Raspberry Pi Project

Installing Dump1090 ADS-B Decoding Software

One of the many uses of a RTL-SDR tv tuner stick is the cabaility of receiving high frequency ranges like those used on aircraft to track position, speed, etc. One software that turns your dongle into a virtual radar screen is dump1090. This guide will show you how to install it.

Make sure you have the driver installed...if not see the RTL-SDR driver installion guide

Skip the following if you already used my guide to install the driver, otherwise prep the system for software compiling

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install git git-core cmake libusb-1.0-0-dev build-essential libc6-dev

Get the software so you can compile it

git clone git://github.com/MalcolmRobb/dump1090.git

Compile the program

cd dump1090 make

Plug in the RTL-SDR tv dongle and run the software.

You can run dump1090 in a console

./dump1090 --interactive

You can run dump1090 in a console as well as a web based version:

./dump1090 --interactive --net --net-http-port 8080

Open up a web browser and go to http://THE-IP-ADDRESS-OF-THE-RASPBERRY-PI:8080

There you will find a google map style insterface showing the aircraft and information about them on the right