Closed jj1bdx closed 3 months ago
Updating Airspy HF+ firmware from R3.0.7 to R4.0.8 was successfully performed on the three Discovery devices and one Dual Port device at KRPEO. The flash update was done with a Windows 11 machine. R4.0.8 was fully compatible with libairspyhf 1.6.8.
Airspy HF+ Firmware changelog: https://airspy.com/downloads/hfplus_changelog.txt
libairspyhf 1.8 (new version) tested without issues on macOS and Ubuntu.
Note: for macOS Apple Silicon, you need to add precedence of /usr/local/lib/pkg-config
for PKG_CONFIG_PATH
as:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
On Raspberry Pi OS, you also need the above script to take precedence of /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
to /usr/lib/pkgconfig
.
For Raspberry Pi OS 64bit Lite, you have to modify /etc/udev/rules.d/52-airspyhf.rules
as:
ATTR{idVendor}=="03eb", ATTR{idProduct}=="800c", SYMLINK+="airspyhf-%k", TAG+="uaccess", MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"
libairspyhf 1.8 also tested and ran OK on Raspberry Pi OS 64bit Lite, provided the modification of /etc/udev/rules.d/52-airspyhf.rules
added MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"
.
So basically R4.0.8 firmware works OK without issues, for libairspyhf both version 1.6.8 or 1.8.
For Homebrew, reinstall airspyhf with --HEAD
option to use libairspyhf 1.8, as:
brew remove airspyhf
brew install airspyhf --HEAD
On Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS, the modification of /etc/udev/rules.d/52-airspyhf.rules added MODE="660", GROUP="plugdev"
was also required.
Compatibility tests with the new firmware R4.0.8-BB/CD of Airspy HF+ Dual Port/Discovery should be conducted.
Checklist:
Utilizing new functionality in the latest libairspyhf from airspy-fmradion AirspyHFSource driver will be another issue.