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Title: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: cm1702 on June 02, 2022, 02:31:21 PM

Hi there,

I've been feeding FR24 for some Years with my Pi1, no problems. Yesterday I've installed the RBFeeder (with the instructions from the RB Website) and it works fine, but my Pi didn't uploaded Data to FR24 anymore. Today I've found out that the Pi will send only Data to the Tracking Page for the Feeder I started 1st on the Pi. So if I started RBFeeder before FR24, the Date goes to RB and the other way. Can someone tell me which setting I have to change to Feed both Websites?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: Runway 31 on June 02, 2022, 07:14:06 PM

Please see this thread it may help https://forum.radarbox24.com/index.php?topic=10201.0

Alan

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: cm1702 on June 02, 2022, 07:47:39 PM

thanks for the link but I don't find the mistake. Both Feeders are running, but my Pi isn't sending Data to them simultaneously :(

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: Runway 31 on June 02, 2022, 08:44:47 PM

Unfortunatley I know nothing about Linux, hopefully abcd will come to your aid

Alan

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: abcd567 on June 04, 2022, 04:46:06 AM

Both FR24 and RB24 have integral dump1090. They both can be configured to either use their integral dump1090, or use another independently running dump1090.

It seems you have configured both to use their integral dump1090. Since there is only one dongle, the dump1090 of the one you start first grabs the dongle and works ok, while the dump1090 of other one is left without any dongle and fails.

Please post output of following two commands. These outputs will show config settings of FR24 and RB24:

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cat /etc/fr24feed.ini

cat /etc/rbfeeder.ini



Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: cm1702 on June 04, 2022, 08:32:40 AM

—- FR24 —-

receiver="dvbt"
fr24key="XXXXX"
host="192.168.XXXXX"
path="/usr/lib/fr24/dump1090"
bs="yes"
raw="no"
logmode="0"
windowmode="0"
logpath="/var/log/fr24feed"
mpx="no"
mlat="no"
mlat-without-gps="no"

—- RBFeeder —-

[client]
network_mode=true
log_file=/var/log/rbfeeder.log
disable_log=1
key=XXXXX
sn=XXXXX
lat=XXXX
lon=XXXX
alt=80

[network]
mode=beast
external_port=30005
external_host=127.0.0.1

[mlat]
autostart_mlat=true
#mlat_cmd=/usr/bin/python3.9 /usr/bin/mlat-client

[dump978]
#dump978_enabled=true

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: abcd567 on June 04, 2022, 11:12:42 AM

(1) Change fr24feed. ini

Issue following command:

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sudo nano /etc/fr24feed.ini   



In file opened, make changes as shown in red below:


receiver="avr-tcp"
fr24key="XXXXX"
host="127.0.0.1:30002"
path="/usr/lib/fr24/dump1090"
bs="no"
raw="no"
logmode="0"
windowmode="0"
logpath="/var/log/fr24feed"
mpx="no"
mlat="no"
mlat-without-gps="no"


Save file (press Ctrl and o keys together) and close file (press Ctrl and x keys together)


(2) Modify dump1090-mutability config to make it start automatically

Issue following command:

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sudo nano /etc/default/dump1090-mutability 



In file opened, scroll down & locate the line
START_DUMP1090="no"

Change "no" to "yes" so the line becomes:
START_DUMP1090="yes"

Save file (press Ctrl and o keys together) and close file (press Ctrl and x keys together)

(3) Reboot RPi

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sudo reboot



(4) After reboot, check status of fr24feed and rbfeeder. Both should now be OK.


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Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: cm1702 on June 04, 2022, 05:04:04 PM

So I did the changes but unfortunately, it seams like it doesn't work :(
Can you tell me the Command to check the RBFeeder Status, I don't find it. The Webinterface says "online" but Packages "0".

FR24 says the following:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo fr24feed-status
[ ok ] FR24 Feeder/Decoder Process: running.
[ ok ] FR24 Stats Timestamp: 2022-06-04 16:55:08.
[ ok ] FR24 Link: connected [UDP].
[ ok ] FR24 Radar: T-EDDV147.
[ ok ] FR24 Tracked AC: 0.
[FAIL] Receiver: down ... failed!
[FAIL] FR24 MLAT: not running ... failed!

The Config-Files looks like this now:

--- FR24 ---
receiver="avr-tcp"
fr24key="XXXX"
host="127.0.0.1:30002"
path="/usr/lib/fr24/dump1090"
bs="no"
raw="no"
logmode="0"
windowmode="0"
logpath="/var/log/fr24feed"
mpx="no"
mlat="no"
mlat-without-gps="no"

---RBFeeder---
[client]
network_mode=true
log_file=/var/log/rbfeeder.log
disable_log=1
key=XXXX
sn=XXXX
lat=XXXX
lon=XXXX
alt=80

[network]
mode=beast
external_port=30005
external_host=127.0.0.1

[mlat]
autostart_mlat=true
#mlat_cmd=/usr/bin/python3.9 /usr/bin/mlat-client

[dump978]
#dump978_enabled=true

---dump1090---
START_DUMP1090="yes"



EDIT:
just saw this on the dump1090 Map: see Screenshot

EDIT2: I've found out that as soon as I change "DVBT" in the FR24Feed to something else it doesn't work anymore. DVBT works fine - but RBFeeder is still dead

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: abcd567 on June 04, 2022, 06:24:28 PM

To check your Dongle is healthy,  please issue following 3 commands, and post output of last command below:

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sudo apt install rtl-sdr 

sudo systemctl stop dump1090-mutability 

rtl_test -t   



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Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: cm1702 on June 04, 2022, 06:32:20 PM

Found 1 device(s):
  0:  Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001

Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U OEM
usb_claim_interface error -6
Failed to open rtlsdr device #0.

I guess the dongle receives signals as you can see in the Screenshot.

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: abcd567 on June 04, 2022, 07:24:38 PM

If you want both FR24 and RB24 to work, then you MUST change
(1) receiver="dvbt" to receiver ="avr-tcp"
AND
(2) START_DUMP1090="no" to START_DUMP1090="yes"
(3) must SAVE both files after making above changes
(4) REBOOT Pi

Please do it now even if FR24 stops. We will fix FR24 finally.

Quote

Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U OEM
usb_claim_interface error -6
Failed to open rtlsdr device #0.

Above shows that when you issued command "rtl_test -t", either dump 1090-mutability was using the dongle,  or RB24's internal dump1090 or may be dump978-rb is using it if you installed dump978-rb by mistake.

Please post output of following command:

apt-cache policy dump978-rb

..

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: cm1702 on June 04, 2022, 07:59:39 PM

okay I've changed everything as advised.

I've also ran the "rtl_test -t" Command again after the changes, here is the new output:

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Found 1 device(s):
  0:  Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001

Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U OEM
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Supported gain values (29): 0.0 0.9 1.4 2.7 3.7 7.7 8.7 12.5 14.4 15.7 16.6 19.7 20.7 22.9 25.4 28.0 29.7 32.8 33.8 36.4 37.2 38.6 40.2 42.1 43.4 43.9 44.5 48.0 49.6
[R82XX] PLL not locked!
Sampling at 2048000 S/s.
No E4000 tuner found, aborting.
and here is the output after the new command:

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dump978-rb:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.0.1+stretch
  Version table:
     1.0.1+stretch 500
        500 https://apt.rb24.com stretch/main armhf Packages
but now everything is dead (Screenshot)

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: abcd567 on June 04, 2022, 08:21:43 PM

Give following TWO IMPORTANT commands:

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sudo usermod -a -G plugdev dump1090

sudo reboot 


After reboot, check status by following commands:
Also post output of all these commands

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sudo systemctl status dump1090-mutability   

sudo systemctl status rbfeeder   

sudo systemctl status fr24feed   

sudo fr24-feed status 

Also check map at
IP-of-Pi/dump1090/gmap.html

Clear Browser cache (Ctrl+Shift+Delete) and Reload Browser (Ctrl+F5)

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Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: cm1702 on June 04, 2022, 08:23:55 PM

I got this:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo usermod -a -G plugdev dump1090
usermod: user 'dump1090' does not exist

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: abcd567 on June 04, 2022, 08:35:19 PM

Ohhh I just now noticed you are using old version Raspbian Stretch


dump978-rb:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.0.1+stretch
  Version table:
     1.0.1+stretch 500
        500 https://apt.rb24.com stretch/main armhf Packages


And also that dump1090-mutabilty is old version 1.14 as new version 1.15~dev (EB_VER) is not available in Strtch. It is available in Buster and Bullseye only.

What are outputs of last two commands:

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sudo systemctl stop fr24feed

apt-cache policy dump1090-mutability 

sudo systemctl status dump1090-mutability   


Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: cm1702 on June 04, 2022, 08:39:41 PM

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dump1090-mutability:
  Installed: 1.14
  Candidate: 1.14
  Version table:
 *** 1.14 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
and

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dump1090-mutability.service - LSB: dump1090 daemon (mutability variant)
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/dump1090-mutability; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (exited) since Sat 2022-06-04 20:04:31 UTC; 33min ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 214 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/dump1090-mutability start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   CGroup: /system.slice/dump1090-mutability.service

Jun 04 20:04:27 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting LSB: dump1090 daemon (mutability variant)...
Jun 04 20:04:31 raspberrypi dump1090-mutability[214]: start-stop-daemon: user 'dump1090' not found
Jun 04 20:04:31 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started LSB: dump1090 daemon (mutability variant).

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: abcd567 on June 05, 2022, 01:01:13 AM

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Jun 04 20:04:31 raspberrypi dump1090-mutability[214]: start-stop-daemon: user 'dump1090' not found


OK create user dump1090 and assign it to group plugdev to be able to start dump1090-mutability and attach dongle to it

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sudo useradd --system dump1090 

sudo usermod -a -G plugdev dump1090 

sudo reboot   



After REBOOT,  check dump1090 map,  and status of fr24feed and rbfeeder

IP-of-Pi/dump1090/gmap.html

Ctrl+F5

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sudo systemctl status rbfeeder 

sudo systemctl status fr24feed 

sudo fr24feed-status 



Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: cm1702 on June 05, 2022, 07:52:38 AM

it looks like it works!! Thank you so much for you help! :)

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: abcd567 on June 09, 2022, 05:33:46 AM

Quote from: Runway 31 on June 02, 2022, 08:44:47 PM

Unfortunatley I know nothing about Linux, hopefully abcd will come to your aid

Alan

Hi Alan

It is high time that you to buy a RPi and take a plunge into Linux.

Linux looks difficult but once you start, gradually you become comfortable with it.
When I purchased my first RPi 7 years ago, my knowledge of Linux and RPi was ZERO, but gradually I learned it, mostly by trial and errors.

Until you jump into water, you cant learn swimming ;)

Regards,
abcd

Title: Re: Feeding FR24 and Radarbox
Post by: Runway 31 on June 09, 2022, 07:56:37 AM

Yes have been thinking about it abcd

Alan