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wiedehopf edited this page Jul 8, 2021 · 3 revisions

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You can feed ADS-B (no MLAT) using their newest firmware and just select it in the webinterface.

Otherwise you'll need SSH access to the Radarcape or another Linux / Raspberry Pi on the same network.

You install the feed scripts: https://github.com/adsbxchange/adsb-exchange#obtaining-and-using-the-scripts

To edit the feed script configuration, use the following command:

sudo nano /etc/default/adsbexchange

INPUT="127.0.0.1:30005"
change to:
INPUT="127.0.0.1:10003"
and
INPUT_TYPE="dump1090"
change to:
INPUT_TYPE="radarcape_gps"

Save: Ctrl-O and Enter and exit: Ctrl-X

sudo systemctl restart adsbexchange-feed adsbexchange-mlat

In case you are using a computer other than the Radarcape itself, you'll need to change the IP address after INPUT to the appropriate address.

If you don't like errors in your system log you can do this modification:

RESULTS="--results beast,connect,localhost:30104"
change to
RESULTS=""

If you would like a local map display of the data including MLAT results from adsbexchange, you can install tar1090: https://github.com/wiedehopf/tar1090#tar1090 This is mostly for using a 2nd device, not the Radarcape itself. tar1090 will probably not work on a Radarcape.