uat978_wx_test

This is a clone of DUMP978 (https://github.com/mutability/dump978) written by Oliver Jowett, that I have expanded upon purely for my own amusement. This version decodes all text, TWGO (Text with Graphical Overlay) and Global Block (NEXRAD) FIS-B reports which are then stored in a PostgreSQL database. This data can be mapped using MAP-978 (https://github.com/Oojimentis/map-978).

Uat978_wx_text uses the METAR decoder library libmetar.a from https://github.com/flightaware/mdsplib (Eric McCarthy [email protected]) and borrows from Christopher Young's Stratux project (https://github.com/cyoung/stratux Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Christopher Young).

This is my first Github project, so be nice! I am just doing this for my own amusement, and the hope that someone more experienced can take it further.

Added

Additional METAR data captured. (07/30/2022)
Minor bug fixes. Capture of current report lists to database. (08/23/21)
TAF forecast lines added to database. (7/12/21)
Segmented G-AIRMET reports. (6/12/21)
Segmented graphical NOTAM reports. (06/05/21)
Segemented reports added to database. (06/05/21)
Removed most of the old output text files, as data is now being put into database. (01/01/21)
NEXRAD and other radar data captured in database. (12/27/20)
Converted sqlite database to PostgreSQL. (01/01/21)
WX station and airport lookup via database.
METAR decode (libmetar.a)
TAF decoded. (01/01/21)
Decoding of Cloud Tops, Icing, Lightening, and Turbulence radar graphic reports like nexrad radar in DUMP978
SUA and PIREP decode
AIRMET, NOTAM, SIGMET, TAF, CWA and Winds aloft text reports.
AIRMET, G-AIRMET, NOTAM, SIGMET and CWA graphic reports - Decode parameters and coordinates.
Use Multitail (https://vanheusden.com/multitail) to colorize log files.

Building

> make

Example config file (config.txt)

# postgresql stuff
pg_user = your_postgres_username
pg_pwd = postgres_password
pg_db = database_name
file_path = /path_to_node_public_directory (not used)

# process NEXRAD - For testing, run time is quicker with NEXRAD off (N)
print_nexrad = N

# Clean out database at the start of each run
reset_database = Y

Run

> rtl_sdr -g 0 -d 0 -f 978000000 -s 2083334 - | ./dump978 | tee  >(./uat2text > log.txt)

I use a script to launch DUMP978, output position data to DUMP1090, and view some of the output files in tabs using Multitail.

#!/bin/bash

read -p "rtl [0]: " rtl
rtl=${rtl:-0}
read -p "gain [0]: " gain
gain=${gain:-0}

cd /your-directory

gnome-terminal --tab --title="dump978 - rtl:$rtl" -- bash -ic "rtl_sdr -g $gain -d $rtl -f 978000000 -s 2083334 - | ./dump978 | tee  >(./uat2text > log.txt) | ./uat2esnt | nc -q1 localhost 30001" 

gnome-terminal --tab --title="log.txt" -- bash -ic "multitail -cS dump978 log.txt"
gnome-terminal --tab --title="metar"   -- bash -ic "multitail -cS dump978 metar.out"