Hi all,
Just got my adsb receiver set up and connected to VRS. I see no aircraft icon on the map or logos and silhouettes either. I have the data access set to where I saved flags and silhouettes. Any thoughts on how I can fix?
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Welcome.
VRS needs a database with suitable data for an aircraft record.
Typically a BaseStation.sqb style database, edited to add individual data for an aircraft, such as registration, type, owner and Operator Flag Code to drive the silhouette and/or logo bitmap.
Have a read of these guides, they may help:
https://radarspotting.com/forum/index.php?action=tportal;sa=download;dl=get37
https://radarspotting.com/forum/index.php?action=tportal;sa=download;dl=item50
https://radarspotting.com/forum/index.php?action=tportal;sa=download;dl=item43
Hey Anmer,
Thanks for getting back to me.
I thought the newer versions of VRS had the capacity to look up the data in an online database. Even so, I tried uploading the pre-populated database and still nothing.
I noticed the default image address on my VRS appears as this and it does not appear
http://127.0.0.1:8080/VirtualRadar/images/File-4AAA12%7CB429/HiDpi/Type.png
but if I remove the HiDpi and make it this it will show
http://127.0.0.1:8080/VirtualRadar/images/File-4AAA12%7CB429/Type.png
What is going on and can I fix it?
For reasons which I'll explain later, I can't do any VRS testing at present.
From your screenshot it looked like VRS was processing data from your receiver? Is it?
Yes it is!
Great.
And do you have an sqb file that VRS is configured to access?
I do!
And is it populated withO perator Flag Codes? And do you have a folder with relevant bmp files?
I downloaded the populated database from the Basestation forum and the bmp images from the logos forum so yes!
Quote from: 96jtaylor on February 17, 2021, 07:26:29 PM
I downloaded the populated database from the Basestation forum and the bmp images from the logos forum so yes!
As lomg as the bmp file names match the Operator Flag Codes, they should display. Unless your VRS setup is incorrect?
If you downloaded my sqb file, which it sounds like you did, you also need to download and use my logo files. You can use logo's provided by other, but you may have to manually edit the sqb Operator Flag Code field.
If you just use my logos, then you should have an image against every aircraft picked up.
Steve
Thanks for your help guys. I think it is a problem with the code or mono framework I am using. None of the simple fixes I have tried are working.
It seems to be able to find the image but it just shows up as blank. See attached picture. The fix seems way over my head. Any computer science people in here lol?
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Is the problem the image is a png file type and not a bmp?
Unfortunately I do not think it is that easy. VRS takes the .BMP file and then translates it into a .png for the webpage. I think something is going wrong with the translation. I have been in contact with one of the VRS developers and he is checking into it. I appreciate your help!
Apologies for "necroposting" but I've encountered the same issue with the Linux and Mono version of VRS, and it turned out to be compatibility issues with the lthe latest mono version 6.12.122. VRS hasn't been updated since 2019 per its github code page so it works best with a version of mono of the same vintage such as 6.0.0.334 which can be installed after adding (in my case as I use Debian Buster) "deb https://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian stable-buster/snapshots/6.0.0.334 main" (without the quotation marks) to /etc/apt/sources rather than "deb https://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian stable-buster main" as the instructions on the mono-project.com website say. The instructions on VRS's website to install the latest version of mono were apparently written when 6.0.0 was the latest. I just wanted to leave this information here in case others are experiencing similar problems.
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Hi JayM,
VRS has been continously in development, but for some reason only in "Preview" versions. A full non-Beta update has not been pushed out. However I've been running the latest Previews of Version 3 with later version of Mono for some time now, without any issues at all.
Download can be found here https://www.virtualradarserver.co.uk/Preview.aspx
Steve
@s92driver: thank you for that information. I didn't know VRS was still under development, I thought it was basically abandonware as of 2019. It's good to find out that I'm wrong.
For everyone else, my post above regarding mono version compatibility issues may apply to the current stable version 2.4.4 of VirtualRadarServer only.