Air Traffic Control

Air Traffic Control is a visualization software that, paired with Dump1090, identifies and calculates the coordinates of the aircrafts

System requirements

Operating system: Windows 7 or newer
Anaconda(recommended spyder IDE) with python 3.7
A Dongle rtl-sdr with chip realtek RTL2832U, specific to 1090mHz and ADS-B Standard
An antenna compatible with 1090mHz
Dump1090 + Driver + dll

Install Anaconda following the official documentation https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/
To get dump1090 up and running you should first install RTL1090. The two apps use many of the same dynamic link library (dll) files. So download the Installer from this link http://globe-s.eu/download/rtl1090imu.exe. Plug in your USB dongle and then install RTL1090. The IMU version will download and install all of the necessary dll’s and drivers in c:\RTL1090. You may have to run the Zadig setup, which you will find in the RTL1090 folder. In Zadig(driver installer) under "options" select "list all devices", then choose “Bulk-In, Interface (Interface 0)” and click install driver.
Once that’s done, download dump1090 from the github repository of Antirez https://github.com/antirez/dump1090/archive/master.zip, and unzip the contents of the file to the same directory as RTL1090. Don’t overwrite any existing files. You should now have dump1090.exe and dump1090.bat among your RTL1090 files.
Download the zip file of this github repository and extract the python script "ATC.py"

Now in the command prompt window, type "C:\rtl1090\dump1090.exe --interactive --net" and press Enter.
Run Spyder IDE(Integrated Development Environment), that is included with Anaconda
So use the keyboard shortcut "CTRL + O" to open python script in the Spyder IDE
Run it using keybord shortcut "F5"
If there aren't troubles, open browser and type on andress bar "localhost:1000"

In some countries, setting up a receiving station may require HamRadio licence or other form of authorization. Please verify compliance with your Country Regulations prior to setting up your project

The Entire Software Architecture is designed by Raffaele Ruggeri raffaele.ruggeri.2000@gmail.com (from the hardware implementation up to database information extraction)
The Developer of the entire Visualization Software is Giulio Zaghis giulio.zaghis@gmail.com, (from the first to the last line of the python code)
Project was supervised by Dr. A. Bigazzi, Maths and Physics teacher at Plinio Seniore High in Rome (IT)
The project is born from an idea of the Engineer Bernardini (of the British Interplanetary Society)
A special thanks also to managers: M.Sabatino martina.sabatino.MS@gmail.com, I.Serafini irene.serafini.ISS@gmail.com and G.Fioravanti giulia.fioravanti16@gmail.com

A foundamental help was given to us by this site https://www.geodose.com/2019/01/realtime-flight-tracking-pandas-bokeh-python.html to write the visualization software, and by the "Dump1090" software written by Salvatore Sanfilippo antirez@gmail.com