SBS-3 PlanePlotter MLAT configuration.

[mw0cvw]

Hello Everyone,

Installed PlanePlotter and registered after the 21day trial and now have it fully up and running.

These are the steps completed for Ground Station and MLAT Use.

1.set UDP port confirmed operation

2.NTP software for accurate pc clock installed and running.

3.Confirmed Positional data Lat/Long for home location is accurate and correct.

4.Test Networking completed via PP

5.Confirmed as an approved Ground Station (Check GS/MU Function).

The issue I appear to be having is when i select F10 Key (to see possible MLAT aircraft)
it advises me via a dialogue box one of the three conditions has not been fulfilled

I suspect an option has not been set or enabled.

Any advise or comments would be welcome.

Kind Regards

Paul

mw0cvw

[viking9]

Hi Paul,

Have you got sharing turned on (opposing yellow arrows in the blue rectangle on the taskbar)?

Tom

[mw0cvw]

Tom,

Turned out to be setting in the Options/sharing setup download and upload positional data was NOT SELECTED.

Working now and able to see MLAT aircraft.

PlanePlotter has so many features lot of reading

Thanks

Appreciated

Paul Mw0cvw

[mw0cvw]

Hello

PlanePlotter now running as Ground Station (UG) for Mlat.

So many features in the software and no major subscription charges

Does take some setting up,but worth the effort.

Best Wishes

Paul Mw0cvw

[Anmer]

Thanks for the update Paul.

[chasiadi]

Friend,
Could please advise how to configure SBS-3 ADSB with plane plotter to MLAT  ( require 5 location )
please advise

[Triple7]

Friend,
Could please advise how to configure SBS-3 ADSB with plane plotter to MLAT  ( require 5 location )
please advise

I'd suggest you start off by reading the guide to Multilateration - 'multilat.pdf' which is in the same folder as PlanePlotter.exe. That will guide you through the set-up process.

You do need a minimum of (I think) 3 Ground Stations (GS) around you - more is better - for the system to work. So, even if you set everything up correctly, if you are an isolated GS then it won't work.

Good luck

Tim

[viking9]

You do need a minimum of (I think) 3 Ground Stations (GS) around you - more is better - for the system to work. So, even if you set everything up correctly, if you are an isolated GS then it won't work.

Not quite true Tim. There must be at least 3 GS receiving the aircraft but you don't have to be anywhere near the GS to initiate the Mlat. For example, I'm in Northern Ireland and spend a lot of my time mlatting Mil aircraft down the east coast of England and into Holland and Germany.

[Triple7]

I agree Tom, but I looked at chasiadi's country flag and it showed as Indonesia, inspecting the PP user chart web page indicated there weren't any / many GS around that part of the world. Hence my comment that if you are an isolated GS it won't work. Perhaps I should have added, if there aren't sufficient GS in the area of interest - it won't work.

Tim

[viking9]

Just to make it clear to the questioner - you do not have to be a GS to initiate an mlat request; you just have to be a Master User, which does not even require you to have a receiver. So, providing you have an internet connection you can initiate mlats.