BETA UAT 978 MHz data sharing (DEPRECATED - DO NOT USE THIS PROCEDURE ANYMORE)

[SoNic67]

Any new developments here? Still at Beta 1.0.3?

[cyclosaur]

Have installed v 1.01 and am getting the status as online but no aircraft or positions reported, same as markr468 uat_reader.log shows positions. Is the fr24 website still not processing UAT data?

So two things I've noticed so far;

1) STATS page doesn't show anything for this new Radar: NO RECENT DATA FOR THIS RADAR. uat_reader.log seems to indicate I'm feeding, and status uat_reader doesn't show any obvious errors

2) UAT aircraft I feed are still not shown on the FR24 website. They do show on other sites that I feed (FA, ADSBx, RB24) and do show on my local map.

At this point, is this indeed what's expected or is there something wrong on either end? Thanks!

[speedycab]

Have installed v 1.01 and am getting the status as online but no aircraft or positions reported, same as markr468 uat_reader.log shows positions. Is the fr24 website still not processing UAT data?

I think the current version is 1.0.3. Is listed in the first post.
I can see my status online and reporting AC and positions. It went off-line and I had to restart the service on the pi to get it back up
Note, however, that none of the AC that I feed via UAT actually show up on big map. Sometimes the AC show up as MLAT, but more often than not they don't show up at all. Guess they are still not processing it

[speedycab]

Guys, this is not sustainable nor healthy: 1.4 GB after a week of operation

pi@UAT978pi:/var/log/uat_reader $ ls -l
total 1422648
-rw-r--r-- 1 fr24 fr24 1456784466 Oct 17 09:15 uat_reader.log

This is clogging my log files.

[abcd567]

In Toronto it is usual to have long periods when there is no UAT traffic. During such period FR24 UAT server breaks the connection.

pi@DietPi:~$ cat /var/log/uat_reader/uat_reader.log

2021-10-17 12:04:46.325 | 21-10-17 12:04:46.325 [E] Local time: 2021-10-17 12:04:46 -0400
2021-10-17 12:04:46.325 | 21-10-17 12:04:46.325 [E] GMT+0 time: 2021-10-17 17:04:46 -0400
2021-10-17 12:04:46.325 | 21-10-17 12:04:46.317 [E] Your machine should be set as GMT+0 time zone!
2021-10-17 12:04:46.325 | [n]CYYZ112@185.218.24.53:8099/UDP 2021-10-17 12:04:46.325 | [n]connecting
2021-10-17 12:04:46.325 | 21-10-17 12:04:46.317 [W] Time zone is not set to GMT+0
2021-10-17 12:04:46.325 | 21-10-17 12:04:46.317 [I] [stats]Stats thread started
2021-10-17 12:04:46.325 | 21-10-17 12:04:46.325 [I] UAT Reader client started on port 30979
2021-10-17 12:04:46.325 | 2021-10-17 12:04:46.325 | 21-10-17 12:04:46.317 [I] defined 2 servers
2021-10-17 12:04:46.463 | [n]connected via UDP (fd 11)
2021-10-17 12:04:46.464 | [n]working
2021-10-17 12:05:16.467 | [n]ping 1
2021-10-17 12:05:17.468 | [n]syncing stream result: 1
2021-10-17 12:05:46.471 | [n]ping 2
2021-10-17 12:05:47.472 | [n]syncing stream result: 1 2021-10-17 12:06:16.476 | [n]ping 3
2021-10-17 12:06:17.476 | [n]syncing stream result: 1
2021-10-17 12:06:46.480 | [n]ping 4
2021-10-17 12:06:47.480 | [n]syncing stream result: 1
2021-10-17 12:07:16.484 | [n]ping 5
2021-10-17 12:07:17.484 | [n]syncing stream result: 1
pi@DietPi:~$

[speedycab]

So, basic feature must-haves for UAT

• Proper resetting of the connection during periods of low-traffic. dump978-fa automatically restarts during these times. Seems uat_reader does not handle this entirely correctly.
• Limit the log-file size.
• Remove the intake of TIS-B by fr24. I do NOT see 1500 aircraft a day. More like 150.

[cyclosaur]

followed the first post in the thread to install v1.03, but in the debug for the install the version was 1.00 the next version mentioned was 1.01. Can anyone verify that the actual installed version is 1.03 or anything past 1.01?

[speedycab]

-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 2805346 Apr 27 03:34 uat_reader_1.0.1_armhf.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 2851292 May 12 05:10 uat_reader_1.0.2_armhf.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 2850076 Jun 8 01:55 uat_reader_1.0.3_armhf.deb

I tried downloading all of them just now. They are different sizes. That is all I know
Don't know how to verify the actual version otherwise. apt-cache policy gives nothing new.

[abcd567]

There is no changelog included in the .deb packages of either uat_reader or fr24feed, whereas other feeders like rbfeeder include the changelog (scroll down to file list of rbfeeder and see the red colored line)


uat_reader

pi@DietPi:~$ dpkg -c uat_reader_1.0.3_armhf.deb

drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 etc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 etc/uat_reader/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 etc/uat_reader/uat_reader.conf
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 etc/systemd/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 etc/systemd/system/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 334 2021-06-08 04:54 etc/systemd/system/uat_reader.service
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/lib/fr24/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/lib/fr24/uat_reader/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 715 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/lib/fr24/uat_reader/create_missing_directories.sh
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 5729960 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/bin/uat_reader
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 35148 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/COPYING3.libstdc++.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 26531 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/COPYING.LIB.glibc.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 3325 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/COPYING.RUNTIME.libstdc++.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1087 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/LICENSE.curl.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1081 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/LICENSE.uat_reader.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 995 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/LICENSE.zlib.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1295 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/NOTICE.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1311 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/LICENSE.fmtlib.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1529 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/LICENSES.zstd.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 6128 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/LICENSE.openssl.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 18942 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/LICENSES.glibc.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1120 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/LICENSE.spdlog.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1338 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/LICENSE.boost.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1114 2021-06-08 04:54 usr/share/fr24/uat_reader/licences/LICENSE.nlohmannjson.txt
pi@DietPi:~$

fr24feed

pi@DietPi:~$ dpkg -c fr24feed_1.0.28-1_armhf.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 etc/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 49 2021-06-24 06:11 etc/fr24feed.ini
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 etc/cron.d/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 87 2021-06-24 06:11 etc/cron.d/fr24feed_updater
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 etc/systemd/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 etc/systemd/system/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 432 2021-06-24 06:11 etc/systemd/system/fr24feed.service
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 etc/udev/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 etc/udev/rules.d/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 5794 2021-06-24 06:11 etc/udev/rules.d/rtl-sdr.rules
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 1738 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/bin/fr24feed-status
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 7406776 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/bin/fr24feed
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/lib/fr24/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 854 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/lib/fr24/create_missing_directories.sh
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 1595 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/lib/fr24/dump_diagnostics.sh
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 1573 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/lib/fr24/fr24feed_updater.sh
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 1632 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/lib/fr24/install_dump1090.sh
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 198 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/lib/fr24/unregister_kernel_modules.sh
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 26531 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/COPYING.LIB.glibc.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 3325 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/COPYING.RUNTIME.libstdc++.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 35148 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/COPYING3.libstdc++.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1338 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/LICENSE.boost.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 663 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/LICENSE.c-ares.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1087 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/LICENSE.curl.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1311 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/LICENSE.fmtlib.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1081 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/LICENSE.fr24feed.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 6128 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/LICENSE.openssl.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1731 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/LICENSE.protobuf.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1120 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/LICENSE.spdlog.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 995 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/LICENSE.zlib.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 18942 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/LICENSES.glibc.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1529 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/LICENSES.zstd.txt
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1447 2021-06-24 06:11 usr/share/fr24/licences/NOTICE.txt
pi@DietPi:~$

However other feeders include changelog file within tthe .deb package

rbfeeder

pi@DietPi:~$ dpkg -c rbfeeder_0.3.5-20200623164017_arm64.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-06-23 05:47 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-06-23 05:47 ./etc/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 235 2020-06-22 21:10 ./etc/rbfeeder.ini
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-06-23 05:47 ./lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-06-23 05:47 ./lib/systemd/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-06-23 05:47 ./lib/systemd/system/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 202 2020-06-22 21:10 ./lib/systemd/system/rbfeeder.service
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-06-23 05:47 ./usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-06-23 05:47 ./usr/bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 233360 2020-06-23 05:47 ./usr/bin/rbfeeder
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-06-23 05:47 ./usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-06-23 05:47 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2020-06-23 05:47 ./usr/share/doc/rbfeeder/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1192 2020-06-23 05:47 ./usr/share/doc/rbfeeder/changelog.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1255 2020-06-22 21:10 ./usr/share/doc/rbfeeder/copyright
pi@DietPi:~$

Piaware

pi@DietPi:~$ dpkg -c piaware_7.0~dev_arm64.deb | grep changelog
-rw-r--r-- root/root 11984 2021-09-24 12:33 ./usr/share/doc/piaware/changelog.gz
pi@DietPi:~$

[cyclosaur]

Correction: they all say v1.0.0 when installed
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 2805346 Apr 27 06:34 uat_reader_1.0.1_armhf.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 2805346 Apr 27 06:34 uat_reader_1.0.1_armhf.deb.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 2851292 May 12 08:10 uat_reader_1.0.2_armhf.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 2850076 Jun 8 04:55 uat_reader_1.0.3_armhf.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 2850076 Jun 8 04:55 uat_reader_1.0.3_armhf.deb.1
pi@c121746:~ $ sudo dpkg -i uat_reader_1.0.2_armhf.deb
(Reading database ... 50799 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack uat_reader_1.0.2_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking uat_reader (1.0.0) over (1.0.0) ...
Setting up uat_reader (1.0.0) ...
useradd: user 'fr24' already exists
Enabling uat_reader service
pi@c121746:~ $ sudo dpkg -i uat_reader_1.0.3_armhf.deb
(Reading database ... 50799 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack uat_reader_1.0.3_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking uat_reader (1.0.0) over (1.0.0) ...
Setting up uat_reader (1.0.0) ...
useradd: user 'fr24' already exists
Enabling uat_reader service
pi@c121746:~ $ sudo dpkg -i uat_reader_1.0.1_armhf.deb
(Reading database ... 50799 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack uat_reader_1.0.1_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking uat_reader (1.0.0) over (1.0.0) ...
Setting up uat_reader (1.0.0) ...
useradd: user 'fr24' already exists
Enabling uat_reader service
pi@c121746:~ $ sudo dpkg -i uat_reader_1.0.3_armhf.deb
(Reading database ... 50799 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack uat_reader_1.0.3_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking uat_reader (1.0.0) over (1.0.0) ...
Setting up uat_reader (1.0.0) ...
useradd: user 'fr24' already exists
Enabling uat_reader service

[cyclosaur]

After reinstalling v1.03 seeing results in sharing statistics

[speedycab]

I see that logging as well. However, I do not see a single locally tracked UAT aircraft on the main page when I filter for my radar. Instead the logged aircraft are simply not visible in FR24 (some but not all are tracked by MLAT).

[cyclosaur]

Same result here, searched for current UAT aircraft on feeder web interface and none were showing up on fr24 webpage. Feeder statistics for UAT feeder, just missing the data conversion into the main fr 24 map.

[jackal]

Every time I reboot my Pi, uat_reader fails to start. Looks like it has trouble resolving DNS and times out:

2022-01-19 22:38:09.627 | [feed][e] Couldn't resolve host name
2022-01-19 22:38:09.627 | [feed][e] Couldn't resolve host name
2022-01-19 22:38:10.395 | [feed][e] Couldn't resolve host name
2022-01-19 22:38:10.395 | [e]Could not retrieve configuration from Flightradar24: Request failed, code
2022-01-19 22:38:10.888 | [feed][e] Couldn't resolve host name
2022-01-19 22:38:10.888 | [e]Could not retrieve configuration from Flightradar24: Request failed, code
2022-01-19 22:38:10.894 | 22-01-19 22:38:10.894 [E] Local time: 2022-01-19 22:38:10 -0600
2022-01-19 22:38:10.895 | 22-01-19 22:38:10.894 [E] GMT+0 time: 2022-01-20 04:38:10 -0600
2022-01-19 22:38:10.895 | 22-01-19 22:38:10.890 [E] Your machine should be set as GMT+0 time zone!
2022-01-19 22:38:10.895 | 22-01-19 22:38:10.890 [W] Time zone is not set to GMT+0
2022-01-19 22:38:10.895 | 22-01-19 22:38:10.894 [E] Couldn't get network configuration, exiting

This could be because my Pi is also serving as a caching BIND 9 DNS server, so uat_reader may be opening before BIND is fully loaded and operational.

If I remember or notice that my UAT feeder is offline, I can cure it by manually issuing a sudo systemctl restart uat_reader and everything works swimmingly. It's just that initial startup on boot that's problematic.

Any way to either increase the number of retries or delay starting uat_reader until after the system is up and stable? (I don't have this issue with other UAT packages like FA's and ADSBX's.)

[herren]

Any chances of getting an amd64 version of this?