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ADSBCoT 9.2.1

  • Use PyTAK shared CoT event, point, detail, remarks, and serialization helpers.
  • Require pytak >= 7.3.12.

ADSBCoT 9.2.0

  • Add SensorWorker: periodic a-f-G-E-S-E sensor CoT heartbeat every SENSOR_KEEPALIVE_PERIOD seconds (default 30).
  • Position sourced from system gpsd → static SENSOR_LAT/SENSOR_LON/SENSOR_HAE config → null island fallback.
  • Add gen_sensor_cot(): reusable CoT builder for sensor beacon events.
  • New constants: DEFAULT_SENSOR_KEEPALIVE_PERIOD=30, DEFAULT_SENSOR_LAT/LON/HAE=0.0.

ADSBCOT 9.0.0

  • Merged ADSBXCOT functionality into ADSBCOT.
  • Merged StratuxCOT functionality into ADSBCOT.
  • Code fixes & documentation improvements.
  • Remove Python 3.6 support.
  • Removed legacy feed url parameters. Only use FEED_URL going forward.
  • Renamed aircotx CoT Element to __adsb.
  • Added _radio CoT Element with SIGINT data (when available).
  • Fixed #49: Windows MIME Type error.
  • Fixed #26: Added Dockerfile for Docker support (Thanks @chriselsen)
  • Fixed #43: Inotify file moved, reading stops.
  • Updated Github Workflows.
  • Major version bump from 8.0 to 9.0.
  • Moved adsbcot module to src/ directory.
  • Moved VERSION to flat-file.
  • Refactored handle_data to split out parsing fuctions.
  • Added Logging to functions.

ADSBCOT 8.0.2

Happy Summer Solstice!

  • Rewrote GitHub actions, moved most logic to shell script and Makefile.
  • Renamed Debian package from python3-adsbcot to adsbcot.
  • Standardized Makefile for all PyTAK based programs.
  • Cleaned, simplified and expanded documentation.
  • Created Makefile jobs for Debian packaging and PyTAK customization.
  • Moved all media to media sub directory under docs/.
  • Converted README.rst to README.md.
  • Style & Linting of code.
  • Removed support for Python 3.6.
  • Removed support for DUMP1090_URL configuration parameter.
  • Added Debian service: /lib/systemd/system/adsbcot.service
  • Added Debian conffile: /etc/default/adsbcot
  • Added Debian postinst with service config, debug and startup instructions.
  • Added with_asyncinotify as an optional extra.

ADSBCOT 7.0.1

  • Fixes #42: ADSBCOT CoT Events are not showing up in iTAK.

ADSBCOT 7.0.0

  • New for 2024!
  • Fixed formatting of CHANGELOG.md
  • Fixes #28: COT_STALE in documentation.
  • Fixes #31: Debian package build is broken.
  • Fixes #37: Move RTFD docs over to Markdown.
  • Fixes #38: Don't discard ImportError exception.
  • Fixes #39: Move CoT generation to PyTAK's gen_cot_xml() function.
  • Fixes #40: Add CoT access attribute.

ADSBCOT 6.1.0

Added optional altitude filters: ALT_UPPER, ALT_LOWER: - ALT_UPPER: Upper Altitude Limit, geometric (GNSS / INS) altitude in feet referenced to the WGS84 ellipsoid. - ALT_LOWER: Lower Altitude Limit, same ref as ALT_UPPER.

ADSBCOT 6.0.0

Improved support for AirTAK. - Added a Read the Docs documentation site: https://adsbcot.readthedocs.io - Added ability to read file:// URLs, including reading aircraft.json from local fs. - Replaced setup.py metadata with setup.cfg. - Code cleanup.

ADSBCOT 5.1.2

  • Fixed #17: Incorrect course/track for some dump1090 feeds. Thanks @dnlbaldwin
  • Code cleanup.

ADSBCOT 5.1.1

Adding CoT XML Declaration to output CoT.

ADSBCOT 5.0.5

Updated adsbexchange.com Raspberry Pi installation instructions.