[Hackrf-dev] Adding HackRF support to dump1090

Sun Jun 28 21:12:44 EDT 2015

Great.  The amp is not enabled by default, so that you don't cook your
receiver in case you have some strong local sources.

Expect a bit more code churn later tonight; I've almost got airspy support
working too.

On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Tom <vsboost at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks,
>
> Its running quite well so far, got 6 planes with these settings and 10
> with the lna on.
> On 29 Jun 2015 10:58 am, Chris Kuethe <chris.kuethe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've adjusted the default gain to 32/48 from 40/62.
>
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Ilker Temir <ilker at ilkertemir.com> wrote:
>
> Sure, I am glad it's been useful.
>
> Default gains are the maximums but they can be adjusted from the CLI with
> --vga-gain and --lna-gain options.
>
> On Jun 28, 2015, at 4:44 PM, Tom <vsboost at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for making this, I think the default vga gain of 60 is quite much,
> I had better luck with around 28.
>
>
>
> Have only been running it for a few min so I cant compare yet.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* HackRF-dev [mailto:hackrf-dev-bounces at greatscottgadgets.com
> <hackrf-dev-bounces at greatscottgadgets.com>] *On Behalf Of *Ilker Temir
> *Sent:* Monday, 29 June 2015 3:16 AM
> *To:* hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Hackrf-dev] Adding HackRF support to dump1090
>
>
>
> Here it goes: https://github.com/itemir/dump1090_hackrf
>
> I can get some reception from my window with the standard HackRF antenna.
>
> Ilkers-MacBook-Pro:dump1090_hackrf itemir$ ./dump1090
> No supported RTLSDR devices found.
> HackRF successfully initialized (AMP Enable: 0, LNA Gain: 40, VGA Gain:
> 62).
> *5dab7437d7920a;
> CRC: d7920a (ok)
> Single bit error fixed, bit 10
> DF 11: All Call Reply.
>   Capability  : Level 2+3+4 (DF0,4,5,11,20,21,24,code7 - is on airborne)
>   ICAO Address: ab7437
>
> *5fa69b92ccd411;
> CRC: ccd411 (ok)
> Single bit error fixed, bit 13
> DF 11: All Call Reply.
>   Capability  : Level 7 ???
>   ICAO Address: a69b92
>
> *5dab9091529b68;
> CRC: 529b68 (ok)
> Single bit error fixed, bit 24
> DF 11: All Call Reply.
>   Capability  : Level 2+3+4 (DF0,4,5,11,20,21,24,code7 - is on airborne)
>   ICAO Address: ab9091
>
> Feedback and contributions welcome.
>
> On 6/27/15 7:27 PM, Tom wrote:
>
> Well done.
>
>
>
> Look forward to trying this out.
>
>
>
> *From:* HackRF-dev [mailto:hackrf-dev-bounces at greatscottgadgets.com
> <hackrf-dev-bounces at greatscottgadgets.com>] *On Behalf Of *Ilker Temir
> *Sent:* Sunday, 28 June 2015 11:49 AM
> *To:* Donald Pupecki
> *Cc:* hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Hackrf-dev] Adding HackRF support to dump1090
>
>
>
> Thanks! signed to unsigned conversion was the culprit. I first tested it
> with cox by converting the file and then tweaked my code to do that within
> the receive path.
>
> I now have a working port of dump1090 to HackRF. I need to do some cleanup
> but as soon as done, will post it on GitHub and announce on this forum.
>
> On 6/27/15 1:29 PM, Donald Pupecki wrote:
>
> I don't believe hackrf_transfer and rtl_sdr output in the same format.
> They are both 8 bit but the hackrf output is signed whereas the rtl output
> is unsigned.
>
> If you get this working a hackrf please post the port on github or
> somewhere as that would be sweet.
>
> On Jun 27, 2015 4:00 PM, "Ilker Temir" <ilker at ilkertemir.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to add HackRF support to Salvatore Sanfilippo's dump1090 tool (
> https://github.com/antirez/dump1090) as a learning exercise. The tool was
> originally designed for RTL SDR devices. However, I can't seem to get this
> port to work.
>
> To eliminate potential issues in my code, I simplified the troubleshooting
> steps. Here are the basic set of troubleshooting steps I am using:
>
> Per tool's documentation, a data file can be captured with rtl_sdr utility
> in the following way:
>
>         rtl_sdr -f 1090000000 -s 2000000 -g 50 output.bin
>
> Then you can pipe it into dump1090 like this:
>         dump1090 --ifile output.bin
>
> I made an assumption that the HackRF equivalent of rtl_sdr command above
> would be the following:
>
>         hackrf_transfer -r output.bin -f 1090000000 -s 2000000 -p 0 -a 0
> -l 40 -g 62
>
> However, capturing packets with HackRF this way and piping them into
> dump1090 doesn't do anything. I have tried this sitting next to an airport
> and capturing packets while planes were landing and taking off. I don't
> have an RTL SDR dongle so I can't test the rtl_sdr command myself. It
> didn't make to sense to buy a RTL SDR device after HackRF but if I can't
> crack this, I am considering to buy one.
>
> BTW, I also tried different gain settings, and sample rate of 8e6 with
> hackrf_transfer, no difference. That said, I never enabled amp_enable.
>
> Would anyone know if rtl_sdr and hackrf_transfer capture the packets in
> the same way and format? Or do I need to do some kind of a conversion or
> translation in between the two to make them compatible?
>
> Any help or idea will be appreciated.
>
> P.S. I am aware of gr-air-modes for HackRF to decode ADS-B signals. My
> goal is to hack dump1090 and add HackRF support as a learning exercise.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ilker
>
>
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