beast-decoder v0.3.0

Beast Decoder

Parses messages coming from a BEAST TCP port. For example out.adsb.lol:1337 adsb.lol

Currently supported:

• Mode S
• ADSB (ModeS Extended Squitter)
• DEBUG

Not yet supported:

• Mode AC

Usage

install via npm:

npm i --save beast-decoder

import { BeastHandler } from 'beast-decoder'
import net from 'net'


const handler = new BeastHandler()

handler.addListener('aircraft_new', (ac)=>{
    console.log('new aircraft', ac)
})

handler.addListener('aircraft_update', (ac)=>{
    console.log('updated aircraft', ac)
})

handler.addListener('aircraft_update_with_location', (ac)=>{
    console.log('updated aircraft location', ac)
})

handler.addListener('warning', (w)=>{
    console.warn(w.message, w.context)
})

const socket: new net.Socket()
socket.connect({
    port: 1337,
    host: 'out.adsb.lol',
    family: 4 // force ipv4
})

socket.on('data', data =>{
    handler.handleBeastData(data)
})


socket.on('close', ()=>{
    handler.stop()
})

Dependencies

• mode-s-adsb-parser (same Author as this library)

Changelog

see CHANGELOG.md

For Developers

see DEV.md