This window showed me that BaseStation port 30003 was not passing the Mode A/C traffic but port 30006 does. Pressing the “m” key should pop the Message rate window open which will show the quantity of Mode A/C and Mode-S (ADS-B) traffic. Your map may not be in an area that will show traffic so if no planes show, glance at the bottom right of the PP window, you should see some number activity which indicates data is being received. Now press the Green Start button to start PlanePlotter. This one is a cheat, you are actually accessing BaseStation (on the same computer) but it works and both Mode-A/C and ADS-B traffic get through to PP.
Next, Options->Mode-S receiver->Kinetic SBS family->SBS3 direct IP address I don’t know how necessary these are but... I have DDE output-> ACARS, HFDL and Mode-S selected. These items allow Mode A/C packets to reach PlanePlotter. I enabled options 2, 3, 4 & 5, the rest were off. The configuration settings I eventually ended up with to allow Mode A/C info:īaseStation->Settings->Data Settings->SBSn->Message Filtering: Next, I am assuming BaseStation is running successfully with ADS-B traffic showing. I want to be able to use the SBS-3 tuners and also access the AIS decoding function which means BaseStation must be connected to the SBS-3 data port (10001). This allowed me the shortest cable length to the SBS-3. My setup - SBS-3 in basement, connected to a Ethernet switch, powered via a USB power supply.