= Welcome to Flarmradar =

While the transmission protocol of the FLARM devices are proprietary (and unusable for our purpose), the [http://www.flarm.com/support/manual/FLARM_DataportManual_v6.00E.pdf Data Port Specification] is public. The Flarm-Radar project uses the data available on the devices Data Port, just like any 3rd party product.

This wiki should become a source of knowledge for the Flarmradar-Project. 


=== Server ===
... still needs some writing :-)

=== Client ===

[attachment:Flarmradar_GS6.png The concept] of the client is quite simple to understand. The client reads the Data Port from any regular FLARM device (RS232 interface) and streams the data (via the HTTP protocol) to the server. Since data streaming does not require much computing power, a mini-computer like the [http://www.raspberrypi.org Raspberry PI] is sufficient. This is a credit-card sized computer that is able to run a Linux operating system (Raspbian) at negligible cost (50$ or so).

Alternatively, for standalone installations with a local Flarmradar-Server, the client can be installed on the same computer where the server is installed. ds

People that are not afraid of burning one's fingers when handling the soldering-iron can assemble and construct a ground station with the [wiki:construction_manual construction manual]. 




===== Knowledge & Troubleshooting =====
  - [wiki:raspberry Raspberry PI specific issues] are collected on a separate page

==== Client Software Installation ====
[http://www.flarmradar.ch/public/dist/client-SNAPSHOT.zip Download the client] and follow the [https://secure.netzschmiede.ch/svn/flarmradar/core/trunk/client/README.txt installation procedure] to install the client software. 

The client software is written in [http://www.perl.org Perl] and should run on any platform where Perl is supported.