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skptrsn:
After  wrestling with my pi in futility, I found the installation instructions for BOOKWORM by ABCD and life was better. I was able to get RadarBox working again - sort of.

When I "left off" and first reestablished connection, my MLAT was working fine, then it dropped out...but the other (maybe) more interesting observation I've made is that my 1090 stick and 978 stick both seem to be collecting data, and passing it to the servers, but the servers are not recognizing 978 data as 978... if I'm reading this thing right.

I'll include screenshots of my observations below for review and interpretation by ones more familiar with the "normal" operation of this software. My question - if this is a power limits issue has a follow-up - if it IS related to power, can I solve the problem by running the dongles through a powered USB hub to a single port on the Pi? I know, I could buy one to try it and report my findings, but if someone else has done it and I can learn from their efforts, I'm, game.

    

The images demonstrate that aircraft well below 18K' MSL, within the US, are being received - my previous installation of these aircraft, which disappear when I pull the 978 MHz dongle offline, appeared as UAT aircraft. If this is not a power issue, is it a setting I've inadvertently changed?

Runway 31:
Have you serialized the dongles

Alan

skptrsn:
Hi Alan, thanks for the response. Yes, the dongles are serialized. The 1090 is set at 00001090 and the 978 is @ 00000401. I have the MLAT data set in the init file (or whichever it was) per instructions, and it WAS working when I first got this back online.
I think the MLAT dropped out when I got my UAT (978 MHz) back online, but it might have been shortly after. I've been intending to try a powered USB hub to see if I'm asking my Pi for too much USB power, but I have to wait until I either find one of the ones around here or buy a new one. I mostly think I screwed a setting up somewhere.

Runway 31:
Can you post a copy of your ini file to see if there are any issues with it

Alan

skptrsn:
[client]
network_mode=false
log_file=/var/log/rbfeeder.log

key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
sn=EXXXXXXXXX3

lat=nn.nnn421999999999
lon=-nn.nnn492000000006
alt=nnnnnn

[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

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