Installation

We’ll assume that your OS (Raspbian) is installed and the network is configured.

Preparation

Update your system and install some software that we’ll need later (to compile) :

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install git cmake libusb-1.0-0-dev build-essential lsof

driver

Clone it from git, compile and install :

git clone git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git
cd  rtl-sdr
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../ -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
cd ~
sudo cp ./rtl-sdr/rtl-sdr.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
sudo reboot

Dump1090

Clone it from git, compile and test:

cd ~ 
git clone git://github.com/flightradar24/dump1090
cd dump1090
make
./dump1090 --interactive --net --net-http-port 8080

You may encounter this issue :

Found 1 device(s):
0: Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001 (currently selected)
Kernel driver is active, or device is claimed by second instance of librtlsdr.
In the first case, please either detach or blacklist the kernel module
(dvb_usb_rtl28xxu), or enable automatic detaching at compile time.
usb_claim_interface error -6
Error opening the RTLSDR device: Device or resource busy

This is due to a conflict with the dvb_usb_rtl28xxu module. Unload the module :

sudo modprobe -r dvb_usb_rtl28xxu

And blacklist it to avoid any future problem by editing the blacklist configuration file :

sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/rtl-sdr-blacklist.conf

And add the following lines :

blacklist dvb_usb_rtl28xxu

Then try again :

./dump1090 --interactive --net

You should see some planes :

The option “–net” enable a web interface : http://X.X.X.X:8080 (replace by the Raspberry Pi address). The web interface :

Flightradar24

They did a script, you should just follow the instructions :

sudo bash -c "$(wget -O - http://repo.feed.flightradar24.com/install_fr24_rpi.sh)"

Note, here are the DUMP1090 arguments :

--net --net-http-port 8080

When it’s done, you can start the service :

sudo service fr24feed start

You can check the feeder status by using the following command :

service fr24feed status

Here is my output :

● fr24feed.service - LSB: Flightradar24 Decoder & Feeder
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/fr24feed)
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2016-10-08 17:05:10 CEST; 16h ago
   CGroup: /system.slice/fr24feed.service
           └─604 /usr/bin/fr24feed -- --monitor-file=/dev/shm/fr24feed.txt --write-pid=/var/run/fr24feed.pid --quiet --log-base=/v...

Oct 08 17:05:10 raspberrypi fr24feed[569]: Starting FR24 feeder: fr24feed.
Oct 08 17:05:10 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started LSB: Flightradar24 Decoder & Feeder.

There is a web interface as well : http://X.X.X.X:8754(replace by the Raspberry Pi address). The web interface : ![FR24 configuration page](fr24feed-configuration-page.png" rel=“attachment wp-att-921) You can see the list of tracked planes (here in Singapore) : ![FR24 tracked planes](fr24feed-tracked-planes.png” rel=“attachment wp-att-923)

PiAware

Installation

PiAware installation process :

wget http://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/files/packages/pool/piaware/p/piaware-support/piaware-repository_3.1.0_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i piaware-repository_3.1.0_all.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install piaware

streaming

Make sure that you’re feeding the RAW data from Dump1090. Edit the FR24 feeder configuration file :

vi /etc/fr24feed.ini

And change the following line :

raw="yes"

Then restart the service :

sudo service fr24feed restart

Note : It’s also possible to do it on the web interface : http://X.X.X.X:8754/settings.html (replace by the Raspberry Pi address).

Test

Then you can restart the service :

sudo service piaware restart

And check the status : Then you can restart the service :

sudo service piaware status

Here is my output :

● piaware.service - FlightAware ADS-B uploader
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/piaware.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2016-10-09 09:25:30 CEST; 4min 13s ago
     Docs: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/
 Main PID: 12611 (piaware)
   CGroup: /system.slice/piaware.service
           └─12611 /usr/bin/piaware -p /run/piaware/piaware.pid -plainlog -statusfile /run/piaware/status.json

Oct 09 09:28:39 raspberrypi sudo[12748]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Oct 09 09:28:39 raspberrypi piaware[12611]: no ADS-B data program is serving on port 30005, not starting multilateration client yet
Oct 09 09:29:38 raspberrypi sudo[12768]: piaware : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/netstat --program --tcp -...numeric
Oct 09 09:29:38 raspberrypi sudo[12768]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Oct 09 09:29:38 raspberrypi sudo[12768]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Oct 09 09:29:38 raspberrypi piaware[12611]: no ADS-B data program seen listening on port 30005 for 246 seconds, next check in 60s
Oct 09 09:29:39 raspberrypi sudo[12777]: piaware : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/netstat --program --tcp -...numeric
Oct 09 09:29:39 raspberrypi sudo[12777]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Oct 09 09:29:39 raspberrypi sudo[12777]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Oct 09 09:29:39 raspberrypi piaware[12611]: no ADS-B data program is serving on port 30005, not starting multilateration client yet
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Results

Flightradar24

Dashboard :

FlightAware

Dashboard :