ADSBScope What will it work on.

[LX-LGN]

Hi all,

Wondering if ADSBScope will run on a Raspberry Pi or on Android?

[Anmer]

As far as I know, adsbScope is still only available as a Windows utility.

[LX-LGN]

Thanks.

Just wondering as I have a spare DVB-T dongle and a few quid spare for something like a Android App (I saw the post in the other fourm) or get a RPI and mini screen.

Not wanting to feed anytthing at this time as would be just for using whilst out and about instead of a laptop.

[Anmer]

Do you want to use the receiver "out and about"?

The DVB-T receiver will need decoding software which needs an operating system and something to run it on.  Your Android device will then need an app to access the decoded data.

Where do you see the receiver being used?

[LX-LGN]

If I go over to LCY, LGW or LHR I would be able to use it with my phone (or if I buy an android tablet/RPI set up)

http://radarspotting.com/forum/index.php/topic,4517.0.html that post inspired me to have a look about.

[Anmer]

You can take a DVB-T "dongle" and antenna mobile and run suitable decoding software on a Windows or Linux device.  You then need something to view the decoded data, either on a list and/or map. To do that you need a display of some sort.

Perhaps someone here is aware of an Android app that will work with decoding software running on a Pi?

[IanH]

I posted the earlier comment about RTL dongles on Android but have not pursued it further (yet?).

But to return to the topic posted here.

I have tried running dump1090 on a Raspberry Pi and viewing the output of the Pi's port 8080 on a PC. it plots the aircraft locations on Google Maps in a web browser.

So I wonder whether the Pi has enough power to directly display the output of  port 8080 on a display. If yes, there are small portable displays that attach to a Pi.

Or connect a phone wirelessly? After all the port 8080 output is just viewed in a web browser.

No idea if either of these would work or even how at the moment! Just thoughts generated as a result of the questions. 

Finally ADSBScope does include the Delphi source code (a version of Pascal popularised by Borland some time ago - remember Turbo Pascal?). Translating that to a Linux Pascal compiler would probably not be easy but at least the source exists.

[IanH]

Quick reply:

Opening a web browser on the Raspberry Pi display and opening the 8080 port from dump1090 running on the same Pi ("Pi IP address":8080) works.

BUT the initial map loading is slow and adjusting the location and size is painful. But of course once it is loaded, that is static.

Here are some photos of the display (not figured out how to do screen captures yet).





The green highlighted are those plotting but note in the magnified version that no registration or type is shown - there is no link to a database to provide that, so any direct output from dump1090 is going to have the same limitation.