Enable SDRPlay in Windows version

[vsboost]

I'm unable to enable SDRPlay in windows version .msi

Not sure if it requires a dll file like other sdr's in the C:\Program Files\Universal Radio Hacker directory Also i have the pothossdr suite installed and am able to use gqrx in windows with the SDRPlay, not sure if that makes a difference or not.

[jopohl]

SDRPlay has unfortunately no native support. You can use it via the GNU Radio backend, by entering the directory GNU Radio was installed to at the bottom of the dialog.

[vsboost]

I tried to, but which directory do you choose? it seems like there needs to be some sort of OK button once the directory is picked, i have tried. C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\bin C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\include\gnuradio C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\lib\python2.7\site-packages\gnuradio

But what ever i choose doesn't seem to stick.

[jopohl]

It should be the one where GNU Radios python.exe is located at. I am not sure if this is compatible with PothosSDR (never tried that).

The supported way is to use the official GNU Radio installer from here.

[jopohl]

Just had a look at the source. There should be a directory gr-python27 in the directory you define here. For example, lets assume you installed GNU Radio to C:\Programs then C:\Programs\GNURadio-3.7 will work, because the directory C:\Programs\GNURadio-3.7\gr-python27 exists.

[vsboost]

Unfortunately it seems that there is no gr-python27 directory with pothossdr :-(

C:. ├───bin │ ├───iconengines │ └───platforms ├───cmake ├───etc │ └───gnuradio │ └───conf.d ├───include │ ├───cppunit │ │ ├───config │ │ ├───extensions │ │ ├───plugin │ │ ├───portability │ │ ├───tools │ │ └───ui │ │ └───text │ ├───drm │ │ └───drm │ │ └───swig │ ├───gnuradio │ │ ├───analog │ │ ├───atsc │ │ ├───audio │ │ ├───blocks │ │ ├───channels │ │ ├───digital │ │ ├───dtv │ │ ├───fcd │ │ ├───fec │ │ ├───fft │ │ ├───filter │ │ ├───messages │ │ ├───noaa │ │ ├───pager │ │ ├───swig │ │ ├───thread │ │ ├───trellis │ │ ├───uhd │ │ ├───vocoder │ │ ├───wavelet │ │ ├───wxgui │ │ └───zeromq │ ├───gsl │ ├───libairspy │ ├───libhackrf │ ├───libusb-1.0 │ ├───lime │ ├───liquid │ ├───muparserx │ ├───osmosdr │ │ └───swig │ ├───pmt │ ├───Poco │ │ ├───Data │ │ │ ├───ODBC │ │ │ └───SQLite │ │ ├───DOM │ │ ├───Dynamic │ │ ├───JSON │ │ ├───MongoDB │ │ ├───Net │ │ ├───Redis │ │ ├───SAX │ │ ├───Util │ │ ├───XML │ │ └───Zip │ ├───Pothos │ │ ├───Archive │ │ ├───Callable │ │ ├───Framework │ │ ├───Managed │ │ ├───Object │ │ ├───Plugin │ │ ├───Proxy │ │ ├───Remote │ │ ├───System │ │ └───Util │ ├───rds │ │ ├───gnuradio │ │ │ └───rds │ │ └───rds │ │ └───swig │ ├───rftap │ ├───SoapySDR │ ├───spuce │ │ ├───dsp_classes │ │ ├───dsp_functions │ │ └───filters │ ├───sys │ ├───uhd │ │ ├───transport │ │ ├───types │ │ ├───usrp │ │ ├───usrp_clock │ │ └───utils │ └───volk ├───lib │ ├───cmake │ │ ├───drm │ │ ├───gnuradio │ │ ├───Poco │ │ ├───rftap │ │ ├───uhd │ │ └───volk │ ├───pkgconfig │ ├───Pothos │ │ └───modules0.5 │ │ ├───audio │ │ ├───blocks │ │ │ └───gnuradio │ │ ├───btle │ │ ├───comms │ │ ├───gnuradio │ │ ├───gui │ │ ├───liquid │ │ ├───lora │ │ ├───plotters │ │ ├───PothosTestBlocks │ │ ├───proxy │ │ │ └───environment │ │ ├───sdr │ │ └───widgets │ ├───python2.7 │ │ └───site-packages │ │ ├───drm │ │ ├───gnuradio │ │ │ ├───analog │ │ │ ├───atsc │ │ │ ├───audio │ │ │ ├───blocks │ │ │ ├───channels │ │ │ ├───ctrlport │ │ │ ├───digital │ │ │ │ └───utils │ │ │ ├───dtv │ │ │ ├───fcd │ │ │ ├───fec │ │ │ │ ├───LDPC │ │ │ │ └───polar │ │ │ ├───fft │ │ │ ├───filter │ │ │ ├───gr │ │ │ ├───grc │ │ │ │ ├───core │ │ │ │ │ ├───generator │ │ │ │ │ └───utils │ │ │ │ └───gui │ │ │ ├───gru │ │ │ ├───modtool │ │ │ ├───noaa │ │ │ ├───pager │ │ │ ├───trellis │ │ │ ├───uhd │ │ │ ├───vocoder │ │ │ ├───wavelet │ │ │ ├───wxgui │ │ │ │ ├───forms │ │ │ │ └───plotter │ │ │ └───zeromq │ │ ├───grc_gnuradio │ │ │ ├───blks2 │ │ │ └───wxgui │ │ ├───osmosdr │ │ ├───pmt │ │ ├───Pothos │ │ ├───PothosTestBlocks │ │ ├───rds │ │ ├───rftap │ │ └───volk_modtool │ ├───python3.6 │ │ └───site-packages │ │ ├───Pothos │ │ └───PothosTestBlocks │ ├───SoapySDR │ │ └───modules0.6 │ └───uhd │ ├───examples │ ├───modules │ ├───tests │ │ └───devtest │ └───utils ├───licenses │ ├───airspy │ ├───bladeRF │ ├───Boost │ ├───BtleDemo │ ├───CppUnit │ ├───CppZMQ │ ├───CubicSDR │ ├───faac │ ├───faad2 │ ├───fftw │ ├───GNURadio │ ├───GnuradioCompanionExe │ ├───GQRX │ ├───GrDRM │ ├───GrOsmoSDR │ ├───GrPothos │ ├───GrRDS │ ├───GrRFtap │ ├───gsl │ ├───hackRF │ ├───Inspectrum │ ├───kissfft │ ├───libusb │ ├───LimeSuite │ ├───liquiddsp │ ├───LoRaDemo │ ├───miri-sdr │ ├───mman │ ├───muparserx │ ├───osmo-sdr │ ├───Poco │ ├───PortAudio │ ├───Pothos │ ├───PothosAudio │ ├───PothosBlocks │ ├───PothosComms │ ├───PothosCore │ ├───PothosGui │ ├───PothosLiquidDSP │ ├───PothosPlotters │ ├───PothosPython2 │ ├───PothosPython3 │ ├───PothosSDR │ ├───PothosWidgets │ ├───Pthreads │ ├───Qt │ ├───qtcolorpicker │ ├───qwt │ ├───rtl-sdr │ ├───SoapyAirspy │ ├───SoapyAudio │ ├───SoapyBladeRF │ ├───SoapyHackRF │ ├───SoapyOsmo │ ├───SoapyRedPitaya │ ├───SoapyRemote │ ├───SoapyRTLSDR │ ├───SoapyRxTools │ ├───SoapySDR │ ├───SoapySDRPlay │ ├───SoapyUHD │ ├───Spuce │ ├───swig │ ├───udt │ ├───uhd │ ├───umtrx │ ├───volk │ ├───wxWidgets │ └───ZeroMQ ├───patches ├───Scripts └───share ├───cubicsdr │ └───fonts ├───doc │ ├───gnuradio-3.7.11.1 │ │ └───xml │ └───uhd ├───gnuradio │ ├───examples │ │ ├───analog │ │ ├───atsc │ │ ├───audio │ │ ├───blocks │ │ ├───channels │ │ ├───ctrlport │ │ ├───digital │ │ │ ├───demod │ │ │ ├───narrowband │ │ │ ├───ofdm │ │ │ └───packet │ │ ├───dtv │ │ ├───fcd │ │ ├───fec │ │ ├───filter │ │ ├───hf_explorer │ │ ├───hf_radio │ │ ├───metadata │ │ ├───mp-sched │ │ ├───network │ │ ├───noaa │ │ ├───tags │ │ ├───trellis │ │ │ └───fsm_files │ │ ├───uhd │ │ ├───vocoder │ │ ├───volk_benchmark │ │ └───zeromq │ ├───fec │ │ └───ldpc │ ├───grc │ │ ├───blocks │ │ └───freedesktop │ └───modtool │ └───gr-newmod │ ├───apps │ ├───cmake │ │ └───Modules │ ├───docs │ │ └───doxygen │ │ ├───doxyxml │ │ │ └───generated │ │ └───other │ ├───examples │ ├───grc │ ├───include │ │ └───howto │ ├───lib │ ├───python │ └───swig ├───man │ └───man1 └───uhd └───rfnoc └───blocks

C:\Program Files\PothosSDR>

[jopohl]

Seems like this woll not work then. Is there a python.exe somewhere in the Pothos Install dir? If so, I could maybe add support for it.

Is it an option for you to install GNU Radio to get the backend working?

[jopohl]

What you could also try is to define the path to the python 2 Interpreter (assuming you have one installed). I could imagine, that PothosSDR modifies the PYTHONPATH so it may be enough to just configure a Python 2 interpreter.

[vsboost]

Unfortunately no python.exe within C:\Program Files\PothosSDR With the PothosSDR bundle Gnuradio does work and is located in "C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\bin\gnuradio-companion.exe"

My python directory is C:\Python27

[vsboost]

PYTHONPATH=C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\lib\python2.7\site-packages

[jopohl]

It may work if you choose the radio button "Python2 interpreter" in the URH dialog from your screenshot and enter C:\Python27.

[vsboost]

Tried that too, but the settings does not stay. Its like there needs to be an OK button when the directory is chosen if that makes sense.

[vsboost]

As soon as you close the dialog box and get back in it defaults back to.

[jopohl]

This setting should stay if it works. If there is an error it defaults back to the empty value. You can check if your Python2 interpreter has GNU Radio support with this command:

C:\Python27\python.exe -c 'import gnuradio'

[vsboost]

No Go.

C:\Python27>python.exe -c 'import gnuradio' File "", line 1 'import ^ SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal

C:\Python27>

[jopohl]

Looks like the Windows CMD behaves a bit weird. If you are in that directory you can also simply enter python.exe in command line this will bring you in the interactive python shell. From here you can then type

>>> import gnuradio

and see if it works.

If that is so, you can try to enter C:\Python27\python.exe to the Python2 interpreter field in URH. Just realized that you need to give an actual interpreter there, and not just a directory.

[vsboost]

C:\Python27>python.exe Python 2.7.13 (v2.7.13:a06454b1afa1, Dec 17 2016, 20:53:40) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import gnuradio

[jopohl]

Is it working when you press enter?

[vsboost]

Yep, it accepts it when i enter the full filename.

[vsboost]

But still cant enable SDRPlay :-(

[jopohl]

Was the import gnuradio successful after pressing enter in the python interpreter or did it raise an ImportError?

[vsboost]

No, it just came up blank.

[jopohl]

This is actually a good sign! I have a suspicion what is going wrong here. Could you try entering

C:\Python27\python.exe -c "import gnuradio"

with double quotes instead of single quotes like before and see if this runs without error?

[vsboost]

Runs without error.

C:\Python27>python.exe -c "import gnuradio"

C:\Python27>

[jopohl]

Thanks for your help, this is actually a Windows Bug in URH then because the Windows CMD, unlike a linux shell, does not work with single quotes in this case.

I will fix this ASAP.

[vsboost]

Thanks Jopohl,

Your work is truly appreciated.

[xykts]

windows msi install version how to solve the problem？

Thanks jopohl

[xykts]

sdrplay api is open ！ Can it be native to support it？

[jopohl]

Just released version 1.8.17 which adresses this issue.

@xykts I would like to add a native support. However, we do not possess any devices for testing. If you or someone you know can provide us with two test devices we may add it to our agenda.

[xykts]

i am windows run urh(py36)+sdrplay problems arose

C:\Users\Administrator>urh Will not regenerate UI, because script can't be found. This is okay in release. Win32; Microsoft Visual C++ version 14.0; Boost_105900; UHD_003.010.001.001-rele ase

[DEBUG::SpectrumThread.py::run] Spectrum Thread: Init Process [INFO::AbstractBaseThread.py::initialize_process] Starting Gnuradio [DEBUG::AbstractBaseThread.py::initialize_process] C:\Python27\python.exe c:\pyt hon36\lib\site-packages\urh\dev\gr\scripts\sdrplay_recv.py --samplerate 2000000. 0 --freq 433920000.0 --gain 25 --bandwidth 2000000.0 --port 1337 [INFO::AbstractBaseThread.py::initialize_process] Started Gnuradio [DEBUG::SpectrumThread.py::run] Spectrum Thread: Process Intialized [INFO::AbstractBaseThread.py::init_recv_socket] Initalizing receive socket [INFO::AbstractBaseThread.py::init_recv_socket] Initalized receive socket [INFO::AbstractBaseThread.py::init_recv_socket] Trying to get a connection to gn uradio... [INFO::AbstractBaseThread.py::init_recv_socket] Got connection [DEBUG::SpectrumThread.py::run] Spectrum Thread: Socket initialized [DEBUG::SpectrumThread.py::run] Spectrum Thread: Enter main loop Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\python36\lib\site-packages\urh\controller\SpectrumDialogController.py ", line 90, in update_view if super().update_view(): File "c:\python36\lib\site-packages\urh\controller\SendRecvDialogController.py ", line 555, in update_view new_messages = self.device.read_messages() File "c:\python36\lib\site-packages\urh\dev\VirtualDevice.py", line 594, in re ad_messages return self.__dev.read_errors() File "c:\python36\lib\site-packages\urh\dev\gr\AbstractBaseThread.py", line 27 1, in read_errors return result.decode("utf-8") UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xd5 in position 131: invali d continuation byte

[jopohl]

Does it work with GNU Radio?

[jopohl]

Could you try it with this installer? I just build it with a version where I catched the Unicode Error.

[xykts]

i am the pip install version

[jopohl]

Ah I see, then please replace line 27 ( return result.decode("utf-8")) in c:\python36\lib\site-packages\urh\dev\gr\AbstractBaseThread.py with this:

        try:
            return result.decode("utf-8")
        except UnicodeDecodeError:
            return "Could not decode device message"

and see if it works then. If so, it will be included in next release.

[xykts]

This is effective. It seems that there is no correct reception

[jopohl]

Could you share your top_block.py from your GNU Radio example ?

[xykts]

uplpad sdrplay api , try to build add a native support.

Thanks jopohl SDRplay.zip

[xykts]

This is my gnuradio top_block.py

top_block.zip

[jopohl]

Does it help if you change c:\pyt hon36\lib\site-packages\urh\dev\gr\scripts\sdrplay_recv.py :62 from

self.osmosdr_source_0 = osmosdr.source(args="numchan=" + str(1) + " " + "sdrplay")

to

self.osmosdr_source_0 = osmosdr.source( args="numchan=" + str(1) + " " + 'sdrplay=0' )

Sorry for the long shots, but the SDRplay support was actually added by the community, so I can not verify my ideas because I do not possess an SDRPlay device. This would also make it very hard to develop a native interface.

[xykts]

Change this" sdrplay=0"

There is no use for anything，In the same way as the above

[xykts]

Pothos sdr uses soapy device sdrplay

Soapy imitates UHD devices，I can use USRP as an input But the received signals are problematic. This may be a problem with soapy

So it's still building native support.

[jopohl]

Can you provide us with some test devices or make a PR with native support?

[xykts]

I'm sorry that my English is poor. I think I can only do remote testing sdrplay native support ！Sdrplay.com $99 for RSP1A！ I'm not familiar with international shipping I don't know what I can do

Thank you very much！ I'm here at one o'clock in the morning, and I go to bed first

[jopohl]

Sure get some sleep mate. :+1: I will talk with @andynoack about this. Maybe we have some bucks left so we can buy at least one them, as $99 is not that expensive.

[vsboost]

Im getting.

[jopohl]

This seems to be an issue with the python2 interpreter. Does it work when you run this in terminal:

C:\Python27\python.exe -c "from gnuradio import gr"

Note the slight difference to the test we did above.

[vsboost]

It just returns a blank new line.

[jopohl]

What happens if you call:

C:\Python27\python.exe "C:\Program Files\Universal Radio Hacker\sdrplay_recv.py"

from command line?

[vsboost]

C:>cd Python27

C:\Python27>C:\Python27\python.exe "C:\Program Files\Universal Radio Hacker\sdrplay_recv.py" Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Program Files\Universal Radio Hacker\sdrplay_recv.py", line 25, in from gnuradio import gr File "C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\lib\python2.7\site-packages\gnuradio\gr__init__.py", line 41, in from runtime_swig import * File "C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\lib\python2.7\site-packages\gnuradio\gr\runtime_swig.py", line 17, in _runtime_swig = swig_import_helper() File "C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\lib\python2.7\site-packages\gnuradio\gr\runtime_swig.py", line 14, in swig_import_helper return importlib.import_module(mname) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'import_module'

C:\Python27>

[jopohl]

Alright, this is the same error as in the application. Please add print("SYS Path", sys.path) before line 25 of C:\Program Files\Universal Radio Hacker\sdrplay_recv.py and run it again, so we can see what is in sys.path at this point.

Futhermore, please share the output of C:\Python27\python.exe -c "import sys; print(sys.path)" for comparision.

[vsboost]

C:\Python27>C:\Python27\python.exe "C:\Program Files\Universal Radio Hacker\sdrplay_recv.py" ('SYS Path', ['C:\Program Files\Universal Radio Hacker', 'C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\lib\python2.7\site-packages', 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\python27.zip', 'C:\Python27\DLLs', 'C:\Python27\lib', 'C:\Python27\lib\plat-win', 'C:\Python27\lib\lib-tk', 'C:\Python27', 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages', 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\gtk-2.0', 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\wx-3.0-msw']) Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Program Files\Universal Radio Hacker\sdrplay_recv.py", line 26, in from gnuradio import gr File "C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\lib\python2.7\site-packages\gnuradio\gr__init__.py", line 41, in from runtime_swig import * File "C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\lib\python2.7\site-packages\gnuradio\gr\runtime_swig.py", line 17, in _runtime_swig = swig_import_helper() File "C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\lib\python2.7\site-packages\gnuradio\gr\runtime_swig.py", line 14, in swig_import_helper return importlib.import_module(mname) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'import_module'

C:\Python27> C:\Python27>C:\Python27\python.exe -c "import sys; print(sys.path)" ['', 'C:\Program Files\PothosSDR\lib\python2.7\site-packages', 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\python27.zip', 'C:\Python27\DLLs', 'C:\Python27\lib', 'C:\Python27\lib\plat-win', 'C:\Python27\lib\lib-tk', 'C:\Python27', 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages', 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\gtk-2.0', 'C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\wx-3.0-msw']

C:\Python27>