Can-t get Pi to connect and see flights (disconnected empty result)

[SonicBoom]

Hi everyone,

Firstly, thanks in advance for any help. I'm new here and appreciate your help.

I've just setup a Pi and followed the build your own FlightRadar24 receiver instructions.

All seemed to go well and I was able to see my setup and activate it.

Now when I have gone and looked at the Pi FlightRadar screen, it says:

FR24 Link: Disconnected (Empty Result)

FR24 Radar Code: N/A


Everything else is in green. The above is in red.

The receiver is a DVBTUSB stick which it can see as it appears in green.

Anyone able to tell me where Im going wrong?

I've made sure I have the most up to date version of the Pi's FlightRadar software.


Thankyou.

[abcd567]

"when I have gone and looked at the Pi FlightRadar screen"

Which screen is this? Have you connected a monitor to RPi? Or you see it on monitor of Desktop/Laptop using a browser like chrome or firefox?

[SonicBoom]

Thankyou for your reply.

I do have the Pi connected to a monitor as shown in the photo attached.

[abcd567]

You need to access your Pi and issue few debug commands to debug your problem

Access and control of RPi
You can access Pi and issue commands by connecting a Monitor and Keyboard to your RPi.

However use of SSH enables you to issue commands from your Desktop/Laptop and eliminates the need to connect a Monitor and Keyboard to your RPi.


For Remote access and SSH, please see following posts:

How To Access and Control RPi from Desktop/Laptop using SSH

[SonicBoom]

Thankyou. I have access to control my Pi.

The issue seems to be that it doesnt want to connect: the FR24 link is disocnnected (empty) and there is no Radar code displayed.

I've tried a lot of things and getting nowhere sadly

Any ideas?

Many thanks in advance,

Kate.

[abcd567]

Issue following command and post output:
Note: when posting here, replace value of fr24key by xxxxxxxxxxx

cat /etc/fr24feed.ini

[SonicBoom]

Thankyou for your reply. Here is the output:

receiver="dvbt"
fr24key="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
path="/usr/lib/fr24/dump1090"
bs="no"
raw=no"
logmode="1"
logpath="/var/log/fr24feed"
mlat="yes"
mlat-without-gps="yes"



I wondered if any ports could be blocked or that need opening on my routers firewall maybe?

[SonicBoom]

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ fr24feed-status
[ ok ] FR24 Feeder/Decoder Process: running.
[ ok ] FR24 Stats Timestamp: 2020-08-28 14:36:30.
[FAIL] FR24 Link: unknown ... failed!
[ ok ] Receiver: connected ( MSGS/ SYNC).
[FAIL] FR24 MLAT: not running ... failed!

[abcd567]

Adding these two lines in the file /etc/fr24feed.ini may help. Try it.

use-http=yes
http-timeout=20

After adding above lines, save the file, then restart fr24feed.