Hi, I have 2 FA PIs running for over a year, how do you add adsbexchange? Does it shutdown the FA feeds or do they run/work in parallel? Thanks
work in parallel. install using script method https://adsbexchange.com/how-to-feed/ Let us know if you need anything.
OK, I ran those commands and rebooted. How do you tell if it is working OK? I can see it running using top. Thanks
Not sure if this is the right place to ask! As I read on the outdated 3.5.3 Thread, Google stopped the support of automatic altitude from latitude and longitude. Entering the altitude manually is usually not a problem, but for "mobile" feeders it is. Sometimes, I use a feeder while spotting around some airports (leave it in the car with powerbank supply). The easiest way to set the current location was using the map on FA interface. After rebooting the PI the new location was automatically taken over for the ADSBx MLAT feeder. Setting the altitude manually by config file makes it a little bit more difficult, because I need a laptop to find the current altitude and for editing the config file. I was thinking about updating the PI to the latest ADSBx feeder or FA 3.6.3. Can I solve that problem with an update? Is there another way to get back this automatic altitude function? By the way, I recognized the shutdown of Goggle auto altitude only by accident, because 2 of my feeders didn't feed anymore. Perhaps, this information would be a good topic for the homepage. Some people don't check the sync matrix regulary. Regards Stefan
It's really just the altitude. If you are using the FA 3.6.3, I think I can script it to use the FA variables as long as FA doesn't change the location. Not without paying Google for access. Altitude isn't that important for MLAT.
Apologies to add to an oldish thread but I’m a newbie and would like to ask: I have a Rpi3b+ running piaware and currently feeding FA and FR24 successfully. If I follow the SSH method described at the top of the thread, will anything be upset such as site ID or the ability to continue doing so? Or, is this a way to ADD an additional feed to adsbexchange aswell? I’m keen to see my data in a dashboard. I have noted the ‘work in parallel’ comment above but want to be sure that this is the case when combined with FR24 also. Thanks in advance
Update: it worked I think. I could see the asabexchange entries in top. Now I need to know how to edit the port to claim the feeder
This simply installs the ADSBx feed scripts on the FlightAware image. It makes no changes to FlightAware configurations. There are 2 scripts created in the adsb-exchange directory where you ran the ./setup and an entry in rc.local is set to run them at boot.
Thanks James. I’m assuming the scripts or a config file is where I need to add the port of the feeder I wish to claim? I’ve searched the maps for my location and having re read the how to, is it correct that I will simply claim any of the sites that show no data?
Update: I think I found the necessary commands in reddit, as follows: sudo apt install socat to test ... socat -u TCP:localhost:30005 TCP:feed.adsbexchange.com:30005 Change the TCP:feed.adsbexchange.com:30005 to an open custom port from https://customglobal4.adsbexchange.com/VirtualRadar/desktop.html Example: Pick menu -> reciever -> zCons-51398 .. if no planes appear in 30 seconds then socat -u TCP:localhost:30005 TCP:feed.adsbexchange.com:51398
FYI. "I’m keen to see my data in a dashboard" ADSBx does not have dashboards, dongle measuring, dongle staring contests, and bullshit "enterprise dashboards". Those are waste of limited resources of the ADSBx project. ADSBx does NOT take payment to filter or block traffic, and we don't hide rich pedophiles like Epstein that write checks to be blocked.
ADSBx scripts simply takes the 30005 beast output port on dump1090 and sends that data to the ADSBx port you configure. All the scripts and code are open source. https://github.com/adsbxchange/adsb-exchange AGAIN, there are no dashboards.
Thank you James. I had seen the image of the custom feed script in the how to feed page but was hesitant to install in case it interferes with the existing image. I seem to have encountered an issue whereby the socat redirect stops working. When I came to the pc this morning there was nothing showing on the receiver I selected. I re-ran the socat command and the planes appeared on the screen, but when I closed Termius it all disappeared and I can’t seem to make it work again. Incidentally when I select ‘current location’ and ‘range rings’ in shortcuts, it takes the map to somewhere way over in the US
