FlightAware
From charlesreid1
Scripts to install prerequisites for flight-aware: https://charlesreid1.com:3000/charlesreid1/flight-aware
Hardware
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Software
Start by installing stuff that you need:
apt-get install -y \ libboost-all-dev \ libusb-1.0 \ libusb-dev \ libusb-1.0-0-dev \ devscripts \ cmake \ portaudio19-dev \ iproute \ python-virtualenv apt-get install -y \ tcl8.5-dev \ tclx8.4-dev \ itcl3-dev \ tcl-tls \ tcllib \ tcl-tclreadline \
Next, install rtl-sdr package from osmocom. We will also need to disable the DVB driver, not using this for TV.
git clone git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git /root/codes/rtl-sdr cd /root/codes/rtl-sdr mkdir build cd build cmake ../ make make install cd /root cp /root/codes/rtl-sdr/rtl-sdr.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/. ldconfig # Now disable the DVB driver, since we are not watching TV mkdir -p /etc/modprobe.d/ cd /etc/modprobe.d/ echo "blacklist dvb_usb_rtl28xxu" >> /etc/modprobe.d/ban-rtl.conf
Before moving on to the next step, need to restart.
After restarting, plug the FlightAware device in.
Next install software specifically for dump1090. At the conclusion of this step, you should be able to see your first flight information from the receiver.
DUMP1090_PATH="/root/codes/dump1090"
git clone https://www.github.com/flightaware/dump1090 ${DUMP1090_PATH}
cd ${DUMP1090_PATH}
# Don't build manually - that causes dump1090 to not live on your path, and not have a startup service.
# Piaware needs there to be a dump1090 startup service.
./prepare-wheezy-tree.sh
cd package-wheezy/
dpkg-buildpackage -b
# This may print out warnings about not being able to sign the package with a GPG key, but that's okay, we're just building for ourselves.
cd ../
# Install the two packages created, in this order
dpkg -i dump1090-fa_3.5.1~bpo9+1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i dump1090_3.5.1~bpo9+1_all.deb
echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
echo "~~~ OK BRO HERE GOES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
echo "~~~ HOPE U SEE SOME PLANE STUFF RN ~~~~~~~~"
echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
./dump1090 --interactive
WARNING: DUBIOUS, MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS
Finally, install the tcllauncher for flightaware:
#!/bin/sh
#
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#
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#
# The FlightAware should now be working.
# This script will install PiAware
# so you have a fancy-pants dashboard.
echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
echo "~~~ INSTALL FLIGHTAWARE TCLLAUNCHER ~~~~~~~"
echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
export FA_DIR="/root/codes/tcllauncher"
git clone https://github.com/flightaware/tcllauncher.git ${FA_DIR}
cd ${FA_DIR}
autoconf
./configure --with-tcl=/usr/lib/tcl8.5
make
make install
echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
echo "~~~ INSTALL PIAWARE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
echo "~~~ (IF N.E.1 AXES, UR RUNNIN WHEEZY) ~~~~~"
echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
export PIAWARE_DIR="/root/codes/piaware_builder"
git clone https://github.com/flightaware/piaware_builder.git ${PIAWARE_DIR}
cd ${PIAWARE_DIR}
./sensible-build.sh wheezy
make
make install
sudo update-rc.d piaware defaults
echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
echo "~~~ NOW SET UR FLIGHTAWARE CREDS ~~~~~~~~~~"
echo "~~~ service piaware start ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
echo "~~~ piaware-config -user USERNAME -password"
echo "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
Troubleshooting
Checking Status: Method 1
To check on the status of piaware, and assuming it was installed using the piaware_builder repository (i.e., that you built a debian package and installed it using dpkg), which also creates a startup service, you can use systemctl to check on the status of the startup service:
# systemctl status piaware
● piaware.service - FlightAware ADS-B uploader
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/piaware.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-08-18 04:22:31 PDT; 10h ago
Docs: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/
Main PID: 2831 (piaware)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/piaware.service
└─2831 /usr/bin/piaware -p /run/piaware/piaware.pid -plainlog -statusfile /run/piaware/status.json
Aug 18 15:12:34 WindowsXP sudo[3810]: piaware : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/netstat --program --tcp --wide --all --
Aug 18 15:12:34 WindowsXP sudo[3810]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Aug 18 15:12:34 WindowsXP sudo[3810]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Aug 18 15:12:34 WindowsXP piaware[2831]: no ADS-B data program seen listening on port 30005 for 370 seconds, trying to start it...
Aug 18 15:12:34 WindowsXP piaware[2831]: attempting to start dump1090..
Aug 18 15:12:34 WindowsXP piaware[2831]: can't start dump1090, no services that look like dump1090 found
Aug 18 15:12:44 WindowsXP sudo[3813]: piaware : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/netstat --program --tcp --wide --all --
Aug 18 15:12:44 WindowsXP sudo[3813]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Aug 18 15:12:44 WindowsXP sudo[3813]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Aug 18 15:12:44 WindowsXP piaware[2831]: no ADS-B data program seen listening on port 30005 for 10 seconds, next check in 60s
Checking Status: Method 2
To check the status of piaware, you can also use the status.json file:
# cat /run/piaware/status.json
{
"piaware" : {
"status" : "green",
"message" : "PiAware 3.5.1 is running"
},
"expiry" : 1503094220448,
"interval" : 5000,
"mlat" : {
"status" : "red",
"message" : "Multilateration is not enabled"
},
"adept" : {
"status" : "green",
"message" : "Connected to FlightAware and logged in"
},
"radio" : {
"status" : "red",
"message" : "Not connected to receiver"
},
"time" : 1503094209448
}
Links
Multilateration (MLAT) overview: https://flightaware.com/adsb/mlat/
PiAware if you already have dump1090: http://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/install
PiAware building base station: http://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/build
PiAware repo: https://github.com/flightaware/piaware
PiAware builder repo: https://github.com/flightaware/piaware_builder
PiAware repo wiki - release notes: https://github.com/flightaware/piaware/wiki/PiAware-Release-Notes
- "Piaware will now attempt to start dump1090 if no ADS-B producer program is seen listening for connections on port 30005 (the "Beast" binary data port) for more than six minutes."
Dump1090 repo: https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090
FlightAware stats: https://flightaware.com/adsb/stats/user/charlesreid1