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AUTOMATED INSTALL ON RPi 2/3/4 Raspbian Stretch / Buster
Advantages of Automated install
(1) Easy Installation - Just copy-paste one command to run bash script and it does everything.
(2) Automatic start - systemd service automatically starts it at boot/reboot.
(3) Easy monitoring & control - Provides commands systemctl status, systemctl stop, systemctl start, and systemctl restart.
(4) Easy configuration - Provides a separate config file in simple format, each config item on a separate line. ### FOR
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTOMATED INSTALL:
https://github.com/abcd567a/md2/blob/master/README.md
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Running ModeSDeco2 AND AcarSDeco2 on Same Pi
If you want, ModeSDeco2 and AcarSDeco2 (Click here) can be installed on the same RPi, provided:
(1) Two DVB-T dongles are plugged into RPi, one for ModeSDeco2, other for AcarSDeco2.
(2) The two dongles are serialized so that each software use its respective dongle+antenna. The dongles can be serialized, say 00000101 & 00000102. In addition, following to be added in config of the two softwares
ModeSDeco2 config:
--device-serial 00000101
AcarSDeco2 config:
--device-serial 00000102
How to serialize dongles
Advantages of Automated install
(1) Easy Installation - Just copy-paste one command to run bash script and it does everything.
(2) Automatic start - systemd service automatically starts it at boot/reboot.
(3) Easy monitoring & control - Provides commands systemctl status, systemctl stop, systemctl start, and systemctl restart.
(4) Easy configuration - Provides a separate config file in simple format, each config item on a separate line. ### FOR
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTOMATED INSTALL:
https://github.com/abcd567a/md2/blob/master/README.md
.
Running ModeSDeco2 AND AcarSDeco2 on Same Pi
If you want, ModeSDeco2 and AcarSDeco2 (Click here) can be installed on the same RPi, provided:
(1) Two DVB-T dongles are plugged into RPi, one for ModeSDeco2, other for AcarSDeco2.
(2) The two dongles are serialized so that each software use its respective dongle+antenna. The dongles can be serialized, say 00000101 & 00000102. In addition, following to be added in config of the two softwares
ModeSDeco2 config:
--device-serial 00000101
AcarSDeco2 config:
--device-serial 00000102
How to serialize dongles
Code:
## Install necessary tool
sudo apt update
sudo apt install rtl-sdr
## Stop all programs which use the dongle
sudo systemctl stop md2 ad2
## Issue following commands one by one.
## Each command will ask [y/n], type y for yes.
rtl_eeprom -s 00000101 -d 0
rtl_eeprom -s 00000102 -d 1
## Un-plug, then re-plug both dongles
## Check that dongles have been correctly serialized
rtl_test -t
## Reboot Pi to restore it to normal
sudo reboot
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