Windows Setup/Feed Migration (virtualVM) Assistance

[wiedehopf]

I can't see any logs if you posted any.

[wetter-rimbach]

Hi both,

my post just came through, wiedehopf, any idea about my reply to your request for logs ?

Thanks

Best regards
Rudolf

[wiedehopf]

So using @ is the problem? Or is it the slashes as well?

[Oblivian]

It's aggravating that even when there are no actual links the slashes in unix pathes are triggering the auto moderation?
Anyway makes it really hard to help people who just registered on the forum.

Oblivian do you know what go the post auto-moderated?

I can probably include some character replacement trickery in those commands to get rid of all the slashes or whatever else is triggering the automoderation.

Because people continue to use @s like its twitter.

And they're included in standard linux console output

[wiedehopf]

It's aggravating that even when there are no actual links the slashes in unix pathes are triggering the auto moderation?
Anyway makes it really hard to help people who just registered on the forum.

Oblivian do you know what go the post auto-moderated?

I can probably include some character replacement trickery in those commands to get rid of all the slashes or whatever else is triggering the automoderation.

[Oblivian]

(I'm hoping he realises and replies. Moved from it's own moderated thread to here)

[wiedehopf]

Please show the output of following commands:

cat /etc/fr24feed.ini

cat /var/log/dump1090-mutability.log

pgrep -fa dump1090

[wetter-rimbach]

Former Windows user - switch to Raspberry fails massively despite all my searches

Hi all,

I hope you can help me. I am a current "Windows-Feeder", My system runs since 2 years very well. Now I am forced to switch, which I am very ok with.

I have a Raspberry Pi3+, I have my DVB-T Stick (SDR USB Dongle, which fulfills the requirement specs (I checked it a few times).

I followed this instructions: (Can't submit links yet)
/threads/8908-New-Flightradar24-feeding-software-for-Raspberry-Pie?p=66479#post66479
and
/threads/10232-How-to-Install-dump1090-mutability_1-15-dev-on-RPi

Both ran through without error.

But when I start the feeder and check the status I get ALWAYS this, even following the second link ....

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ fr24feed-status
[ ok ] FR24 Feeder/Decoder Process: running.
[ ok ] FR24 Stats Timestamp: 2019-04-17 10:49:00.
[ ok ] FR24 Link: connected [UDP].
[ ok ] FR24 Radar: T-EDFM52.
[ ok ] FR24 Tracked AC:.
[FAIL] Receiver: down ... failed!
[FAIL] FR24 MLAT: not running ... failed!

I need definitely help, because I am lost. I searched last 3 days the forum and there is no solution I have found but I might have overread it.

Thanks a lot to you all !

Best regards
Rudolf

[Oblivian]

Almost 2 weeks with no broken stats or crashing feed app with beast via splitter doing the hardware connection instead

So current version sure has an issue with multi direct downstream TCP connections it would seem.

[Stealth]

the fr24feed on linux talks to Windows over the network

That's lateral thinking; I like it.

[wiedehopf]

Just to be sure that we are not talking at cross purposes. Are we talking about Oracle VM installed on Windows and running a linux virtual machine?

Yes, you run Windows as per usual. Then install Virtualbox or Oracle VM. On the virtual machine you run linux.
You can give the virtual machine control of a USB device and then handle the ModeS Beast in the virtual machine.
Or you just get the data out of the Beast under Windows and the fr24feed on linux talks to Windows over the network

The Mode-S Beast may be a little more expensive, but better chance that the cost of pre-amps and filters will be saved and best of all, no dump1090 or derivatives.

The pre-amp i linked employs triple filtering. Antenna --> high pass filter --> LNA --> SAW fitler --> LNA --> SAW filter --> output.
But yeah if you don't like running dump1090 then you need a beast ;P

[Stealth]

I'm not sure what would be best to talk to the ModeS Beast under Windows.
You could just pass the USB device to the virtual machine and let the planefinder client handle it there, you are running that client anyway and it seems quite robust.
I believe ModeSmixer2 also talks to the Beast under Windows.
Not sure about planeploter?

Just to be sure that we are not talking at cross purposes. Are we talking about Oracle VM installed on Windows and running a linux virtual machine?

The Mode-S Beast may be a little more expensive, but better chance that the cost of pre-amps and filters will be saved and best of all, no dump1090 or derivatives.

[wiedehopf]

You are presumably talking about Oracle VM or similar? That thought had crossed my mind, the PC should have enough grunt and has plenty of space to run it. The question then is what to run as the feeder, as I'm not a fan of the fr24 variety at the moment. I'd prefer not to be getting my data from it alone.

I'm not sure what would be best to talk to the ModeS Beast under Windows.
You could just pass the USB device to the virtual machine and let the planefinder client handle it there, you are running that client anyway and it seems quite robust.
I believe ModeSmixer2 also talks to the Beast under Windows.
Not sure about planeploter?

[wiedehopf]

It was the first generation of devices sent to users before the radarcape...

Worse, will be SBS users. Of which NONE have reported back their progress. le sigh.

I guess they will just have to send out some of their complete receiver packages then

(At this point I wonder if the SBS options for fr24feed even work, the feedback of people attempting to connect them hasn't been great)

[wiedehopf]

It's also rather expensive.

Often a filtered LNA like this one is a cheaper alternative: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/new-product-...mhz-ads-b-lna/

Of course the ModeS Beast performs very well and will catch more messages than the mentioned LNA combine with a rtl-sdr v3 dongle for example.

But with that or a similar LNA you get good performance and it's usually sufficient.