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  • Count me in. I have ordered all the gear from Ebay $103 NZ. Looking forward to getting it going. I am confused about DUMP 1090. I guess it will be on the disc that comes with the Dongle.

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    • Sounds like good advise, thanks

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      • I still think that GPS connected pi's has an advantage if exploited some day. There is a way to wire a GPS directly to the Raspberry Pi's UART. It would eliminate any errors in user input in their accurate receiver coordinates and and all the receivers in range of MLAT calcs would have the exact same time stamp independent of any internet time stamp for a local area.

        MLAT calcs are derived from 4 or more receivers within 300 miles of each other. The GPS time stamp and received ADS-B signal should be the same within nanoseconds or less for all local receivers.

        My take is that no one is developing this GPS pi ability for the flight trackers but I wouldn't dismiss it as "useless" tech as so far the MLAT tracking is pretty raged and is in dire need to be improved on all the tracking websites so far .

        PS: Mlat is "supposed to be obsolete" by 2020 which is one reason no one has a priority on developing the tech. But if you want to see Military or other exempt planes, it's still worth pursuing improvement.
        Last edited by Sam26K; 2016-08-11, 09:12.

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        • I should clarify that my theory is that if the receiver that is logging a particular aircraft live attaches a time stamp from a UART connected GPS receiver, that it would be more accurate than using a internet derived time stamp. Combine a more accurate time stamp with exact terrestrial coordinates of the receiver should improve MLAT results.

          As I understand it, no one is using that capability to improve MLAT results yet.

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          • Originally posted by Sam26K View Post
            I should clarify that my theory is that if the receiver that is logging a particular aircraft live attaches a time stamp from a UART connected GPS receiver, that it would be more accurate than using a internet derived time stamp. Combine a more accurate time stamp with exact terrestrial coordinates of the receiver should improve MLAT results..
            Both of them would be completely useless, your theory is wrong since you don't know how this works today, and that's why you keep going on about something which is a moot point.

            Mlat data is not synced by internet timestamps, what gave you that idea? They are synchronized by ADSB transmissions from aircraft with known positions. That's the whole point of mlat using cheap, unsynchronized receivers.

            The only thing a GPS would help with is getting the receivers position without user input, or when using a mobile Rx on a boat or vehicle.

            Can we move on ?

            /M
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            • Originally posted by Alcra View Post
              I am confused about DUMP 1090. I guess it will be on the disc that comes with the Dongle.

              NO, and don't load ANY software or driver from the CD, it will just prevent your intended use of the dongle.

              You need to download a suitable Dump version for your operating system.

              /M
              F-ESDF1, F-ESGG1, F-ESGP1, F-ESNK1, F-ESNV2, F-ESNV3 F-ESSL4, F-ESNZ7, F-LFMN3
              T-ESNL1, T-ESNL2, T-ESGR15
              P-ESIA, P-ESIB, P-ESGF, P-ESSN, P-EFMA
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              • Originally posted by Sam26K View Post
                I should clarify that my theory is that if the receiver that is logging a particular aircraft live attaches a time stamp from a UART connected GPS receiver, that it would be more accurate than using a internet derived time stamp. Combine a more accurate time stamp with exact terrestrial coordinates of the receiver should improve MLAT results.

                As I understand it, no one is using that capability to improve MLAT results yet.
                I think MrMac has already explained why it is not possible for a Pi to implement mlat. The data MUST be handled at a HARDWARE level with a dedicated IC. As there is no ASIC's (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) to perform this task at the hardware level, this has been done with an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) In software, there would be several steps involved in time-stamping, the Pi's CPU needs to interpret and manipulate the data, then it has to write the time-stamp. This would take many CPU clock cycles. With an FPGA, it would be as fast as switching a gate, or turning on a transistor. This can be done in nano seconds, rather than milliseconds.
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                • Originally posted by MrMac View Post
                  Both of them would be completely useless, your theory is wrong since you don't know how this works today, and that's why you keep going on about something which is a moot point.

                  Mlat data is not synced by internet timestamps, what gave you that idea? They are synchronized by ADSB transmissions from aircraft with known positions. That's the whole point of mlat using cheap, unsynchronized receivers.

                  The only thing a GPS would help with is getting the receivers position without user input, or when using a mobile Rx on a boat or vehicle.

                  Can we move on ?

                  /M
                  Not just yet.... I am talking about the receiver that first picks up the airborne aircraft live. So you are saying that the aircraft itself is transmitting a time stamp?

                  Please be patient with me but when it comes to MLAT calcs, shouldn't the receiver's time stamp be the important one?

                  Are you saying that the Aircraft's ADS-B time stamp is to be used for MLAT calcs? If that's the case it's no wonder it's so bad

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                  • This is certainly worth a read. http://www.multilateration.com/downl...ence-Guide.pdf
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                    • Thanks for that link, Paul nice pdf

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                      • Originally posted by Paul30003 View Post
                        I think MrMac has already explained why it is not possible for a Pi to implement mlat.
                        Pis work just fine with mlat, with the limitation that they need to use ADSB aircraft with known positions to synchronize to. The FR24 implementation also needs a FR24 receiver which helps find absolute sync. Planeplotter and Flightaware versions work fully with "relative" sync.

                        I think it was Bev who writes PlanePlotter that first came up with the idea to use ADSB-sync.


                        Originally posted by Sam26K View Post
                        Please be patient with me but when it comes to MLAT calcs, shouldn't the receiver's time stamp be the important one?
                        Are you saying that the Aircraft's ADS-B time stamp is to be used for MLAT calcs? If that's the case it's no wonder it's so bad
                        ADSB aircraft are those with known positions, and they are used to synchronize receivers that can mutilaterate non-ADSB aircraft.

                        Beast & DVBT Receivers timestamp incoming messages with a 12Mhz rolling clock, completely unsynced but with relativley low jitter. Their actual real time is never used, it's as I said completely useless. That is why a GPS won't matter, unless you build something that takes the PPS pulse and sends it as a detectable signal through the DVBT stick, that Dump then can decode and sync the 12 Mhx clock to. But would that actually be better ? Doubtful.

                        Knowing the position of an aircraft and the distances to fixed positions gives an expected time difference in arrival of the same transmission. Subtract that difference and you have 2 12 Mhz timestamps that you know are from the same point in time, aka your receivers now have a known sync.

                        3-4 receivers need to hear both the mlat target AND at least one reference ADSB aircraft to give useful data.

                        Current mlat is not bad at all, quite the opposite. It's amazing what results you can get with nothing but a few cheap dongles, Rpis and a clever server software. The limitation is just in the numbers, you need a LOT of receivers to get triple coverage, especially at lower altitudes.

                        /M
                        F-ESDF1, F-ESGG1, F-ESGP1, F-ESNK1, F-ESNV2, F-ESNV3 F-ESSL4, F-ESNZ7, F-LFMN3
                        T-ESNL1, T-ESNL2, T-ESGR15
                        P-ESIA, P-ESIB, P-ESGF, P-ESSN, P-EFMA
                        mrmac (a) fastest.cc

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                        • What all Dvb-t dongle support for so feeder fr24? I had a raspberry pi but no Dvb-t

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                          • Thanks for your reply. Being a "rookie" I dont quite understand your post.

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                            • @MrMack and Paul, I am still a rookie too and will take awhile to understand all this too but it's hard to get off dismissing GPS equipped Rpi as "useless". Just yet

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                              • I would think,. That entering which Ports for what,..

                                Would be a big help to new reader of the Forum.

                                As this is a big question that is often asked on Chat,.

                                And not having a PI Stick,. I cannot help them
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