= 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. Per day at least 70MB are up and downloaded by the Flarmradar. 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). For standalone installations with a local Flarmradar-Server, the client can be installed alternatively on the same computer where the Flarmradar-Server is installed.

==== I want my own ... ====
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]. 





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