FlightRadar Manual

Welcome to the FlightRadar user manual.

FlightRadar is a standalone desktop flight-radar display from TopBytes Ltd. A 7-inch capacitive touchscreen driven by an ESP32-S3 shows a green "military radar" scope of the aircraft currently overhead on the left, and a live detail panel for any aircraft you tap on the right — callsign, altitude, speed, heading, range and bearing, plus the aircraft type, operator and route where they can be looked up.

FlightRadar needs nothing more than a 2.4 GHz WiFi network and a USB-C power supply. Live aircraft positions are fetched over the internet from the community adsb.fi open-data network, so there is no receiver, antenna or Raspberry Pi to set up — power it on, join it to your WiFi on the screen, tell it where "home" is, and the scope fills with traffic.

FlightRadar

• Introduction
  • What is FlightRadar?
  • Key Features
  • Requirements
  • How It Works
  • Typical Use Cases
  • Design Philosophy
  • What's Next?
• Getting Started
  • Unboxing and First Power-On
  • First Boot Sequence
  • The On-Screen WiFi Setup
  • After WiFi Connects
  • Setting Your Home Location
  • Verifying Successful Setup
  • Serial Monitor Messages
  • What's Next?
• Operation
  • Screen Layout
  • The Radar Scope
  • The Detail Panel
  • The Clock (Top-Right)
  • The Settings Menu
  • Normal Operation Sequence
  • Tips for Daily Use
  • What's Next?
• Configuration
  • Where Settings Live
  • Device Information
  • Home Location
  • Range / Zoom
  • Sweep
  • Brightness
  • Screen Rotation
  • Night Mode (Overnight Screen-Off)
  • Timezone
  • WiFi Networks
  • Flight Alerts
  • Factory Reset
  • What's Next?
• Troubleshooting
  • Quick Diagnostic Checklist
  • WiFi and Setup Issues
  • No Aircraft on the Scope
  • Detail Panel Missing Type / Route
  • Clock Is Wrong or Shows --:--:--
  • Display Issues
  • Firmware Update Issues
  • Getting Help
  • Emergency Recovery
• Advanced Features
  • Over-The-Air (OTA) Firmware Updates
  • How the Data Feed Works
  • Network Administration
  • Time Synchronisation
  • Power Consumption
  • Security Notes
  • What's Next?
• Technical Specifications
  • Hardware Specifications
  • Network Specifications
  • Radar Scope
  • Performance Specifications
  • Compatibility
  • Data Sources
  • Support and Documentation
• Compliance
  • Radio Equipment Information
  • EU Declaration of Conformity
  • UKCA Declaration of Conformity
  • FCC Statement
  • RF Exposure Information
  • Safety Warnings
  • Intended Use
  • WEEE — Waste Disposal Information
  • Manufacturer
  • Firmware Updates
• Changelog
  • Version 1.0.0

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About This Manual

This manual covers:

• Powering on and the on-screen WiFi setup

• Setting your home location (Maidenhead grid or latitude/longitude)

• Reading the radar scope and the aircraft detail panel

• Range/zoom, sweep, night mode, timezone and screen rotation

• Flight alerts (watch a callsign, ICAO or flight-number prefix)

• Troubleshooting connectivity and display issues

• Firmware updates (OTA) and technical specifications

Data Sources and Credits

FlightRadar displays data provided by third-party community services:

• Aircraft positions are provided by the adsb.fi open-data ADS-B network.

• Aircraft type, registration, operator and route information is provided by adsbdb.com.

All credit for the underlying data belongs to those projects. FlightRadar is a display for this information and is not affiliated with either service.

Regulatory and Safety Information

Per Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU, Article 10(9)

Hereby, TopBytes Ltd declares that the radio equipment type FlightRadar (Model: FLTRDR-01) is in compliance with Directive 2014/53/EU.

The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at Compliance.

Support

For additional support, please visit:

• Website: https://www.topbytes.net

• FlightRadar Portal: https://flightradar.topbytes.net

• Support email: support@topbytes.net