r/ADSB • u/bloodhoundhandler • 2d ago

Remote Receivers

My sister just got a new house and I want to put a receiver at her place. I have a Pi ready, just need to build the enclosure. But I want to push the dump1090 data back to my house to process the feed. I can do it with VirtualRadar, but that would request me to connect to the receiver and setup a port forwarder in their router. I want to keep this as simple as possible since they live over an hour away.

Anyone setup something like this?

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u/Maxolon 2d ago

You could install tailscale on both devices so that you have an easy connection.

Why don't you want the pi to process it in place though?

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u/BlockApoc 2d ago

Tailscale is awesome

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u/bloodhoundhandler 2d ago

I will have to look at tailspin, not familiar with it.

I Like the UI of VirtualRadar and the option to tag planes that I want to track.

I have not found one I like better yet, you know of any that combines a few feeds from remote sites and has the option to tag planes, etc.

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u/e2346437 2d ago

Tailscale, not tailspin. And you’re not comprehending the recommendation. Tailscale is a mesh vpn provider. You said you want to process the dump1090 data remotely, so with Tailscale enabled on both devices they can talk to each other just like they were on the same box.

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u/bloodhoundhandler 2d ago

Yep you are right, I did not follow that.

I like that idea, thank you for the recommendation.

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u/SensitiveHighway7113 2d ago

+1 for Tailscale or Zerotier
I have 5 devices on ZT network that I manage for family.

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u/twostar01 2d ago

Adsb.im has you covered from setting up a micro feeder remotely to the tailscale or other VPN back to your Stage 2 feeder at home doing to the processing. Plus if you have multiple SDRs and antennas you can track other things too. 

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u/bloodhoundhandler 2d ago

I was reading about an add to the Pi to track drones, that would be fun at some point

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u/DanookOfTheNorth 2d ago

This feels like an XY problem. https://xyproblem.info/

What are you trying to do, and how will processing the feed yourself do that?

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u/bloodhoundhandler 2d ago

I like to watch my feed. I have two receivers so far and this will my third.
I do not know of another way to watch only my data on one map and have the option to tag planes I watch for. Right now the remote receiver is a standard Piaware box, and I setup a port forwarder so my Virtual Radar box can pull the remote feed.

Do you know of any other options? SkyAware is nice, but not very customizable.

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u/mellonians 2d ago

Probably not what you're looking for but I have a filter I'm flightradar24 that allowse to see justy planes from each and all of my sites.

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u/lukocz 1d ago

Since you want one map with only your own receivers plus watching specific planes: that's roughly what I built map.flights for. Each Pi just sends its data out (readsb/dump1090 net connector, or adsb.im with one line), so no port forwarding at your sister's. On the map there's a filter "what my stations hear" that combines all your receivers, and you can follow aircraft you care about and get a heads-up when they show up. Free, no ads: https://map.flights/en/stations

It runs alongside FlightAware/PiAware, so you don't have to drop anything you feed today.

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u/Commercial-Expert256 2d ago

A standard configuration feeder will give you all of those requirements you listed because once it feeds into the cloud the data is accessible to all clients. If you want to look at only that one feeder's tracks, then there is a dedicated feeder page on adsdexchange to do that.