Integration with RTL‐SDR based ADS‐B receivers

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• Generic connection
• Stratux

WebUI settings

Generic Dump1090 connection

1. Connect your SoftRF unit with an USB cable to your Raspberry Pi based ADS-B receiver ;

2. Make sure that USB connection is established and cp210x driver has been attached:

    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dmesg | grep ttyUSB
    [86899.192314] usb 1-1.5.3: cp210x converter now attached to ttyUSB0
    pi@raspberrypi:~ $

3. Set up connection baud rate onto 38400:

    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 38400
    pi@raspberrypi:~ $

4. Test that the SoftRF unit is feeding data of aerial traffic nearby :

    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ head -4 /dev/ttyUSB0
    *8ED99C19580D1157E108842F7152;
    *8ED99C19580D14B88CD1F4AF478B;
    *8ED99C19093C7139E43C797557AD;
    *8ED99C19990001067004008ACCE1;
    pi@raspberrypi:~ $

5. Check if dump1090 is already up and running:

    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ps -a | grep dump1090
    13892 pts/2    00:00:08 dump1090
    pi@raspberrypi:~ $

If not - bring up your own one:

    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dump1090 --net-only --interactive
    Fri Dec 22 10:05:51 2017 UTC  dump1090-mutability  starting up.
    Net-only mode, no RTL device or file open.

6. Start feeding data to the dump1090 :

    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /dev/ttyUSB0 | nc 127.0.0.1 30001

7. When everything is fine your dump1090 text UI should have a look like this:

8. Open up a web browser and go to your Raspberry Pi's IP and port number 8080:

Stratux

UPDATE: Effective from January 2020, Stratux "Europe Edition" has native support for SoftRF Standalone, Prime Mark II and Dongle Editions. Default FLARM NMEA traffic data link is in use.

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Since Sep 12th of 2018, Stratux has initial support for SoftRF as a companion device.
Make sure you are using most recent build of Stratux software. If not - please, update.

1. Connect your SoftRF unit with an USB cable to your Stratux ADS-B receiver ;

2. Make use of cp210x-program utility and alter your SoftRF built-in USB-to-Serial converter's "Product ID" string from default value onto the custom one: ¹

    root@raspberrypi:~# cp210x-program --write-cp210x -m 10C4:EA60 --set-product-string="DIY SoftRF"

¹ - It is not recommended to alter product ID string of TTGO T-Beam board because they use OTP (“One-Time Programmable”) CP2104 chip.

3. Disconnect your SoftRF from Stratux USB port, then re-connect ;

4. Open up the Stratux Settings web page in a browser and enable Ping ADS-B option:

5. Proceed into Traffic menu section and "Voila!":