How to correctly replace dump1090-mutability with dump1090-fa?

[fjuppe]

Can anyone please write the commands for replacing dump1090-mutability with dump1090-fa.
I am on RPi 4B+ with the latest Debian ver. 11.
I want to have dump1090-fa instead.
I am a newbie on Linux!
Thank you in advance

[abcd567]

First purge dump1090-mutability and it's config files

sudo apt purge dump1090-mutability

Next install dump1090-fa

wget https://www.flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/files/packages/pool/piaware/f/flightaware-apt-repository/flightaware-apt-repository_1.1_all.deb  

sudo dpkg -i flightaware-apt-repository_1.1_all.deb  
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sudo apt update  

sudo apt install dump1090-fa

Next make open fr24 config file

sudo nano /etc/fr24feed.ini

In above file, delete the following line:

receiver="dvb-t"

In it's place add following two lines

receiver="avr-tcp"
host="127.0.0.1:30002"

Save & Close the file

Reboot Pi

sudo reboot


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[fjuppe]

Thanks a lot for your fast and detailed reply!
I will do first thing tomorrow morning!
br

[fjuppe]

Worked 100%, thanks a lot !

But which file to edit to get the "Site Location" and "Distance Rings" on the map ?

[abcd567]

sudo nano /etc/default/dump1090-fa

scroll down till you see

RECEIVER_LAT=
RECEIVER_LON=

After = signs, type values of your location's Latitude and Longitude, so it becomes like the example below (replace figures in example below by your actual latitude nd longitude in decimal degrees)

RECEIVER_LAT=51.5014
RECEIVER_LON=-0.1406


Save and Close file

Restart dump1090-fa
sudo systemctl restart dump1090-fa

Reload browser (press Ctrl and F5 keys together)


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[fjuppe]

So clear instructions! Works like a charm!
Thanks a lot

Topic closed
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[Imaduffus]

hi abcd,

thanks alot for that help. I updated fom 1.15 to Skyaware 9.0 and I wanted to setup autogain via a script, but it seems, that since 6.0 autogain is enabled. So basically I dont need to change anything and autogain will change this value over time?
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[abcd567]

hi abcd,

thanks alot for that help. I updated fom 1.15 to Skyaware 9.0 and I wanted to setup autogain via a script, but it seems, that since 6.0 autogain is enabled. So basically I dont need to change anything and autogain will change this value over time?

Yes, you dont have to do anything, auto-gain will keep changing gain setting as and when needed.

If you install graphs1090 by wiedehopf, then one of graphs plots the gain vs time.

https://github.com/wiedehopf/graphs1090/raw/master/install.sh)"

The graph below is plot of gain (vertical axis, gain in dB) vs time (horizontal axis)on one of my RPi

dump1090-localhost-misc-24h.png



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[Imaduffus]

Hi again, Looks good so far, but for some reason I see no changes in the gain tab, although the automation is active, when I check the dump Status.

Screenshot_20240121-202827.jpg

[abcd567]

auto gain reduces the gain when there is strong signal.
This happens when many airplane are flying close to your antenna.
By close I mean at 50 nm or less.

[Imaduffus]

Hey again, after some days, I checked the performance and everything went fine. Today I stumbeld upon following display and I am confused. It seems that my Pi was "offline" from approx midnight to midday today, but checking my radr: https://www.flightradar24.com/accoun...tats/?id=36560 it seems there was no offline situation.

Now I am wondering, what caused this gap. Any ideas? Thanks alot!

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[abcd567]

This gap in graphs1090 often happens with all my several Pis. When I chech my stats at Flightaware or Flightradar24, they show no gap. The only conclusion I could make was that there is some bug in the graphs1090

[bimmerdriver]

First purge dump1090-mutability and it's config files

sudo apt purge dump1090-mutability

Next install dump1090-fa

wget https://www.flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/files/packages/pool/piaware/f/flightaware-apt-repository/flightaware-apt-repository_1.1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i flightaware-apt-repository_1.1_all.deb
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sudo apt update

sudo apt install dump1090-fa

Next make open fr24 config file

sudo nano /etc/fr24feed.ini

In above file, delete the following line:

receiver="dvb-t"

In it's place add following two lines

receiver="avr-tcp"
host="127.0.0.1:30002"

Save & Close the file

Reboot Pi

sudo reboot

I'm currently using dump1090-mutability and fr24feed. It's working properly, but after reading about dump1090-mutability on github, I would like to give dump1090-fa a try.

I have some questions about switching.

Does this statement also uninstall dump1090-mutability?

sudo apt purge dump1090-mutability

Here is the existing config file for fr24feed:

receiver="avr-tcp"
fr24key="REDACTED"
host="127.0.0.1:30002"
bs="no"
raw="no"
mlat="no"
mlat-without-gps="no"​

Is there any reason to change it?

Do I have to stop dump1090-mutability, lighttpd and fr24feed before making the changes?

Thanks.

[abcd567]

"sudo apt purge dump1090-mutability" should be enough.
After this you go ahead with installation of dump1090-fa.

[bimmerdriver]

I tried replacing dump1090-mutabillity with dump1090-fa. Unfortunately, it wasn't successful.

$ sudo dpkg -i flightaware-apt-repository_1.1_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package flightaware-apt-repository.
(Reading database ... 24469 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack flightaware-apt-repository_1.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking flightaware-apt-repository (1.1) ...
Setting up flightaware-apt-repository (1.1) ...
No apt repository available for given architectures
dpkg: error processing package flightaware-apt-repository (--install):
installed flightaware-apt-repository package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
flightaware-apt-repository

I'm wondering if this failed because I'm using Intel / Ubuntu, not ARM / debian.

I tried going back to dump1090-mutability and I encounted the same problem as before where sudo fr24feed --signup failed because it didn't recognize the key. This seems to be caused whenever anything changes with dump1090. I removed everything and started again from scratch.

I used the procedure on https://github.com/abcd567a/fr24feed...ntu-amd64-i386. Everything seemed to run properly, but it's not working. According to the FR24 website, the receiver is online, but not reporting data. fr24feed-status is reporting messages, but they aren't getting through. Also, I cannot open the dump1090 map. Is there a different URL for dump1090-fa?