"SkyAware unknown version" error searching

FlightAware ADS-B Flight Tracking
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My RBPi4 at home is acting up. I get the error “SkyAware unknown version” but also dump1090-fa does not seem to report any data. I have restarted, rebooted and hardware reset (pulled the plug) but the problem persists. It works for a while but then stops. Not consitent. Is it the sd-card that is failing? The Pi has no other software running on it except dump1090-fa and several feeders.

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After a reboot;

● dump1090-fa.service - dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization)
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dump1090-fa.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2021-04-13 10:38:25 CEST; 25s ago
     Docs: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/
  Process: 9798 ExecStart=/usr/share/dump1090-fa/start-dump1090-fa --write-json /run/dump1090-fa --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 9798 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
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Please post the output of

sudo journalctl -e -u dump1090-fa

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– Logs begin at Tue 2021-04-13 10:17:01 CEST, end at Tue 2021-04-13 10:57:41 CEST. –
apr 13 10:40:23 MooPII systemd[1]: Started dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization).
apr 13 10:40:23 MooPII dump1090-fa[467]: Tue Apr 13 10:40:23 2021 CEST dump1090-fa 5.0 starting up.
apr 13 10:40:23 MooPII dump1090-fa[467]: rtlsdr: using device #0: Generic RTL2832U OEM (Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN 00000001)
apr 13 10:40:24 MooPII dump1090-fa[467]: Detached kernel driver
apr 13 10:40:24 MooPII dump1090-fa[467]: Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
apr 13 10:40:24 MooPII dump1090-fa[467]: rtlsdr: tuner gain set to 43.9 dB
apr 13 10:40:24 MooPII dump1090-fa[467]: Allocating 4 zero-copy buffers

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Rebooted and now it is currently running.

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Sorry, I mean capture that when it’s having problems. The log you posted looks normal.

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Of course. :slight_smile: Will do!

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I also get in SkyAware messages (a yellow box popping up now and then) “problems fetching data from Dump1090. Ajax …” but just for a couple of seconds then it disappears.

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Intermittent warnings like that (especially if it says “timeout”) are often caused by poor wifi connectivity.

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While trying to eliminate problems I removed the 50 cm USB extension cable that I used so that the RB flightstick would not heat up the Pi. After this no problems have been seen, so I must conclude that there is a connection error using the cable.

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I’m also getting this problem of “SkyAware unknown version” and cannot see any aircraft on my map. However, using “SkyAware Anywhere” I do get all of the aircraft being picked up by my set up. This map gives me two site positions and twio sets of range circles. Very confusing!
I have tried rebooting repeatedly but to no effect.
Any idea what I doing wrong?
It’s worth noting that everything else seems to be working properly and the monitor I have connected to my Rpi4 shows
Piaware feeder Normal
1090 Receiver Normal
FlightAware feed Normal
Multilateration normal

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Clear Broser Cache : Shift+Ctrl+Delete
Reload Browser : Ctrl+F5

 

 

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Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately it didn’t work and I now can’t access the map page at all using 192.168.X.X:8080.
Any other help you canoffer?
Many thanks

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Wrong IP maybe the cause …

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