make /?pTracks better

README.md

@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ Click the following URL and replace the IP address with address of your Raspberr
 
 http://192.168.x.yy/tar1090
 
-Check further down or keyboard shortcuts.
+If you are curious about your coverage, try this URL:
+
+http://192.168.x.yy/tar1090/?pTracks
+
+Check further down for keyboard shortcuts.
 
 ## Update (same command as installation)
 
@@ -255,10 +259,12 @@ sudo wget -O /usr/local/share/tar1090/html/upintheair.json "http://www.heywhatst
 ```
 - You should now have a range outline for the theoretical range for aircraft at 40000 ft on your tar1090 map
 
-
+- It might be interesting to compare to http://192.168.x.yy/tar1090/?pTracks which will by default will display the last 8 hours of traces.
 
 ## A separate instance with longer data retention for gauging range
 
+If this seems too complicated for you or you don't want a 2nd instance, changing / adding PTRACKS=24 to the /etc/default/tar1090 configuration should also extend the history (for /?pTracks only).
+
 ```
 sudo nano /etc/default/tar1090_instances
 ```

default

@@ -12,12 +12,18 @@ URL_978="http://127.0.0.1/skyaware978"
 # 1-9 are valid, lower lvl: less CPU usage, higher level: less network bandwidth used when loading the page
 GZIP_LVL=3
 
+# hours of tracks that /?pTracks will show
+PTRACKS=8
 
 
 
 
 
 
+
+
+PF_ENABLE=0
+
 # no need to change the lines below
 CHUNK_SIZE=60
 INT_978=1

html/early.js

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ let heatPoints = [];
 let replay = false;
 let rData = [];
 let StaleReceiverCount = 0;
+let pTracks = false;
 
 let databaseFolder = "db2";
 
@@ -113,6 +114,11 @@ try {
         let val;
         if (val = parseInt(search.get('heatmap'), 10))
             heatmap.max = val;
+
+    }
+
+    if (search.has('pTracks')) {
+        pTracks = true;
     }
 
 } catch (error) {
@@ -229,7 +235,7 @@ if (uuid != null) {
         } else {
             $.when(test_chunk_defer).done(function(data) {
                 HistoryChunks = true;
-                chunkNames = data.chunks;
+                chunkNames = pTracks ? data.chunks_all : data.chunks;
                 nHistoryItems = chunkNames.length;
                 enable_uat = (data.enable_uat == "true");
                 enable_pf_data = (data.pf_data == "true");

html/script.js

@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ let lastActive = new Date().getTime();
 let inactive = 0;
 let firstFetchDone = false;
 let overrideMapType = null;
-let pTracks = false;
 
 let shareLink = '';
 

tar1090.sh

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fi
 
 if (( ${#GZIP_LVL} < 1 || ${#GZIP_LVL} > 9 ));
 then
-    echo "gzip level unspecified, using level 3"
+    echo "gzip level unspecified, using level 1"
     GZIP_LVL=3
 fi
 
@@ -50,16 +50,32 @@ chunks=$(( hist/CHUNK_SIZE + 1 ))
 #increase chunk size to get history size as close as we can
 CHUNK_SIZE=$(( CHUNK_SIZE - ( (CHUNK_SIZE - hist % CHUNK_SIZE)/chunks ) ))
 
+
+if [[ -z $PTRACKS ]]; then
+    PTRACKS=8
+fi
+chunksAll=$(awk "function ceil(x){return int(x)+(x>int(x))} BEGIN {printf ceil($PTRACKS * 3600 / $INTERVAL / $CHUNK_SIZE)}")
+
+if (( ${#chunksAll} < ${#chunks} )); then
+    chunksAll=chunks
+fi
+
 new_chunk() {
     if [[ $1 != "refresh" ]]; then
         cur_chunk="chunk_$(date +%s%N | head -c-7).gz"
         echo "$cur_chunk" >> chunk_list
+        echo "$cur_chunk" >> chunk_list_all
         cp "$1" "$cur_chunk"
     fi
-    for iterator in $(head -n-$chunks chunk_list); do rm -f "$RUN_DIR/$iterator"; done
+    for iterator in $(head -n-$chunksAll chunk_list_all); do rm -f "$RUN_DIR/$iterator"; done
+
+    tail -n$chunksAll chunk_list_all > chunk_list_all.tmp
+    mv chunk_list_all.tmp chunk_list_all
+
     tail -n$chunks chunk_list > chunk_list.tmp
     mv chunk_list.tmp chunk_list
 
+
     # construct chunks.json
     JSON='{'
 
@@ -68,6 +84,10 @@ new_chunk() {
 
     JSON="$JSON"' "chunks": [ '
     JSON="$JSON""$(while read -r i; do echo -n "\"$i\", "; done < chunk_list)"
+    JSON="$JSON"' "current_large.gz", "current_small.gz" ],'
+
+    JSON="$JSON"' "chunks_all": [ '
+    JSON="$JSON""$(while read -r i; do echo -n "\"$i\", "; done < chunk_list_all)"
     JSON="$JSON"' "current_large.gz", "current_small.gz" ] }'
 
     echo "$JSON" > "$RUN_DIR/chunks.json"
@@ -96,11 +116,12 @@ do
         sleep 180
         continue
     fi
-    rm -f chunk_list ./chunk_*.gz ./current_*.gz history_*.json latest_*.json || true
+    rm -f chunk_list chunk_list_all ./chunk_*.gz ./current_*.gz history_*.json latest_*.json || true
 
     cp empty.gz current_small.gz
     cp empty.gz current_large.gz
     touch chunk_list
+    touch chunk_list_all
 
     # integrate original dump1090-fa history on startup so we don't start blank
     if [[ -f "$SRC_DIR"/history_0.json ]]; then
@@ -207,7 +228,7 @@ fi
 
 sleep 10
 
-if [[ -n $PF_URL ]]; then
+if [[ -n $PF_URL ]] && [[ "x$PF_ENABLE" != "x0" ]]; then
     TMP="/tmp/tar1090-tmp.pf.json.$RANDOM$RANDOM"
     while true
     do