 49.6dB (step 28) to 58.6dB (step 29) because: probing dynamic range gain upper boundAug 02 21:23:03 PiAware dump1090-fa[1864]: rtlsdr: tuner gain set to about 58.6 dB (gain step 29) (tuner AGC enabled)Aug 02 21:23:13 PiAware dump1090-fa[1864]: adaptive: reached upper gain limit, halting dynamic range scan here

Any ideas or guidance?

Thanks!

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Hi,

The RTL-SDR v4 version uses completely different drivers from most of the RTL devices. The v4 is new enough that some software has built-in support with those new drivers, but many software does not yet support it. I have not checked to see if FA has yet added this support, but I expect not as this question pops up occasionally.

Have a look at the site and read about the v4 and how to manually install the drivers. That will likely fix the problem.

RTL-SDR Blog V4 Users Guide

https://www.rtl-sdr.com/V4/

Regards,
-Dan

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I installed the drivers using the steps for Linux (Debian)

But I was comparing this to a book I bought, and I noticed the book had some additional commands which happen to be listed on the alternative install on that guide.. specifically

sudo apt install debhelper
sudo dpkg-buildpackage -b --no-sign
cd ..

sudo dpkg -i librtlsdr0_*.deb
sudo dpkg -i librtlsdr-dev_*.deb
sudo dpkg -i rtl-sdr_*.deb

Once I did this and restarted dump1090 it came to life!..

dump1090 is producing data on localhost:30005.