Linux feeder software for Flightradar24 (Old software)

[sgreasby]

Early next week the new Windows and Linux software will be published live. We will then close this thread and start new feeder threads.

I was planning on setting up the flightradar24 on a raspberry pi this weekend. I have it downloaded and I was going to just modify the dump1090 init script to also launch flightradar24.

Are you just updating the binary? If so I could probably just move ahead with this. Otherwise, if you are adding initialization scripts or abandoning dump1090 then I will probably hold off.

[peterhr]

Will you be discontinuing the use of the dump1090 based feeder this thread uses?

Can the new feeder connect to dump1090?
- I found the answer to that one ...

This software requires direct connection to your receiver, that is USB in case of Mode-S Beast. It will not work with a stream decoded by another application.

Can the new feeder present data to other software in the same way that dump1090 does?
The answer probably is Why should it?

The reason I'm asking this question is - can the new feeder be used alongside other feeders, or will you force people to choose to only feed FR24, or only the other tracking companies?

[Mike]

Early next week the new Windows and Linux software will be published live. We will then close this thread and start new feeder threads.

[x-f]

Sorry, I misunderstood you earlier, Peter. I found the "fr24feed_arm-rpi_242" version, over the night it has been working fine, and will probably continue to do so, without zombies.
Thanks!

[peterhr]

This is another ARM device, however I'm aware of the new RPi feeder, but I would not want to use a specific FR24 decoder, if I want to share the data to other sites as well.
My dump1090 is up to date.

I mean there is a Pi specific version of the Arm feeder that links to dump1090 - specifically built to prevent the spawning of zombies ... it might be worth trying.

I'm using the Pi version alongside the FlightAware feeder.

[x-f]

This is another ARM device, however I'm aware of the new RPi feeder, but I would not want to use a specific FR24 decoder, if I want to share the data to other sites as well.
My dump1090 is up to date.

[peterhr]

If you are running on Raspberry Pi, there is a Pi specific feeder that doesn't do this.

Also be sure to upgrade Dump1090 especially if you are near an airport ... there ahve been patches for ground traffic reporting as well as other issues.

[x-f]

I'm using "fr24feed_arm-le_242s" to feed data to FR24. I noticed that this version is slowly spawning zombie bash sessions.
When I first noticed, there were around 200 zombie bash sessions under "fr24" program accumulated in a day. They all dissappear when feeder is terminated. Before upgrading I used "224s" version, which never did this and could be left unattended for ever.
http://i.imgur.com/1TfibZi.png

[colourimagine]

Nope, don't know - I don't have a flightaware box, so can't try it

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Flightaware box output RAW data to the Planeplotter use Ip port 30005, Is there any way to decode the RAW data then feed to FR24? Can I use the Flightradar24 decoder/feeder BETA testing (RPi) ? And how to write command in this case?
Thanks!

[peterhr]

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Hi Mr Peterhr
Would you like to show me that how to realize the description on the picture please. If you can send me an email will be appreciated !(colourimagine@163.com)
Thank you!

Nope, don't know - I don't have a flightaware box, so can't try it

[Piet0r]

Hi,

I would like to run the data feeder on my Mac Mini running Ubuntu. The Mac Mini has a G4 processor so I would need a PPC (PowerPC) version of the feeder software.

[Dauren]

Hello,

my feeder worked fine until 21 august, now I get this:

[i]FR24Feed v242 - built on Apr 23 2014/09:49:17
[i]Downloading configuration...ERROR

And cannot resolve it

I'm running my ads-b on ODROID-U3

P.S. Solved problem by itself )))

[Ressy]

Thank you for your help, everything is fine now, I didn't run your script yet. but this script helping me if accidentally power off or I reboot system, ruining automatically everything without need to use commands again?

by the way i didn't find /etc/rc.d/ just find /etc/rc0.d and rc1.d, rc2.d, rc3.d which one did you mean?

The script is for slackware based systems, you'd need to have it called from /etc/init.d for debian based systems, which IIRC mint is, if it's redhat based, you might need to modify it for "service" if /etc/init.d doesnt exist, beena long time since I've used either of em, but of course you could just call it from /path/to/rc.local as

su -c "/etc/rc.d/rc.adsb start" root

(you do not need the su wrapped bit, however doing it this way means you can re-attach the session after a reboot, otherwise you might strangely as it seems, be unable to locate any sessions, requiring a shell based stop and start, which kinda defeats the purpose)

and yes, this re-starts from any reboot, it's a set-and-forget thing

[RelativeCode]

Being linux I assume you are using dump1090, is it actually running? if so, how are you running it?

copy of my /etc/rc.d/rc.adsb script that starts everything from rc.M (or your systems equiv startup calls): http://members.ausics.net/noelb/rc.adsb

Thank you for your help, everything is fine now, I didn't run your script yet. but this script helping me if accidentally power off or I reboot system, ruining automatically everything without need to use commands again?

by the way i didn't find /etc/rc.d/ just find /etc/rc0.d and rc1.d, rc2.d, rc3.d which one did you mean?

[peterhr]

Dump1090 on my Pi (I have lots of options on) is using 70-85% CPU and the feeder 10-15% (210 aircraft, positional data for about 120 of them) ... I wouldn't want to mix it with anything else so I'd dedicate a Pi to the radar function. Mint I would assume would be used for media playback - the box behind the TV.