Introduction: SMART INSTALL Dumpvdl2 Receiver ON WINDOWS WORKSTATION AND VMWARE WITH RTL SDR
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
5 Comments
Question 2 years ago on Step 4
Hi,
Do you have any more information on this project?
Such as details on where you need to install Dumpvdl2, in what directory etc.
I followed the steps provided but what do I need to do to run the software?
Thank you in advance.
Andrew.
Answer 2 years ago
All the details are given in the article.
Personally I had installed the software in several folders and had not observed anomalies. The result shown in the video, if I remember correctly, was achieved by installing the software in a folder on the desktop.
To run the software you must read and understand the following:
"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
"
Thank you
Reply 2 years ago
Hi,
Thank you for the information.
In Step 3: Installation, it shows,
“Open terminal to the top level directory dumpvdl2 and insert command:
cd dumpvdl2
sudo make“
Isn’t there more to the installation than this?
According to the GIT DumpVDL the installation is as follows,
Reply 2 years ago
Install necessary dependencies (unless you have them already). Example for
Debian / Raspbian:
sudo apt install build-essential cmake git libglib2.0-dev pkg-config
Install libacars library - either:
cd
git clone https://github.com/szpajder/libacars
cd libacars
Compile and install the library:
Reply 2 years ago
Thank you, I will try that later.