Satellite station Installation Guide

Satellite station - Installation Guide

1. Put empty "ssh" file on "boot" partiion

2. Configure WiFi a) Edit file /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf b) Go to the bottom of the file and add the following.

   network={
       ssid="The_ESSID_from_earlier"
       psk="Your_wifi_password"
   }

3. Update a) Type sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade b) Type raspi-config and select "Update"

4. Install dependencies

   1. Packages from APT: apt install python3-minimal git rtl-sdr sox imagemagick python3-setuptools python3-venv python3-dev libatlas-base-dev
   2. Install external software:
      1. NOAA-APT
      2. medet, binaries available from: orbides
      3. meteor-demod (it requires libncurses-dev)
   3. Add symbolic links
      1. Create link for noaa-apt file: sudo ln ~/deps/noaa-apt /usr/bin/noaa-apt
      2. Create link for medet file: sudo ln ~/deps/medet /usr/bin/medet
      3. Create link for meteor_demod file: sudo ln /usr/bin/meteor_demod /usr/bin/meteor-demod
   4. Change configuration:
      1. Open /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rtl.conf and type: blacklist dvb_usb_rtl28xxu. Save and restart

5. Add user:

   1. Create user: useradd satnogs
   2. Create home directory: mkdir /home/satnogs
   3. Add right to directory for new user chown satnogs:satnogs /home/satnogs
   4. Switch user su - satnogs

6. Install station software

   1. Clone git repository git clone https://github.com/gut-space/satnogs
   2. Go to directory cd satnogs/station
   3. Create virtual environment: python3 -m venv .env
   4. Activate environment source .env\bin\activate
   5. Install package pip install -r requirements.txt

7. Configure station

   1. Location

   2.