Raspberry Pi type B + DVB-T Dongle to feed FR24

[peterhr]

The dongle usually comes with a whip antenna about 150mm on a magnetic mount with maybe a 1.3m cable - no adapters.

Adapters from ebay maybe,,,

[T-EHTW3]

I have my Raspberry PI up and running now for at least 4 months and working fine
With 5 meters ECOFLEX15 Plus and TMRF-1090.

http://82.75.94.67/VirtualRadar/

[HermanZA]

T-EHTW3 : And it just keeps on working, in the true sense of a Linux device? No need for reboots or anything ?

[T-EHTW3]

No need te reboot at all, it keeps on working

[attigliano]

The dongle usually comes with a whip antenna about 150mm on a magnetic mount with maybe a 1.3m cable - no adapters.

I got one from http://1090mhz.com/ today and a SMA to MCX adapter was included.

Poul

[attigliano]

I'm on-line (T-EKCH5) .
By now only with the whip antenna included the dongle, so I'm overruled by some heavy feeders.

Shouldn't the Raspberry Pi auto start? After power down I have to star it via PuTTY (./fr24.sh) is there something I haven't set right? (I'm not a Linux guy yet)

Poul

[peterhr]

I'm on-line (T-EKCH5) .
By now only with the whip antenna included the dongle, so I'm overruled by some heavy feeders.

Shouldn't the Raspberry Pi auto start? After power down I have to star it via PuTTY (./fr24.sh) is there something I haven't set right? (I'm not a Linux guy yet)

Poul

the @reboot line in the cron job should start the script after reboot

do
ps aux | grep dump1090 | grep -v grep
and
ps aux | grep fr24feed | grep -v grep
to see if the jobs are running

ps = list the process states to standard output (usually the screen)
| capture standard output and use it as standard input to the next command
grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines matching a regular expression - buy default it reads from standard input and writes to standard output, which means we could see two lines reported ... one for the task that's running, and the second for the grep task since it has the same string that we're looking for as a parameter.

so we use the second grep to say don't show me lines that have the text 'grep' on them

(sorry, not near a Pi system to verify this)

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By the way, My radar T-EGBB19 very rarely appears on FR24 due to many local network feeders, standalone feeders and FR24 boxes covering the area where I am, which makes me disinclined to spend lots of money on a fancy antenna ... but I'll spend a little to extend the coverage area

[attigliano]

the @reboot line in the cron job should start the script after reboot

do
ps aux | grep dump1090 | grep -v grep
and
ps aux | grep fr24feed | grep -v grep
to see if the jobs are running

I have tried these dump1090 is running (have done it all the time I had used "my Pi IP:8080 and had up to 16 planes on the map) the fr24feed not running! I think I maybe have typed wrong under editing (is typing ~ in linux the same as in windows (space and then AltGr ~)?)

I can also see on my FR24 Premium account if I'm feeding or not.

Poul

[peterhr]

I have tried these dump1090 is running (have done it all the time I had used "my Pi IP:8080 and had up to 16 planes on the map) the fr24feed not running! I think I maybe have typed wrong under editing (is typing ~ in linux the same as in windows (space and then AltGr ~)?)

I can also see on my FR24 Premium account if I'm feeding or not.

Poul

replace "cd ~" with "cd /home/pi"

it means change to the home directory of the logon account ... we can specify the home directory explicitly

If it's not feeding, make sure you entered your FR24 key into the file correctly

Also try running the fr24feed line on the console - exactly as it is in the file, but with the "> /dev/nul &" taken off the end ... see if you get an error message.

[peterhr]

Replacement fr24.sh (I'll drop this with the other files too)

This puts the output of the FR24 feed to a file /tmp/fr24feed.log this file gets re-created every time the script is run
- you can check this using the command...

tail -f /tmp/fr24feed.log

On Raspberry Pi Wheezy, the /tmp folder is actually in memory, so doesn't shorten the life of the SD card

(don't do the same with dump1090 ... it outputs too much stuff and will fill memory quickly)

Wheezy + dump1090 + fr24feed seem to be using about 90k of memory ... the Pi B has 512K so we have room for a small log file

#!/bin/bash
#updated 2013-08-29 -  write /tmp/fr24feed.log
#
#make sure fr24feed and dump1090 software are not running
#
killall fr24feed_arm-le_233s
killall dump1090
#
#start dump1090 we dont want output so throw it into a black hole
# (the null device)
#the symbol at the end of the line says dont wait for this to finish, just move
# onto  the next command
#
cd /home/pi/dump1090
./dump1090 --net --net-sbs-port 30003 --quiet > /dev/null &
cd ~
#
#start the fr24 feeder(use you own key)
#log output to /tmp/fr24feed.log ... this is actually im memory
#create a new file each time we start
#view the file using tail -f /tmp/fr24feed.log
#(dont do this with dump1090 ... too much output ... will fill memory)
#
#
export FR24AUTHIP=83.140.247.20
./fr24feed_arm-le_233s --fr24key=1234567890abcdef > /tmp/fr24feed.log &

[attigliano]

Still not working.

1: My raspberry PI didn't like the .(dots) before /dump1090 and /fr24feed_arm-le it said no program.

I have removed them.

2: This is what I got after power down

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Thu Aug 29 19:08:48 2013 from 192.168.0.12
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ tail -f /tmp/fr24feed.log
[i]FR24Feed v233 - built on Jul 9 2013/11:17:49
[i]Downloading configuration...ERROR
[e]Could not retrieve configuration from Flightradar24

3: Then gave it a start command (./fr24.sh)

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ ./fr24.sh
fr24feed_arm-le_233s: no process found
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ Found 1 device(s):
0: Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001 (currently selected)
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Max available gain is: 49.60
Setting gain to: 49.60
Exact sample rate is: 2000000.052982 Hz
Gain reported by device: 49.60
tail -f /tmp/fr24feed.log
[i]Data feed time difference OK abs(19:15:51.050 - 19:15:51.029)=0
[i]sent 6 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 5 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 6 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 4 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 7 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 6 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 7 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 7 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 9 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 7 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 7 planes in 1 packets
^C
pi@raspberrypi ~ $

[peterhr]

Still not working.

1: My raspberry PI didn't like the .(dots) before /dump1090 and /fr24feed_arm-le it said no program.

I have removed them.

2: This is what I got after power down

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Thu Aug 29 19:08:48 2013 from 192.168.0.12
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ tail -f /tmp/fr24feed.log
[i]FR24Feed v233 - built on Jul 9 2013/11:17:49
[i]Downloading configuration...ERROR
[e]Could not retrieve configuration from Flightradar24

3: Then gave it a start command (./fr24.sh)

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ ./fr24.sh
fr24feed_arm-le_233s: no process found
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ Found 1 device(s):
0: Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001 (currently selected)
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Max available gain is: 49.60
Setting gain to: 49.60
Exact sample rate is: 2000000.052982 Hz
Gain reported by device: 49.60
tail -f /tmp/fr24feed.log
[i]Data feed time difference OK abs(19:15:51.050 - 19:15:51.029)=0
[i]sent 6 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 5 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 6 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 4 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 7 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 6 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 7 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 7 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 9 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 7 planes in 1 packets
[i]sent 7 planes in 1 packets
^C
pi@raspberrypi ~ $

so it's working...
the ./filename says run it from the current directory

without the "." - you just have the / ... and that means this is the absolute place the program is

/home/pi/dump1090/dump1090

and

/home/pi/fr234feed...
should work as absolute file locations

[attigliano]

so it's working...
the ./filename says run it from the current directory

without the "." - you just have the / ... and that means this is the absolute place the program is

/home/pi/dump1090/dump1090

and

/home/pi/fr234feed...
should work as absolute file locations

Yes it working after i startet it in PuTTY with the command ./fr24.sh

But if I had shut down the power to Raspberry PI and turned the power on again the dump1090 is starting up and running and I can see planes on the browser (My Pi IP:8080) but the fr24feed didn't start. What is that configuration it can't download from flightradar24?

[attigliano]

so it's working...
the ./filename says run it from the current directory

without the "." - you just have the / ... and that means this is the absolute place the program is

/home/pi/dump1090/dump1090

and

/home/pi/fr234feed...
should work as absolute file locations

Can I have a directory failure? with the "." the programs couldn't be found. Could something had gone wrong when saving after edit?

[peterhr]

Yes it working after i startet it in PuTTY with the command ./fr24.sh

But if I had shut down the power to Raspberry PI and turned the power on again the dump1090 is starting up and running and I can see planes on the browser (My Pi IP:8080) but the fr24feed didn't start. What is that configuration it can't download from flightradar24?

don't know - the internal workings of the fr24 feed progarm are a mystery to me

I wonder is a 'sleep 5' might help before the fr24feed (maybe the network isn't quite ready)

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the dot notation is the same in windows (except the / is replaced by \)

If it's working without the dot I don't know how it is.

check the non-comment lines of the script carefully.