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#1

AirNav Radar Discussion / Re: HOW TO ACTIVATE THE MLAT F...

Last post by didou - October 29, 2026, 08:06:41 PM

Hello Alan,

Here is my rbfeeder.ini (key, latitude and longitude redacted):

[client]
lat=MASQUE
lon=MASQUE
alt=353
network_mode=false
log_file=/var/log/rbfeeder.log
key=MASQUE
sn=EXTRPI736563

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

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

[dump978]
#dump978_enabled=true

Thank you for your help.

#2

AirNav Radar Discussion / Re: HOW TO ACTIVATE THE MLAT F...

Last post by Runway 31 - October 29, 2026, 07:50:55 PM

Please post your ini file with your credential key redacted

Alan

#3

AirNav Radar Discussion / Re: HOW TO ACTIVATE THE MLAT F...

Last post by didou - October 29, 2026, 05:10:24 PM

Hello,

I have the same symptom as described above and would appreciate help.

Setup: Raspberry Pi 4, Debian 13 (trixie) arm64, rbfeeder 1.0.17, RTL-SDR run directly by rbfeeder (dump1090-rb). Station serial EXTRPI736563. Exact position and height are set on the website and in rbfeeder.ini.

What I did: installed mlat-client (apt-get install mlat-client), restarted rbfeeder several times, rebooted.

What I checked:
- /usr/bin/mlat-client --help runs normally, so the package works on trixie.
- rbfeeder.ini has no stray lines (no "Ini, TOML", no mlat_connector). The [mlat] section contains autostart_mlat=true and mlat_cmd=/usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/mlat-client. network_mode=false, [network] mode=beast.
- dump1090-rb is started with --mlat --forward-mlat.
- systemctl status rbfeeder, CGroup: only /usr/bin/rbfeeder and /usr/bin/dump1090-rb. No mlat-client process is ever started.
- grep -i mlat /var/log/rbfeeder.log returns nothing at all.

The feeder itself works well (packets sent every minute, data accepted).

Questions:
1. Does MLAT have to be enabled on the server side for my station?
2. Should [mlat] contain enable=true, as in the example above, instead of autostart_mlat / mlat_cmd?
3. Is there any condition (minimum number of aircraft, position accuracy, region) before rbfeeder starts mlat-client?

Thank you,

#4

AirNav Radar Discussion / Re: Database Update Requests

Last post by Runway 31 - October 29, 2026, 04:19:33 PM

Hi Neil

Life can be hell at times!!

Looks like you have some database issues

8852C3 is a corrupt packet
881BB6 is F20k-10/64 DA42 of Thai Air Force in the d/b since Jaunuary 2024
883202 is 2211 B412 of Thai Navy
782474 is B-229T B38M which has been in the d/b since June
888227 is VN-A203 A21N which has been in the d/b since June
896748 is A6-ARL A20N which has been in the d/b since July
899044 is B-18922 A359 which has been in the d/b since August
HS-TVB and HS-TVE were added yesterday

#5

AirNav Radar Discussion / Re: Database Update Requests

Last post by diddyboy - October 29, 2026, 01:28:59 AM

Hi Alan

Some more from BKK, heading down to Phuket today for 3 days, so may be some more from there, unfortunately cannot do an update as for some reason it seems restricted in the download. will try in Phuket. Its a hard life working in these locations.

ground transmitters/bird control for some of them

AZAZ0909 Was seems to be 93307 Bell 412

* 782474 CSH839 ZSPD-VTBS 2026/10/28 10:33:04
* 782474 CSH840 VTBS-ZSPD 2026/10/28 13:09:39
880037 BIRD22 2026/10/28 23:15:31
880038 BIRD25 2026/10/28 23:36:12
88004C BIRD27 2026/10/28 00:00:00
88004C BIRD27 2026/10/28 22:50:20
88004D BIRD23 2026/10/28 00:00:00
* 881BB6 CHRT204 2026/10/28 01:50:45
* 881BB6 CHRT204 2026/10/28 03:22:28
* 881C0A AZAZ0909 2026/10/28 07:16:45
* 881C0A AZAZ0909 2026/10/28 14:03:41
* 883802 2211 2026/10/28 04:32:59
* 883B61 N2A 2026/10/28 02:37:24
* 8852C2 HSTVB 2026/10/28 04:13:37
8852C3 THA676 VTBS-RJAA 2026/10/28 01:34:24
8852C5 HSTVE 2026/10/28 00:18:09
888227 VJC901 VVNB-VTBS 2026/10/28 06:56:04
* 888227 VJC902 VTBS-VVNB 2026/10/28 07:18:34
* 888227 VJC902 VTBS-VVNB 2026/10/28 08:11:48
* 893900 2026/10/28 12:01:28
* 896748 ABY823 OMSJ-VTBS 2026/10/28 04:11:15
* 896748 ABY824 2026/10/28 05:53:28
* 899044 CAL831 RCTP-VTBS 2026/10/28 05:34:23
* 899044 CAL832 VTBS-RCTP 2026/10/28 07:12:21
ADF001 FOLLOW1 2026/10/28 16:43:02
ADF022 UTA SP 7 2026/10/28 00:00:00

Regards Neil

#6

AirNav Radar Discussion / Re: Database Update Requests

Last post by CarlosAbreu - October 29, 2026, 01:04:21 AM

Alan

28-10-2026 Updated file in attach.

Carlos

#7

AirNav Radar Discussion / Re: Database Update Requests

Last post by Runway 31 - October 28, 2026, 09:24:56 PM

Thanks again Michel

Alan

#8

AirNav Radar Discussion / Re: Database Update Requests

Last post by Michel - October 28, 2026, 07:25:35 PM

Alan,

AFR42HA EHAM-LFPG
ASL97F LYBE-EHAM
BEL2ZH ESSA-EBBR
EWG8465 EGLL-EDDB
FIN4LP EBBR-EFHK
KLC1342 EPPO-EHAM
KLC30U EDDS-EHAM
KLM36X EKCH-EHAM
LOT1HL EGLL-EPWA
LOT1MZ EHAM-EPWA
QTR28X OTHH-EHAM
PGT48LR EHAM-LTFJ
SAS35D EKCH-EBBR
SAS4304 LEMD-EKCH
SAS59T LFPG-ENGM
SWT4804 EFHK-ESOE-EBBR
THY7RN LTFM-EHAM
THY8VE EHAM-LTFM
TRA5336 HESH-EHAM
VKG173 GCLP-EKCH
VKG325 GCLP-EFHK
VKG835 GCLP-ESGG
VLG2EC EHAM-LEMG

Michel

#9

AirNav Radar Discussion / Re: Database Update Requests

Last post by Runway 31 - October 28, 2026, 05:53:42 PM

Thanks Carlos

Alan

#10

AirNav Radar Discussion / Re: Database Update Requests

Last post by Runway 31 - October 28, 2026, 04:31:56 PM

Hi Neil

Long time since I heard from you, thanks for these

8801E1 U-K29 Zenair CH 701 STOL 7-8605
SHE3515 HS-SYA A332 c/n 1256 Siam Wings
HS-TPQ DA42 c/n 42.407
HS-TPR DA40 c/n D4.361
HS-TVC DA40 c/n 40.1185
HS-TVE DA40 c/n 40.1194 all from the Civil Aviation Training Center at Hua Hin
8991EB B-18923 A359 c/n 55

Alan