Introduction: SMART INSTALL Dumpvdl2 Receiver ON WINDOWS WORKSTATION AND VMWARE WITH RTL SDR

By GiamMa-based researchers

dumpvdl2 turns your Realtek RTL2832 based DVB dongle into a Air traffic vdl2 VDL Mode 2 message
decoder and protocol analyzer generic data receiver quick and easy installation.

Step 1: Install Requirements

Tools used

  • VMware Workstation PlayerGNU Radio Live SDR Environmento
  • szpajder/dumpvdl2

Install Requirements

Windows system machine with 4gb of ram and dual core processor, rtl sdr device.

Step 2: Pre Installation

  • Download GNU Radio Live SDR Environment
  • Download VMware Workstation Player
  • Install VMware Workstation Player
  • Start VMware Workstation Player
  • Create a new virtual machine , installer disc image file (iso) with GNU Radio Live SDR Environment imageOpen virtual machine
  • Download dumpvdl2-master.zip from Link: https://github.com/szpajder/dumpvdl2 or use git
  • Install dumpvdl2

Step 3: Installation

Download dumpvdl2-master.zip from Link: https://github.com/szpajder/dumpvdl2

Unpack the source code and rename directory in dumpvdl2

or git clone https://github.com/szpajder/dumpvdl2.git

Open terminal to the top level directory dumpvdl2 and insert command:

cd dumpvdl2

sudo make

Step 4: Running

Default receive mode, attempt to decode all known devices,open terminal insert:

./dumpvdl2 --rtlsdr 0

Simplest case on RTLSDR dongle - uses RTL device with index 0, sets the tuner gain to 40 dB and tuning correction to 42 ppm, listens to the default VDL2 frequency of 136.975 MHz, outputs to standard output:

./dumpvdl2 --rtlsdr 0 --gain 40 --correction 42

More option:

./dumpvdl2 --help

Link code: https://github.com/szpajder/dumpvdl2