Hello all
I am trying to get the python wrapper "pyrtlsdr" working on Windows, it
works fine on Linux
The dongle works fine in SDR-SHARP.exe
It imports correctly but prints the following error when I try to
initialize the Dongle:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\M0ZJO\Desktop\RA_Astro\FFTPrint Test.py", line 4, in <module>
sdr = RtlSdr()
File "build\bdist.win32\egg\rtlsdr\rtlsdr.py", line 60, in __init__
% (result, device_index))
IOError: Error code -3 when opening SDR (device index = 0)
RTL_FM also returns the same error.
Can anyone help? I would be very grateful!
Many thanks
Jonathan/M0ZJO
I just downloaded the RelWithDebInfo precompiled windows software that was
posted on Oct 24th. I am using an E4000 dongle which has a PPM of +30.
I am trying to listen to 424.175MHz and I'm using this:
rtl_fm -p 30 -d 1 -N -o 4 -f 424.175M -s 16k -C|sox -r 16000 -t .raw -e
signed-integer -b 16 -c 1 -V1 - -d
everything is playing fine. I can hear 424.175MHz. The issue is that I'm
hearing another station 50KHz higher on 424.225Mhz in addition to the
frequency I want. So it looks as if it's not using a 16Khz filter. Am I
doing something wrong or is there an issue with rtl_fm.exe? Thanks
Chris
Tried searching on this and didn't find much. Is rtl_fm stereo capable? When I encode with lame's "-m s" flag the output is at half the sample rate (ie: speeded up). Do I need to feed it double the sample rate, or am I barking up the wrong tree entirely?
Thank you.
Hi,
Since all DVB-T receivers come with an IR remote control, I'm wondering if
there is an API that can be used to receive the remote commands?
Thanks,
-Skip
Hi all,
I have compiled and installed rtl-sdr on CentOS 6 following instructions.
Everything compiles without errors, but:
- when I run rtl_test I get the following errors:
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
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Supported gain values (29): 0.0 0.9 1.4 2.7 3.7 7.7 8.7 12.5 14.4 15.7
16.6 19.7 20.7 22.9 25.4 28.0 29.7 32.8 33.8 36.4 37.2 38.6 40.2 42.1
43.4 43.9 44.5 48.0 49.6
Info: This tool will continuously read from the device, and report if
samples get lost. If you observe no further output, everything is fine.
Reading samples in async mode...
cb transfer status: 5, canceling...
cb transfer status: 5, canceling...
cb transfer status: 5, canceling...
cb transfer status: 5, canceling...
cb transfer status: 5, canceling...
cb transfer status: 5, canceling...
cb transfer status: 5, canceling...
cb transfer status: 5, canceling...
Library error 0, exiting...
If I run rtl_tcp I get the following errors when the client tries to
connect:
Found 1 device(s).
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Using ezcap USB 2.0 DVB-T/DAB/FM dongle
Tuned to 100000000 Hz.
listening...
Use the device argument 'rtl_tcp=192.168.33.99:8767' in OsmoSDR
(gr-osmosdr) source
to receive samples in GRC and control rtl_tcp parameters (frequency,
gain, ...).
client accepted!
set freq 145000000
cb transfer status: 5, canceling...
cb transfer status: 5, canceling...
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -4
set sample rate 1024000
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -4
set freq correction 4
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -4
rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -4
worker cond timeout
Signal caught, exiting!
comm recv bye
Signal caught, exiting!
all threads dead..
listening...
The same client connects without errors to another rtl_tcp instance on a
Windows 7 computer, with the same module.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dan
I found this program yesterday: https://github.com/gordonjcp/lysdr
It's the GUI part of a minimal HDSDR/SDR# type program but it needs an IQ stream from something. It seems to be mostly intended for use with Softrocks but I wonder if anyone's been able to feed something like the output from rtl_sdr into it? It's got some Python and some C, requires Jackaudio. I was able to build it and run it under OpenBSD 5.2 without much trouble. Only does USB/LSB as written, Googling doesn't find me anything connecting it with any Osmocom stuff. rtl_tcp through Netcat might work better because it seems to want to control the frequencies. I've only got a couple of $20 dongles.
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Radio Astronomy - the ultimate DX
I keep getting the message "rtlsdr_read_reg failed with -7" whenever I
run any of the rtl_ commands.
When I run the command after re-plugging the stick it usually works
(except the lost samples):
rtl_test
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
Found Fitipower FC0013 tuner
Supported gain values (23): -9.9 -7.3 -6.5 -6.3 -6.0 -5.8 -5.4 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.1 17.9 18.1 18.2 18.4 18.6 18.8 19.1 19.7
Info: This tool will continuously read from the device, and report if
samples get lost. If you observe no further output, everything is fine.
Reading samples in async mode...
lost at least 84 bytes
But if I run any of the rtl_ commands after breaking any previous
running command I get:
rtl_test
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
rtlsdr_read_reg failed with -7
rtlsdr_write_reg failed with -7
rtlsdr_read_reg failed with -7
rtlsdr_write_reg failed with -7
rtlsdr_read_reg failed with -7
rtlsdr_write_reg failed with -7
Is there a way to completely reset the driver other than re-plugging
it?
I'm running Gentoo Linux (3.2.1 kernel)
Thanks!
//Petter
Hi All,
Just been trying to compile rtl-sdr on my Windows7x64; so I have cloned
the trunk repository, download mingw64, download cmake, get libusb-1.0
for windows and get pthreads-win32. After all I have configured cMake
with the parameter show below:
CMAKE_RC_FLAGS:STRING=
CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=0
CMAKE_RC_COMPILER:FILEPATH=C:/Program
Files/mingw-builds/x64-4.8.1-posix-seh-rev5/mingw64/bin/windres.exe
CMAKE_AR:FILEPATH=C:/Program
Files/mingw-builds/x64-4.8.1-posix-seh-rev5/mingw64/bin/ar.exe
CMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING=
CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG:STRING=
CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG:STRING=
CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS:BOOL=1
CMAKE_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES:STRING=-lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32
-lwinspool -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -luuid -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32
-lstdc++
CMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH=C:/Program
Files/mingw-builds/x64-4.8.1-posix-seh-rev5/mingw64/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe
CMAKE_CODEBLOCKS_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=C:/Program
Files/mingw-builds/x64-4.8.1-posix-seh-rev5/mingw64/bin/mingw32-make.exe
LIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=E:/Staniscia/PRIVATO/RTL_SDR/libusbx/include/libusbx-1.0
LIBUSB_LIBRARIES:FILEPATH=E:/Staniscia/PRIVATO/RTL_SDR/libusbx/MinGW64/static/libusb-1.0.a
THREADS_PTHREADS_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=E:/Staniscia/PRIVATO/RTL_SDR/pthreads-win32/Pre-built.2/include
THREADS_PTHREADS_WIN32_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=E:/Staniscia/PRIVATO/RTL_SDR/pthreads-win32/Pre-built.2/lib/x64/libpthreadGC2.a
and I don't have any warning from cMake but when I make the project I
have this:
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E:\Staniscia\PRIVATO\RTL_SDR\repo\rtl-sdr\build>mingw32-make.exe clean
E:\Staniscia\PRIVATO\RTL_SDR\repo\rtl-sdr\build>mingw32-make.exe
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..\..\src\rtl_tcp.c: In function 'gettimeofday':
..\..\src\rtl_tcp.c:112:10: error: invalid suffix "Ui64" on integer constant
tmp -= 11644473600000000Ui64;
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Someone can help me?
Hi all,
I have built my antenna and now I wont evaluate my work, so, in your opinions can I use the rtl_sdr software to accomplish it? Someone have a suggestion or is it impossible?
Thanks
