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cjcliffe / CubicSDR

Cross-Platform Software-Defined Radio Application
http://www.cubicsdr.com
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Add option to define path for SoapySDR #166

Closed josh64x2 closed 8 years ago

josh64x2 commented 9 years ago

On OS X, if you have installed SoapySDR and modules in a location other than /usr/local/ (e.g. you used homebrew to install SoapySDR and you've installed homebrew in /opt/), CubicSDR fails to find the SDR devices. It would be great to be able to define the installation path for SoapySDR and modules.

cjcliffe commented 9 years ago

Hmm, SoapySDR includes it's own CMake find module; did you try checking 'Advanced' to see if the path shows there or did the CMake find module not get installed with brew SoapySDR?

josh64x2 commented 9 years ago

When I start CubicSDR 0.1.11 from the command line it prints out the following:

SDR enumerator starting.
SoapySDR init..
    API Version: v0.3.0-g9671ca26
    ABI Version: v0.3-0
    Install root: /usr/local
No modules found!
    Loading modules... done
    Available factories...null

Reporting enumeration complete.
SDR enumerator done.

Where is "Advanced" to check? I can't see that in CubicSDR...

Thanks!

cjcliffe commented 9 years ago

Oh, sorry I see what you mean; SoapySDR actually lets you set "SOAPY_SDR_ROOT" environment variable. I think you can also set it on startup like:

ccliffe$ SOAPY_SDR_ROOT="/opt/local" CubicSDR
josh64x2 commented 9 years ago

Excellent - Thanks!

SDR enumerator starting.
SoapySDR init..
    API Version: v0.3.0-g9671ca26
    ABI Version: v0.3-0
    Install root: /opt/homebrew
    Module found: /opt/homebrew/lib/SoapySDR/modules/librtlsdrSupport.so
    Loading modules... done
    Available factories...null, rtlsdr
cjcliffe commented 9 years ago

Looks good, I'll add an option in CubicSDR to set that from the devices dialog and save it in the config; thanks for your help!

cjcliffe commented 8 years ago

Kept this fairly simple; in latest commit to master SoapySDR module path can be specified with -m and will only attempt to load modules from that location.

Otherwise by default (with the next bundled release) installed modules at SOAPY_SDR_ROOT will be used first; followed by any bundled device modules.