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OsmoDevCon 2014 / Date / Venue
by Harald Welte 01 Jan '14

01 Jan '14

Hi all, time is moving fast, and I want to start some initial discussion and planning for OsmoDevCon 2014. There are basically four questions which I'm raising below. Please provide your feedback to the osmocom-event-orga mailing list only, to avoid cross-posting over all the project lists. = Who? = My intention is to keep it an 'active developer/contributer only' event, like we had it before. I would also want to keep the group relatively small, to keep the 'Osmocom family' atmosphere. If desired, we could have one half or full day of public prsentations in a larger auditorium, but the developer meeting should be a close group, as known so far. = Where? = If we keep the number of attendees within the same range as this year, then I'm sure we could again hold it at the same venue. I know it is not perfect, but it is a place that we have access to, 24 hours per day, and free of cost for community projects like osmocom.org. If the community wants a larger event, then this is something that would require more funds and much more time organizing. And that is something that I personally could not offer to take care of, sorry. I'm happy to attend and support any larger events, but I'm unable to take care of fundraising and venue research. = When? = Q1/2014. In January, I'm not aware of any 'blocker' events. February, there is Fosdem (Feb 1 + Feb 2), and MWC from Feb 24 through Feb 27. In March there is CeBIT (March 10-14) and Easter holidays (with EasterHegg March 17-21). Did I miss any other FOSS / mobile event that might clash in Q1? So my preference woudl be to do it either late January (23-26) or in February (6-9 or 13-16). Any preferences regarding preferred schedule? Once we have some concencus here on the list [and we want to do it in the same size / venue], I'll talk to IN-Berlin. = What? = I think that question is easy to answer, if we have the above three figured out... There's no shortage of topics, I suppose. You can start adding your suggestions to http://openbsc.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/OsmoDevCon2014 Regards, Harald -- - Harald Welte <laforge(a)gnumonks.org> http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)

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miri_fm scanning speed
by Sdr Guru 31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13

Hi The test results: miri_fm 543-723 step/sec - 65% CPU load (800MHz Intel) rtl_fm 7,65 step/sec - 6,3% CPU load (800MHz Intel) SG

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Bandwidth
by IZ8MBW Fabio 27 Dec '13

27 Dec '13

Hi again. I would like to stream the RTL SDR over the Internet. My Internet connection is 1 Megabit in upload (much less than a LAN connection). Is there a way to decrase or cap the bandwith of rtl_tcp? In others words: is possible for example limit the audio stream on a bandwith of 300 Hz to 3400 Hz? Thanks. Fabio, IZ8MBW

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Re: Bandwidth
by IZ8MBW Fabio 26 Dec '13

26 Dec '13

Hi Jay, rtl_fm can be used like rtl_tcp ? Can I use SDR Sharp (SDR#) on a Windows 7 PC (Client side) to connect on the RTL SDR on the Raspberry Pi (Server side) like rtl_tcp? 73 Fabio, IZ8MBW www.iz8mbw.net >________________________________ > Da: Jay Bougie <jaybougie(a)gmail.com> >A: IZ8MBW Fabio <iz8mbw(a)yahoo.it> >Inviato: Lunedì 23 Dicembre 2013 23:33 >Oggetto: Re: Bandwidth > > > >Have you checked out rtl_fm yet? >May just do the trick for your setup. >On Dec 23, 2013 5:10 PM, "IZ8MBW Fabio" <iz8mbw(a)yahoo.it> wrote: > > >>Hi again. >>I would like to stream the RTL SDR over the Internet. My Internet connection is 1 Megabit in upload (much less than a LAN connection). >>Is there a way to decrase or cap the bandwith of rtl_tcp? >>In others words: is possible for example limit the audio stream on a bandwith of 300 Hz to 3400 Hz? >> >>Thanks. >> >>Fabio, IZ8MBW >> >> >> > >

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RTL2832U on Raspberry Pi
by IZ8MBW Fabio 23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13

Hi. I'm trying to install OSMOSdr on a Raspberry Pi. I'm following this guide: http://www.hamradioscience.com/raspberry-pi-as-remote-server-for-rtl2832u-s… After installing I try to test the RTL2832 USB SDR but I have this error: root@raspberrypi:~/rtl2832/rtl-sdr/build# rtl_test Found 1 device(s): 0: Generic RTL2832U OEM Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U OEM Kernel driver is active, or device is claimed by second instance of librtlsdr. In the first case, please either detach or blacklist the kernel module (dvb_usb_rtl28xxu), or enable automatic detaching at compile time. usb_claim_interface error -6 Failed to open rtlsdr device #0. This is my lsmod: root@raspberrypi:~# lsmod Module Size Used by tun 18459 2 i2c_dev 5557 0 w1_therm 2921 0 w1_gpio 2363 0 wire 24832 2 w1_gpio,w1_therm cn 4783 1 wire snd_bcm2835 16165 0 evdev 9419 1 r820t 16279 1 rtl2832 8020 1 snd_soc_bcm2708_i2s 5474 0 regmap_mmio 2806 1 snd_soc_bcm2708_i2s dvb_usb_rtl28xxu 14333 0 dvb_usb_v2 14860 1 dvb_usb_rtl28xxu rc_core 16313 3 dvb_usb_rtl28xxu,dvb_usb_v2 rtl2830 7378 1 dvb_usb_rtl28xxu snd_soc_core 131268 1 snd_soc_bcm2708_i2s dvb_core 92797 3 rtl2830,rtl2832,dvb_usb_v2 regmap_spi 1897 1 snd_soc_core snd_pcm 81593 2 snd_bcm2835,snd_soc_core snd_page_alloc 5156 1 snd_pcm regmap_i2c 1645 1 snd_soc_core snd_compress 8076 1 snd_soc_core snd_seq 53769 0 snd_timer 20133 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 6473 1 snd_seq leds_gpio 2059 0 led_class 3688 1 leds_gpio snd 61291 7 snd_bcm2835,snd_soc_core,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_compress i2c_bcm2708 3949 0 This is a portion of /var/log/messages . . . Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 2.369348] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using dwc_otg Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 2.377867] Indeed it is in host mode hprt0 = 00001101 Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 2.387121] devtmpfs: mounted Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 2.399736] Freeing unused kernel memory: 144K (c0572000 - c0596000) Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 2.590087] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=9512 Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 2.599431] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0 Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 2.609377] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 2.615786] hub 1-1:1.0: 3 ports detected Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 2.899604] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using dwc_otg Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 3.009979] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=ec00 Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 3.018605] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0 Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 3.047105] smsc95xx v1.0.4 Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 3.124437] smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0 eth0: register 'smsc95xx' at usb-bcm2708_usb-1.1, smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet, b8:27:eb:30:43:fd Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 3.229549] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 3.352535] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=2838 Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 3.365766] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 3.375070] usb 1-1.3: Product: RTL2838UHIDIR Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 3.381218] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: Realtek Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 3.391654] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: 00000001 Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 5.123693] bcm2708_i2c_init_pinmode(0,0) Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 5.249498] bcm2708_i2c_init_pinmode(0,1) Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 5.255625] bcm2708_i2c bcm2708_i2c.0: BSC0 Controller at 0x20205000 (irq 79) (baudrate 100k) Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 5.468627] bcm2708_i2c_init_pinmode(1,2) Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 5.545257] bcm2708_i2c_init_pinmode(1,3) Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 5.614064] bcm2708_i2c bcm2708_i2c.1: BSC1 Controller at 0x20804000 (irq 79) (baudrate 100k) Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.451707] usb 1-1.3: dvb_usb_v2: found a 'Realtek RTL2832U reference design' in warm state Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.510309] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_rtl28xxu Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.552127] usb 1-1.3: dvb_usb_v2: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.575184] DVB: registering new adapter (Realtek RTL2832U reference design) Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.614879] bcm2708-i2s bcm2708-i2s.0: Failed to create debugfs directory Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.639092] usb 1-1.3: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Realtek RTL2832 (DVB-T))... Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.693199] r820t 2-001a: creating new instance Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.721703] r820t 2-001a: Rafael Micro r820t successfully identified Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.744416] Registered IR keymap rc-empty Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.755520] input: Realtek RTL2832U reference design as /devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/rc/rc0/input0 Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.785036] rc0: Realtek RTL2832U reference design as /devices/platform/bcm2708_usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.3/rc/rc0 Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.808934] usb 1-1.3: dvb_usb_v2: schedule remote query interval to 400 msecs Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 6.840041] usb 1-1.3: dvb_usb_v2: 'Realtek RTL2832U reference design' successfully initialized and connected Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 10.489768] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: (null) Dec 23 13:15:06 raspberrypi kernel: [ 10.929880] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: (null) . . . Any idea to how to solve? Many thanks!! 73 Fabio, IZ8MBW www.iz8mbw.net

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osmosdrinput.cpp:473:83: error: ‘osmosdr_set_tuner_dc_offset’ was not declared in this scope
by kdag 22 Dec '13

22 Dec '13

Hi all, i'm almost there on the sdrangelove compilation: [ 90%] Building CXX object plugins/samplesource/osmosdr/CMakeFiles/inputosmosdr.dir/osmosdrinput.cpp.o /home/alejo/documents/sat-a-ware/sdrangelove/plugins/samplesource/osmosdr/osmosdrinput.cpp: In member function ‘bool OsmoSDRInput::applySettings(const SampleSource::GeneralSettings&, const OsmoSDRInput::Settings&, bool)’: /home/alejo/documents/sat-a-ware/sdrangelove/plugins/samplesource/osmosdr/osmosdrinput.cpp:463:120: error: ‘osmosdr_set_iq_amp’ was not declared in this scope if(!osmosdr_set_iq_amp(m_dev, m_settings.m_opAmpI1, m_settings.m_opAmpI2, m_settings.m_opAmpQ1, m_settings.m_opAmpQ2)) ^ /home/documents/sat-a-ware/sdrangelove/plugins/samplesource/osmosdr/osmosdrinput.cpp:473:83: error: ‘osmosdr_set_tuner_dc_offset’ was not declared in this scope if(!osmosdr_set_tuner_dc_offset(m_dev, m_settings.m_dcOfsI, m_settings.m_dcOfsQ)) ^ make[2]: *** [plugins/samplesource/osmosdr/CMakeFiles/inputosmosdr.dir/osmosdrinput.cpp.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [plugins/samplesource/osmosdr/CMakeFiles/inputosmosdr.dir/all] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 make 82.14s user 4.50s system 91% cpu 1:34.54 total Please let me know how to get over this, Thanks in adavance!

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Re: Big rtl_fm (and more) improvements, testing requested
by Deron 18 Dec '13

18 Dec '13

Thanks for this timely update! I just got this R820T based device and just tried to receive local radio stations to no avail. I live about 70 miles from town, and get only a few stations here with a cheap little transistor radio. With the device and rtl_fm, I am lucky to make out voices in the static. So, I sent one down to a server I manage that is _under_ a tower. Of course, I can receive the two stations that broadcast from the tower. They come in loud and clear! But nothing else. My goal was to be able to listen to radio stations in town by remote using the server in town, so I'm limited to shell based applications like rtl_fm. My next step was going to be GNURadio, if I can make it work headless, but I found this update last night! Very good timing for me! Now for the problem(s). What I did on the server was: git clone https://github.com/keenerd/rtl-sdr rtl-sdr-beta cd rtl-sdr-beta/ autoreconf -i ./configure make and I get this (I cut out the largely irrelevant parts, but can supply full console output if needed): rtl_sdr.o: In function `main': /home/deron/rtl-sdr-beta/src/rtl_sdr.c:128: undefined reference to `verbose_device_search' /home/deron/rtl-sdr-beta/src/rtl_sdr.c:202: undefined reference to `verbose_set_sample_rate' /home/deron/rtl-sdr-beta/src/rtl_sdr.c:205: undefined reference to `verbose_set_frequency' /home/deron/rtl-sdr-beta/src/rtl_sdr.c:209: undefined reference to `verbose_auto_gain' /home/deron/rtl-sdr-beta/src/rtl_sdr.c:216: undefined reference to `verbose_ppm_set' /home/deron/rtl-sdr-beta/src/rtl_sdr.c:212: undefined reference to `nearest_gain' /home/deron/rtl-sdr-beta/src/rtl_sdr.c:213: undefined reference to `verbose_gain_set' /home/deron/rtl-sdr-beta/src/rtl_sdr.c:232: undefined reference to `verbose_reset_buffer' /home/deron/rtl-sdr-beta/src/rtl_sdr.c:178: undefined reference to `verbose_device_search' I see where you have defined verbose_* in convenience.c, but configuration must not be correctly building/linking it in. I am very much out of my water with autoconf etal. I suspect you are using some other method to compile this, so might not be in any better footing than I. Thanks for you assistance, Deron

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PL/CTCSS/DCS squelch on rtl_fm?
by Chris Hanson 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

Has anyone considered adding this or found a work around for those noisy stations that keep breaking the squelch? Thanks Chris

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Big rtl_fm (and more) improvements, testing requested
by keenerd 08 Dec '13

08 Dec '13

Hi all. Been hacking a bit on rtl_fm again. My repository is at https://github.com/keenerd/rtl-sdr Pretty much everything has been overhauled. The first year of rtl_fm's life saw a lot of features jammed into dumb places in the code. There was no organization and a lot of problems stemmed from that. Now the code is cleaner, faster and should be much simpler for future features such as multiple dongle/demodulator support. Major fixes: The most common complaint that people have had is poor selectivity. Rtl_fm was great for strong signals but could not pick up weak signals. This was from shoddy (but very fast) filters. Now there are better filters available. Access them with '-F 0' and '-F 9'. These will use more cpu but still run fine on low end ARMs. There is some more headroom for optimization, but nothing to be premature about. Rtl_power has these same filters if you'd like a visual comparison of how they work. Due to some stupid misunderstandings on my part, data modes were completely broken. These work again. New features: You can choose devices by the text in the serial eeprom. This is overloaded onto the existing -d (device index number) option. If it looks like a simple int, do the traditional -d behavior. If it looks like a string, check the eeproms of all devices for exact matches, prefix matches and suffix matches. If your rtl dongles don't have eeproms, my apologies. Minor improvements: All of the rtl_* utilities have these features, including metric/standard units as well as nearest-gain values and the serial matching. Going Further: There are also a lot of patches to add various features to rtl_fm. With the new overhaul it should be much easier to add features, but the patches will have to be re-written first. If there are patch sets you you'd to see merged sooner rather than later, please mention them so I can gauge interest. -Kyle http://kmkeen.com

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R820T No supported tuner found
by Markus Macher 07 Dec '13

07 Dec '13

Hi all! I hope, someone has an idea regarding my issue.. I've bought this: http://dx.com/p/rtl2832u-r820t-mini-dvb-t-dab-fm-usb-digital-tv-dongle-blac… The chips inside are RTL2832U and R820T. With latest rtl-sdr from git as well as keenerd's branch , I get (as root): Found 1 device(s): 0: ezcap USB 2.0 DVB-T/DAB/FM dongle Using device 0: ezcap USB 2.0 DVB-T/DAB/FM dongle No supported tuner found Enabled direct sampling mode, input 1 Current configuration: __________________________________________ Vendor ID: 0x0bda Product ID: 0x2838 Manufacturer: Realtek Product: RTL2838UHIDIR Serial number: 00000001 Serial number enabled: yes IR endpoint enabled: yes Remote wakeup enabled: no Well, rtl_fm is making noises, but in direct sampling mode, I think I have no chance to listen to the radio at all. in librtlsdr.c, after reg = rtlsdr_i2c_read_reg(dev, R820T_I2C_ADDR, R82XX_CHECK_ADDR); if (reg == R82XX_CHECK_VAL) { fprintf(stderr, "Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner (reg=%08X, should be %08X)\n",reg,R82XX_CHECK_VAL); dev->tuner_type = RTLSDR_TUNER_R820T; goto found; } reg is zero instead of R82XX_CHECK_VAL I tried to force it to be a R820T, but "pll not locked" or so.. It's standard debian wheezy with /dev/bus/usb and without /proc/bus/usb. usb messages seem to work: 11606 ioctl(6, USBDEVFS_SUBMITURB or USBDEVFS_SUBMITURB32, 0x2133490) = 0 11606 ioctl(6, USBDEVFS_REAPURBNDELAY or USBDEVFS_REAPURBNDELAY32, 0x7fffed8a4dd8) = 0 Many thx, Markus

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