SBS-3 and FlightAware

[Saudistu]

I currently share data from Planeplotter to FlightAware, but I have noticed now that you can set up within Basestation a direct feed. Are any of you doing this ? The reasons I ask are: 1. Does this work alongside Basestation, ie, can you keep Basestation running at the same time ? 2. In the setup it asks for your own IP address. Is this the IP address of the SBS-3 or the router it needs to connect through, and finally, 3. I assume you have to set up the port forwarding in the router for the port that FlightAware are using. Thanks for any help.

The reason I am interested is that I only seem to be uploading around 800 aircraft a day to FlightAware via Planeplotter, despite the fact that every day I have at least 2000 different frames in Reporter, and if you include different flight numbers, more likely 5000 plus, and I thought the problem could be because my Planeplotter installatin is an SMU, it maybe blocks some data during MLAT processing.   

[viking9]

If you wish to feed Flightaware directly you must connect your SBS-3 via ethernet.

I'm currently feeding around 2,500 ac a day to FlightAware which tallies with what my Basestation reports.

Have you looked to ensure that you are seeing the same number of flights in PP as in Basestation? If there are less in PlanePlotter it is most likely due to your  'omit after' and 'delete after' times being different in each app.

Tom

[Anmer]

Stu, are all your "different frames" ADS-B?

Flightaware probably only takes positional data.

[viking9]

It looks to me as if they take all local data. There is no way I would be seeing some 5,000 aircraft a day here. The highest rated subscriber is in Ruislip and is feeding an average of 5,256 aircraft a day which would seem about right for that location.

Don't forget that FlightAware are able to tie up with data from lots of other organisations to show non-positional aircraft on the chart.

[Keef]

The highest rated subscriber is in Ruislip and is feeding an average of 5,256 aircraft a day

That's me    and I was quite surprised to see how many aircraft I am capturing!

I wouldn't be top if the chap in Clacton hadn't gone offline for a day, he's capturing more than me so I think my lead will be short lived...

[north borneo radar]

The highest rated subscriber is in Ruislip and is feeding an average of 5,256 aircraft a day

That's me    and I was quite surprised to see how many aircraft I am capturing!

I wouldn't be top if the chap in Clacton hadn't gone offline for a day, he's capturing more than me so I think my lead will be short lived...

Lucky you! Anyone getting that amount of planes must be over the moon. At different parts of the world we only are in the hundreds of planes per day and can only dream of thousands of planes per day.

Enjoy the hobby still though!

[Saudistu]

It seems that FlightAware quite often loses the connection. For example, this morning it says "last active - today", not live, despite the fact that my system runs 24/7. It was suggested that this could tie in with the fact that Telekom Routers reset themselves every morning, but it still showed live yesterday morning. I will try the direct feed from the SBS-3 to see if it makes any difference. In the activation on the FlightAware website, do I point it directly to the SBS-3 IP or to my Router IP ?

For info, my timeouts (omit, delete) are set the same in BS and PP.

[Saudistu]

Tried the Direct connection today. Firstly, if you follow the guide and do not change back from "Client" to "Server", you cannot re-connect to the SBS-3. Secondly, I tried the IP Address of the SBS-3, the PC and the Router with the registration on the internet and got an error. When I put the External IP address that Network Meter shows, I get a different error....

A device was registered with this share code, but there is no associated user.

......I think I will give up

[viking9]

Never give up!

Have you tried emailing Daniel Baker? Someone else must have had your problem.

Tom

[north borneo radar]

It seems that FlightAware quite often loses the connection. For example, this morning it says "last active - today", not live, despite the fact that my system runs 24/7. It was suggested that this could tie in with the fact that Telekom Routers reset themselves every morning, but it still showed live yesterday morning. I will try the direct feed from the SBS-3 to see if it makes any difference. In the activation on the FlightAware website, do I point it directly to the SBS-3 IP or to my Router IP ?

For info, my timeouts (omit, delete) are set the same in BS and PP.

I can't help... but looking at the user stats page of flightaware, i did manage to spot one user sharing via SBS3, someone in NZ (most users share via PP). so it should work. Do please contact Flightaware about your problem and I'm sure they will provide you with support. all the best.

[Saudistu]

I did contact Daniel. Apparently with the SBS-3, you can either 1. Use Basestation, or 2. Feed FlightAware. Not both. Seems a shame as why would anyone want to make a feed to a third party that prevents them from using the software to view your own area. I will continue to feed via Planeplotter and hope that the data problems can eventually be fixed.