SatNOGS new satnogs-client-docker image

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Hi,

While trying to make satnogs-client decode Meteor M2-3/M2-4 LRPT images, I started with the @SA2KNG repository GitHub - kng/satnogs-client-docker: Run satnogs-client inside one or more docker containers · GitHub and the knegge/satnogs-client:lsf-addons Docker image. I did several modifications, including:

  • Platform: trixie base, UID/GID 999 fix, matplotlib purge, writable cache dirs (FFTW/matplotlib/fontconfig).

  • SDR: SoapySDR 0.8.1, SDRplay API 3.15 + sdrplay_apiService, SoapySDRPlay3 0.5.1, mirisdr/SoapyMiri, SoapyRTLTCP, kalibrate/rx_tools/rffft; plus the station-level SATNOGS_RX_SAMP_RATE=2e6 fix (2.048e6 rejected by the RSPduo).

  • Decoders: patched meteor_demod/meteor_decode (stderr status so --stdout stays clean, portable build flags — the native flags SIGILL’d the A53 station), ssdv (JY1SAT), aptdec, optional SatDump.

  • LRPT client support: satnogs_lrpt.py mode, find_sample_rate → 4*baudrate, legacy IQ naming, dispatcher → satnogs_fm.py.

  • satnogs_fm.py: wideband tap at 4*baudrate on UDP 57358 (audio tap can’t carry 160 kHz), separate rigctl object (double rig-open), waterfall widened to ±160 kHz for LRPT.

  • Reliability: rewritten satnogs-pre readiness probe (sdrplay_api_Open() ctypes), keep-healthy service — fixed the cold-start shm_open race; satnogs-post per-obs diagnostics; meteor.sh + udp2ishort.py pipeline with METEOR_INVERT A/B toggle.

  • Ops: grsat/satdump/bandscan/direwolf/rotor-park/gpio/meminfo/iq-rename scripts, imagedecode JY1SAT fix, boot warm-up chain kept intact.

The new Docker image is antzi/satnogs-client:lsf-addons and it works as a drop-in replacement of the knegge one. Just add the following line in the docker-compose.yml:

    image: antzi/satnogs-client:lsf-addons

under services: → satnogs_client:

Here are two examples of observations done using this image:

I would really appreciate if you give it a try, especially on a better hardware than mine.

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Hi antzi!

Thank you for sharing this updated Docker image. I’ve just set up a fresh LMDE 7 environment on an Intel Core i5 (8th gen) machine and I’m very interested in trying out your lsf-addons image. I’ll give it a spin soon!

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Hi I just installed it on a 5th gen NUC. First install of SATNOGS. Might end up putting it on a 9th gen i5.