ASD-B - API

[Hake299]

Hi - is there any chance in the future that the ICAO and/or Reg could be included in the API feed?. This is great software and I'm feeding into Excel so I can plot flightpaths, number of flights over a period by aircraft registration etc etc. A lot of aircraft don't transmit callsign making data analysis rather limited. Other 'RTL' software doesn't perform and return as many hits as SDRA does. Thanks.

[srcejon]

Which feed format are you using?

https://wiki.jetvision.de/wiki/Mode-S_Beast:Data_Output_Formats is a third party format so we can't modify it.

The 24-bit ICAO should be in there already, as it's in every ADS-B frame. Callsigns are only transmitted occasionally - you'd just need to look for the appropriate frame.

Aircraft reg comes from a database, not ADS-B.

[Hake299]

I'm pretty green behind the ears - just taking up the hobby. I'm using Source = Json.Document(Web.Contents("http://127.0.0.1:8091/sdrangel/deviceset/0/channel/0/report")), to access the data. (i'm using a different port from the default).

[srcejon]

Ahh, sorry, thought you was referring to the Beast feed.

For the channel report, yes, should be able to add some extra fields.

[Hake299]

That would be fantastic. The more info the better!. The attached shows tracking of a callsign over the past week, doesn't mean it's the same aircraft. The bars are altitude. I've got heaps of blank callsigns that I know are military but can't plot.