Version 3.7.0 of dump1090-fa & Piaware

Today’s Trial - Ver 3.7.0 on Debian 9.8 (Stretch) amd64, running in VM on Windows PC

Serialized Dongles (Click Here)

00000101 for ADSB 1090
00000102 for UAT 978

Assigned device serial 00000101 to dump1090-fa

abcd@debian:~$ sudo nano /etc/default/dump1090-fa

# In the following line, changed "--device-index 0"  to  "--device-index 101"
RECEIVER_OPTIONS="--device-index 101 --gain -10 --ppm 0 --net-bo-port 30005"

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Bug Removal

abcd@debian:~$ sudo nano /etc/default/dump978-fa

# Removed the single quotes from 'driver=rtlsdr' in following line
RECEIVER_OPTIONS="--sdr 'driver=rtlsdr' --format CS8"

# It bacame like this
RECEIVER_OPTIONS="--sdr driver=rtlsdr --format CS8"

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Version Check

abcd@debian:~$ apt-cache policy piaware
piaware:
  Installed: 3.7.0
  Candidate: 3.7.0
  Version table:
 *** 3.7.0 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
abcd@debian:~$ apt-cache policy dump1090-fa
dump1090-fa:
  Installed: 3.7.0
  Candidate: 3.7.0
  Version table:
 *** 3.7.0 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
abcd@debian:~$ apt-cache policy dump978-fa
dump978-fa:
  Installed: 3.7.0
  Candidate: 3.7.0
  Version table:
 *** 3.7.0 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
abcd@debian:~$ apt-cache policy skyview978
skyview978:
  Installed: 3.7.0
  Candidate: 3.7.0
  Version table:
 *** 3.7.0 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Status Check dump978-fa

abcd@debian:~$ sudo systemctl status dump978-fa
● dump978-fa.service - dump978 ADS-B UAT receiver
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dump978-fa.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2019-04-02 12:18:08 EDT; 9s ago
     Docs: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/
 Main PID: 1853 (dump978-fa)
    Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/dump978-fa.service
           └─1853 /usr/bin/dump978-fa --sdr driver=rtlsdr --format CS8 --raw-port 30978 --json-port 30979

Apr 02 12:18:08 debian dump978-fa[1853]: Detached kernel driver
Apr 02 12:18:09 debian dump978-fa[1853]: Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Apr 02 12:18:10 debian dump978-fa[1853]: Reattached kernel driver
Apr 02 12:18:10 debian dump978-fa[1853]: usb_claim_interface error -6
Apr 02 12:18:10 debian dump978-fa[1853]: Detached kernel driver
Apr 02 12:18:11 debian dump978-fa[1853]: Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Apr 02 12:18:11 debian dump978-fa[1853]: Exact sample rate is: 2083333.135571 Hz
Apr 02 12:18:11 debian dump978-fa[1853]: [R82XX] PLL not locked!
Apr 02 12:18:12 debian dump978-fa[1853]: SoapySDR: using maximum manual gain 49.6 dB
Apr 02 12:18:12 debian dump978-fa[1853]: SoapySDR: INFO: Using format CS8.

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Status Check dump1090-fa

abcd@debian:~$ sudo systemctl status dump1090-fa
● dump1090-fa.service - dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization)
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dump1090-fa.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2019-04-02 12:09:08 EDT; 8min ago
     Docs: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/
 Main PID: 399 (dump1090-fa)
    Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/dump1090-fa.service
           └─399 /usr/bin/dump1090-fa --device-index 101 --gain -10 --ppm 0 --net-bo-port 30005 --max-range 360 --net --net-hear

Apr 02 12:09:08 debian systemd[1]: Started dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization).
Apr 02 12:09:10 debian dump1090-fa[399]: Tue Apr  2 12:09:10 2019 EDT  dump1090-fa 3.7.0 starting up.
Apr 02 12:09:10 debian dump1090-fa[399]: rtlsdr: using device #1: Generic RTL2832U OEM (Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN 00000101)
Apr 02 12:09:10 debian dump1090-fa[399]: Detached kernel driver
Apr 02 12:09:11 debian dump1090-fa[399]: Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Apr 02 12:09:11 debian dump1090-fa[399]: rtlsdr: enabling tuner AGC

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Status Check Piaware (Feeding Station 76000)

abcd@debian:~$ sudo systemctl status piaware -l
[sudo] password for abcd:
● piaware.service - FlightAware ADS-B uploader
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/piaware.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2019-04-02 12:09:19 EDT; 8min ago
     Docs: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/
 Main PID: 599 (piaware)
    Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/piaware.service
           ├─599 /usr/bin/piaware -p /run/piaware/piaware.pid -plainlog -statusfile /run/piaware/status.json
           ├─916 /usr/lib/piaware/helpers/faup1090 --net-bo-ipaddr localhost --net-bo-port 30005 --stdout --lat 43.xxx --lon -79.xxx
           └─934 /usr/lib/piaware/helpers/fa-mlat-client --input-connect localhost:30005 --input-type dump1090 --results beast,c

Apr 02 12:09:40 debian piaware[599]: mlat-client(934): Using UDP transport to 70.42.6.225 port 6296
Apr 02 12:09:40 debian piaware[599]: mlat-client(934): Listening for Beast-format results connection on port 30105
Apr 02 12:09:40 debian piaware[599]: mlat-client(934): Listening for Extended Basestation-format results connection on port 3010
Apr 02 12:09:40 debian piaware[599]: mlat-client(934): Input connected to localhost:30005
Apr 02 12:09:40 debian piaware[599]: mlat-client(934): Input format changed to BEAST, 12MHz clock
Apr 02 12:09:41 debian piaware[599]: mlat-client(934): Beast-format results connection with ::1:30104: connection established
Apr 02 12:09:51 debian piaware[599]: piaware received a message from dump1090-fa!
Apr 02 12:09:59 debian piaware[599]: 2 msgs recv'd from dump1090-fa; 2 msgs sent to FlightAware
Apr 02 12:10:09 debian piaware[599]: piaware has successfully sent several msgs to FlightAware!
Apr 02 12:14:59 debian piaware[599]: 135 msgs recv'd from dump1090-fa (133 in last 5m); 135 msgs sent to FlightAware