Scott Swanson
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I've successfully upgraded my RPi B+ from Beta 2 to Beta 3. No reboot necessary. Everything seems to be working fine.
Also looks like you did something else to your setup to increase the graphs by that muchNow 4½ days with Beta 3. Running strong since Friday 22nd May without any problems
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Hi Roger,It ran all night and then a few minutes ago it went again. Not even up to the busy period yet. I could only get the first part of the data. The other feeders and Dump1090 kept working.
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It's only been up for 37 minutes so something rebooted it by the looks of it.I don't understand why the time is still drifting, I think I have the ntp server configured now.
Uptime says:
06:22:33 up 37 min, 1 user, load average: 1.10, 0.98, 0.85
06:33:13 up 10 days, 22:08, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.10, 0.12
Added this to my systemAlso looks like you did something else to your setup to increase the graphs by that much![]()
The biggest thing that will get you better data/range is a dedicated ADS-B receiver. The RTL is good but not as good as a dedicated ADS-B receiver
No problem at all. It is very useful to setup NTP on any system. We will work around this in future with NTP embedded into the software but for now we rely heavily on system time.I am pleased to say that since correcting the timekeeping in the Pi there have been no further crashes and the logs are clear. I don't think it mentions in any of the Pi setup guides I have seen how important this obviously vital step is. Thanks to Lee for putting me onto this.
I am using a USB dongle (Nooelec R820T2) but it is performing well, my figures show that. My antenna is about 30ft above ground on a mast that is 8ft above the neighbouring rooftops, it has a clear view in all directions and no nearby hills. I don't think it is particularly high gain, it's a custom-built eBay special and quoted at 3dB. The cable connecting it is standard satellite cable and the run is about 30ft to the receiver. I can't see how it would be possible to have a high mounted antenna and a short run unless the receiver was on the mast. I do, however, have a HABAmp filter/preamplifier designed for dongles that made a massive difference when I fitted it. I'm not quite sure what s sqeezed donut should look like, mine seem quite uniform though there is a weakness to the southeast that is annoying since that is the direction of most activity.
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This thread is for pfclient beta3, and it is not appropriate to discuss antennas in this thread. There is another thread for antennas, amplifiers, and much more. The link to that thread is:..........I am using a USB dongle (Nooelec R820T2) but it is performing well, my figures show that. My antenna is about 30ft above ground on a mast that is 8ft above the neighbouring rooftops, it has a clear view in all directions and no nearby hills. I don't think it is particularly high gain, it's a custom-built eBay special and quoted at 3dB. The cable connecting it is standard satellite cable and the run is about 30ft to the receiver. I can't see how it would be possible to have a high mounted antenna and a short run unless the receiver was on the mast. I do, however, have a HABAmp filter/preamplifier designed for dongles that made a massive difference when I fitted it. I'm not quite sure what s sqeezed donut should look like, mine seem quite uniform though there is a weakness to the southeast that is annoying since that is the direction of most activity.
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Ok thanks. What happens if you try and manually runI'm getting errors when I try to update to beta3 from the i386 package on ubuntu server VM
Could you check the i386.deb package when you get chance, I have tried it on a fresh install with the same result.
I have attached a screenshot of the error, seems like a package problem though.
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Sorted, many thanks LeeOk thanks. What happens if you try and manually run
Actually, just found an issue and correct it is 64-bit for some reason. We'll get it sorted today and will post here when updated.Code:/usr/bin/pfclient