I’m already feeding to ADSB Exchange using a Raspberry Pi 4 with the preinstalled microSD card that came with my kit. I’d now like to setup my feeder on a different microSD that I’ve already installed RaspberryOS on, but I’m having a bit of difficulty getting it working. My reason for doing this is I want everything setup in my shed instead of in the house and to eventually upgrade the antenna to be placed on my shed roof. I figured if I could have the feeder running alongside RaspberryOS I could also use the Pi as a light desktop when in my shed. I stupidly tried asking ChatGPT for help but it scrambled everything up and I had to flash the OS again. Also I have increased the range of my wifi by disabling the internal wifi adapter and installing a Brostrend AX1 USB adapter which connects to my router no problem from my shed. I considered just running the Pi from the preinstalled microSD and switching it out when I needed the Pi to be a desktop, but I couldn’t get the Brostrend wifi driver to install successfully on the preinstalled ADSBX microSD, so hence the desire to have it working alongside RaspberryOS, since the internal wifi adapter isn’t powerful enough to connect to my router. Any help on any of this would be greatly appreciated, either on installing Brostrend driver on thr ADSBX microSD or switching my feeder over to run alongside RasperryOS. Thank you in advance.
You haven’t share any detail about the method you attempted and where it went wrong?
As a side-note; I’m not familiar with “Brostrend” (sounds like a boy band?), but remember that WiFi is RF, and more RF means more potential for interference, so keep that in mind, and try to separate the 1090 antenna from the WiFi thingy as much as possible.
Also, the Pi 4 is a good device for a dedicated feeder, but if you load it up with a lot of other tasks, that could affect MLAT performance. Be careful about leaving desktop applications running.
Did you try the 9.0 “beta” ADSBx image? It’s based on Debian Bookworm. You should be able to add a desktop environment to it.
Failing that, to install on a generic Debian-based OS (including Pi OS), you’d need to first install a decoder - I’d recommend Automatic installation for readsb · wiedehopf/adsb-scripts Wiki · GitHub - then install the ADSBx feed scripts by following Existing Equipment - ADS-B Exchange
Okay, thank you. I think I’ll flash v9 beta and just see if I can install the wifi driver on that first. With it being Bookworm I’m hoping it’ll take it. I may install a desktop environment but will probably just switch out the microSD when I want to run a desktop.
And yes, Brostrend does sound like a boy band. Terrible name but good little wifi 6 stick.
Again, thanks for your help.
Sorted. V9 beta took the driver no problem. It was like using a regular Pi but doing everything by ssh from the terminal. Weird thing I found though, internal wifi wouldn’t work until I unplugged the monitor. Because this is a setup for my shed I’m using old hardware, like a VGA monitor. I got a micro HDMI to VGA cable which when plugged in kills the internal Rasperry Pi wifi. It’s the same if I use the microSD with RaspberryOS on. Weird. Anyway, it’s all working now. I just switch out the microSDs between ADSBX and RaspOS depending on what I want the Pi to do.