978 / 1090 Combo

[n7nat]

I have been running a Raspberry pi with RadarBox 1090, I just received a RadarBox 978 flightstick. Can anyone tell me if I can use both flightsticks on the same Raspberry.

If so do I need to change any settings, or is it maybe plug n play or worst plug and pray.

Any input from anyone would help, so I will sit idle till I figure out what to do.

[abcd567]

You can run both 1090 and 978 on same Pi.
You need two sticks (one for 1090 one for 978), which you already got.
You will also need two antennas, one for each stick.


1. Open file rbfeeder.ini for editing

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sudo nano /etc/rbfeeder.ini   



You will see the code below:
Note: use arrow key to scroll down and see the last line

[client]
network_mode=true
log_file=/var/log/rbfeeder.log
key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

lat=xx.xxxxxx
lon=yy.yyyyy
alt=zzz

sn=EXTRPI00xxxx

sat_used=0
sat_visible=0

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

[mlat]
autostart_mlat=true
#mlat_cmd=/usr/bin/python3.5 /usr/bin/mlat-client

[dump978]
#dump978_enabled=true

2. Remove # at start of last line #dump978_enabled=true
The the line will become:
dump978_enabled=true

3. Save file (Ctrl+O) and close file (Ctrl+X)

4. Restart rbfeeder

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sudo systemctl restart rbfeeder   



ENJOY !!!

NOTE:
If your file /etc/rbfeeder.ini does not have lines for dump978, check if you have dump978 installed

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apt policy dump978-rb


If you have it installed, it will output following:
dump978-rb:
  Installed: 1.0.1+buster
  Candidate: 1.0.1+buster


Also check version of rbfeeder

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apt policy rbfeeder


If you have latest version (which installs dump978-rb), yo will get this output:
rbfeeder:
  Installed: 0.3.3-20200203195559
  Candidate: 0.3.3-20200203195559

[n7nat]

Sounds too simple, I guess I will have to give it a try and see how it works.
Thanks a bunch.