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ADS-B Receiver

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ADS-B Receiver

The ADS-B receiver should be installed inside near power and internet, usually in an office or a server room. Do keep in mind that a coaxial cable needs to be connected from the receiver to the antenna (cable length between 20-50 meters) and antenna should be mounted outside as high as possible, normally on the roof of a building or an antenna mast.

ADS-B Receiver frontside

The frontside of the receiver includes ADSB SUPPORT writing in white with logo and ADS-B RECEIVER below.
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Functions on the front include:

  • Traffic LED
    • Indicates with a flashing green light for each ADS-B message received, if there is alot of traffic, it can appear solid green
  • Power LED
    • Indicates power status of the receiver: Solid green = on, no light = off
  • Reset button
    • Single press: illuminates OLED status screen. press and hold for 10 seconds reboots the ADS-B receiver
  • OLED screen
    • The OLED Status screen displays: Hostname, Location coordinates, Local ip, VPN IP, sofware version and status.

ADS-B Receiver backside

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  • Ground connector
    • In case of an installation where static noise could come into play, hardware inside is insulated
  • 5V Power input
    • For use with the supplied power adaptor 100-240V to 5V 2.0A
  • RJ45 Network input
    • Standard RJ45 Ethernet connection 10/100/1000 Mbps
  • ADS-B Antenna input
    • To connect the coaxial cable from the antenna: SMA-Female 50Ω impedance

Technical specifications

  • External power supply input: 100-240V ≈ 5 watt power consumption
  • ADS-B Antenna input: impedance 50Ω, SMA-Type connector
  • Ethernet input: 10/100/1000 Mbps - RJ45 connector
  • Receiver Dimensions: 21 x 17 x 8 cm aluminium box with rubber seals
  • Ground connector
  • Built-in cavity filter
  • Raspberry Pi 4 BCM2711BO quad core A72

Certifications

  • CE
  • FCC
  • CAN ICES-003(B)
  • EN IEC 62368-1:2020+A11:2020
  • ESTI EN 300 440 v2.2.1 (2018-07)
  • ESTI EN 301 489-1 v2.2.3 (2019-11)
  • ESTI EN 301 489-3 v2.3.2 (2023-01)

Compliant with:

  • ISO27001/27002
  • AS9100
  • WEEE