How to set up a feeder using 64-bit Ubuntu Linux on Intel platform

[abcd567]

LOL
Well said Oblivian

[Oblivian]

Use quote function. Not @ symbols. It only encourages others and they will have posts blocked.

/edit this is not a reflection of this particular case, however I did see aspects of it appearing along the way

Reinforcing the importance of disclosing all background information. And ensuring if attempting to fix things, to do so with caution and stop at each point, Rather than proceed, aggravate and be forced to try fix later.

Patient:I have a sore leg, please fix it
Doctor: do you have any history of issue or think of a reason for it to be sore
Patient: you don't need to know that, please just fix it
Doctor: *bandages*
Patient: (2 days later) didn't fix it, it's still sore
Doctor: I'm GOING to need some more history. What hurts, and when did it start
Patient: I had a car crash.
Doctor: ok so it could be bruised or worse
Patient: i decided to go out and it went crack when I went for a bike ride after the crash

*Doctor treats for fracture after info finally given*

Wiedehopf will appreciate.

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[abcd567]

There seems to be a misconception that dump1090's funtion is only to provide web interface, and if someone dont want the web interface, he/she dont need to install dump1090.

The whole adsb receving activity is pinned on SDR (Software Defined Radio). The DVB-T is the hardware part of this SDR. Who provides the software part of this SDR? The OS? No. The fr24feed? No. The software Part of SDR is provided by dump1090 (mut or fa).

The dump1090 does following

• Tunes the dvb-t to 1090 mhz
• Sets the demodulation parameters of dvb-t.
• Decodes the received raw signals to formats like beast & avr.
• Outputs the data for use by data feeders
  Raw 30002
  Avr 30003
  Beast 30005
• Generates web interface (map & table).

Without a decoder (dump1090) the data feeders dont have any data to feed to their servers.

[wiedehopf]

tar1090 is just an improved webinterface for dump1090-fa.

It should install without problems using the supplied install script: https://github.com/wiedehopf/tar1090#tar1090

Original interface will still be accessible normally.

[mensa]

@wiedehopf: Could you please explain me which steps are necessary if I want to switch from dump1090-fa to your dump1090?
Yours is called tar1090, right?
I am unsure what exactly I will have to uninstall and reconfigure?

I did my installation exactly after post #1.

[mensa]

Debian is running fine on it, but for Windows 10 VM it is too slow.

[wiedehopf]

I'm not sure how much CPU that NAS has, but i would expect it to be quite a bit more than the RPi.
Don't know how good it can do virtualization of course.

[abcd567]

NEW THREAD:

Automated Install of FR24 Feeder on Debian & Ubuntu amd64 on Intel 64bit Computer

[mensa]

I am running it on a virtual debian machine which is running on a Synology NAS DS218+. That debian machine is doing some other tasks to and always running, so it's a good place to put fr24 I thought

[wiedehopf]

You really want some graphs if you're gonna do antenna optimization.
Even aren't a problem CPU wise on the RPi, so it really shouldn't be a problem on your 64bit PC: https://github.com/wiedehopf/graphs1090#graphs1090

[mensa]

Perfect, thanks for that explanation and all your help
Then I will let it as it is and go on with antenna optimization.

[wiedehopf]

CPU use for the webinterface is minimal, that even includes my webinterface which does a minimal amount of extra work.
I really don't think you could even measure the CPU load difference when you disable the writing of the json file to memory.

The computer is running anyway, if you want to save energy run it on an RPi, those use less power

HDD is definitely not used unless you have some sort of logging enabled.

[mensa]

I think I want both, local acitvity + some features of the account are also interesting for me.
But I am afraid, that the local web interface is doing too much in the background for nothing (cause I think I will look into it only every few days).

Or do you think/know that nearly no CPU is used and nothing written to HDD when I don't look on my web interface?

[wiedehopf]

If you don't want to look at it, you can just install dump1090-mutability via apt-get on Debian Buster, there is a package available.

The demodulation of the messages that go to fr24feed hasn't changed in dump1090-fa.
dump1090-fa is just nicer to look at and has more information in the webinterface.

If you don't have fr24feed logging on, it shouldn't be writing to disk at all.
dump1090 also doesn't write to disk.

Might be that dump1090 depends on lighttpd, but you can disable it if you don't want the webserver accessible.
sudo systemctl disable --now lighttpd


Just want the FR24 account?
Looking at the local receiver can be quite interesting.
Often more planes on there than on FR24 due to blocking.

[mensa]

Which dump1090 is FR24 using in most current Rasperry Pi Images?
Still the unmaintained dump1090-mutability?