deprecated

please use the main feed scripts located here: https://github.com/adsbxchange/adsb-exchange#ads-b-exchange-setup-scripts-airplane if you're already running this, run the uninstall.

You can edit /etc/default/adsbexchange and change

REDUCE_INTERVAL="0.5"

to

REDUCE_INTERVAL="2.5"

or longer to reduce data usage. You might also want to disable MLAT:

sudo systemctl disable --now adsbexchange-mlat

lowBandwidthFeedAdsbX

Feed ADS-B to adsbexchange.com using minimal bandwidth. MLAT feed not included.

This feed client requires readsb or dump1090 to be already running and offering beast data on port 30005. If you are feeding FA for example, this is already the case.

If you are only feeding FR24, then a reconfiguration is most likely required, this would take care of that: https://github.com/wiedehopf/adsb-scripts/wiki/Automatic-installation-for-readsb

Approximate bandwidth requirement per month

With the default interval of 2.5 seconds and an average of 10 aircraft in range of your receiver, the data used will be around 1 GB per month. For a more typical 50 aircraft in view (average, not peak), the data usage will be 5 GB per month.

You can change that interval in the configuration file to further reduce data usage.

The "normal" adsbexchange feed client including MLAT uses around 10 times as much data.

Installation

sudo bash -c "$(wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiedehopf/lowBandwidthFeedAdsbX/master/install.sh)"

Status

sudo systemctl status lbw-feed-adsbx

Logs

sudo journalctl -eu lbw-feed-adsbx

Configuration file for advanced users

/etc/default/lbw-feed-adsbx

Deinstallation

sudo bash -c "$(wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiedehopf/lowBandwidthFeedAdsbX/master/uninstall.sh)"