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Vendor and platform neutral SDR support library.
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SDRPlay device drivers can not be installed #333

Closed glangsto closed 1 year ago

glangsto commented 2 years ago

The installation links are circular referring to SDRPlay site which refers to pothosware site.
It is not possible to load the SDRPlay Api for 3.07

Suggestions welcome.

Most welcome would be a complete raspberry pi OS installation with Gnuradio 3.8 and also SDRplay support.

Best regards

Glen

fventuri commented 2 years ago

Glen, I think the best way to install SoapySDR + support for the SDRplay RSPs on Linux is to follow the instructions from the Wiki (https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDRPlay3/wiki), that comprise of these three main steps:

As per the Raspberry Pi, I know SDRplay offers a pre-built Raspberry Pi image (see here: https://www.sdrplay.com/raspberry-pi-images/), but I don't think GNU Radio is part of that image. Alternatively you may want to look at DragonOS_Pi64 (https://sourceforge.net/projects/dragonos-pi64/), which should have both support for SDRPlay (via the installer) and GNU Radio; I read about it, but I've never tried it personally.

Franco

glangsto commented 2 years ago

Hi Franco,

I’ve tried exactly what you describe below several times.

1) There is no way to actually get the API version 3.07 for Linux for a raspberry pi.

2) The SoapySDR code does seem to install fine.

3) Because step 1 does not work, step 3 does not.

@.***:~/SoapySDRPlay/build $ cmake .. -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 8.3.0 -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped -- Detecting CXX compile features -- Detecting CXX compile features - done -- Build type not specified: defaulting to release. -- libsdrplay not found. CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:16 (message): SDRplay development files not found...

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! See also "/home/pi/SoapySDRPlay/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

So, I’d greatly appreciate anyone providing an entire PI OS with SDRPlay support.

Thanks Glen

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Glen, I think the best way to install SoapySDR + support for the SDRplay RSPs on Linux is to follow the instructions from the Wiki (https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDRPlay3/wiki), that comprise of these three main steps:

• install the SDRplay API version 3.07 for Linux (see here: https://www.sdrplay.com/softwarehome/) • install SoapySDR (see here: https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR/wiki/BuildGuide) - the important steps are: • install the required dependencies (https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR/wiki/BuildGuide#id2) • get the source code (https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR/wiki/BuildGuide#id5) • build and install (https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR/wiki/BuildGuide#id6) • install the SoapySDRPlay module (https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDRPlay3): • detailed instructions here: https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDRPlay3/wiki#building-soapy-sdr-play As per the Raspberry Pi, I know SDRplay offers a pre-built Raspberry Pi image (see here: https://www.sdrplay.com/raspberry-pi-images/), but I don't think GNU Radio is part of that image. Alternatively you may want to look at DragonOS_Pi64 (https://sourceforge.net/projects/dragonos-pi64/), which should have both support for SDRPlay (via the installer) and GNU Radio; I read about it, but I've never tried it personally.

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fventuri commented 2 years ago

Glen, SDRplay does have an API version 3.07 installer for Linux ARM 32-bit - you can find it here: https://www.sdrplay.com/software/SDRplay_RSP_API-ARM32-3.07.2.run

Unfortunately at this time I don't think they provide the SDRplay API for Linux ARM 64-bit (aka 'AArch64').

Franco

glangsto commented 2 years ago

Thanks I’ve been trying to use the 64bit version. Maybe that is why I was not finding the API. I’ll try the 32 bit version.

Best regards

Glen

Glen I Langston, Ph. D. Galactic Astronomy Program Director National Science Foundation 304-456-3032

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Glen, SDRplay does have an API version 3.07 installer for Linux ARM 32-bit - you can find it here: https://www.sdrplay.com/software/SDRplay_RSP_API-ARM32-3.07.2.run

Unfortunately at this time I don't think they provide the SDRplay API for Linux ARM 64-bit (aka 'AArch64').

Franco

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fventuri commented 2 years ago

Glen, this morning I picked up the Raspberry Pi 4, and I ran the following steps:

After that I tried running a simple GRC script (similar to the FM receiver example here: https://github.com/fventuri/gr-sdrplay3/blob/master/examples/FM-Receiver-SDRplay.grc), and I was able to listen to a local FM BC station. I had to move the soapy Python module from '/usr/local/lib/python3/dist-packages' to '/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages' (not sure why it got installed in the wrong place TBH), but I think that was the only major fix I had to make.

Anyway, if you are having problems with your Raspberry Pi, and are interested in this 'image' (just a copy of the whole filesystem), please let me know; I can compress it and put it somewhere so you can try it there.

Franco