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wiedehopf edited this page Sep 3, 2021 · 55 revisions

Compile / install script for https://github.com/wiedehopf/readsb

Features

  • installs wiedehopf's readsb (fork of readsb / dump1090-fa)

  • change gain and location using easy commands

  • automatically reconfigures fr24feed/rbfeeder so they work with this standalone decoder (if installed)

  • removes other decoders (dump1090-mutability / dump1090-fa .. local skyaware interface won't be available anymore, use /tar1090 which comes with this installation) (only one decoder can use the SDR)

  • not for piaware sd-card installs but you can try this: https://github.com/wiedehopf/adsb-wiki/wiki/dump1090-fa-to-readsb-binary-swap

Installation or Update

To install or update readsb, run the following command to start the install script:

sudo bash -c "$(wget -O - https://github.com/wiedehopf/adsb-scripts/raw/master/readsb-install.sh)"
  • A reboot is only necessary for systems that haven't run rtl-sdr stuff before, you can omit it when updating or if you previously used a different decoder.
  • Don't forget to set your location as described below!
  • Don't forget to set the gain as described below!

Web Interface

Optionally add other interfaces:

Changing gain:

Manual Command:

sudo readsb-gain 43.9

Configure location

Use this command specifying latitude, then longitude:

sudo readsb-set-location 50.12344 10.23429

Issues / Check the log:

sudo journalctl --no-pager -u readsb
  • If you have any issues, try a reboot an rerun the install script.
  • Otherwise you can open an issue here on github with the above log and the output of the install script included
  • If you would rather report the issue via discord, contact wiedehopf here: https://discord.com/invite/n9dGbkTtZm

Change the configuration:

sudo nano /etc/default/readsb

make changes, save with Ctrl-O and enter, exit with Ctrl-X then restart the service:

sudo systemctl restart readsb

For available options see:

readsb --help

airspy-conf

If you have an airspy, just run the airspy-conf script after installing readsb, DON'T add extra connection in readsb the data is fed into readsb by airspy_adsb. https://github.com/wiedehopf/airspy-conf#airspy-conf

Remote data source (radarcape or similar): Configure net-only and a receiver with another IP address as a data source

sudo sed -i -e 's/RECEIVER_OPTIONS.*/RECEIVER_OPTIONS="--net-only --net-connector 192.168.2.7,30005,beast_in"/' /etc/default/readsb
sudo systemctl restart readsb

Change 192.168.2.7 to the correct IP address and 30005 to the correct port if the beast data are available on another port.

DON'T connect to 127.0.0.1:30005, that will create a data loop.

Uninstall

sudo apt remove readsb
sudo /usr/local/share/tar1090/uninstall.sh

Note that this script might have changed the fr24feed and rbfeeder configuration. Those configurations won't be restored by the uninstall, you'll have to reconfigure them yourself if you want to use the builtin decoder of either of them. I'd recommend against that, if readsb for some reason doesn't work for you or causes issues and that's the reason for the uninstall, try dump1090-fa: https://github.com/wiedehopf/adsb-scripts/wiki/Automatic-installation-for-dump1090-fa

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