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CaribouLite turns any 40-pin Raspberry-Pi into a Tx/Rx 6GHz SDR
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Pi 3 DragonOS successful install and testing - hope this helps #94

Open ImDroided opened 1 year ago

ImDroided commented 1 year ago

Ok so since so many have been having issues I figured I would post what I did to get it working. I am using a Pi 3 in headless mode. I chose DragonOS as it has pretty much everything SDR related already installed and seems to have the highest success rate of getting the Caribou working.

First I downloaded DragonOS from https://sourceforge.net/projects/dragonos-pi64/ I then flashed that to a 64gb sd card and booted up the Pi.

Once in a desktop I opened a terminal and ran

sudo raspi-config

Once in raspi-config I changed its auto login to console only. After that I enabled SSH and rebooted.

If you are planing on using the pi with a desktop you can skip the raspi-config steps. I am running headless over network.

Next I chose a fork of this repository because for some reason the owner of this one still has not taken in the fix for the mirror signal. Konimaru fixed the issue and is still waiting to be merged into this repo.

I then ran the following commands

mkdir ~/projects
cd ~/projects
git clone https://github.com/konimaru/cariboulite.git
cd cariboulite
./install.sh

Note that the script will complain about the raspberry pi kernel headers not being found on apt-get but dont worry they are pre-installed in DragonOS

Let that chug along and cheer when it finishes.

Next we need to set up SPI and i2c

sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt

find this section and make it look like this......

[all]
# Enable the audio output, I2C and SPI interfaces on the GPIO header. As these
# parameters related to the base device-tree they must appear *before* any
# other dtoverlay= specification
dtparam=audio=on
dtparam=i2c_arm=off
dtparam=spi=off
dtparam=i2c_vc=on

Now hit CTRL+x and then y then the ENTER key now reboot the Pi

From here I used my laptop and SSH into the Caribou. If you are still on the Caribou itself in headless mode just login or if in a desktop open a terminal.

ssh ubuntu@(your caribou's ip)

sudo SoapySDRUtil --find and you should see the Caribou listed

Congratulations its all set up.

Now for the receiving part. I cant for the life of me get anything to connect to SoapySDR but I found a way to get it going. SDR++ or SDRPP as the command goes is already installed and has a server mode that automatically sees the SoapySDR server so I ran

sudo sdrpp --server

Then on my laptop I installed sdrpp from https://github.com/AlexandreRouma/SDRPlusPlus/releases and connected to the sdrpp server

In SDRPP select SDRPP Server as source, input your Caribou's IP and hit connect. It will then show remote source, select soapyremote and the caribou will show up.

Tune to a receivable freq for the caribou tuner you selected and hit the play button.

Auto gain control is broken and spikes the signal so I was getting good results between 22-30 and set decimation at 4-8. I had it at 4 but there is a post somewhere that said 4-8 seems best. Even though the HiF is claimed to be 30 MHz - 6 GHz I was tuning all the way down to 4 MHz listening to shortwave stations just fine with my MLA-30+ active loop antenna. Here is a picture of the 40 meter band

PXL_20230320_030755499

good luck and wile I realize most of my issues are with not knowing how to use soapy properly this at least put my mind at ease knowing my hardware was working. Ill figure out SoapySDR later. Hope this helps someone.

alphafox02 commented 1 year ago

One addition note to the great write up, in the script look at line 23 and take out raspberrypi-kernel-headers. This will keep the Ubuntu kernel in place, I seem to recall it getting changed otherwise.

I’ve been wanting to build a new updated DragonOS Pi64 build once the mirror effect and all other fixes where in, but this is excellent for those wanting to get up and going quickly in the meantime.

ImDroided commented 1 year ago

One addition note to the great write up, in the script look at line 23 and take out raspberrypi-kernel-headers. This will keep the Ubuntu kernel in place, I seem to recall it getting changed otherwise.

I’ve been wanting to build a new updated DragonOS Pi64 build once the mirror effect and all other fixes where in, but this is excellent for those wanting to get up and going quickly in the meantime.

If I remember right it just complained that the raspberry pi headers couldnt be found in apt but the rest went on ok

wrju333 commented 1 year ago

Thanks for this @ImDroided , Best results I've had yet.

alphafox02 commented 1 year ago

Flashed a new install of DragonOS Pi64 and decided to give the main repo another try.

As of this moment you have to open and edit CaribouliteStreamFunctions.cpp and cariboulite.c files and change cariboulite_get_native_mtu_size_samples to cariboulite_radio_get_native_mtu_size_samples mentioned here https://github.com/cariboulabs/cariboulite/issues/119

After that run the install.sh script and make sure to correctly set the /boot/firmware/config.txt file regardless of what the install script things is correct.

One thing I noticed with sudo sdrpp --server is that it fails to connect to audio and segfaults. Instead I run sudo SoapySDRServer --bind. On another PC on the network I can open and use GQRX to connect to the hat. It works pretty well.

SDRPP and CubicSDR does not like the connection. SigDigger on the other hand works well. All of course running on the remote laptop connecting to the soapy server.

meexmachina commented 1 year ago

Updated the install script to correctly address DragonOS issues. Still have one udev issue that is different between the Raspbian and the DragonOS. Ubuntu doesn't define devices within the "spi", "i2c" "gpio" groups. they are all inside "dialout". Changing the "udev" rules accordingly.

banshee1971 commented 11 months ago

I try DragonOS (with the UI), and can't see the CaribouLite here when try sudo SoapySDRUtil --find or simply open SDR++ .. but can't find the Soapy here...

The only way i was able to see it, was with an old img : 2022-01-07-PiSDR-vanilla.img But, with lot of error...

banshee1971 commented 11 months ago

same for me.. sudo SoapySDRUtil --find `` ######################################################

Soapy SDR -- the SDR abstraction library

######################################################

shm_open: No such file or directory [ERROR] sdrplay_api_Open() Error: sdrplay_api_Fail [ERROR] Please check the sdrplay_api service to make sure it is up. If it is up, please restart it. [INFO] [UHD] linux; GNU C++ version 11.3.0; Boost_107400; UHD_4.1.0.5-0-unknown [ERROR] SoapySDR::Device::enumerate(sdrplay) sdrplay_api_Open() failed No devices found!

alphafox02 commented 11 months ago

Check the getting started guide on the desktop if you’re using the DragonOS Pi64 image. Last few steps explain what’s required.

banshee1971 commented 11 months ago

damn... should i seen it .... now i can communicate with the Caribou (i can see it) by doing what it said on the guide.

Now when i try SoapySDRUtil --find .. i now have the cariboulite, with lot of error appear... So i re-install the drivers, just to be sure, reboot and test again.. but during installation, it complain about a missing element in config.txt But i reboot anyway and test it in SDR++ (add soapy in the source manager.. wasn't there by default).. no luck So i added the "complained" missing value (it complain also about the value with "off" but i ignore them dtoverlay=spi1-3cs

Then after reboot, try again SoapySDRUtil --find

Still have 2 error `

10-19 21:17:36.321 3825 3825 E IO_UTILS_Main io_utils_setup@io_utils.c:36 initializing pigpio failed 10-19 21:17:36.321 3825 3825 E CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_setup_io@cariboulite_setup.c:205 Error setting up io_utils [ERROR] cariboulite_init_driver() failed 10-19 21:17:36.321 3825 3825 I CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_setup_signal_handler@cariboulite_setup.c:687 setting up signal handler Printing 'findCariboulite' Request: shm_open: No such file or directory [ERROR] sdrplay_api_Open() Error: sdrplay_api_Fail [ERROR] Please check the sdrplay_api service to make sure it is up. If it is up, please restart it. [INFO] [UHD] linux; GNU C++ version 11.3.0; Boost_107400; UHD_4.1.0.5-0-unknown [ERROR] SoapySDR::Device::enumerate(sdrplay) sdrplay_api_Open() failed Found device 0 channel = S1G device_id = 0 driver = Cariboulite label = CaribouLite S1G[ba9c3dec] name = CaribouLite RPI Hat serial = ba9c3dec uuid = 2cd749a3-5f08-48c6-ae91-c66c29e23671 vendor = CaribouLabs LTD version = 0x0001

Found device 1 channel = HiF device_id = 1 driver = Cariboulite label = CaribouLite HiF[ba9c3ded] name = CaribouLite RPI Hat serial = ba9c3ded uuid = 2cd749a3-5f08-48c6-ae91-c66c29e23671 vendor = CaribouLabs LTD version = 0x0001

10-19 21:17:38.367 3825 3825 I CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_release_driver@cariboulite_setup.c:699 driver being released 10-19 21:17:38.368 3825 3825 I CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_release_driver@cariboulite_setup.c:708 driver released

Still try SDR++ in soapy .. no luck... nothing. So i try then (to see more detail or error info from a putty session, while looking the Dragon OS UI screen sudo sdrpp --server (on the status ... BW was always 0) 10-19 21:23:58.441 21628 21628 I FPGA caribou_fpga_program_to_fpga@caribou_fpga.c:188 FPGA already operational - not programming (use 'force_prog=true' to force update) 10-19 21:23:58.441 21628 21628 D CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_init_driver_minimal@cariboulite_setup.c:609 FPGA Digital Values: led0: 0, led1: 0, btn: 1, CFG[0..3]: [0,1,1,1] 10-19 21:23:58.441 21628 21628 I CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_init_driver_minimal@cariboulite_setup.c:622 Detecting Board Information 10-19 21:23:58.441 21628 21628 I HAT hat_print_board_info@hat.c:703 # Board Info - Category name: hat 10-19 21:23:58.442 21628 21628 I HAT hat_print_board_info@hat.c:704 # Board Info - Product name: CaribouLite RPI Hat 10-19 21:23:58.442 21628 21628 I HAT hat_print_board_info@hat.c:705 # Board Info - Product ID: 0x0002, Numeric: 2 10-19 21:23:58.442 21628 21628 I HAT hat_print_board_info@hat.c:706 # Board Info - Product Version: 0x0001, Numeric: 1 10-19 21:23:58.442 21628 21628 I HAT hat_print_board_info@hat.c:707 # Board Info - Product UUID: 2cd749a3-5f08-48c6-ae91-c66c29e23671, Numeric serial: 0xDD4E1EF6 10-19 21:23:58.442 21628 21628 I HAT hat_print_board_info@hat.c:708 # Board Info - Vendor: CaribouLabs LTD 10-19 21:23:58.442 21628 21628 I CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_print_board_info@cariboulite_setup.c:754 # Board Info - Product Type: CaribouLite ISM 10-19 21:23:58.442 21628 21628 I CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_init_submodules@cariboulite_setup.c:272 initializing submodules 10-19 21:23:58.442 21628 21628 D CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_init_submodules@cariboulite_setup.c:276 INIT FPGA SMI communication 10-19 21:23:58.442 21628 21628 I CARIBOU_SMI caribou_smi_init@caribou_smi.c:447 initializing caribou_smi 10-19 21:23:58.443 21628 21628 D CARIBOU_SMI_MODULES caribou_smi_check_modules@caribou_smi_modules.c:111 Loading smi-stream module 10-19 21:23:58.445 21628 21628 E CARIBOU_SMI_MODULES caribou_smi_insert_smi_modules@caribou_smi_modules.c:71 Module insertion 'smi_stream_dev' failed 10-19 21:23:58.445 21628 21628 E CARIBOU_SMI caribou_smi_init@caribou_smi.c:456 Problem reloading SMI kernel modules 10-19 21:23:58.445 21628 21628 E CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_init_submodules@cariboulite_setup.c:280 Error setting up smi submodule 10-19 21:23:58.445 21628 21628 D CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_release_submodules@cariboulite_setup.c:436 CLOSE FPGA communication 10-19 21:23:58.445 21628 21628 I IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_remove_chip@io_utils_spi.c:475 removing an spi device with handle 0 10-19 21:23:58.445 21628 21628 I IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_remove_chip@io_utils_spi.c:475 removing an spi device with handle 1 10-19 21:23:58.445 21628 21628 I CARIBOU_PROG caribou_prog_release@caribou_prog.c:122 device release completed 10-19 21:23:58.445 21628 21628 E FPGA caribou_fpga_close@caribou_fpga.c:225 caribou_fpga_close: dev not initialized 10-19 21:23:58.445 21628 21628 I CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_release_io@cariboulite_setup.c:240 Releasing board I/Os - closing SPI 10-19 21:23:58.445 21628 21628 I CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_release_io@cariboulite_setup.c:243 Releasing board I/Os - io_utils_cleanup [ERROR] cariboulite_init_driver() failed 10-19 21:23:58.455 21628 21628 I CARIBOULITE Setup cariboulite_setup_signal_handler@cariboulite_setup.c:687 setting up signal handler Printing 'findCariboulite' Request: shm_open: No such file or directory [ERROR] sdrplay_api_Open() Error: sdrplay_api_Fail [ERROR] Please check the sdrplay_api service to make sure it is up. If it is up, please restart it. [INFO] [UHD] linux; GNU C++ version 11.3.0; Boost_107400; UHD_4.1.0.5-0-unknown [ERROR] SoapySDR::Device::enumerate(sdrplay) sdrplay_api_Open() failed Printing 'findCariboulite' Request: {channel: S1G} {device_id: 0} {driver: Cariboulite} {label: CaribouLite S1G[ba9c3dec]} {name: CaribouLite RPI Hat} {serial: ba9c3dec} {uuid: 2cd749a3-5f08-48c6-ae91-c66c29e23671} {vendor: CaribouLabs LTD} {version: 0x0001} [INFO] Initializing DeviceID: 0, Label: CaribouLite S1G[ba9c3dec], ChannelType: S1G 10-19 21:23:59.648 21628 21628 D CARIBOULITE Radio cariboulite_radio_activate_channel@cariboulite_radio.c:808 Activating channel 0, dir = RX, activate = 1 10-19 21:23:59.648 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.649 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.649 21628 21628 D CARIBOULITE Radio cariboulite_radio_activate_channel@cariboulite_radio.c:840 Setup Modem state tx_prep 10-19 21:23:59.649 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.649 21628 21628 D CARIBOULITE Radio cariboulite_radio_activate_channel@cariboulite_radio.c:854 Setup Modem state cmd_rx 10-19 21:23:59.679 21628 21628 E FPGA caribou_fpga_set_smi_channel@caribou_fpga.c:541 caribou_fpga_set_smi_channel: dev not initialized 10-19 21:23:59.680 21628 21628 E FPGA caribou_fpga_set_io_ctrl_dig@caribou_fpga.c:403 caribou_fpga_set_io_ctrl_dig: dev not initialized 10-19 21:23:59.680 21628 21628 E CARIBOU_SMI caribou_smi_set_driver_streaming_state@caribou_smi.c:35 failed setting smi stream state (1) 10-19 21:23:59.680 21628 21628 D CARIBOULITE Radio cariboulite_radio_activate_channel@cariboulite_radio.c:870 Failed to configure modem with cmd_rx [INFO] Creating SampleQueue MTU: 0 I/Q samples (0 bytes) [INFO] Enterring Reader Thread [INFO] Disposing radio type '0' 10-19 21:23:59.681 21628 21628 D CARIBOULITE Radio cariboulite_radio_activate_channel@cariboulite_radio.c:808 Activating channel 0, dir = RX, activate = 0 10-19 21:23:59.681 21628 21628 E FPGA caribou_fpga_set_smi_channel@caribou_fpga.c:541 caribou_fpga_set_smi_channel: dev not initialized 10-19 21:23:59.681 21628 21628 E FPGA caribou_fpga_set_io_ctrl_dig@caribou_fpga.c:403 caribou_fpga_set_io_ctrl_dig: dev not initialized 10-19 21:23:59.681 21628 21628 E CARIBOU_SMI caribou_smi_set_driver_streaming_state@caribou_smi.c:35 failed setting smi stream state (0) 10-19 21:23:59.711 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.711 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.711 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.711 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.711 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.712 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.712 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.712 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.712 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.712 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.712 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.712 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.712 21628 21628 D CARIBOULITE Radio cariboulite_radio_activate_channel@cariboulite_radio.c:828 Setup Modem state trx_off 10-19 21:23:59.712 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.712 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.712 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.712 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.713 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.713 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.713 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.713 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.713 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.713 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.714 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device 10-19 21:23:59.714 21628 21628 E IO_UTILS_SPI io_utils_spi_transmit@io_utils_spi.c:517 uninitialized device `

alphafox02 commented 11 months ago

Try this

https://sourceforge.net/projects/dragonos-pi64/files/DragonOS_Pi64_Beta31.img.gz/download

Download the older build and do not update/upgrade anything. Make the changes it says in the getting started and see if that does it for you. I had it working at one point on that specific build and since then I’ve just not had much luck.

banshee1971 commented 11 months ago

I try the older build, and follow the "Getting Started" on the destop (only do the Cariboulite part, as suggest) no luck either (but SoapySDRUtil --find don't show any error now... only those for device not there, like SDRPlay)

So.. i also try the SDRPP --server, and try to remote on it (so i can see the error from the Pi).. This is what i got :

Snag_117681a5

At least.. it seem to improve a bit... I'm wondering if it'S not a firmware issue (on the Cariboulite)... so if it's the case.. is there a way to re-flash it ? Or a tools i can start to check if the device work correctly ?

Worse case.. i will wait fiew weeks/month hopping someone will find a good way to make it work.

Maybe it could be better on a PiZero ? (actually i'm using one of my Pi4 ...

banshee1971 commented 11 months ago

It seem it will took a while to fix this...