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merbanan / rtl_433

Program to decode radio transmissions from devices on the ISM bands (and other frequencies)
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Installing rtl_433 on Windows 10 #1999

Closed rowanbradley closed 2 years ago

rowanbradley commented 2 years ago

I'm trying to install rtl-433 on Windows-10. I need to do this to read the data from my Apollo oil level sensor. I have run into several problems:

  1. The instructions that I'm trying to follow say "install GNU Radio Live SDR Environment". When I go to the page https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/GNU_Radio_Live_SDR_Environment, it says "Distribution of the GNU Radio Live SDR is currently retired. We are looking into creating new images based on newer releases.". Where do I get this software to install on my Windows PC (in a Ubuntu VM)?
  2. In another part of the instructions, it tells me to run the command $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnuradio-releases-3.9 on my Ubuntu VM. When I do this, I get "Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:~gnuradio-releases-3.9/ubuntu/ppa'. ERROR: '~gnuradio-releases-3.9' user or team does not exist.". How do I overcome this problem?

I am a total noob with Unix type OS, so this may be some very simple finger trouble, but I need help to get through this. And get it working so I can read my data. Ideally this will be without rebuilding software, which will (I suspect) get me into much deeper water...

I think I have got the Ubuntu VM installed properly, and working, but I can't be sure...

Thank you - Rowan

zuckschwerdt commented 2 years ago

Where did you read that? Those instructions seem rather off. Just get the Windows release. If you want to use SoapySDR driver (any SDR other than RTL-SDR) then install Pothos.