Succesfully shared ADB-B Flight feed to Flightradar24

[wiedehopf]

@abcd567

If this true, then we need to know how much higher. This is important for those who have limited usage plan. Is there a way to monitor daily or monthly usage of each feeder individually?

I get the impression the client forwards the BEAST data directly to their server.
(I checked in iptraf-ng and the bytes count was quite similar to my forwarding of 30005 beast data to my netonly dump1090 on a second computer)

It seems to be accurately reporting in journalctl as well.
OpenSky for me uses around 1.3 GB per day. (16 kByte/s or 128 kbit/s so not really a drain on my upload of roughly 30 000 kBit/s)

So if you are limited regarding data at all just don’t use it.

Planeplotter seems to be using around 1 kByte/s for me. (Checking the log view on the local interface)
That’s around 86 MB per day.

FA reports around the same 1.5 kByte/s in journalctl for the mlat client.
Not sure about the rest but i would guess 1kByte/s or less.

Overall with limited data you just won’t use opensky
It’s just so much more data.

[send2gl]

Yes, agree 100% - both have pros and cons.

I use the FR24 web page when I am looking at locations other than my own, it has good bookmarks. FA’s aircraft departure and arrivals is great for notifying a number of people of travel arrangements.

Virtual Radar great for mobile devices.

Geffers

[abcd567]

@send2gl

Virtual Radar great for mobile devices.

(1) Virtual Radar is very good for Windows Laptop + Data Stick or WiFi.

If Data Stick / Wifi / Wired internet is not available then adsbScope is a practical choice, though its map is simple land-water outline and country boundries, but serves the purpose.

(2) For mobile device like Android phone + data, the best was FlightAware’s Flight Scanner.

However after Google has introduced use of Google key, and as there is no provision in Flight Scanner to add the key, a horrible map with watermark is displyed now.

This is how Flight Scanner looked before Google made it compulsory to use a key:

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(3) Currently the best Android App is Avare (ADSB Reciever by HIZ LLC). It has both ES 1090 Mhz and UAT 978 Mhz, but runs any one of these two at a time, no simultaneous operation

EDIT:
Above App is available at Google Play. It requires
driver “RTL2832U Driver by Martin Marinov”, which is also available at Google Play.

It displays Google map without a key, plus does NOT require data or wifi.

SCREENSHOT 1 OF 2 - MAP

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SCREENSHOT 2 OF 2 - DATA / STATUS

[send2gl]

Need to clarify a comment I made in previous post.

I did say Virtual Radar was great for mobile devices, what I meant was the display that Virtual Radar produces is great for mobile devices. Virtual Radar itself (it is a server) needs to run on a Windows or Linux machine. Appreciate many will be aware of this but some new users may not.

Geffers

[PeterWelly]

I think I managed to do the same by installing the FR24 image, then SSH into teh Pi and run the commands to get the FA system installed. It appears to work as both show as online, however the FA syetm at the bottom of the My ADS-B page shows it hasn’t seen me for 4 days?

I have attached some screen shots to explain.

[PeterWelly]

[wiedehopf]

@PeterWelly

It appears to work as both show as online, however the FA syetm at the bottom of the My ADS-B page shows it hasn’t seen me for 4 days?

flightaware isn’t getting any data.

I’m not exactly familiar with the fr24 image. Using the piaware image and installing fr24 is probably a better way to go.
Anyway no matter which way to go, the file /etc/fr24.ini
needs to look like this:

receiver="beast-tcp"
fr24key="YOUR_KEY"
host="127.0.0.1:30005"

If you select dvbt as a receiver it will stop dump1090-fa from working.
Anyway after changing the configuration like that, execute the following commands:

sudo systemctl stop fr24feed
sudo apt-get purge dump1090
sudo apt-get install dump1090-fa
sudo systemctl start fr24feed

This should make both feeders work.

[PeterWelly]

Ok thanks. I am very new to Pi commands. To edit the FR24.ini, what command do I use.

[wiedehopf]

sudo nano /etc/fr24feed.ini

had the name wrong in the post above.

ctrl-o and enter to save, ctrl-x to exit

[PeterWelly]

Thanks. Trying all that now.

[PeterWelly]

The HOST address, is this supposed to be the ip of the PI

[wiedehopf]

No. Basically 127.0.0.1 is the local address of every computer for connections to itself.

[PeterWelly]

I also changed to Beast-tcp, however after reboot, it changed back to dvbt. I even tried changing it in the web setting page for FR24 without any luck.

[wiedehopf]

Interesting. That makes it final: don’t use the FR24 image

Just use a piaware sd-card image, start with step 2 here: PiAware - build your own ADS-B ground station for integration with FlightAware - FlightAware

After getting it going you can install FR24.
Even if you are using a DVB-T USB Stick, in FR24 settings, DO NOT choose Receiver “DVB-T” , as this will screw up feeding to flightaware again
Choose Receiver ModeS Beast (USB/Network) and enter the ip 127.0.0.1 and port 30005.

[PeterWelly]

@wiedehopf

sudo nano /etc/fr24feed.ini

Yep, I think so. I just noticed when I tried to do it again that it shows “Error writing /etc/fr24feed.ini - Read Only File System”

Thanks for your help.

I should be able to use the same keys and not create a new site?

[wiedehopf]

@PeterWelly

I should be able to use the same keys and not create a new site?

You can put your feeder-id in piaware-config.txt if you want to keep the current site.
(Follow this guide if unsure: For Beginners - How to Get Back Existing Station Number in A Fresh Install)
You can also use the FR24 key you already have when installing that.

You might also want to read this: Bake a Pi

[abcd567]

On Pi24 image, I have successfully installed Piaware data feeder (package install). I did NOT install dump1090-fa. Instead I used setting “receiver = dvbt”. Both the fr24feed and Piaware used the output from fr24feeder’s onstalled dump1090-mutability ver 1.14.

Try adding --net in the field “Process Arguments” in IP-OF-PI:8754/settings.html

How to Feed Data to Multiple Sites - A Brief Guide

Scroll down to:
FR24 FEEDER CONFIGURATION
OPTION-1:

[PeterWelly]

I have used etcher to put the FA image piaware-sd-card-3.6.3 on it. It went on ok, have put it in the Pi and started, the Pi is no longer showing up on my network. It is plugged in via Ethernet and Wifi wasn’t configured.

[PeterWelly]

OK, it now shows up but wont let me SSH into it with Putty.

[wiedehopf]

That’s covered in the instructions. Just search the instructions page for ssh.