Home Assistant Add-on: ADS-B Multi-Portal Feeder (Flightradar24 and FlightAware)

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Hey all. I’m new to HA and trying to figure out how to get the ADS-B feeder up and running with my configuration. Not sure if I’m missing something… possible to help?

Configuration:

  • Home Assistant Green
  • ADS-B receiver (Blue R820T2 RTL2832U, 0.5 PPM TCXO ADS-B SDR w/Amp and 1090 MHz Filter, and Antenna)
  • Installed ADS-B Multi-Portal Feeder 1.32.1
  • Obtained a FlightRadar24 key
  • Input FlightRadar24 key, lat/long, and elevation in to “configuration”
  • Config log finds the tuner “[dump1090] Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner”
  • I can’t figure out how to get Piaware ID: "
    [piaware] FATAL: PIAWARE_FEEDER_DASH_ID not set!"

When I start, everything loads (except for the piaware error) and then it seems to stop itself. Not sure what to do next… any help is appreciated.

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Were you able to figure this out? Seems as if I’m in a similar spot.

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I haven’t had the chance to try this yet as I’ve been away for work for the last couple of months, but intend to try when i get back.
Install any of the other sites images directly on my pi3 and set them up, and get the required details. Then use them to set up the HA instances. It’s what i did with FR24. I’m guessing you need to do it to get past the initial setup.

Let me know how you go, or I’ll be trying hopefully before Christmas

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Almost all of these pages require a UUID.
You can get it from an online UUID generator.
I needed a lot of time to figure out how to get it.

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Were you able to resolve this? Having the same issue as well and stuck. I am using a flightaware blue usb stick.

Error:

“[fr24feed] 2025-05-19 11:14:54 | [reader][i]Connecting to unknown receiver via (tcp://127.0.0.1:30005)
[fr24feed] 2025-05-19 11:14:54 | BeastBase::connectTcp(): Unable go connect, error: Connection refused[reader][e]Could not connect to tcp://127.0.0.1:30005”

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All figured out the issue. I had a few of the sliders disabled on the configuration tab.

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@MaxW Any suggestions to find my feeder ID? I checked the log and cannot seem to find it.

I am getting
“[piaware] FATAL: PIAWARE_FEEDER_DASH_ID not set!”

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You need to create one yourself :wink:

I added some add-on for this fr24-sharing-key-generator which helps if you are not familiar with docker and stuff.

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Dear MaxW, love this add-on, thanks for the development! I am new to both fr24-feeder and homeassistant so I’m sorry if dumb question but here’s my thing,

HA runs on a NUC next to my energy-meter (downstairs in the hallway) FR24-feeder runs on a RPI next to the window on the top flour. How can I tell this add-on that the data shouldn’t be pulled from USB but from IP? (not even sure if using the right words, sorry n00b…)

thanks in advance!

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Well and truly impressed by this! I’m up and running after just a couple of hours work! Thank you all involved! :heart_eyes:

I wish I could see my range though, it seems the sensor needs a unique ID…

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Today i updated from Home Assistant OS 15.2 to Home Assistant OS 16.0 and the addon stopped working, seems like its not compatible. Downgrading to HASOS 15.2 brought the addon back to life.

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Hi all, I have a FlightFeeder that is supplied by FlightAware, I’m trying to use this addon to feed FlightRadar24 is it possible with this addon? I’m unable to get the FeederID due to FlightAware locking the hardware (therefore I can’t SSH in). However based on FlightAware info the raw ADS-B dump1090 is still available for data sharing. Currently I’m able to view everything including interactive map via http://IP_Address:8080.

Please do you guys know if this addon can still feed FR24 from dump1090? If so how can I do it/configure it on the add-on? Thanks all!

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Is it possible to feed a custom defined aggregator with this add-on, one not on the list? Can it use net connect or ultrafeeder style arguments?

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I’m interested in using the project but I have a couple of questions.

  1. Will any ADS-B USB device work or should I stick with certain models/chipsets? I was looking at some cheap $40 ones on Amazon and wondered if they would be ok.

  2. Can I feed by data to other sites easily, especially those that require something like an OAUTH2 authentication method rather than plain un/pw.

  3. Is this project still maintained and working with current HAOS?

Thanks,

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Airspy Mini

In the moment i use a RTL SDR V3 Dongle. It works great.
I want to change to an Airspy mini. Will it work ?

Thank you for this great Addon :slight_smile:

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Hi!
It kind of stopped working for me. I keep getting an „could not connect feed“.

Restarted the add-on, stopped it, waited, then started. Nothing helped.
Fr24 support told me to „ Restart fr24feed. It needs to update its servers list.“
But shouldn’t it do that when I restart the Add-on?


[fr24feed] [feed][n]Error: Could not connect feed! (result -1, fd -1)
[fr24feed] [I] [feed][n]waiting 12 seconds
[fr24feed] [feed][n][email protected]:8099/UDP
[fr24feed] [I] Network thread connecting to blender.prod.fr24.io:8099 for feed XXXXX
[fr24feed] [feed][n]connecting
[fr24feed] [feed][n]Error: Could not connect feed! (result -1, fd -1)
[fr24feed] [I] [feed][n]waiting 15 seconds