Open ZeroChaos- opened 1 year ago
TBH this threw me too on my first ever run of this tool too. I got the error "ice9-bluetooth: Unable to open HackRF: HackRF not found". So then I had to look at the --help, since the README.md didn't mention anything about specifying a device. (And when I looked at it, I then accidentally used the example command ice-bluetooth --extcap-interfaces
as-is. It looks like the --help needs to be updated to use ice9
instead of ice
. Made PR #16 )
Feel free to close this if you don't agree.
I feel the default of hackrf is less than ideal. I love the hackrf as much as the next person, but I would default to a more capable and likely radio like the bladerf. With a bladerf plugged in and no hackrf plugged in I get an avoidable error:
If at all possible, I feel the best user experience would be to automatically pick the most capable available radio, and then error if none are found. Keeping the existing ability for the user to select a radio, and "automagic default" makes more sense than simply defaulting to hackrf.