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- Page 1 Radarcape - User manual - Gebrauchsanweisung Radarcape - High Performance ADS-B-Receiver Radarcape - Hochleistungs-ADS-B-Empfänger Art. no. 66006, 66066, 66077 - 1 - V0.1 Vorlage bei EAR...
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Page 2: Important Notice
Radarcape - User manual - Gebrauchsanweisung Important notice This User Manual is an extract of the comprehensive Radarcape Wiki pages at http://wiki.modesbeast.com/Radarcape:Contents The Radarcape Wiki may contain newer information than this User Manual. It is therefore strongly recommended that you check the Radarcape Wiki against this user manual. -
Page 3: Specification
Flightradar24, either anonymously or with a sharing key provided by them. Easy Usage With its small size and the low power consumption the Radarcape is ideal for running all time without a PC behind and collecting data. The application SW on the Radarcape will output collected data in several ways, like ●... - Page 4 Weight approximately 0.233 kg Linux Distribution The Radarcape operates with Angstrom Embedded Linux, it is using the pure root file system, not a Cloud9 system. Due to that, you may not see internal disk drives when plugging the USB. We do not guarantee stability with other Linux distributions than the one it became delivered, as there were already some issues.
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Page 5: User Interface
Radarcape - User manual - Gebrauchsanweisung GPS Module ● Trimble Resolution SMT GPS module ● SMB male GPS antenna connector User Interface Radarcape Front Side ● USB Extension Slot ● Power LED ● Mode-S LED ● GPS LED USB Extension Slot This is a USB type A connector. - Page 6 USB Serial (USB mini-B connector) Note: If there is no label like RC65 on the back side of the device (above the Ethernet connector), your hostname (DNS name) is Radarcape. Otherwise, this sign is telling your hostname. Radarcape Hardware Installation Plug the following connectors into the Radarcape ●...
- Page 7 /etc/hostname). During the process of getting the IP address, the devices tells the DHCP server its name. If there is no label on the back side of your Radarcape, the hostname is always Radarcape (or in exceptional cases Beaglebone). Other names might be rc<nn>, with <nn> being a number.
- Page 8 Please replace rc11.home with the DNS name or IP address of your personal Radarcape. An initial root password has not been set. Therefore, you can login with user root and no password. After you have logged in on your Radarcape, you can set a new root password with the following command:...
- Page 9 You should then see the COM port that becomes created from the Radarcape. Note: On the rigtht side in the table of FTDIs page, the 'Comments' column, there is a downloadable install package, which might be easier to use.
- Page 10 Radarcape - User manual - Gebrauchsanweisung Start Putty and enter the above detected COM port, 115200 and serial into the startup menu: Once Putty is up, press Enter and you shall see something like below. Enter 'root' into the username...
- Page 11 'ifconfig'. Radarcape Configuration All configuration to the Radarcape can be done with a web browser. Note: due to feature enhancements and changes, this page is often subject to change NOTE: The FPGA settings still can be overwritten by external software using escape commands as described for the Mode-S_Beast:Data_Input_Formats.
- Page 12 Radarcape - User manual - Gebrauchsanweisung The default password for changing the configuration is "radarcape" Radarcape Software Features Web Based Aircraft Table A list of received aircraft positions can be fetched via a build-in webserver. This list can be sorted ascending and descending in each column by simply clicking on the arrows.
- Page 13 (DIP switch). This interface may even be AVR format as long as the supplied FPGA firmware supports AVR format, but please note that the Radarcape's high level Linux SW may not be able to process AVR format correctly and with all features.
- Page 14 The binary and AVR data formats are equal to the ones from the Mode-S Beast and described in the section Mode-S Beast:Data Output Formats USB Serial Port Data Access The Radarcape supports one selectable data stream out of following sources on a virtual serial port via the backside USB port: ● Raw FGPA data - including Mode-A/C data ●...
- Page 15 The date in Port 30003 messages is always the Linux system date. The timestamp instead is a GPS timestamp when the config is set to GPS timestamps and system time when the Radarcape operates in legacy 12MHz timstamp mode.
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Page 16: Software Packages
Note: For updates, your Radarcape must have an internet connection. Manual update requires copying the update package to the Radarcape by any means and issuing the opkg install command for the location of the package. - 16 -... -
Page 17: Other Notes
Also we do not guarantee that all Linux distributions are running stable in the Radarcape. 4. We do not ensure that the Radarcape is fully secure against unforeseen access if running in a network environment, neither public internet nor even your local network. You should of course change the root password and remember it, and only then connect it to public internet if you really know about the consequences. - Page 18 Radarcape - User manual - Gebrauchsanweisung Forbidden Usage Remember, that this device does not comply with any of the air traffic regulations or specifications and that it is not certified for aviation use. You must not use it for any usage case that in any part of the world would require a certification to comply with any rules.
- Page 19 Radarcape Wiki auf http://wiki.modesbeast.com/Radarcape:Contents. Das Radarcape Wiki kann neuere Informationen beinhalten als das USer Manual. Es wird daher dringend empfohlen, das User Manual mit dem letzten Stand des Radarcape Wiki abzugleichen.- Das Radarcape Wiki enthält außerdem zusätzliche Informationen und Anweisungen für besondere Betriebszustände des Radarcapes, die im User Manual nicht aufgeführt sind.
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Page 20: Spezifikation
● Höhe ca. 45 mm ● Gewicht ca. 0.233 kg Linux Distribution Das Radarcape kommt mit der Angstrom Embedded Linux Distribution. Wir garantieren den Betrieb mit anderen Linux Distributionen nicht. Beaglebone Board (Rev. A6A) ● AM335x 720MHz ARM Cortex-A8 ●... - Page 21 ● USB client (mini B Buchse) ● USB host (type A Buchse) ● 100 Base-TX Ethernet ● 2x 46 pin Steckerleiste (genutzt vom Radarcape Board) ● microSD Karte mit Angstrom Linux Distribution Mehr Informationen: www.BeagleBoard.org Radarcape Board ● FPGA basierter Mode-S ADS-B Empfänger ●...
- Page 22 ● USB Serial (USB mini-B Anschluss) Hinweis: Falls sich kein Aufkleber wie "RC65" auf der Rückseite des Radarcapes befindet (über dem Ethernet Anschluss), ist der Hostname des Gerätes "Radarcape“. Andernfalls enthält der Aufkleber den Hostnamen. - 22 - V0.0 Vorlage bei EAR...
- Page 23 Empfang unmöglich machen. Nicht alle Flugzeuge senden ADS-B Daten. Platzieren Sie Ihre Antenne möglichst mit freier Rundumsicht. Falls Sie die Empfangsqualität weiter verbessern möchten, ziehen Sie bitte eine bessere Antenne in Betracht, z.B. wie sie hier angeboten wird: jetvision.de 1090MHz-Shop at http://jetvision.de Allgemeines Informationen und Daten in dieser Gebrauchsanleitung können ohne besondere Ankündigung geändert...
- Page 24 Radarcape - User manual - Gebrauchsanweisung Vertrieb/Distribution Günter Köllner Embedded Development GmbH 85256 Vierkirchen Germany - 24 - V0.0 Vorlage bei EAR...
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