FlightAware's beast-splitter helper utility for the Mode-S Beast, running in a docker container.
The Beast provides a single data stream over a (USB) serial port. If you have more than one thing that wants to read that data stream, you need something to redistribute the data. This is what beast-splitter does.
More information on beast-splitter is available at the official repository.
| Variable | Controls which beast-splitter option |
Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
BEAST_SPLITTER_SERIAL |
--serial |
Read from given serial device, set to OFF to disable serial |
/dev/beast |
BEAST_SPLITTER_NET |
--net |
Read from given network host:port | Unset |
BEAST_SPLITTER_BAUD |
--fixed-baud |
Set a fixed baud rate, or 0 for autobauding | 0 |
BEAST_SPLITTER_LISTEN |
--listen |
Specify a [host:]port[:settings] to listen on |
0.0.0.0:30005:R |
BEAST_SPLITTER_CONNECT |
--connect |
Specify a host:port[:settings] to connect to |
Unset |
BEAST_SPLITTER_FORCE |
--force |
Specify settings to force on or off when configuring the Beast | Unset |
docker run \
-d -it --restart=always \
--name beast-splitter \
--device /dev/beast:/dev/beast \
-p 30005:30005 \
ghcr.io/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-beast-splitter:latestbeast-splitter:
image: ghcr.io/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-beast-splitter:latest
tty: true
container_name: beast-splitter
restart: always
devices:
- /dev/beast:/dev/beast
ports:
- 30005:30005Once running, you can test the container to ensure it is correctly receiving data by issuing the command:
docker exec -it beast-splitter viewadsbWhich should display a departure-lounge-style screen showing all the aircraft being tracked, for example:
Hex Mode Sqwk Flight Alt Spd Hdg Lat Long RSSI Msgs Ti -
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
7C801C S 8450 256 296 -28.0 14 1
7C8148 S 3900 -21.5 19 0
7C7A48 S 1331 VOZ471 28050 468 063 -31.290 117.480 -26.8 48 0
7C7A4D S 3273 VOZ694 13100 376 077 -29.1 14 1
7C7A6E S 4342 YGW 1625 109 175 -32.023 115.853 -5.9 71 0
7C7A71 S YGZ 725 64 167 -32.102 115.852 -27.1 26 0
7C42D1 S 32000 347 211 -32.0 4 1
7C42D5 S 33000 421 081 -30.955 118.568 -28.7 15 0
7C42D9 S 4245 NWK1643 1675 173 282 -32.043 115.961 -13.6 60 0
7C431A S 3617 JTE981 24000 289 012 -26.7 41 0
7C1B2D S 3711 VOZ9242 11900 294 209 -31.691 116.118 -9.5 65 0
7C5343 S QQD 20000 236 055 -30.633 116.834 -25.5 27 0
7C6C96 S 1347 JST116 24000 397 354 -30.916 115.873 -17.5 62 0
7C6C99 S 3253 JST975 2650 210 046 -31.868 115.993 -2.5 70 0
76CD03 S 1522 SIA214 grnd 0 -22.5 7 0
7C4513 S 4220 QJE1808 3925 282 279 -31.851 115.887 -1.9 35 0
7C4530 S 4003 NYA 21925 229 200 -30.933 116.640 -19.8 58 0
7C7533 S 3236 XFP 4300 224 266 -32.066 116.124 -6.9 74 0
7C4D44 S 3730 PJQ 20050 231 199 -31.352 116.466 -20.1 62 0
7C0559 S 3000 BCB 1000 -18.4 28 0
7C0DAA S 1200 2500 146 002 -32.315 115.918 -26.6 48 0
7C6DD7 S 1025 QFA793 17800 339 199 -31.385 116.306 -8.7 53 0
8A06F0 S 4131 AWQ544 6125 280 217 -32.182 116.143 -12.6 61 0
7CF7C4 S PHRX1A -13.7 8 1
7CF7C5 S PHRX1B -13.3 9 1
7C77F6 S QFA595 grnd 112 014 -33.2 2 2
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