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This release of auto_rx brings the following new features & changes:

We have now cut-over to the new SondeHub v2 database! This means no more overloading of the Habitat database, which was intended for only a small number of amateur high-altitude balloon launches. The Habitat uploader has now been disabled permanently in this release. Habitat will stop accepting uploads from auto_rx stations around the end of May.

The Sondehub Tracker has been switched over to use this new database, with the following changes:

  • Update rates are increased, with 1-second resolution telemetry available for sondes currently in the air (telemetry over larger time periods is decimated to avoid overloading browser clients).
  • The telemetry graphs will work for all provided telemetry fields (temperature, pressure, humidity, battery voltage, satellites)
  • The Signal-to-noise ratio observed by each received is shown next to their callsign in the list of radiosondes.
  • The radiosonde type is shown next to the serial number in the list of radiosondes.
  • Chase Car position uploading has been updated to use the new SondeHub listeners API. Chasemapper has also been updated to be able to use this API to show chase car positions on the new tracker.

The Sondehub v2 database is currently handling ~4 million telemetry packets per day, with peaks above 200 packets per second during the major radiosonde launch times. Running this database system is definitely not cost-free, so if you'd like to help support the ongoing running of the Sondehub DB and tracker, we have a Patreon page ( https://patreon.com/sondehub ) and a PayPal donate URL ( https://sondehub.org/go/donate .

Other updates in this release include:

  • More improvements to the Web Interface (Thanks @LukePrior !). There are now some basic controls over the scanning & decoding system available from a button at the bottom of the Settings pane. These allow the user to halt the scanner, and manually stop/start a decoder on a provided frequency. I expect this functionality will mainly be useful for testing purposes, as the current scanning system works pretty well. These controls are only functional if web_control is set to True in the station.cfg file, and a web_password is set. Note: Stations that have their web interface exposed to the internet should use this feature with caution - no guarantee of web interface security is provided! You may need to Shift-Refresh the page, or clear your browser cache for full functionality after updating.

  • Fixes to SNR reports from radiosonde signals that are fading. SNRs are now calculated using a 'peak hold'.

  • Fixes to handling of telemetry from DFM radiosondes when the serial number has not yet been received. (Should stop the 'xxxxxxxx' sondes from appearing on the map)

  • Fixed to e-mail notifications for radiosonde types that don't report ascent/descent rates.

  • Update the URLs in the email notifications and the web interface to work with the new Sondehub v2 database. The main change here is the stripping off the sonde type prefix that is used on some serial numbers (DFM, M10/20, iMet...).

  • Map movement in the web interface has been smoothed. This does increase CPU load in the browser - let us know if you experience issues on low-powered systems.

  • Re-named the white/black/grey-list entries in the configuration file to have more sensible names: only_scan, always_scan and never_scan.

Refer to the Configuration File Changelog for details on what has changed. As always, auto_rx should be backwards-compatible with old station.cfg files, though you will see warnings on startup.

The pre-built Docker Image is now the recommended way to setup radiosonde_auto_rx on a new station. Using Docker avoids issues with updates to dependencies, like is occurring in this release.

IMPORTANT UPDATE NOTES:

Please report any problems encountered either on the mailing list, or by raising an issue on this repository.

PLEASE DO NOT USE THE GITHUB GENERATED RELEASE ZIP FILES - USE THE INSTALLATION/UPDATE STEPS DESCRIBED IN THE WIKI

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