What’s changed

Release notes for each version. The files for every version are on the releases page.

2.5.2

• Frequency survey: the messages watchdog and decoder no longer take the dongle back while a survey runs, so the survey has the dongle to itself. After upgrading, run the survey again from Manage › Dongles.
• Message viewer: clicking a message opens it in a pane beside the list (full screen on narrow windows), with the plain-English summary, what it says, the text as received (with Copy), the details and a link to the aircraft’s pass. Newer and Older buttons, ↑/↓ or j/k to move, Esc to close. It stays open while the list refreshes, and the list keeps its place as new messages arrive.
• Packages: .deb and .rpm for 64-bit PCs and ARM (amd64 and arm64), and an AppImage for x86_64, all built by a new release pipeline.

2.5.1

• Features follow each dongle’s job.
• Aircraft messages decoded into plain English.
• The receiver runs while the app is open; closing the window keeps it in the tray, with an explicit Quit.
• A watchdog for every receiver.
• Spoken alerts.

2.5.0

• Its own app window, with a menu and a native Save as…; closing it leaves logging running.
• India’s DGCA aircraft register, offline: owner, lessor and charter operator for VT- aircraft, refreshed every 30 days. Private and general-aviation aircraft are labelled as such, and the airline is taken from the registration when the callsign doesn’t say.
• IATA flight numbers (for example 6E 5203), derived from the callsign or looked up, never guessed.
• Aircraft messages (ACARS and VDL2) on a dongle with the Messages job: a Messages tab, adsb-logger messages -f, messages linked to each pass, a frequency survey and opt-in sharing.
• Dongle serial numbers: a dongle with the factory serial or a duplicate gets its own number from 00000100 up, after a backup of its memory. Each dongle has a job.
• Handheld layout for 640×480 screens such as the Waveshare PocketTerm35.
• Click-through setup and repair: Manage › Health has Fix buttons, Repair everything and Remove system parts.
• Type fixes (Gulfstream G200, Hawker 900XP, 737 MAX), one label for Indian military aircraft, map tiles cached for offline use.