Stops connecting to RF Explorer

berkon / wireless-microphone-analyzer

Scans the spectrum for free/congested wireless microphone channels ("RF Explorer" or "TinySA" hardware is required!)

MIT License

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Stops connecting to RF Explorer #12

Closed ShanethPatterson closed 1 year ago

ShanethPatterson commented 3 years ago

Hi! I have been using Wireless Microphone Analyzer since fall last year. It has been excellent for my usage! However, after updating to 1.7.3, the RF Explorer no longer shows scan results from the RF Explorer, but it does show the USB port with a checkmark. It also does not show the RF range the explorer is set to. Downgrading back to 1.7.1 does not seem to fix it. Thank you!

berkon commented 3 years ago

Hi @ShanethPatterson, which version did you use before? I'm asking because V1.7.1 was published on 19th January. Thus you must have had an older version, when you used it in fall. Would be good if you could find that out, then I can check what changes were done since then.

ShanethPatterson commented 3 years ago

It must have been 1.6.1!

berkon commented 3 years ago

Please try the following:

You said you downgraded to 1.7.1. Can you please try to downgrade to 1.6.1 and check if it works again.
Press <CTRL><ALT><SHIFT><i> and let me know if there are any error messages on the console (with the broken version). Just post the output here
Let me know which platform are you using

ShanethPatterson commented 3 years ago

ShanethPatterson commented 3 years ago

I am running mac os 10.14.6 Mojave on a 2015 Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch. You are correct. I was running 1.6.1 earlier. I downloaded that and it works as expected.

berkon commented 3 years ago

Ah, ok. I think I had that issue as well sometimes. But I didn't find a reason why it happend. It doesn't seem to be an issue with the software. In my case, as far as I remember, I disconnected the device and made sure that it is turned off (I found out that sometimes the firmware hangs). Also wait a few seconds before you connect it again (also the USB connectors sometimes go crazy). Also stop the Microphone Analyzer Tool. Then connect the device again, wait a few seconds for USB to discover it and then start the tool. If that doesn't work, I'd suggest to downgrade to 1.6.1, just to check if that helps. If yes, then there indeed might be an issue in the software which I can look after.

ShanethPatterson commented 3 years ago

Cool, I can't seem to make the 1.7.X workaround work, but I will run 1.6.1 in the meantime!

berkon commented 3 years ago

So 1.6.1 works fine after downgrade?

berkon commented 3 years ago

Very strange, I tried 1.7.3 on my Mac and it works flawless. But I must admit I have quite an old Mac Book Air which still has an old OS on it.