Adding 978 setup

Discussion in 'Feeding' started by Peter1512, Apr 25, 2022.

  1. Peter1512

    Peter1512 New Member

    Hello all,
    I have a working 1090 setup (Raspberry Pi) and now have obtained a second RTL-SDR. I'm a little bit confused about the setup. Is this all I have to do to add the second RTL-SDR or do I also add a separate dump978?
    adsbx image 978 setup · wiedehopf/adsb-wiki Wiki · GitHub
    I'm only feeding ADSBX
     
  2. wiedehopf

    wiedehopf Administrator Staff Member

    Those instructions are for the adsbexchange image, are you using that?
     
  3. Peter1512

    Peter1512 New Member

    Last edited: Apr 25, 2022
  4. James

    James Guest

    You'll need to compile dump978-fa from source for 64-bit Raspbian. It is not hard but not for the newbie.
     
  5. Peter1512

    Peter1512 New Member

  6. James

    James Guest

    Compile .. from .. source ...

    Anything past that is not a hint .. it's a how-to ... which I then have to support and troubleshoot for you

    Install ZT, give me remote access, and I'll do it in 10 minutes. Versus hours or days walking you through how to compile code.

    It would make the most sense for both of our lives if you used ADSBx image. :D

    https://www.adsbexchange.com/how-to-feed/adsbx-custom-pi-image/
     
  7. Peter1512

    Peter1512 New Member

    Ha! I hear you loud and clear :)
    With the image I only have to assign the correct serial numbers? (I already changed them to 1090 and 978)
     
  8. James

    James Guest

    Build it for 64 bit
    https://github.com/flightaware/dump978

    I don't remember what went wrong but it wasn't copy paste.

    Code:
    git clone https://github.com/flightaware/dump978.git 
    cd dump978/
    make
    dpkg-buildpackage -b
    sudo dpkg -i ../dump978-fa_*.deb
    
    If make errors out, you need to figure out what 32 bit libraries are missing and install them.

    Build will give you a .deb to install.

    Then you need to enable the dump978-fa service.

    https://github.com/adsbxchange/adsbexchange-978

    ADSBx feed for 978 setup might work after that .. maybe, if you've gotten readsb to compile previously without error.
     
  9. James

    James Guest

    Enable 978 in the web ui
    and assign the serials

    reboot and all should work
     
  10. Peter1512

    Peter1512 New Member

    Thank you for looking in to it. I did get the adsbxchange image working, no problem.

    Said that, I took another look at the dump978-fa install (I have several SD cards) and found the error. Raspberry OS now is on "Bullseye" but the install for dump978-fa is using the Flightaware repository for "Buster":
    Hit:1 http://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/files/packages buster InRelease
    and I think that is causing the errors.
     
  11. Peter1512

    Peter1512 New Member

    Well, James, I did it. After banging my head on the desk for about 2 hours I managed to compile and install dump978-fa. Let's just not talk about installing the dependencies like boost and soapysdr :rolleyes: Saying that it was a major pain in the butt wouldn't do it justice. Anyways, it is working and that is all what counts. Right? :p I also got the graphs working as well as the webinterface at /ax978. I'm ready for bed now..... :eek:
     
  12. James

    James Guest

    Told ya to just use the ADSBx image! :D